I am a musician and artist from the midwest United States, currently based in Osaka, JP.
Using improvisation as a path into interdisciplinary collaboration, I have spent much of my career making work with dancers, visual artists, writers. I have been able to work with many inspiring artists, from the legendary dancer Sally Gross, to Guggenheim Fellow Pope.L, to transgressive novelist Kathe Koja with whom I worked on numerous immersive theatre works in the experimental theatre company Nerve.
Collaboration with dancers has given me a concept of motion that inspired me to teach myself to animate. Working primarily in frame-by-frame animation combined with mixed media elements, I've now worked as an animator, director, and editor on numerous projects. In 2024, my music video for the band Throwaway's "Kyubabe" screened in competition at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, and won the Best Michigan Filmmaker award. I also perform live visuals with music performance: in 2025, I presented work at Chicago’s Constellation with an ensemble led by Ishmael Ali, and at Detroit’s Concert of Colors, performing with Don Was.
I also teach workshops on improvisation, and advise artists in the creation of new work. I've produced recordings with Teiku (577 Records) and Michael Malis with Virago (Made Now Music). While most of my musical composition is done as a collaborative performer within my ensembles, I do sometimes write works for other musicians. Notably, I have been fortunate to write solo pieces for the pianist Sonya Belaya and percussionist Chris Sies.
My solo project subatlantic songs is a theatrical performance for solo amplified double bass and voice. It has been in performative development since 2015, taking shape through gradual distillation of improvised material and theatrical staging limitations. Performances include Cleveland's Re:Sound Festival, and Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music.
I have recorded numerous albums with the band Lovely Socialite and saajtak. In addition to improvised music performance, I have most regularly appeared with the artrock/postpunk band Throwaway in the US and Japan. Throwaway’s rock opera Odyssey is currently in post-production.
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Using improvisation as a path into interdisciplinary collaboration, I have spent much of my career making work with dancers, visual artists, writers. I have been able to work with many inspiring artists, from the legendary dancer Sally Gross, to Guggenheim Fellow Pope.L, to transgressive novelist Kathe Koja with whom I worked on numerous immersive theatre works in the experimental theatre company Nerve.
Collaboration with dancers has given me a concept of motion that inspired me to teach myself to animate. Working primarily in frame-by-frame animation combined with mixed media elements, I've now worked as an animator, director, and editor on numerous projects. In 2024, my music video for the band Throwaway's "Kyubabe" screened in competition at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, and won the Best Michigan Filmmaker award. I also perform live visuals with music performance: in 2025, I presented work at Chicago’s Constellation with an ensemble led by Ishmael Ali, and at Detroit’s Concert of Colors, performing with Don Was.
I also teach workshops on improvisation, and advise artists in the creation of new work. I've produced recordings with Teiku (577 Records) and Michael Malis with Virago (Made Now Music). While most of my musical composition is done as a collaborative performer within my ensembles, I do sometimes write works for other musicians. Notably, I have been fortunate to write solo pieces for the pianist Sonya Belaya and percussionist Chris Sies.
My solo project subatlantic songs is a theatrical performance for solo amplified double bass and voice. It has been in performative development since 2015, taking shape through gradual distillation of improvised material and theatrical staging limitations. Performances include Cleveland's Re:Sound Festival, and Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music.
I have recorded numerous albums with the band Lovely Socialite and saajtak. In addition to improvised music performance, I have most regularly appeared with the artrock/postpunk band Throwaway in the US and Japan. Throwaway’s rock opera Odyssey is currently in post-production.
Contact/Booking
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