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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, painting installation, A Spec of Nowness

2006 Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, new paintings and sculpture, Cluster Series

2005 Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, installation piece with sound track and lighting, Eight Emotions

2005 Green City Visions, Oakland, California, installation piece, Big City

2004 Studio Exhibit, Oakland, California, installation piece with divination performance, Big City

2003 Studio Event, Oakland, California, Big City installation and video, Seeding Tomorrow

2002 Studio Event, Oakland, California, Big City installation, dance performance and video, Sojourn for Saroon

2000 60th Street Gallery, Oakland, California, installation piece, The Mountain Room

1997 New Century Artists Gallery, New York, New York, installation piece, The Mountain Room

1997 SOMAR II Gallery, San Francisco, California, Spiritual Pathways

1996 Miyuki Gallery, Ginza Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, TheOcean Series (with color catalogue)

1996 Rose Cafe Gallery, Venice, California, The Ocean Series

1994 Orches Theatre Gallery, Oakland, California, Root Series

1991 J.F.K. University Gallery, Orinda, California, The Healing Force

1989 Modern Rites/Ancient Waves Gallery, Larkspur, California, Life Force

1985 Pacifica Arts and Heritage Council Gallery, Pacifica, California, Movements of the Unconscious

1984 Jane Brown Gallery, Oakland, California, The Beginning of the World

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Painting from a Deep Place

2009 Red Door Gallery, Oakland, California, Myth Magic Mystery

2008 Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, What Is A Book?

2007 Oakopolis Gallery, Oakland, California, Fiber Devotion

2004 Los Madonas College Gallery, Pittsburg, California, Witness to War

2003 FCC Gallery, Oakland, California, A Show of Peace

2003 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, The Artist in the Studio

2000 Artship Foundation, Oakland, California, Altars & Icons

1998 Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, California, Soup

1997 60th Street Gallery, Oakland, California, Geometry

1996 Ink People Center for Arts, Eureka, California, West Coast Works on Paper

1996 Maxis Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, paintings from The Ocean Series

1995 Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, paintings from The Ocean Series

1995 California Museum of Art at Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, California, It's in the Mail

1994 Lynn Prince Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, paintings from The Ocean Series

1994 Hewes Gallery, Oakland, California, Inaugural Show

1993 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, Forged by Fire

1992 Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California, Art from the Ashes

1992 Orches Gallery, Oakland, California, Endings and Beginnings

1992 Galleria Scola, Oakland, California, Burning Desire

1991 Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, curated by M. Hamasaki

1991 Mimosa Gallery, Oakland, California, Peace Works: A Response to the Gulf War

1990 Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, California, Art of the Spirit

1990 Art Here Gallery, Albany, California, 5 Bay Area Artists

1989 Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, California, Multiples and Collectibles

1988 Hoffman Gallery, Emeryville, California, Precious Jewels

1986 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, Masterlines: Ideas and Emotions

1986Sun Gallery and Hayward California Forum for the Arts, Hayward, California, Exhibition '86

1985 Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Walnut Creek Open

1985 Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California, Second Biennial Open

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

2010 Eco City Builders, art auction, San Francisco, California

2010 - 07 Co-founded Oakopolis Creativity Center, member of Oakland Art Murmur

2005 - 87 Pro Arts, Oakland, California, Open Studio Tour and Exhibition

2004 Created FCC Micro Cinema and premiered the Video FuFoo Festival

2004 Board of Directors, Visual and Performing Arts Committee, Orinda Public Schools, Orinda, California

2003 Arts residency at Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Artist in the Studio

2003 Co-founded The Fort Creativity Center, a community based organization that promotes the use of the creative process to influence the future in a positive direction.

2000 - 97 Visual Aid Auction, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995 - 94 Member of the Board of Directors, Lamorinda Arts Alliance, Orinda, California

1994 Co-founder of the Hewes Gallery, Oakland, California: to exhibit the work of local artists who persevere over time in their creative contribution to the Bay Area

1994 Visiting Artist in Orinda Public Schools, Orinda, California

1993 Center for the Visual Arts Auction, Oakland, California

1992 Orches Theatre, Oakland, California, Guest Artist for Performance, three paintings were used as inspiration for a three-part dance suite by Vicki Gunter

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2008 - 10 Comix Press, A Door In The Swamp, Graphic Novel by Joell Jones, chapters 1 through 5

2008 Studio Publication, Truth Zine

2006 Fort Creativity Publishing, Mirror Lake: Images of the Fripp Island Habitat

2005 Women Environmental Artists Directory, J. Hanson and S. Leibovitz-Steinman, p. 50

2004 Psychic Reader, August, Kirstin Miller, "Hope in the Big City"

2004 Psychic Reader, March, painting used for cover

2003 Weekend Daybreak Show, May 31, KRON TV-4, SanFrancisco, California

1997 Contra Costa Sun, Arts and Entertainment, "The Spirit is With Them"

1996 NEIKI Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan

1996 The Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym, "Bittersweet Debut for New Art Gallery"

1994 Random House/Pantheon Books, painting used for cover: Terry Tempest Williams, An Unspoken Hunger
Newsweek used the book cover used to illustrate an article by James M. Baker, May 2

1992 Pomegranate Publications, 30 Contemporary Women Artists, revised edition card series and book

1992 Documentary film by Ray Gatchalian, Fire Within, one of three featured artists

FORMAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

2010 Painting Seminar with Leigh Hyams, Calistoga, California

2009 Painting Seminar with Leigh Hyams, Calistoga, California

2009 Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Mary Hull Webster, Inverness, California

2008 Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Mary Hull Webster, Inverness, California

2008 Critique Seminar at Lucid Art Foundation with Jeremy Morgan , Inverness, California

2008 Painting Seminar with Leigh Hyams, Esalen, California

2007 Book Art workshop with Sas Colby, Majorca, Spain

2003 Printmaking workshop with Laura Raboff, Berkeley, California

1997 Taking The Leap, Cay Lang, Emeryville, California

1994 Printmaking class with Richard Urban, Limestone Press, San Francisco, California

1982 M.A., John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California: emphasis on creative process within a clinical psychology program

1981 The Painting Experience Studio, San Francisco, California, studied with Michelle Cassou

1970 B.A. Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana