RESUME
EDUCATION:
BFA in illustration, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Advanced Sculpture, Susannah Israel, Laney College Advanced Sculpture, Andree Singer Thompson, Laney College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: WORKSHOP
I teach an innovative method of figurative sculpture
MENDOCINO ARTS CENTER, Mendocino CA
QUYLE KILNS STUDIO, Murphy's CA
THE POTTERS STUDIO, Berkeley CA
HEALDSBURG CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Healdsburg CA
AMOCA (American Museum of Clay Art), Pomona CA
SEDONA ARTS CENTER, Sedona AZ
SITKA CENTER FOR ART AND ECOLOGY, Otis OR
PUBLICATIONS:
Paperclay Art and Practice, Rosette Gault, 2013 P. 89
New Ceramics, Vol. 5/11, P. 16-17
Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California, 2011
Best of California Artists, Vol. 1, Kennedy Publishing
Best of Sculpture, Kennedy Publishing, 2010
Art Buzz, the 2010 collection. Best of Clay Award
REPRESENTATION:
April Davila, http://aprildavila.com
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Mahder Gallery, Healsburg, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Epperson's gallery, Crockett, CA
Blue Line Gallery, Roseville CA
2022
California Clay Competition, the Artery, Davis CA
NCECA show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento CA
2020
Epperson Gallery, group show, Crockett, CA,
2019
Multnomah Art Center, Mismatched pairs, Portland OR
Making Space, joint NWPS & NW Stone Sculptors, Portland OR
2018
PDX Contemporary Ballet Collaboration, Portland OR
NWPS group show, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Vancouver WA
Guardino Gallery, two-person show, Portland OR
2017
PNWS Group show, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
2016
Wind & Sea, group show, Contemporary Fine Arts, La Jolla CA
One-person show, Roscoe Gallery, Oakland CA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis CA
America’s Clay Fest, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville CA
2015
3rd Annual"Figuratively Speaking", Smaart Gallery, San Francisco CA
2013
"From the Earth", The Palms Galleria, Borrego Springs,CA
Gallery C, An Interpretation of of the figure. Santa Fe studios, LA
Coastal Eddy, Michele Collier/New works, Laguna Beach, CA
Main Street Gallery, group show, Pomona , CA
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Clay & Glass 2013
Zask Gallery, open call show, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
2012
Quicksilver Mine Co. Baker's Dozen 2012, Forestville, CA
Art Palm Beach, W Palm Beach, FL
SOFA New York, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
8 from ACGA, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
2011
SOFA Chicago, Chicago IL
Ceramics Annual of America, San Francisco CA
California Clay Competition, Davis CA, Award of Merritt
Palo Alto Clay and Glass Show, Palo Alto, CA
Ink and Clay 37, Pomona CA
2010
Ceramics Annual of America, San Francisco, CA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
31st annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa AZ Jurors Award, best of clay
Artists Exhibit, Paper Clay Symposium, Laguna Beach, CA
2009
Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA
Palo Alto Clay and Glass Show, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
ACGA: “Out of the Fire”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
MarinMOCA....sculpture show…Novato, CA
2008
Pac Rim Exhibition, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
Small Works Show, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, Ca
The Unbreakables, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, Ca
ACGA, Thinking Green, Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Caldecott Properties, Oakland, CA
ACGA: Exploring the Surface, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Greenlining Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2007
All Fired Up, City of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Figurative Show, Connextions Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art League of Northern California, Gallery, Novato, CA
indoor sculpture exhibit, City of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
2006
What is a Cup?, Vulcan 5 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Body Language, Addison Windows Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Interim Show, Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
Frank Bett Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA
2005
California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Marin Art and Garden, Ross, CA