Education

San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A. Painting and Sculpture, M.F.A. Sculpture
California College of Arts and Crafts, Drawing and Painting

One and Two Person Exhibitions

2007
Dominion, ampersand international arts, San Francisco, CA

2005
as if…, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

2002
Ultra-marine: the workshop for alternative aquatic taxidermy
Artist-in-Residence exhibition, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2000
Practical Taxidermy, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
working like a beaver, vitra, San Francisco, CA

1995
Down-pour, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
the wound and the bow, Space 743, San Francisco, CA

1990
Paintings, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco

1989
Paintings and Constructions, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Cultivating Creativity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Strange Weather, David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco, CA
Don't Try This at Home: Obsessivley Reshaping the Ordinary, The Intersection, San Francisco, CA
work a day, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Close Calls, The Headlands, Sausalito, CA

2006
here's the thing, gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Animal House, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
Close Calls, The Headlands, Sausalito, CA
Instant Messaging, Gallery 16, San Francisco

2005
a group of mostly unrelated things, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
The Diorama Show, Mission17, San Francisco, CA
Better than Real, mixedUse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Circa 75, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Thirty Something, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Monster Drawing, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2004
Points of View: Selections from the Museum Collection, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Close Calls, The Headlands, Sausalito, CA
The Drawing Room, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Monotypes, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Creature Comforts, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Geek-tique Road Show, Build, San Francisco, CA

2003
Animal Magnetism, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
From Research to Action, Medical Research Symposium Exhibition presented by University of California Medical School, San Diego, CA
The Big Tree Project, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
All Animals, Milo Foundation Exhibition, Slater/Marinoff, Berkeley, CA
Q: Where are you at?/Q: Where is your drawing at?,The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2001
Luminous Wonders of the Electric World, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

2000
Polaroid Processes/Is It Photography?, Calumet Photographic Center, San Francisco, CA
Chill Factor, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999
Bow Wow, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Future Shock, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

1998
Site Specifics ’98, The Carriage House, Project Space at the Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY

1997
California Photography Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Museum Purchase Award Small Wonder, CEPA Gallery/Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts, Buffalo, NY
L’ Chaim, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Gold!, The Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland

1996
Media Rajas, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
Maps, Charts & Routes, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
The Dining Room, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995
The Book Show, Space 743, San Francisco, CA
Brown, Davenport and Davies, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

1994
On-Route: Installations along the 19 Polk Bus Route
Birth Rite: Hunters Point 1943-1969, a site-specific photographic/sculpture installation, Secession Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993
SF Camerawork Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Drawing into the 90’s, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX, Juror’s Drawing Award, toured various Texas Fine Arts Association locations throughout the state
Found Object as Art, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
The Living Room, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1992
Au musee d’honneur miniscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
not a theme: Harlequin, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1991
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Phenom/Phenotype: A Group Theory, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1987
Vertigo: Poetics of Dislocation, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Residencies/Awards

2007
Djerassi Resident Artists Program

2006
Creative Capital/Headlands Professional Development Award

2004
Eureka Fellowship Nominee
SFMOMA SECA Award Finalist

2002
Artist-in-Residence with solo exhibition, The Lab, San Francisco

1998
Artist-in-Residence exhibition, The Carriage House, project space at the Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY

1997
Museum Purchase Award, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA,

1994
Drawing Award, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX

Public Collections

Oakland Museum of California
Triton Museum
Frontier Adjusters Corporate Collection

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