Artist’s Statement
My works on paper begin at the printing press, with multiple
runs or plates, and often take final form as collages. The imagery emerges in
squishes, overlapping colors, intersecting linework, and the perfect
paper scrap. Shapes, lines, and colors conspire in ever shifting ways,
each interaction bringing surprise, delight, and possibility. Pure
play, each turn of the press wheel offers up opportunities to inhabit a
new space—to breathe in orange, green and red, to go like this.
Education
M.F.A. in Printmaking, San Francisco State University
M.A. in Education in Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University
B.F.A. in Painting, University of Washington, Seattle
B.A. in Art History, University of Washington, Seattle
Exhibitions
2012
California Society of Printmakers & Royal Society of Printmakers Exchange Exhibition. Bankside Art Gallery, London, England
Botanic Organic, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Juried: Elizabeth Whiting, Curator for the Union League Club
H2O Fragility and Strength, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.
Juried: Don Soker, owner of Don Soker Contemporary Art
2011
Works on Paper, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY.
Curator: Marie Claude Giroux
Artists Supporting Doctors Without Borders: Show & Auction, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
Brand 40 Works on Paper, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA.
Juried: Peter Frank, Senior Curator Riverside Art Museum and Editor of THEmagazine Los Angeles
Bay Printmakers Open Studios, San Francisco, CA.
National Small Works Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD. Juried: Robert K. Newman, Owner & Director of the Old Print Shop, NY.
UMKC National Print Exhibition, Kansas City, MO.
Juried: Lessa Fanning, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Four Corners and a Center, Danville Theatre Art Gallery, CA.
Juried: Renee Bott, Paulson Bott Press Co-owner and Master Printer
Annual Printmaking Show, San Francisco City College, CA.
Juried: Attaboy, Founder and Editor of Hi-Fructose Art Magazine
5th Annual California Centered: Printmaking 2011, Merced Art Center, CA.
Juried: Mathew Hopson Walker, Printmaking Instructor from Fresno State and College of the Sequoias
Arts on Fire XV, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. Juried: Alison Gass, Assistant Curator, Painting and Sculpture San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
31st Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
Juried: Randy Bolton, Artist and Professor
34th Annual Art on Paper National Juried Exhibition, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD. Juried: Johanna Halford-Macleod, Art historian and Writer
Works on Paper, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. Juried: Elizabeth Mitchell, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at Stanford's Cantor Center for the Visual Arts
2010
Solo show of Prints at Suite Five Salon, San Francisco, CA.
Annual Small Works Invitational, Elon University, Elon, NC.
FWCAC 9 x 12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Texas
West Coast Prints, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.
Juried: Robert Mason, Artist; Doug Desmond, Artist; Robert Rhoades, Professor of Art at College of the Redwoods
2D & 3D Color and Design Exhibition, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA.
Juried: Carrie Pilto, Assistant Curator of Painting & Sculpture at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Contemporary Printmaking: 16 Bay Area Artists, MKSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curator Mike Kimball
Washington Printmakers Gallery 13th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Silver Spring, MD. Juried: Dr. Christopher With, Art Historian and Curator
Barrett Art Center's 5th Annual National Printmaking Exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried: Asher Miller, Dept. of 19th Century Modern & Contemporary Art,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Rock, Paper & Scissors: Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, CA. Juried: Nancy Haselbacher, Artist and Professor at the Otis College of Art and Design
Still Life, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA. Juried: Chester Arnold, Artist and Teacher at the College of Marin
4th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Art Center, CA.
Juried: Jamey Brzezinski, Artist and Chair of the Merced College Arts Division
McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition: Abercrombie Gallery, LA.
Juried: Peter Frank, Senior Curator Riverside Art Museum and Editor of THEmagazine Los Angeles
Sixty Square Inches: Perdue University, IN.
Juried: Jenny Schmid of Bikini Press International and Asst. Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Art
5th Winter National Juried Exhibition: Exploring Contemporary Printmaking, Marin MOCA, CA.
Juried: Karin Breuer, Curator in Charge, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco CA, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
National Small Works Exhibition at Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, FL
2009
On the Cutting Edge: West Coast Collage Artists, Coos Art Museum, OR.
Juried: Kay Campbell, Professor of Art at Oregon State University; Jon Leach, Artist; Beverly Soasey, Director of Hult Center for the Performing Arts
A Small Art Competition, Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Juried: Doug Stapleton, Asst. Curator for the Illinois State Museum
Current Trends in Print, Elon University, NC.
Juried: Jean Sanders, Artist and Associate Professor of Art at the Pennsylvania State University
Small Spaces, Big Creations, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA.
Juried: Gallery Directors
NURTUREart benefit show at Claire Oliver Gallery, NY.
Juried: Yaelle Amir, Independent Curator; Patrick Amsellem, Brooklyn Museum Curator; David Humphrey, Artist; Joelle Jensen NURTUREart Curator
Mission Bay Art Show, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Patterns of Growth at NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Curators: Susan Ross, Melissa Staiger
Public Collections
Brooklyn Art LibraryAmericas Biennial Exhibition research archives
Judith A. Hoffberg Archive at the UCSB Library
International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
Affiliations
California Society of Printmakers
Fort Mason Printmakers
Seattle Print Arts
NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial
Monthly rotation of artist shows at the Storefront of S. Meek Architecture, San Francisco, CA.
Publications & Bibliography
April 2011, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, featured artwork
2007, Coffeen, PhD, Daniel “A Conspiracy of Whimsy”, monograph essay