RESUME
Education
1993-1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA: B.F.A. in painting
1987-1991 Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA: studied painting, drawing, sculpture, art history, and design
1971-1973 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA: studied painting, drawing, and art history
Individual Exhibitions
2023 ArtifactArtifact Gallery, Point Richmond, CA, Emergence: The Journey of the Inner Child
2021 Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, Trees I Have Known and Loved
2003 First Church of Religious Science, Oakland, Oakland, CA, Roses
1997 Mandana MandanaCommunity Center, Oakland, CA, Vessels of Transformation, Works on Paper, 1994-1997
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Vessels of Transformation,1994-1997 (works on paper
and canvas)
1995 San Francisco Honda Showroom, Altar of the Heart, sculptural installation
1984 Double Rainbow Ice Cream Parlor, West Hollywood, CA
1983 Leonardo Gallery, Venice, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Arts Benica,, CA, Art of a Community, member show
Museum of Northern California, Chico, CA, IN FLUX: Recalibrating the Unknown, juried show
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Richmond Open Studios Group Show
2023 de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, de Young Open Triennial Exhibition, juried show
2022 Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, Lottery for the Arts
Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, Auction for the Children of Ukraine
2021 Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, Crocker-Kingsley Art Competition (biennial)
2018 Whitney Modern Gallery, CA, RISE: Empower, Change and Action!, juried show
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA, Member Show
2017 Richmond Art Center, Member Show
2016 Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, Vallejo, CA, Wild in the City: Untamed, invitational show
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, juried selection for Annual Art Auction (catalog available)
Crocker Art Museum, Annual Big Names Small Art Auction
Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-tops
2015 Blue Line Arts, CA, Crocker-Kingsley Art Competition (biennial)
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, Into the Wild invitational show
Arts Benicia, CA, Art of a Community, member show
2014 Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, Celebrating Western Wilderness, invitational show
2013 Solano Community College, CA, Home for the Holidays, invitational show
2012 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA, National Summer Juried Show
Marilyn O’Rourke Gallery at the Benicia Public Library, Seeing Solano II: Solano SolanoLand Trust Through the Eyes of Artists
Vacaville VacavilleMuseum, Vacaville, CA, Seeing Solano SolanoIII: Solano Land Trust Through the Eyes of Artists
Rush Ranch, Suisun SuisunCity, CA, Solano SolanoLand Trust Heritage Feast Art Auction
2010 Arts Benicia, Art of a Community, member show
2009 Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, Celebrating Vallejo's Vallejo'sUrban Forest (commission for the city of Vallejo)
2008 Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-topsRidgetops
2007 Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-topsRidgetops
2004 Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA, Really Rosy
2003 Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-tops
Ridgetops
Pro-Arts, Oakland, East Bay Open Studios group show
2001 Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-topsRidgetops
1999 Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, Wetlands to Ridge-topsRidgetops
1994 Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA, Bay Area chapter of Scenic, Graphic and Title Artists, Local 816,
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees invitational show: Theme and Variation
Related Experience
1999-2003 Operated own decorative painting business, painting in private residences
1984-1999 Scenic artist in the entertainment industry: painted backdrops, scenery,
and props for television, motion pictures and live performance
Publications
2010 Psychescapes, Contemporary Art that Explores the Human Psyche, Liz Afif, 2010.