A.B. is an Oregon-born, New York-based conceptual artist engaging in a multifaceted practice encompassing photography, sculpture, and performance. This interdisciplinary approach merges theory with execution to explore concepts of institutional authority, cultural creation, and the shared human experience through poetic structure and gesture.
Holding a BFA in Photography from the State University of New York at New Paltz, A.B. has exhibited internationally with: The Samuel Dorsky Museum - New Paltz, NY, The Artbar Gallery - Kingston, NY, the Newburg Community Photo Project Gallery - Newburgh, NY, and the Space Place Gallery - Nizhny Tagil, Russia. He is the recipient of the 2022 Giancarlo Traverso Award and a 2021 inaugural Truth be Told Fellow with the Newburgh Community Photography Project.
Group Exhibition
2022
Smoke & Soil, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, United States
2021
Truth Be Told, Newburgh Community Photo Project, New Paltz, NY, United States
Simple Form, Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia
2020
Withdrawn, Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, United States
An Existing Condition, Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia
2019
Listen, Art Bar Gallery, Kingston, New York, United States
Social Changes, Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, United States
Group Publication
2022
A Cauterized Wound, Artist Monograph, Self-published
Assembly Art Journal #3, Group Catalog, SUNY New Paltz
2020
Organic Chemistry, Group Zine, Self-Published
Election, Group Catalog, SUNY New Paltz
Awards & Fellowships
2022
Luigi and Anita Traverso Award in Photography
2021
Newburg Community Photography Project’s Truth Be Told project - Inaugural Fellow