GMK Bio

 
 
 

MILESTONES

1971 - Born Charleston, SC

1993 - University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; BFA Highest Honors; Chancellor’s Art History Award.

1996 - 1998 - Architectural & Industrial Design model builder, San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA. STUDIOS, IDEO, Lunar Design.

1998 - 2001 - School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT; Master of International and Intercultural Management / Sustainable Development

1999 - 2001 - UNHCR and UNMIK, Kosovo.

2003 - Mercy Corps, Iraq. Excerpt from Rory Stewart’s Prince of the Marshes, in Slate. ReliefWeb article from same period.

2004 - UNOPS Afghanistan. Wrote UN Parliamentary Elections procedure manual; Elections Logistics Coordinator in Ghazni.

2006 - 2009 - Urban Spring cafe, Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 3X Best Vegan Sandwiches in NYC.

2009-2011 - UNOPS, South Sudan. Logistics, Operations, Security Lead.

2015 - UNLOK (re-) born.

2016 - First show, accompanying David Ellis with one painting at bOb Bar, NYC.

2017 - Arrested for Rubberstamping UNLOK on a phonebooth. Absurd observations reveal seminal epiphany.

2018 - 2019 - Featured artist at the Assemblage. Eoti Studios produced this piece to highlight the installation.

2019 - Resident at ESKFF; Group Show, March 2019

2020 - Core team member, Art2Heart SOHO.

2020 - Featured artist, Broadway BID, collaboration with Westwood Gallery @ Broadway and Prince.

2021 - Featured artist at National Arts Club , What Happened This Summer?

April 2021 - Group show: NYCArtMovement @ NYC Arts Empire

May - June 2021 - Group show: Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City.

July - August 2021 - Group show: 4 City Brewing Co., Orange, NJ.

November 2021 - NYC Art Movement Show

December 2022 - UNLOK! The Show premieres @ Rudolf Steiner Ctr Theater in Chelsea, NYC

January 2023 - UNLOK @ Davos World Economic Forum with Altru Institute

March 2023 - New York Times, New York Post, Times Union and others cover my latest “art project” — the renovation and sale of William Kennedy’s legendary Albany townhouse.

Feb 2024 - Group Show, Gallery Max, NYC: STEPPING INTO A WORLD II. Honorable mention.