Vitae

Education

M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley, California, 1989

Graduate Work in Printmaking, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 1985-86.

B.F.A., Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1985, Magna Cum Laude

Selected  Exhibitions

2008

Regional Voices, Atrium Galleries, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, Frisco, Texas

2007

Exhibition 1:  the Faculty, The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas

9^th Annual Realism International: Online Juried Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska

El Corazon Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

Images of Frisco, Frisco Arts Center, Frisco, Texas

2006

20^th Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

Frisco Association for the Arts Gala, Frisco, Texas

Exhibition 1:  the Faculty, The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas

            Fort Worth Community Art Center Biennial, Fort Worth, Texas.

            16th Annual National-Faces of Woman, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico.

            2005

            19^th Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

            Visual Arts Guild of Frisco; Members Exhibition, McKennon Art Center, Frisco, Texas

            1995                                                                                                                                      

                       Studio Art Alumni Exhibition, University Gallery / Martin Museum, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

1992

Works on Paper, Los Medanos Junior College, Pittsburg, California

Faculty Exhibit, Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College, Napa, California

Drawing Directions, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California

Domestic Perspectives: Drawings & Paintings, Solo Show, Pence Gallery, Davis, California

1991                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Women on Women, Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco, California

Images and Objects, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California

Faculty Exhibit, Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College, Napa, California

Four Women, Ohlone College Art Gallery, Fremont, California

New American Talent: The Seventh Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas, Selected for touring

exhibition through 1993

National Small Painting Exhibition, Boise State University Gallery, Boise, Idaho

California Artists: 2 Dimensional Contemporary, San Jose Art League Gallery, San Jose, California

5th Annual Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

1990

Intimate Matters, Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, California

Women Artists ‘90, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California  First Place

Faculty Exhibit, Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College, Napa, California

Bolinas Museum Small Works, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California

Calgene Contemporary Fine Art Competition, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, California, curators Wayne   

Thiebaud and David Gilhooly

1990

Rendered Realism, Graham/Horstman Gallery, Denton, Texas

Icons, Castle Gallery, Billings, Montana- Catalog

East Ashland National, East Ashland  Independent Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Interiors, Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College, Napa, California

4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery House, Palo Alto, California

1989

California Society of Printmakers Membership Show, MLK Gallery, First Unitarian Church,

San Francisco, California

Photo-Derived, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, curator Joel-Peter Witkin

Bay Arts ‘89, ACSMC Gallery, Belmont, California

Women Artists ‘89, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, California

Three Realists/Three Realities, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California

MFA /UCB, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California

Images & Objects, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California

The Board Selects, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

Bay Area MFA Exhibit, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery House, Palo Alto, California

1988

Paper Works, Studio M, Oakland, California, Honorable Mention

Common Ground:  The Women's Connection, Women's Caucus For Art, Dallas, Texas

Women Artists '88, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, Juror's Award , Catalog

San Antonio Print Club Group Exchange Show , in conjunction with El Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte                    

Americano, Lima, Peru

Pacific Prints '88: 4th Biennial Print Competition and Exhibition, The Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto ,     

California, Catalog

Prints and Paintings: Two Woman Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California

1987

Works on Paper, The Art Store Gallery, Oakland , California

Five, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California

1986

OPEN/86, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, curator George W. Neubert, Catalog

All Texas 2-D Competition, College of Architecture Gallery, College Station, Texas

1985

Relationships on Paper: One-Woman Show, Madison-Cooper Airport Gallery, Waco, Texas

1984

           Art in Public Places: Area Artist Invitational, Madison-Cooper Airport Gallery, Waco, Texas

Teaching Experience

2005-09       Collin County Community College: Associate Professor, Drawing I & II, Painting I & II

1990-93       Napa Valley College, California:  Associate Professor, Drawing I & II, Color & Design, Pastel Portraiture.             

                      Administrator & Technical Advisor; Veronica de Rosa Print Suite Project. Independent Studies.

1991-93       Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California: Figure Painting, Life Drawing, Beginning & Intermediate Drawing, Teen Drawing.

1989-91       Private Children’s Lessons: Drawing and Painting

1988-89       Albany Village Community Center, Albany, California: Art Instructor, Children's Drawing and Painting          

1987-89      University of California, Berkeley:  Graduate Teaching Assistant under Joan Brown, George Miyasaki, Donald Farnsworth:

                      Approaches to Painting, Beginning & Advanced Lithography, Experimental Techniques in Printmaking

1985-86      University of Texas at San Antonio: Graduate Teaching Assistant under Charles Fields, Life Drawing

Workshops

2006             Artists Lecture & Drawing Workshop, Kargel- Baedecker International Christian School, St.Petersburg, Russia.        

2003             Applied Linguistics Training Program: Concepts of Design and Illustration, curriculum development and

                      instruction, Payap University , Chang Mai , Thailand

2003-04       Art History and Techniques of Georgia O’Keefe, curriculum development; including PowerPoint art         

                        history presentation, technical instruction, volunteer coordination, and supply procurement,         

                        FISD, Frisco, TX

02002-03       Art History and Techniques of the Mexican Masters: Deigo Rivera & Frida Kahlo, curriculum development; including art history

                        lecture and slide presentation, technical instruction, volunteer coordination, and supply procurement, FISD, Frisco, TX

1998             Mona Lisa Project, children’s pastel portraiture, Klein ISD, Spring, TX

1988-90       Japanese & Italian Renaissance Summer Academies, curriculum development & art instruction, Berkeley Unified School

                      District, Berkeley, California