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My work employs a personal lexicon of symbolism pulled from family history, rock and roll memorabilia,Catholic iconography, and underground comic books to explore the themes of myth, memory, and identity. I am a chronic nostalgist, which may be why I prefer to use traditional media. Dark humor is essential.
I grew up surrounded by the Funk Art popular in 1970's and 1980's Sacramento, California. I moved to Oakland to attend California State summer School of the Arts at Mills College, and then to study painting and film at California College of Art, where I fell into a bad crowd of cartoonists and illustrators. I was a member of the short-lived, but much loved Puppy Toss publishing collective, and my comics and illustrations have appeared in various publications. Eventually, I received my BA in Painting, and a teaching credntial at San Francisco State University. I am a visual artist and arts educator based in San Francisco, and Santa Rosa, where I live with my husband.
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Born 1972 in Sacramento, California.
Lives and works in San Francisco, California.
EXHIBITIONS
2012 You Are Beautiful, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2012 Valentine's Day Show, Down at Lulu's, Oakland, CA
2011 Portrait Show, Studio One Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Five Cartoonists, Toby’s Feed Barn Gallery, Point Reyes, CA
2011 Mission Artists Exhibition, FLAX Art & Design, San Francisco, CA
2010 Teen Age, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Mischief, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Into the Ring, SOMarts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 Dementions, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA
2009 Elvis Week Juried Show, Graceland, Memphis, TN (2nd Place Award)
2009 Group Show, Barber Lounge, San Francisco, CA
2009 Relentless Love, Art Explosion Studios, San Francisco, CA
2008 Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 ArtSpan Fall Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2007 Melt, Art Explosion Studios, San Francisco, CA
2007 Flower Power, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA
2006 Little and Lots, Here Gallery, Bristol, UK
2006 Post-Postcard 10, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2006 Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Pink Week, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006 Bad Neighborhood, Badfish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 16th Annual Stillwell Juried Show, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, CA
2003 Here, Here Gallery, Bristol, UK
2001 Cakes, Ver Unica, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
1998 Method, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
TEACHING RESIDENCY
2008-09 RDASC Artist-in-Residence. Lafayette and George Peabody Elementary
Schools, San Francisco, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Duthie, Heather. “SF Open Studios,” Mission Local, October 2009.
<http://missionlocal.org/2009/10/open-studios/>
Moore, Anne Elizabeth. The Best American Comics 2006,
Houghton Mifflin; October 2006.
Fleener, Mary. “Our Cover Girls,” The Comics Journal ,
September 2001
Raphael, Jordan. “Young Cartoonists Roundtable,” Comics
Journal, June 1998
Strachota, Dan. “The Puppy Toss Papers,” Express Weekly,
January 17, 1997
Snyder, Jon. “Eight Who Are Changing the Face of Comics,”
Cups Magazine, January 1995
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2010 Fanzines: The DIY Revolution, pp. 152-153. Published by
Chronicle Books.
2008 Creative Quarterly #13, November 2008.
2006 Art Education, November 2006, pp. 20-21.
2004 “The Amazing Fox Sisters,” Scheherazade , pp. 196-208.
Soft Skull Press
2004 Illustrated The Lazy Crossdresser by Charles Anders, Greenery Press.
2000 “The Grey Area,” Smart Mouth , pp. 80-81. Writers Corps Books,
California Arts Commission
1998-2001 Bust Magazine, various full-page strips
1997-2004 San Francisco Bay Guardian, various illustrations
1997 “Before He Was Bob Dylan,” Pulse Magazine #165, pg108.
Published by Tower Records
EDUCATION
2008 California Art Education Credential, SFSU
2006 B.A. in Painting, San Francisco State University
1990-1992 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1990 California State Summer School of the Arts, Mills College |
