Education
Art Center College of Design – B. F. A. in Graphic Design & Packaging, awarded with distinction and full scholarship, Pasadena CA
UCLA – B. A. in Design, Los Angeles CA
Professional
California Society of Printmakers – Board Member, 2015 to 2024
Kids & Art Foundation – Volunteer Artist, art workshops for children dealing with pediatric cancer, 2019 to present
Palo Alto Art Center – Volunteer Mentor for the Paula Kirkeby Press Print Studio, 2017 to 2020
Arc and Line – Principal/Creative Director, 1989 to 2022, San Francisco CA
Sunnyvale Elementary School District – PTA Art Program Director, updated and managed art program curriculum, developed parent-docent training, and instructed art and art history lessons for grades K to 5th, 2003 to 2010
Academy of Art University – Faculty, 1994 to 1998, San Francisco CA
Notable Achievements and Awards
– Acquisition into the Permanent Collection – Harvard Art Museums, Curator: Elizabeth M. Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Associate Curator of Prints, 2020
– Awarded Recognition of Achievement in the Art of the Unique Print – 5th National Monotype/Monoprint, The Art Complex Museum, 2018
– 3rd Place – Pacific Prints, PAL Main Gallery, 2017
– Best of Show – Politics (Not) as Usual, Branner Spangenberg Gallery, 2016
– 1st Place – Pacific Prints, PAL Main Gallery, 2016
– Acquisition into the Permanent Collection – Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art Gallery, 2016
– Juror’s Merit Recipient – New Grounds Gallery, 2015
– Selected for the Permanent Collection – Library of Congress, 2014
– Best of Show – Yosemite Renaissance XXIII Exhibit, Yosemite National Park Museum Gallery, 2008
– Honorable Mention – LGAA Exhibit, Museum of Los Gatos, 2008
– 1st Place – Beyond Cancer Exhibit, Canary Foundation & Palo Alto Art League, Three Exhibitions: Stanford University, PAL Main Gallery, and San Jose Grand Prix, 2007
– Selected for on-line exhibit Silicon Valley Art Museum, 2007 www.svam.org
Juried Exhibitions
2024
Printed and Stitched – San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (San Jose CA) – Exhibit tours throughout California for three years.
Juror: Christine Aaron
Process – Art Works Gallery (San Rafael CA), Invited
Ties That Bind: Magic, Messages, & Memories – Art Bias Gallery (San Carlos CA), Invited
2023
There is Magic Here – Marin Museum of Contemporary Art – National (Marin CA)
Juror: Svea Lin Soll, gallerist and independent curator
The Space Between – ARC Gallery (San Francisco CA), Invited
“Refusés of the Bay” – Metal Haus Gallery and Voss Gallery (San Francisco CA)
Jurors: Daniela Arrecis and Ashley L. Voss
Printed and Stitched – Grace Hudson Museum (Ukiah CA), and Art Ark Gallery (San Jose CA) – Exhibit tours throughout California for three years.
Juror: Christine Aaron
All About Women 2023 – Marin Society of Artists Virtual Exhibition (Marin CA)
Juror: Lori Austin, Lori Austin Gallery
2022
The 22nd National – LAPS, Mixografia Gallery (Los Angeles CA)
Juror: Kenturah Davis, (70 works selected from 821 submissions)
Salon at the Triton 2D Exhibition – Triton Museum of Art (Santa Clara CA), (100 works selected from 1400 submissions)
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Socially Engaged Printmaking – Janet Turner Print Museum (Chico CA), (36 works selected from 436 submissions)
Agency: Feminist Art and Power – Museum of Sonoma County (Sonoma CA), Invited
2021
Salon at the Triton 2D Exhibition – Triton Museum of Art (Santa Clara CA)
Extraction: Response to the Changing World Environment – Sanchez Art Center (Pacifica CA)
2020
Socially Distanced – Jen Tough Virtual Gallery (Santa Fe NM)
First Impressions – Davis Arts Center, Tsao Gallery (Davis CA)
31 Women – Whitney Modern Gallery (Los Gatos CA)
Curators: Marianne McGrath, MKM and Suzanne Whitney-Smedt
First Impressions – Davis Arts Center Tsao Gallery (Davis CA)
2019
2019 North American Print Biennial – Jewett Art Gallery (Wellesley MA)
Juror: Shelley R. Langdale, Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)
Art Santa Fe – Jen Tough Gallery (Santa Fe NM)
