Education

1982 MFA, Painting, University of California, Davis

1980 BA, Studio Art, University of California, Davis

Teaching

1989 – 2000 Instructor, American River College, Sacramento, CA

1987 – 1990 Faculty member, Southside Art Center, Sacramento, CA

1991 STARTS Grant, Artists in the Schools

1982 Female Imagery and Aesthetics (lecture), Women’s Seminar, U.C. Davis

1982 Assistant, Joan Joanas Multi-Media performance of “Double Lunar Dogs”, R.L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis

1981 Technical and Aesthetic Consultant, Women Artisans Cooperative, Lama Kara, Togo, West Africa

1981 Research – Assistant/Instructor for U.S.A.I.D. Togo Project, Togo, West Africa

Residency Awards

2026 Tusen Takk Foundation, Leland, MI

2023 St. Gertrudes Monastery, Cottonwood, ID

Press

“Capturing the Moment” by Jessica Laskey, Arts & Culture – Sacramento Magazine, October 2018

Inside Sacramento feature – October 2018

Prominent Northern California Artists, October 2018, The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Mayor’s Gallery, April 2018

KVIE PBS Arts Showcase, September 26, 2017 (nationally distributed)

Art Review by Victoria Dalkey, The Sacramento Bee, April 21, 2017

KVIE PBS Arts Showcase, September 12, 2016 (nationally distributed)

Critic’s picks: Best of Second Saturday, by Victoria Dalkey, The Sacramento Bee, May 13 2016

“Brain Work: Proof is in the Painting as Artist Relearns Craft” by Debera Belt, Inside Publications, September 2014, pg 56-57

Second Saturday Art Pick, The Sacramento Bee, September 12, 2014

M.F.A Exhibits, June 1982

The Davis Enterprise, June 17, 1982

Artweek, October 9, 1982. Volume 13.