BORN
San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION
1977 M. A. San Francisco State University
1975 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Tiny", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Falkirk’s 100, Holiday Silent Art Auction, San Rafael, CA
        Small Works Show, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
        Elsewhere Gallery Fairfax, CA
2010 "Holiday Silent Auction", Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
        "Tiny", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        "Paintings and Drawings”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2009 "Rock, Paper Scissors, Glue",  College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
        "Tiny",  Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
       16th Annual Warehouse Event, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA
       Five Decades of Women Artists, San Rafael Civic Center Gallery, San Rafael, CA
       Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
        Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA
        -Juror: Maria Medua, Director, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        The State of Painting, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
        -Juror: Phil Linhares,  Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
        The Food Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
        "Pins of Marin" Auction to benefit Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the North Bay
2007 "The Little Show", Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
        "Mending", College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2006 “Realism”, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2002  “Memorias”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael,CA
2000 “Manuscript,Altarpiece, Shrine:Contemporary Interpretations”, University of Wisconsin,
        Wisconsin  -Catalogue
        “Seven Magic Realists”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
        Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco, “Myth and Magic”
1999 Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco, “Reflections on 2000”
1997 Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco, “Intuition Exhibition”
1996 Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco, SFAI 125th Anniversary Exhibition
1995 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, A Summer Selection
        3 COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
1994 Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1993 Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
        Artisan’s Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
        Museo Italo Americano, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
1991 Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, CA
        City College of San Francisco Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
        Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1990 Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
        College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA, Faculty Exhibition
        Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, CA
        Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
        Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
        Christie Gallery, Emeryville, CA
        Artworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1988 Exhibition and Silent Auction for Museo Italo Americano at Modesto
        Lanzone’s Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica
        Atrium Gallery, San Francisco
1983 Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
        Gallery Space, SOMA Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1982 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
1980 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, (LAICA)  -Catalogue

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume Six, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
2008 Artweek, September 2008, Vol. 39, issue 7,  The Food Show
2007 Pacific Sun, September 7-13, Mending Exhibition, College of Marin
2000 Artweek, April 2000, Vol, 31 issue 4: Seven Magic Realists at Falkirk Cultural Center
        Pacific Sun, March 2000 - Magic Realism
        Independent Journal, January 25, 2000 - Where Magic Meets Reality
1999 Les Krantz, California Art Review, December
1988 Maria Farham, Arizona Daily Star, Some Nice Touches, September
1987 Kraus-Sikes, The Guild, Sourcebook of American Craft Artists
1986 Channel 4 Television, interview for Artists Editions, Kohler Company
1984 Mario Vigna, La Ceramica Moderna, Italy, Gli Artisti, July-August

AWARDS
1998 Nominee for Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation, 1999-2000
1979 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship

TEACHING/RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2000- 2003 Merritt College, Oakland, CA Faculty
1991-2005 `City College of San Francisco, Faculty
1990 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Faculty
1988 Limn, San Francisco, CA -Handmade rugs my original design
1986 Artist Edition, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
1984 Faenze, Italy -Created designs for the ceramic tile industry and worked in collaboration with         Architect Ebe Montanari
1980 San Francisco State University, Faculty
1978-1984 City College of San Francisco, Faculty

COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Jimmy Hormel, San Francisco, CA
Catherine Muther, San Francisco, CA
David & Joanna Oshman,Palo Alto, CA
Jock McDonald, Sonoma, CA
Al Farrow, San Rafael, CA
Charles and Barbara Winton, Berkeley, CA (Commission 1991)
A.T.&T., San Ramon, CA (Commission 1990)
Oracle Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (Commission 1990)
Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA
St. David’s Church, Richmond, CA (Commission 1989)
Robert  Jackson Fine Art, Beaverton, Oregon
Kent Wilson, Esq. San Ramon, CA (Commission 1987)
Countryman & Associates, San Francisco, CA (Commission 1987)
Jan Baiden, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs. William Jury, Palo Alto, CA (Commission 1988)
Ebe Montanari, Architect, Faenza, Italy (Commission 1984)

MEMBER:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery
ph.415-441-4777
Maria Medua, Director
Bldg. A  Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA 94123