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Education

2008-2011          Mills College, Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art

Awards

• 2008-2011  Mills College Dean’s Scholar (academic award and scholarship)

• 2011           Honors in the Major (Studio Art)

• 2011            Herringer Prize-Studio Art

 

 

Group Exhibitions

9/2021 Prompt, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

 

4/2021 Imagine Together, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

 

10/19-12/19 Beyond the Ripples, The Laundry SF, San Francisco, CA

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11/2019    Red Bluff Art Walk; Dale's Carpet Supply, Red Bluff, CA

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2017          Blackbird Gallery, Chico, CA

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2017          Portraits of Desmond, The Butcher Shop, Chico, CA

 

2017          Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA

 

2015          Red Bluff Art Gallery (two person show), Red Bluff, CA

 

2012          Undiscovered Artists, Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2012         Oakland Under $100, Temescal Winter Art Hop, Oakland, CA

 

2011          That’s So Gay, Bedford Gallery, Sacramento, CA

 

2011          An Artist’s Dozen, Mills College Thesis Exhibition, Mills Art     

Museum, Oakland, CA.

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2014          Small Spaces, Tara’s Organic, Oakland, CA

 

2012          Dilapidated, Marc 49, Oakland, CA

 

2011          Cafe Gabriela, Oakland, CA

 

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Commissions

2020         Private Commission, Heron on the Water, painting, 2x3 ft, oil on canvas, Chico, CA

 

2017          Private Commission, Fox in the Forest, painting, 3x5 ft, oil on canvas, Oakland, CA

 

2017          Private Commission, Train Painting, painting, 3x5 ft, oil on canvas, Oakland, CA

 

2017          Private Commission, San Francisco Ocean, painting, 2x3 ft, oil on canvas, Sacramento, CA

 

2016          Private Commission, mural, 7x8 ft, acrylic on wood, Fort Jones, CA

 

 

Publications

"The Mandarin", Seaglass Hotel (poem), online publication, 2021

 

"Cerna Luna Calender", editions 1, 2 and 3, visual art contributor, Prague, Czech Republic

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“Henbane Magazine”, Visual art contributor, 2017

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“Distant Places,” Poetry and visual art chapbook, Mess Editions Press, Oakland, CA 2015

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Publications As Author

"Fragile Times Project", Editor, visual art contributor, 2020

 

“Paper Sailboats ‘zine”,  Poetry, prose and visual art publication (4 editions), 2014-2017

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“Femme Dreamboat ‘zine,” Co-editor (2 editions), 2012-2013

 

 

Teaching/Lecture Experience

2019          Still-life Drawing Group, Blackbird Gallery, Chico, CA (Teacher, May 2019, 5 sessions)

 

2013          Guest Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, CA (Senior Art Major Seminar, Spring 2013)

 

2012          Guest Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, CA (Senior Art Major Seminar, Spring 2012)

 

2010          Teaching Practicum, Mills College, Oakland, CA (Lesbian Literature,  Spring  2010)

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