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About
I was born in the suburbs of Michigan in 1991. I cried a lot, so my mom put me in the basement to cry myself to sleep. I liked the basement. It was cool and quiet. When it’s quiet, I can think, and I like to think.
Later, I found other kids who liked basements. They wrote sad songs about how hard life is and played them down there. They could play a lot of notes, but they couldn’t sing. I liked that. It sounded honest. I tried making music, but it didn’t work out. So I made pictures instead. I call it art. Other people call it graphic design. I don’t see the difference.
I went to Kendall College of Art and Design to think about art. Then I got tired of Michigan and moved to New York. I love New York. It’s on a grid, which is comforting. It also smells like garbage. I like what happens when things are loved so much they start to fall apart.
I got too good at graphic design that I forgot how to make things like the sad kids in the basement. Now I’m at Cranbrook Academy of Art, trying to remember.
Experience
Vocation
Upstatement ↗
Lead Designer, 2025
AREA 17 ↗
Senior Designer, 2020 – 2023
Designer, 2017 – 2020
VSCO ↗
Designer, 2014 – 2015
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Cranbrook Academy of Art ↗
2027
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Minor in Photography
Kendall College of Art and Design ↗
2014