M y b a c k g r o u n d
Largely self-taught in the disciplines of drawing, printmaking, collage, book making, and painting, I have made art all of my life, even during my career in ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching and editing. I have exhibited my work in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Oregon, and Washington. In 2016, I presented my first solo exhibition of Field Notes, at the Missoula Art Museum, which went on to show in Sheridan, Wyoming and Portland, Oregon. I was one of 60 artists chosen for the Inaugural Montana Triennial, and my work has been in numerous annual auctions at the Missoula Art Museum. I have been awarded artist residencies at both Jentel and Brush Creek in Wyoming, and my work has been included in various poetry publications and poetry websites. I've traveled extensively outside the U.S. and have lived in five states. After several decades away, I returned to my home state of California in the fall of 2018. I live in Berkeley and make art full time out of the Norton Factory Studios in Oakland.
A w a r d s
2015 June - Blue-Ribbon Winner - 'Scapes / Land-Sea-Mind - Radius Gallery - Missoula, Montana
2014 April - Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts Residency - Saratoga, Wyoming
2011 April - May - Jentel Artist Residency - Banner, Wyoming
C o l l e c t i o n s
2019 One accordion book purchased by UC Irvine Library - Irvine, California
2018 Two accordion books purchased by the Special Collections of Smith College Libraries - Northampton, Massachusetts
E d u c a t i o n
1996 MA degree in TESOL – Columbia University – New York, New York
1993 MA degree in East Asian Studies – Columbia University – New York, New York
1989 BA degree in Art History – Manhattanville College – Purchase, New York
P u b l i c a t i o n s
2016 Missoulian - Entertainer Section - June 2, 2016
2015 Evening Will Come, issue 56, in thevolta.org
2012 High Desert Journal - Vol. 15 - May 2012
2011 Missoulian - Entertainer Section - March 2011
2009 Montana Triennial Exhibition Catalogue - Missoula Art Museum
2009 Missoulian - Entertainer Section - “Torn Apart” - June 12, 2009