RESUME

Representation

Education

John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies Master of Fine Arts and Consciousness, Berkeley, CA 2003
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2001
California State University, San Jose, CA 2000
California State University, Sacramento, Masters of Art, Berkeley, CA 1999
University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelors of Art, Bachelors of Sociology with distinction in the major, Santa Barbara, CA 1981

Workshops

Drawing Together with Sara Post, taught by Sara Post, online
Cold Wax Workshop, taught by Jerry McLaughlin & Rebecca Crowell ( co-authors Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts and Conversations), Skopelos, Greece 2019
3- Over- 3, taught by Michael Shemchuk, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019
Cold Wax Workshop, taught by Jerry McLaughlin (MD, co-author Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts and Conversations), Benicia, CA 2017
Global Arts Project, Painting, Collage and Stitching, Taught by Carl Hayward (founder of the Global Arts Project), Akiko Suzuki (award winning fiber artist) and Joan Stennick (painter), Benicia, CA 2015

Corporate Collections

California State University, Sacramento, CA
Las Terrazas, San Miguel De Allende Mexico

Tipco Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
Slumberger Inc., San Jose, CA
Cost Plus CEO personal collection
Ironhorse Furnishings, Benicia, CA
Ice-Nine Foam Works, Orange, CA

One Person Exhibitions

China Basin, Juror Joyce Faulkner, China Basin, San Francisco, CA 2019
The Path to Dreams, Juror, Sally Cote, Ruby Living Designs, Mill Valley, CA 2018
Veiled Flowers, Juror Jeffrey Tover, The Gallery at 216 at Estey Real Estate, Benicia, CA 2018
Alta Bates Hospital, Juror, Aeriel Mulvaney, Berkeley, CA 2015
Arts Benicia Presents, Olson Reality, Benicia, CA 2015
Arts Benicia Presents, Rellik, Benicia, CA 2009
Domaine Chandon Winery, Juror Ellen Flora, Yountville, CA 2008
James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA 2003
John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Berkeley CA, 2003
Stone Horse Gallery, Roseville, CA 2003
California State University, Sacramento, CA 1999

Two Person Exhibitions

Ancestral Convergence, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia CA 2018
Untethered, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2017
Beyond the Garden Gate, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2016
Jingletown Studios, Oakland, CA 2015
The Nature in Things, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2015
Side by Side, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2013
Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA 1997

Juried Exhibitions

The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Socially Distanced, Artist Alliance on line gallery, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2020
Summer Show, Juror Sylvia White, Real Art Gallery, Aroura Hills, CA, 2020
Flux: Wax in All Forms, Juror Sara Post, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2020
The Ground Upon Which We Stand, Jurors Robert Abrams, Abram Claghorn Gallery owner, Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Natalie Borges, Abrams Claghorn Gallery manager, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA, 2020
Twixt cup and lip, 10th Annual Juried exhibition, Juror Amanda Donnan, curator of art, Frye Art Museum, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington, 2020
“SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2020
Variations on Abstraction Part III, Juror Robert Jean Ray, (curator at MicroART Collection), Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2020
Nocturn, on line exhibit, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
Triton Museum of Art 2D Competition and Exhibition, Juror George Rivera, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA 2019
Winter Solstice, Juror Andrea Schwartz, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2019
Pacific Arts League 98th Anniversary Exhibition, Juror PAL Committee, Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA 2019
Alchemy, Juror Jenny Gheith, SFMOMA, Arts Guild Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 2019
Sanctuary, Juror Bryan Yedinak, Themes + Projects, San Francisco, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
Harvest, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG Bank, Lafayette, CA 2019
New Currencies, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG Bank, Lafayette, CA 2019
Flora and Fauna, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019
“SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
Small Things, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA 2018
Home Sweet Home, Juror Ruta Saliklis, San Luis Obispo Museum of Modern Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2018
Sumi-e Painting: Traditional and Emerging Expressions, Juror Mamiko Ikeda, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO 2018
No Mud No Lotus, Juror Candace Loheed, Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
Brushstrokes, Juror Peter Charles, (Emeritus Professor of Art at Georgetown University), San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 2018
Abstraction, Juror Michael Azgour, (Part Time Faculty Stanford), Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA 2018
Road Maps, Juror Dewitt Cheng (Author and Artist), Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA 2018
“SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
Gems IV, Juror Donna Seager, (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arts Benicia, Benicia CA 2017
Celebrate, Jurors Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 2017
Flora and Fauna on line exhibit, Juror Suzanne Gray, (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017
California State Fair, Juror unknown, Sacramento, CA 2017
Visions of the Wild, Juror Jeff Snell and the National Forest Service, Artiszen Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
Membership Medley, Juror Tony Natsoulas, (Blue Line Gallery Roseville), Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
Gems III, Juror Ruth Santee (Transmission Gallery, Oakland), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2016
Fragments the Art of Collage and Assemblage, Juror Robert Jean Ray (curator at MicroART Collection), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2015
Variations on Abstraction Part II, Juror Robert Jean Ray, (curator at MicroART Collection), Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA 2015
California State Fair, Juror Brenda Louie, (Professor, California State University, Sacramento), Sacramento, CA 2014
Portals, Transformative Arts Juror Dyana Bhandari (Arts Café Chair, Martinez, CA) Martinez County Building, Martinez, CA 2013
Abstract All Media juried exhibition, Juror Jeremy Morgan (John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley; Academy of Art, San Francisco) Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2012
California State Fair, Juror unknown, Sacramento, CA 2008, 2003, 2002,2001 and 1999
Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Juror Harry Roche (critic, Art Week), Half Moon Bay, CA 1996

