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
Solo Exhibitions
2010, Prints at Suite Five Salon, San Francisco, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2010
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
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
Sixty Square Inches: Perdue University, IN.
Juried: Jenny Schmid of Bikini Press International and Asst. Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Art (catalogue)
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 (honorable mention)
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, San Francisco, CA
Patterns of Growth at NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Curators: Susan Ross, Melissa Staiger
Alternative Spaces
2010, Prints at Storefront of S. Meek Architecture, San Francisco, CA.
Public Collections
Brooklyn Art LibraryAmericas Biennial Exhibition research archives
Judith A. Hoffberg Archive at the UCSB Library
Affiliations
Seattle Print ArtsNURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Bibliography
2007, Coffeen, PhD, Daniel “A Conspiracy of Whimsy”, monograph essay