Education
2003 M.F.A. ART PRACTICE University of California Berkeley
1997 B.A. ART University of California Santa Cruz
Academic Experience
2011- present ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Santa Clara University
2005 - 2011 LECTURER, Santa Clara University
2004 – 2005 LECTURER, University of California Davis
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2012 CONTINUUM: New Time Paintings, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 SHIFTING LANDSCAPES: a two person show with Chelsea James, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
BEYOND STATIC: a two person show with Gage Opdenbrouw, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
EVERYTHING IS ELECTRIFIED, a two people show with Terry Thompson, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2009 (SUB)URBAN, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 MINUTES OF THE EARTH, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2007 LANDSCAPES AND FIGURES, Art Department Gallery, Santa Clara University, CA
2006 ABSORBED IN SILENCE, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 WHY PAINT A LANDSCAPE? CURRENT VIEWS & PERSPECTIVES, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 THE DYNAMICS OF PAINTERS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
REALISTS: NEW, RECENT & HISTORICAL WORKS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELF-PORTRAITS AND OTHERS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ART FOR AIDS Silent Auction, The Galleria @ The SF Design Center, San Francisco, CA
OUTLANDISH: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, (Juried Exhibition), Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
SMALL WORKS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 LANDSCAPES: GLIMPSES OF EVERYDAY CALIFORNIA,
de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
ART FOR AIDS Live Auction, The Galleria @ The SF Design Center, San Francisco, CA
AQUA: ART ON WATER, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF FINE ART FAIR, ArtZone 461 Gallery (Booth 56), San Francisco, CA
INTRODUCTIONS 2010: NEW ARTISTS & FRESH WORKS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, John Natsoulas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FIGURE, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2008 FACULTY SHOW, Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
ARTFULLY YOURS, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2007 THE LITTLE SHOW, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
LANDSCAPES: RURAL AND URBAN REALITIES, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
EXPERIENCE TEACHES, De Saisset Museum of Art, CA
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, Oakland, CA
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
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
Bibliography
2010 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Open Studios Press, 2010
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