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
| 2010 | Assumption(s), Latham Square (via ProArts), Oakland, CA |
| 2009 | Strands: New Work, 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
| 2009 | Metaphysical Abstraction: Contemporary Approaches to Spiritual Content, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| Tomorrow: A Curatorial Project by James Tantum, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, SF, CA | |
| Six Oakland Artists on Nature, Alameda County Offices, Oakland, CA | |
| 2008 | Double Exposure, blankspace gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Artful Harvest, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA | |
| Diverse Chorus, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| 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
DeWitt Cheng, “Immanent Domain,” East Bay Express, October 28, 2009
Peter Selz, “Lyric Representations of Sacred, Unattainable Worlds,” The Berkeley Daily Planet, Oct. 29, 2009
Deric Carner, “SFMOMA Artists Gallery”, Artopic, January 12, 2009.
Debra Koppman, “Preview of SFMOMA Artist Gallery”, Artweek, December 2008, p.6.
Studio Visit (Volume 1), The Open Studios Press, p.121.
"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
| 2007-present | Executive Director, Root Division, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010 | Curator, TASTE 2010: A Garden of Earthly Delights, Root Division, SF, CA |
| 2009-10 | Curator, Metaphysical Abstraction: Contemporary Approaches to Spiritual Content |
| Panelist, Non-Profit Organizations, CCA Career Symposium, California College of the Arts, SF, CA | |
| Review Panelist, Individual Artist Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA | |
| Panelist, Artist as Citizen: Non-Profit Roundtable, University of San Francisco, SF, CA | |
| >Guest Speaker, Artist’s Development Program, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA | |
| Panelist, Alternative Art Spaces, Art Primer, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| 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 |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
El Camino Hospital
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Michael Rosenthal
Ellen Oh
Kate Eilertsen
Fred & James Orlando-Barrett
Amy Ellingson & Allison Danzig
Anne Crump-Ray
Robbin Henderson
Anne Matta
Kathryn Funk
Lisa Eriksen
Alan Millar
Karl Kronenberger
Don Mullikin
Kristy O'Rell
Janine Okmin
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA