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.