EDUCATION

 

       Master of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland

       Bachelor of Arts, Genetics, University of California, Berkeley

       Massachusetts College of Art, Harvard University: Art and Immunology courses, respectively

 

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS


    2021         Neon Raspberry Art House, Pathogenic Bonbons and the Ravenous Vax Attack, Occidental
   
    2020         Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO  POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19

    2019         3)5 ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Exhibition Premio ORA Italia Juried Competition, 7th         
                    Edition, Viterbo, Italy

    2017         Bump Art Gallery, Corporal Alchemy, Sonoma, CA

    1995         Gallery Route One, Goad, A Kinetic Installation, Pt. Reyes, CA

    1994         Falkirk Cultural Center, I Think I Can Absorb the World, An interactive installation         
                    exploring sensory perception, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael           

    1993         Door Three Gallery, Alchemical Dreams, MFA Exhibition, Oakland

 

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
   
    2024         Sonoma County Museum of Art, A Question of Balance, Juried by Jeff Nathanson & Kate Eilertsen, Santa Rosa, CA
                    The Studio, Ross, CA, upcoming


    2023         Works San Jose, Biophilia, San Jose, CA
                    Sausalito Center for the Arts, Finding the Form: Bay Area Sculpture, Sausalito, CA

    2022         Gallery Route One, Blessed Unrest, Point Reyes, CA
   
    2021         Bedford Gallery, If a Tree Falls: Art of the Boundary Oak, Walnut Creek, CA
                    EcoArtSpace, Embodied Forest,  Online Exhibition with Book, Juried by Lilian Fraiji 
                    Artist Alliance, Strange Nature, Juried by Malia Landis, Online
                    D'Art Center, Persistence III National Juried Exhibition, Norfolk, VA     
                    Marin Society of Artists, Artist's Vision 2021 National Juried Exhibition,San Rafael, CA
                    Art Works Downtown
Beauty or Truth, Juried by Chandra Cerrito, San Rafael, CA
                    Artist Alliance, Terrain, Juried by Carol Dalton, Santa Fe, NM
                    Biafarin, Diversia:Woman, Juried Online Exhibition
                    Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Favorite Things: Trees, Sebastopol, CA

    2020         Richmond Art Center, Over and Under, Juried by Kevin B. Chen, Richmond, CA
                    Malamegi LAB 15 International Art Contest Final Exhibition, Milano, Italy
                    CollexArt, TwentyTwenty, Juried Online Exhibition
                    Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Justice, Juried by Karen Jenkins-Johnson, Novato

    2019         Art Museum of Sonoma County, Creative Sonoma Discovered Awards Exhibition, Santa
                    Rosa, CA
                    Prsten Gallery at the HDLU Pavillon, YICCA International Contest of Contemporary Art,   
                    Juried by Leila Topic, Senior Curator Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb,Croatia
                    Piedmont Center for the Arts, 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carin Adams & Nancy Lim, 
                    jurors, Piedmont, CA
                    Conroe Art League, 4th National Invitational Show, Conroe, Texas
                    Sanchez Art Center, 2019 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Scott A. Shields, juror,             
                    Pacifica, CA
                    SHOH Gallery, Matter of Form, Juried by Christine Koppes, Berkeley, CA

    2018         Pence Gallery, Consilience of Art & Science, Davis, CA, Honorable Mention
                    Bump Art Gallery, Rising From the Ashes, Sonoma, CA
                    Worth Ryder Art Gallery, U.C. Berkeley, Generation: 2018 Alumni Juried Exhibition,    
                    Berkeley, CA
                    Marin Society of Artists, Fresh Art, Juried by Chester Arnold, San Rafael, CA, 
                    Honorable Mention
                    Space 151, Levy Art + Architecture, Room for Thought, Juried by Jack Fischer,           
                    San Francisco, CA
                    Falkirk Cultural Center, 2018 Spring Open Juried Art Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
                    Brea Art Gallery, 33rd Annual Made in California Exhibition, Brea, CA
                    Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, Make Your Mark, Juried Exhibition, Novato, CA
                    ARC Gallery, Liberty, Juried by Donna Seager, San Francisco, CA

