His work explores the identity and communitarian-based politics of sexuality, race, and feminism, addressing how these manifest in visual culture. His art criticism and academic writing has been published in exhibition catalogs as well as Artforum, Pastelegram, GLQ, and Aperture, among others. In 2014-2016 he was critic-in-residence at the Core Program in Houston, Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Texas in Austin.