CURRICULUM VITAE

BIO

1973     Born in Santa Barbara, CA and raised in Los Angeles, CA; Currently based in
            San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

2002     MFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1996     BA in Art Practice, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

SOLO EXHIBITS, PROJECTS & PERFORMANCES

2011     Pen-do-Chronology: Flax History, 4/30/11, 1-4:00 PM (Drawing Performance),
            Flax Art & Design, San Francisco, CA,

2010     UbiSketchBook ("Ubiquitous Real Time Sketch-Based Communication"
            multimedia project), UC San Diego Computer Science & Engineering Dept.,
            Online at Facebook.com

1997     (D)ainting/(P)rawing: Stating Myself Positively, Space Gallery,
            San Francisco, CA

1996     Rovert and the Yenom Grubbers (Mixed media performance),
            Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

1996     Drawings of Things Bodily and Not So Bodily, Worth Ryder Gallery,
            Berkeley, CA

1995     Affirm-Ation Project (Painting performances), Various public locations,
            San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITS, PROJECTS & PERFORMANCES

2011    11th Annual Monster Drawing Rally (Drawing performance),
           Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
           I Am Drawn to You, Bar Basic, San Francisco, CA
           Sweetcake Enso, San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
           Murky Memories & Defunct Artifacts, Trifecta Galleria,
           San Francisco, CA (December)

2010    Virtuoso, Lukas Stained Glass, San Francisco, CA
           Annual Show, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, San Francisco, CA

2009    Annual Silent Auction, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
           9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally (Drawing performance), Southern Exposure,
           San Francisco, CA

2008    Post-Postcard 12, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
           Lunar Tee Pee Capsule Array, 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA
           Negotiations, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA

2006    Attack of the Big Lumpy, 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA

2005    Heller Art Show, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, CA

2002    MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
           Spring Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001    In Honor Of Wendy Sussman, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           Organized Labor, Detour888, San Francisco, CA
           Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           Spring Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           CCA/SFAI MFA Show, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

1996    13-Honors Studio Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           10 Painters: Exquisite Corpse (Painting performance), UC Berkeley's
           Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, CA

1995    Affirmative Action, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           Kitty Condo, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           The Big Picture, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1993    Student Show, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA

AWARDS & GRANTS

2001    MFA Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2000    MFA Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1996    Honors Studio, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1995    Honors Studio, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
           Chancellor's Student Activities Grant, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

PUBLICATIONS

2008    Clara Street Projects. Essay 3: Negotiations.
           Exhibition Essay by Hannah Piper Burns, San Francisco, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Cabrillo College Print Archive, Aptos, CA

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

College Art Association

Mission Artists United

1890 Bryant Street Studios

TEACHING

Lecturer
2008—Present    Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Continuing Studies Program courses Experiments in Painting; Painting as if Your Life Depended on It; Beginning Painting; Beginning Drawing; Mixed Media, Mixed Metaphors; and The Essence of the Matter: Abstract Drawing & Painting

Instructor
2007—Present    California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Extended Education classes Figure Painting; Basic Drawing & Beyond; Mixed Media: Explorations in Drawing & Painting; Introduction to Painting; and seminar All Hallow's Eve: The Figure By Candlelight

Instructor
2009—2010    San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Workshops Drypoint Printmaking and Drawing into Photopolymer: Platemaking Lab

Instructor
2004—2007    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Adult Community Education classes Expanding Lines: Advanced Drawing and Drawing as if Your Life Depended on It

Teaching Assistant
2002    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate classes Senior Seminar with artist Carlos Villa and Painting Intensive with artist Nereida Garcia-Ferraz