being the survivor of nomadic hippie parents, i traveled extensively throughout the U.S. during the seventies. a migratory childhood exposed me to a wider world, made me a gatherer of bits and pieces, and taught me the beauty of making something from nothing. in this way, creating a home wherever i happen to be at the moment has always been my primary means of self-expression. not surprisingly, the momentum carried forward. after 42 residences in 31 years, i landed on the west coast and currently split my time between a painting studio in berkeley and a new life in the pacific northwest. i like to think my work now illustrates an inclination towards the layering of life’s tiny yet significant details, always en route from one place to the next.

Exhibitions

2022 “Night Visions”: Invitational, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018 Juried Group Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

2017 Juried Group Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

2016 Juried Group Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

2015 Alameda County Arts Commision: Art in Public Spaces, Oakland, CA

2014 Juried Group Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

2008 “Second Coming”: RPS Collective, Oakland, CA

2008 Solo Exhibition: Britt Marie Wine Bar, Albany, CA

2008 Solo Exhibition: Awaken Café & Gallery, Oakland, CA

2008 “Re-Art”: BRING Gallery, Eugene, OR

2008 “Lines, Patterns and Textures”: Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2007 “Where My Bitches At”: Invitational, Ghosttown Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007 “Go Figure”: Main Artery Gallery, Benicia, CA

2006 "Florida is a Death Metal Town": Invitational, Arspace, San Francisco, CA

2006 Solo Exhibition: Alexy von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CT

2006 "4X4": Four-woman exhibition, Theater 39, San Francisco, CA

2005 Group Show: Turn of the Century Fine Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2003 “Four Corners”: Cesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA

2002 “Melt”: Spring Invitational, Art Explosion Studios, San Francisco, CA

1999 “Bold Expressions": Sacramento Fine Arts Center, No. Cal Arts (Juror, Jerry Reilly)

1999 “California Works": Cal Expo, California State Fair (Juror, Bruce Cannon)

1999 “Art of a Community": Invitational, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

1998 “The Art of Collage and Assemblage": Arts Benicia (Juror, Phillip Linhares)

1997 “Countdown 2000": Gallery 1078, Chico, CA (Juror, Ed Gilbert)

1996 “Glass Pine Cones": Juried, Art Market Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

1996 “Untold Mastery": Gallery 659, Jamaica Plain, MA (Juror, Howard Yezerski)

1995 Three Person Exhibition: Art Market Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

1994 “Uninvited Angels": Juried, Evil Twin Gallery, Boston, MA

1993 Solo Exhibition: Emerging Artists Gallery, Boston, MA

1992 Works by Studios Midwest: Invitational, Knox College, Galesburg, IL

1992 “Joie d' Art": Center Gallery, Boston, MA (Juror, Janet Kyle)

1991 Solo Exhibition: Trident Gallery, Boston, MA

1991 Group Invitational: Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL

1991 “Juxtapositions": Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI (Juror, Leslie Bostrom)

1990 “New Works by the Collective": Group Invitational, Art Institute, Boston, MA

1989 “Works by the Collective": Group Invitational, Art Institute, Boston, MA

1989 “Dark Art": Gallery South, Boston, MA (Jurors, David Ulrich, Cynthia Carroza)

1989 Group Invitational: Metropolitan Housing, Boston, MA

1988 "Summer Vacation": Juried, Gallery East, Boston, MA

1987 Annual Juried Exhibition: Jamaica Plain Arts Council, Jamaica Plain, MA

Awards

Alameda County Arts Commision Art Purchase Award and Finalist for Public Art Grant, 2015

Environmental Art Grant, I-Park, 2007

Juror's Award, California State Fair, 1999

Grant Recipient of the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, 1995

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

2007 (INVITATIONAL) ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS RESIDENCY, I-PARK, EAST HADDAM, CT

2002 THE ARTISTS’ ENCLAVE AT I-PARK, EAST HADDAM, CT

1991 STUDIOS MIDWEST, GALESBURG, IL

Reviews

Art Review: The Sacramento Bee - October 1999

"Eros, Cosmos, Ego": Patrick Clarke-Fussell, Bay Windows - November 1992

"Interview with the Collective": Prisma, A Multicultural Forum - Fall 1991

"Artists from Across the U.S.": Richard Mann, The Register-Mail - June 1991

"Just About Everyone": Tom Grabosky, Bay Windows - July 1990

"After the Shocks": Rudy Kikel, Bay Windows - July 1990

Art Review: Christine Temin, The Boston Globe - July 1990