RESUME

​​Personal                                 
  • Native of California
  • Born 1958
  • Educated in Hayward, Sacramento, China, and Berkeley
  • Married to Diane Williams
  • Goal: to continue the evolution as an exhibiting artist, educator, and art community advocate
Representation                                 
Education
  • Cold Wax Workshop by Jerry Mclaughlin and Rebecca Crowell, Skopelos, Greece, 2019
  • Cold Wax Workshop by Jerry McLaughlin, MD ( Gearbox Gallery, Jen Tough Gallery), Benicia, CA, 2017
  • John F Kennedy University, Master of Fine Arts and Consciousness, 2003
  • China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, 2001
  • California State University, Sacramento, CA, Art Classes, 1997-99
  • University of California, Hayward, CA,  BS Degree in Business Administration with Accounting Option, 1981 ​
Awards and Honors
  • Arts Benicia Board Member, Benicia, CA, 2017-2023
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence & Two Merits, Sacramento, CA, 2016
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District, 10th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA, 2007
  • Juror, Solano County Fair, Vallejo, 2004
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence, Sacramento, CA, 2003
  • Renee de Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Docent, Napa, CA, 1997
Publications
  • Artists of the Bay Area, Curated by Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, NM 2021
  • Wild Lands, Curated by Gina Tuzzi, Jen Tough Gallery, Sante Fe, NM 2021
  • Dream National Juried Exhibition Catalog, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
  • Flora & Fauna, National Juried Exhibition Catalog, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017
  • Benicia Open Studios Catalog, Benicia, CA, 2017

Teaching Experience
  • A Sense of Place, Instructor, Mancos Art Center, Mancos, CO 2023
  • Painting Bold, Instructor, I AN I Studio, Benicia, CA 2023
  • Plaster and Fine Art, Instructor, I AN I Studio, Benicia, CA 2022-23
  • A Sense of Place, Instructor, Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA, 2022-23
  • A Sense of Place, Santa Fe Artist's Getaway, Santa Fe, NM, 2021-2023
  • A Sense of Place, Instructor, Art Center Morro Bay, Morro Bay, CA, 2021-2022  
  • Monumental Painting, Instructor, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2019
  • Abstract Painting and the Spirit in Nature, Instructor, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA 2019
  • Painting Bold, Instructor, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2019-2020​
  • Developing Your Signature Style in Abstract Painting, Instructor, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, 2019-2020
  • Big Painting Workshops, Instructor, I AN I Studio, Benicia, CA, 2018
  • Pacific Northwest Art School, Instructor, Whidbey Island, WA, 2018
  • Arts Benicia Classes, Instructor, Benicia, CA, 2016-2017
  • I AN I Studio, Instructor, Benicia, CA, 2007-present
  • City of Concord Parks and Recreation, Instructor, Concord, CA, 2006-2007
  • John F Kennedy Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Graduate Student Mentor, 2004-2006
  • National University, Adjunct Professor, Sacramento, CA, 2003-2007
  • Arts Benicia, Stretcher Bar Instructor, Benicia, CA, 2002
  • Robert Semple Elementary School, Instructor, Art Day, Benicia, CA, 2001-2003​

Memberships
  • Singulart Online Gallery, 2020-present
  • realART Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA, 2020-2022
  • North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM), 2016-present
  • Arts Benicia,  Benicia, CA, 1997-present
  • Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA, 2019
  • Marin MOCA Museum, Marin, CA, 2019
  • Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA, 2017
  • Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA, 2014-2017
  • Arts & Culture Program, Bay Area, 2013-present
  • Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, 2011-2013 

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Public Collection
  • Sutter Solano Medical Center, Vallejo, CA

Solo Exhibitions
  • Arts Benicia Presents, Olsen Realty, Benicia, CA, 2018
  • Arts Benicia Presents, The Relik, Benicia, CA, 2013
  • Arts Benicia Presents, Olsen Realty, Benicia, CA, 2010
  • Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA, 2006
  • John F Kennedy University, Berkeley CA, 2003

Two Person Exhibitions
  • Passage of Legacy, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA, 2024
  • New Day, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA, 2022
  • Outside of Time, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2021
  • Ancestral Convergence, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2018
  • Untethered, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA, 2017
  • Beyond the Garden Gate, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA, 2016
  • Jingletown Studios, Oakland, CA, 2015
  • The Nature in Things, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA, 2015
  • Side By Side, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, 2013

