Born    Houston, Texas
Selected exhibitions

2012 

  • David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Recent work
  • 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico Showcase

2011

  • Fisher Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Earth Measure Blues
  • New Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Catalyst
  • Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 18 Days
  • Brooklyn Art Library, New York, New York, The Sketchbook Project
  • Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy, Drawing Conections

2009

  • Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Wonder Salon
  • Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque, New Mexico, Terra-Hedron
  • Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, What Seeds Have Borne

2007

  • Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico,       Accelerate
  • Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Inside the Box
  • Underground Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Seeds
  • Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque, New Mexico, Strange Weeds: The Seed Project

2006

  • ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, Off the Grid
  • A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, Wish You Were Here

2005

  • T. W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, Paintings and Pots
  • Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, Beneath the Surface
  • Read-Johnson Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Small Works
  • Alder Art Gallery, Coburg, Oregon, La Petite
  • Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California, Collective 9: Conversations
  • O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, California, Monoprint Progressions

2004

  • Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, New Visions
  • Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California, Grouping
  • Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California, Contemporary Abstracts

2003

  • University of Texas at Tyler, Annual International Exhibition
  • Alpan Gallery, Huntington, New York
  • Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado, Englewood Arts National
  • Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland, American Landscapes
  • A St. Gallery, Santa Rosa, California, Filling Space
  • Gallery West, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, California
  • Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, On/Of Paper
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, Ink and Clay

2002

  • San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California, 37th Annual Open National Exhibition
  • Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Drawing III 
  • The Dairy Barn (Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center), Athens, Ohio,       Move It! 

Awards

  • 2009 — Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [essay]
  • 2004 — Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
  • 2003 — University of Texas, Tyler, Texas [purchase award]  

Bibliography/videography

  • Studio Visit Magazine, Fall 2011 [forthcoming]
  • “Invitation to the muse,” documentary video produced/directed by Karen Cantor, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc., 2010
  • “Art matters,” Harmony Hammond, Albuquerque Journal,December 11, 2009
  • “Art in review: ‘The Wonder Salon’,” Douglas Fairfield, Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo), December 4, 2009
  • Spirit of Drawing, Connie Smith Siegel (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2007)
  • “Women artists of Collective 9 meet to share support, criticism,” by Harriet Chiang, San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 2005
  • “Three artists bring three visions,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, Feb. 9, 2005
  • Brand 32: Works on Paper (Glendale, California, 2002)  

Other professional experience

  • Demonstration of monotype making without a press, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009
  • Instructor, color workshop, Santa Fe Design Week 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Visiting artist, Dorris-Eaton School, Walnut Creek, California, 2004
  • Guest juror, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 2002, 2003, and 2004
  • Residency, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 2003 

Education

  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, B.A. (economics and history)
  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (graduate work in law)
  • University of California at Los Angeles, M.A. (African studies)
  • University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England [Marshall Scholar]