Statement
I am engaged by the contrast between the physical nature of an
object and the ephemeral nature of an image. Working with wood,
I make sculpture and prints. I am interested in wood for the numerous
possibilities offered by its many forms – from logs to sawdust.
I incorporate chance into my working process as a way to diffuse
the intellect and to open myself to moments of discovery. I believe
in the Zen notion of ‘first thought best thought.’
Because of this I rarely have a preconceived notion of a finished
work. While working I try to stay attuned to any incidentals in
the process – such as a cutoff that warps and twists as
it dries; or the bits of sawdust that fall onto the printing block
creating an image reminiscent of stars. At these moments everything
is potent and new and something is revealed which is larger than
myself. I am most successful at these moments, as it is my interest
to make art about transcendence.
Bio
Education
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1990-92 MFA.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture Department, Richmond,
VA, 1988-90.
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 1986-88, BA Art History.
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, 1984-86, Art History.
Residencies,
Fellowships and Awards
2001 Merit Prize, Arts Benicia, awarded by Archana Horsting, Director
of the Kala Institute
1999 Ucross Foundation Fellowship, Ucross, WY.
Artist in Residence, Tokugenji Press, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
1998 Artist in Residence, Tokugenji Press, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
1992 Eisner Prize for the highest achievement in the creative
arts, University of California, Berkeley.
1990-91 Marian Hahn Simson Fellowship, University of California,
Berkeley.
Solo
Exhibitions
2002 Enso, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2000 Jeff King - Prints and Sculpture, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga,CA.
Japan Works, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Group
Exhibitions
2003 Close Calls 2003, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito,
CA.
Big Prints - Contemporary Graphic Arts 1967-2000, Fine Arts Museum
of SanFrancisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco,
CA
The Big Tree Project. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
Zen and Modern Art, Echoes of Buddhism in Western Art, University
Art Gallery, California State University Hayward, Hayward , CA.
2002 Wood wards (keepers of the wood), Arts Benicia, Benicia CA.
Six Artists One Medium, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park,
CA.
2001 Imprints - a survey of traditional and experimental printmaking,
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA.
2000 Gallery Route One Year 2000 Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route
One, Point Reyes Station, CA.
Salon, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA.
New Prints From Tokugenji Press, Hiromi Paper International, Santa
Monica, CA.
1999 Mayoke, Ars Locus, Kyoto, Japan.
Prints U.S.A. 1999, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO.
The 20th Annual 1999 Bay Arts, Manor House Gallery, Belmont, CA.
Interventions, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Spinal Epidural, Please!, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco,
CA.
1998 Tokugenji Multiples, Ars Locus, Kyoto, Japan.
Surface, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997 New Drawings, 2451 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA.
Small Works Exhibition, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa,
CA.
Collections
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic
Arts, San Francisco CA.
Pecs Secondary School for the Arts, Pecs, Hungary.
Rene and Veronica di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA.
Simpson Thacher Bartlett, New York, NY.
Various private collections. |