Recent Group Exhibitions

Women of Abstraction 2, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2019
Wild Things, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2019
G0! 2019, invitational, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA 2019
After Dark, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2018
Art Expo Santa Fe, Opus Art Collective, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Galley, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018
Art Expo Las Vegas, Opus Art Collective, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2018
The Little Things, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
Women of Abstraction, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
Gone Global, a three person show with Jeff Tover and LeRoy Parker, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2017
New Members Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
Art of the Community, Arts Benicia, CA 1997- 2020
Benicia Artist Open Studios, Benicia, CA, 1997-2019
Transmigration, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2013
Georgiana Gallery, Walnut Grove, CA 2013
Schirrocs, Benicia, CA 2013
John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA 2012
Two x Two, John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA 2012
From the Arsenal and Beyond, invitational, Juror Carol Dalton, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2011
Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA 2010 and 2011
Columbarium, Day of the Dead, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Meek Estate, Hayward, CA 2008
Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA 2006
Grand Opening Exhibit, Fairfield Civic Building, Fairfield, CA 2005
Imprints, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA 2001
Golden State Museum, Sacramento, CA 1999
Witt Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA 1999
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1998

Benefit Auctions

Arts Benicia Annual Art Auction, Benicia, CA 1997-2017, 2019

Art Consultants

Slate Art, Ritz Carlton South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA 2017

Awards and Honors

Honorable mention, Triton Museum of Art 2D Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA 2019
Jurors Award, Home Sweet Home, San Luis Obispo Museum of Modern Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2018
Curators Award, Brushstrokes, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 2018
Arts Benicia Presents, Rellik Curator, Benicia, CA 2017, 2020
California State Fair, Award of Excellence, Sacramento, CA 2012
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Best of Show, Abstract All Media juried exhibition, Sebastopol, CA 2012
Castro Valley Sanitary District, 10th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2007
Mind Body Medicine Professional Training Program, Grant Recipient, Berkeley and San Diego, CA 2006
Castro Valley Sanitary District, 9th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2006
Solano County Courthouse, Finalist, Government Commission, Fairfield, CA 2005
Castro Valley Sanitary District, 8th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2005
The Creative Center New York, Artist in Residence, Manhattan, New York, 2004
California State Fair, Award of Excellence, Sacramento, CA 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1999
John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Susan Seddon Boulet award, Berkeley, CA 2003
John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Olga Kendall scholarship, Berkeley, CA 2000
California State University, Sacramento, JAM Inc. Studio Arts Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
California State University, Sacramento, Student Purchase Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sacramento, CA 1999
California State University, Sacramento, Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship, Sacramento, CA 1998
California State University, Sacramento, President Graduate Art Student’s Hub, Sacramento, CA 1997
Renee de Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Docent, Napa, CA 1997
Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Half Moon Bay, CA 1996

Publications

Coping Together in Isolation, Artists find connection in times of social distancing, by Diane Williams, Benicia Magazine, August 2020
Local artist brings students together with YouTube channel, by Diane Williams, Benicia Times Herald, Vol 124, No.91, July 28, 2020
The Ground Upon Which We Stand, NCWCA regional juried exhibition catalogue, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, April-May, 2020
Twixt Cup and Lip 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, by Gallery 110, February 6-29, 2020
Sanctuary, National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA, May 18-June 22, 2019
Nocturne, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA. November 9-December 7, 2019
71 Women in Art, Kurt Edward Fishback, 2017
Flora & Fauna, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA. June 17-July 15, 2017
Membership Medley, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017

Teaching Experience

Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019, 2020
Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA, 2019, 2020
Red Door Studio, Orinda, CA 2020
Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA 2019
Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, Washington, 2018
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2016-17
IANI Studio, Benicia, CA 2007-2020
Kaiser Hospital, Instructor, Walnut Creek, CA 2006-2007, 2017
City of Concord Parks and Recreation, Instructor, Concord, CA 2006-2007
John F Kennedy Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Graduate Student Mentor, Berkeley, CA 2004-2006
Chabot College Quest Program, Instructor, Hayward, CA 2003-2007
National University, Adjunct Professor, Sacramento, CA, 2001-2007
Arts Benicia, Stretcher Bar Instructor, Benicia, CA 2002
Robert Semple Elementary School, Instructor, Art Day, Benicia, CA 2001-2003
California State University, Sacramento, teaching assistant, Sacramento, CA 1997-1999

Memberships

NCWCA, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art 2018-2020
Artists Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico, 2020
Opus Artists Collective, Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, 2017-2019
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2019
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 1997-2020
Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA 2019-2020
Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA 2020
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2019
The Painters Group, San Luis Obispo, 2018-2020
Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2014-2017
Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2011-2013