Galleries
2024 March - ongoing - Lunaria Gallery - a cooperative gallery in Silverton, Oregon
Exhibition History
2023 August 16 - September 15 "Member Show" at the Silverton Art Center, Silverton, Oregon
2021 November 13 - December 31 "Radiance: Luminous Art from the Crucible" at the K Gallery, Alameda, California
Curator: Christian Schiess
2020 July 8-August 30 "Annual Carnegie Art Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artists Susanne French, Susan Stephenson, Young Suh
2020 June 25 - July 25 "Small Footprint" Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California
2020 April 8-May 24 "Firing Imagination: Contemporary Ceramics & Glass" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artists Susannah Israel and Otto Rigan
2020 March 7-March 27 Awarded 2nd Place for 3D Art "8th Annual Open Fine Arts Competition" Elk Grove Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Elk Grove, California
Jurors: Michelle O’Brien, the gallery director at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Midtown, Sacramento
2019 December 7-January 4 "Illuminated Art" San Anselmo Arts Commission, San Anselmo, California
2019 April 7-August 10 "Illuminatation and Art" The Bellevue Club, Oakland, California
2017 April 6-July 2 "Unauthorized" SFMOMA" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, California
2017 April 21-May 21 "Left Coast Annual" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Juror: Susan Sayre Batton, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at San Jose Museum of Art, in charge of exhibitions and collections
2017 April 5-April 30 "A Sculpture Exhibition" Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California
Juror: Jeff Owen, metal sculptor
2017 December 3-January 8 "HERE, Part 1" Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, California
2016 July 15 - August 20 "Membership Medley" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2016 July 7 - September 11 Awarded Honorable Mention "59th Annual Juried Exhibition" The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Juror: Brian Blood, plein air impressionist artist
2016 June 6 - July 9 "Light Play" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2016 April 1 - May 27 "Central California Arts Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artist Gerald Boyd, Photographer Cara Westin, and artist, arts administrator, curator and educator William F. Wilson
2015 October 9th "Fireside Lounge" The Crucible, Oakland, California
2015 July 17 - August 15 "2015 Membership Medley" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
Jurors: Tony Natsoulas and Katie Curler of Blue Line Arts
2015 June 18 - August 1st "Transformations 2: Recycled and Upcycled" The Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
Juror: Dorsi Diaz
2015 June 5 - July 11 "Extra Parts: Recycled and Found Object Art" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2015 May 1 - May 22 "9th Annual Contemporary Women 2015" Chico Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Chico, California
Juror: Dr. Jean Gallagher DA, MFA, BA
2015 April 1 - May 8 Awarded Best in Show "Central California Arts Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Karen Kienzle, Director of the Palo Alto Arts Center, Dennis Lewis accomplished painter, Ronda Schaer owner of RASgalleries
2014 October 3 - November 14 "Sculpture as a Metaphor" Artworks Downtown Juried Exhibition, San Rafael, California
Juror: Bella Feldman, artist and art educator
2014 September 31 - October 25 "Bold Expressions" Northern California Arts 59th International Open Juried Exhibition
Juror: Robert-Jean Ray Sacramento Fine Arts Center Sacramento, California
2014 May 22 - July 31 "ReThink It" group show, Vernon Davis Foundation Gallery 85, San Jose, California
2013 November 26- January 10 "Where to From There?" group show, Juror: Arnold Kemp Pro Arts, Oakland, California
2013 September 13 - October 19 "Homage - Art in the Style of an Artist in History" group show, Liberty Arts Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Yreka, California
Jurors: Jill Gardner and Linda Vivas
2013 August 3 - October 18 "Playful, Funny, Wild, and Wacky." group show, Expressions Gallery in Berkeley, California
2013 July 25 - September 10 "The Story of the Creative" international group show, See | Me Exhibition Space in New York City
2013 July 7 - August 3 Marin Society of Artists "Fresh Art" group show. Juror: Rene de Guzman, senior curator for the Oakland Museum of California
2007-present Stanford University - Present home of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Raging Baby Hormones #5, Bells and Whistles,
2011 April - The Crucible's Spring Open House
2010 December Solo show at Zocalo Coffeehouse, San Leandro
2010 November -The Crucible Holiday Art Sale and Open House
2010 June "Oakland Under $100" - Temescal Art Center - Group Show "Objects from an Artist's Studio"
2010 May "Evening at The Crucible" - Group Show
2009 December - "Oakland Under $100" - Temescal Art Center - Group Show "Objects from an Artist's Studio"
2003-2008 Nani's Coffeehouse - Home of sculptures and paintings: Mitre Saw, Raging Baby Hormones #1, Mitre Saw, Robert Rauschenberg
San Francisco, California
2002 June 22 - July 25 The Crucible's "Ashby-A-Glow: An Illuminating Exhibition Celebrating Creation through Fire & Light" Berkeley, California
2002 March 9 - April 19 The 2nd City Council's "2002 Women's Festival of the Arts" Long Beach, California Juror: Barbara Drucker
2002 March 6 - 27, Awarded Special Recognition Award The Period Gallery's "Contemporary IV" International group show, Omaha, NE- Juror: Bonnie O’Connell
