Artist Resume 2020
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024. Richmond Art Center, Richmond California, installation, Sentinels & Saviors (with monograph)
2020. Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Santa Cruz, California, Silent Knocking (with monograph)
2020. Anne Dizikes Annex gallery, Santa Cruz, California, Earth In Peril
2018. Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, Story of Self (with monograph)
2014. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, painting installation, Cusp (with color catalog)
2013. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, painting installation, Uplift (with color catalog)
2010. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, painting installation, A Spec of Nowness
2006. Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, new paintings and sculpture, Cluster Series
2005. Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, installation piece with sound track and lighting, Eight Emotions
2005. Green City Visions, Oakland, California, installation piece, Big City
2004. Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, installation piece with divination performance, Big City
2003. Studio Event, Oakland, California, Big City installation and video, Seeding Tomorrow
2002. Studio Event, Oakland, California, Big City installation, dance performance and video, Sojourn for Saroon
2000. 60th Street Gallery, Oakland, California, installation piece, The Mountain Room
1997. New Century Artists Gallery, New York, New York, installation piece, The Mountain Room
1997. SOMAR II Gallery, San Francisco, California, Spiritual Pathways
1996. Miyuki Gallery, Ginza Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, The Ocean Series (with color catalog)
1996. Rose Cafe Gallery, Venice, California, The Ocean Series
1994. Orches Theatre Gallery, Oakland, California, Root Series
1991. J.F.K. University Gallery, Orinda, California, The Healing Force
1989. Modern Rites/Ancient Waves Gallery, Larkspur, California, Life Force
1985. Pacifica Arts and Heritage Council Gallery, Pacifica, California, Movements of the Unconscious
1984. Jane Brown Gallery, Oakland, California, The Beginning of the World
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018. Oakopolis Online Exhibition, Creative Activism
2017. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, High Tide
2016. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, I AM
2016. Fire Art Project Anniversary Show, Berkeley, California,
2016. Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, Work on Paper
2015-16. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Art Soup: Balance Point
2013-14. Stinson Beach Gallery, Marin County, California, Locals
2013. Art Thou Gallery, Berkeley, California, Earth, Sea and Sky
2011. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, A Week at Calistoga
2011. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Liminal Art Salon, Oracle
2011. Red Door Gallery, Berkeley, California, Mother
2009. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Painting from a Deep Place
2009. Red Door Gallery, Oakland, California, Myth Magic Mystery
2008. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, What Is A Book?
2007. Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Fiber Devotion
2004. Los Madonas College Gallery, Pittsburg, California, Witness to War
2003. FCC Gallery, Oakland, California, A Show of Peace
2003. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, The Artist in the Studio
2000. Artship Foundation, Oakland, California, Altars & Icons
1998. Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, California, Soup
1997. 60th Street Gallery, Oakland, California, Geometry
1996. Ink People Center for Arts, Eureka, California, West Coast Works on Paper
1996. Maxis Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, paintings from The Ocean Series
1995. Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, paintings from The Ocean Series
1995. California Museum of Art at Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, California, It’s in the Mail
1994. Lynn Prince Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, paintings from The Ocean Series
1994. Hewes Gallery, Oakland, California, Inaugural Show
1993. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, Forged by Fire
1992. Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California, Art from the Ashes
1992. Orches Gallery, Oakland, California, Endings and Beginnings
1992. Galleria Scola, Oakland, California, Burning Desire
1991. Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, curated by M. Hamasaki
1991. Mimosa Gallery, Oakland, California, Peace Works: A Response to the Gulf War
1990. Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, California, Art of the Spirit
1990. Art Here Gallery, Albany, California, 5 Bay Area Artists
1989. Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, California, Multiples and Collectibles
1988. Hoffman Gallery, Emeryville, California, Precious Jewels
1986. Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, Masterlines: Ideas and Emotions
1986. Sun Gallery and Hayward California Forum for the Arts, Hayward, California, Exhibition ’86
1985. Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Walnut Creek Open
1985. Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California, Second Biennial Open
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2007–Present. Active Member of the Oakland Art Murmur and Director of Oakopolis Gallery and Creativity Center
2014. Presenting Artist at Lucid Art Foundation Seminars with Jeremy Morgan, Point Reyes Station, California
2011. Voz Propia / Own Voice Foundation, art images used by sewing coop, Costa Rica
2010. Turtle Island Restoration Network, collaboration with donation of books, California
2010. Eco City Builders, art auction, San Francisco, California
2007. Co-founded Oakopolis Creativity Center, member of Oakland Art Murmur
1987-2005. Pro Arts, Oakland, California, Open Studio Tour and Exhibition
2004. Created FCC Micro Cinema and premiered the Video FuFoo Festival
2004. Board of Directors, Visual and Performing Arts Committee, Orinda Public Schools, Orinda, California
2003. Arts residency at Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Artist in the Studio
2003. Co-founded The Fort Creativity Center, a community based organization that promotes the use of the creative process to influence the future in a positive direction.
