Exhibitions
Gallery and Exhibitions
Artist Vendor Portland Saturday Market, Juried Art and Craft Market, Portland OR, 2009-2010
Maryhill Museum of Art Annual Art Exhibition, Goldendale, WA 2010
Collect 8," Center for Contemporary Art, Open Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM 2007
"Animal, Vegetable, Mystical," Gallery Zipp, Glorieta, NM 2004
"Collect 8," Center for Contemporary Art, Open Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM 2004
"Surroundings," Three Artist Exhibit, Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center Rental and Sales Gallery, Santa Ana, CA 2003
Huntington Beach Art Center 3rd Annual Invitational Benefit Art Auction 2003
"Made in California" Juried Exhibition, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA 2003
Pomona Valley Art Association Juried Regional Exhibition, Pomona, CA 2003 - Special Award
"A View from Here," One Person Show, Diamond Bar Fine Art, Diamond Bar, CA 2002
Grand Central Art Center Slide Registry, Santa Ana, CA 2002
Art 1 Gallery, Gastonia, North Carolina 1999-2-003
Showcase North Gallery Curated Group Exhibitions, Santa Ana Artists Village, Santa Ana, CA 1996 to 2002
"Going Within, Still Life and Landscape painting," One Person Show, City of Newport Beach, CA 2002
Huntington Beach Art Center 1st Annual Invitational Benefit Art Auction 2002
Jim Biggers and Company - Retrospective of American Muralist Jim Biggers with selected contemporary artists, Art 1 Gallery, Gastonia, North Carolina 1999
"One Woman" Juried National Exhibition, Art 1 Gallery, Gastonia, North Carolina 1999
"New Photography" Juried National Exhibition, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles 1997 and 1997
1998 - Second Place, California Landscape
"All Media" Juried California Regional Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, 1997, 1993, 1992
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Juried Regional Group Exhibition, Orange, CA 1998, 1997, 1996
Anaheim Museum, Juried Regional Exhibition 1998 - First Place Photography
"The Artist's Eye" Regional and National Juried Annual Exhibitions, Costa Mesa, CA 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 - 1998- Second Place, Mixed Media Painting; 1996 - Honorable Mention
Education
Cal State Long Beach - Fine Art Studies, Painting
Orange Coast College AA Commercial Art
Golden West and Coastline Community Colleges - Fine Art - Painting, Drawing
USC Certificate, Public Relations
Glendale Community College - Graphic Design Certificate
Los Angeles Valley College Marketing, Journalism, Photography, Graphic Design
Private Study Painting - Artists Sandra Trepasso, Jane Bauman
Nikon School of Photography
Private Study Photography - Commercial Photographer/Nikon Teacher Debbie Davis, Television Still/Portrait Photographers Jerry Fitzgerald, Murray Nieditch
Experience
Professional
Artist Vendor and Art consultant
2008 to 2011
Tom Taylor Co.
Artist-designed jewelry
2003 to 2007
Manager, Administrator
Art Works, Etc.
Art and Custom Framing Gallery
1993 to 2003
Gallery Manager, Art Sales and Designer
Long Beach Museum of Art
2000 to 2003
Museum Educator - Resident Artist Teacher/Art Workshop Teacher
Orange County Fine Arts
Member Board of Directors
1996 to 2003
Director and Curator,
Showcase North Gallery,
Santa Ana, CA 2001-2002
Publicity Director 1997-1999
Newsletter Co-Editor 1996-1997
Private Art Instructor - 1994 to present
Experience and Exhibitions