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2006 Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts with Emphasis in Printmaking,
Boise State University, Boise, ID
1994 Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Nevada, Reno, NV (Emphasis
in Printmaking and Ceramics)
Selected Individual Exhibitions
2007 (Feb) MPC Art Department Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College,
CA Breccia
2006 Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV Social Utterances
2006 Truckee Meadows Community College, Main Gallery, Reno, NV Postures
and Parts, the Male Nude
2006 Hemingway Gallery, Boise, ID Postures and Parts: Composing
the Male Nude - MFA Thesis Exhibition
2005 John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Gallery, Reno, NV Memory Glitches
- Printed Dimensional Montages
2005 FireHouse Gallery, Redwood Campus, Rogue Community College,
Grants Pass, OR Brecciated Time
2004 Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC, Reno, NV A Piece of Breccia - Print
Assemblages
2004 Allied Arts Association Art Center and Gallery, Richland, WA
Scholarship show. Familial Inure
1996 Jot Travis Student Union Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno,
NV, Women and Place
1994 McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV, Fish Folds 45-feet multi-pieced
ceramic wall installation and prints
1994 Pneumatic Diner, 501 West 1st Street, Reno, NV, The Party
1994 Table of Content Knudsen Center, Reno, NV, Selection of Prints
1993 Getchell Library, Reno, NV, The Party
1992 The Front Door Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Dead
Fish/Dead Dreams
1987 Getchell Library, Reno, NV, Pieces: Paper and Monoprints
Selected 2-4 Person Themed Exhibitions
2007 (Feb-Apr) Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College,
Riverton, WY The Human Landscape
2006 Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, KY Figuration:
A Group Exhibition
2006 Northwest Reno Library, Trading Space, A Collaboration of Prints,
Paintings, and Assemblages
2005 Basement Gallery, 928 Main Street, Boise, ID, Ever After Affects
1995 Fishtales Gallery, 113 W. Park, Livingston, MT, One Fish, Two...
1994 C.I.T.Y 2000 Gallery, City Hall, Reno, NV, Fish Angels
1994 Women’s Center, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Making
History
Selected Invitational Exhibitions
2006 Christel Deltaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis,
Indiana ReInterpreting the Middle East
2006 Photo/Print Gallery, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno,
NV Printmakers’ Conspiracy
2006 Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France, Important
Details: About the World We Live In
2006 Reno/Tahoe Airport Gallery, TMCC Faculty Exhibition
2006 Studio Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
TX, Stories of Women in Print
2006 University of Madison, WI, Prints from Body/Body Question,
Fear Factor...y, Under the Microscope, Science
Factasy, and Switched at Birth
2006 Khalil Sakikini Center, Ramallah, Palestine, ReInterpreting
the Middle East
2006 Al-Kahf Gallery, International Center of Bethlehem (West Bank),
ReInterpreting the Middle East
2006 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, 4th Annual Valentines Show invitational
2006 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Members’ Annual Exhibition
2005 Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI,
ReInterpreting the Middle East
2005 Hemingway Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Disparate
MFA candidate group show
2005 Truckee Meadows Community College Main Gallery, Reno, NV, Annual
Faculty Exhibition
2005 Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan, ReInterpreting the Middle East
2005 Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV, Grant Artist Showcase
2005 Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, Blur Purlieu
2005 The Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C., Tuber
Manifesto print exchange, Re-
Interpreting the Middle East print exchange, and SGC’s Up
and Coming Grad Students print exchange
2005 Koehler Gallery at Whitworth College, Spokane, WA, Blur Purlieu
2005 M.Merlion Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, Tuber Manifesto
2004 Flying M, Boise, ID, Under Pressure, Exhibition of Prints from
BSU Printshop, curated by Kimiko Miyoshi
2004 Hannah’s, Boise, ID, 10th Anniversary Celebration of
Women in the Arts Exhibition invitational
2004 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, University Print Society Postcard
Print Exchange
2004 Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ, Blur Purlieu print portfolio
2004 Fronton Building, 2nd Annual Visual Arts League Beaux Arts
Ball Invitational Art Exhibition, Boise, ID
2004 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, 4th Annual Valentines Show invitational
2004 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Members’ Annual Exhibition
2003 Hannah’s, Boise, ID, Celebration of Women in the Arts
Exhibition invitational
2003 Albertson’s Library, Boise State University, ID, Various
Visions
2000 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, Desire, Annual Valentines Show
1998 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, Annual
Valentines Show
1997 University of Nevada, Reno, Art Department Alumni Print Show
1996 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, Invitational Group Print Show
1996 Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV, Invitational, Howard Rosenberg
for Regency Fund-raising Exhibit
1993 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead
Fish curated by Candace Wilber (Nicol)
sponsored in part by Sierra Arts Foundation Grant
1993 The Front Door Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Learning
Disabilities
1992 Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV, Prints
1988 Getchell Library, Reno, NV, Papermaking and Printmaking
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2005 Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery at Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park,
Australia, hardcopy:digital art
2005 Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington Printmakers National
Small Works 2005 Exhibition, Juror:
Krystyna Wasserman, Curator of Book Arts, National Museum of Women
in the Arts.
