MARK EANES CV
EDUCATION
1987 M.F.A, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1974 B.F.A, U.C. Santa Barbara, CA
1972 A.A,Canada College, Redwood City, CA
SOLO EHXIBITIONS
2022 WHY THIS, NOT THAT? / Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
A FLANEUR IN BEOGRAD / Marilyn Citron O'Rourke Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
2021 SHIFTING SANDS / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2020 RECENT WORK / 45 Fremont Lobby / San Francisco, CA
2019 THE PASSIONATE SPECTATOR / Triton Museum of Art / Santa Clara, CA
ANGLE OF REPOSE / Manna Gallery / Oakland, CA
2018 RECENT WORK / Corporate Lobby at 199 Freemont st. / San Francisco, CA
LAYERS / Sanchez Art Center / Pacifica, CA
LAYERS / Ruby Design Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
THE FLANEUR'S EYE / Pence Gallery / Davis, CA
2017 RECENT WORK / Gallery 216 / Benicia, CA
2016 LAYERS / Partners Gallery / Fort Bragg, CA
2015 RECENT WORK / Shiege Gallery / Cotati, CA
2013 ROVINJ ANNUAL ART FAIR / Rovinj, Croatia
RECENT WORK / 621 Gallery / Benicia, CA
2011 ALL ABOUT SEEING / A THIRTY YEAR SURVEY / Marcellus Gallery / Hanford, CA
2007 SACRED + PROFANE / MASTER STUDIES / Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
2004 FROM THE NATURAL WORLD, Paintings, Prints / Mill Valley Arts Commission /
Mill Valley, CA
1995 ABSTRACTION / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
1992 PAINTINGS + MONOPRINTS / Patricia Sweetow Gallery / Napa, CA
IMAGES OF INDIA / Gallery Route One / Pt. Reyes, CA
1990 PAINTINGS AND MONOPRINTS / Dominican College / San Rafael, CA
1988 AFTER THE FIRE / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
NEW FACES / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 CHAOS + ORDER / Petersburg Art League, Petersburg, VA
2022 GROUP SHOW / Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
2021 ALTERED SCORES / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2020 THE JOURNEYMEN / Estey Gallery / Benicia, CA
2019 ALL IN THE FAMILY / Seager Gray Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
2018 GROUP SHOW / Imagery Winery Gallery / Kenwood, CA
2017 MARVELOUS / International Juried Show / Sebastopol Center for the Arts / Sebastopol, CA
IMAGERY WINE COLLECTION / Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
FIGURE / Gray Loft Gallery / Oakland, CA
FROM JAYJAY WITH LOVE / JayJay Gallery / Sacramento, CA
SALON AT THE TRITON / Triton Gallery / Santa Clara, CA
EARTHLY EVIDENCE / Three Person Show / Jen Tough Gallery / Vallejo, CA
GROUP SHOW / Miyasato Fine Art / SF, CA
2016 BOOK-ART OBJECT / III International Exhibit / Applied Arts Museum / Belgrade, Serbia
IMAGERY WINE COLLECTION OF ART/ Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
ABSTRACT / Juried Exhibition / Sebastopol Center for the arts, CA
MICROART / DA DAS Gallery / Sacramento, CA
IN REMEMBRANCE; People, Times and Places / San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
ARTISTS SELECT/ Cumberland Gallery / Nashville, TN
SALON EXHIBITION / Juried Show / Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
GROUP SHOW / Nancy Dodds Gallery / Carmel, CA
LIFE LIVE, Figurative Work / ARC Gallery / SF, CA
2015 FRAGMENTS OF ABSTRACTION / Grayloft Gallery / Oakland, CA
VARIATIONS ON ABSTRACTION / Transmission Gallery / Oakland, CA
NATURE OBSERVED, Photography / Grayloft Gallery / Oakland, CA
MICROCOSMOS / Juried Exhibition / Gallery 621 / Benicia, CA
DROUGHT, Faculty Exhibition / CCA / SF,CA
2014 ACHROMATS / The art of black + white / Solano College
HUMAN VOICE / human presence in art / Gallery 2110, Sacramento, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2013 ROVINJ ANNUAL ART FAIR / Rovinj, Croatia
2012 FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
HUMAN VOICE / Human Presence in Art / Gallery 2110 / Sacramento, CA
2011 ABSTRACT: 2000-2010 / Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
VISITING ARTIST / CalArts / Valencia, CA
2010 FOUR APPROACHES TO DRAWING / Lynn House Gallery, /Antioch, CA
ENVIRONMENTS / Photographs by Bay Area Instructors / Louie-Meager Art Gallery at
Gary Soren Smith Center for Performing Arts / Fremont, CA
ART OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
