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Resume      Statement      Biography

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Selected Exhibitions, ( *Solo Shows )

2007    Summer SomArt, AFI + Associates, SF, CA
2007    * Discover South Beach, Pacific Union Real Estate, SF, CA 
2007    Home, Root Division, SF, CA
2007    Launch, Cooper Hook Studio, NY, NY
2006    5th Auction, Root Division, SF, CA
2006    Boom Box, Root Division, SF, CA
2006    1st Thursday, Frisson, SF, CA
2006    Two Artist Show w/Pete Gronquist, Root Division, SF, CA
2006    TASTE, Root Division, SF, CA
2005    4th Auction Root Division, SF, CA
2005    Octopus, Root Division, SF, CA
2004    3rd Auction, Root Division, SF, CA
2004    54 Cards, Steel Pond Gallery, Portland, OR
2004    The Bay Area Show, Steel Pond Gallery, Portland, OR
2003    2nd Auction for Root Division, Hespe Gallery, SF, CA
2003    Budget Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    One Night Stand, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    * Hotel Biron Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    Budget Gallery @ The Armory, San Francisco, CA
2002    Ballazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002    1st Auction for Root Division, Hespe Gallery, SF, CA
2002    Budget Gallery @ Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2002    Budget Gallery, @ 49 Geary St., San Francisco, CA
2002    North Beach Festival, San Francisco, CA
2002    Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA
2002    Reel Mutiny, The Blue Bar, San Francisco, CA
2001    My America, Theresa Vargas Studio, Mill Valley, CA
2001    * Tunnel Top Tavern & Gallery, SF, CA
2001    Counting Coup, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
2001    Counting Coup, The Center For Social Change, Northampton, MA
2001    SF @ MICROSOFT Corporate Headquarters, SF, CA
2001    Counting Coup, The Theatre for the New City, New York, NY
2001    Kung Fu Masters, Tunnel Top, San Francisco, CA
2001    Undo, The Scott Pfadden Gallery, New York, NY
2000    * Vesuvio, San Francisco, CA
1998    Word for Word, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA
1997    Excuses Excuses, SF City College, Fort Mason Gallery
1997    The Human Figure, SF City College, Fort Mason Gallery         

Publications…

2005     "Ten things I saw…" a collaboration with Bill Berkson, w/etchings by
               Alex Katz,  "Gloria,"  by Arion Press 2005, limited edition of 100
2001     Filbertration, Spring, issue #2, "unexpected"
2001     Naropa  Summer Writing Magazine, ""Room 27627" & "Game Show"

Grants & Awards…

2006      Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation Grant, $25,000
2006      The Jewish Endowment Fund Grant, $5,000
2006      The Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant, $1,000
2003      Adbusters Magazine ABTV Contest, Direct Action Winner,
               First Prize (Puppet Street) www.adbusters.org         
2003      University of Nevada Las Vegas Graduate Assistant Scholarship               
               Declined Award
2000      San Francisco Art Institute Community College Scholarship, $6,000
1999      Office of the Mayor, San Francisco Neighborhood Beautification Fund Grant,
               $13,500
1999      The Bill Graham Foundation Grant, $1,500
1999      Redhook Brewery Grant, $1000

Articles, Interviews & Television Coverage…

2006     San Francisco Chronicle, 8/12/06, Datebook
2001     Artist Television Access, 4/04/01 "Crime"
2001     Punk Planet Magazine, May/June, Page 58
2001     "Extreme Craftiness," CH 29, 2/22/01
2001     KPIX Channel 5 News, 1/21/01
2001     KRON Channel 4 News, 1/20/01    
2000     News Port Online Publication, 5/20/00
               www.newsport.com
2000     The New Fillmore, 2/20/00, Page 3    
2000     The San Francisco Observer, 2/20/00, Front Page
2000     San Francisco Sun Reporter, 1/20/00, Page 8
2000     San Francisco Bay View, 1/19/00, Front Page
2000     San Francisco Weekly, 1/19/00, RiffRaff
2000     San Francisco Chronicle, 1/18/00, Page A2
2000     San Francisco Weekly, 1/12/00, RiffRaff
2000     San Francisco Sun Reporter, 1/6/00, Front Page
1999     San Francisco Chronicle, 10/22/99, Page A2
1999     San Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/99, Datebook E1
1998     Jazz Now Magazine, 10/98

Education…

Naropa University, Kerouac School, Boulder, CO, 2001, Summer Writing Program
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2000-2001, Painting
City College, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1996-1999, Fine Art
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1988-1992, BA 1992, History & Economics

Affiliations…

San Francisco Art Institute's Artists Committee, Nominated in 2004 (1 year term)
Root Division Event / Exhibition Director, 2005, 2006, 2007
Curator and Developer of Second Saturday Monthly Shows