2005 Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, MD, The
Print Show 2005, Juror: Eric Denker, curator
of Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art
2005 WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, Secret Place, Sacred Space,
jurors: Lauren Mathews and Skye Enyeart
2005 SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Women’s
History Month National Juried Art Exhibition,
Jurors: Sue Latta, Alma Gomez, Anika Smulovitz, and Holly Gilchrist
2005 Rosenthal Gallery at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville,
NC, Testifyin’2005: A National Competition,
juror: Socorro Hernandez Hinek
2004 Student Union Special Events Center, Point of View: Sexuality
in a Diverse Society
2004 SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 2004 Voices
and Visions Statewide Juried Art Exhibit
awarded 2nd runner up, Juror: Surel Mitchell
2004 Visual Arts Gallery I, Liberal Arts Building, Boise State University,
Boise, ID, If It Were Only This Easy
awarded Honorable Mention - 2D, Jurors: Noble Hardesty and Andy
Stauffer
2004 SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Women’s
History Month National Juried Art Exhibition
awarded 1st runner-up, Jurors: Dr. Kathleen Keyes, Kimiko Miyoshi,
and Maria Carmen
2004 SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Zeitgeist:
Spirit of the Time juried exhibition, awarded Best
of Show - 2-D, Jurors: Delta Smith, Community Director for Idaho
Commission on the Arts, and Bill Lewis
2003 Art Source Gallery, Boise, ID, 2nd Annual National Juried Competition
Exhibition, Juror: Dr. Heather Hanlon,
Professor of Art, Boise State University
1997-96 Nevada Travelling Exhibit, The Biggest Little Art Show in
Nevada, group exhibition shown throughout Nevada
including Reno, Las Vegas, Elko, and Fallon
1996 Sierra Arts Center, 200 Flint Street, Reno, NV, Desert and
Dice
1995 Studio School and Art Gallery, 612 Press Bldg., Binghamton,
NY, Annual Mini Print International
1994 Sierra Arts Center, 200 Flint Street, Reno, NV, Gold and Silver
1994 University of Nevada Art Department Juried Student Exhibition,
Award of Excellence for Artistic Merit:
India ink drawing titled CSVAANN
1993 Dinnerware Gallery, 135 E. Congress Street, Tucson, AZ, Fifth
Biennial 7-State Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Dr. Joanna Frueh and Nancy Buchanan
1993 Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, Tahoe Horizons,
2nd Annual Juried Show, Jurors: Michaele
LeCompte and Jim McCormick
1992 Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, Tahoe Horizons,
Juried Show
1992 University of Nevada Art Department Juried Student Exhibition
awarded special recognition for lithograph
print titled Becca Sleeping
1992 Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco State University,
CA, Juried Exhibition, Textiles, Glass, and
Prints
1989 University of Nevada Art Department Juried Student Exhibition
Award of Excellence for Artistic Merit:
Collagraph/drypoint print titled Alex’s Balloons
Panels/Public Presentations/Workshops
2006 Art Bite, Lecturer- Etchings of James McNeill Whistler Nevada
Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2006 Artist Talk and Demo- 4-color process etchings St. Mary’s
Art Center, Virginia City, NV
2006 Artist Talk- Trading Space Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV
2006 The Body: An Artifact, A Site, and A Weapon Panelist, Southern
Graphics Conference, Madison WI
2005 Gelatin-plate Monoprinting Workshop and Artist Presentation
Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
2005 Blur Pulieu, Community Constructs and Psychological Boundaries
Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
Slide Presentation and demonstration on experimental techniques
in printmaking
2004 Brecciated Time, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
Slide Presentation of my work investigating the theory of fragmented
memories manipulated through
time space, and media
1996 Women and Place Conference, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Presented a paper, describing my personal experiences juggling teaching
career, professional artistic
goals and motherhood. Also served on panel with other professional
women discussing the theme
“Women and Place.”
Bibliography
2004 SchoolArts Magazine 104 (November 2004), pp.37-39, “Transforming
Ideas: The Design Process.”
1994, 1992, 1989 Brushfire, Literary and Arts Journal, University
of Nevada, Reno, NV
Exhibits Curated and/or Juried
2007-06 3-D Object Exchange Portfolio titled INTERMEDIA Multiples.
Artists were invited to concentrate on
the idea of the multiple - each artist plotting their own connection
to the printmaking vernacular of the
multiple and engaging in ploys of making art that is dimensional.
2006-05 International Print Portfolio Exchange titled Body/Body
Question. Artists were invited to participate in
a print exchange exploring issues of humanity as relational to interactions
with technology.
