Current Work

Exhibitions

  • Beyond the Demos IV, Group Exhibition of Oregon Art Educators, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR, 2009
  • Northwest Mentors: Artists Who Teach, George Fox University, Newberg, OR, 2009
  • Beaverton Arts Commission Exhibition, Beaverton Library, Beaverton, OR 2009
  • Beyond the Demos III, Group Exhibition of Oregon Art Educators, West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR, 2009
  • Flora and Fauna, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA, 2009
  • Alberta Art Hop, Portland, Oregon, 2008
  • Newberg Art Walk, Newberg, Oregon, 2008
  • Beyond the Demos II, Group Exhibition of Oregon Art Educators, Carnegie Art Center, Oregon City, OR, 2007
  • Sisters Tour of Artist Studios, Camp Sherman, OR, 2007
  • Beyond the Demos I, Group Exhibition of Oregon Art Educators, Carnegie Art Center, Oregon City, OR, 2006
  • 4x4 Group Exhibition, Collage, Portland, OR, 2006
  • Group Exhibition, Lewis & Clark School of Education, Portland, OR, 2005
  • Amnesia Bakery, Phantom Gallery Project, San Jose, CA, 2003
  • Solo Exhibition, XPO Gallery/Café Matisse, San Jose, CA, 2003
  • Solo Exhibition, Landor Associates, San Francisco, CA, 2002
  • Group Exhibition, SF Arts Commission Gallery at City Hall, San Francisco, CA, 2001
  • Las Accidentes Group Exhibition, Cuernavaca Art Museum, Mexico, 2000
  • Loteria, Group Exhibition, Ballazo/Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1999
  • "RE: Drawing," Juried Group Exhibition, Southern Exposure Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1994

Education

  • Studio School, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR, 2006-2007
  • MAT, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, August 2005
  • BFA, Interdisciplinary Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1995
  • School of Visual Arts, Drawing & Sculpture, New York, NY, 1994
  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ceramic Sculpture, Chicago, IL, 1993

Awards

  • Hillsboro Schools Foundation Grant, Hillsboro, OR, 2008
  • Scholarship, Creative Arts Community, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, 2005
  • Carol D. Dimich Memorial Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, 2005
  • Art Farm Residency, Marquette, NE, 2003
  • WORKS Gallery, Artist-in-Residence, San Jose, CA, 2002-2003

Teaching Experience

  • Art and Ceramics Teacher, Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, OR, 2005-ongoing
  • Student Art Teacher, Highland Park Middle School, Beaverton, OR, 2004-2005
  • Student Art Teacher, Renaissance Arts Academy, Marshall Campus, Portland, OR, 2004
  • Caldera: Outreach Art Teacher for At-Risk Youth, Central OR, 2004
  • Sisters Middle School, Art Workshop Teacher, Sisters, OR, 2004
  • Caldera Discovery Youth Camp, Ceramics Teacher's Assistant, Sisters, OR, 2004
  • Arts Education Project, Artist-in-Residence at Alvarado Elementary, San Francisco, CA, 1995-96

Press

  • Hillsboro Argus, Monsters Evolve from Class Project, image, 2009
  • Hillsboro Argus, HilHi Throws to Help a Sparrow Fly, image, 2008
  • Hillsboro Argus, HilHi Students Visit the Big Apple, 2007
  • Hillsboro Argus, Influence Gallery Sets High School Art Show, 2007
  • The Oregonian, Art Club Raises Cash to Help Fund NYC Trip, 2006
  • San Jose City College Times, Please the Eye of a Passerby, image, 2003
  • The Grand Island Independent, Nebraska Weather Captured in Art, 2003
  • Berkeley Express, Lucky Stories, 2001

Professional Affiliations

  • Oregon Potters Association
  • Oregon Art Education Association