    2017         Petaluma Arts Center, The Neuw Politic: Artists Explore, Petaluma, CA
                    Bump Art Gallery, Local Artists, Sonoma, CA
                    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Connect and Collect, San Jose, CA
   
    2009         Experiment with DNA: Isadore Sputnik Olyer, in collaboration with Seth Olyer, Oakland

    2008         San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, InvitationalAuction, San Jose, CA

    2004         Sunbrothers Art Studio, Inaugural Exhibition, Richmond, CA
                    EDAW/CCA, Fall Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
                    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Auction '04, San Jose, CA

    2001         Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly University, Ephemeral, Pomona
                    Sunbrothers Gallery, A Rose By Any Other Name..., Oakland, CA
                    Sanchez Art Center, Arts on Fire V, Pacifica, CA

    2000         San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Salon de ICA, San Jose, CA

    1998         Artisans, Six Artists, Mill Valley, CA

    1999         Gallery Route One, Lead Into Gold, Pt. Reyes, CA
                    Viridian Gallery, 7th National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY

    1996         Palo Alto Cultural Center, Bug Collection, Palo Alto,
                    Arternatives, Annual National Art Exhibition '96, San Luis Obispo, CA

    1995         WORKS, Beyond Wearable, Sonoma, CA
 

    1994         Gallery Route One, With the Earth III, Point Reyes, CA
                    Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Global Issues, Global Concerns, Santa             
                    Ana
                    Palo Alto Cultural Center, Between the Covers, Palo Alto
                    Oliver Art Center, MFA Graduate Exhibition, Oakland
                    Palo Alto Cultural Center, One Hand Clapping, Palo Alto
                    WORKS, Two Women, Sonoma
                    Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, Science Fair, San Francisco

    1993        Southern Exposure, Science Fair, Juried by Jon Winet, San Francisco
                   Pro Arts, Pro Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakland
                   Gallery Route One, June Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes
                   Gallery Here, Moments of Perception, Oakland
                   New Ground Gallery, Five, Five artists’ new work, Oakland

    1992        Mills College, Exhibition of Innovative Book Forms, Oakland
                   San Mateo Arts Council, Bay Arts ’92 Juried Belmont, CA
                   Califia Books, One of a Kind Artists’ Books, San Francisco
                   Wilder Gallery, Assemblage Art and Artists’ Books, Los Gatos, CA
                   Saratoga Community Library, Artists Book Exhibition, Saratoga, CA

    INVITATIONAL AUCTIONS
          
                   Museum of Sonoma County
                   San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art            
                   Richmond Art Center                                     
                   Palo Alto Cultural Center

    HONORS, AWARDS, & RESIDENCIES

                   Center for Cultural Innovation Grant                                                      2021
                   Malamegi LAB 15 International Art Contest, Milan                                    2020
                   Grant Winner, Creative Sonoma Discovered Awards                                  2019
                   Winner YICCA International Juried Art Competition                                  2018
                   Winner of the Premio ORA Italia, 7th Edition, Rosella Farinotti, Jury chair   2018
                   Marin Society of Artists, Prize winner                                                    2018
                   Pence Gallery Consilience of Art & Science Exhibition, Honorable Mention    2018
                   Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency                                            2015
                   Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Residency  
                   Gallery Route One, First Prize 
                   Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2nd Prize      
       
                   Pro Arts Oakland, Honored Artist
                   Manor House Gallery, Honorable Mention

    PUBLICATIONS

                   Entanglements 2, A Curated Collection of Contemporary Culture, Nanette Wylde, 2023,      
                   ISBN: 978-1-936083-21-3
                   Artists of the Bay Area, Juried by Artist Alliance/Jen Tough Gallery, 2021
                   Embodied Forest, EcoArtSpace, 2021, ISBN:978-0-578-97453-8
                   Press Democrat, Museum of Sonoma County Showcases Local Artists at New Exhibit           
                   November 23, 2019
                   Bohemian, Next Big Thing: Visual Artists are "Discovered"... November 20,2019

                   Sonoma Index Tribune, Her Art is a Little Disturbing, November 2019
                   San Jose Mercury News, Everyday Art Gallery, October 18, 2014
                   San Francisco Chronicle, Doing the Sonoma Stroll, May 1993
  
                   Exhibition Catalogues                 

 