ALTOGETHER, COLLAGE GROUP SHOW / Santa Cruz Arts League / Santa Cruz, CA
The Artists of ZYZZYV A Literary Magazine / Mina Dresden Gallery / San Francisco, CA
FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
DRAWING- THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2009 INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / Bedford Gallery / Walnut Creek, CA
GROUP SHOW, "OVER HUNG" / Concrete Walls Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
MADE IN THE SHADE, BENEFIT FOR CCA / Gumps, San Francisco, CA
SWEET SIXTEEN, BENEFIT FOR ARTS BENICIA / Benicia, CA
2008 CCA FACULTY EXHIBITION / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oakland, CA
INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / BOTANICALS, Ohlone College /Fremont, CA
FACULTY SHOW, CSSSA / CalArts / Valencia, CA
2007 JUST CHARCOAL / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Artists Gallery
FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
DRAWING: VISIONS, SURFACES + BEYOND / Triton Museum of Art / Santa Clara, CA
ABAA / Art Auction for Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Bencia Gallery / Benicia, CA
2006 GROUP EXHIBITION / Etra Gallery / Miami, FL
2005 FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
GROUP SHOW / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
COLOR + FORM / Four Person Show, Etra Gallery / Miami, FL
FACULTY SHOW / Cal Arts / Santa Clarita, CA
FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
2004 PERFORMANCE + JAZZ DRAWINGS / Sheldon Jackson College / Sitka, AL
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2003 EXHIBITION + LECTURE / Sheldon Jackson College / Sitka, AL
FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
GROUP SHOW / California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts /Valencia, CA
2002 FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
2001 SHOW OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2000 Gallery 14 / Yountville, CA
PRECARIOUS PROJECT / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
COMPUTER IMAGERY / Collaboration with Robin Lasser, San Jose Museum of Art /
San Jose, CA
1999 FIGURATIVE PAINTING / Arts Benicia Gallery / Benicia, CA
FACULTY SHOW / California Institute for the Arts / Valencia, CA
1998 FACULTY SHOW / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
1997 GROUP EXHIBITION / Patricia Sweetow Gallery / San Francisco, CA
BAY AREA PRINTMAKERS / Grace Albrecht Gallery / Bluffton, OH
1996 MONOPRINTS / Aurobora Press / San Fransisco, CA
POST-WASTE, A FUTURE IMPERATIVE / Arts Benicia Gallery / Benicia, CA
1995 DIMINUTIVE PAIRS / Pat Sweetow Gallery / Napa, CA
GROUP SHOW / Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 U.S.A.WITHIN LIMITS, Documenta Galeria de Arte / San Paulo, Brazil
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
GROUP SHOW / Aurobora Press / San Francisco, CA
1993 GROUP SHOW / Grover/Thurston Gallery / Seattle, WA
ICONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART / California Craft Museum / San Francisco, CA
1992 ACCHROCHAGE /, Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
FACULTY SHOW / California Institute for the Arts / Valencia, CA
1991 JURIED SHOW / Gallery Rt. One / Pt. Reyes, CA
GROUP SHOW / Michael Dunev Gallery /San Francisco, CA
1990 BAY CURRENTS: CLAY + GLASS / San Francisco Craft and Folk Museum / San Francisco, CA
AWARDS + COMMISSION WORK
2023 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design
2017 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design (awarded two labels)
2016 MURAL / Miamiam restaurant / Belgrade,Serbia
WHEEL OF TIME / Large scale mixed media installation / SolTrans / Vallejo, CA
2013 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design
MURAL / North Carolina Coastal Federation / Wrightswille Beach, NC
2012 MURAL / Worked with children to create Mural at Fellowship Church / Vallejo, CA
2010 ORCHESTRAL HISTORICAL / Large scale mixed media installation / Kaiser Hospital / Vallejo, CA
2006 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT / CCA /Residency at Robert Blackburn Press, NY
CURATORIAL
