Curatorial Projects
Most of my work focuses on reimagining collections: transforming them from a fixed display into a dynamic, rotating presentation. I’ve provided fine art support, advisement, and exhibitions to museums, galleries, artists, collectors, and production companies.
01
Jacob Kassay
Untitled (#105), 2011-2019
Custom wood stretcher bars
A collection of close to four hundred artworks was curated, moved, unboxed, assessed for damage, organized, and maintained. It included an assortment of naked stretcher bars that ranged from just a few inches to 12.5 feet.
In just over two years, I prepared and set up multiple sets for photographing. Occasionally, I transported artwork between cities.
02
Jacob Kassay
Footage, 2019
UV print on oriented strand board (OSB), Polaroid photographs
Footage by Jacob Kassay was difficult to render in photographic documentation, however some retouching produced an effect similar to being inside the exhibition. Comprised of OSB board, printed with identical photographs slightly tessellated, the artwork caused the viewer to become disoriented.
The work on the wall, as well as the blue carpet, embodied an experience usually confronted in a virtual space.
Initially, the installation was commissioned to another photographer. Kassay asked me to reshoot the exhibition because I saw the relations between the artwork.
I was able to visually reproduce not only the tessellated aspect of the work, but also how they transformed the gallery space.
03
Jaime Aelavanthala, Fidan Nazimqizi, Anne Kelly
Mystic, 2022
Cyanotypes toned in tea, and digital prints on metal
This exhibition, titled Mystic, is a group show of female artists who use water as a creative device. The exhibition required acquiring all the art safely, installing the work, and writing statements for the show that conceptually and historically position the photographs in our contemporary era.
04
Aneka Ingol at Muskegon Museum
Live and Let Live, 2021
(winner of the 2019 Bennett Prize)
Mixed media on paper
This award-winning 2019 Bennett Prize artwork was photographed before appearing in the Muskegon Museum of Art.
The project required staging a set for shooting an assortment of large, unmounted drawings 74” x 48” each. These were taken in both full and detail images for each piece.
05
Natalie Diienno
In Search of the Miraculous, 2021
Sublimated print on aluminum
In Search of the Miraculous, is a series that focuses on infinity and color. Composed of over 20 horizons, the exhibition was metallic and reflective. I had to troubleshoot the reflectivity of the metal prints in order to make them visible in the documentation images.
06
La Salle Development
est. 1950 - 1960
Factory airplane models
For this estate, I was commissioned to document different collectors items. Most of these documented items were airplane models, photographed not only for the estate archive but also to use for selling those items.
Each model was photographed from every orientation, examined damages, and these items were used to asses value of the product.
The collectibles were documented at the office of the estate, where I set up a small studio with strobes and a diffusion box. The images were immediately processed and delivered the day of the shoot.
07
Reinhard Reitzenstein
WTF (Where's the Forest?), 2019
3-D cut board, neon, beeswax, tree sections
I was hired me to document mixed-media and sculptural installations, indexing his work in-situ for his records. His work also presents certain challenges, mostly due to the diverse range of media included in his installations as well as scale – he is most well known for installing entire trees in interior and exterior spaces.
As seen in this image, the gallery is dark, and the installation includes radiant light (neon), reflected light (beeswax, tree segments), and shadows. Extremely long exposures and proper retouching corrected these challenges.
08
David Adam Brown
Event Horizon, 2018
Crumpled paper, chalk, slate
This installation was a challenge due to the light and space of the gallery: there were two dim lights in the room, which produced a very uneven lighting and an no- matching color balance.
This was extremely visible, as the artwork was a monochromatic black-and-white. This issue of unbalanced lighting was resolved during post production.
The other aspect to this piece was the space — not only could I not walk into the gallery, as that would disrupt the installation, but there was only one viewpoint — the door to the room, which restricted my viewing range.
A wide angle lens, and compensation for any distortion was performed during retouching.
09
Jacob Kassay
Wedge #23, 2020
The collection includes a series of prismatic sculptures of glass wedges placed perfectly within the pages of library books. Chosen books are not significant. The only requirement was that they display the library stickers.
These borrowed books were used for documenting the artwork. Each sculpture has about eight angles each, maintaining refraction produced by the wedges under certain lighting conditions.
To shoot the work, I set up two strobes and a diffusion box for even lighting. Post production was specified by client. Two hundred images were organized, archived, and delivered to the client.
10
La Salle Development
est. 1933
Exakta 35mm film camera
For this estate, I was commissioned to document different collectors items. This particular selection of valuables comprised of antique camera gear. These documented items were photographed not only for the estate archive but also to use for selling those items.
Each model was photographed from every orientation, examined damages, and these items were used to asses value of the product.
The collectibles were documented at the office of the estate, where I set up a small studio with strobes and a diffusion box. The images were immediately processed and delivered the day of the shoot.
