born: Pisa, Italy
education
1981, BA, Foreign Affairs, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
1980, Haifa University, Middle East Conflict Studies, Haifa, Israel
1985, Communication Arts, George Washington University, Washington, DC
select solo and two person exhibitions
2017: Bay Area Metro Center: "Landscapes in Transition," with Anne Subercaseaux, San Francisco, CA
2017: Berkeley Investment Partners, "Superstructure," with Anne Subercaseaux, Berkeley, CA
2016: Manna Gallery, "A Sense of Place," with Harry Frank, Oakland, CA
2015: Avenue, "Landscapes in Transition," with Anne Subercaseaux, San Francisco, CA
2015: Sticks Framing & Fine Art, "New Works," with Matt Pawlowski, Berkeley, CA
2014: Levi Art & Architecture, "Linear Space," San Francisco, CA
2014: Sticks Framing & Fine Art, "Interval," Bay Bridge series, Berkeley, CA
2013: San Francisco Commonwealth Club, "Reconstructed Memories," San Francisco, CA
2013: Montclair Gallery, East Bay Sotheby, "Mixed Media Printmaking," Montclair, CA
2013: CBRE Public Lobby, with Pantea Karimi, Oakland, CA, curated by BayVAN
2008: City of Berkeley Lobby, “Landscapes East & West,” with Debra Jewell, Berkeley, CA
2008: Barbara Anderson Gallery, "Landscapes, Paths & Formations," Berkeley, CA
select group exhibitions
2022: TINT Gallery, "Grounded" with Catherine Mackey and Sarah Newton. A show inspired by the transitioning landscape of the Bay Area. San Francisco, CA
2022: Pence Gallery, "Slice: A Juried exhibit of Regional Art," Davis, CA Juror: Chris Daubert
2022: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Pulp, Book & Paper Arts." Water, Calling, collaborative fine art book with Anne Hege and Camden Richards. Jurors: Alicia Bailey and Helen Hiebert
2022: O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Strictly Abstract," Mill Valley, CA Juror: Emebet Korn
2022: CODEX, Water Calling, The Space Between and Stained, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2022: The Drawing Room, "Women Rising" Group Show, San Francisco, CA
2021: San Francisco Center for the Book and San Francisco Public Library, "Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment." Water, Calling and The Space Between, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Jurors: Betty Bright, Mark Dimunation (Chief of the Rare Books and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress), and Ruth Rogers (Curator of Special Collections at Wellesley College)
2020: NIDO Living Gallery, selections from the "Suspension" series and "Formation" series, collaborative works with Ellen Markoff. San Francisco, CA
2019: Compound Gallery, Bay Area Prints, Oakland, CA Juror: Coleen Terry, Curator, Achenbach Foundation
2019: Turner Print Museum, CSP Regional Collective, Chico, CA Juror: Leslie Jones, Curator of Prints & Drawing at LACMA
2019: UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, "The Book as Place, Visions of a Built Environment." The Space Between. Juror: Julie Chen
2019: CODEX, The Space Between and Stained, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2018: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Bibliophoria V", Biennial International Book Arts exhibition, Stained, collaborative fine art book with Camden Richards. Juror: Macy Chadwick. Janet Charnofsky Award, Best of Show
2018: MOCA Marin, "Make your Mark". National Juried Exhibition, Novato, CA Juror: Jen Tough
2018: Berkeley Civic Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA Jurors: Archana Horsting and Alice Wu, (KALA)
2017: 11th Turner National Print Competition & Exhibition, “Currency,” Chico, CA Juror: Erin Sullivan Maynes
2017: CODEX, "Stained," collaborative artist book with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2017: Mullowney Printing, CSP Artist in Residence exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2016: Isabel Percy West Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA Juror: Karen Kunc
2016: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Abstracts,” Sebastopol, CA Juror: Frances McCormack
2015: Northwind Art Center, The Printmaker’s Hand III, Port Townsend, Wa. Juror: Sam Davidson, Davidson Gallery
2014: Interval, Bay Bridge series, Sticks Framing & Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
2014: Market Street Gallery, “Re/Appropriate,” San Francisco, CA Juror: Colleen Terry, Asst. Curator of Achenbach Foundation
2013: Contemporary Islamic Art, Dallas, TX Juror: Dr. Nada M Shabout
2013: The Gardner, Select Collection, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA
2013: Art at Colorflow, Group Show, curated by Michele Nye, SF MOMA Artists Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012: Triton Museum of Art, California Society of Printmakers Centennial Show, Santa Clara, CA
2012: Bankside Gallery, Royal Society of Printmakers, London, England.
2011: Danville Art Gallery, “Four Corners & a Center,” Danville, CA Juror: Renee Bott of Paulson Bott Press
2012: Berkeley Art Center: “Light/Dark,” Berkeley, CA Juror: Enrique Chagoya
2012: Berkeley Civic Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA Jurors: Archana Horsting, (KALA) and Suzanne Tan (BAC)
2010: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, “Exploring Contemporary Printmaking.” Juror: Karin Breuer, Curator in Charge of Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
2009: Sun Gallery, “Under Pressure” CSP Group Show, Hayward, CA
2008: City of Berkeley Lobby Gallery, “Landscapes East & West”, with Debra Jewell, Berkeley, CA
2008: Pro Arts Juried Annual, Oakland, CA Juror: Laura Hoptman, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
2007: Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004: Contemporary Abstracts—Artisans Gallery, Juried Annual, Mill Valley, CA
education
1981, BA, Foreign Affairs, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
1980, Haifa University, Middle East Conflict Studies, Haifa, Israel
1985, Communication Arts, George Washington University, Washington, DC
select solo and two person exhibitions
2017: Bay Area Metro Center: "Landscapes in Transition," with Anne Subercaseaux, San Francisco, CA
2017: Berkeley Investment Partners, "Superstructure," with Anne Subercaseaux, Berkeley, CA
2016: Manna Gallery, "A Sense of Place," with Harry Frank, Oakland, CA
2015: Avenue, "Landscapes in Transition," with Anne Subercaseaux, San Francisco, CA
2015: Sticks Framing & Fine Art, "New Works," with Matt Pawlowski, Berkeley, CA
2014: Levi Art & Architecture, "Linear Space," San Francisco, CA
2014: Sticks Framing & Fine Art, "Interval," Bay Bridge series, Berkeley, CA
2013: San Francisco Commonwealth Club, "Reconstructed Memories," San Francisco, CA
2013: Montclair Gallery, East Bay Sotheby, "Mixed Media Printmaking," Montclair, CA
2013: CBRE Public Lobby, with Pantea Karimi, Oakland, CA, curated by BayVAN
2008: City of Berkeley Lobby, “Landscapes East & West,” with Debra Jewell, Berkeley, CA
2008: Barbara Anderson Gallery, "Landscapes, Paths & Formations," Berkeley, CA
select group exhibitions
2022: TINT Gallery, "Grounded" with Catherine Mackey and Sarah Newton. A show inspired by the transitioning landscape of the Bay Area. San Francisco, CA
2022: Pence Gallery, "Slice: A Juried exhibit of Regional Art," Davis, CA Juror: Chris Daubert
2022: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Pulp, Book & Paper Arts." Water, Calling, collaborative fine art book with Anne Hege and Camden Richards. Jurors: Alicia Bailey and Helen Hiebert
2022: O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Strictly Abstract," Mill Valley, CA Juror: Emebet Korn
2022: CODEX, Water Calling, The Space Between and Stained, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2022: The Drawing Room, "Women Rising" Group Show, San Francisco, CA
2021: San Francisco Center for the Book and San Francisco Public Library, "Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment." Water, Calling and The Space Between, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Jurors: Betty Bright, Mark Dimunation (Chief of the Rare Books and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress), and Ruth Rogers (Curator of Special Collections at Wellesley College)
2020: NIDO Living Gallery, selections from the "Suspension" series and "Formation" series, collaborative works with Ellen Markoff. San Francisco, CA
2019: Compound Gallery, Bay Area Prints, Oakland, CA Juror: Coleen Terry, Curator, Achenbach Foundation
2019: Turner Print Museum, CSP Regional Collective, Chico, CA Juror: Leslie Jones, Curator of Prints & Drawing at LACMA
2019: UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, "The Book as Place, Visions of a Built Environment." The Space Between. Juror: Julie Chen
2019: CODEX, The Space Between and Stained, collaborative fine art books with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2018: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Bibliophoria V", Biennial International Book Arts exhibition, Stained, collaborative fine art book with Camden Richards. Juror: Macy Chadwick. Janet Charnofsky Award, Best of Show
2018: MOCA Marin, "Make your Mark". National Juried Exhibition, Novato, CA Juror: Jen Tough
