Writing
2023
Essay for A Tenuous Framework, exhibition by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, Florida Gulf State University, October 19, 2023
Florence|Somerset, Newcity Art, Chicago, August 29, 2023
Milwaukee Streetwear Brand Wins National Attention, Urban Milwaukee, July 27, 2023
2022
Celestial Aspirations: A Review of David R. Harper’s “Zodiac” at the Racine Art Museum, Newcity Art, December 12, 2022
Let Us Now Praise William Kentridge, Urban Milwaukee, July 29, 2012
After the Fall, catalog essay for Fred Stonehouse: Falling Waters, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Signs of Gentrification, Isthmus Magazine, October 11, 2021
Art Museum’s Spanish Show a Treat, Urban Milwaukee, July 14, 2021
Majestic Textiles: A Review of Shari Urquhart’s Mustn’t Touch, Newcity Art, June 11, 2021
Reinvention, Revolution: An Experiment in the Museum of the Future is Taking Shape in Appleton, Wisconsin, Newcity Art, April 26, 2021
Abstracting Lived Experience: A Review of Leslie Smith III at Hawthorn Contemporary, Newcity Art, January 8, 2021
2020
A Milwaukee Artist Finds Power in the Quotidian: A Review of Ariana Vaeth at Lynden Sculpture Garden, Newcity Art, September 18, 2020
The Chipstone Foundation Offers a Quiet Remove for Examining American Material Culture, Newcity Art, June 26, 2020
Panache but not enough Potency: A Review of A Cat May Look On A Queen at Green Gallery, Newcity Art, April 3, 2020
The Arcadian Dream of Greendale, WI, Urban Milwaukee, March 11, 2020
New Mythology: A Review of Luis Sahagun at the Chicago Cultural Center, Newcity Art, February 26, 2020
Time Versus Technology: A Review of Nathaniel Sterne at MOWA|DTN, Newcity Art, February 10, 2020
What Does It All Mean, Anyway?, Urban Milwaukee, February 6, 2020
2019
Harnessing the Mind: A Review of Nirmal Raja at The Alice Wilds, Newcity Art, December 18, 2019
Obscuring Assumed Identity: A Review of Chambers and Weinberg at Hawthorn Contemporary, Newcity Art, November 5, 2019
2018
Scenic Route: ‘Open Road’ at art museum takes photographic trip through America, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18, 2018
2017
‘Degas to Picasso’ traces path of modern art through drawing, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 13, 2017
Walkers Point gallery The Suburban a place to show and see art without pressure, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 18, 2017
Catalogue Essay, Rob Neilson, Credo Quia Absurdum, Frank Juarez Gallery, August, 2017
‘Taking Sides’ a timely exhibit of art as a tool for activism, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 3, 2017
Wisconsin Avenue sculptures redefine Milwaukee as an arts destination, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 23, 2017
Artist Scott Zieher makes collages to tune into the past, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 6, 2017
Dueling exhibits dive into darkness, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 14, 2017
Cecilia Condit ponders extinction in video fable at Lynden Sculpture Garden, March 27, 2017
Do Ho Suh stitches the fabric of home and memory, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2017
Stonehouse, Kao combine quirks in playful ‘Hair Club,’ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 23, 2017
2016
Chris Larson explores thresholds at the Ski Club, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 19, 2016
Jeanette Mundt’s “Beggars Thieves Faeries and Whores,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16, 2016
Kohler Exhibits map “Escape Routes,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 4, 2016
Rineke Dijkstra’s subjects elicit empathy, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 30, 2016
Audubon bird prints offer fresh view of genius, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 26, 2016
‘Drawing’ still a powerful medium, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 5, 2016
Picks for July Gallery Night and Day, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 21, 2016
Artists offer fresh view of objects at Chipstone’s Fox Point campus, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 16, 2016
Claire Stigliani cracks open fairy tales to expose their darkness, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 30, 2016
Jason Yi fashions pieces of a world in ‘Terraform,’ June 10, 2016
William Kentridge, beautiful and unbearable at The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 22, 2016
Barrickman in the clouds at Green Gallery, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 22, 2016
Lynn Tomaszewski exhibit explores human interaction, social conditions, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 18, 2016
Katie Musolff finds color in riverside flora, fauna and flotsam, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 11, 2016
Tom Berenz’ broken memories at Thelma, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 11, 2016
Tom Berenz: Workingman Blue, cover article, Wisconsin People and Ideas, the magazine for the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Winter 2016
Stella’s prints reflect breadth of his experimentation, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19, 2016
2015
With incredible skill, Fred Stonehouse embraces the weird, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 4, 2015
Tyson Reeder is in love at The Green Gallery, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 23, 2015
Humble and auspicious, Irish painter Fergus Feehily is inaugural show at The Suburban, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 15, 2015
Wilde’s Wildes on Display at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 15, 2015
Nathaniel Stern’s “Giverny of the Midwest” makes U.S. Debut, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 14, 2015
Exploring human influence on the earth through an artistic lens, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 27, 2015
Haggerty Museum Explores ‘States of Uncertainty,’ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 13, 2015
Two shows make the most of wood, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 4, 2015
2014
‘Postcards from America’ delivers engaging personal views of Milwaukee The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 5, 2014
Art City Explores Space: Sacred Spaces, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 24, 2014
Kohler’s artist-in-residence program a remarkable success, with room to grow, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 3, 2014
‘Magic Mud’ at Racine Art Museum a must during NCECA, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 20, 2014
2013
‘The Beast Within’ at Tory Folliard’ Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 2, 2013
Identity Amid Crisis, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 13, 2013
Makers in Print, an International Showcase of Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 20, 2013
2012
Review: Peter Barrickman at the Green Gallery, Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 14, 2012
2011
Book essay, The Memory of a House: Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, included in States of Matter, by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg
Gallery Night Pick From Rafael Francisco Salas Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 11, 2011
Metaphors Burn Brightly at Lynden Sculpture Garden Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 28, 2011
Review: Mark Anthony at the Haggerty Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 28, 2011
Gallery Night Pick from Rafael Salas Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 20, 2011
2010
Review: Charles Dwyer at Caggio, Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 24, 2010
Review: “Animal Instinct” at the Kohler, Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 29, 2010
Reeder still offering sly twists, Review, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 31, 2010
Review: “Sailing the Barbarous Coast” at WPCA, Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 6, 2010
To See Ourselves as Others See Us at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 18, 2010
Theaster Gates at the Milwaukee Art Museum Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 6, 2010
Gallery Night Picks: Rafael Francisco Salas Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 12, 2010
Lack of Aesthetic Muscle in UWM Show Review, ArtCity, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 29, 2010
MIAD Show Looks at Cultures Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 14, 2010
2009
The Haggerty’s 25th Anniversary show unfolds in pairs Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 16, 2009
That Old Time Religion and Andy Warhol’s Last Decade Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 6, 2009
The Earnest Face of the Contemporary Portrait, paper presentation, CAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2/09, published for the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI