Born: Cincinnati, OH, lives in Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
| 2003 | MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1998 | Post-Baccalaureate Degree in Art Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1995 | BA, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | SFMOMA Artist Gallery, SF, CA |
| 2006 | Recent Work, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ (View installation images) |
| 2004 | Berkeley Art Center Association 2003 Award Exhibition, Berkeley, CA (View installation images) |
| 2003 | San Francisco Art Institute Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA (View installation images) |
| 2002 | Body of Work, Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | The Sky is Falling & Other Disasters, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA |
| BIOPHILIA, Root Division, SF, CA (View installation images) | |
| 2007 | The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| From Research to Action, California Breast Cancer Research Project Symposium, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Marks the Spot, Southern Exposure, SF, CA | |
| Systems & Transmutations, Gallery 3175, Root Division, SF, CA (View installation images) | |
| 2006 | New Visions: Introductions, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Modern Edens, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA | |
| Momentum, Southern Exposure, SF, CA | |
| Taste, Gallery 3175, Root Division, SF, CA | |
| Size Matters, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2005 | Mayhem, Southern Exposure, SF, CA |
| In the Abstract, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA | |
| From Research to Action, California Breast Cancer Research Project Symposium, Sacramento, CA | |
| Threshold, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, University of California at Merced, Merced, CA | |
| Emerging Artist Show ’05, (Julie Baker Fine Art), Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2004 | Burn-Off, Hespe Gallery, SF, CA |
| Spring!, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA | |
| New Year Group 2004, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| Close Calls 2004, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA | |
| 2003 | New California Masters at Works, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA |
| Over the Surface, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA | |
| 2002 | BACA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| Living Art 2, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL | |
| 2001 | Think Again, Southern Exposure, SF, CA |
| 1998 | Post-Baccalaureate & Undergraduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"The Sky is Falling: A group exhibition on the theme of disaster," ArtsandMedia.net, March, 2008.
Mark Van Proyen, “Close Calls at Headlands Center for the Arts,” Artweek, Apr. 2004, p.13-14.
Meredith Tromble, “Reasons to See the SFAI MFA Show,” Stretcher.org, May 23, 2003.
Christian Frock, New California Masters catalogue, Mar. 2003. Illus. p.16.
Anne Crump, “Experiments With Paint,” ArtSpeak, San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 2.
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
| 2007 | Alumni Residency, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA |
| 2006 | Honorary Fellowship (2005), Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA |
| Juror’s Award (Lari Gibbons), Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2005 | Resident Artist, March-April, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA |
| Juror’s Award (Carrie Lederer), Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA | |
| 2004 | Nominee, Eureka Fellowship Award 2005-2007, Fleishhaker Foundation, CA |
| 2002 | Juror’s Award (Nancy Minuzo-Elliott), Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA |
| 2000 | Continuing Education Summer Studio Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1997-98 | Graduate Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
CURATORIAL PROJECTS, TEACHING, & RELATED WORK
| 2008 | Instructor, Professional Practices, SFAI, SF, CA |
| 2007-present | Executive Director, Root Division, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 | Curator, TASTE 2007, Root Division, San Francisco, CA |
| Curator, Systems & Transmutations, Root Division, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2006 & 2007 | Instructor, Pre-College Program, SFAI, SF, CA |
| 2003-07 | Instructor, Adult Continuing Education Program, SFAI, SF, CA |
| 2003-05 | Instructor, Young Artist Program, SFAI, SF, CA |
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA
Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA