EDUCATION:
2009 Master of Fine Arts, California State University San Jose,
San Jose, CA
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, California State University Chico, Chico, CA.
2002 Associate of Arts, Three dimensional Art, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
Associate of Arts, Liberal Studies, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2017 Preparator III, Fabricator and Carpentry, Exhibits department, Anderson Collection, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA.
2016.
2015 Exhibition designer, Project director, Ceramic exhibition, "Character Studies", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2015 Exhibition designer, Project director, Koret family gallery , "Maker Space", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2015 Preparator, Carpenter and Fabricator, Exhibits department, San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA.
2014, 2013.
2013 Head of Ceramics, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics. Hand building and wheel throwing.
Curriculum and S.L.O. development, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
2013 Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA.
2013 Lead Installation Technician, Exhibition Carpenter, Fabricator, Exhibits department, San Jose Art Museum,
San Jose, CA. 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.
2012 Exhibition Carpenter and Fabricator, Artist: Carlos Ramirez, (Center for the New Generation
and Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula). Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA.
2012 Instructor, Sculptural hand building, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
2012 Instructor, Wheel Throwing and hand building, The Finn Center, C.S.M.A. Mountain View, CA.
2011
2009 Graduate Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics, Art 046, California State University San Jose.
CA. 2008, 2007.
2006 Teaching Assistant, Ceramic Sculpture, Art 133, California State University San Jose.
Instructor, Monica Van Den Dool
2005 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, California State University Chico.
Instructor, Cameron Crawford
2005 Juror, S.O.S. Search of Space Student Art Club, 1st Annual Art show “Grit”
Chico, CA.
2004 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, California State University Chico.
Instructor, Sue Whitmore.
2002 Preparator, Exhibits department, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA.
2001, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2005 California State University Summer Arts; “Clay as a Medium for Sculpture”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Richard Notkin, Walter McConnell, Sue Whitmore, Nan Smith).
2004 California State University Summer Arts; “The Figure in Glass”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Hank Murta Adams, Ruth King, Dana Zamecnikova, Joe Cariati).
2004 California State University Summer Arts; “Print as Public Art”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Kim Abeles, John Valedez, John Outterbrige, Brian Sanderson).
2003 California State University Summer Arts; “Clay as a Medium for Sculpture”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Victor Spinsky, Patty Warashina, John Balistreri, Katherine Ross).
2000 “Woodetoke”, Penryn, CA.
(Peter Voulkos, Rudy Audio, Paul Soldner, Don Reitz, Janet Mansfield, John Balistreri)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2015 "Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco" 2nd Annual Art Fair, SENSE Fine Art Gallery, San Mateo, CA.
2015 "The Skull Show" 3rd Biennial Exhibition, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV.
2014 "Community Matters" Celebrating a Centuries worth of Achievement, San Jose Tower Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2013 "Microcosm" Miniature gallery performance, Gallery 105A, Fresno City College, Fresno CA.
2013 "The Red Zone" Gallery 85, San Jose, CA.
2013 "Art and Bonsai" Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA.
2011 "Contemporary Clay" Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
2011 "S.J.S.U. Grad Art Exhibition" The Halden Art Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
2010 "Slippin it up", Snurb Art San Jose, CA
2010 "Where I'm From" The Art Ark, San Jose, CA.
2009 Solo: “If Only For the Light” Gallery 3, San Jose, CA.
2009 "Prepare" The Art Ark, San Jose, CA.
2008 Solo: “World Without End” Gallery 2, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
2007 Solo:“Seven Sonnets, Seven Songs, Seven Secrets” The Black Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2007 “Cross Contamination.” Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2006 “California Clay Competition”, Juror: Patti Warashina, The Artery, Davis, CA.
2006 “NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition ”, Juror: Nan Smith, Portland, OR.
2006 "Cross Contamination" Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2005 Solo: “Somewhere Between Home and Here”California State University, Chico,
Chico, CA.
2005 “Print and Clay” Janet Turner Gallery, Chico, CA.
2005 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition,Chico, CA.
2004 “That Thing” California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
2004 "Print and Clay" Janet Turner Gallery, Chico, CA.
2004 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition, Chico, CA.
2004 “The Fresno Banner Project” Public Art, In conjunction with: “Print as Public Art”
California State University Summer Arts, Fresno, CA.
2003 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition, Chico, CA.
2003 California State University, Chico,“Ceramics Now” In conjunction with,
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA.
2003 “Divergence” Atlas Clayworks, Chico, CA.
2002 “Backdrift” Robert Ogata Studio, Fresno, CA.
2000 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
2000 “Synchronicity” Centro Belles Artés, Fresno, CA.
1999 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
1998 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
COLLECTIONS:
2010 Charles D. Himmelblau collection, Mountain View, CA.
2009 Gabe Toci, Anchorage, AK.
2008 Hideki Yamashiro collection, Okinawa, Japan.
2006 Trevor Koch, Kate Mullins, Portland, OR.
2006 Cameron Crawford, Chico, CA.
2006 Vernon Patrick, Chico, CA.
2006 The Darryl and Edra Jandro collection, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Dave Schleiger Architecture, Chico, CA.
