CURRICULUM VITAE

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2015 “New Work,” Solo Exhibition, artSPACE 1616, Sacramento, CA

2015

“Lucid Art Foundation Residency Exhibit,” Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA


2015

‘’ABSTRACT”, Group Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA

 

AWARDS AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2015 Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Juror: Nancy Meyer, Curatorial at Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, Novato, CA
2015 Crocker Art Museum’s Art Action, Sacramento, CA
2013

“DESCARTED”, International Competition, Ojai Art Festival, Ojai, CA
Juried by Deborah Munk, Director of the Artist Residency at Recology, San Francisco, CA

2013

“CHOICE,” National Competition, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Juried by Catharine Clark, owner of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 Crocker Art Museum’s Art Action, Sacramento, CA
2012-13

Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
Juried by Michal Duncan, editor at “Art in America”

2013

“BOUND,” National Competition, featured in a Catalogue, New York City
Juried by Cora Rosevear, associate curator at MOMA New York

2012

“Duration” Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
Juried by Andrea Schwartz, Owner, Gallery Andrea Schwartz, San Francisco, CA

2011 “Hidden Cities,” New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
Juried by Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum in New York City
2003 “Dibujos,” Museum of Modern Art, Caracas Venezuela
2001 “New Works Award,” Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
2000 “Sacramento Contemporary Arts Award,” CA Works
1991 Award of Merit, Gregory Kondos Gallery, SCC, Sacramento, CA

 

RESIDENCY

2014

Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA

2013 Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
2012 Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 "New Work" artSPACE 1616, Sacramento, CA
2014

"EVANESCENSE”, Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

  “NEW WORK,” Solo Exhibition, Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2013

“Out of the Desert,” Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA

  “Lines and Layers,” Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
 

“The Lake,” Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA        

2011 “Portals,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009 '“Streams of Time,” 58 Holding & Co. Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 “Impermanence,” Caracas Zen Center, Caracas, Venezuela
  “Impermanence II,” Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2001 “Houses of Infinity,” (Installation) “New Works” Sacramento Arts Commission Grant
  “Houses of Infinity II,” LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA
  “New Work,” Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 “Pink Triangle,” (Installation) Gallery SOTODO, Sacramento, CA
  “Existential Brazil,” Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
  “Body and Soul,” Matrixarts, Sacramento, CA
1999 “NUDES,” Eight Gallery, Sacramento,CA
1995 “Solitary Figures,” UPTOWN ARTS, Sacramento, CA
1993 “Healing Paintings,” Idea Gallery, Sacramento, CA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 “Abstract II” Invitational curated by Robert Jean Ray, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
  Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Juror: Nancy Meyer, Curatorial at Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, Novato, CA
 

“Lucid Art Foundation Residency Show”, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

2014 “CHOICES”, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  “IN THE RED”, Sebastopol Art Center, CA
  “DESCONNECTED”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
  “Animal ”, Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2013

Crocker Art Museum’s Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

 

Benefit Art Auction, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA

 

“DESCARTED”, International Competition, Ojai Art Festival, Ojai, CA

  “6 x 6,” Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
 

Pink Week, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA

2012 Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
  Open Studio Exhibit, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
  Benefit Auction, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
  “Botanical,” Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 

“Duration,” Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

  “Small Treasures,” Invitational, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011 “A Sense of Place,” Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  “Hidden Cities,” New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
  ABSTRACT: An Abbreviated Survey 2000-2010, Invitational
  Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2010 "Open Sacramento," Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
  Benefit Auction, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
2009

Open Studio Show, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA

2008 Benefit Auction, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
  Open Studio Tour, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
2007 Benefit Auction, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
  Open Studio Tour, Center for Contemporay Art, Sacramento, CA
  “Open Studio,” SMUD Gallery,Sacramento, CA
2006 “Curtis Park Artists,” Invitational, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2005 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2004 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2003 “Debujos,” Museum of Modern Art, Caracas, Venezuela
2002 “Woman,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001 “Summer Invitational,” Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta , CA
  Lincoln Arts Center Lincoln, CA
  CA WORKS, State Fair, Sacramento, CA
2000 Matrixart Gallery, Sacramento,CA
  “Spaces and Spirits,” SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, A
 

KVIE Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

1999 “Voces Ahora- An Invitational,” Art Foundry, Sacramento, CA
  “Eight,” Gallery 8, Sacramento, CA
1998 “Tree Painters,” Celestin’s , Sacramento, CA
1997 “Watermarks,” Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
  “Voices,” Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996 “EROTIC,” Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento, CA
1994 “Death and Transformation” Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento, CA
1992 "Monumental Watercolors,” Robert Else Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1991 "Winter Exhibition,” Award of Merit, Gregory Kondos Gallery, SCC, Sacramento, CA

 

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

2013 Hi Desert Star, August 29, Yucca Valley, CA
  Sixteen Sixteen Contemporary Art and Entertainment Magazine, May, Featured Artist,
Sacramento, CA
2011 Midtown News, June, Sacramento, CA
2011 Viewpoint, May, Sacramento, CA
2002 Daily Journal, March 24, Alice Chacon, Caracas, Venezuela
2001 Stockton Record, July 2001
1999 Sacramento Bee, Nov. 7, Victoria Dalkey
1999 Sacramento News & Review, Aug.26
1998 Sacramento Bee, Oct.25, Victoria Dalkey
1998 Sacramento News & Review, Aug.27, Kimi Julian
1997 Cover and feature artist,” Stella”
1997 A Fine Arts, Literary, Performing Arts, Quarterly, Winter, Vol 1, #1

 

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