2016 FORMA NATURA, Nature as Source / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2015 WHY MAKE ART, 25 Benicia Artists Respond / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2014 UNBREAKABLE, Selections from the Millennial CCA Ceramics Alumni / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2012 AB25 / COLLECTIVE MEMORIES / a retrospective of 25 years featuring over 120 artists Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2010 EDGES OF LIGHT / Explorations of the photographic process / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2009 DRAWING - THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2007 ZOOLOTRY, A CURIOUS MENAGERIE / John Abduljaami, Deborah Barrett, Stan Peterson, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2002 CREAM, A survey of Bay Area’s Top M.F.A. talent (panel discussion with Kenneth Baker) Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2001 MANUEL NERI’S PRIVATE COLLECTION/ intimate view of Mr. Neri’s private art collection/Arts Benicia
2000 THE COLOR PURPLE / artwork of developmentally disabled adults, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
1998 TEXT-CONTEXT / survey of artists working in text-based media, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
1996 THE NEXT GENERATION / exhibition of children’s artwork, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-2023 Associate Professor of Painting + Illustration, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2023 LANGUAGE OF DRAWING, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2021 LANGUAGE OF DESIGN, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2020 LANGUAGE OF COLOR, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2019 COLOR + DESIGN Workshop, Port Townsend School of the Arts, Port Townsend, WA
COLOR + DESIGN Workshop, La Romita School of the Arts, Terni, Italy
FIGURE DRAWING Workshop for Faculty members / University of Charleston / Charleston, SC
2018 COLOR + DESIGN Workshop / Pence Gallery / Davis, CA
2017 FIGURE DRAWING Workshop / Mendocino Art Center. Mendocino, CA
2002/3 Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska
1997/2000 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1996 Dominican College, San Rafael,CA
1993/96 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1991/2003 California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Valencia, CA
1988/99 College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
1985/87 Mills College, Oakland, CA (TA for Jay DeFeo, Ron Nagle, John Roloff)
PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
2019 JUROR / Freemont Art Association / Freemont, CA
2016/17 Volunteer teaching / Drawing Workshop / Middle School / Benicia, CA
2015 ARTIST LECTURE SERIES / Sonoma State University / Sonoma,CA
2013- MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2012/13 BOARD MEMBER / Arts Benicia / Bencia, CA
JUROR / Alameda County Fair
PRESENTATION to Benicia’s Middle School
2010/12 MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / ArtsBenicia
2010 MEMBER of Search Committee for ArtsBenica’s new Director
2008 CO-JUROR with Linda Fleming for SOUPCON exhibition / ArtsBenica
2005/08 CHAIR OF VISUAL ARTS / California State Summer School for the Arts / CalArts
2007 JUROR / Flyway Festival Wetlands Art Exhibition / Vallejo, CA
2006 RESIDENCY / Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop / N.Y., New York
PANEL MEMBER / Creative Women Symposium / ArtsBenicia
1998/200 PRESIDENT, Board of Directors, Arts Benicia (non-profit arts organization) Benicia, CA
1996/98 Board of Directors, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA Founding member of Arts Education program
PUBLICATIONS
2016 BOOK-ART OBJECT Catalogue / III International Exhibit / Museum of applied arts / Belgrade, Serbia
2002 Conversation with Mark Eanes, Dave Badtke, Vallejo Times
2001 Review of Next Generation Exhibition, Richard Toronto, Vallejo Times
1999 Noetic Science Review, Fall,Front cover design for 25th year celebration issue
1996 Review of ‘Precarious Project’, Diana Scott, Camera Work, Winter Issue 1996
1992 Noetic Sciences Review, nos. 23, 24, 25
Zyzzyva, volume VIII, no. 3, Fall Issue
1988 Zyzzyva, volume IV, no.14, Winter Issue, Printmaker, Review, July
1987 Oakland Tribune, Charles Shere review, Artscence
EDUCATION
1987 M.F.A, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1974 B.F.A, U.C. Santa Barbara, CA
1972 A.A,Canada College, Redwood City, CA
SOLO EHXIBITIONS
2022 WHY THIS, NOT THAT? / Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
A FLANEUR IN BEOGRAD / Marilyn Citron O'Rourke Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
2021 SHIFTING SANDS / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2020 RECENT WORK / 45 Fremont Lobby / San Francisco, CA
2019 THE PASSIONATE SPECTATOR / Triton Museum of Art / Santa Clara, CA
ANGLE OF REPOSE / Manna Gallery / Oakland, CA
2018 RECENT WORK / Corporate Lobby at 199 Freemont st. / San Francisco, CA
LAYERS / Sanchez Art Center / Pacifica, CA
LAYERS / Ruby Design Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
THE FLANEUR'S EYE / Pence Gallery / Davis, CA
2017 RECENT WORK / Gallery 216 / Benicia, CA
2016 LAYERS / Partners Gallery / Fort Bragg, CA
2015 RECENT WORK / Shiege Gallery / Cotati, CA
2013 ROVINJ ANNUAL ART FAIR / Rovinj, Croatia
RECENT WORK / 621 Gallery / Benicia, CA
2011 ALL ABOUT SEEING / A THIRTY YEAR SURVEY / Marcellus Gallery / Hanford, CA
2007 SACRED + PROFANE / MASTER STUDIES / Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
2004 FROM THE NATURAL WORLD, Paintings, Prints / Mill Valley Arts Commission /
Mill Valley, CA
1995 ABSTRACTION / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
1992 PAINTINGS + MONOPRINTS / Patricia Sweetow Gallery / Napa, CA
IMAGES OF INDIA / Gallery Route One / Pt. Reyes, CA
1990 PAINTINGS AND MONOPRINTS / Dominican College / San Rafael, CA
1988 AFTER THE FIRE / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
NEW FACES / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 CHAOS + ORDER / Petersburg Art League, Petersburg, VA
2022 GROUP SHOW / Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
2021 ALTERED SCORES / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2020 THE JOURNEYMEN / Estey Gallery / Benicia, CA
2019 ALL IN THE FAMILY / Seager Gray Gallery / Mill Valley, CA
2018 GROUP SHOW / Imagery Winery Gallery / Kenwood, CA
2017 MARVELOUS / International Juried Show / Sebastopol Center for the Arts / Sebastopol, CA
IMAGERY WINE COLLECTION / Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
FIGURE / Gray Loft Gallery / Oakland, CA
FROM JAYJAY WITH LOVE / JayJay Gallery / Sacramento, CA
SALON AT THE TRITON / Triton Gallery / Santa Clara, CA
EARTHLY EVIDENCE / Three Person Show / Jen Tough Gallery / Vallejo, CA
GROUP SHOW / Miyasato Fine Art / SF, CA
2016 BOOK-ART OBJECT / III International Exhibit / Applied Arts Museum / Belgrade, Serbia
IMAGERY WINE COLLECTION OF ART/ Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
ABSTRACT / Juried Exhibition / Sebastopol Center for the arts, CA
MICROART / DA DAS Gallery / Sacramento, CA
IN REMEMBRANCE; People, Times and Places / San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
ARTISTS SELECT/ Cumberland Gallery / Nashville, TN
SALON EXHIBITION / Juried Show / Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA
GROUP SHOW / Nancy Dodds Gallery / Carmel, CA
LIFE LIVE, Figurative Work / ARC Gallery / SF, CA
2015 FRAGMENTS OF ABSTRACTION / Grayloft Gallery / Oakland, CA
VARIATIONS ON ABSTRACTION / Transmission Gallery / Oakland, CA
NATURE OBSERVED, Photography / Grayloft Gallery / Oakland, CA
MICROCOSMOS / Juried Exhibition / Gallery 621 / Benicia, CA
DROUGHT, Faculty Exhibition / CCA / SF,CA
2014 ACHROMATS / The art of black + white / Solano College
HUMAN VOICE / human presence in art / Gallery 2110, Sacramento, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2013 ROVINJ ANNUAL ART FAIR / Rovinj, Croatia
2012 FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
HUMAN VOICE / Human Presence in Art / Gallery 2110 / Sacramento, CA
2011 ABSTRACT: 2000-2010 / Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
VISITING ARTIST / CalArts / Valencia, CA
2010 FOUR APPROACHES TO DRAWING / Lynn House Gallery, /Antioch, CA
ENVIRONMENTS / Photographs by Bay Area Instructors / Louie-Meager Art Gallery at
Gary Soren Smith Center for Performing Arts / Fremont, CA
ART OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
ALTOGETHER, COLLAGE GROUP SHOW / Santa Cruz Arts League / Santa Cruz, CA
The Artists of ZYZZYV A Literary Magazine / Mina Dresden Gallery / San Francisco, CA
FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
DRAWING- THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2009 INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / Bedford Gallery / Walnut Creek, CA
GROUP SHOW, "OVER HUNG" / Concrete Walls Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
MADE IN THE SHADE, BENEFIT FOR CCA / Gumps, San Francisco, CA
SWEET SIXTEEN, BENEFIT FOR ARTS BENICIA / Benicia, CA
2008 CCA FACULTY EXHIBITION / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oakland, CA
INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / BOTANICALS, Ohlone College /Fremont, CA
FACULTY SHOW, CSSSA / CalArts / Valencia, CA
2007 JUST CHARCOAL / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Artists Gallery
FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center / Oakland, CA
DRAWING: VISIONS, SURFACES + BEYOND / Triton Museum of Art / Santa Clara, CA
ABAA / Art Auction for Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Bencia Gallery / Benicia, CA
2006 GROUP EXHIBITION / Etra Gallery / Miami, FL
2005 FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
GROUP SHOW / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
COLOR + FORM / Four Person Show, Etra Gallery / Miami, FL
FACULTY SHOW / Cal Arts / Santa Clarita, CA
FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
2004 PERFORMANCE + JAZZ DRAWINGS / Sheldon Jackson College / Sitka, AL
ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2003 EXHIBITION + LECTURE / Sheldon Jackson College / Sitka, AL
FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
GROUP SHOW / California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts /Valencia, CA
2002 FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
2001 SHOW OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2000 Gallery 14 / Yountville, CA
PRECARIOUS PROJECT / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA
COMPUTER IMAGERY / Collaboration with Robin Lasser, San Jose Museum of Art /
San Jose, CA
1999 FIGURATIVE PAINTING / Arts Benicia Gallery / Benicia, CA
FACULTY SHOW / California Institute for the Arts / Valencia, CA
1998 FACULTY SHOW / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts / Oakland, CA
1997 GROUP EXHIBITION / Patricia Sweetow Gallery / San Francisco, CA
BAY AREA PRINTMAKERS / Grace Albrecht Gallery / Bluffton, OH
1996 MONOPRINTS / Aurobora Press / San Fransisco, CA
POST-WASTE, A FUTURE IMPERATIVE / Arts Benicia Gallery / Benicia, CA
1995 DIMINUTIVE PAIRS / Pat Sweetow Gallery / Napa, CA
GROUP SHOW / Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 U.S.A.WITHIN LIMITS, Documenta Galeria de Arte / San Paulo, Brazil
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE / Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
GROUP SHOW / Aurobora Press / San Francisco, CA
1993 GROUP SHOW / Grover/Thurston Gallery / Seattle, WA
ICONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART / California Craft Museum / San Francisco, CA
1992 ACCHROCHAGE /, Michael Dunev Gallery / San Francisco, CA
FACULTY SHOW / California Institute for the Arts / Valencia, CA
1991 JURIED SHOW / Gallery Rt. One / Pt. Reyes, CA
GROUP SHOW / Michael Dunev Gallery /San Francisco, CA
1990 BAY CURRENTS: CLAY + GLASS / San Francisco Craft and Folk Museum / San Francisco, CA
AWARDS + COMMISSION WORK
2023 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design
2017 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design (awarded two labels)
2016 MURAL / Miamiam restaurant / Belgrade,Serbia
WHEEL OF TIME / Large scale mixed media installation / SolTrans / Vallejo, CA
2013 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design
MURAL / North Carolina Coastal Federation / Wrightswille Beach, NC
2012 MURAL / Worked with children to create Mural at Fellowship Church / Vallejo, CA
2010 ORCHESTRAL HISTORICAL / Large scale mixed media installation / Kaiser Hospital / Vallejo, CA
2006 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT / CCA /Residency at Robert Blackburn Press, NY
CURATORIAL
