Resume

Education

 
2000 M.F.A., California State University, Fullerton, CA
1989 B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1986 B.A., Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1980-1984 University of Texas at Austin and El Paso

Solo Exhibits

 
2001 Annie Appel - A Closer Look, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA
1992 Stretch, Southbay Museum of Contemporary Art, Torrance, CA
1986 Fourth Avenue, Evergreen State College Gallery, Olympia, WA
1984 Illusions, The Asterisk, Olympia, WA
1981 The Cover, El Paso Public Library Arts Exhibition Program, El Paso, TX

Selected Group Exhibits

2001 Shooting Nowhere, Hatch Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
A Gathering of Angels II, Angels Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
200-01 Artists and the Seven Seas Hague, World Water Forum, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany; Water Museum, Lisbon, Germany; UNESCO Headquarter, Paris, France
2000 A Gathering of Angels, Angels Gate Cultural Certer Gallery, San Pedro, CA
The Big Show, Hatch Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Seventh Annual International Independent Film and Video Festival, Madison
Square Garden, New York
1999 A Gathering of Angels, Angels Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
1998 CAA/MFA Juried Exhibition, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Lynn Zelizanski (LACMA), Cornelia Butler (MOCA), Jay Belloli (Armory), Noriko Gamblin (Independent Curator).
1996 Coming Home, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
Still Life, Still Here, curated by Josine Ianco-Starrels, Hunsaker/Schlesinger
1995 Photography in Los Angeles Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Robert Sobiezck and Tim Wride
1994 LAX at LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Passion, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Rathbone Gallery, Sage Junior College, Curated by Ann Philbin
Simpatico...The Art of Love, Le Salon de Charbogne Gallery, San Juan Capistrano, CA. Curated by Jeannie Denholm
Girl Truth, The Center for Artistic Integration, Long Beach, CA
1993 The Photo Review - National Photo Exhibit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Curated by Duane Michals
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX (also in the traveling exhition) Curated by Kerry Brougher
1992 Memory Inserts, Far Bazaar, Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Joseph Santarromana
The Spirit of the Matter; A Survey of Process Art, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Exhbition of New Photography, The William Reagh Gallery, Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Willie Middlebrook
On Site at the Gate, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, Curated by Thomas Solomon
Photography as Urban Scape/Rural Scape, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, Curated by Sant Subagh K. Khalsa, Scott Ward, John Brumfield
1991 Parallax, Lone Pine Gallery, Irvine, CA
1990 Group Show, Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, CO
Five Women, Highways performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
Photosphere, Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA
1989 Gallery Artists and Others; Selected Works, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Photography as Document, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, Curated by Robert Flick and Sheryl Conkleton
Art Center Fine Arts Exhibition, Art Center College of Design, Downtown Gallery, Pasadena
1984 210 1/2 Gallery, Olympia, WA
1983 Southwest Museum, El Paso, TX
1982 Fine Art Exhibition, El Paso Community College, TX

Bibliography

 
1996 Frank, Peter, Art Picks, L.A. Weekly, review of “Still Life...Still Here” exhibit, 8 Feburary 1996
1995 The Members’ Magazine of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July/Aug. 1995
Frank, Peter Art Picks, L.A. Weekly, review of “LAX at LACE” exhibit, 5 Janurary, 1995
1994 Eck, Michael, Showtime, Times Union Newspaper, Albany, N.Y., reveiw of “Passion” exhibition, 8 May 1994
1992 Clarke, Orville, Visions Magazine, “Stretch” exhibition at the Southbay Museum of Art, Winter Edition, 1992
1991 Mendenhall, Lauri, Orange Coast Art Scene, Orange County Registrar, review of Lone Pine Gallery exhibit, 31 March 1991, Littlefield, Kinney, Art Calendar, review of Lone Pine Gallery exhibit, March 1991

Grants / Awards

 
2000 Ilford Artist Materials Grant
Kodak Artist Materials Grant
1993 Jurors Merit Award, one of eleven artists chosen from a field of 1570 artists, and selected for touring show. Curated by Kerry Brougher
Fourth Place Award, selected out of 820 artists, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Curated by Duane Michals
1989 Kodak Artist Materials Grant, 5,000 feet of colour photo paper

Corporate Collections

1995 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Safeco Corporation, Seattle Washington
1991 Teubner and Brown, Architecture Firm, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA

Select Private Collections

 
The Vernon Collection, Los Angeles, California
Jan De Bont, Los Angeles, California
Renny Harlin, Los Angeles, California
Karen and David Gury, Boca Raton, Florida
Nancy Frindel, Rome, Italy
Joe Fronek, Los Angeles, California
Sharleen and Martin Cohen, Malibu, California
John and Nancy Hughes, Chicago, Illinois
Caren Golden, New York, New York
Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Galen Metz, Belmont Shores, California
Mark Moore Gallery, Long Beach, California
David Sackeroff, Silver Lake, California
Ron Meyer, Los Angeles, California
Pam Strugar, Pasadena, California
Steve Oliver, Altadena, California
 

Professional Experience

Feb 1998- June 2004 Staff Photographer, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 1997-May 1998 Photography instructor at California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Aug 1997 Pinhole Workshop Instructor, Brandeis Bardin Institute, Simi Valley, CA
June 1994 Printing assistant for Herb Ritts Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Feb 1994 Photo Instructor, The Center for Artistic Integregation, Artists Reaching Out to Kids Program, Long Beach, CA
Dec 1992-Sept 1993 Darkroom Director for the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
Jan 1992-Apr 1992 Photo Instructor at American Child Foundation, Venice, CA
Jan 1992-Feb1992 Photo Instructor at Southbay Contempary Art Museum, Torrance, CA
July 1991-Feb 1992 Custom black and white fine art printer for Deborah Samuel Photography, Santa Monica, CA
Nov 1990-Apr 1991 Photo Instructor (ages 5-18), Hillsides Home for Abused Children, Pasadena, CA
Jan 1990-Jan 1991 Darkroom printer for House of Representatives, Olympia, WA
Sept 1985-Oct 1986 Darkroom manager for the Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA