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EDUCATION

2014 Master of Fine Arts, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA

2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA

STUDIES ABROAD

Laguna College of Art and Design-Italy (Rome, Florence)

SOLO SHOWS

2014 Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA

2014 Arena 1 Gallery, Graduate Exhibition, Santa Monica, CA

2009 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Culver City, CA

EXHIBITIONS

2022 “A Kind of Heaven” Group Exhibition, Curator: Michael Pearce. Oceanside Museum, Oceanside, Ca

2021 Lois Lambert Gallery, Joint Exhibition with Serena Potter, “Fables of Rhyme or Reason”, Santa Monica, CA

2021 “Permanent Collection, Recent Acquisitions” Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA

2021 “Artist’s On The Moon” Payload Annex 9 on Astrobotic’s Peregine Luna Landing

2020 “Painting The Figure Now” Group Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, Wisconsin 

2020 “The Art of Painting in the 21st Century” Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2020 “Women by Women” Group Exhibition, Curator: Sharon Allicoti, Solo Contemporary Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca

2020 “Famella” Group Exhibition, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA

2019 “Faculty Group Exhibition” Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA2019 “Truthiness Show” Lois Lambert Gallery, Group exhibition, Santa Monica, CA

2019 Gormley’s Fine Art, Group exhibition, Curator: Conor Walton, Belfast, Ireland 2019 Gormley’s Fine Art, Group exhibition, Curator: Conor Walton, Dublin, Ireland 2019

2019 GP3, Irvine, CA

2018 GP3, Irvine, CA

2018 Curiosities, Group exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

2018 “Movement and Narrative”Sp{a}ce Gallery, Group exhibition, Curator: F. Scott Hess, Pasadena, CA 

2017 Arcadia Contemporary, Group exhibition, Curator, John Seed, Culver City, CA

2017 Abend Gallery, Group exhibition, Curator: Alia El-Bermani, Boulder, CO

2016 Q Art Salon, Group exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

2015 Trac Conference, Speaker, Curator: John Seed, Ventura, CA

2014 Mt. San Antonia College, Curator: Fatema Burns, Walnut, CA

2013 Koplin Del Rio, Group exhibition, Culver City, CA

2013 Koplin Del Rio, Drawing Group exhibition, Culver City, CA

2012 Koplin Del Rio, Drawing Group exhibition, Culver City, CA

2011 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Group exhibition, Santa Monica, CA

2009 Grand Central Arts Center, Group exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

2006 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2005 Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA

2005 Laguna College of Art and Design, Group exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2003 The Woman’s Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 Laguna College of Art and Design, Group exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2003 LCAD Summer Gallery, Group exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2002 LCAD Gallery, Juried exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2002 LCAD Summer Gallery, Group exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2001 LCAD Gallery, Juried exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2001 LCAD Gallery, Group exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA 2000 LCAD Gallery, Juried exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2000 Otis Arts Center, Group exhibition, Washington, CA 1999 LCAD Gallery, Juried exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

1998 LCAD Gallery, Juried exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

COLLECTIONS

Hilbert Museum, Anaheim, California
Private Collections throughout the United States

CURATION

2018 Curiosities Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

2016 Small Works Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

2015 Thomas Butler Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA

PUBLICATIONS

2022 American Art Magazine (A Kind of Heaven)

2018 Sp{a}ce Gallery Video
2018 Juxtapoz Magazine (Movement and Narrative)
2018 Figurative Art Convention & Expo by Suzy Hart (The Figure as Communicator)2018 Poets and Artists, Abend Gallery
2017 Huffington Post, John Seed (12 Women Painting, 12 Studio Visits) 2016 Orange Coast Magazine by Jodie Tillman (Jung’s Dream)
2015 Huffington Post, F. Scott Hess (Art That Hurts)
2014 Huffington Post, F. Scott Hess (What Does It Take To Turn an Art School Education Into a Successful Career)
2014 Los Angeles Times, Rhea Mahbubani (Artist’s Work Show Her Yearning) 2014 Moorpark Student Voice, Jackie Stone (The Space Between)
2009 Women Painting Women
2006 L.A. Weekly by Joseph Piasentin (The Likeness)

VIDEO

2018 Sp{a}ce Gallery Video 2010 For Arts Sake

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017-Current  Part Time Faculty, Painting, Laguna College of Art and Design MFA program

Office of Dr. Jacob Caldwell, Lecture and presentation (Art and Pain: How Art Can Maximize the Placebo Effect)

Workshop, Grand Central Arts, Santa Ana, Ca