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Education

M.F.A.

2004

Ceramics

San Diego State University, CA

B.A.

1995

Painting

San Francisco State University, CA

 
Exhibition Record (*Solo Shows)
2006       NCECA 2006 Invitational: The New Utilitarian, The Hoffman Gallery of 
                 Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Catalog 
              Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, 
                 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, Catalog 
               War Fair, Gallery 114, Portland, OR 
               California Clay, The Artery, Davis CA, Catalog 
               Ink and Clay 32, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic 
                  University, Pomona, CA


2005

Multiplicity, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Urban Influence, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX
Visions in Clay: 2005, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
California Clay, The Artery, Davis, CA, Catalog
NCECA 2005 Clay National, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
   Baltimore, MD, Catalog

2004

*Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA
*Wish you where here...Order and The American Landscape, MFA Thesis
   Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, CA
Transformation: Contemporary Work in Ceramics, Society for Contemporary
   Craft Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; 2005, Alcazar Gallery, NCECA 2005,
   Baltimore, MD, Catalog
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2004, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

2003

2003 Juried Biennial, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Visions in Clay: 2003, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Disclosed: SDSU Graduate Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Art of Design: Habitat and Structure, San Diego State University
   Community Gallery, San Diego, CA
Generations: Impending Lineage, Art and Industry Gallery, NCECA 2003, 
   San Diego, CA
Midpoint: San Diego State University Graduate Ceramics, Joseph David Gallery, 
   NCECA 2003, San Diego, CA
SDSU Award Exhibition, San Diego State University, CA

2002

Red Heat, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK
From Earth to Fire: 21st Century Tiles, Minneapolis, MN
Ride: SDSU Graduate Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, San Diego, CA
14th National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art,
   San Angelo, TX, Catalog
Feats of Clay XV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2002, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
SDSU Award Exhibition, San Diego State University

2001

Exhibit A, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2000

Annual Invitational, Oakland Art [dot] Com Gallery, Oakland, CA

1999

Artists in Our Community, Richmond Art Center , Richmond, CA
Y2K, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

1998

Annual Invitational, Oakland Art [dot] Com Gallery, Oakland, CA
Day One, East Bay Institute for Urban Arts, Oakland, CA
Making the Peace, Niles Hall, Oakland, CA

1997

Eight on Haight, Soft Touch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Images Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995

Four Painters and Four Sculptors, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Teapots, Caesar Chavez Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA

1994

New Beginnings, San Francisco State University, CA

 
Teaching and Residencies

2007-present

2004-2006 

Full Time Faculty, Sculpture, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Merritt College, Oakland, CA

2002-2004  

Artist in Residence, San Diego State Foundation, City Heights Pilot Project, San Diego, CA

1999-2001
 
Artist in Residence, California Arts Council, Richmond Art Center, Artist in the Schools, Richmond, CA

1999

Guest Artist Workshop, San Francisco Museum of Modern  Art, San Francisco, CA

1998-2001

Art Director, Urban ArtWORKS, St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center, San Francisco, CA                           

1998

Artist in Residence, Chaplaincy to the Homeless, Berkeley, CA     

1998

Artist in Residence, Dublin Fine Arts / Southern Exposure, Dublin, CA


Selected Community Art Installations


2004

Rosa Parks: Courageous Hero, Rosa Parks Elementary, San Diego, CA

2003

Garden Carpet, Rosa Parks Elementary, San Diego, CA
Freeforms, Hover High School, San Diego, CA

2001

Worlds of Stone, 16th Street, San Francisco, CA
Masks, Grant Elementary, Richmond, CA

2000

Let the Games Begin, Dover Elementary, San Pablo, CA
Youth Voices, 16th Street BART Station, San Francisco, CA
The Future is in Your Hands, Wiese Alley, San Francisco, CA
Nineteen Reasons, Wiese Alley, San Francisco, CA
Senderos A California, Grant Elementary, Richmond, CA

1999

MissionCultural Panels, Altamont Building, San Francisco, CA
Rights Garden, Valencia Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Eyes on the Road, Chaplaincy to the Homeless,Berkeley, CA

1998

Borders Beyond Boundaries, Calvin Simmons Middle School, Oakland, CA
Our World, Nielsen Elementary, Dublin, CA

 
Public Art Commissions

Juliga Woods Memorial, Boorman Park, Richmond, CA, 2001

The Randall Children’s Discovery Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2001


Bibliography

Ann Wolfe and Lucy Lippard, Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl,
   San Jose Museum of Art and The Center for American Places, San Jose, CA, 2006

Paul Andrew Wandless, Image Transfer on Clay, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2006

500 Animals in Clay, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2006

Janet Mansfield, Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award Catalog,
   Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia, 2006

Rick Newby, The New Utilitarian, NCECA 2006 Invitational Exhibition Catalog,
   National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Portland, OR, 2006

Michael Gallucci, Seeing Septuple, Cleveland Scene, New Times, December, 2005


Angelica Pozo, Tile Making and Installing, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2005

NCECA 2005 Tour De Clay Exhibition Guide, NCECA, Erie, CO, 2005

NCECA Clay National Exhibition Catalog, NCECA, Erie, CO, 2005

Janet McCall and Jimmy Clark, Transformation 4 Catalog, Society for Contemporary
   Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004

Jim Weaver, Upfront, Ceramics Monthly, February 2004

Mary Thomas, 'Transformation' Turns on the Power of Ceramic Sculpture, Pittsburgh
   Post-Gazette, January 17, 2004

Alice Winn, Earth and Fire, Pittsburgh Pulp, January 1-8, 2004

Kurt Shaw, Prize-Winning Sculptor Packs Meaning Into His Works, Pittsburgh Tribune-
   Review, November 30th, 2003

Carolyn Jones, Putting the Art in BART, San Francisco Chronicle, October 25th, 2003

Kristin Peck, The Art of Handmade Tile, Krause Publications, Iola, WI, 2002

Kyle Fiore, Building a Youth Friendly City, Block by Block, Teaching Tolerance Magazine,
   Spring 2001

 
Publications

Making Tiles: An Ancient Technique Meets the 21st Century,Pottery Making Illustrated,
   January/February 2003