As a curator and project manager, I have organized public artworks in the UK and USA, including as co-curator of The L.I.S.A. Project NYC (2012-2014) and Art in Ad Places (2017 - 2021).

Selected artworks:

Mosaic Magic by Snoeman
Curator and Project Manager

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2023.

Mosaic Magic is Snoeman’s tribute to the beautiful City of Philadelphia. The mural references the South Philly neighborhood in which it is located, legendary local and international artists, and some of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

Shattered Nature by Beau Stanton
Curator

JASA. New York City, NY. 2021.

For years, I’d walked by a spot at 4th and Bowery in New York’s East Village and thought, “That wall should have a mural on it.” One day out of the blue, I received an inquiry from a friend: The owners of a certain building at 4th and Bowery were interested in installing a mural. My dream spot turned out to be the garden wall of a housing complex for low-income seniors, and the building managers wanted to feel more a part of the neighborhood’s thriving arts community. Beau Stanton to the rescue, with a mural combining motifs of plants and stained glass.

VOTE! by Shepard Fairey
Curator and Project Manager

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2020.

In the fall of 2020, so many of us were doing all that we could to get out the vote, especially in swing states. Around the same time, Mural Arts Philadelphia asked if I could bring a new Shepard Fairey mural to the city. Given the pandemic, Shepard could not travel. We had to come up with a solution for remote muralism. VOTE! was designed by Shepard in Los Angeles, printed on parachute cloth (a permanent alternative to wheatpasting), and installed by a team in Philadelphia.

Guerrilla Girls
Curator and Project Manager

Art in Ad Places. New York City. 2019.

Seeing a tweet from the Guerrilla Girls about MoMA’s board and their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, I thought: Wouldn’t that message be even more powerful right outside the museum?

In a matter of days, Art in Ad Places had partnered with the Guerrilla Girls to make it happen. We installed a variation of their tweet in a payphone at MoMA’s doorstep.

The action was covered by Hyperallergic, artnet, and the New York Post (which noted that the poster “loomed over” a MoMA fundraiser in the days after it was installed). It was also cited in The New York Times’ list of the “Best Art of 2019.”

loving you is exhausting by Christine Sun Kim
Curator and Project Manager

Art in Ad Places. New York City. 2019.

Christine Sun Kim’s contribution to Art in Ad Places touched on love, patriotism, appropriation, and the unique complications that came with being an American living in a foreign country in 2019.

No Borders by Molly Crabapple
Curator

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2017.

No Borders was part of We the People, a series that I curated for Mural Arts Philadelphia: Six murals by six artists celebrating the best of the American spirit while speaking to the precarious state of the country.

This was a classic case of finding a mural wall by just knocking on enough doors. I spent a day walking through the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown, trying find a wall that would be suited to Molly Crabapple’s work. As luck would have it, right as I came across the perfect spot, someone walked out the front door: the building owner, and he was into the idea. Easiest wall I’ve ever found. A few weeks later, I returned with Molly and a team of assistants to install.

A Daughter Migrates Towards the Mother Earth by Jess X. Snow
Curator

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2017.

A Daughter Migrates Towards the Mother Earth was part of We the People, a series that I curated for Mural Arts Philadelphia: Six murals by six artists celebrating the best of the American spirit while speaking to the precarious state of the country.

Jess X. Snow was about to put muralism on hold for a few years. For one last mural, they wanted to go big. However, time and money were limited. The solution: A three-story mural (going big) that utilizes negative space on an unprimed wall (saving money).

Philos and Adelphos by Edgar Flores (Saner)
Project Manager

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2015.

Edgar Flores (Saner) was in town for a residency at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens. He was working on a show for their gallery but also wanted to paint a mural.

I was working at Murals Arts Philadelphia, and saw this as an unmissable opportunity to work with an accomplished Mexican artist without having to cover travel expenses. Although it was outside of my usual responsibilities at Mural Arts, I took on the task of managing Saner’s mural from start to finish.

Pyramid and Steps by Jonathan Monk
Project Manager

Mural Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. 2015.

Jonathan Monk created two temporary skateable sculptures (Steps - not pictured - and Pyramid) based on concrete works by the minimalist master Sol LeWitt. The original LeWitt pieces are in the sculpture garden at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while Monk’s works were installed just down the street at Paine’s Park. Monks’ sculptures were the first pieces to be installed for Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Open Source exhibition.

As project manager for both sculptures, I worked with Monk, curator Pedro Alonzo, representatives of Paine’s Park, and a fabrication team to bring the sculptures from sketch to reality to de-installation. Nobody on the project had ever worked on building skateable objects before, so we had to learn on the fly: How big would skaters want them to be, what materials should they be made of, could we make those materials look like concrete, and… perhaps most importantly… how do you safely transport, install, and de-install sculptures that each weigh more than a thousand pounds?

We Own the Future by Shepard Fairey
Curator

The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. New York, NY. 2014.

My last mural with The L.I.S.A. Project NYC was the organization’s first project with Shepard Fairey, painted while touring the country to promote his limited edition bottle of Hennessy V.S.

Liberty by Tristan Eaton
Curator

The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. New York, NY. 2013.

It was important to me that many L.I.S.A. Project murals had a connection to the neighborhood, while remaining contemporary and unexpected. Tristan Eaton’s Liberty was a fresh take on a New York City icon.

Apex Predator by Layqa Nuna Yawar
Curator and Project Manager

Haverford College. Haverford, PA. 2013.

Layqa Nuna Yawar’s mural was the last of three walls that I organized at Haverford College for the exterior of James House. Apex Predator caused some kind of controversy with the English department because they didn’t like that the animals were mythological figures. I never quite understood their complaint, nor did many students, and the controversy subsided.

Temper Tot by Ron English
Curator

The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. New York, NY. 2012.

The L.I.S.A. Project NYC sprang from what was intended as a one-off project, a series of murals affiliated with the New York Comedy Festival. Ron English’s Temper Tot was the most ambitious of the original series, three stories tall and towering above the Mulberry Street restaurants and tchotchke shops. Honestly, the mural was painted for the comedy festival and any connection with Little Italy was considered secondary, but look closely at the rips in the Tot’s jeans… they do have a familiar shape.

Troy Lovegates (Other) and Labrona
Curator and Project Manager

Haverford College. Haverford, PA. 2012.

Troy Lovegates (Other) and Labrona collaborated on this mural at the entrance to Haverford College’s James House building. It was strange and difficult wall to navigate, but the duo found a way: Figures sit on steps and duck under windows.

Gaia
Curator and Project Manager

Haverford College. Haverford, PA. 2011.

In what was likely a first at Haverford College, a student arranged for a permanent public artwork to be installed on campus. With a project and a spray can, Gaia scaled up one of his well-known linoleum block prints to fill an entire wall on James House, a student-run art space.

Burning Candy (Cyclops, Dscreet, Gold Peg, Mighty Mo, Rowdy, Sweet Toof, and Tek33)
Curator and Project Manager

Village Underground. London, England. 2009.

Seven of the nine members of the Burning Candy crew collaborated on this mural as part of my exhibition The Thousands, which took place inside the same building.

Addam Yekutieli (Know Hope)
Curator and Project Manager

Village Underground. London, England. 2009.

When I rented Shoreditch’s iconic Village Underground venue to house an exhibition, The Thousands, I was told that we could paint a mural on one of their walls, but that four other spots along the main road were off limits. Just days before the show opened, we learned that we had free rein over all of their walls. Addam Yekutieli was able to fill one of those last minute spots, possibly his only painted mural in London to date.