Juried Exhibitions
  • Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Juror:Grace Kook-Anderson, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2025
  • Within Sight or From Imagination Juror: Jeremy Morgan, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2023
  • Material Matters, Invitation by Juror: Donna Seagar and Suzanne Gray, Seagar Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 2023
  • Urban Landscape, National Competition, Juror: Cameron Brian, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2022
  • Wild Lands, Curated by Gina Tuzzi, Jen Tough Gallery, Sante Fe, NM, 2021
  • The American Heart of Winter, Curated by Carl Heyward, Renee-Marie Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2021
  • Flux; Wax in All Forms, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Sara Post, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2020
  • SNAP, Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stephen C. Wagner & Priscilla Otani,  Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
  • Abstract 3,  Juror:  Robert Reyes, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2019 
  • Artist Showcase 2019, Juror:  Donny Foley, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 2019 
  • Microcosmos2, Juror:  Chester Arnold, San Francisco , Gallery 621 , Benicia, CA, 2019
  • Alchemy, Juror:  Jenny Gheith, SFMOMA , Arts Guild Sonoma , Sonoma, CA, 2019
  • New Currencies, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG at the Bank, Lafayette , CA, 2019
  • SNAP, Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stephen C. Wagner, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
  • In The Fields: Botanical Lore, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2018
  • Dream, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: James Bacchi (ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
  • Las Vegas Art Market, Opus Collective, Las Vegas, NV, 2018
  • SNAP, Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stephen C. Wagner, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
  • The Little Things, Juror: Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA, 2017
  • California State Fair, Juror Unknown, Sacramento, CA, 2017
  • Flora and Fauna on-line exhibition, Juror: Suzanne Gray (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017
  • Membership Medley,  Juror: Tony Natsoulas, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA, 2017
  • Gems III, Juror: Ruth Santee (Transmission Gallery, Oakland), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2016
  • California State Fair, Juror Unknown, Sacramento, CA, 2016
  • Wild/Mind, Gearbox Gallery, Juror: George Lawson, Oakland, CA, 2016
  • Fragments the Art of Collage and Assemblage, Juror: Robert Jean Ray (curator at MicroARTCollection), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2015
  • Variations on Abstraction, Juror: Robert Jean Ray (curator at MicroARTCollection), Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2015
  • Portals, Transformative Arts, Juror: Dyana Bhandari (Arts Café Chair, Martinez, CA) Martinez County Building, 2013
  • MFA Cream Show, Juror Kenneth Baker (art critic SF Chronicle) Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2003
  • California State Fair, Juror unknown, Sacramento, CA, 2002, 2003, 2008
  • Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Harry Roche (critic, Art Week), Half Moon Bay, CA, 1996

Recent Group Exhibitions
  • Harvest, Invitational Exhibition, Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG at the Bank, Lafayette , CA, 2019
  • Wild Things, Invitational Exhibition, Jen Tough (Dogpatch), San Francisco, CA, 2019
  • The Third Annual Small Exhibit, Invitational Exhibition, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA,  2018
  • The Little Things, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA, 2017
  • New Members Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA, 2017
  • Water Front Festival, The Gallery at 216, Benicia, CA, 2017
  • Big 8 Theatre, Concord, CA, 2017
  • Art of the Community, Arts Benicia, CA, 1997- 2019
  • Transmigrational, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, 2013
  • Georgiana Gallery, Walnut Grove, CA, 2013
  • Shiroccos, Benicia, CA, 2013
  •  Alumni Show, John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA, 2012
  • Two x Two, John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA, 2012
  • From the Arsenal and Beyond, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, 2011
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA, 2010 & 2011
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2009
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Meek Estate, Hayward, CA, 2008
  • Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA, 2006
  • Grand Opening Exhibit, Fairfield Civic Building, Fairfield, CA, 2005
  • Postcards from the Edge/Visual Aids, Westwater Gallery, New York, NY, 2002
  • Imprints, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2001
  • Golden State Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1999

Benefit Auctions

  • Marin MOCA Annual Art Auction, Novato, CA 2022-2023
  • Arts Benicia Annual Art Auction, Benicia, CA, 1997-2017

Open Studios
  • Benicia Artist Open Studios, Benicia, CA, 1997-2019, 2022

Art Consultants         
  • Art Consulting Services, Sacramento, CA, 2016-17

Awards and Honors
  • Arts Benicia Board Member, Benicia, CA, 2017-April 2023
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence & 2 Merits,  Sacramento, CA, 2016
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District, 10th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA, 2007
  • Juror, Solano County Fair, Vallejo, CA, 2004
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence,  Sacramento, CA, 2003
  • Renee de Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Docent, Napa, CA, 1997