EDUCATION
M.Ed. 1980, major in Secondary Education, University of Nevada, Reno
B.A. 1975, Fine Arts, San Diego State University, Distinction in Art, emphasis sculpture
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Nevada State Education Association, Las Vegas & Reno offices
City of Reno, Nevada
Teleki International, Morristown, New Jersey
UNR Medical School, Reno, Nevada
HONORS AND AWARDS
Nevada Governor’s Arts Award Commission, 2007
Nevada Governor’s Art Award for Excellence in Art Education, 2005
Millennium Artist for Douglas County, Nevada, 2000
Fellowship, Nevada Arts Council, 1996-1997
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. 1986-1987, Queensferry High School, Edinburgh, Scotland,
one-year position teaching painting and art history
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
2023
deYoung Open 2023, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art and Ecology, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Seen and Imagined, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
2022
Celebrate Red Yellow Blue, Museum of N. California Art, Chico, CA
Natural Habitats, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Extinction, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA
2021
Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
The Anthropocene Epiphany: Art and Climate Change, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Inspired By…Artists Celebrate Their Favorite Artists, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2020
California Dreaming, 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
Earth Works: Art in Ecological Context, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Facing Contemporary Issues, Tides Galleries, San Francisco Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2019
Reflectivity, show on climate change, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
6th Annual Juried Art Show, Piedmont Arts Center, Piedmont, CA
2018
Art in the Age of Anxiety, Arts Guild of Sonoma, September 2018
Cover of JAVMA (Journal of American Veterinary Medicine Association), “Mama Goose,” July 1, 2018
Art Works Downtown Group Show, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
2010
GREEN: Art With the Earth in Mind, Annmarie Garden (a Smithsonian affiliate), Solomons, Maryland
2006
Nevada Now II, Nevada Arts Council’s touring exhibition of fellowship recipients
2005
Nevada Triennial, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
2003
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
California Landscapes, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California
2001-02
Gallery 516, Reno, Nevada
2001
The De-Constructed West, Western Artist Exhibit, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
1999-01
Addi Gallery, Reno, Nevada
1998
Grant Artists Exhibition, Sierra Arts Center, Reno,Nevada
Solo exhibit, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
1997
Solo exhibit, Nature Draws Development, Nevada Historical Society, Reno, Nevada
Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition, Nevada State Library, Carson City
1996
Solo exhibit, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, San Francisco, California
Solo exhibit, Lake Tahoe Community College, S. Lake Tahoe, California
1995
Solo exhibit, Vanishing Habitats, Western Nevada Community College, Fallon, Nevada
1994
Solo show, Displaced Environments, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada
Nevada Biennial, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas
Art and the Environment, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
1993
Fine Crafts at the Matrix ’93, Honorable Mention, Sacramento, California
Comstock Juried Show I, Virginia City, Nevada
Solo show, Five Years of Fiber/A Lifetime of Soil, Western Nevada Community College, Carson City
1992
Big Sky Biennial VII Fine Crafts, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Tahoe Horizons Fine Art Show, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada
1991
Protect Our Living Environment, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California
Auburn Arts 40, Auburn Art Center, Auburn, California
A Common Thread, Best of Show, year-long Nevada tour of fiber art
LXS Gallery, Legislative Building, Capitol Complex, Carson City
1990
Nevada’s Biennial ’90 Artist Competition, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
