Résumé
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors, UC Santa Cruz, Fall 1993, Major in Art
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Contributing artist for set of children’s show pilot, The Adventures of Catty Wompus, filmed in Santa Cruz, summer of 2015. 57 Art Fish were installed on the walls of the sandcastle interior set.
PUBLIC ART
NOAA Monterey Bay National, Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, 20-piece Lobby Finstallation, 35 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, June 2016–Present
Wrigley Building/University Business Park, Santa Cruz, May 28, 2014–Present
Art Fish Installation, Santa Cruz Optometric Center, 904 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, California
Ceramic Anchors, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Morro Bay Harbors
Art Fish Installation, Whale City Bakery, Davenport, California
Ceramic Anchor, Olitas Restaurant on the Wharf, Santa Cruz, California
Kings Creek, 220 Mountain Hermon Road, Scotts Valley, California, 2000. 3’ x 25′ mosaic mural commissioned by George Ow Jr., on behalf of the Ow Family, for the retaining wall at the entrance of King’s Village Shopping Center. Including design, rendering, and installation around eight steel, rainbow trout created by fabricator/artist Darren Forbes. Time to install: 28 days.
SHOWS
Everybody’s Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, December 19, 2014–present,
Group Show: Ceramic Sculpture
Oceans o’ Fish, University Business Park Lobby, May 28–August 31, 2014, One Person Show:
Ceramic Sculpture
Oceans of Art, R. Blitzer Gallery, September 2013 group show: Ceramic Sculpture
Surf’s Up, Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, June, 1999, Group Show: Paintings, Sculpture
Michael Leeds Gallery, Santa Cruz, California, December, 1996, Group Show: Wind Art, Mobiles
Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, 1995, Gallery Shop: Fish Prints
Exemplary Contemporary, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC, May, 1995, Juried Group
Show: Sculpture
Michael Leeds Gallery, Santa Cruz, July 17-July 31, 1993, One Person Show: Oils, Assemblage
Exemplary Contemporary, E. P. Smith Gallery, UCSC, May, 1993, Juried Group Show: sculpture
Novas 1993, E. P. Smith Gallery, UCSC, February-March, 1993, Juried Group Show of Student Works: Sculpture, Painting
Saint George & Other Old Haunts, Bay Photo Gallery, Santa Cruz, August, 1992, One Person
Show: Photographs
The Avenue, A Photo Journal of Post Quake Santa Cruz, Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz, November-December, 1990, One Person Show: Photographs
GALLERIES
Many Hands Gallery, 510 Bay Avenue, Capitola, California, Ceramic Art Fish, 2015
Coastal eddy a gallery, 1417 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, California, Ceramic Art Fish, January 2015
Santa Barbara Arts, 1114 State St., La Arcada Court, Santa Barbara, California, Ceramic Art Fish, August 2014
Sumi’s Gifts and Jewelry, 1812 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California, Ceramic Art Fish, May 2014
Pope Gallery, 125 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz, California, Fish Prints, 1995
AWARDS
Best of Show, Novas 1993
WORK HISTORY
Dorigraphics, Art Consultant, 1999–present
Sculptor, Subcontractor, 1978–present
Brick, tile, rock, structural concrete
*City of Santa Cruz Beach Lifeguard Service, 1984–1994
*Santa Cruz Fire Department, Reserve Firefighter, paid on call, 1990–1993
RESCUE*/ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
Ocean Lifeguard; Marine Rescue Unit Member; Santa Cruz Fire Department, Reserve Firefighter, 1990-1993; City of Santa Cruz, Pacific Operations, Post Earthquake Safety and Security, 1989-1990; Ocean Safety Committee, 1996; Surfers Against Drowning, founding member, 1986-present; Surfrider Foundation, Santa Cruz Chapter, founding member, Blue Water Task Force 1991-1993