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

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