2001 June - One of the founding members of Bay Area Neon Group (BANG!)
2001 June - Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1999 May 21 - June 27 The Stage Gallery's "Mixed Media 99" juried group show, New York
1997 March "Still Life" group show - Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York
1996-1997 represented by the Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York
1995 GEN ARTS Grand Opening, Los Angeles
Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1994 Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1992 Well of Souls, Berkeley - group show, featured sculptor
2021 November 13 - December 31 "Radiance: Luminous Art from the Crucible" at the K Gallery, Alameda, California
Curator: Christian Schiess
2020 July 8-August 30 "Annual Carnegie Art Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artists Susanne French, Susan Stephenson, Young Suh
2020 June 25 - July 25 "Small Footprint" Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California
2020 April 8-May 24 "Firing Imagination: Contemporary Ceramics & Glass" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artists Susannah Israel and Otto Rigan
2020 March 7-March 27 Awarded 2nd Place for 3D Art "8th Annual Open Fine Arts Competition" Elk Grove Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Elk Grove, California
Jurors: Michelle O’Brien, the gallery director at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Midtown, Sacramento
2019 December 7-January 4 "Illuminated Art" San Anselmo Arts Commission, San Anselmo, California
2019 April 7-August 10 "Illuminatation and Art" The Bellevue Club, Oakland, California
2017 April 6-July 2 "Unauthorized" SFMOMA" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, California
2017 April 21-May 21 "Left Coast Annual" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Juror: Susan Sayre Batton, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at San Jose Museum of Art, in charge of exhibitions and collections
2017 April 5-April 30 "A Sculpture Exhibition" Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California
Juror: Jeff Owen, metal sculptor
2017 December 3-January 8 "HERE, Part 1" Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, California
2016 July 15 - August 20 "Membership Medley" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2016 July 7 - September 11 Awarded Honorable Mention "59th Annual Juried Exhibition" The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Juror: Brian Blood, plein air impressionist artist
2016 June 6 - July 9 "Light Play" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2016 April 1 - May 27 "Central California Arts Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Artist Gerald Boyd, Photographer Cara Westin, and artist, arts administrator, curator and educator William F. Wilson
2015 October 9th "Fireside Lounge" The Crucible, Oakland, California
2015 July 17 - August 15 "2015 Membership Medley" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
Jurors: Tony Natsoulas and Katie Curler of Blue Line Arts
2015 June 18 - August 1st "Transformations 2: Recycled and Upcycled" The Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
Juror: Dorsi Diaz
2015 June 5 - July 11 "Extra Parts: Recycled and Found Object Art" Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2015 May 1 - May 22 "9th Annual Contemporary Women 2015" Chico Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Chico, California
Juror: Dr. Jean Gallagher DA, MFA, BA
2015 April 1 - May 8 Awarded Best in Show "Central California Arts Showcase" Carnegie Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Turlock, California
Jurors: Karen Kienzle, Director of the Palo Alto Arts Center, Dennis Lewis accomplished painter, Ronda Schaer owner of RASgalleries
2014 October 3 - November 14 "Sculpture as a Metaphor" Artworks Downtown Juried Exhibition, San Rafael, California
Juror: Bella Feldman, artist and art educator
2014 September 31 - October 25 "Bold Expressions" Northern California Arts 59th International Open Juried Exhibition