1997-2000. Visual Aid Auction, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994-95. Member of the Board of Directors, Lamorinda Arts Alliance, Orinda, California
1994. Co-founder of the Hewes Gallery, Oakland, California: to exhibit the work of local artists who persevere over time in their creative contribution to the Bay Area
1994. Visiting Artist in Orinda Public Schools, Orinda, California
1993. Center for the Visual Arts Auction, Oakland, California
1992. Orches Theatre, Oakland, California, Guest Artist for Performance, three paintings were used as inspiration for a three-part dance suite by Vicki Gunter
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY
2020. Tea Bowl, Monograph Book
2018. Silent Knocking, Monograph Book
2017. Story of Self, Monograph Book
2008-14. A Door In The Swamp, Eight Chapter Slice-of-life Graphic Novel
2008. Studio Publication, Truth Zine
2006. Fort Creativity Publishing, Mirror Lake: Images of the Fripp Island Habitat
2005. Women Environmental Artists Directory, J. Hanson and S. Leibovitz-Steinman, p. 50
2004. Psychic Reader, August, Kirstin Miller, “Hope in the Big City”
2004. Psychic Reader, March, painting used for cover
2003. Weekend Daybreak Show, May 31, KRON TV-4, SanFrancisco, California
1997. Contra Costa Sun, Arts and Entertainment, “The Spirit is With Them”
1996. NEIKI Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan
1996. The Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym, “Bittersweet Debut for New Art Gallery”
1994. Random House/Pantheon Books, painting used for cover: Terry Tempest Williams, An Unspoken Hunger
Newsweek used the book cover used to illustrate an article by James M. Baker, May 2
1992. Pomegranate Publications, 30 Contemporary Women Artists, revised edition card series and book
1992. Documentary film by Ray Gatchalian, Fire Within, one of three featured artists
FORMAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
2015. Painting Seminar with Sas Colby, Calistoga, California
2013-15. Lucid Art Foundation Seminars with Jeremy Morgan, Point Reyes Station, California
2009-12. Painting Seminar with Leigh Hyams, Calistoga, California
2009. Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Mary Hull Webster, Inverness, California
2008. Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Mary Hull Webster, Inverness, California
2008. Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Jeremy Morgan, Inverness, California
2008. Painting Seminar with Leigh Hyams, Esalen, California
2007. Book Art workshop with Sas Colby, Majorca, Spain
2003. Printmaking workshop with Laura Raboff, Berkeley, California
1997. Taking The Leap, Cay Lang, Emeryville, California
1994. Printmaking class with Richard Urban, Limestone Press, San Francisco, California
1982. M.A., John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California: emphasis on creative process within a clinical psychology program
1981. The Painting Experience Studio, San Francisco, California, studied with Michelle Cassou
1970. B.A. Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana