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Artist Statement
My paintings are either abstractions of visual memories or a process of discovery. The acrylic paintings start with a charcoal drawing on a gesso surface. Sometimes this is a road map, but other times the drawing is only the departure. The surface, colors, and shapes take on a life of their own, a distillation of the experience of making the artwork.
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Residence: Pacifica, California
Studio: Sanchez Art Center, Studio 4
Education: BA, Studio Art, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Studied with Phil Dike, Doug McClelland, Paul Darrow, Alan Blizzard, Jean Ames, Departmental honors at graduationSolo Exhibitions
2023 Pacifica Performances Concert Hall, Pacifica, California
2016 57th Annual Exhibition Award Show, Art Guild of Pacifica,
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California Prize Judge: Jody Keane2016 Mendocino Art Center, Nichols Gallery, Mendocino, California Curator: Danna Hall, Exhibition Coordinator
2014 Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Courts Building, San Francisco, California Curator: Jamey Brzezinski
2009 Lulu’s at the Octagon, Santa Cruz, California
Curator: Susan Hillhouse Leask, Curator of Art Exhibitions and Collections, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz2008–10 Moshi Moshi Sushi & Grill, San Francisco, California
2007 Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Tangerine Arts, Sanchez Art Center, “Arbitrary and Capricious”
2021 Studio Artists of Sanchez Art Center, “Gangs All Here”
2020 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
Juried by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California2018 Berkeley Art Center, “This Place,” Part 2, Artist Annual Exhibition, Juried by Maria Porges, Berkeley, California
2017, 18, 19 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, “Connect & Collect”
Annual Auction, San Jose, California2016 Anne and Mark’s Art Party, San Jose, California
2016 Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California “Abstract Group Show”
2015 Art Guild of Pacifica 57th Members Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
2015 Tangerine Arts, Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont, California
“Fall Palette”2014 Tangerine Arts, Peninsula Art Institute Gallery, Burlingame, California “Pushing Boundaries”
2014 Skyline College Annual Student Show, San Bruno, California
2013 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Juror: Lucinda Barnes, Berkeley Art Museum2013 Tangerine Arts, AWE Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Summer Palette”2011 Tangerine Arts, San Mateo County Art Commission Galleries, Government Center, Redwood City, California “Broad Brush”
2011 Tangerine Arts, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
“California Grown”2010 Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Juror: Phil Linhares, Oakland Museum of California2009–10, 2012–14 50/50 Exhibitions, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
2010 Juror: Marian Parmenter, SFMOMA Artist Gallery
2012 Juror, Barry Sakata, b. sakata garo, Sacramento
2013 Juror, Lonnie Lee, Vessel Gallery, Oakland
2014 Juror, Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco2008 Bay Area Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California, Juror: Maria Medua, Director, SFMOMA Artists Gallery
2008 Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Juror: Scott Shields, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento2008 Tangerine Arts at Pacifica Performances,
Mildred Owen Concert Hall, Pacifica, California2007 Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Courts Building, San Francisco, “Next Eleven Exits, Sanchez Studio Artists”
2004 Skyline College Gallery, San Bruno, California, Invitational “Women in Art” Exhibition Curator: Bridget Fischer, Skyline College
Awards
2017 Berkeley Art Center, Annual Members Exhibition, selected by Maria Porges, from Part 1 “Here” for Part 2 Exhibition, “This Place”
2015 Award of Excellence, Exhibition Award, Art Guild of Pacifica,
57th Annual Members Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Judge: Ann Turner, Skyline College2010 Award of Merit, Art Guild of Pacifica, 52nd Annual Members Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Judge: Paul Bridenbaugh, Skyline College2004 Award of Merit, Art Guild of Pacifica, 46th Annual Members
Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Judge: Catharine Clark, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco2003 Juror’s Choice Award, Art Guild of Pacifica New Members Show
Juror: Chris Hunter, Publisher & Editor, Pacifica TribuneArt Related Activities and Continuing Education
2009 – present Art Guild of Pacifica, Board of Directors,
President 2011-2013, Vice President 20162014 Poster design, “Plastic Man,” independent film project,
Directed by William Farley, Produced by Janis Plotkin2013 – 2017 Student, Digital Art, Raster Design, Web Design,
Digital Illustration, Amir Esfahani & Paul Bridenbaugh,
Skyline College, San Bruno, California2013 – 2014 Video and still photography, independent film project, Director: William Farley, San Francisco, California
2009 – 2014 Digital art and record keeping, “Bayview Horn,”
Artist: Jerry Barrish, Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, California2006 – 2015 Coordinator, West Gallery Committee, Sanchez Art Center
2006 – 2012 Pacifica Open Studios, Steering Committee Chair
2005 Skyline College, Critical Interpretation of Art, San Bruno,
Arthur Takayama2004 – present Studio artist, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
2003 – 2006 Volunteer Administrative Assistant, Sanchez Art Center
2003 – 2006 Secretary, Board of Directors, Pacifica Performances,
Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California1999 University of California Extension, San Francisco, Beginning Photography, Steven Raskin