Visual Practice
My work focuses primarily on painting, with some projects in screenprinting, fiber and textiles, and assemblage. I use geometric abstraction and biomorphic forms, often referencing natural systems and environmental conditions.
My project Razzle Dazzle Melanism considers camouflage as a natural defense system and a technological innovation, suggesting future adaptations for surviving environmental degradation. Recent painting series Surface/Tension and Riparian Diluvian work with formal patterns to explore dynamic states of rhythm, repetition, and disorder reflected in the natural world.
Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
Please Touch, Artemis*SF, San Francisco CA, 2019-2020
Mesopic Drift, Avenue, San Francisco CA, 2018
How Touching, Working Space Projects, San Francisco CA, 2017
Water Under the Grid, The Hivery, Mill Valley CA, 2017
Don’t Repeat This, Curated State, San Francisco CA, 2017
Knots in the Stream, The Studio Mind, Martinez CA, 2017
Optical Occlusions, Studio One Arts Center, Oakland CA, 2016
Razzle Dazzle Melanism, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA, 2014
Ocean Deer, Trip and Return Printers Ball, Chicago IL, 2013
Mechanical Botanicals, Litmus Press Open House, Brooklyn NY, 2012
Group Exhibitions
(selected list)
2022
Art for AIDS, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco CA
Adaptations: Land, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco CA
Up in Arms, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco CA
Women Rising, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco CA
2019
All That Glitters, Juried Members’ Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
2018
ART KALA 2018 Spring Gala and Auction, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA
Decennial, Compound Gallery, Oakland CA
HERE: Part 1, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
Secession Art and Design, San Francisco CA
stARTup Small Works Art Fair, San Francisco CA
2017
Root Division 16th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
2016
8th Annual 50/50 Show, Sanchez Art Center , Pacifica CA
2016 Summer National Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA
Altered States of Collage, Collage Artists of America Juried National Exhibition, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana CA
Root Division 15th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
Sand City Art Committee Juried Exhibition, Sand City CA
Sensorium, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA
2015
Collector Gallery, Berkeley CA
Keepsake, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA
Root Division 14th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
Survival Instinct, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA
2014
Bridges, Southern Graphics Conference International Exchange
Portfolio Exhibition, San Francisco CACollect! Exhibition and Art Auction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
Homeostasis, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA
Root Division 13th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
2013
Anthropocene, Women Environmental Artists and Designers (WEAD), San Francisco CA
Array, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
Root Division 12th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
Text Message, Compound Studio Artist Gallery, Oakland CA
2012
Collector Gallery, Berkeley CA
Root Division 11th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
Take a Chance on Miniatures, Napa Valley Art Museum, Yountville CA
2011
Civic Center Art Exhibition, MLK Civic Center, Berkeley CA
Collector Gallery Grand Opening Exhibition, Berkeley CA
Root Division 10th Annual Art Auction, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco CA
Residencies
Pond Farm Artist Residency, Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods, Guerneville CA, 2022