Born in Los Angeles, CA
Moved to Portland, OR,
EDUCATION /WORKSHOPS
Graduated, Franklin High in Portland, OR.
Attended Mt Hood & Clackamas Community College and Portland State University.
Primarily self - educated artist through personal study, travel, professional classes, workshops and the aspects of life.
2010 "Professional Development for Artists", College Art Association at Oregon College of Art and Craft
2010 "Social Marketing", I Heart ART: PDX, The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
2010 "Contracts for Artists & Creative Professionals", Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council
2010 "Copyrights for Artists & Creative Professionals", Westside Cultural Alliance
2009 "Grant Writing for Success-The Second Step/Intermediate Level", Westside Cultural Alliance
2009 "Will Click For Art: Online Marketing for Artists and Organizations", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2009 Media Workshop,"How to Promote Your Arts Event in 2009", Westside Cultural Alliance
2008 "4Culture Art Registry Workshop", Public Art 4 Culture
2007 "Going Digital:Submitting Application Materials in New Media Formats", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2007 "Grantwriting for Success", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2007 "Legal Issues for Artists", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2007 "Making Art/Work for a Public Space: the Ins and Outs of Public Art Fabrication, Regional Arts & Culture Council
2007 "The Balancing Act: Making Art and Making Money", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2007 "Artists Wanted: Public Art from A to Z", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2006 "Selling and Marketing Your Artwork on the World Wide Web and ebay,Beaverton Arts Commission & Westside Cultural Alliance
2001 "Making Your Art Permanent: Fabrication Alternatives for 2-D Artists", Regional Arts & Culture Council
2000 "Copyright Issues for Artists", Regional Arts & Culture Council
1989 Drawing, The Drawing Studio/Phil Sylvester
1989 Video Production, Portland Cable Access (Work on a series about creativity, the local arts & artists)
EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Nuts, Bolts and Slabs of Steel @ OMCC ", Juried Show, Beam Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 "Rainy Day Wildfire", Juried Show, Portland City Arts, Portland, OR
2009 "Exhibition of Women Artists" 2nd International SWAN Day PDX Celebration, Invitational,Portland,OR
2009 "The Open Show", Group Show, Lake Oswego Festival of The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2007 Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Group Show, Lake Oswego, OR
2007 Con-tem-po-ra-ry, birth of the new, Group Show, City of Gresham, Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR
2007 Art in Mountain Park, 2 Person Show, Mountain Park Gallery , Lake Oswego,OR
2006 Showroom Extravaganza Gallery Opening, First Thursday Show - Poster Garden, Portland, OR
2006 NINTH ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, City of Gresham Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR
2006 The Open Show, Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2005 Group Show, Holiday Exhibition - Urban Art Network: Portland, OR
2000 Solo Show, First Thursday-CARGO: "Complexity of Simplicity - spiritual scrolls", Portland, OR
1990 Gango Gallery, "Assemblage":jewelry First Thursday, Portland, OR
1989 Solo Show, SABA "New Works" : Beaverton, OR
1988 Group Show, "Public Hanging: an unjuried exhibition, paintings, Marylhurst Art Gym: Marylhurst, OR
Grants/Honors
2006 Change, Inc., a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant
2007 The Artist's Fellowship Trust grant
2008 Regional Arts and Culture Council, Professional Development grant
Collections
Mark O. Hatfield Library, Shepherd's Door Women and Children's Shelter, Portland, OR (Series of 10 pieces)
McMaster House, Portland, OR
New Beginnings, Portland, OR
Articles/Interviews
2008 First Tuesdays, Featured guest, interview on arts television show, Gresham, OR January 2008
2007 IMPRESSIONS, newspaper article, Lake Oswego, OR March 2007
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