Born

           Berkeley, CA 1984

Education

          The San Francisco Art Institute, MFA, Painting, 2009

          The University of California Los Angeles, BA, 2006

Exhibitions

          2010

            “TASTE - A Garden of Earthly Delights,” Root Division, San Francisco, CA

             “Salon I-V,” The Cottage Industry Painting Salon, San Francisco, CA

          2009

          “New Insight,” Next, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, art fair

          “Liberating Landscapes,” Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show

          Solo exhibition, Hope and Grace Wines, Yountville, Napa Valley, CA

          “Vernissage,” San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

          “Dig,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show

2008

“The Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick Maker,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show

Visual Aid’s Big Deal,” SomArts, San Francisco, CA

“Drawing Show,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show

“Site and Situation,” Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, group show

“The Best I’ve Ever Had,” Art Engine Gallery, San Francisco, CA, two person solo show

2007

“Showdown,” Saatchi Gallery Online Competition, Semi-Finalist, Round 3, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk

2006

“Kinross High,” UCLA Senior Exhibition, New Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Paintings,” New Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, solo show

2003

UCLA Juried Exhibition Show, New Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Awards and Grants

          Nomination for the Headlands Center for the Arts Graduate Fellowship, 2009

          The San Francisco Art Institute MFA Fellowship, 2007-2009

          Nomination for participation in “New Insight” Art Chicago, 2008

          Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, Scholarship Award ( 4.0 GPA, 8 academic quarters), 2002-2006

          2002 Emerging Artist Scholarship, Danville Area Cultural Alliance, 2002

Publications

           “Showdown: The Winners of Round Three Announced,” Daily Magazine, News, The Saatchi Gallery

                          (Saatchi online), October 4, 2007

          “Braunstein/Quay - Needles & Pens -Luggage Store - Art Engine,” Alan Bamberger, ArtBusiness.com, June 28, 2008

          “New Art from Fresh Minds,” JD Beltran, San Francisco Chronicle (online edition at sfgate.com), April 23, 2009

          “Freshly Varnished And Ready for Their Close Up,” JD Beltran, San Francisco Chronicle (online edition at  

                          sfgate.com), May 20, 2009

          “SF Art Institute: 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition,” Drew Altizer, 7x7 Magazine (online edition on 7x7.com),

                          June 3, 2009

          “An Artist Finds a Muse and a Legend,” Kristen van Diggelen, The New Fillmore, (archived online at                                                                                  

                           www.newfillmore.com), February 2010