Born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C., he received his arts education in New York City, earning a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, and an MFA in painting from Hunter College. His work has been featured in the Pencil in the Studio blog, Maake Magazine, and ArtMaze Magazine. He has exhibited in group exhibitions on both coasts, and his most recent solo exhibition was at the One River School in Lake Oswego, OR in the summer of 2018.