As a conceptually-based mixed media artist, art making is a form of visual communication engaged to present particular ideas, issues and/or concerns of interest that may have impacted my life in some way. The work serves as a platform for viewer contemplation through the use of materials and the manner of presentation. Resulting work is multi-faceted and exists within the realm of intention. I cross-pollinate diverse materials and processes as felt integral to the conveyance of a greater idea. Over the past two decades this has often involved the photographic image as a point of entry into the conversation.
The yin/yang influences of having, for many years, resided in both the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and downtown Los Angeles (often simultaneously) has been inspirational in my life and work.
education
MFA - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California USA
BA - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California USA
Associate - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington USA
awards
Ontario College of Art Medal
W.O. Forsythe Award
Cal Arts Scholarship
Pilchuck Scholarship
BC Arts Council Grant(s)
cv summarized
2022 Day After Day After Day - Solo Exhibition - Curator Kate Feltren, Gallery 2, Chilliwack Museum
2021 Behind Closed Doors - Solo Exhibition - O’Connor Group Art Gallery, Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
Meetcha at the 5 - Juried Public Art Commission, Historic Five Corners, Chilliwack, BC
2020 Relic - Solo Exhibition - O’Connor Group Art Gallery, Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
2019 BC Arts Council Project Grant: Behind Closed Doors
Water's Edge, Bellingham National Juried Exhibition - Curator Bruce Guenther, Whatcom Museum, WA
Fraser Valley Biennale - Curator Adrienne Fast, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
Fraser Valley Biennale - O’Connor Group Art Gallery, Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
42nd Annual Pilchuck Juried Glass Arts Exhibition - Seattle WA
2018 Enduring Spirit Ron Huebner - Curator Krista Kilvert, O’Connor Group Art Gallery, Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
Electron Salon -Juried National Exhibition, Curator Rex Bruce, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, LA CA
2017 Fraser Valley Biennale - Curator Beth Carruthers, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
Fraser Valley Biennale - Kariton Gallery, Abbotsford, BC
Fraser Valley Biennale - O’Connor Group Art Gallery, Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
2016 Oxygen for the Soul - Group Exhibition, Reach Gallery Museum / Abbotsford Hospice, Abbotsford, BC
2015 Fraser Valley Biennale - Curator Scott Marsden, Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2014 BC Arts Council Project Grant - Ron Huebner Legacy Project
Gentrification Installation - Chilliwack Cultural Centre, BC
2013 From Here to There, Solo Exhibition, Curator Scott Marsden - Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
Design Intervention, Exhibition Curator Scott Marsden - Reach Gallery Museum
2012 Fire Hall No. 8 - Juried Public Art Commission, City of Abbotsford, BC
2011 Fraser Valley Biennale - Curator Scott Marsden, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2010 Ficara Fine Art - Los Angeles - Commission / Las Vegas Hotel/Residential Complex
2009 Meltdown - 9th Biennale BC Juried Glass Arts Exhibition, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
31st Annual Pilchuck Juried Glass Arts Exhibition, Seattle WA
Glass Now - National Liberty Museum Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Remains of the Day - Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica CA
30th Annual Pilchuck Juried Glass Arts Exhibition - Seattle WA
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood WA
Recycled Realities - 672 Studio Exhibition Space, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
* additional exhibition history available upon request