Selected Exhibitions
2024
"The power of Abstraction", Site:Brooklyn, New York, NY
"50-50 Show", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
"Slice: A Juried Exhibition of Regional Art", Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
"Interplay", The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
"Women Rising", The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2023
"Craft a Force in Contemporary Art", Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY
“The de Young Open", de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Text/Message", Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
“ConTEXT II", Art Fluent, Boston, MA
“Art Speaks", Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI
“Human Rights Art Exhibition 2023", College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
“Diversia 30th - UN Calendar"
2022
“Forecast Recast", Chehalem Culture Center, Newberg, OR
“On The Surface", Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NY
“Things Unseen", Gainesville Fine Arts Association, Gainesville, FL
“Drawing In All Mediums", Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“10x10x10 Tieton", Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, WA
“Humanity", Art Fluent Gallery, Boston, MA
2021
“International Summer Exhibition", The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA
“All Media 2021", Irving Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“Excellence in Fibers VI, Fiber Art Now”, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
“Biafarin Awards", Toronto, Canada
2020
“Mandatory Color", Surface Design Association International Juried Members Exhibition, Lubbock, TX
“On the Edge”, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Word”, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
“On the Surface, A National Juried Exhibition”, Attleboro Art Museum. MA
“Reflections: A National Juried Exhibition”, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“25 Million Stitches: One for Each Refugee”, A Community Art Installation, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA -
2019
“Fiberart International 2019, Biennial”, Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, PA
“Twisting Fibers – An Art for All Reasons”, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
“Beyond the Surface”, Surface Design Association, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
“Sense of Place”, Art Works Downtown 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
“Freedom: Art as the Messenger”, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
2018
“Its Political”, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“The Art of Labor”, San Jose Museum of Quilt and Design, San Jose, CA
“Slice: A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
“Material: An Exhibition of Original Fiber Artworks from Across the Country”, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“Three-A National Juried Exhibition”, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
“Future Fabrication”, Surface Design International Exhibition in Print
1995 - 2007
“First Studio, Crossing the Line: An Exploration of Boundaries and Borders”, Phoenix, AZ - 2007
“Faculty Exhibition”, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL - 2005
“Knockoffs”, LIPA Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2005
"Blind Spot", Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - 2004
“Art Show at the Dog Show”, Ketchi, KS - 2003
“Living Art 3”, Gallery 37, Chicago, Il - 2003
“Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival", Chicago, IL - 2002
"Heart Art", Urban Studio, Chicago, IL - 2002
“Labyrinth of Cultures”, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2000
“Winter Exhibition”, Bookworks Gallery, Monterey, CA - 2000
“Casa de Espantos”, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2000
“ArtSpan”, SOMAR Gallery,San Francisco, CA - 2000
“Labyrinth: A Day of the Dead Exhibition”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA - 1998
“The Light in the Dark”, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA - 1998
“ArtSpan”, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 1997
“Dia de Los Muertos: Maze for the Dead,” Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA - 1997
“Clothed in Memory”, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 1997
“decomposition Group Show”, San Mateo County Arts Council, San Mateo, CA - 1997
“ArtSpan”, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 1997
“Celebration of Art III”, Sutter Creek County Arts Council, Sutter Creek, CA - 1995
“Creative Visions”, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA - 1994
“Bay Arts 1995”, San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, CA - 1995
Awards/Grants
Penny Wheelock Summer Travel Grant, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA - 2023
Curator's Choice Award - "10x10x10 Tieton", Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, WA - 2022
Best in Show - Things Unseen, Gainesville Fine Arts Association, Gainesville, FL - 2022
Paul J. Smith Award for Excellence In Fibers - Excellence in Fibers VI, Fiber Art Now, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA - 2021
Joanne Purrington Foley Memorial Award for excellence in Needlework - Fiberart International 2019, Biennial Sponsored by the Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, PA - 2019
Honorable Mention - Twisting Fibers – An Art for All Reasons, , Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Gallery, Pawtucket, RI - 2019
Second Place Merit Award - Slice: A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA - 2018
Curator’s Choice Artist - Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL - 2002
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs - 2004
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs - 2003
Curator’s Choice Artist - Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL - 2002
Artist Residencies
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency, New York, NY - 2023
Educator Mirco Residency, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 2018
Educator Mirco Residency, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 2017
Educator Mirco Residency, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 2016
Illinois Arts Council Arts-In-Education Residency, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Johnson, Vermont, 2003
Evanston Art Center, Artist-in Residence, Evanston, Illinois, 2003
Gallery 37, Artist-in Residence, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
Publications
"5 Favorite Artworks at Latest de Young Opening", Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 9, 2023
Excellence in Fibers Awards: Out of the Archives eBook, Volume 20, Issue 19, Pg. 32-33 - 2021
Fiber Art Now, Vol 10, Issue 1, Winter 2020/2021, Pg. 8-9
Reflections: National Juried Exhibition Catalog, Arc Gallery & Studio, pg. 27 - 2020
Beyond the Surface: Exhibition Catalog, St. Louis Artist Guild & Surface Design Association - 2019
Clark, Vicky, Fiberart International 2019, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2019, Volume 43, Number 3, Pg. 58 - 2019
Future Fabrication: 2018 Surface Design International Exhibition in Print, Volume 41, Number 4, Pg. 53 - 2018
Patti Digh, The Geography of Loss - 2014
Rakehell, Album Cover Art - 2012
Fourteen Hills Literary Magazine, San Francisco State University - 2000
San Francisco Open Studios Exhibition Catalog, SOMARTS Cultural Center - 1998, & 1999
Miller, Alicia, Clothed in Memory at Joseph Chowing Gallery, Artweek, Oct. 1987, Volume 28, Number 10, Pg.19 - 1997
The secret is out, DeComposition Shows Art, San Mateo, California - 1996
Harvey, Antonio, A Celebration of Art, Highlights, Oct. 1996
Mural Projects/Public Art
“The Golden Age”, painted mural, Lead Teacher, Windrush School, El Cerrito, CA
“The Prairie Whisper; Black-Eyed Susan”, mosaic mural, Lead Mosaicist, Gallery 37 with Walter Payton High School, Chicago, IL
“Celebrating Edgewater", painted mural, Lead Designer and Project Manager, funded by Major Daley’s 20th District YouthNet
and Beacon Street Gallery
“For The Roses", mosaic mural, Lead Mosaicist and Project Manager, Beacon Street Gallery with Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
“Black Eyed Susans”, mosaic mural, Assistant Mosaicist, Beacon Street Gallery with Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
“How Does Your Garden Grow”, painted mural, Master Teacher, Penn Elementary School, Chicago, IL
“Squared”, painted mural, Lead Teacher, Lakeside Square Apartments, funded by Department of Human Services, Chicago, IL
Education
Post-Baccalaureate, Education, Single Subject Teaching Credential, Art K-12, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Art, Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Science, Telecommunications, Arizona State University, Arizona
Associate of Arts Degree, Music, Santa Monica City College, California
Teaching Experience
The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA
Katherine Delmar Burkes School, San Francisco, CA
Brandeis School, San Francisco, CA
Precidio Hill School, San Francisco, CA
Roots Division SF, San Francisco, CA
Windrush School, El Cerrito, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sacred Heart High School, Atherton, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
Professional Affiliations
California Art Education Association
National Art Education Association