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Resume    |    Publications + Bibliography    |    Art Education Experience



EDUCATION

M.F.A., Electronic Music and Recording Media, Mills College, Oakland, CA 

M.F.A., Visual Art (Printmaking), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

B.F.A., cum laude, Visual Art (Printmaking/Painting) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI



VIDEO and ANIMATION PROJECTS

2015

2014

2001


2009
Dreamtime, a meditation on time, and an homage to Muybridge and the perceptual effect of phasing  5:10 video

Intersections: The Spaces in Between, interactive video installation, presented at The Milk Bar, Oakland, CA

re/living • home/land, a reflection on culture, identity, and place – on image and language, and the less apparent spaces in between; 
presented at Signal Flow, Mills College, Oakland, CA.  20:00 video

The Elements of Art | Form | Line | Color | Shape |Space | Texture; animation and sound design project, 
6 animations created for SFMOMA's Education Department based on images in the museum's collection

PUBLIC ART


2019

2012

2008
The Fabric of St. Columba, 6401 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA. public art mural

Do Trees Have Nationality?
The Olive Oil Tasting / Gift Exchange Picnic on Jesse Square, SF DoTreesHaveNationality.org

The Line of Questioning. Addison Street Windows, City of Berkeley, CA public project

LIGHTING DESIGN in PUBLIC ART

2015
Crossing Signal Mosaic, light symphony composer and LED programmer for Therese Lahaie's light sculpture installation, Parc on Powell Apartments, 1333 Powell Street, Emeryville, CA

INSTALLATIONS


2009

2008

2005

2001

1999

1998

1996

1994

1993

              
 Drawers. Mills College Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA.

The Line of Questioning. Addison Street Windows Gallery, City of Berkeley, CA public project.

Vessels. “In the Round,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. 

Fossil Topographies. “Unearthed,” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.  

The Falling. “Spaces of Nature,” Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA.  Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. 

She Held Close the Essential. Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center, Berkeley, CA. 

Markings II. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.  

Reflections in Stone. Pro Arts, Oakland, CA.  

In Search of My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl. Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.  
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
1994
 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Introductions 1994 — Spoons”

 Works, Sonoma, CA.  The Still Life/Shelf Series
     

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 
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1990
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. "What Becomes Home"

BridgeMaker Arts, Richmond, CA. "What Becomes Home"

Kala Institute, Oakland, CA. Kala Artists Annual

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA. “The Uncommon Object”

Doug Adams Gallery at the Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA. “Mapping Sacred Ground”

Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA. Innovation and Imagination: Work from the Kala Art Institute

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. “In the Round”

Gallery at Thoreau, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA. “Ecovisions”

Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Fossil Topographies in “Off the Rim”

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.  “The Big Tree Project”  

Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Summer Group Show” & “Fall Group Show”

Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.  “Faculty Exhibition”     

Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Winter Group Show, Part 2”

Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA  “Unearthed”

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.  “Objects Considered”

600 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA.  “Natural Selections”

The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.  “Making Change”  

Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA.  “ Spaces of Nature”

Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.  “Spaces of Nature”

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group”  

Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA.  “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group”

Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.  “Cooking the World”           

Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA.  “The Essential Object”

San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.  “Bread, The Staff of Life”

Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA.  “Through the Door” 

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.  “Into Wood”

J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA.  “Personal Environment”

Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berk., CA.  “Kafka, Eve, The Wolf & My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl”

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.  “Crocker-Kingsley Annual Art Show”

Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.  “Object”            

Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA.  “9th Annual Exhibition” 

Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA.  “Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition”


VOCAL, INSTRUMENTAL, & ELECTRONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE


2012-present

2009-2011


2000-2001

1997-2001

1986-1996
Vocal performance as member of Cornelius Cardew Choir on Edmund Campion's concert (Eclipse) at Berkeley Art Museum, 
and on Amy X Neuberg's concert (upcoming 4.13.12) at BAM 

Concert performances with David Dunn, Christian Wolff, Mills Gamelan Ensemble, Mills Contemporary Performance Collective, 
Graduate Computer Music and Instrumentation Seminars; studied with Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Mills College, Oakland, CA 

Vocalist, Aswat Choir (Arabica Choir), San Francisco, CA

Vocalist/Cantorial Soloist/Co-leader, Song of Songs Minyan (Shir HaShirim), Berkeley, CA

Vocalist, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland, CA     


THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE

1986                    Bad Buys, Good Byes, (in Kala’s, “Seeing Time ‘86”) Addison Stage, Berkeley, CA


SELECTED VISUAL DESIGN
  in Theatre and Performance

1990

1989

1987

1986

1985

Nadine
, Della Davidson & Co.  Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA

Vajra, Tandy Beal & Co.  Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA   

Not For Real, Leonard Pitt.  Life on the Water, San Francisco, CA  

Deer Rose, Tony Pellegrino.  Theatre on the Square and Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA

Moebius Moments, Yen Lu Wong TNR/Moebius.  Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA


GRANTS and AWARDS


2019

2002



1996

1993

1989

1986


City of Oakland (Green Walls, District 1) grant in support of The Fabric of St. Columba mural

Creative Work Fund (award)

Eureka Fellowship (nomination)

Visiting Artist Project Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

Guest Artist, California Arts Council, Artist in Community

Jerome Foundation Fellowship Award

Seeing Time ’86, Kalà Institute

Critics Circle Award, Scenic Design, Deer Rose

RESIDENCIES

 
2001

1998

1996

1989
Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA 


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  
                   
                             Cleveland Museum of Art.  Cleveland, OH

                             Cleveland Art Association.  Cleveland, OH

                             Decordova Museum.  Lincoln, MA

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