ARTIST STATEMENT

Human emotion is a subject of infinite artistic value. My work portrays the faces and experiences of people around me. As a sculptor working in clay I wanted to show more internal imagery behind the still face of a figure. This desire to reveal the interior has led me to pursue the transparency of glass. A glass figure conveys fragility and communicates through light better then one in any other medium.

EDUCATION

2004                 BFA California College of Arts and Crafts

1999                 Lorenzo de'Medici The Art Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy

1997-98            California College of Arts and Crafts, Pre-College Program

1998-99            College of Marin, life drawing and painting

1996-99            Helen Stanley, Artist, San Rafael CA, Private art instruction, painting and drawing

Exhibitions

2008                  Group Exhbition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, SOFA New York, New York, NY

2007                  Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL

                         Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

                         Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, SOFA New York, New York, NY

2006                  Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, ARTscottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ       

                                Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL

2005                  Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL

2004                  Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL         

                         International Emerging Artist Show, Louisville, KY

                                 The Urban Glass Auction, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY

                         New Artists, New Works, Public Glass, San Francisco, CA

                         Glass Being, BFA Exhibit, Nexus Gallery, Berkely, CA

2003                  Wild Enough To Keep You Looking, Eleven O Seven Gallery, Berkely, CA

                                 Two Person Exhibit, Center Art Gallery, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA

                         Emerging Artists Exhibition, Tobin-Hewitt Gallery, Louisville, KY

                         Student Exhibition, Glass Arts Society Annual Conference, Seattle, WA

                         Niche Award Finalists Exhibtion, Philadelphia, PA

2002                  Glass Art Society, Annual Conference, Student Exhibition Award, Amsterdam,

                         The Netherlands

1999                  Paintings and Drawings, Two Person Show, Chinook Resturant, San Raphael, CA

                                 Ross Valley Youth Art & Shine Festival, Town Hall, San Ansemo, CA

1998                  Show Caffe Valeska, San Rafael, CA

                         Fresh Art, Artisians, Mill Balley, CA

                                 Celebrate the Arts '98, Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA

1997                  Learning Curves, Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, CA

                         Marin County Fair Junior Art Show, San Rafael, CA

                         The Next Wave, Best of Show, Artisians, Mill Valley, CA