2006-05 Co-organizer of Fear Factor...y Print Portfolio Exchange.
Print exchange exploring concepts of fear
transmitted through mass media, predominately mainstream television.
2004-03 Print Portfolio Exchange titled Blur Purlieu. Nineteen artists
were invited to create imagery that
examines how community evolves through the culture of its people.
1998 Galena High School Art Department, Reno, NV, curated Northern
Nevada Secondary Art Educators
Exhibit in conjunction with Northern Nevada Art Educators Conference
held at Galena High School.
1993 Sheppard Gallery, curated the exhibition One Fish, Two Fish,
Red Fish, Dead Fish. The exhibition
was sponsored in part by a grant from Sierra Arts Foundation enabling
artists to collaborate on an
environmental installation characterizing Nevada’s relationship
to desert and drought.
Media Reviews
2006 Reno News and Review, Reno, NV, June 1 http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=57582
2006 Sierra Arts Magazine, Reno, NV, Volume 31, No. 6, June
2006 The Arbiter, Boise State University, Volume 18, Issue 46, March
6
2005 Encore Magazine, Reno, NV, March
2004 The Echo Campus News, TMCC, Volume 29, No.7, Oct. 26
2004 Boise Weekly, Boise, ID, Vol.13, Issue 04, July 28-August 3
1994 Encore Magazine, Reno, NV, Vol.19, No. 3, June/July
1994 Sagebrush, Reno, NV, April 3
1994 Encore Magazine, Reno, NV, Vol. 19, No. 2, April/May
1993 Reno Gazette Journal, Best Bets, Dec. 30 - Jan. 5, 1994
1993 Encore, Reno, NV, December
1993 Sagebrush, Reno, NV, April 20
Awards, Honors, and Grants
2005 $1,000 Visual Artist Grant, 2005-06 Sierra Arts Endowment Fund,
Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
2004 $2,500 scholarship, Allied Arts Association Art Center and
Gallery, 89 Lee Boulevard, Richland, WA
2004 2nd runner up, 2004 Voices and Visions Statewide Juried Art
Exhibit, Boise State University
2004 1st Runner-Up, Women’s History Month National Juried
Art Exhibition, Boise State University
2004 Honorable Mention, two-dimensional artwork, If It Were Only
This Easy Juried Student Exhibition
Visual Arts Gallery I, Liberal Arts Building, Boise State University
2004 Best of Show, two-dimensional artwork, Zeitgeist: Spirit of
the Time juried exhibition, SUB Gallery,
Boise State University
2000 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
1999 The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Outstanding Educator
1998 Goals 2000 Sub-grants for School Reform
1995 Distinguished Teaching Intern Award, University of Nevada,
Reno
1994 Award of Excellence for Artistic Merit, University of Nevada,
Reno
1993 Sierra Arts Foundation Grant awarded $1,200 to help support
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish exhibit.
1989 Award of Excellence for Artistic Merit, University of Nevada,
Reno
Teaching Experience
2006-05 Art Instructor, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno,
NV Printmaking, Visual Foundations
2005-03 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, Boise State University,
Boise, ID 2-dimensional and 3-
dimensional Foundations classes, Professor Laurie Blakeslee
2005 Teacher of Record, Department of Art, Boise State University,
Boise, ID Printmaking 209
2004 Teacher of Record, Department of Art, Boise State University,
Boise, ID Drawing 111
2004-02 Art Teacher, Centennial High School, Boise, ID Drawing,
Advanced Drawing, Design, and Painting.
2001- Art Teacher, Galena High School, Reno, NV Taught art Foundation
classes, Advanced Placement
1995 Studio Art, Graphic Design, Yearbook, Advanced Drawing, Painting,
and Printmaking. From 1997-
2001, I served as Fine Arts Department Chair.
Professional Memberships/Associations/Committees
Southern Graphics Council www.southerngraphics.org
American Print Alliance, 302 Larkspur Turn, Peachtree City, GA 30269-2210
www.PrintAlliance.org
Printmakers’ Conspiracy, Reno, NV - Co-organizer and founding
member
College Arts Association, 275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001
www.collegeart.org
Sierra Arts Foundation, 17 S. Virginia Street, Suite 120, Reno,
NV 89501
Truckee Meadows Community College - Gallery Committee and Board
Member since 2005
2003-04 Boise Open Studios Collective Organization
Collections
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Boise State University Art Department, Boise, ID
Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C.
Jean Cozier, affiliated with WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kohler Art Library Special Collections, Madison, WI
Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School
of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Southern Graphics Council Archives, The University of Mississippi,
MS www.sgcarchives.org
Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
University of Nevada, Reno, Art Department, Reno, NV
University of Sharjah, Dubai, U.A.E.
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan |
