Education


Credential   2018 - 2019    Single Subject Art     Alliant International University
Post Bach    1997 - 1998        Studio Art                   Cal State San Francisco
Post Bach    1996 - 1997        Studio Art                   City College of San Francisco
B.S.               1993                  Economics                 UC Riverside

Solo Exhibitions


2021        Pandemic Motherland, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019        D E T O U R S, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
                 New paintings, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2018        San Pablo Ave, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017        repose, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016        the digital camo, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015        unmoor, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014        for and againstYou, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013        plural, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012        this body, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011        Pushing Fairy Tales, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA                                                            
2010       The Mommy Assassins, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
                 Under Cover, Killing My Lobster, Zeum Theater at Yerba Buena, SF, CA
1998        Recent Paintings,  AWDyssey, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions


2023       Postcards from Paradise, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                ABOUT FACE, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
                Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA (accepted)
2022       The Outwin, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St Louis, MO
2021        The Outwin, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
                 Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2019        The Outwin, 2019 American Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
                 Small Works, A look Back and Forward, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
                 After Hours, Mise en Place, Oakland, CA
2018        Have You Heard Us Yet?, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
                 Domestic Memory, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston
                 Life Live, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017        EXISTE Y RESISTE, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016        East Bay Open Studios, Albany, CA
2015        The Opposite Sex, online exhibition,  Linus Gallery, Long Beach & Pasadena, CA
                 Voices: An Artist’s Perspective, online exhibition Women's Caucus for Art, NAWA Gallery, NYC
                 Artists; Women, Vessel Gallery,  Oakland, CA
2013        Tango and The Modern Nude, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2012        The Nude 2012, Studio Quercus, Oakland CA
2011         Pro Arts Juried Annual 2011, Oakland, CA
                 Premonition, Dacia Gallery, NY, NY
                 9th A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, Brooklyn, NY
2010        Realism, Artist-Xchange Gallery, SF, CA
                 Surface & Subtext, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
                 Speaking of Solitude, 6th National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of
                 Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
                 Mercury Rising, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
                 Transformative Experience, Art@theOakbook, Oakland, CA
                 East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA
2009       Pro Arts Juried Annual 2010, HAPPINESS, Oakland, CA
                 A Different Day Gallery, Fade to Black, Albany, CA                                
                 A Different Day Gallery, Moments of Inspiration, Albany, CA                   
                 Richmond Art Center, Annual Members Showcase, Richmond, CA          
2008       Satori Yoga Studio, Serenity Show, San Francisco, CA    
2007        Albany Community Art Show,  Albany, CA
                  Berkeley Art Center Annual Member's Showcase, Berkeley, CA                                               
2006        Berkeley Art Center Annual Member's Showcase, Berkeley, CA


Press/Publications

Art In New England, Domestic Memory, Boston, MA June 2018
7x7.com, Culture, Three Can't Miss Oakland Gallery Exhibits, SF, October 2015                                   
Unite Women, Voices an artist's perspective, NAWA Gallery, NY, NY June 2015            
Fusion, Exhibition Catalog for Arc Gallery, SF May 2015       
art ltd., Bay Area Supplement, May/June 2013
East Bay Express, Staff Picks, November 28, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle, Critic's Pick, June 14, 2012
East Bay Express, Arts & Culture, October, 19 2011
East Bay Express, Arts & Culture, June 15, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle, Visual Arts, June 3, 2010
East Bay Express, Arts & Culture, May 26, 2010
East Bay Express, Critic's Pick, June 17, 2010

Awards

Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2019, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

1st place at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novata, 2010 National Juried Annual, Speaking of Solitude