CURRICULUM VITAE Education: M.F.A, Academy of Art University, CA, Fine Art Painting, 2007 Certificate, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, Ateliers du Carousel Spring Workshop, 2006 B.A. Cum Laude, Whitman College, WA, Studio Art and Sociology with Honors, 1996 Awards and Honors: 2008 Selection, 28th Annual Fall Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 2007 Juror's Choice Award, Artspan Benefit Art Show, San Francisco, CA 2007 Selection, Wabi-Sabi, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA 2007 Selection, Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco, CA Selected Solo Exhibitions - San Francisco: 2008 "New Work", University Club 2007 "Fire Escapes", Acabello 2004 "New Work", Thirsty Bear Brewery 2003 "New Work", Ray of Light Salon 2002 "New Work", 2202 Oxygen Bar Selected Group Exhibitions - San Francisco Bay Area: 2008 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art 28th Annual Fall Auction ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, Electric Works 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Academy of Art University Spring Show, Academy of Art University ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, California Modern Gallery 2006 Art People Gallery Open Studios Exhibition, SomARTS Gallery ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, California Modern Gallery 2005 Full Bloom, 111 Minna Gallery Group Show, The Blue Studios Open Studios Exhibition, SomARTS Gallery 2004 Art People Gallery Shivaani Gallery Hayes Valley Artists, Place Pigalle Female2 - Women in the New Millennia, Balazo Gallery Open Studios Exhibition, SomARTS Gallery 2003 Day of Design, San Francisco Design Museum The Cafe Show, SomArts Gallery ArtSpan Benefit Art Show, The Canvas Gallery Maison Nouveau Gallery Shivaani Gallery Ascension, 1015 Folsom Public Collections: Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, CA St. Regis, Houston, TX Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA Commissions: Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, CA St. Regis, Houston, TX H. Truong, San Francisco, CA Articles: Ken Garcia, "Painting the Town Red-Tagged", San Francisco Examiner, April 24, 2008 Jennifer Mullen, "First Thursday Art Openings: October 4, 2007: Academy of Art University", ArtBusiness.com, Oct. 2007 Valarie Hamm, “Painter steps up in San Francisco Art World”, Whitman Magazine, Dec. 2003 Current Employment: Museum Educator, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA Assistant, Margy Boyd Art Tours, San Francisco, CA Related Experience: Intern, Trillium Fine Arts Press, Brisbane, 2006 Artist's Assistant, Keiko Hara, Walla Walla, 1995-6