Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
MFA, University of Nevada, Reno — 2023
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute — 1992, Painting/Printmaking
Chinese Painting Certificate, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China — 1993

INDEPENDENT STUDY
UK, 1985
Chicago, 2015–2016
Sardinia, Italy, 2016
Argentina, 2018

RESIDENCIES
Chicago — 2015, 2016
Sardinia, Italy — 2016
Argentina — 2018
Ireland — 2025

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026
CALeidoscope: Evolving Reflections of California, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA — Juror's Award for Skins
VAST, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Green, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
12:1, Truckee Meadows CC, Reno, NV
Clothesline, McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV (September)
Deep Cuts, Depot Gallery, Reno, NV
Held in Common, Palo Alto, CA (Public Activation)
Pain Points: Bearing Witness in the Present Tense, WCA

2025
Fractured Forms, Woodward Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Women of the Elements, The LIC-A Art Space, NY
Toward 2050, Tucson, AZ
How Is the Weather? Art and Climate Change, OCCCA Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Clothesline, McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV

2024
Artful Narratives, Ron and Maureen Community Gallery, Incline Village, CA
Clothesline, McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV
Family Portraits, TMCC, Reno, NV
Chromascapes, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
InterConnected, Meyer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2023
Chromascapes, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV
Elegies of Loss, Resilience, and Regeneration, University of Nevada
Clothesline, University of Nevada, Reno
Found & Lost, University of Nevada, Reno; Garage Gallery, Lake Tahoe, CA

2022
American Mosaics, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2021
Maanz, Australia
Breaking Ground, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
OCCCA@40, Orange County, CA
Mi Familia, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2020
Class Act, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019
KME, Kyoto, Japan
Craft Revolution, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA
Mosaic Arts International, The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN

2018
Class Act, Chicago, IL
The Text, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Text, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Marks That Make, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC
Sotheby's International, Lake Tahoe, CA
Musiv.AR 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mosaic Arts International, Boston, MA

2017
Tessere, Udine, Italy
Variations, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Variations, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sotheby's International, Lake Tahoe, CA
Mosaic Arts International, San Diego, CA
Stories We Tell, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Prix Picassiette, Chartres, France

2016
Sardinia Contemporary Mosaic, Sardinia, Italy
Mosaic Arts International, San Diego, CA
"A Passover Story," Dallas, TX
Opus Pleiades, GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
International Gaziantep Mosaic, Zeugma Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey
Biennale Mosaïques en Nord, Musée des Augustins de Hazebrouck, Hazebrouck, France
Festival International de Mosaïque Contemporaine, La Chapelle-Saint-André, France

AWARDS
MAANZ Australia — Best in Show
Society of American Mosaic Artists, San Diego, CA — Distinction
International Gaziantep Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey — Second Place Award, 2015
1er Festival International de Mosaïque Contemporaine, La Chapelle-Saint-André, France, 2015

Jurors: Juan Omar Rodriguez, Assistant Curator, San José Museum of Art; Amanda Sroka, Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles