Education:
UC Berkeley, Department of Art Practice
1982 Master of Fine Arts
1981 Master of Arts
1978 BA
Teaching Experience:
2007- 2023: West Valley College, Saratoga, Ca
1997- 2023: Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, Ca
2014-2017: Cabrillo College, Aptos, Ca
2012: Cabrillo Summer Arts, Cabrillo College Extension, Aptos, Ca
2008 and 1991-1997: University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College
1983-1986: Palma High School, Salinas, Ca
Residencies and Exchanges:
2018:
El Taller de Grafica Experimental, Old Havana, Cuba: One week printmaking exchange
2017:
Menntaskólinn á Tröllaskaga, Post Secondary School, Olafsfjordur, Iceland: One week arts education exchange
Recent Exhibitions:
2023:
Radius Gallery Annex, Santa Cruz, Ca
Aroma Restaurant, Ben Lomond, Ca
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca, 50I50
Pacific Grove Art Center, Monterey Peninsula College Printmakers
2022:
Printmakers At The Tannery, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, Ca, Pray For Rain
Radius Gallery Annex, Tannery Art center, Santa Cruz, Ca. New Work, California Society of Printmakers
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Ca, Wild Life
R.Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, This is Now
Open Studios, Santa Cruz, Ca
2021:
Radius Gallery, Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz, Homecoming
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, Ca, California Society of Printmakers, Searching for Meaning
Pacific Grave Art Center, Pacific Grove, Ca, MPC Printmakers, Pressing On
Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, Ca, Arts Council of Santa Cruz County, Artists Network
2020:
Monterey Museum of Art, “Ripple Effect: The art of education”
2019:
“Presence of Place”, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, Ca
“This Place”, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca
“Solar Impressions”, Inspiration Plus, Sag Harbor, NY
“Aperaturas”, El Taller Iris Negra, Havana Cuba,
“Coastal”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, Ca
2018:
Faculty exhibition, West Valley College, Saratoga, Ca
“Trees of Coastal California”, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz, Ca
“ClimART”, Academy of Art, Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
“Shared Seas”, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca and MPC Gallery, Monterey Ca
“Ebb and Flow” River Arts Festival, Santa Cruz, Ca
2017:
“Shared Seas”, Listhus Gallery, Olafsfjordur, Iceland
“Shared Seas”, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, Ca
New Work by Gallery Artists, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz Ca
“Ebb and Flow”, River Arts Festival, Santa Cruz, Ca, temporary public art installation
Pajaro Valley Art Center, Watsonville, Ca
2016:
Ann and Mark’s Art Party, San Jose, Ca
Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, Ca, “Dreams and the Imagination”, group show
Peidmont Art center, Peidmont, Ca, California Society of Printmakers 103rd annual show
Independent Gallery, Sand City, Ca, group show
Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutuchogue, NY, “Soloarplate 2016”, group show
Santa Cruz County Public Library, main branch, group drawing show
R. Blitzer gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “Catamaran Literary Reader” featured artists
Santa cruz County Public Library, Santa Cruz, Ca, “The Draw”, group show
Apricity Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, group show
2015:
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, Ca, “Natural Histories”, group show
Pacific Grove Arts Center, “Of Ink and Poetry”, group show
Greenchalk Contemporary, Monterey, Ca, group show
Arte Américas: Casa De La Cultura, Fremont, Ca group show
Apricity Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca group show
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, group show
Vangard Realty, Santa Cruz, Ca, solo show
2014:
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, “Everybody’s Ocean” group show
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, group show
Santa Cruz Art League, “Degrees of Abstraction” group show
Pajaro Valley Art Center, Watsonville, Ca, “Printmaking: On and Off the Wall” group show
Apricity Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “The Itty Show” group show
Apricity Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “Taboo: What We Do in the Dark” group show
2013:
Galerie Califia, Horažd’ovice, Czech Republic, “Re-Generating Tradition” group show
