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EDUCATION
2009-2011Rhode Island School of Design, MFA:Textiles
2001-2005 California College of Arts
and Crafts
BFA: Jewelry Metals Art Oakland, CA
2009 Workshop: Woven Shibori Instructors: Catharine Ellis &
Joy Boutrop
2005 Workshop: The Common Thread Instructor:
Randall Darwall Penland, NC
2005 Workshop: The Language of Woven Metal
Instructor: Arline Fisch Oakland, CA
2004 Workshop: Textile Techniques in Metal
Instructor: Susan Wood Loma Mar, CA
2003 Workshop: Fold Forming
Instructor: Charles Lewton Brian San Francisco, CA
2005 Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment
Small Business Management San Francisco, CA
1998-2001 Revere Academy of Jewelry Art
Graduate Jeweler Diploma Program San Francisco, CA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2010 Niche Winner: Handwoven Fibers Philadelphia, PA
2009 Niche Winner: Handwoven Fibers
Philadelphia, PA
2009 Saul Bell Finalist: Silver Jewelry
Category
2008 Niche Winner: Handwoven Fibers Philadelphia, PA
2008 Niche Finalist: Decorative Fibers
2008 American Craft Council: SearchLight Artist Baltimore, MD
2007 Atlanta Handweavers Guild: 2nd place Juried Exhibition Atlanta,
GA
2007 Niche Finalist: Fashion Jewelry
2007 Niche Finalist: Handwoven Fibers Philadelphia, PA
2005 Bay Area Metal Arts Guild: Emerging Artist Grant San Francisco,
CA
2005 Penland School of Crafts: Lenore Tawney Scholarship Penland,
NC
2003-2005 CCA: Florence Resnikoff Emeritus Scholarship Oakland,
CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Rhythmic Seasons”
BFA Solo Exhibition
CCA Irwin Center Gallery Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
JURIED INTERNATIONAL
2009 “Craft Forms 2009”
14th Annual Int’l Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft
Wayne Art Center
2008 “Wearable Expressions 2008”
6th Biennial Int’l Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center
2007 “filare il tempo – 2007miniartextilcomo”
17th Int’l Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art
Association Arte & Arte
San Francesco Gallery
INVITATIONAL
2009 SOFA New York
represented by Synderman-Works
2008 SOFA Chicago
represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery
2008 “Art Jewelry 2008:
Distinctive Personal Adornments by American Designers”
Langman Gallery Willow Grove, PA
2008 “Wholesale Searchlight Artist”
American Craft Council Baltimore Show Baltimore, MD
2007 “Summer Faculty Exhibition”
Appalachian Center for Craft Smithville, TN
2006 Southern Highland Craft Guild
Renaissance Center Appalachian Craft Center Group Show Asheville,
NC
Dickson, TN
JURIED NATIONAL
2008 “Materials Hard & Soft”
Greater Denton Arts Council
2008 “Touching Warms the Art”
Museum of Contemporary Craft
2007 “Exploring Boundaries: Evolutionary Metal”
Bevier Gallery: Rochester Institute of Technology
2007 “Art to Wear: 17th Annual Clothing Show”
Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative
2007 “Fiber National”
Lancaster Museum of Art
2007 “National Juried Fine Craft Exhibition”
ACCI Gallery
2007 “Twist On Tradition”
Artisans Center of Virginia
2006 “Fiber Art: Cutting Edge Grandeur” Handweavers
Guild of America
DeVos Place Convention Center
2006 “Make A Grand Entrance”
Convergence 2006 Grand Rapids Wearable Art Show & Exhibition
Handweavers Guild of America
DeVos Place Convention Center
JURIED REGIONAL
2008 “Second Biennial Tennessee Arts and Crafts Juried Exhibition”
Customs House Museum
2007 “Spotlight 2007”
American Craft Council – Southeast region
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
2007 “Fiber Fantasia”
Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
Hudgens Center for the Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs (front cover), Lark Books
2008 The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin, Lark Books
2008 Art Buzz: The 2008 Collection, MidAmerica Publishing Co.
2007 SOFA Chicago 2007, Expressions of Culture, Inc.
2006 500 Necklaces, Lark Books
2006 The Best of California Artists & Artisans 2006, Kennedy
MAGAZINES
Summer 2009 Fiber Arts: Artists Awards
Spring 2009 Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot: News & Inspiration
Sept 2008 Art Jewelry: Gallery
Summer 2008 Fiber Arts: Artists Awards
Spring 2008 Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot: News & Inspiration
Spring 2008 Niche: Niche Award Winners
Sept 2007 Textile Forum: MiniArt Textile 2007 Como
Aug 2007 AmericanStyle: Emerging Artist 2007
Jan/Feb 2007 Fiber Arts: A Showcase of Accessories
Winter 2007 Niche: Niche Award Finalists
Winter 2006 Surface Design Journal: Exposure
Fall 2006 Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot: Making a Grand Entrance
CATALOGUES
2008 Palos Verdes Art Center Exhibition Catalogue:
Wearable Expressions
2007 Lancaster Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue:
Fiber National
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Craft Portland, OR
Tennessee State Museum Nashville, TN
Appalachian Center for Craft Smithville, TN
TEACHING & LECTURES
Nov 2008 SOFA Lecture Series: Fiber Forum
Friends of Fiber Arts International Chicago, IL
Jan – May 2008 Undergraduate course: Surface Design I &
II
Undergraduate course: Independent Studies
Undergraduate course: Senior Thesis
Appalachian Center for Craft
Nov 2007 Weekend Workshop: Hand-dyed Itajime Scarves
Appalachian Center for Craft
Sep 2007 Lecture: Development of Dimensional-Weave Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Handweavers Guild
July 2007 Week workshop: Weaving with Metal
Appalachian Center for Craft
Feb 2007 Weekend workshop: Weave Your Own Jewelry
Appalachian Center for Craft
Sep - Dec 2006 Undergraduate course: Intro to Fibers
Appalachian Center for Craft
Apr 2006 Weekend workshop: All About Earrings
Appalachian Center for Craft
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2005 - 2008 Appalachian Center for
Craft
Fibers Department Smithville, TN
REPRESENTING GALLERIES
Snyderman-Works Gallery Philadelphia,
PA
Katie Gingrass Gallery Milwaukee, WI
3rd Ward Jewelry Milwaukee, WI
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art Bethesda, MD
Lireille Oakland, CA
Cockerill Cincinnati, OH
Jems Katonah, NY
Angelo Jewelry Charlottesville, VA
Wickwire Hendersonville, NC
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