2003 James and Melissa Miller, Fresno, CA.
2003 Todd Pitman, Fresno, CA.
2002 James Shepard collection, Fresno, CA.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Award, nominee.
2009 Elizabeth Heil Ceramic Scholarship.
2008, 2007.
2006 Clay Planet Award, California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA.
2006 Summer Art Scholarship, California State University, Fresno, CA.
2005, 2004.
2000 Best of show, Fresno City College, Student Show, Fresno, CA.
1998.
LECTURES:
2012 Visiting Artist, Visual presentation and discussion on creating and presenting a cohesive body of artwork. Thrown and assembled forms demo, South Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
2012 Visiting Artist, Slide lecture, large scale thrown and altered forms demo, Pasadena Community College, Pasadena, CA.
2011 Visiting Artist, Image resource presentation, Ceramic decal demo, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA.
PUBLICATIONS:
2014 "Depicting death: Artists take on the great inevitable" Las Vegas Weekly
2010 Refused Art Culture magazine, Issue #8.
2009 “Lift Off” exhibition catalog, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
2008 Spartan Daily, Front page, November 17th.
2008 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Program.
2006
2007 Refused Art Culture magazine, Issue #3.
2006 Spartan Daily, News Section, November 30th.
2004 Chico News and Review, Fine Arts section, April 29.
2003 California State University Chico, brochure, “Achieving Excellence.”
2004
1998 The Rampage, Volume LXVIII, Edition 5, Life section, April 22.
1998 Fresno City College, “City at Large”, Cover panel, April edition.
CONFERENCES:
2014 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA.
2013, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.
2009 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
“A Historical Overview”, Phoenix, AZ.
2006 “Explorations and Navigations: The Resonance of Place”, Portland, OR.
2003 “Borders in Flux”, San Diego, CA.
REFERENCES:
Professor, Stan Welsh Professor, Monica Van Den Dool
SJSU School of Art & Design SJSU School of Art & Design
One Washington Square, One Washington Square,
Art Building 116, San Jose, CA 95192 Art Building 116, San Jose, CA 95192
E-mail: stanwelsh.com E-mail: http://monicavandendool.com/
Professor, Cameron G. Crawford Professor, Susan Whitmore
Graduate coordinator California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929 -820
Chico, CA 95929 - 820 Email: swhitmore@csuchico.edu
E-mail: ccrawford@csuchico.edu
Professor, Vernon C. Patrick
Retired
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929 - 820
E-mail: vpatrick@csuchico.edu
2009 Master of Fine Arts, California State University San Jose,
San Jose, CA
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, California State University Chico, Chico, CA.
2002 Associate of Arts, Three dimensional Art, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
Associate of Arts, Liberal Studies, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2017 Preparator III, Fabricator and Carpentry, Exhibits department, Anderson Collection, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA.
2016.
2015 Exhibition designer, Project director, Ceramic exhibition, "Character Studies", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2015 Exhibition designer, Project director, Koret family gallery , "Maker Space", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2015 Preparator, Carpenter and Fabricator, Exhibits department, San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA.
2014, 2013.
2013 Head of Ceramics, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics. Hand building and wheel throwing.
Curriculum and S.L.O. development, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
2013 Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA.
2013 Lead Installation Technician, Exhibition Carpenter, Fabricator, Exhibits department, San Jose Art Museum,
San Jose, CA. 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.
2012 Exhibition Carpenter and Fabricator, Artist: Carlos Ramirez, (Center for the New Generation
and Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula). Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA.
2012 Instructor, Sculptural hand building, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
2012 Instructor, Wheel Throwing and hand building, The Finn Center, C.S.M.A. Mountain View, CA.
2011
2009 Graduate Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics, Art 046, California State University San Jose.
CA. 2008, 2007.
2006 Teaching Assistant, Ceramic Sculpture, Art 133, California State University San Jose.
Instructor, Monica Van Den Dool
2005 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, California State University Chico.
Instructor, Cameron Crawford
2005 Juror, S.O.S. Search of Space Student Art Club, 1st Annual Art show “Grit”
Chico, CA.
2004 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, California State University Chico.
Instructor, Sue Whitmore.
2002 Preparator, Exhibits department, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA.
2001, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2005 California State University Summer Arts; “Clay as a Medium for Sculpture”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Richard Notkin, Walter McConnell, Sue Whitmore, Nan Smith).
2004 California State University Summer Arts; “The Figure in Glass”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Hank Murta Adams, Ruth King, Dana Zamecnikova, Joe Cariati).
2004 California State University Summer Arts; “Print as Public Art”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Kim Abeles, John Valedez, John Outterbrige, Brian Sanderson).
2003 California State University Summer Arts; “Clay as a Medium for Sculpture”, Fresno, CA.
Instructors: (Victor Spinsky, Patty Warashina, John Balistreri, Katherine Ross).
2000 “Woodetoke”, Penryn, CA.
(Peter Voulkos, Rudy Audio, Paul Soldner, Don Reitz, Janet Mansfield, John Balistreri)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2015 "Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco" 2nd Annual Art Fair, SENSE Fine Art Gallery, San Mateo, CA.
2015 "The Skull Show" 3rd Biennial Exhibition, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV.
2014 "Community Matters" Celebrating a Centuries worth of Achievement, San Jose Tower Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2013 "Microcosm" Miniature gallery performance, Gallery 105A, Fresno City College, Fresno CA.
2013 "The Red Zone" Gallery 85, San Jose, CA.
2013 "Art and Bonsai" Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA.
2011 "Contemporary Clay" Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
2011 "S.J.S.U. Grad Art Exhibition" The Halden Art Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
2010 "Slippin it up", Snurb Art San Jose, CA
2010 "Where I'm From" The Art Ark, San Jose, CA.
2009 Solo: “If Only For the Light” Gallery 3, San Jose, CA.
2009 "Prepare" The Art Ark, San Jose, CA.
2008 Solo: “World Without End” Gallery 2, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
2007 Solo:“Seven Sonnets, Seven Songs, Seven Secrets” The Black Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2007 “Cross Contamination.” Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2006 “California Clay Competition”, Juror: Patti Warashina, The Artery, Davis, CA.
2006 “NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition ”, Juror: Nan Smith, Portland, OR.
2006 "Cross Contamination" Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2005 Solo: “Somewhere Between Home and Here”California State University, Chico,
Chico, CA.
2005 “Print and Clay” Janet Turner Gallery, Chico, CA.
2005 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition,Chico, CA.
2004 “That Thing” California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
2004 "Print and Clay" Janet Turner Gallery, Chico, CA.
2004 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition, Chico, CA.
2004 “The Fresno Banner Project” Public Art, In conjunction with: “Print as Public Art”
California State University Summer Arts, Fresno, CA.
2003 California State University, Chico, Juried Exhibition, Chico, CA.
2003 California State University, Chico,“Ceramics Now” In conjunction with,
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA.
2003 “Divergence” Atlas Clayworks, Chico, CA.
2002 “Backdrift” Robert Ogata Studio, Fresno, CA.
2000 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
2000 “Synchronicity” Centro Belles Artés, Fresno, CA.
1999 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
1998 Juried exhibition, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
COLLECTIONS:
2010 Charles D. Himmelblau collection, Mountain View, CA.
2009 Gabe Toci, Anchorage, AK.
2008 Hideki Yamashiro collection, Okinawa, Japan.
2006 Trevor Koch, Kate Mullins, Portland, OR.
2006 Cameron Crawford, Chico, CA.
2006 Vernon Patrick, Chico, CA.
2006 The Darryl and Edra Jandro collection, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Dave Schleiger Architecture, Chico, CA.
2003 James and Melissa Miller, Fresno, CA.
2003 Todd Pitman, Fresno, CA.
2002 James Shepard collection, Fresno, CA.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Award, nominee.
2009 Elizabeth Heil Ceramic Scholarship.
2008, 2007.
2006 Clay Planet Award, California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA.
2006 Summer Art Scholarship, California State University, Fresno, CA.
2005, 2004.
2000 Best of show, Fresno City College, Student Show, Fresno, CA.
1998.
LECTURES:
2012 Visiting Artist, Visual presentation and discussion on creating and presenting a cohesive body of artwork. Thrown and assembled forms demo, South Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
2012 Visiting Artist, Slide lecture, large scale thrown and altered forms demo, Pasadena Community College, Pasadena, CA.
2011 Visiting Artist, Image resource presentation, Ceramic decal demo, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA.
PUBLICATIONS:
2014 "Depicting death: Artists take on the great inevitable" Las Vegas Weekly
2010 Refused Art Culture magazine, Issue #8.
2009 “Lift Off” exhibition catalog, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
2008 Spartan Daily, Front page, November 17th.
2008 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Program.
2006
2007 Refused Art Culture magazine, Issue #3.
2006 Spartan Daily, News Section, November 30th.
2004 Chico News and Review, Fine Arts section, April 29.
2003 California State University Chico, brochure, “Achieving Excellence.”
2004
1998 The Rampage, Volume LXVIII, Edition 5, Life section, April 22.
1998 Fresno City College, “City at Large”, Cover panel, April edition.
CONFERENCES:
2014 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA.
2013, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.
2009 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
“A Historical Overview”, Phoenix, AZ.
2006 “Explorations and Navigations: The Resonance of Place”, Portland, OR.
2003 “Borders in Flux”, San Diego, CA.
REFERENCES:
Professor, Stan Welsh Professor, Monica Van Den Dool
SJSU School of Art & Design SJSU School of Art & Design
One Washington Square, One Washington Square,
Art Building 116, San Jose, CA 95192 Art Building 116, San Jose, CA 95192
E-mail: stanwelsh.com E-mail: http://monicavandendool.com/
Professor, Cameron G. Crawford Professor, Susan Whitmore
Graduate coordinator California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929 -820
Chico, CA 95929 - 820 Email: swhitmore@csuchico.edu
E-mail: ccrawford@csuchico.edu
Professor, Vernon C. Patrick
Retired
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929 - 820
E-mail: vpatrick@csuchico.edu
