Born 1975 Seattle, WA
Education
2027 MFA Studio Art Burren College of Art, University of Galway, Ireland (in progress)
1997 BA cum laude Rice University, Houston, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Americana, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2014 Fractured Fairytales, City of Berkeley's Addison Street Window Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Off Menu, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Fiberart Interntional, Brew House Gallery Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Beyond the Warp and the Weft: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus, Ruth's Table, San Francisco, CA
2017 Art At The Margins, Hunter College, New York, NY
2016 Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Pulling Threads, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Head To Toe: Wearable Art, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2015 Felt Encounters with Past and Present, inSpace for Curatorial Projects, Pacific Felt Factory, San Francisco, CA
FiberShed, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
2014 More Than One Way, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Here, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO
New Directions, Textile Society of America, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
...In Motion, Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Sculptural Felt International: Crossing Boundaries, Museum Nagele, Nagele, Netherlands
Kitsch-In, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Considering the Kylix: Contemporary Interpretations of a Classical Form, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Inspire Artists Who Inspire You, ProArts, Oakland, CA
2013 ...In Motion, Historische Spinnerei Gartental, Göttinge, Germany; Pfalzmuseum, Forcheim, Germany; Musée du Feutre, Mouzon, France
Array, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
California SLAM, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
Fresh Art, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
Down To Sleep, Chester F. Sidell Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Dis/Order, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012 Animal Fibers, 8th International Shibori Symposium, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong, China
Beyond Function, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Fiber at the Crossroads, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Connecting Threads, Los Angeles Int. Airport, Los Angeles, CA
2010 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet, Brooklyn, NY
Speaking of Solitude, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Awards
2025 Burren College of Art, Michael Greene Merit Scholarship
2024 Artist Development Grants, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Bellevue Arts Museum, Carol Duke Award of Excellence
ACCI Gallery, Award of Excellence
SF Weekly Masterminds 2013, Finalist in Visual Art
2002 Black Rock Arts Foundation, Artist Award “Data Shower”
Burning Man Sculpture Grant Award, “Lotusland Ballroom”
Burning Man Sculpture Grant Award, “Cupola Compass”
2001 Burning Man Sculpture Grant Award, “Living Mandala”
2000 Burning Man Sculpture Grant Award, “Ribcage/Birdcage”
1999 University of Texas, Undergraduate Research Fellowship “Does the Southern Gothic Still Exist? Road Trip”
University of Texas, Eugenie Kamrath Mygdal Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture
University of Texas, Susan Vaughan Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Rice University, Christine Croneis Sayres Memoral Scholarship in Art History
Art Projects
“To Serve Man,” May 30, 2005, Billboard Liberation Front with Ron English, San Francisco, CA
“Missile Dicks Chicks Storm Ocean Beach,” with Haideen Anderson Kennedy, Tom Kennedy, and Dana Albany, Oct 2004, San Francisco, CA
“Ann Ron, Protest at the RNC,” Aug 29 2004, with The Missile Dick Chicks, New York City, NY
“Fairy Godmother, Exotic Fairytales” with Annie Sprinkles and Lady Chimmerly, 2004, Marin, CA
“The NosePicker” 2003, assisted Tracy & Don Feldman, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
“Hari Skari Burlesque,” 2003, 715 Harrison, San Francisco, CA
“Alien Domestic” with Charles Gatewood, July 19th 2003, Dadafest, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA
“Overstimulation Station” 2002, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
“Cupola Compass,” 2002, Central Lighthouse Location, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
“LotusLand Ballroom,” 2002, with Paul Cesewski, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
“The Living Mandala,” 2001, First female artist Central Keyhole Location, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
“Red Riding Hood, A Grimoire,” 2001, Haunted Barn, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
“Mandalas: a Photojourney,” 2000, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
“Closet Reincarnation,” 2000, Haunted Barn, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
“Ribcage/Birdcage,” 2000, with Philip Bonham, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
“Love Bird Presentation,” 2000, with Philip Bonham, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
“Expletive Elmo Room,” 1999, Haunted Barn, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
“EyeSore,” April 13, 1996, Rice University Art Team, Orange Show Parade, Houston, TX
“Zero Visibility,” 1997, Group Show, Sculpture Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
“One Night Stand,” 1997, Group Show, Sculpture gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
“Fisch” 1993, 5 Minutes Max, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Residencies/Internships
2015 deYoung Museum Artist in Residence, Kimball Education Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; work/study internship
Collections
2011 Fashion Archive, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong, China