education

Master of Fine Arts - Drawing/Painting
2006, California College of the Arts

Bachelor of Arts - Art Studio
2000, University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Arts - Physics
2000, University of California, Davis

exhibitions

2008

Distributed Exhibition, in conjunction with This Show Needs You
The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
website

Casual Labor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2007

Two Things at the Same Time, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada
review

Deadpan, Kooh-i-nor, Copenhagen, Denmark

Liminality: Art on the Threshold, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

2006

Get Together, Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

New California Masters, Works, San Jose, CA
(Juried by Rachel Beth Egenhoefer)

Material World, Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA

Graduate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, SF

Pro Arts Juried Annual, Juried by Michael Wilson, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2005

100ft Whale, M. O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

New Visions:  Introductions 2005, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
(Juried by Catherine Clark and Jack Hanley)

The Cellar Dream, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004

Habit, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SFAI + CCA:  MFA Showcase, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

MagPo Show, Mighty, San Francisco, CA

All You Can Eat, Pink Mammoth Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003

Stay Home, The Pick Me Up Café, San Francisco, CA

2002

There is Art in Your Future: The Fortune Cookie Show, Optical Artistry, San Francisco, CA

Reply Hazy, Try Again: 20 Artists Respond to the Magic 8-Ball, Optical Artistry, San Francisco, CA

MELT, The Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA

ChUM, Recent works by Sherry Koyama and Alex Clausen, SPANGANGA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

Errata, The Galaxy Club, San Francisco, CA

LYRIC Queer Art Show, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999

Fabulous Freaky, UC Davis Gallery, Davis CA

publications

Scott Oliver, Shotgun Review (www.shotgun-review.com), Casual Labor, June 2008.

Chrissie Bradley, Artweek, May 2008, Vol. 39, Issue 4, p. 11.

DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Picks, March 5-11, 2008, Vol. 30, Issue 20.

Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, “Two Things at the Same Time at PEAK Gallery,” September 15, 2007.

Kenneth Baker, ARTNews, National Reviews, February 2007, Vol. 106, No. 2, p. 141.

Awards

2006 Headlands MFA Studio Award
INFO: www.headlands.org

2006 Honorable Mention, Kala Institute Fellowship Award
INFO: www.kala.org

COLLECTIONS

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2005-2007: Curatorial Committee, The Lab, San Francisco, CA