Local Editions: A Celebration of Bay Area Printmaking – Art Center Studio Gallery (Palo Alto CA)
Regional Collective – Janet Turner Print Museum (Chico CA)
Juror: Leslie Jones, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
13th California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition – Merced Multicultural Arts Center (Merced CA)
Juror: Jamey Brzezinski, Professor Emeritus at Merced College
Art of Healing – Enso Gallery (Half Moon Bay CA)
2018
ClimArt – 2018 Climate Action Summit Exhibition, Academy of Art University Cannery Galleries (San Francisco CA)
Juror: Gail Wight, Associate Professor, Stanford University
RISE: Empower, Change and Action! – Whitney Modern Gallery (Los Gatos CA)
Juror: Suzanne Whitney-Smedt; Marianne McGrath, Curator of New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU); and Gutfreund Cornett Art
5th National Monotype/Monoprint – The Art Complex Museum (Duxbury MA)
Juror: Judith Brodsky, Board Chair, New York Foundation for the Arts; Founder, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper
2017
2017 North American Print Biennial – Lunder Arts Center (Cambridge MA)
Juror: Judith Brodie, Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)
Pacific Prints – PAL Main Gallery (Palo Alto CA)
Juror: Alice Wu, Kala Art Institute
Selected Group Exhibit – Branner Spangenberg Gallery (Redwood City CA)
Figures and Faces – PAL Main Gallery (Palo Alto CA)
Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director & Senior Curator at the Triton Museum
Artists (Not) as Usual – 4 Person Exhibition, Branner Spangenberg Gallery, (Redwood City CA)
Juror: Michael Pauker and Martha Branner
2016
Artist United! – Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art Gallery (Washington D.C.)
Politics (Not) as Usual – Branner Spangenberg Gallery (Redwood City CA)
Juror: Michael Pauker and Martha Branner
Pacific Prints – PAL Main Gallery (Palo Alto, CA)
Juror: Andrea Voinot, Kala Art Institute
2015
International Exhibition – New Grounds Gallery (Albuquerque NM)
Juror: Wesley Pulkka and Regina Heldt
5th Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize – Bank Street Arts Gallery (Sheffield U.K.)
2014
Landscapes, Seascapes & Urbanscapes – PAL Main Gallery (Palo Alto CA)
Juror: Sara Kabot, Cantor Center for Visual Artist
Selected for the Permanent Collection, Library of Congress – Curator of Fine Prints: Katherine Blood
2013
100 Years in Print – SF Center of the Book Gallery (San Francisco CA)
2012
Pressing Matters – PAL Main Gallery (Palo Alto CA)
Illuminating Herstory – PAL Norton Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art (Palo Alto CA)
2009
Control – SOMArts Gallery (San Francisco CA)
Perspective, Purpose and Passion – Art Object Gallery (San Jose CA)
2008
Systems of Sharing: On the Surface – Olive Hyde Gallery (Fremont CA)
Inner Landscapes – Martin Luther King Library (San Jose CA)
Yosemite Renaissance XXIII – Yosemite National Park Museum Gallery (Yosemite National Park CA)
Los Gatos Art Association Exhibit – Museum of Los Gatos (Los Gatos CA)
Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director & Senior Curator at the Triton Museum
Personal Impressions – Pacific Grove Art Center, Gill and Boyer Gallery (Pacific Grove CA)
2007
Beyond Cancer – Canary Foundation, Exhibited at Stanford University, PAL Gallery, and San Jose Grand Prix (Palo Alto CA)
Group Exhibitions
2016-23
California Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition – Piedmont Center for the Arts (Piedmont CA)
Collections
Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge MA)
Library of Congress (Washington D.C.)
Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art (Washington D.C.)
Bank Street Arts Gallery (Sheffield U.K.)
Canary Foundation (Redwood City CA)
Publications
– REED, California’s Oldest Literary Journal, Juried – Published artwork, 2020
– The California Printmakers Journal, Juried – Published article Between Image and Text, and selected for front and back cover images, 2019
Residencies
– Artist-In-Residence Kala Art Institute (Berkeley CA), 2023
– In Cahoots Residency (Petaluma CA), 2021
– In Cahoots Residency (Petaluma CA), 2019