EDUCATION

2005 B.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute

1997 B.A. in Art History and Studio Art, Wellesley College

Senior Sculpture Thesis: Transposing Time and Cultures: Personal and Abstract Interpretations of Inca and Pre-Inca Art. Scholarship recipient for January 1997 Art History trip to Italy.

AWARDS

2006 Accepted as Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts with Resident Master Steve Badanes

2005 Sonoma Temporary Public Artwork Competition, Sonoma, CA

2005 International Lofts Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Oakland, CA

2004 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Sculpture Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1997 Studio Art Honors recipient for successful completion of Studio Art Thesis: Transposing Time and Cultures: Personal and Abstract Interpretations of Inca and Pre-Inca Art, Wellesley College Art Department

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2007 Alternative Visitors Center of Sonoma, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma, CA

2006 International Lofts, Oakland, CA

2005 Duality of Nature, Lake County Public Art Walk, Middletown, CA

2005 Circulate and Exchange, Mint Street, SOMA, San Francisco, CA

2005 Memory of The, SFAI Campus, San Francisco, CA

2004 Too Close, San Francisco, CA

2004 Come As You Are, SFAI Campus, San Francisco, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 San Francisco Design Museum: A Day of Design, San Francisco, CA

2002 Open Studios: Art Span, San Francisco, CA

2002 111 Minna Street Gallery: Chill, San Francisco, CA

2000 Mission Cultural Center: Latina Women 2000, San Francisco, CA

1997 Jewett Arts Center: Resonant Hive: 1997 Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Wellesley, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Bonfire Communications, San Francisco, CA

2006 Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA

2006 The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX

2005 Walter McBean Gallery: Senior Show, San Francisco, CA

2005 Walter McBean Gallery: Book Art Show, San Francisco, CA

2005 UC Davis: Ceramic Symposium, Davis, CA

2005 ATA Gallery: Robotic Performances, San Francisco, CA

2005 Effections Show: Retrospection, San Francisco, CA

2004 Catasta Gallery: Circus, San Francisco, CA

2004 Yerba Buena Center of the Arts: Playshop Artech Occupation, San Francisco, CA

2004 Effection Collective: Boundaries, San Francisco, CA

2004 Crucible Steel Gallery: Assembly, San Francisco, CA

2003 RX Gallery: Mark Making Mechanisms, San Francisco, CA

2003 Sun Gallery: Day of the Dead Installation, Hayward, CA

2002 New Langton Arts: Local Patron Group Show, San Francisco, CA

2002 SomARTS Gallery: Open Studios Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2002 Mission Cultural Center: Solo Mujueres 14th Annual Show, San Francisco, CA

1997 Boston University Fuller Building Gallery: Shifting Grounds: A Dialogue In Prints, Boston, MA

1996 Jewett Arts Center: Advanced Sculpture Show, Wellesley, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE

2005-Present      Studio Manager, Sutton Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004                     Art & Education Chair, International Musuem of Women,

                                San Francisco, CA

2004                     Art & Education Intern, International Mustum of Women,

                                San Francisco, CA  

2003                     Guest Lecturer, FIDM, San Francisco, CA

2000-1                 Art Constultant, NextMonet, San Francisco, CA   

1999-2000         Art Consultant, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997                     Conservation Intern: ARTWASH, Cambridge, MA

1995-7                 Assistant, Davis Museum & Cultural Center, Wellsley, MA

1995                     Intern, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, GA

1994                    Studio Art Instructor, The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX

PUBLICATIONS

2004 Eleven Eleven: Featuring sculpture DJ Draw

2003 Viv and A Movie: Artist Interview

2002 US Airways Attache Magazine, September Issue