2016 FORMA NATURA, Nature as Source / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2015 WHY MAKE ART, 25 Benicia Artists Respond / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2014 UNBREAKABLE, Selections from the Millennial CCA Ceramics Alumni / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2012 AB25 / COLLECTIVE MEMORIES / a retrospective of 25 years featuring over 120 artists Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2010 EDGES OF LIGHT / Explorations of the photographic process / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2009 DRAWING - THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2007 ZOOLOTRY, A CURIOUS MENAGERIE / John Abduljaami, Deborah Barrett, Stan Peterson, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2002 CREAM, A survey of Bay Area’s Top M.F.A. talent (panel discussion with Kenneth Baker) Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2001 MANUEL NERI’S PRIVATE COLLECTION/ intimate view of Mr. Neri’s private art collection/Arts Benicia
2000 THE COLOR PURPLE / artwork of developmentally disabled adults, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
1998 TEXT-CONTEXT / survey of artists working in text-based media, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
1996 THE NEXT GENERATION / exhibition of children’s artwork, Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-2023 Associate Professor of Painting + Illustration, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2023 LANGUAGE OF DRAWING, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2021 LANGUAGE OF DESIGN, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2020 LANGUAGE OF COLOR, on demand course concept and creation / Online
2019 COLOR + DESIGN Workshop, Port Townsend School of the Arts, Port Townsend, WA
COLOR + DESIGN Workshop, La Romita School of the Arts, Terni, Italy
FIGURE DRAWING Workshop for Faculty members / University of Charleston / Charleston, SC
2018 COLOR + DESIGN Workshop / Pence Gallery / Davis, CA
2017 FIGURE DRAWING Workshop / Mendocino Art Center. Mendocino, CA
2002/3 Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska
1997/2000 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1996 Dominican College, San Rafael,CA
1993/96 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1991/2003 California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Valencia, CA
1988/99 College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
1985/87 Mills College, Oakland, CA (TA for Jay DeFeo, Ron Nagle, John Roloff)
PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
2019 JUROR / Freemont Art Association / Freemont, CA
2016/17 Volunteer teaching / Drawing Workshop / Middle School / Benicia, CA
2015 ARTIST LECTURE SERIES / Sonoma State University / Sonoma,CA
2013- MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / Arts Benicia / Benicia, CA
2012/13 BOARD MEMBER / Arts Benicia / Bencia, CA
JUROR / Alameda County Fair
PRESENTATION to Benicia’s Middle School
2010/12 MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / ArtsBenicia
2010 MEMBER of Search Committee for ArtsBenica’s new Director
2008 CO-JUROR with Linda Fleming for SOUPCON exhibition / ArtsBenica
2005/08 CHAIR OF VISUAL ARTS / California State Summer School for the Arts / CalArts
2007 JUROR / Flyway Festival Wetlands Art Exhibition / Vallejo, CA
2006 RESIDENCY / Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop / N.Y., New York
PANEL MEMBER / Creative Women Symposium / ArtsBenicia
1998/200 PRESIDENT, Board of Directors, Arts Benicia (non-profit arts organization) Benicia, CA
1996/98 Board of Directors, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA Founding member of Arts Education program
PUBLICATIONS
2016 BOOK-ART OBJECT Catalogue / III International Exhibit / Museum of applied arts / Belgrade, Serbia
2002 Conversation with Mark Eanes, Dave Badtke, Vallejo Times
2001 Review of Next Generation Exhibition, Richard Toronto, Vallejo Times
1999 Noetic Science Review, Fall,Front cover design for 25th year celebration issue
1996 Review of ‘Precarious Project’, Diana Scott, Camera Work, Winter Issue 1996
1992 Noetic Sciences Review, nos. 23, 24, 25
Zyzzyva, volume VIII, no. 3, Fall Issue
1988 Zyzzyva, volume IV, no.14, Winter Issue, Printmaker, Review, July
1987 Oakland Tribune, Charles Shere review, Artscence