Education
MFA in Painting, Cranbrook Art Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI, May 1992

BFA in Painting/Drawing, Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh, PA, Graduated with University Honors, May 1989.

Experience
Creative Recruiter, Artisan Creative, San Francisco, CA, Feb 2006 - Present

Creative Services Recruiter, ArtSource, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, Nov 1999 – Feb 2005

Special Effects Artist, Edge Innovations, Mountain View, CA, Oct 1995 – Nov 1999

Drawing Instructor, Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN, Sep 1992 – May 1993

Teaching Assistant / Figure Drawing Coordinator, Painting Department, Cranbrook Art Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Sep 1991 – May 1992

Painting Instructor, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI, Sep 1991 – May 1992

Gallery Assistant, “Flow to Ceiling/Surface to Edge/Vista: An Installation by Winifred Lutz,” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Jan 1992 – Feb 1992

Freshman Figure Drawing Teaching Assistant, Painting Department, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, Jan 1988 – May 1989

Anatomy Class Teaching Assistant/Bone Room Supervisor, Painting Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep 1988 – May 1989

Art Teacher, Children’s Studio School, Washington, D.C., May 1988 – Aug 1988

Awards
Ruth Ebkin Award for Academic and Artistic Merit, 1988
Madeline Deer Senior Drawing Award, 1989
Philip Morris Fellowship, 1990, 1991
Board of Governors Fellowship, 1990, 1991

Exhibitions
San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA 2006

San Francisco Open Studios Group Show, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006

“Oceans, Seas, and Tides”, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA 2006

“Shadows and Light”, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006, Juror’s Merit Award

Solo Show, Color Graphics, San Francisco, CA 2006

Artspan Benefit Art Auction, California Modern, San Francisco, CA 2006

“Women’s Perspective”, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006

“CMU Centennial Retrospective”, Regina Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2006

Solo Show, Farley’s Coffee, San Francisco, CA 2006

“Everyday People”, Griffin Davis Art at Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006

“Holiday Show”, 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005

SF Open Studios Group Show, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005

San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA 2005

ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, California Modern, San Francisco, CA 2005

Solo Exhibition, South Plains College, Levelland, TX 1996

March Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1995

Group Show, Kungnes Salon and Gallery, San Diego, CA 1995

Mid-Winter Awards Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1995

January Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1995

November Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1995

“Figurative Art” Group Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1994

August Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1995

Mid-Summer Awards Show (Honorable Mention), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1994

June Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1994

Artwalk Exhibition, Foundry Gallery, San Diego, CA 1994

March Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1994

Student Summer Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1992

Masters Thesis Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1992

“Objects from the Studio,” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1991

Awarded a commission to paint a mural by The Times Project, Pittsburgh, PA 1990

Forbes Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989

Studio Z Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988

Professional Activities
Volunteer, BayCHI, 2005 - present
Vice Chair, BayCHI, July 2003 – 2005
Vice President, Board of Directors, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, September 1994 – March 1995

Lectures
“Hispanic Art in the United States,” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, October 1991

 

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