Portrait was born in
Greenbrae, California. Growing up, he's lived in
Vancouver, Washington as well as
Eugene,
Medford and
Portland, Oregon. Portrait is currently based in
Brooklyn, New York, where he runs a private recording studio. Portrait started the
psychedelic rock band
Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2010 along with
Ruban Nielson, and is currently playing with the band as their
bassist. He has worked with the band on their albums
Multi-Love (2015),
Sex & Food (2018),
IC-01 Hanoi (2018),
V (2023), and
IC-02 Bogotá (2025). Portrait teamed up with singer-guitarist Charlie Hilton and bassist Patrick Adams to form the
alternative rock band
Blouse in Portland. The band's self-titled first album was released in 2011, and the band's second album
Imperium was released in 2013. Some of Portrait’s most recent writing and production credits include
Lil Yachty’s album
Let’s Start Here. (2023) and
Montell Fish's album
CHARLOTTE (2024). In 2024, he’s also written and produced on
Marc Rebillet’s “Vibes Alright”,
Christopher Owens’ “This Is My Guitar”,
Still Woozy’s “Rid of Me”, and “Slay Bitch (Bonus Track)” on
Remi Wolf’s album
Big Ideas. In 2016 he produced the album
Palana by Charlie Hilton of
Blouse.
Porches' album
Ricky Music was co-produced by Portrait. He co-produced and recorded
Someone New by
Helena Deland. Portrait has worked with
Alex G as a
mixing engineer on his albums
Beach Music (2015),
Rocket (2017),
House of Sugar (2019), and
God Save the Animals (2022).
God Save the Animals was co-produced by Portrait with Alex G. He also worked as an
audio engineer on
Whitney's
Forever Turned Around in 2019. In 2021, he worked as a producer and writer on
Cloves'
Nightmare on Elmfield Road. Several tracks on
Claud's debut album
Super Monster were composed and produced by Portrait. ==Awards==