Honors and Awards

2011              Investing in Artists Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation

2011              Individual Artist Commission Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission

2010              James Rosenquist Artist Residency, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

2009              Graduate Fellowship Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2009              College of Creative Arts Master’s Hood Recipient, San Francisco State University

2009              Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement, San Francisco State University

2008              Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship in the Fine Arts, San Francisco Foundation

2008              Leo D. Stillwell, Jr. Award, San Francisco State University

2008              Christine Tamblyn Memorial Scholarship, San Francisco State University

2008              Carol Channing Creative Arts Scholarship, San Francisco State University

2007              Martin Wong Scholarship, San Francisco State University

Solo Exhibitions

2010               7th St. N and NP Ave., billboard drawing projection, Fargo, ND

2010               Drawing Gym, 2010 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence Exhibition, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

2010               Beat, Renaissance Gallery, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Group Exhibitions

2011              Down, Incline Gallery, San Francisco CA

2011              Time, The Lab, San Francisco CA

2010              Beyond Surface, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

2010              Graduate Fellows Exhibition, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2009              POW! POW! Action Art Festival, Climate Theater, San Francisco CA

2009              Through Future Eyes: The Endurance of Humanity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA

2009              MFA Thesis Exhibition, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco CA

2009              Points of Contact, the LAB, San Francisco CA

2008              Introductions 2008, Root Division, San Francisco CA

2008              Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

2007              Stillwell Student Show, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery

2006              Apature: A Window on the Art of Asian Pacific Americans, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco CA

2006              Learned Behavior, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

Performances

2011              Downhill From Here with the Drawing Gym Performance Group, Incline Gallery, San Francisco CA

2011              Criss Cross with the Drawing Gym Performance Group, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo IA

2011              Three by Sixteen and Eight by One, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo IA

2011              Five by Three and Six by One, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

2011              Column Sit with the Drawing Gym Performance Group, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2011              2000 Squats, The Lab, San Francisco CA

2010              3-Hour Wall Sit with the Wall Sit Performance Group, POW! POW! POW! Action Art Festival, Viracocha, San Francisco CA

2009              Inchworm, POW! POW! Action Art Festival, Climate Theater, San Francisco CA

2008              Wall Sit with Mop, Racquetball Court, San Francisco State University

2008              Scrimediate, Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon CA

2008              Wall Sit VI, Racquetball Court, San Francisco State University

2008              Wall Sit V, Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon CA

2008              Wall Sit IV, Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco CA

2008              Mirror Me with Jody Dozono, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA

2008              Marking Time, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

2008              Wall Sit III, Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon CA

2008              Wall Sit II, Racquetball Court, San Francisco State University

2007              Wall Sit, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco CA

2007              Spin, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco CA

Education       

2009               M.F.A., Drawing and Painting, San Francisco State University

1996               M.Ed. Teaching, University of California Santa Barbara

1993               B.A. History, University of California Santa Barbara

Teaching Experience 

2011              Lecturer, Drawing 1, San Francisco State University

2010              Visiting Lecturer, Advanced Drawing, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

2008-2009     Instructor, Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts, San Francisco CA

2008              Teaching Associate, Drawing 1, San Francisco State University

2005-2006     Drawing Instructor, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

2001-2005     Art Instructor, Helms Middle School, San Pablo CA

1997-2001     Language Arts/Social Science Instructor, Helms Middle School, San Pablo CA

Lectures

2010              Kearny Street Workshop, Artist Talk, November 20, 2010

2010              North Dakota State University, January 28, 2010

2009              Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Artist/Curator talk, May 20, 2009

2009              San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, April 23, 2009