Hey yall! I'm an artist currently living in LA but have lived in many parts of the US including New York City, Maine, and Pennsylvania. I run an art collective/gallery with a bunch of my childhood friends. We call it DEMOblank, check it out here. https://demoblank.com/

I curate exhibitions, write, practice making sculpture, and occasionally make other stuff. Before starting this gallery I was a production mold-maker and studio assistant at a ceramic design studio.

And in my spare time I get outside as much as possible. I'm an avid hiker, big fan of hanging out on the beach, (if you're into body surfing hmu), backpacker, and more recently getting into rock climbing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm looking to get out my comfort zone and immerse myself in new environments. I've recently started an art gallery with my friends and we rapidly have grown and become of this great community of artists and creative people. I want to keep expanding that community and just meet cool people with interesting ideas and projects going on!

Interests

• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• art
• party
• nutrition
• psychedelics
• art museums
• philosphy
• blues music
• body surfing
• rolling stones
• hiking in the mountains
• lofi

Music, Movies, and Books

Books-On the Road, The Book of Joy, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Uncle Tungsten, The Tao te Ching, Cosmos, Keith Richards Life, The Day of St.Anthony's Fire, The Evolutionary Mind, 7 Experiments that Could Change the World, Akira,

Music- The Bonzo Dog Band, and right now I'm deeply into Lofi Hip-hop. I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan, The Blues, 80s and 90s Hip-hop, Jazz, Pink Flyod, Gong, The Soft Machine, The Beach boys etc.

Movie-Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings, Crash, Videodrome, A history of Violence, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Meru

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Was stuck in the desert with a broken down car, walked who knows how many miles with a friend till we found a random ranch with a tractor that could pull us out to a highway

-fell into an oncoming semi-truck and only broke my collarbone

-building a great community of creative people through DEMOblank

Teach, Learn, Share

-pottery techniques (anything related to ceramics in general)
-writing (editing, proofreading etc.)
-planning parties
-planning art exhibitions
-long chats about art history

What I Can Share with Hosts

-art history knowledge
-ceramics history
-interesting conversations
-fun adventures
-a drinking companion
-a foodie
-a spontaneous personality
-always down to party

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Spain, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States