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, Ca, West Valley College, faculty show
United States Geological Survey, Reston Va, “earth·science·art: 16 collaborative explorations”
R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “Catamaran Literary Reader” featured artists
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, “A Work in Progress” collaborative mobile installation
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, Ca, “Watermarks” group show
Casa Nostra Restaurant, Ben Lomond, Ca, group show
2012:
Monterey Peninsula College, “Kindred: Connections Through Printmaking” group show
Robert Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca “earth·science·art: 16 collaborative explorations”
Bonny Doon Winery, Santa Cruz, Ca, solo show
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, Ca, “All You Need is Love” group show
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “Kindred: Connections Through Printmaking” group show
West Valley College, Saratoga, Ca, faculty show
2011:
Root Division, San Francisco, Ca, “Transducere” group show
La Galeria, Moss Landing, Ca, “MPC Printmakers” group show
Village Theater Gallery, Danville, Ca, “The Elegant Line” group show
Pajaro Valley Art Council, Watsonville, Ca, “A Harvest of Images” group show: printmakers
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “Inked Up” group show: printmakers
West Valley College, Saratoga, Ca, faculty show
2010:
Galerie Califia, Horažďovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic, “enTrance” group show
Open Studios, Santa Cruz County, Ca
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County offices, two-person show
Dead Cow Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, group show
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, Ca, faculty show
MOTIV, Santa Cruz, Ca, solo show
2009:
Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, solo show
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, “enTrance” group show
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, Ca, “Working in Wax” group show
Michelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca, group show
Professional Organizations:
Santa Cruz County Arts Commission
California Society of Printmakers
Monterey Peninsula College Printmakers
Southern Graphics Counsel
Printmakers at the Tannery
Grants:
2017: Arts Council of Santa Cruz County, Professional Development Grant
2015-2016: Arts Council of Santa Cruz County, Create Grant
Monterey Peninsula College Foundation, Faculty and Staff Advancement Award
2014: Monterey Peninsula College Foundation, Faculty and Staff Advancement Award
2013: Monterey Peninsula College Foundation, Faculty and Staff Advancement Award
2011: Monterey Peninsula College Foundation, Faculty and Staff Advancement Award
2011-12: Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Support Grant,
2010-2011: Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Support Grant
Recent Publications and Interviews:
2016: Catamaran Literary Reader, magazine, Santa Cruz, CA, Winter
2014: “Pray For Rain”, Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra, CD and LP album art
2013: “Artists on Art”, KZSC radio, UC Santa Cruz, Nada Miljković, interview, March 12
“The Cruz”, Kirby Scudder, book, Santa Cruz, Ca, published by the author
“Inquiring Mind”, magazine, Berkeley, Ca, Volume 29, No 2, Spring 2013, image p. 27
2012: “Tannery Lecture Series to explore the ins and outs of storytelling.” Santa Cruz Sentinel
Catamaran Literary Reader, magazine, Santa Cruz, CA, October 2012, images, pgs. 30 and 35
2010: “Friday Night Writes”, book, Friday Night Writers, Livermore, CA, cover art
2009: “Studio Visit”, magazine, Spring Issue, Open Studios Press, Boston, Ma.
“Art Studio”, KUSP radio, Santa Cruz, CA, Kirby Scudder, interview, aired April 7th.
Curatorial Projects:
2018-20: Tannery Talks, Santa Cruz, Ca
2018: Shared Seas, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca
2016: “Rain Percussions”, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca
2013: “Re-Generating Tradition” Intergenerational Collaborations,
Galerie Califia, Horažd’ovice, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, (with Gina Farkaš)
2011: “Transducere”, Contemporary artists exploring images of Trance and Hypnosis
Root Division, San Francisco, Ca
2009-10: “enTrance”, Mesmerizing Artists,
Galerie Califia, Horažd’ovice, Czech Republic,
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca
2010-13: “Tannery Arts Lecture Series”, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, Ca