SKILLS

Excellent team and project management skills
Extensive experience in fabrication with a wide variety of tooling and media
Experienced with Otto Martin Maschinenbau’s line of high spec woodworking equipment
Working knowledge of structural engineering as needed for proficiency in rigging
Proficient with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, SketchUp, G-Suites
15 years experience in international and domestic art fairs

BLACKWIDOW LLC, Los Angeles, CA

Shop Manager/Senior Fabricator/Project Manager, 2016 - Current

Oversight of all fabrication projects.
Designed high production projects for maximum efficiency while maintaining a high standard of craft.
Hired and trained a talented and diverse staff of fabricators and support technicians.
Provide direction and problem solving solutions during design and fabrication phases.
Maintain a hands-on role in the fabrication of special projects.
Design/Build prototypes, jigs, and templates.
Liaise with multiple vendors and clients.
RfQ’s with outside vendors and suppliers.
Implemented new solutions for parsing job data and tracking material use.

REGEN PROJECTS, Los Angeles, CA

Director of Operations 2015 – 2016

Comprehensive operational responsibility for both Regen Projects sites located at 6750 Santa Monica Boulevard (Hollywood) and 633 North Almont (West Hollywood), to include facilities management, logistics, vendor management, project management, and staff oversight.
Work in collaboration with Financial Comptroller on all aspects of finance and accounting, including timely and accurate budget forecasting, vendor payment approvals, and short/long term planning.
Oversee all Human Resources responsibilities including staff management, performance-based reviews, development and retention of talent. This position is also the primary point of contact for the Gallery’s health insurance for both staff and insurance company.
Work in collaboration with President, Gallery Directors, and Chief Preparator on the efficient project management of gallery exhibition schedule
Assist President and Gallery Directors with artist and client relations
Assist with art fair management
Oversee weekly staff meetings
Supervise IT infrastructure and maintenance

MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY ART, Minneapolis, MN

Programming Manager 2013- 2015

As a small nonprofit gallery and contemporary art research library, my responsibilities at Midway included the following: Artist Liaison, Registrar, Preparator, Sales, Archivist, Art fair coordinator (NADA 2013)

RO/LU, Minneapolis, MN

Design and Art Collaborative, 2012 – 2013

Design and fabricate furniture and objects.
Landscape architecture: Surveying, planning and execution.
Organize web content and migrate to a new web host.

ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, New York, NY

Director of Exhibitions and Operations 2008 – 2012

Daily responsibilities

Work with artists to facilitate the realization of artworks and special projects.
Maintain awareness of artists/artworks that could be used to place gallery artist’s work in interesting context, i.e. historical, conceptual, or aesthetic.
Manage multiple projects involving staff and vendors.
Maintain building mechanics for proper temperature/humidity levels.
Coordinate shipping, movement and condition inspections.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs

Oversee all aspects of installation at Andrea Rosen Gallery.
Delegated projects and tasks for teams of art handlers and registrarial assistants during installations.
Work with Andrea Rosen and artists to determine placement of artworks for exhibitions.
Maintain accurate records of special installation needs and instructions for artworks.
Produce accurate and simple instructions for artworks of a complicated nature.
Redesign and execute changes in facilities & mechanics to suit specific needs of exhibitions and artworks.
Oversee and maintain reporting of condition records for artworks.
Liaise with conservation labs on all restoration/conservation issues.
Personally execute minor conservation projects on work when needed.
Traveled internationally to organize and participate in several art fairs.
Design Andrea Rosen Gallery art fair booths for maximum efficiency, workability and aesthetics.

Operations/Facilities

Oversee maintenance contracts for all gallery real estate.
Co-Designed adjustable gallery wide climate control system to focus on specific areas within the gallery.
Liaise with contractors and architects when making significant changes to building
Collect bids and hire contractors for fabrication, engineering, installation of artworks

Special projects

Liaise with architects, contractors, and Andrea Rosen for multi-million dollar expansion of gallery.
Designed/built temporary offices, including exhibition space, to relocate gallery staff during Gallery expansion.
Oversaw installation of several artworks requiring collaborative efforts of structural engineers, architects, and installers.
Oversaw removal of gallery inventory due to a flooding caused by a hurricane in 2003
Redesigned on-site storage at gallery
Developed FileMaker based condition reporting module to intact with ArtBase
Technical liaison for the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
Developed Gallery 4 program for Andrea Rosen Gallery in which emerging artists were invited to install work, alter, or intervene in obscure areas of the gallery in the context of a show that does not follow the normal gallery program.

ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, New York, NY

Head Preparator, 2002 – 2008

Travel internationally for numerous art fairs: Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze Art Fair
Maintain accurate inventory of numerous works of art in multiple storage locations
Worked with the Registrar to set up safe and timely shipping of artworks for exhibition and art fairs
Hire and oversee freelance art handlers for installation and gallery projects
Plan and oversee all installations and exhibitions

MOSS, New York, NY

Assistant Visual Director / Product Technician, 2000 – 2002

Design and plan annual exhibitions to correspond with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
Oversee daily setup and distortions exhibited design objects and Moss brand
Maintain constant awareness of shifting inventory in order to curate small vignettes of design objects
Serve as an open resource for clients regarding all technical issues.

INTREPID SEA, AIR, SPACE MUSEUM, New York, NY

Exhibition Designer, Carpenter, 2000

Research, develop and build exhibition material, cabinetry and signage for exhibits.
Maintain, repair and restore the museum’s collection of models and historical objects
Refurbished the world’s first modern submarine, the 14ft, Holland I, from 1873
Instrumental in refurbishing the Museum’s collection of international military aircraft; F-15, F-18, SR71, MiG…
Plan and implement a daily inspection, maintenance and cleaning regiment to be performed on object in long term exhibitions.
Instrumental in implementing the process to catalog the museum’s collection of historical artifacts and ephemera.

Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Sculpture Studio Technician, 1998 – 1999

Maintain clean, organized shop facilities for the school’s sculpture department.
Promote safe practices and monitor the use of equipment by students.
Teach welding and woodworking.
Participate in crits and offer guidance to students.

STUDIO VERTU, Cincinnati, OH

Creative Director, Production Engineer, 1994 - 1999

Instrumental in developing the industrial foundation of Studio Vertu by developing a heat transfer printing process for placing waterproof imagery on multiple substrates used for decorative tile/mosaic applications. A process for which I was instrumental in receiving a US Patent.
Designed a mass production application of the printing process and managed factory production while operating as the chief creative officer of the company
Interviewed, hired and trained teams of artisans to produce Studio Vertu product
Oversaw design and prototyping of new products

PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

2016

• Dark Mimes, Group show, Ashes on Ashes, Los Angeles, CA, July 9 - August 6, 2016

2015

Nathan Coutts, Solo show, Baby Grand, Detroit, MN, April 18 - May 18, 2015

2014

New Work, Two person show, Franconia Sculpture Center, Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 17 - Nov 8, 2014
Spectrum, Installation project, Co-organized with Keith Varadi at St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, Minneapolis, MN, July 13 - Sept 1, 2014
Visiting Artist, ACRE projects, Chicago, IL - ACRE Residency, rural WI, July 12-July 15, 2014
Nemesis, Solo Show Tuck Under Projects, Minneapolis, MN, May 29 - June 22, 2014

2013

You Must Stand This While Reading There, Curatorial project, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis MN, Dec 14, 2013 - Feb 8, 2014

2010

Two Sheets, Eight Pages, Group exhibition, Possible Press, Brooklyn, NY

2006

Charlie Foos, Perfecting the Ego (A Retrospective), Curatorial project, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 4, New York
Evidences: This Object of Desire, Group show, Curated by Chris Sharp, in Situ/Fabienne Leclerc, Paris

2005

Looking at Words, Group show, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, Nov 2 - Dec 31, 2005
Ruairiadh O’Connell, Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain, Curatorial Project, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 4, New York, NY

2004

Chris Chiappa, Tile Flood, Curatorial Project, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 4, New York, NY

2003

In Full View, Group show, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, July 15 - Sept 13

EDUCATION:

1999 BFA, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1994 – 1995 University of Akron, Studies in Physical Sciences and Philosophy,