About The Artist
EDUCATION:
M.F.A. Tulane University, Newcomb School of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1987 - Current Laney College, Oakland, CA, Art Instructor
1986- Chabot College, Hayward, CA, Drawing Instructor
1985-1988 University of California, Berkeley, CA, A.S.U.C.
1981-1984 Cal State University, Chico, CA, Asst.Professor
1980-1981 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1979 Summer University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
1979 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana,
EXHIBITIONS: INVITATIONAL (Selected)
SOLO (Selected)
2011 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, California
2010 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2009 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2007 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California,
2006 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2005 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Sue Greenwood Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2003 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Greenwood/ Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2002 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2000 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Hebrew Union College, New York, New York
Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1995 Berkeley Hillel, Reutlinger Center, Berkeley, California
1993 Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
1989 "Artspots", Art in Public Places, Concord, California
1988 American Institute of Architects, Oakland, California
TWO – FOUR PERSON SHOWS: (Selected)
2012 Lisa Harris Gallery, Photo Exhibit, Seattle, Washington
2010 Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
2007 Ft. Collins Museum Of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO
2005 Kidder Smith Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
2001 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2000 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999 Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1998 Stanford University, Stanford, California
1996 The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
EXHIBITIONS: GROUP SHOWS (Selected)
2011 Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Grace Kook Anderson, Santa Ana, California
Performance Art Institute, Curated by Hanna Regev, SF,CA
2010 Kim Foster Gallery, curated by Dominick Lombardi, NY, NY
Cerritos College, “inscription:Text-Image-Action”, Norwalk, CA
2009 Axiom Gallery, Riders on the Train Project, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
2009 de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2008 Islip Museum of Art, “Text Messaging”, Long Island, NY
2006 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
LewAllen Contemporary, “Diptych “, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, SF, CA
2003 Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2002 Jan Baum Gallery, “Figure It Out”, Los Angeles, California
2000 Triton Museum, Shenson Gallery, “Bittersweet Legacy”, Santa Clara, California
San Francisco City College & 743 Gallery, High Tech/High Touch, San Francisco, California
1999 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998 San Francisco Art Commission Galleries, San Francisco, California
1997 Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Lisa Parker Fine Art, New York, New York
1996 University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1995 John Natsoulas Gallery, Thirty Ceramic Sculptors '95, Davis, California
Exploring a Movement: Feminist Visions in Clay, Downey Museum, Downey, California
1994 Dorothy McRae Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1993 Jewish Museum, "About Face" San Francisco, California
Sculpture Exhibition, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI
West Coast Clay, California Crafts Museum, SF, CA
1992 Images of Us, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1991 ART of CALIFORNIA Magazine, Discovery Award, LA, CA
1990 Oakland Museum, "Oakland's Artists", Oakland, California
Judah A. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California,
EXHIBITIONS: JURIED (Selected)
2012 Triton Museum, California Photography, (Juror, Brian Taylor), Santa Clara, California
2006 University of Wisconsin, “SuperVision”, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2003 Center for Photographic Art, juried by Tim Wride and Barbara Sinsheimer, Carmel, California
2000 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 72st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California
1999 Women's Caucus for the Arts, National Conference, Los Angeles, California
1998 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 71st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California
1997 Pacific Rim Sculptors Exhibition, San Francisco, California
1995 Fletcher Ceramic Challenge, International Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
1994 Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1994, Downey, California
1993 Everson Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, New York
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, 8th Annual Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas
1992 National Women's Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
1991 Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1991, Downey, CA
1990 San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
PUBLISHED RECOGNITION - PHOTOS, ARTICLES, & REVIEWS (selected)
2011, Nov. galomagazine.com (Global Art Laid Out) by Nicole Bonosccuro
2010, Aug. The Seattle Times, Review by Michael Upchurch
2010, Sep. The Best of World Wide Mixed Media, Volume 1, Kennedy Publishing
2010, Aug. Visual Art Source, Review by Laura Macomber
2009, Oct. Examiner.com, Interviewby Lorenzo Dominguez
2009, Sep. Cover, Coast Magazine, Orange County, California