Juror: Robert-Jean Ray Sacramento Fine Arts Center Sacramento, California
2014 May 22 - July 31 "ReThink It" group show, Vernon Davis Foundation Gallery 85, San Jose, California
2013 November 26- January 10 "Where to From There?" group show, Juror: Arnold Kemp Pro Arts, Oakland, California
2013 September 13 - October 19 "Homage - Art in the Style of an Artist in History" group show, Liberty Arts Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Yreka, California
Jurors: Jill Gardner and Linda Vivas
2013 August 3 - October 18 "Playful, Funny, Wild, and Wacky." group show, Expressions Gallery in Berkeley, California
2013 July 25 - September 10 "The Story of the Creative" international group show, See | Me Exhibition Space in New York City
2013 July 7 - August 3 Marin Society of Artists "Fresh Art" group show. Juror: Rene de Guzman, senior curator for the Oakland Museum of California
2007-present Stanford University - Present home of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Raging Baby Hormones #5, Bells and Whistles,
2011 April - The Crucible's Spring Open House
2010 December Solo show at Zocalo Coffeehouse, San Leandro
2010 November -The Crucible Holiday Art Sale and Open House
2010 June "Oakland Under $100" - Temescal Art Center - Group Show "Objects from an Artist's Studio"
2010 May "Evening at The Crucible" - Group Show
2009 December - "Oakland Under $100" - Temescal Art Center - Group Show "Objects from an Artist's Studio"
2003-2008 Nani's Coffeehouse - Home of sculptures and paintings: Mitre Saw, Raging Baby Hormones #1, Mitre Saw, Robert Rauschenberg
San Francisco, California
2002 June 22 - July 25 The Crucible's "Ashby-A-Glow: An Illuminating Exhibition Celebrating Creation through Fire & Light" Berkeley, California
2002 March 9 - April 19 The 2nd City Council's "2002 Women's Festival of the Arts" Long Beach, California Juror: Barbara Drucker
2002 March 6 - 27, Awarded Special Recognition Award The Period Gallery's "Contemporary IV" International group show, Omaha, NE- Juror: Bonnie O’Connell
2001 June - One of the founding members of Bay Area Neon Group (BANG!)
2001 June - Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1999 May 21 - June 27 The Stage Gallery's "Mixed Media 99" juried group show, New York
1997 March "Still Life" group show - Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York
1996-1997 represented by the Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York
1995 GEN ARTS Grand Opening, Los Angeles
Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1994 Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland
1992 Well of Souls, Berkeley - group show, featured sculptor
Education and Affiliations
Lunaria Gallery Member
Silverton Arts Association Member
The Crucible - Firecracker Member
Chico Art Center Member
Blue Line Arts, Artist Member
Carnegie Arts Center Member
2001 - Present Studied at The Crucible taking classes in neon and plasma with Christian Schiess, Norman Moore, and Ed Kirshner. Also took classes in glass casting, bronze casting, blacksmithing, and welding.
1989-1991 Bachelors in Fine Art University of California at Los Angeles. Studied under George Herms and Henry Hopkins
*Former Member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Sun Gallery, the Center for Fine Arts Photography, the Berkeley Arts Center, Pro Arts Artist Member
*Former volunteer at The Crucible
Silverton Arts Association Member
The Crucible - Firecracker Member
Chico Art Center Member
Blue Line Arts, Artist Member
Carnegie Arts Center Member
2001 - Present Studied at The Crucible taking classes in neon and plasma with Christian Schiess, Norman Moore, and Ed Kirshner. Also took classes in glass casting, bronze casting, blacksmithing, and welding.
1989-1991 Bachelors in Fine Art University of California at Los Angeles. Studied under George Herms and Henry Hopkins
*Former Member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Sun Gallery, the Center for Fine Arts Photography, the Berkeley Arts Center, Pro Arts Artist Member
*Former volunteer at The Crucible