Gun Show
Gun Show
Business
Business

Old briefcase covered in multicolored paper rectangles.

Business (open)
Business (open)

The briefcase contains a concealed weapon.

Family
Family

The surface of this form is covered with the names of all of the billionaires at the time of its making.

Family (Right side)
Family (Right side)
Family (detail)
Family (detail)
Pedestal
Pedestal

13”X60”X13” 2021

Punch Drunk
Punch Drunk

84”X168”X2” - 2020-2021

Lung
Lung

24”X30”X6” 2020

Baton
Baton

36”X5”X5” - 2020

Hard Rain (continued)
Hard Rain (continued)

The heads of people working in the US weapons manufacturing industry.

Hard Rain, continued (detail)
Hard Rain, continued (detail)
Hard Rain, in progress
Hard Rain, in progress

15’X10’ - 2019

A work in progress made of the heads of people that work in the weapons manufacturing industry.

IMG_2735.JPG
Ghost of Reaganomics and Hard Rain, in progress

Video by Cole Rietenbach

The Ghost of Reaganomics
The Ghost of Reaganomics

15’X10’X10’ 2019

Trickle down as a barren tree with a woodpecker stand in.

The Ghost of Reaganomics (detail)
The Ghost of Reaganomics (detail)

Artificial Christmas tree trunk/mechanism.

The Ghost of Reganomics
The Ghost of Reganomics

Repurposed motor altered to rotate slower 2019

11/8/16
11/8/16

8’X20’ 2018

The date of the presidential election, representing the five stages of grief - Acceptance, Depression, Bargaining, Anger, Denial.

Acceptance
Acceptance
Depression
Depression
Bargaining
Bargaining
Anger
Anger
Denial
Denial
Greatness
Greatness

2018 12’X8’

Inspired by a map of militias

Investment
Investment

5’X5’ 2018

Logos of the 12 largest world banks reversed and upside down

The Mean
The Mean

12”X18” each 2018

21 quotes from the perspective of the privileged

2,864,974
2,864,974

Right Side view 2018

2,864,974
2,864,974

8”X5”X1” 2018

Hilary embedded in the wall on a form that is designed to optically allow her face to follow your movement into profile.

Trump
Trump

16”X12” 2016

Floccinaucinihilipilification
Floccinaucinihilipilification

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Second largest word in the English language meaning; the estimation of something as worthless, a paper version of a man’s jacket made of Trump’s most disparaging quotes at the time.

Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)
Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)
Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Reccess
Reccess

2018

6’X4’X5”

The entire congressional body, seen here as an act of double erasure. Each politician’s head erased in photoshop, brought together as a group, printed on cloth and disassembled one horizontal thread at a time, leaving only the vertical image.

Angela Meleca Gallery - Fake

Video by Erek Nass

Red Party
Red Party

12”X4’X4’ 2018

50 re-purposed self-standing photo frames

World Book
World Book

20”X11”X9” 2018

Signature
Signature

16”X12”X3” 2018

A forgery made with sculpy clay incased in plaster poured into a re-purposed frame.

50 Black Holes
50 Black Holes

4’X7’ 2018

Post election Flag proposal

Sold Out
Sold Out

2016

Installation view at the Angela Meleca Gallery. The work in ‘Sold Out’ adapts familiar iconography normally used to communicate a range of ideas spanning from local to global.

US
US

80”X80” 2016

A homage to color field painting through the statistics of the world military spending in 2005, the United States is represented here by raw canvas.

Matrix
Matrix

40”X120” 2016

Disclaimer for the addiction to gambling found on a lotto ticket translated into code.

You
You

9’X7’ 2016

An image based on an appropriated artist rendering of a Neanderthal.

Brutus
Brutus

22”X20” 2016

Pixelated mascot, made of paint samples and graphite

Jesus
Jesus

13’X6’X3’ 2016

My younger brother Eric made the original 13" version which hangs in our home. A quirky reminder of my brothers imagination at the age of 13 and the lack of all religion in my life.

Clock
Clock

12”X12”X2” 2018

Clock hand (small wire) moves counter clock wise.

Foundation
Foundation

5’X6’X7” 2016

40 index cards with the language of institutional branding. A mobile pyramid that floats and rotates as the viewers body approaches

Like
Like

40”X40”X4” 2016

Update to Robert Indiana’s love sculpture

Self
Self

14”X12”X5” 2016

Ayn Rand with eyes cutout leaning on frosted Plexiglas, the pupils drawn on the wall resting on a platform made up of the fortune 500.

Tradition
Tradition

5’X3’X1” 2016

Rural Lawn decoration repurposed and carved on both sides.

Tradition
Tradition

5’X3’X1” 2016

Rural Lawn decoration repurposed and carved on both sides.

Powers
Powers

2016

84”X24”

Based on “The 48 laws of power” by Robert Greene, a Machiavellian collection of mantras, designed to control and manipulate people from the top down. The books thesis epitomizes the state of our current political and corporate culture; I can imagine that every CEO and Politician has taken the content to heart. Using press type, white out and quill pens I created a family tree with all the limbs sawn off.

Angela Meleca Gallery - SOLD OUT

Video by Erek Nass

Citizens United
Citizens United

60”X40”X40” 2018

Power (Detail top)
Power (Detail top)
Gun Show
Business
Business (open)
Family
Family (Right side)
Family (detail)
Pedestal
Punch Drunk
Lung
Baton
Hard Rain (continued)
Hard Rain, continued (detail)
Hard Rain, in progress
IMG_2735.JPG
Ghost of Reaganomics and Hard Rain, in progress
The Ghost of Reaganomics
The Ghost of Reaganomics (detail)
The Ghost of Reganomics
11/8/16
Acceptance
Depression
Bargaining
Anger
Denial
Greatness
Investment
The Mean
2,864,974
2,864,974
Trump
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)
Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)
Reccess
Angela Meleca Gallery - Fake
Red Party
World Book
Signature
50 Black Holes
Sold Out
US
Matrix
You
Brutus
Jesus
Clock
Foundation
Like
Self
Tradition
Tradition
Powers
Angela Meleca Gallery - SOLD OUT
Citizens United
Power (Detail top)
Gun Show
Business

Old briefcase covered in multicolored paper rectangles.

Business (open)

The briefcase contains a concealed weapon.

Family

The surface of this form is covered with the names of all of the billionaires at the time of its making.

Family (Right side)
Family (detail)
Pedestal

13”X60”X13” 2021

Punch Drunk

84”X168”X2” - 2020-2021

Lung

24”X30”X6” 2020

Baton

36”X5”X5” - 2020

Hard Rain (continued)

The heads of people working in the US weapons manufacturing industry.

Hard Rain, continued (detail)
Hard Rain, in progress

15’X10’ - 2019

A work in progress made of the heads of people that work in the weapons manufacturing industry.

Ghost of Reaganomics and Hard Rain, in progress

Video by Cole Rietenbach

The Ghost of Reaganomics

15’X10’X10’ 2019

Trickle down as a barren tree with a woodpecker stand in.

The Ghost of Reaganomics (detail)

Artificial Christmas tree trunk/mechanism.

The Ghost of Reganomics

Repurposed motor altered to rotate slower 2019

11/8/16

8’X20’ 2018

The date of the presidential election, representing the five stages of grief - Acceptance, Depression, Bargaining, Anger, Denial.

Acceptance
Depression
Bargaining
Anger
Denial
Greatness

2018 12’X8’

Inspired by a map of militias

Investment

5’X5’ 2018

Logos of the 12 largest world banks reversed and upside down

The Mean

12”X18” each 2018

21 quotes from the perspective of the privileged

2,864,974

Right Side view 2018

2,864,974

8”X5”X1” 2018

Hilary embedded in the wall on a form that is designed to optically allow her face to follow your movement into profile.

Trump

16”X12” 2016

Floccinaucinihilipilification

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Second largest word in the English language meaning; the estimation of something as worthless, a paper version of a man’s jacket made of Trump’s most disparaging quotes at the time.

Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Floccinaucinihilipilification (Detail)

6’X6’X1’ 2018

Reccess

2018

6’X4’X5”

The entire congressional body, seen here as an act of double erasure. Each politician’s head erased in photoshop, brought together as a group, printed on cloth and disassembled one horizontal thread at a time, leaving only the vertical image.

Angela Meleca Gallery - Fake

Video by Erek Nass

Red Party

12”X4’X4’ 2018

50 re-purposed self-standing photo frames

World Book

20”X11”X9” 2018

Signature

16”X12”X3” 2018

A forgery made with sculpy clay incased in plaster poured into a re-purposed frame.

50 Black Holes

4’X7’ 2018

Post election Flag proposal

Sold Out

2016

Installation view at the Angela Meleca Gallery. The work in ‘Sold Out’ adapts familiar iconography normally used to communicate a range of ideas spanning from local to global.

US

80”X80” 2016

A homage to color field painting through the statistics of the world military spending in 2005, the United States is represented here by raw canvas.

Matrix

40”X120” 2016

Disclaimer for the addiction to gambling found on a lotto ticket translated into code.

You

9’X7’ 2016

An image based on an appropriated artist rendering of a Neanderthal.

Brutus

22”X20” 2016

Pixelated mascot, made of paint samples and graphite

Jesus

13’X6’X3’ 2016

My younger brother Eric made the original 13" version which hangs in our home. A quirky reminder of my brothers imagination at the age of 13 and the lack of all religion in my life.

Clock

12”X12”X2” 2018

Clock hand (small wire) moves counter clock wise.

Foundation

5’X6’X7” 2016

40 index cards with the language of institutional branding. A mobile pyramid that floats and rotates as the viewers body approaches

Like

40”X40”X4” 2016

Update to Robert Indiana’s love sculpture

Self

14”X12”X5” 2016

Ayn Rand with eyes cutout leaning on frosted Plexiglas, the pupils drawn on the wall resting on a platform made up of the fortune 500.

Tradition

5’X3’X1” 2016

Rural Lawn decoration repurposed and carved on both sides.

Tradition

5’X3’X1” 2016

Rural Lawn decoration repurposed and carved on both sides.

Powers

2016

84”X24”

Based on “The 48 laws of power” by Robert Greene, a Machiavellian collection of mantras, designed to control and manipulate people from the top down. The books thesis epitomizes the state of our current political and corporate culture; I can imagine that every CEO and Politician has taken the content to heart. Using press type, white out and quill pens I created a family tree with all the limbs sawn off.

Angela Meleca Gallery - SOLD OUT

Video by Erek Nass

Citizens United

60”X40”X40” 2018

Power (Detail top)
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