BORN: WALSENBURG, CO
EDUCATION
2003 BFA California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco/Oakland, CA
MUSEUM SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS
2022 ART EXPO DALLAS, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico
2015 Fall National Drawing Exhibition, Marin Museum of contemporary art
2005-2006 Bio-logic Eco-Action, Oakland Museum of california
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Modern Species, Esqueleto, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Avenues- Collection of Drawings, The Moon Gallery, Oakland, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 sf art span, Intersection for the arts, san francisco, CA
The art Of Science, Seattle Convention Center Summit, Seattle, WA
Through the Looking Glass, Art and Science, Woodstock Arts, Atlanta, GA
AQUA, Gallerium Art Exhibition and publication
2022 Living Things: Artists and their Objects of Affection, SFArtsED, San Francisco. CA
Telling Stories, SHOEBOX PROJECTS, virtual exhibition
Green, Virtual Exhibition, Artist Alliance
BIONEERS, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Women Rising, Inside/Outside Project + The Drawing Room + Curated State, San Francisco, CA
Artist’s Vision 2022, Marin Society of Artist Virtual Gallery, Honorable Mention Winner
Works on Paper, Virtual Exhibition, Artist Alliance
2021 Hope, Virtual Exhibition, Roaring Artist gallery
Windy Chien, the Journey Of The Line, Mill Valley, CA
Blue, O’Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2020 MFA Never, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
NCWCA Mentorship program, A mentee in the northern california women’s caucus for art
2019 Colored Pencil Society of America 27th Annual International Exhibition, Brea, CA
2018 Piedmont Center for the Arts 5th Annual Juried Art Show, Awarded, Piedmont, Ca,
After Nature, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, Ca
2017 Paper Works, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Piedmont Center for the Arts 4th Annual Juried Art Show, Piedmont, CA, Second Place Winner
2016 Endangered-The Beauty of Lost Species, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
A Full Plate, Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art|Bernie, 518 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Group Show, Mighty Box Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Microcosmos, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
Fall National Drawing Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
2014 Obscure and Beauty, No Wheres Ville, San Francisco, CA
Mysteries of the Organism, Panorama Framing, Oakland, CA
2013 Esqueleto, Oakland, CA
2012 Crimson Horticultural Rarities, Oakland, CA
Branching Out, Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2011 Outlandish- contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2010 Artist-Xchange, San Francisco, CA
Pictures for Paik, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
The Derailleur Impaler, silent art auction for the aids lifecycle, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bioneers, Marin, CA
2009 Far Leaves Tea, Berkeley, CA
Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 The Travel Show, City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Uptown, Oakland, CA
2007 Forever Home-A drawing show to Benefit nYC animal Care, Little Cakes Little Gallery, New York, NY
30th Competition and Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland,CA
Black Market Auction,Independent School of Art, San Francisco, CA
2005-06 Bio-logic Eco-Action, Oakland Museum of California
PUBLICATIONS:
East Bay Express, 1/15-21/2014
Parasol Magazine Issue 3, http://www.parasolmag.com, 06/2009
Contra Costa Times, 2/2006
Laney Tower 2005
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