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

Professional Experience 

2010              Instructor, Advanced Drawing, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

2008-2009     Drawing 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

Honors and Awards

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

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

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

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

Public Lectures

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

Performances

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 (w/ 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

Screenings

2007              Time Capsule, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco CA, December 11, 2007