EDUCATION

2003
M.F.A. ART PRACTICE
university of california berkeley

1997
B.A. ART
university of california santa cruz

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2005 - present
LECTURER
santa clara university

2004 - 2005
LECTURER
university of california davis

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
LANDSCAPES AND FIGURES
art department gallery
santa clara university

2006
ABSORBED IN SILENCE
b. sakata garo
sacramento, ca

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
THE LITTLE SHOW
swarm gallery
oakland, ca

LANDSCAPES:  RURAL AND URBAN REALITIES
triton museum of art

EXPERIENCE TEACHES
de saisset museum of art

ARTISTS AND FRIENDS
b. sakata garo
sacramento, ca                  

EXEMPLARY CONTEMPORARY
eloise pickard smith gallery
university of california santa

ART IN EMBASSIES
montevideo uruguay

FIVE PAINTERS
stellar somerset gallery
palo alto, ca

2006

23RD ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
berkeley art center

GRAND OPENING: NEW WORKS
swarm gallery
oakland, ca

CLOSE CALLS
headlands center for the arts
sausalito, ca

2005
GALEX 39
galesburg civic art center
galesburg, il

2004
RYAN REYNOLDS AND RON BIMROSE
g2 gallery
scottsdale, az

INTRODUCTIONS
b. sakata garo
sacramento, ca

2003
FAR AWAY - NEARBY,
33rd annual graduate exhibition
berkeley art museum
berkeley, ca

UNBOUNDED VISTAS
hearst art gallery,
saint mary’s college, ca

2002
BAY AREA CURRENTS
oakland art gallery

2001
FULL
university of california
berkeley worth ryder gallery

2000
THE PAST THREE YEARS
cabrillo college
aptos, ca

CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS: REVEALING THE HUMAN SPIRIT
d.p. fong galleries
san jose, ca

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HONORS

2007
SECA AWARD NOMINATION
sfmoma

2005

TOURNESOL AWARD FINALIST
headlands center for the arts  

RESIDENCY
i-park east
haddam, ct

GRAND AWARD
galex 39
galesburg civic art center

2003
TOURNESOL AWARD FINALIST
headlands center for the arts

J. RUTH KELSEY TRAVELING MERIT AWARD
university of california berkeley

2002
EISNER AWARD FOR THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CREATIVE ARTS
university of california berkeley

2001
FULL TUITION GRANT
department of art practice
university of california berkeley

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
ART IN EMBASSIES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
montevideo uruguay
2007 

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
“surveying our landscapes”
sara wykes
august 2007 

THE WAVE MAGAZINE
vol. 7 issue 2
“space and time”
michael j. vaughn
february 2007

2006
ARTWEEK
vol. 37 no.7
“previews”
debra koppman
september 2006 

SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW
“get into’scape”
saunthy nicholson-singh
september, 2006

SACRAMENTO BEE
“critic’s pick”
victoria dalkey
september 15, 2006

2005
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS
juried exhibition-in-print
the open studios press: boston
vol. no. 61, p.  114-117
2005

2004
SACRAMENTO BEE
“critic's pick” 
victoria dalkey
july 4, 2004

SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW
“getting it”
tim white
july 22, 2004

2003
BERKELEY ART MUSEUM CATALOGUE
“far away-nearby”
heidi zuckerman-jacobson
2003

2002
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS
the mfa annual
the open studios press: boston
vol. 7. p.130-131
2002

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