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Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022, “Spring Can Hang You Up”, Rrevv Gallery, Santa Cruz,CA
2018, “Mary Porter Sesnon and Pino Alto, Historical Timeline”, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
“Los Gatos History Gallery ” (permanent installation), NUMU Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
2017, “Ming Quong History Gallery”, NUMU Los Gatos Museum/Uplift Services, NUMU Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
2017, “Left Coast Annual Award Exhibition”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, Juror: Lucía Sanromàn
2017, “The Painter’s Journey: On the Road to Los Gatos”, NUMU Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
2015/16 “Leap of Faith and The Tarot Project”, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
2013 “Leap Of Faith”, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
2012 “Rydell Visual Arts Fellows”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2011 “Rydell Visual Arts Fellow Exhibition” The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
“Narrating The Feminine”, Monterey Peninsula Community College Art Gallery, Monterey,CA
2008 “Ornament”, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Stormy Weather, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2004 Charmed, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
2001 Ornament: New Paintings, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Goddess Series: An Installation of Paintings, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 The Porcelain Series: New Paintings, Vita Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Paintings, Vita Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Poetic Heroic, Tribeca 148 Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibitions
2023, Selections/Rydell Visual Arts Fellows, MK Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, CA
2023, Guest Artist Exhibition, Madrone Arts, Pescadero, CA
2023 “Time Untethered II”, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2022 “Drama: Storytelling in Art”, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange CA
2022, “Natural Habitats”, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA Jurors: Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray
2021 "Don’t Shut Up”, Newhouse Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
2020 “Art in The Time of Corona”, NUMU New Museum of Los Gatos, Juror: Craig Krull
2019 “New Additions 2019: Newly Acquired Artworks”, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
“Hot Love, Cold Facts”, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA, Guest Curator: Jack Fischer
“The Book of Secrets”, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Bay Area Women Artists”, O’Hanlon Art Center, Marin, CA Jurors: Donna Seager& Suzanne Gray
2018 “Water’s Edge: Landscapes for Today”, Bellingham National Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA, Curator: Bruce Gunther
“Crocker Kingsley Exhibition”, Blue Line Arts, Sacramento, CA, Juror: David Pagel
2015 “Sexism: A Touchy Subject”, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, Curator: Catherine Clark
“Folktales and Legends: An Exhibition Without Borders”, John Michael Kohler Arts
Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Bay Area Annual”, Sanchez Center, Juror: Lucia Sanroman
“Bay Area Annual”, Sanchez Center, Pacifica Juror: Karen Kienzle
“Core Sample, Reallegories, The Poetic Narrative”, Belmont Factory, Portland OR
“Annual Art Exhibition and Auction”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
“50/50 UC Santa Cruz Alumni Exhibition”, Robert Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 “Color, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition”, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Lauren Hinkson
“Annual Art Exhibition and Auction”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
“Undressed: An Expose of Conceptual Garments and Accessories”, PVAC Gallery,Watsonville, CA
“Chautauqua National Exhibition of Art”, Chautaqua Center for Visual Arts: Juror, Donald Kuspit
“Contemporary Women 2014”, Chico Art Center, Chico CA, Curator, Maria Medua
“Taboo”, Studio Monclair, Montclair, New Jersey, Curator, Jerry Saltz
“Inaugural Exhibit: New American Paintings”, Boston MA
“Drawing for Drawing”, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art
Education
Columbia University, MFA, New York City, 1990
University of California, Santa Cruz, BFA, Secondary Teaching Credential: Art, 1986
Professional
Instructor, Painting/Drawing/Mixed Media, Cabrillo College (2005-2022), Aptos, CA
Instructor, Mixed Media, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR (1999-2018)
Nike, Leader/Instructor Mixed Media Workshops for Professional Development, Portland, OR, 2018
Instructor, Mixed Media Summer Workshops, Verrocchio Art Centre, Tuscany, Italy (2011- present)
Instructor, Drawing/Painting, Portland State University (1999-2004)
Instructor, Drawing/Painting, Graduate School of Professional Studies, Lewis and Clark College (2004)
Instructor, Drawing/Painting, Columbia University (1990-1995)
Instructor, Art Education, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
Juror, National Exhibition, “Mix It Up, Mixed Media”, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015
Juror, National Exhibition, “All Mixed Up, Mixed Media Exhibition”, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz,
Curator, Core Sample, “Reallegories”, Belmont Factory Portland, Oregon 2003
Publications
California English, Featured Artist, November 2023, Vol.29, No 2
The Semi-Finalist, Featured Artist, December 2021
Sondermidwest, 2020, Feminist Issue, Cover Images
Artetorial, Selected Visualist, Oct/Nov 2018
Catamaran Literary Reader, 2016
365 Artists A Day, Blog, 2016
The Press Enterprise, 2015
Studio Visit Magazine, 2014
Catamaran Literary Reader, 2012
Artshift, 2008
Oregonian, 2004
Artweek, January 2004
New American Paintings, Dec/Jan 2001
The Oregonian, August 2001
Willamette Week, August 2001
Grants/Fellowships/Commissions
Kaiser Permanente Artist Commission (Chandra Cerrito Art Consultancy)
ACI Artist Residency, Corciano, Italy, 2019
NUMU Los Gatos Museum of Art and History, Director’s Circle Commission Artist 2017
Imagery Winery, Artist Commission, Healdsburg, CA , 2012
Rydell Visual Artist Fellowship, Santa Cruz, CA 2010-2011
Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, 2008
New York State Council of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, 1994
Mac Dowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1990
Artist Fellowship Program, California Arts Council, 1988