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    EDUCATION

 

       Master of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland

       Bachelor of Arts, Genetics, University of California, Berkeley

       Massachusetts College of Art, Harvard University: Art and Immunology courses, respectively

 

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS


    2021         Neon Raspberry Art House, Pathogenic Bonbons and the Ravenous Vax Attack, Occidental
   
    2020         Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO  POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19

    2019         3)5 ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Exhibition Premio ORA Italia Juried Competition, 7th         
                    Edition, Viterbo, Italy

    2017         Bump Art Gallery, Corporal Alchemy, Sonoma, CA

    1995         Gallery Route One, Goad, A Kinetic Installation, Pt. Reyes, CA

    1994         Falkirk Cultural Center, I Think I Can Absorb the World, An interactive installation         
                    exploring sensory perception, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael           

    1993         Door Three Gallery, Alchemical Dreams, MFA Exhibition, Oakland

 

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
   
    2024         Sonoma County Museum of Art, A Question of Balance, Juried by Jeff Nathanson & Kate Eilertsen, Santa Rosa, CA
                    The Studio, Ross, CA, upcoming


    2023         Works San Jose, Biophilia, San Jose, CA
                    Sausalito Center for the Arts, Finding the Form: Bay Area Sculpture, Sausalito, CA

    2022         Gallery Route One, Blessed Unrest, Point Reyes, CA
   
    2021         Bedford Gallery, If a Tree Falls: Art of the Boundary Oak, Walnut Creek, CA
                    EcoArtSpace, Embodied Forest,  Online Exhibition with Book, Juried by Lilian Fraiji 
                    Artist Alliance, Strange Nature, Juried by Malia Landis, Online
                    D'Art Center, Persistence III National Juried Exhibition, Norfolk, VA     
                    Marin Society of Artists, Artist's Vision 2021 National Juried Exhibition,San Rafael, CA
                    Art Works Downtown
Beauty or Truth, Juried by Chandra Cerrito, San Rafael, CA
                    Artist Alliance, Terrain, Juried by Carol Dalton, Santa Fe, NM
                    Biafarin, Diversia:Woman, Juried Online Exhibition
                    Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Favorite Things: Trees, Sebastopol, CA

    2020         Richmond Art Center, Over and Under, Juried by Kevin B. Chen, Richmond, CA
                    Malamegi LAB 15 International Art Contest Final Exhibition, Milano, Italy
                    CollexArt, TwentyTwenty, Juried Online Exhibition
                    Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Justice, Juried by Karen Jenkins-Johnson, Novato

    2019         Art Museum of Sonoma County, Creative Sonoma Discovered Awards Exhibition, Santa
                    Rosa, CA
                    Prsten Gallery at the HDLU Pavillon, YICCA International Contest of Contemporary Art,   
                    Juried by Leila Topic, Senior Curator Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb,Croatia
                    Piedmont Center for the Arts, 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carin Adams & Nancy Lim, 
                    jurors, Piedmont, CA
                    Conroe Art League, 4th National Invitational Show, Conroe, Texas
                    Sanchez Art Center, 2019 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Scott A. Shields, juror,             
                    Pacifica, CA
                    SHOH Gallery, Matter of Form, Juried by Christine Koppes, Berkeley, CA

    2018         Pence Gallery, Consilience of Art & Science, Davis, CA, Honorable Mention
                    Bump Art Gallery, Rising From the Ashes, Sonoma, CA
                    Worth Ryder Art Gallery, U.C. Berkeley, Generation: 2018 Alumni Juried Exhibition,    
                    Berkeley, CA
                    Marin Society of Artists, Fresh Art, Juried by Chester Arnold, San Rafael, CA, 
                    Honorable Mention
                    Space 151, Levy Art + Architecture, Room for Thought, Juried by Jack Fischer,           
                    San Francisco, CA
                    Falkirk Cultural Center, 2018 Spring Open Juried Art Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
                    Brea Art Gallery, 33rd Annual Made in California Exhibition, Brea, CA
                    Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, Make Your Mark, Juried Exhibition, Novato, CA
                    ARC Gallery, Liberty, Juried by Donna Seager, San Francisco, CA

    2017         Petaluma Arts Center, The Neuw Politic: Artists Explore, Petaluma, CA
                    Bump Art Gallery, Local Artists, Sonoma, CA
                    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Connect and Collect, San Jose, CA
   
    2009         Experiment with DNA: Isadore Sputnik Olyer, in collaboration with Seth Olyer, Oakland

    2008         San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, InvitationalAuction, San Jose, CA

    2004         Sunbrothers Art Studio, Inaugural Exhibition, Richmond, CA
                    EDAW/CCA, Fall Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
                    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Auction '04, San Jose, CA

    2001         Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly University, Ephemeral, Pomona
                    Sunbrothers Gallery, A Rose By Any Other Name..., Oakland, CA
                    Sanchez Art Center, Arts on Fire V, Pacifica, CA

    2000         San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Salon de ICA, San Jose, CA

    1998         Artisans, Six Artists, Mill Valley, CA

    1999         Gallery Route One, Lead Into Gold, Pt. Reyes, CA
                    Viridian Gallery, 7th National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY

    1996         Palo Alto Cultural Center, Bug Collection, Palo Alto,
                    Arternatives, Annual National Art Exhibition '96, San Luis Obispo, CA

    1995         WORKS, Beyond Wearable, Sonoma, CA
 

    1994         Gallery Route One, With the Earth III, Point Reyes, CA
                    Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Global Issues, Global Concerns, Santa             
                    Ana
                    Palo Alto Cultural Center, Between the Covers, Palo Alto
                    Oliver Art Center, MFA Graduate Exhibition, Oakland
                    Palo Alto Cultural Center, One Hand Clapping, Palo Alto
                    WORKS, Two Women, Sonoma
                    Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, Science Fair, San Francisco

    1993        Southern Exposure, Science Fair, Juried by Jon Winet, San Francisco
                   Pro Arts, Pro Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakland
                   Gallery Route One, June Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes
                   Gallery Here, Moments of Perception, Oakland
                   New Ground Gallery, Five, Five artists’ new work, Oakland

    1992        Mills College, Exhibition of Innovative Book Forms, Oakland
                   San Mateo Arts Council, Bay Arts ’92 Juried Belmont, CA
                   Califia Books, One of a Kind Artists’ Books, San Francisco
                   Wilder Gallery, Assemblage Art and Artists’ Books, Los Gatos, CA
                   Saratoga Community Library, Artists Book Exhibition, Saratoga, CA

    INVITATIONAL AUCTIONS
          
                   Museum of Sonoma County
                   San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art            
                   Richmond Art Center                                     
                   Palo Alto Cultural Center

    HONORS, AWARDS, & RESIDENCIES

                   Center for Cultural Innovation Grant                                                      2021
                   Malamegi LAB 15 International Art Contest, Milan                                    2020
                   Grant Winner, Creative Sonoma Discovered Awards                                  2019
                   Winner YICCA International Juried Art Competition                                  2018
                   Winner of the Premio ORA Italia, 7th Edition, Rosella Farinotti, Jury chair   2018
                   Marin Society of Artists, Prize winner                                                    2018
                   Pence Gallery Consilience of Art & Science Exhibition, Honorable Mention    2018
                   Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency                                            2015
                   Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Residency  
                   Gallery Route One, First Prize 
                   Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2nd Prize      
       
                   Pro Arts Oakland, Honored Artist
                   Manor House Gallery, Honorable Mention

    PUBLICATIONS

                   Entanglements 2, A Curated Collection of Contemporary Culture, Nanette Wylde, 2023,      
                   ISBN: 978-1-936083-21-3
                   Artists of the Bay Area, Juried by Artist Alliance/Jen Tough Gallery, 2021
                   Embodied Forest, EcoArtSpace, 2021, ISBN:978-0-578-97453-8
                   Press Democrat, Museum of Sonoma County Showcases Local Artists at New Exhibit           
                   November 23, 2019
                   Bohemian, Next Big Thing: Visual Artists are "Discovered"... November 20,2019

                   Sonoma Index Tribune, Her Art is a Little Disturbing, November 2019
                   San Jose Mercury News, Everyday Art Gallery, October 18, 2014
                   San Francisco Chronicle, Doing the Sonoma Stroll, May 1993
  
                   Exhibition Catalogues                 

 

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