I’m an interdisciplinary artist working in painting, ceramics, and installation. My work investigates the body's relationship to and navigation through landscapes. I'm curious about the ways nature can be known, embodied, and/or projected upon – a stage set for ephemeral but recurrent human questions. I explore these themes by creating paintings and objects, and curating outdoor art shows, including one in which viewers had to hike out to coordinates provided. My work has been exhibited throughout Southern California, Boston, and internationally in Melbourne and Finland. In the classroom, students can expect an encouraging environment with lots of space for dialogue and critique. Students in my drawing classes will develop skills around ‘deep looking,’ rendering, and developing confidence in mark making.

I am an exhibiting fine artist based in Southern California working in the medium of photography and digital video. My work explores themes of human emotions in experiences of life and issues of identity. My artwork has been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally and is included in many collections. I am the recipient of two Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grants, for which I created both a permanent and a temporary art installation. Press coverage of my work includes reviews and features in the LA Times, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Time Out New York and Artillery Magazine as well as many other publications.

Currently I am a Lecturer teaching in the Foundation Department at Otis College of Art and Design. Also, I teach Photography in the Extension Department and Summer of Art Program at Otis. Previously I have also taught at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and many other visiting artist appointments. I received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BFA from the University of Arizona.

In the courses I teach, students learn the basic formal elements of design and art. As well as experience color in analog and digital formats. They also learn basic skills of photography and how to photograph and present their classwork using analogue and digital techniques. Elements of professionalism are included n the course which assist students in preparing for their careers. Design and Art history relating to all majors is also included.

I work as part of a duo, Beck+Col. Our practice encompasses a wide variety of media and techniques, including costume, performance, video, music/voice and installation. Through costume-based performance and video, we build alternate universes that are populated by monsters, spawning a counter mythology and queering of existing norms. The playfulness of our monsters and lightness of the materials contrasts the brutality and gore of the performances. Our work questions individualism, both in practice and in content. Inherently collaborative, our practice also features other artists and performers, working together to create large works. We highlight the effects of atomization, and in contrast, the power of community. We draw inspiration from professional wrestling, opera and horror films. In my class, students can expect a fun, collaborative environment that challenges them both technically and creatively.