Curriculum Vitae
BORN Fortuna, CA EDUCATION, FINE ART 1993 Master of Fine Arts: Painting & Drawing, with Distinction, Full Teaching Assistantship University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1990 Bachelors of Arts - Emphasis: Studio Art, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 1987 Associate of Art, Napa Valley College, General Education - Emphasis: Art & Music, Napa, CA EDUCATION, TEACHING 1997 Teaching Credentials: Visual Art, K-12, Multi-Subject K-12, English Learner (EL) Authorization and Cross-cultural, Language, Academic Development (CLAD) Certificate Dominican University, San Rafael, CA SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016-2018 2018 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Gallery, Pacifica, CA Claudia Schmuckli, Curator in charge for Contemporary Art & Programing, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Juror Stormy Weather, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Rebekah Pineda, Development Manager of Hamiltonian Artists, Washington DC, Juror 2015 Renaissance: Artist’s Books and Fine Art Prints FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, Invitational Traveling Exhibition Upcycled Book Art Invitational, Joyner Faulkner Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greenville, NC Fresh, Artspace Gallery, Raleigh, NC Cora Fisher, curator of Contemporary Art Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Juror Truth to Power lll, Pleiades Gallery, Durham, NC Elin O’Hara Slavick, Professor of Visual Art, Theory & Practice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Juror Fragments, Lobby, Corridors, and Upfront Galleries, Artspace, Raleigh, NC 2014 Energy Extraction and Abstraction, Hagersmith Design Community Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC Brandon Cordrey, Executive Director, Juror • Solo Exhibition Birds in Formation, Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC • First Place Award Chad Alligood, Juror Sonoma County Landscape, Annual Collector’s Gala, Artspace, Raleigh, NC Longitude/Latitude, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC • Merit Award Susan Harbage Page, Juror 2013 N.E.W. Never Exhibited Works, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC North Carolina Landscape, Annual Collector’s Gala, Artspace, Raleigh, NC 2010 Eric Hunter: Paintings and Drawings, An Uncommon Place for Art, Lauthr, Petaluma, CA • Solo Exhibition Figures & Faces, Pacific Art League, Main Gallery, Palo Alto, CA Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California, Juror National 2010, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA Maria Medua, Director SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Juror Private Eyes, Artists’ Vision, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA Andrea Schwartz, Owner Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Juror Arts D’Light, Petaluma Center for the Arts, Petaluma, CA Joseph McDonald, Lead Photographer Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Juror 25th Annual Juried Show, Gallery Route One: Point Reyes Station, CA Kenneth Baker, Art Critic San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com, Juror 2009 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Biennial, Sonoma, CA, Susan Cummins, Susan Cummins Gallery, collector and gallerist Frances McCormack, artist/professor, San Francisco Art Institute Michael Schwager, Sonoma State University, Professor/Curator, Jurors Habitude, UC Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA Amy Berk, artist & professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2007 National Works on Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA California Drawing and Print Competition & Exhibition, San Jose, CA Roberta Loach, artist, Juror 2006 National Works on Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA Nathan Oliveira, Juror 2005 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Biennial, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA Christopher Brown Squeak Carnwath, Jurors Contemporary American Drawing, Artsquad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, PA 1994 A Maryland Survey of Contemporary Painting, Baltimore Festival for the Arts, Baltimore, MD Grace Hartigan, Artist, Professor of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Juror 1993 MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD • Solo Exhibition Contemporary American Drawing, Artsquad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, PA LECTURES & PROFESSIONAL TEACHING Naum Gabo, Constructivist Sculptor, Guest Lecturer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Contemporary Studio Practice, Santa Rosa Community College, CA The Advantage of Graduate School for Your Art Career, Guest Lecturer and Panel Member, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Interview and Marbling Demonstration, CW22 Triangle Home TV, Raleigh, NC , 2015 Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City School District, Art Teacher, 2015-2017 Grades Pre-K to 8: Art Appreciation, Art Fundamentals, Art Methods and Materials Wake Technical College, Raleigh, NC, Art Instructor Painting, Drawing, Foundations, Art Appreciation, 2-D & 3-D Design, Methods & Materials, Figure Drawing Johnston Community College, Art Instructor, Smithfield, NC, 2015 Art Appreciation – Web-based, transferable course Carpe Diem and Sonoma Mountain High Schools, Petaluma, CA, 2004–2011 Teacher and Administrative Designee Visual Art, Art History, Science, Math, Outdoor Education, Portfolio Development, Curriculum Development, Social Skills, Yearbook Teacher, Multi-subject classroom; Gifted and Talented Seeds of Learning: Improving Educational Opportunities in Rural Latin America Teacher trainer for local educators in Nicaragua, modeled teaching in local schools, presented workshops for the teachers Wilson Elementary School, Petaluma, CA, 1997-2004 Grades 2-5: General Education, Outdoor Education: Petaluma Adobe and The Living Classroom G.A.T.E. Art, Science SELECTED COLLECTIONS Maureen Cummins, Brooklyn, NY Danielle & Chris Benson, Champaign, IL Heather Allen, Raleigh, NC Josh Hockensmith, UNC Department of Art, Chapel Hill, NC Ann Marie Kennedy, Raleigh, NC Shana Dumont Garr, Fruitlands Museum, Boston, MA Van Dusen/Koby, Carmel, CA Milton & Jeannie Feldman Estate, Sonoma, CA Johanna Pearson, Napa, CA Reynolds/Bellah, Graton, CA Lucille Foster Estate, Santa Rosa, CA Sarah Tower, Berkeley, CA Selma Blanusa, Sonoma, CA PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS National Art Education Association (NAED), College Art Association (CAA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance |