Remnants: Recombined, Reconsidered
Solo exhibition and catalog | Curated by Debra Kayes Halpern, Tiger Strikes Asteroid | Mana Contemporary, Chicago

Held by Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, Remnants: Recombined, Reconsidered is a cross-disciplinary exhibition exploring the boundaries of graphic design through photography, collage, and other media.

Bits of color, twisted form, faded words—stimulation is inspiration. The mode of operation is that of a street photographer, constantly noticing the unnoticed: the decrepit, the dilapidated, the dismissed. Our eyes scan, automatically and systematically, as they move through the city, waiting for delight, for curios to reveal themselves. Whimsy and happenstance are key. When found, these trash treasures are photographed or brought back, examined, and then set aside until one day partnered or grouped with other finds. Such is the process: hunting and gathering, thinking and making. The eyes, the brain, the heart—they don’t switch off. They invariably detect, desire, and direct the hands, continually compelled.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a 501c3 non-profit network of independently programmed, artist-run exhibition spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Greenville, SC.

Recognition (for exhibition catalog):
CQ Excellence Award and published in Creative Quarterly Journal
Indigo Design Awards | Silver
Muse Creative Awards | Silver
STA 100 selection