Statement
I am fascinated by everyday life: collecting and using ordinary,
unwanted and post-consumer products like scouring pads, rose thorns,
rust, and used-up sandpaper. My process develops as an exploration
of the qualities inherent in my materials and evolves into a deeper
look at their implications and meanings. I play with subtle shifts
of perception, fluctuating between truth and fiction, destruction
and construction, hinting at a tenuous stability whose strength
relies on its flexibility and resilience. My work is often a humorous
experience of confounded expectations, where the viewer recognizes
one thing, but upon closer inspection, realizes something strange
and not quite right is going on. Whether I am combining latex
with lace, replacing oil paint with rust, or pulling steel wool
apart to draw, my works all point to the real material of creativity:
a quality of mark, a motivation, a concept.
Bio
Education
1992-2002 Private Study & 8-week workshops with Rose Shakinovsky
and Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy
1988-1992 B.A. in Studio Arts, University of California at Berkeley
1990-1991 Language and Arts Program, Lorenzo de Medici, Florence,
Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Neferrious”, Evergreen State College, Olympia,
WA
2001 “Disposable Opulence”, Ampersand International
Arts, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 “Extreme Materials”, curated by Marie Via, Rochester
Art Museum, Rochester, NY
2005 APAture Featured Artist Exhibition, SoMA Arts, San Francisco,
CA
“Access”, curated by Audrey Heller, TBD, San Francisco,
CA
2004 Traveling exhibition: “Nuit Blanche : Lost in Translation”,
Ampersand Int’l Arts, SF, CA & Paris, France
“In the Summer”, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
2003 “Artist Complex”, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
“Spectrum”, curated by Audrey Heller, Mezzanine, San
Francisco, CA
2002 Group Show, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
“13th Anniversary of Montreal Massacre”, StudioXX/Banff
Centre, WWW & Canada
“Access”, Pakhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
“ArtWear”, Build, San Francisco, CA
Small Works Show, Corsini-Cavour, Florence, Italy
2001 “Hatching Beauty”, film by Amy Hicks, Film Arts
Independeant Festival, SF, CA
“emergeNcY”, Crane Street Studios, New York, NY
“Selections 2001”, Herbst International Exhibition
Hall, San Francisco, CA
“Small Works”, Harper College, Palatine, IL
“Community”, Gensler Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“ArtAngels”, SomArts, San Francisco,CA
2000 “Code/De-Code”, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
“Mental Meanderings”, Artspan, San Francisco, CA
“Multiplicity in Time and Space”, Ampersand Int’l
Arts, San Francisco, CA
1999 “Constellating”, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
“Eve’s Motive”, film collaboration with Amy
Hicks, Artists Television Access, SF, CA
1998 “Recent Works”, Howard Street Studios, San Francisco,
CA
1994 Au Musée d´Honneur Minuscule, New Langton Arts,
San Francisco, CA
Awards
and Residencies
2004 Full Stipend Recipient Artist in Residence (Nov), CanSerrat,
El Bruc, Spain
2004 Artist in Residence (Mar), at Lesheba working with Venda
artists, Jo’burg & Limpopo Region, South Africa
2003 Full Stipend Recipient Artist in Residence (Jan-Mar), Anderson
Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2003 Pamela Joseph Fellowship for Minority Artists
2002 Artist in Residence (Oct-Dec), Banff Centre Thematic Residency,
Banff, Canada
2002 Banff Centre for the Arts Merit Scholarship
2001 Selections, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
1999 Artist in Residence (Dec), Michaelis Art Institute, Cape
Town, South Africa
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