2018: Berkeley Civic Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA Jurors: Archana Horsting and Alice Wu, (KALA)
2017: 11th Turner National Print Competition & Exhibition, “Currency,” Chico, CA Juror: Erin Sullivan Maynes
2017: CODEX, "Stained," collaborative artist book with Camden Richards. Richmond, CA
2017: Mullowney Printing, CSP Artist in Residence exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2016: Isabel Percy West Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA Juror: Karen Kunc
2016: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Abstracts,” Sebastopol, CA Juror: Frances McCormack
2015: Northwind Art Center, The Printmaker’s Hand III, Port Townsend, Wa. Juror: Sam Davidson, Davidson Gallery
2014: Interval, Bay Bridge series, Sticks Framing & Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
2014: Market Street Gallery, “Re/Appropriate,” San Francisco, CA Juror: Colleen Terry, Asst. Curator of Achenbach Foundation
2013: Contemporary Islamic Art, Dallas, TX Juror: Dr. Nada M Shabout
2013: The Gardner, Select Collection, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA
2013: Art at Colorflow, Group Show, curated by Michele Nye, SF MOMA Artists Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012: Triton Museum of Art, California Society of Printmakers Centennial Show, Santa Clara, CA
2012: Bankside Gallery, Royal Society of Printmakers, London, England.
2011: Danville Art Gallery, “Four Corners & a Center,” Danville, CA Juror: Renee Bott of Paulson Bott Press
2012: Berkeley Art Center: “Light/Dark,” Berkeley, CA Juror: Enrique Chagoya
2012: Berkeley Civic Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA Jurors: Archana Horsting, (KALA) and Suzanne Tan (BAC)
2010: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, “Exploring Contemporary Printmaking.” Juror: Karin Breuer, Curator in Charge of Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
2009: Sun Gallery, “Under Pressure” CSP Group Show, Hayward, CA
2008: City of Berkeley Lobby Gallery, “Landscapes East & West”, with Debra Jewell, Berkeley, CA
2008: Pro Arts Juried Annual, Oakland, CA Juror: Laura Hoptman, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
2007: Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004: Contemporary Abstracts—Artisans Gallery, Juried Annual, Mill Valley, CA
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experience
2012-Present, Studio 1509, Teacher/Mentor 2016, California Society of Printmakers, Residency with Master Printer, Thomas Wojak 2006–2012, Aurobora Fine Art Press, San Francisco, Ca: Master Printer / Workshop Instructor 1990–1992, Printmaking, UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA 1992–1995, Printmaking, Ft Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA 1995–2000, Viscosity Printing with Deborah Iyall, SOMART, San Francisco, CA 2005, Beyond Monotype, with Ron Pokrasso, Santa Fe, NM affiliations / representation Alameda Country Arts Commission Artist Registry Aurobora Fine Art Press Barbara Anderson Gallery Berkeley Art Center California Society of Printmakers, Board Member, 2010 Kala Art Institute TINT Gallery Vamp & Tramp Booksellers |
acquisitions
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Baylor University, Central Library, Special Collections Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Bodleian Library, Oxford, England University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library Wellesley College, Clapp Library Yale University, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library public collections Avalon Residences Adobe Systems Inc. City of Berkeley, Hope Center E-Bay Corporate Howard Rice Law Jones Day Law John Muir Hospital Kaiser Permanente Lifelong Medical Care San Francisco Hilton Saul Zaentz Media Center Sarasota Ritz Carlton The Oakland Key Building |
The smell of orange blossoms in Spain.
Sleeping under the stars at Sharm El Sheikh.
Hiking to Mt. Sinai in the dark to get there at sunrise.
Livorno in the winter, Tirrenia in the summer.
Antonioni, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar Wai
Cheb i Sabbah and Nickies.
Fantasy Records.
The Jewish cemetery in Essaouira.
Folegandros, Greece.
Havana, Cuba.
Entering Yosemite Valley, every time.
My family, every day.