448 49th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 653-2445

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio, 1967. Lives and works in Oakland, California.

EDUCATION

• 1999    MFA, Drawing and Painting, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA


• 1992    Professional Designation, Fashion Design,
             Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Francisco, CA


• 1989    BA, Studio Art, Honors,Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• 2007    "Selections," Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA


•            Faculty show, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA


• 2006    Tecoah Bruce Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA


• 2004    Magnificent Obsession, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA


•            Solo Show, Magnolia Court Studios, Oakland, CA


• 2003    Faculty Show, College Gallery, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill,CA


• 1999    Solo Show, Institute Futur, Rapperswil, Switzerland


•            MFA Show, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA


•            All College Honors Award Show,
             Paulette Long and Shepard Pollock Graduate Gallery,
             California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA


•            Group Show, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL


• 1998    Up and Down, Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA


• 1997    CPB Show, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA


•            Group Show, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• 2003-Present    Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland,
             CA. Classes include Atmosphere, Chroma, and Cross-Pollination
             Re-Imagining the Landscape


• 2001-2004    Adjunct Professor, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
             Classes include Painting, Drawing and Color Theories

GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

• 1999    Artist Grant, Schmidtheiny Award
             Institute Futur, Rapperswil, Switzerland


•            All College Honors Award
             California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA


•            Scholarship and Residency with Pat Steir and Carter Ratcliff
             Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL


• 1996    Residency with Gregory Amenoff
             Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL


• 1996    Scholarship and Intensive Painting Workshop
             School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


• 1985,86,87,88,91    Stephen A. Jefferies Educational Grant: $3000 per
             academic year, Jefferies and Company, Los Angeles, CA