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Artist Statement:
My artwork has two focuses;
mixed media collage and
painting.
2011 marked the 10th
Anniversary of my work with
maps. I have always used old
maps in my collages and
incorporated map based ideas
into my art. In January of
2001 I experimented with a
collage using only maps. The
success of the experiment and
the resulting piece changed
the direction of my work. Much
of the map work takes its
inspiration from other
traditional art forms using
repetitive patterns, in
particular quilts and other
textiles. In 2009 the
patterns used in my collage
work started to take on a more
painterly appearance.
When I paint, my main focus is
Western landscape. I spend a
great deal of time visiting
the desert seeking
inspiration.
In 2011 I started The 2011
Project is a, large-scale
piece where I created a map of
the entire year. The year was
mapped as I created a piece of
art for each day of 2011. The
completed pieces will be shown
as an installation(s) in 2012.
The work is made up of 365
individual, mixed media
pieces, each 4”x4” (10x10 cm)
in size. Each piece was done
as a reflection of an ...
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Artist Galleries:
SFMOMA Artists Gallery
2007 - present
Fort Mason
San Francisco...
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Solo Exhibitions
Fall Art Salon - 1907 Market Space
San Francisco, November 2005
Zonal Gallery
San Francisco, November 2002 - August 2003
Open Studio
Open Studio, October 1998-2004
Artist "In Residence" - de Young Museum
San Francisco, October 2000
Reverse collage exhibition and demonstration.
My California Life - Northern California Center for the Arts
Grass Valley, California, March 1999
This show included 32 paintings as well as a mixed media installation made of 16 individual "reverse collages" on plexiglas. The show was the Center's first by a non-local artist.
Participation in Group Shows and Exhibitions
SFMoMA Artists Gallery
San Francisco, April 2007 - present
Postcard Booklet Project, Loft Gallery, December 2009
Holidaze Show, December 2009
Featured Artist, Loft Gallery, May-June 2008
International Mail Art Exhibit
Richmond Art Gallery
November 2011 - January 2012
Richmond, BC Canada
Superstition and Exquisite Corpse
Tangent Gallery
Sacramento, October 2011
Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibit
Richmond Art Gallery
November 2010 - January 2011
Richmond, BC Canada
Bailando con la Muerte: Dia de los Muertos - a multi-cultural art exhibit
Artistas United - Artistos Unidos
Hartnell College
October-November 6, 2010
Salinas, California
Mapworks: The Map As Art
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Juried show, winner of Merit Award
Sebastopol, CA , September-October 2010
Americana
Tangent Gallery
Sacramento, July-August 2010
ZOOM +/-
LIMN Gallery
San Francisco, January-February 2008
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Santa Monica Art Studios
Santa Monica, June-September 2007
Pink Week
Cricket Engine Studio Gallery
Oakland, November 2006
Lost and Found - Balazo Gallery
San Francisco, January 2005
Samplings 2004: A Festival of Textiles - Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, August 2004
Urban Legends: The City in Maps - Oaklandish Gallery
Oakland, August 2004
3R Living
Brooklyn, New York, 2004-2005
ArtWalk - Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, March/April 2004
Artspan's Jessie Street Exhibition
San Francisco, September/October 2003
2004 Annual ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction - The Canvas
San Francisco, May 2004
The Timmy Show - Glamarama
San Francisco, November 2002
Lower Haight Preview Show - Loft Gallery
San Francisco, October/November 2002
To Your Credit - Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell, New Mexico, March-April 2002
Arthouse
San Francisco, December 2000
One of four artists who participated in a show that was an installation in a vacant Victorian house which I organized and curated.
Post-Postcard III - Four Walls Gallery
San Francisco, August 1998
Valentine's Show - Barbara Anderson Gallery
Berkeley, February 1998
Whole Gallery
San Francisco, Nov. 1998 to Oct. 1999
Post-Postcard II - Four Walls Gallery
San Francisco, September 1997
Annual Events
Visual Aid's Annual Big Deal - SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco, participated annually, November 1998 through 2006
SF Open Studios Preview Show - SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco, participated annually, October 1999 through 2004
Haight Open Studios Preview
Café Bean There
San Francisco, curated /participated annually, Oct. 1999 -2003
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