BIO

Born in Fresno, CA. Lives and works in Berkeley, CA.

Solo Exhibitions
   
2001 Dichotomies, The H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
1999 My friends and bands I like..., Aquarius Records, San Francisco, CA
1996 Environmental Observations, B&L Designs, Campbell, CA.
1994 A Female Photography Exhibit, Stormy Leather, San Francisco, CA
1993 Look Within, IMRU, Los Gatos, CA.
1992 A Triptych Photography Exhibit, Vertigo, Los Angeles, CA
 
Group Exhibitions
   
2007 Two Artists , Gallery 555, Oakland Museum Of California, Oakland, CA
  The Landscape Exhibition , Moldova Young Artists Association, Oberliht, Moldova
2006 Transient, Art Space, Montauk, NY
  Summer, Annex Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2005 Ballybaba, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2004 Close Calls: 2004, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2003 untitled until...observation and documentation, WORKS / San Jose, San Jose, CA
2002 Tribes of Neurot Art Collective, Crucible Steel Gallery, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Site Unseen: Urban/Suburban/Rural, Olive Hyde Art Center, Fremont, CA
2001 The Art Of Collecting, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rose, CA
Present/Tense: Recent Bay Area MFA Graduates, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, CA
Open Studios, In Color II, San Francisco, CA
WEST{ERN}, X Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition 2001, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2000 Silent Nights, 143 poplar, San Francisco, CA
Fabricated to be Photographed, Calumet Studio, San Francisco, CA
Summerland, postandbeam, San Francisco, CA
Journey of a Thousand Steps, ARTSHIP Foundation, Oakland, CA
Crossroads Art of Revolution/Art of Rescue, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 Retrogressing Terrastock, National Traveling Photographic Exhibition
The Trestle At Pope Lick Creek, The Studio at Theatre Rhinoceros, San Francisco, CA
Spring Show and Senior Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Postcard Show, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
1998 Big Deal, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Art Auction, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
SFAI Staff Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Pre-teenage Wildlife, 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Retrogressing Terrastock, Aquarius, San Francisco, CA
Terrafilms, Terrastock Music Festival, CA
1996 Theatrical Haikus, Augustino Dance Theater, Open Arts Circle, Oakland, CA
Heartwork, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA.
1995 Windows, Artship Foundation, Oakland City Hall, CA
Peace University, Augustino Dance Theater, Berlin, Germany
Growing Up Invisible, Augustino Dance Theater, The Pardee Museum, Oakland, CA
S.F.A.I Staff Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Short Class from S.F.A.I., China National Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou, China
Finding Breath, Augustino Dance Theater, Open Arts Circle, Oakland, CA
1994 The Shooting Gallery, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA
Bleeding Flowers, Crash Palace, San Francisco, CA
S.F.A.I Second Annual Staff Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Foto Houston 1994, San Jacinto College, Houston, Texas
1993 S.F.A.I Staff Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1992 How many artists Does it take?, Show N Tell, San Francisco, CA
A Women's Vision, San Francisco Women Artists, SOMA, San Francisco, CA
For years previous to 1992 contact artist
 
Selected Grants/ Awards/ Residencies
   
2007 Exhibition Grant, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA
2005 Affiliate Artist Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2001 Jay DeFeo Award, Oakland, CA
2000 Mills College Graduate Council, Graduate Research, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Catherine Morgan Trefethen Fellowship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1999 Murphy/ Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowship, The San Francisco Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Honorary Award for the Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Visions of Excellence Finalist, San Francisco, CA
Catherine Morgan Trefethen Fellowship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1989 The International Library of Photography, Editor's Choice Award, CA
  Photography USA, Outstanding Photography National Competition, CA
 
Reviews and Publications
   
2005 "8 Days a Week,"San Francisco Bay Guardian
2004 "'Close Calls' at Headlands Center for the Arts," exhibit review by Mark Van Proyen, Artweek, April 2004
2003 "Hard Hat Area," art review by Traci Vogel, Metro Active
2002 "Tomorrow's Parties," published photographs, Wire
"Insane Beauty, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Los Angeles, 2002," by Dianne Jones, Staf Magazine
2001 "Dichotomies," critic’s choice Baltimore City Paper
"Two of a Kind, Comparing and Contrasting Dichotomies at H. Lewis," exhibit review Lee Gardner, Baltimore City Paper
"Dichotomies Study One Through Seventeen," exhibit review by Jack Livingston, Creative Alliance Peek Review
"Beyond The Pale," published photographs, Wire
2000 "Art of Revolution/Art of Rescue," San Francisco Art Institute exhibition catalogue
1999 "my friends and bands i like," pick of the week, San Francisco Bay Guardian
1996 "Heartwork," Euphrat Museum of Art exhibition catalogue
1995 "Growing Up Invisible," The Pardee Museum review The Oakland Tribune and also reviewed in A Voice of East Bay Art & Culture