Born Minneapolis, MN, 1969

EDUCATION:

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Masters of Fine Arts, Painting, May 2001
Honors: Rick Cramer Memorial Scholarship

Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Initial Teacher Certificate, June 1994
Honors: Dean’s List, spring of 93 through spring of 94

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Bachelor of Arts in Art History, May 1991
Honors: Distinction in mayor studies

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

“An Abstract Garden Path,” 45 Fremont, San Francisco, CA, April-June 2004
“Opening Constraints,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, June-July 2002
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 2000
BozArt Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, March 1997

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

“BURNOFF,” Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 2004
“Contemporary Abstracts,” Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA, August 2004
“Moving Show,” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA April-May 2004
“ABSTRACTA,” Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 2002
“New Paintings,” The Front Office – Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 2002
“Slack Jaw,” StudioZ.tv, San Francisco, CA, June 2002
“The Group Show,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, April-May 2002
“The Necessary Beauty,” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, October-November 2001
“Macro Surface,” Coagula Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August-September 2001 “Gallery Artists,” Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, August 2001
“Painter to Painter, 5 New Voices,” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, July-August 2001 “Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, May 2001
“Fun Show,” Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, March 2001
“Home and Garden Show,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February 2001 “Introductions 2000,” Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, July –August 2000 “Crossroads: Art of Revolution/Art of Rescue,” Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA, February 2000

REVIEWS:

San Diego Union – Tribune, “Entwined in Nature,” by Robert L. Pincus, July 11, 2002
San Francisco Examiner, “Striking a Balance,” by Ann Crump, January 10, 2002
San Diego Union – Tribune, “Color Charts,” by Robert L. Pincus, August 16, 2001
Downtown News, “Five New Voices’ speak at R.B. Stevenson Gallery,” by Dawna Bratten, August 23,2001
East Bay EXPRESS, “Introductions exhibition review,” by Lindsey Westbrook, August 4, 2000