2009, May-June Art Ltd. Magazine, “Under the Radar”, Review by Roberta Carasso
2008, Sep. Orange County Register, Review by Roberta Carasso
2008, April New.York.Art.Crit: John Haber, “Rush Hour”, NY
2008, April Chelsea Flaneur, AndrewWerth.com
2007, Feb. North Coast Journal, Eureka, CA, Review by Katherine Almy
2006, Aug. American Art Collector, National Magazine, Arizona
2006, Summer Cover, Orange County Kids Magazine, Orange County, California
2006, Jan. San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, SF, CA
2006, Winter LILITH Magazine, New York
2005, Dec. HOMEOWNER HAIKU, Co-author w/Jerry Ratch
2005, Sep. THE Magazine, Poetry/Photo Issue, Santa Fe, NM
2005, Fall LILITH Magazine, New York
2005 Cover, CITY ECONOMICS by Brendan O’Flaherty, Harvard University Press
2005, Feb.-March THE Magazine, Photo Issue, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Cover, LET’S DO, by Rebecca Meacham, University of North Texas Press
2004, July The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
2004, April SLATE, on-line magazine, Reversing Vandalism, by Lisa Davis
2003 100 ARITISTS OF THE WEST COAST, Douglas Bullis, Atelier Books
2003, Aug. LOS ANGELES TIMES, Review by Bobbie Allen
2003 Cover, POPULATION CHANGE IN CANADA, Beaujot & Kerr, Oxford University
2003 SOCIOLOGY, John Macionis, Prentice Hall
2003 May SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, Review by Victoria Josslin
2002, Fall LILITH Magazine, New York
2002, May The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Review by Lynn Cline
2002, June THE Magazine, by Jon Carver, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002, June The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Artwalker by Hollis Walker
2001, Dec.-Jan. ARTWEEK, Cover & Review, by Victoria Josslin
2001, Oct. ART ACCESS, Review by Molly Rhodes
2001 Cover, WILD DREAMS OF REALITY by Jerry Ratch, Creative Arts Books
2001 Cover, AGAINST ESSENTIALISM, by Stephen Fuchs, Harvard University Press
2001 Cover, The Green Hills Literary Lantern
2001 Bittersweet Legacy by C.Brody
2001, Spring Cover, LILITH magazine, New York
2000 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Pacific Coast edition
2000, Nov. THE magazine, Santa Fe, NM
1999, February Gravy, (River North) Vol.1, #3
1999, April Santa Fean magazine
1998 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Pacific Coast
1998, April Sacramento Bee
1998, April Sacramento News & Review
1997, Fall LILITH magazine, New York
1997, Oct. Oakland Tribune
1996, Spring LILITH magazine, New York
1996, Nov. Ceramics Monthly
1994, Sept., 1993, April Artweek
1994, 1991, January Ceramics Monthly
l992, September Jewish Bulletin, CA
l99l, Oct./Nov. Art Of California magazine
1990, April Artweek
AWARDS: (Selected)
2012 Honorable Mention, Triton Museum, Photography show, Santa Clara, California
2005 Short List Finalist, Los Angeles Metro Station Project, Los Angeles, California
2004 Short List Finalist, Oakland Airport Project, Oakland, California
2003 Chosen to be part of “100 Artists of the West Coast” by Douglas Bullis
1998 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, monetary award, Sacramento, California
1994 Silver Award in mixed media, Art Of California Magazine, Napa, California
1992 Honorable Mention, National Juried Exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1991 Gold and Bronze Awards in sculpture, Art Of California Magazine, Napa, California Monetary Award, Art & The Woman Artist, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York;
1983 Grant Award, Office of Professional Development, California State University, Chico, California
1982 Grant Award, Office of Professional Development, California State University, Chico, California
PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONED WORKS: (Selected)
Hyundai Corporation Seoul, Korea
Peninsula Art Museum Belmont, CA AT&T Houston, TX
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Santa Cruz, CA Camino Medical Center Mountain View, CA
Crocker Museum of Art Sacramento, CA Temple Isaiah Los Angeles, CA
City of Richmond, City Hall Richmond, CA Pacific Gas & Electric San Ramon, CA
Earthcam Inc. Hoboken, NJ Kaiser Hospital Mountain View, CA
Alameda County Art Commission Oakland, CA Willow Pass Rec. Center Concord, CA
Merck Pharmaceutical Philadelphia, PA Harrison Museum of Art Logan, Utah
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA Shoreline Office Center Mill Valley, CA
Deloitte & Touche Seattle, WA DPR Construction Redwood City, CA
San Francisco City Hall, Asst. City Atty. San Francisco, CA Life Scan Corporation Milpitas, CA
Copan Corporation Seattle, WA ESL Corporation Santa Clara, CA
Voyager Capital Seattle, WA Cal. State Teachers Ret. Sacramento, CA
Rhoda Goldman Plaza San Francisco, CA Kemper Tool Company Chino, CA
Corporate Net Leasing at City Commons Orlando, FL La Rinconada Golf Club Los Gatos, CA
United Airlines San Francisco, CA Boston Medical Center Boston, MA
Apple Corporation, Cupertino, CA Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN
Adobe Corporation Mountain View, CA Louisiana Craft Council New Orleans, LA
Temple Sinai Oakland, CA Varian Corporation Palo Alto, CA
Kaiser Hospital Martinez, CA Top of the Hub restaurant Boston, MA
My work is in over 150 private and corporate collections
TELEVISED VIDEO & RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST:
2007 KUSP Radio, Santa Cruz, California
1996 Channel 10, Santa Rosa, California
1991 Channel 6 Cable, Palo Alto, California
1986 Channel 6 Cable, Walnut Creek, California
WORKSHOPS / LECTURES / PANELS: (Selected)
2007 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO
1998 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Slide Panel, Berkeley, CA
1995 Bay Area Jewish Women's Conference, Slide Panel, SF, CA
1993 Slide Presentation, at NCECA San Diego, Ca.
Slide Presentation, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, California