Education:
M.F.A., Academy of Art University, CA, Fine Art Painting, 2007
Certificate, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, Ateliers du Carousel Workshop, 2006
B.A. Cum Laude, Whitman College, WA, Studio Art and Sociology with Honors, 1996
Professional Experience:
Instructor, U.C. Berkeley Art Studio, Berkeley, CA 2013 - present
Instructor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA 2018-2019
Instructor, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, 2010-2013
Museum Educator, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2008-2012
Assistant, Margy Boyd Art Tours, San Francisco, CA, 2006-2013
Intern, Trillium Fine Arts Press, Brisbane, CA, 2006
Artist's Assistant, Keiko Hara, Walla Walla, WA, 1995-6
Corporate Commissions:
Western Union, San Francisco, CA
Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, CA
Ritz-Carlton, Dubai, UAE
Clift Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Jasper’s Corner Tap and Kitchen, San Francisco, CA
St. Regis, Houston, TX
Hilton Garden Inn, Boston, MA
Awards and Honors:
2013 Selection, "BOUND", Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Cora Rosevear, Curator, Painting and Sculpture Dept., Museum Of Modern Art, New York
2012 Finalist, "Spaces and Places Showdown", Saatchi Online, October 2012
2012 Selection, "American Art Collector", published by Alcove Books
2011 Selection, "Art We Love This Week", Saatchi Online, Sept. 23, 2011
2010 Selection, "American Art Collector", published by Alcove Books
2010 Selection, Art for AIDS Juried Auction, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 Selection, Bay Area Women Artists: curated by Donna Seager,
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2007 Jurors’ Choice Award, Artspan Benefit Art Show, San Francisco, CA
2007 Selection, Wabi-Sabi, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 "City Beautiful", Andalu, San Francisco, CA
2011 "San Francisco Remix", 688 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Henry Gifford Hardy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Acabello, San Francisco, CA
2004 Thirsty Bear, San Francisco, CA
2003 Ray of Light, San Francisco, CA
2002 Oxygen Bar, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 Reflections (2-Artist Show), Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
2016 Collective Consciousness, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Survival Instinct, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Studio Artist Exhibition, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Art for AIDS, City View at Metreon, San Francisco, CA
Four-Squared Alumni, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Holiday Art Trunk Show, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
BOUND, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY.
2012 Guerilla Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Holiday Art Trunk Show, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Twenty/Twenty, Back to the Picture Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Four-Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Painted Roses, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Green, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley,CA
2010 San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, San Francisco, CA
2009 29th Annual Fall Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2008 PINKer, SohoMyriad, Atlanta, GA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA
28th Annual Fall Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Full Bloom, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Kind of Blue, The Blue Studios, San Francisco, CA
2004 Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shivaani Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hayes Valley Artists, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA
Female2 - Women in the New Millennia, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Day of Design, San Francisco Design Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Cafe Show, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Maison Nouveau Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Shivaani Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Courses Taught:
Digital Design for Screen Printing
Make T-Shirts! From Design to Printing
CMYK 4-Color Screenprinting
Introduction to Screenprinting
Digital Mixed Media
Drawing from Nature
Articles:
“Evocative Art Exhibit”, Noe Valley Voice: April 2017
Ken Garcia, “Painting the Town Red-Tagged”, San Francisco Examiner: 24 Apr., 2008
Jennifer Mullen, “First Thursday Art Openings: October 4, 2007: Academy of Art University”, ArtBusiness.com: Oct. 2007
Valarie Hamm, “Painter steps up in San Francisco Art World”, Whitman Magazine, Dec. 2003