Bio

SinVacas_2

I am an artist, musician, producer, and educator in Chicago, Illinois, USA. I perform and record music and install artwork(s) locally and around the world. As part of my practice I teach Audio Production, Sound Art, Digital Arts, Sound for Film/TV and intermediate and introductory college classes for undergraduate and graduate students.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Assistant Professor, Adj., Contemporary Practices (2008- ).

Columbia College Chicago. Instructor, Audio Arts & Acoustics, Cinema and Television Arts, First-Year-Seminar (2010- )

Curriculum Vitae

BA, BFA, 2006, University of Washington, Seattle

MFA, 2008, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venues: Seattle Film Collective, Seattle, WA.; Gallery 2, Chicago, IL; Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL; Excelsior Gallery, Dayton, OH; Livebox Gallery, Chicago, IL; Onggi Expo, Ulsan, South Korea.

Selected Exhibitions:

“Ephemeral Artifacts” w/Renee Prisble at Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL.

Residencies:The Blue Sky Project, University of Dayton; Onggi Village, Korea; Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center, University of Washington; Visiting Artist, SAIC Sculpture Department.

Selected Recording/Performing Arts

Starless – (2016 – present) post-rock/shoegaze/art-rock in Chicago, IL. https://www.facebook.com/starlessad

Kazzab – (2019 – present) Big Beat/Harsh Noise/electronic collaboration with Octathorpe (Sheldon Kessel) and Ron DeFries (Indian), Chicago, IL.  https://www.facebook.com/youliarkazzab

Ohpen Ahrms – (2020 – present) Noise Rock, Chicago, IL  https://www.facebook.com/OhpenAhrms

Sin Vacas – (2015-2017 not active) – polymetal, hardcore

Marinoan – (2014-2016 defunct) – doom, hardcore

ZRZRZ (Razors) – (defunct) Noise Metal/Hardcore. Chicago, IL