EDUCATION
1991 MFA School of Art and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1987 BA School of Art and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
GRANTS and AWARDS
1993
Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, NEW AMERICAN TALENT, Austin, TX. Juror's Award: Kerry Brougher, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
1992
Grant Award, ART MATTERS, New York, NY
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY. Juror's Award: Laura Trippi, Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
SELECTED INSTALLATIONS
1996
Grounds for Belief, installation at Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Distended Lode - The Aphasic Works, collaboration with Richard Keely, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
1993
Too Thick to Chew the Aphasic Works, collaboration with Richard Keely, Athenaeum Music & Arts, Library, La Jolla, CA
1992
Disposition, inSITE '92, installation at the abandoned Mission Brewery, San Diego, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Altered Books, [Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2006
Love Handles, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA
1999
Ideas in Things, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1996
Several Theories, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
1995
In Your Own Backyard, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1994
Primarily Paint
traveled to: McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
traveled to: Firehouse Gallery, Del Rio, TX
New American Talent
traveled to: Texas A&M University Gallery, College Station, TX
traveled to: Brown County Museum Annex, Brownwood, TX
1993
Intimate Spaces, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX (traveled ... catalogue)
Primarily Paint
traveled to: Texas A&M University Gallery, College Station, TX
traveled to: Artist's Loft & Gallery, Galveston, TX
traveled to: Wayland University Gallery, Plaineview, TX
traveled to: Ground Floor Gallery, Houston, TX
1992
Small Works Show, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Work, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
Primarily Paint, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX (traveled ... catalogue)
Wallworks, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
12th Annual, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA
2nd Annual, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
1991
New and Emerging San Diego Artists, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
1991 MFA School of Art and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1987 BA School of Art and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
GRANTS and AWARDS
1993
Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, NEW AMERICAN TALENT, Austin, TX. Juror's Award: Kerry Brougher, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
1992
Grant Award, ART MATTERS, New York, NY
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY. Juror's Award: Laura Trippi, Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
SELECTED INSTALLATIONS
1996
Grounds for Belief, installation at Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Distended Lode - The Aphasic Works, collaboration with Richard Keely, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
1993
Too Thick to Chew the Aphasic Works, collaboration with Richard Keely, Athenaeum Music & Arts, Library, La Jolla, CA
1992
Disposition, inSITE '92, installation at the abandoned Mission Brewery, San Diego, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Altered Books, [Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2006
Love Handles, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA
1999
Ideas in Things, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1996
Several Theories, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
1995
In Your Own Backyard, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1994
Primarily Paint
traveled to: McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
traveled to: Firehouse Gallery, Del Rio, TX
New American Talent
traveled to: Texas A&M University Gallery, College Station, TX
traveled to: Brown County Museum Annex, Brownwood, TX
1993
Intimate Spaces, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX (traveled ... catalogue)
Primarily Paint
traveled to: Texas A&M University Gallery, College Station, TX
traveled to: Artist's Loft & Gallery, Galveston, TX
traveled to: Wayland University Gallery, Plaineview, TX
traveled to: Ground Floor Gallery, Houston, TX
1992
Small Works Show, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Work, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
Primarily Paint, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX (traveled ... catalogue)
Wallworks, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
12th Annual, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA
2nd Annual, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
1991
New and Emerging San Diego Artists, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA