1987
B.A. in Art, California State University, Hayward
Magna cum laude
1981
A.A. in Art, Long Beach City College
Phi Beta Kappa
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Fictional Scenes from Life, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2006 Fictional Scenes from Life, Transmissions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Fictional Scenes from Life, Gallery 276, San Francisco, CA
2000 Osceola Gallery, Emeryville, CA
1999
Fictional Scenes From Life, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
1997
Visual Biographies, A Suite of Portraits, Hidden City Cafe, Pt. Richmond, CA
1996
Visual Biographies, A Suite of Portraits, Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka, CA
1995
Visual Biographies, A Suite of Portraits, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1988
The Musician's Coffeehouse, Walnt Creek, CA
1987
Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
1986 Presence of Form, California State University, Hayward
Group Exhibitions
2019-20 Real and Imagined, EBMUD Oakland Administration Building, Oakland, CA
2018 Circumstance: Social Justice, June Steingart Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, CA
2009 The Artists of ZYZZYVA, Works done on paper, in black & white, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Gateway National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexcio Daler-Rowney Award
1998
Stockton National IX Print and Drawing Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA Honorable Mention
1997
Self Expression 1997, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996
A Case for Art, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1995
USArt, San Francisco, CA Sugar and Spice, Naughty and Nice, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994
Something in Common, Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Figure as Focus, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego, Oregon Profile Portraits included in Manuel Neri: Master Artist Tribute III Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA
1993
Artists' Self Portraits in Black & White, A Benefit Exhibition for ZYZZYVA, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
Contra Costa County Artists, Families First, Pittsburg, CA
Portrait of Roy DeForest included in Roy DeForest Retrospective, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1989
West Coast Works on/of Paper, Reese Bullen Gallery, California State University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA
Fifth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Part II, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1988
Eighth Annual California Watercolor and Drawing Survey, The Ink People, Eureka, CA
Stockton National IV: Print and Drawing Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
Group Show, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
1987
First Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
Second Annual Juried Exhibition, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Seventh Annual California Watercolor and Drawing Survey, The Ink People, Eureka, CA
West Coast Works on/of Paper, Reese Bullen Gallery, California State University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA Honorable Mention
Juried Student Show, California State University, Hayward, CA
1986
Juried Student Show, California State University, Hayward, CA
1984
Prints and Paint on Paper, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Bechtel Employees Art Exhibit, San Francisco, CA Student Show, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
1980
Friends of the Long Beach Museum of Art, Rental Gallery
1978-80
Student Show, Long Beach City College, CA
1976
Long Beach Art Association
Video
1996 INSIDE Art: with David King and Melani McKim, Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka, CA
Public Art
C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology, Cal State University, Hayward Mural - reproduction of an Awatovi Mural (Hopi), 1986-87
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