Education
2005 SJSU - MFA, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2003 SJSU - BA, Art (pictorial) Summa Cum Laude, San Jose, CA
1995 SJSU - BS, Industrial Technology (design & technical drawing)
1988 San Jose City College - AS Electronic Technology, San Jose, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Signs of Life, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Urban Signs, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Preview, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 The Streets of San Francisco, Caffe’ Muse, MOMA, San Francisco, CA
2007 Terry Thompson, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Roadside Art, The California Museum of History, Women & the Arts, Sacramento, CA (catalogue)
2006 Recent Work, b.sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2005 Neon Nights, San Jose ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2003 Recent Paintings, Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2003 Cityscapes, D. P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2003 Artist of the Month, Triton Museum of Art (book store) Santa Clara, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 The Realists: New, Recent & Historical Works, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Everything is Electrified, a two people show, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2010 2010 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
AQUA: Art on Water, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Seduction of Duchamp, Bay Area Artists’ Response, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Un-titled, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Fine Art Fair, ArtZone 461 Gallery Booth 56, San Francisco, CA
The Seduction of Duchamp, Bay Area Artists’ Response, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 A Sense of Place, de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University
Environments, Louie Meager Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA (photographs) catalog
2008 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN (catalog)
City Lights, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
Neo Realism, George Billis Gallery, LA, CA
Building aTeam, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco CA
Los Angeles Art Show, (George Billis) Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2007 San Francisco Scenes, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Pop Realism, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
City Life, SF MoMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2006 The Last Picture Show, F8 Fine Art Gallery Austin, TX.
Lift Off - SJSU MFA Graduates, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
2005 New Masters 2005 (statewide, juried), WORKS Gallery San Jose, CA.
2004 Introductions 2004, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA.
Landscapes & Cityscapes, D.P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA.
2003 Art Bowl III (Juried) Northern California MFA Invitational, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA.
Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show (national), Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA.
2002 Fall Exhibition - Works by Current SJSU Faculty & Students, Heritage Bank, S.J. CA.
Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show (national), Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA.
Works 25th Anniversary Members Show, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2001 Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA.
Works Annual Member Show, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA.
Awards
2008 Honorable Mention, Contemporary American Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2005 SJSU - Violet Speddy Scholarship
2004 SJSU - Catherine Urban Scholarship
2003 Honorable Mention, Los Gatos Art Assoc. Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
SJSU - Helen Dooley Scholarship - Randall Sadler Scholarship
2002 Merit Award, AVA Show Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1st Place, LGAA Annual Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2001 1st & 2nd Place, AVA Show Triton Museum, LGAA peer vote, Santa Clara, CA
Public Collections
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
de Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
The California Museum of History Women and the Arts, Sacramento, CA
IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA
Metro Newspaper, San Jose, CA
