EDUCATION
2004
MA in Drawing and Painting | California State University, Fullerton
1994-97
BFA in Illustration | Graduated With Honors | Art Center College of Design
1990- 94
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Feb-Mar/ Quietus/ Irvine Fine Arts Center/ Irvine, CA
2008
Nov-Jan/ Selected Works/ Mason Murer Gallery/ Atlanta, GA
2007
Feb/ In God I Trust/ Gallery C/ Los Angeles, CA
2004
May/ West Gallery/ California State University Fullerton/ Fullerton, CA
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2017
May/ ImPress/ Orange County Center For Contemporary Art/ Santa Ana, CA
Feb/ Currency/ Janet Turner Print Museum/ Chico, CA
2013
Mar/ Distinction Gallery/ San Diego, CA
2010
Nov/ Border Art Biennial/ El Paso Museum Of Art/ El Paso, TX
Nov/ Border Art Biennial/ Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juarez/ Juarez, MX
2009
May/ Selected Works/ Mason Murer Gallery/ Atlanta, GA
2008
Oct/ Realism Invitational/ Klaudia Marr Gallery/ Santa Fe, NM
March/ "Still Lifes, Objects, and Other Narratives"/ Klaudia Marr Gallery/ Santa Fe, NM
March/ Selected Works / Mason Murer Fine Art/ Atlanta, GA
2007
Jan/ LA Art Show / Los Angles, CA
2006
Feb/ Selected Drawings/ Gallery C/ Los Angeles, CA
March/ Emerging Artists 2005/ Phoenix Art Museum/ Phoenix, AZ
2004
July/ Americana/ City Of Brea Gallery/ Juror- Tyler Stallings/ Brea, CA
May/ 47th International Juried Exhibition/ San Diego Art Institute/ Juror- Peter Gordon/ San Diego, California
Cal State Fullerton/ Fullerton, CA
Jan/ Muckenthaler Cultural Center/ Juror- Kim Abeles/ Fullerton, California
2003
Oct /San Bernadino County Museum Of Art/ San Bernardino, California
Sept/ Beefcake Cheesecake / Orange County Center For Contemporary Art/ Santa Ana, California
Sept/ ANA 32/ Holter Museum Of Art/ Juror- Richard Notkin/ Helena, Montana
Aug/ 20th Annual Works On Paper/ Berkeley Art Center/ Juror- Marian Parmenter/ Berkeley, California
May/ T.W. Wood Gallery/ Montpelier, Vermont
AWARDS and HONORS
2012
Teacher of the Year Award, Irvine Valley College
2009
Best of Show/ 11th Annual KCCLA Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition
2006
New American Painting # 67 / Dec 2006
2005
New American Painting # 55 / 2004-05
2004
Best Of Show/ California Regional Juried Award Exhibition/ San Diego Art Institute
2003
Art Alliance Grant Recipient/ California State University, Fullerton
Best Of Show/ California Regional Juried Award Exhibition/ San Diego Art Institute
Best Of Show/ Contemporary Drawing 2003/ T.W. Wood Gallery
Honorable Mention/46th Annual International Awards Exhibition/ San Diego Art Institute
Best Of Show/ Second City Council International Exhibit
2002
Featured Artist/ Festival Di Ragazzi/ Salt Lake City, Utah
2001
Featured Artist/ Bellavia Street Painting Festival/ Valencia, CA
1999
Featured Artist/ A Feast For The Pallete Street Painting Festival/ Miami, FL
1997
Graduating Class Speaker/ Art Center College Of Design
1996
Honorable Mention/ Society Of Illustrators
1994
Full Tuition Scholarship/ Art Center College Of Design
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
NewsReview.Com/ Keep Pressing
Catalog/ Impress/ Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
2010
Catalog/ Border Art Biennial
El Paso Times/ Arts & Culture/
2009
Buzz.com/ Jury is Out- Top Artists in LA
2006
New American Painting # 67 / Dec
West Coast Gallery Guide Cover / June / July / Aug
2006
New American Painting # 67 / Dec
West Coast Gallery Guide Cover / June–Aug
Art and Antiques / Robert Nesmith / Emerging Artist / May
2005
Klein, Micheal / The Act Of Looking
New American Painting # 55 /
2004
Lagerberg, Don / A Certain Discontent / Life Drawings , May
Roche, Joanna / Recombinant Perfections / Life Drawings , May
Schoenkopf, Rebecca / I Want to Be Americano / OC Weekly 2
2003
Come to My Window/ San Diego Update
Kilduff, Paul/ Dogmatic Harlequins/ Berkeley Daily Planet
LECTURES
2010 Artist Talk/ El Paso Museum Of Art/ El Paso, TX
2008 Artist Talk/ LA Art Walk/ Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Artist Talk/ Gallery C/ Hermosa Beach, CA
2006 Artist Talk/ Irvine Valley College/ Irvine Valley, CA