Curriculum Vitae

Education:
MFA University of Nevada Reno, 2023
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, 1992 Painting/Printing
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, 1993 Chinese Painting Certificate

Independent Study:
UK 1985
Chicago 2015, 2016
Sardinia Italy 2016
Argentina 2018

Selected Exhibitions:

2025
“Women of the Elements” The LIC-A Art Space, NY
“Toward 2050” Tucson, AZ
“How is the Weather? Art and Climate Change”
OCCCA Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
“Clothesline” McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV

2024
“Artful Narratives” Ron and Maureen Community Gallery, Incline Village, CA
“Clothesline” McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV
“Family Portraits” TMCC, Reno, NV
“Chromascapes” Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2023
“Chromascapes” The Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV 
“Elegies of Loss, Resilience, and Regeneration” University of Nevada
“Clothesline” University of Nevada Reno
“Found & Lost” University of Nevada Reno, Garage Gallery, @Lake Tahoe, CA

2022
“American Mosaics” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2021
“Maanz” Australia
“Breaking Ground” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
“OCCCA@40” Orange County, CA
“Mi Familia” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2020
“Class Act” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019
“KME” Kyoto, Japan
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Orange County , CA
“Mosaic Arts International” The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN

2018
“Class Act” Chicago, IL
“The Text” Sofa Chicago, Chicago, IL
“The Text” GoDM Gallery Chicago, IL
“Marks That Make” GoCM Gallery Chicago, IL
“National Academy of Medicine” Washington DC
“Sotheby’s International” Lake Tahoe, CA
“Musiv.AR 18” Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Mosaic Arts International” Boston, Mass

2017
“Tessera” Udine, Italy
“Variations” SOFA, Chicago, IL
“Variations” GoCM Gallery, Chicago IL
“Sotheby’s International” Lake Tahoe, CA
“Mosaic Arts International” San Diego, CA
“Stories We Tell” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Tessera”  Udine, Italy
“Prix Picassiette” Chartres, France

2016
“Sardinia Contemporary Mosaic” Sardinia, Italy
“Mosaic Arts International” San Diego, CA
“A Passover Story” Dallas, TX
“Opus Pleiades” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
“International Gazientep Mosaic” Zeugma Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey
“Biennale Mosaiques en Nord” Musée des Augustins d’Hazebrouck, Hazbrouck, France
“Festival International De Mosaique Contemporaine” La Chapelle-Saint-Andre, France

2015
La Chapelle-Saint-Andre, France
“A Passover Story” Dallas, TX
“Mosaic Arts International “ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Under the Influence” GoCM Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Prix Picassiette” Chartres, France
(awarded 3rd place in the category of Rencontres Internationales de Mosaique)
“Noir et Blanc” Parlay le Monial, France

Awards
MAANZ Australia, Best in Show
Society of American Mosaic Artists, San Diego, CA, Distinction
International Gazientep Museum Gazientep, Turkey
Second Place Award, 2015
1er Festival International De Mosaique ContemporaineLa Chapelle-Saint-Andre, France, 2015