BIO

1980   Born, Los Angeles, CA
           Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

2008   Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A.
2002   College of Creative Studies at UC- Santa Barbara, B.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009   “New Paintings”, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008   “Collective Dissolve”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
           "Collective Dissolve", Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2006   “The Space of Heaven”, Stanford University Art Spaces, Stanford, CA
2005   “From LA to SF”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2002   “The Girls of Isla Vista”, Sullivan-Goss Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2009   "Known and Unknown", Cal State Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
           "Supersonic", Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2008   "Ten", Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
           "Way Too Overhung", Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
           "Don't Be Shy", Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
           “Black and White”, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
           “New Paintings”, Canvas Gallery, Seattle, WA
            “Us vs. Them”, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
            “Portable A3”, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Antwerp, Belgium
            “Political Disco”, Santee Project Space, Los Angeles, CA
            “The Benefit Exhibition”, Duncan Miller Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007   “Flow Fair”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL
            “Portable A3”, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Portland, OR
            “Velocity”, Claremont Art Museum, Claremont, CA
            “The Fourth Leg”, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
            “The Media”, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
            “Art Chicago”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Chicago, IL
            “Things that are in the News or Should Be”, Second City Gallery, Long Beach, CA (Juror: Meghan Daum)
            “Figurations”, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, CA
            “Red Dot”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, New York, NY
2006    “Flow Fair”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art
2004    “Big”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
            “Lumen”, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
            “The Clockwatchers”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
           “Scope Arts”, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
           “Women” Union Gallery, Cal State Sacramento University
2003   “What You See Is What You Get”, Temple Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002   “Angel Show”, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA (Juried)
            “Juried Show”, UCSB Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried)

 
AWARDS & HONORS

2008   Walker/ Parker Memorial Fellowship
           Claremont Graduate University Travel Grant
2003   Mixed-Media International Art Award, Golden Key Honors Society
2002   Painting International Art Award, Golden Key Honors Society
           Abrams Prize Grant for the Arts
           UCSB Graduation Speaker
2001   John E. Profant Memorial Scholarship for the Arts 
1998   American Legion Scholarship Award for Leadership and Honor
           CANEC Merit Scholarship
1997   Palisades Scholarship for Art and Public Presentation
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008               Chaffey College, Teaching Assistantship- Portfolio Development
                       Chaffey College, Teaching Assistantship- 2D Design, Online Course
                       CGU, Graduate Seminar Coordinator- Religion and Contemporary Art Discussion Group
                       Chaffey College, Visiting Artist Lecture- Airbrush in Contemporary Art
2007               University of La Verne, Teaching Assistantship- 2D Design
                       CGU Graduate Seminar Coordinator- Political Art Discussion Group
                       CGU, Seminar- Running an Art Business
2002               UCSB, Discussion Leader- Student Colloquium
                       UCSB, Discussion Leader- Student Colloquium

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2008               Political Disco, Santee Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
2003               WYSIWYG, LA Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA
2002               Art for Peace, Gallery 1434, Santa Barbara, CA
2001               Unlimited, CCS Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007                “The Media”, Catalogue
2002                Spectrum Art Journal
                        Into the Teeth of the Wind, Cover
2001                Into the Teeth of the Wind, Cover

PUBLICATIONS

5/1/2008        “Collective Dissolve”, Front Magazine
6/24/2007      “Art Notes from the Road”, Orange County Register, Richard Chang
6/7/2007        “Mediated Media”, Brea Star Progress, Jaimee Lynn Fletcher
4/27/2007      “Bring It On”, Long Beach Press Telegram, Shirlie Gottlieb
3/15/2006      “The Space of Heaven”, Palo Alto Weekly
3/15/2006      “The Space of Heaven”, Stanford Report
2/5/2004        “The Clockwatchers” Davis Enterprise, Suzanne Minich

MEDIA APPEARANCES

2006               "The Painting Gourmet", Interview by Darlene Carmen, Television