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1974 - Born in Los Angeles, CA

Education
1993-1998 Sonoma State University, California, Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting
1997 Studio Arts Center International, Summer Painting Workshop, Florence,Italy
1999-2001 Mills College, Oakland, California, Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art

Solo Exhibitions
2007
SF MOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Through & Through, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

2006
New Paintings, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC

2005
Doe, San Francisco, CA

2004
The Secret Café , Berkeley, CA- featured artist at an underground music and art space

2003
Fresh Paint, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA

2000
Sweet, Mesh Gallery, Sebastopol, CA

Selected Exhibitions
2010
New and Shiny, artstream, Rochester NH

2009
Surface Tension, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Art, Oakland, CA
Jen 11, Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Jen 11, artstream, Rochester, NH
Jen 11, Composition Gallery, Denver, CO

2008
Crossing the Line - a drawing show, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA (upcoming)
Out of the Fog, An exhibit of the artists from the Headlands Center for the Arts, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

2007
Our Fancy Painting Show, SQFT Gallery, Nashville, TN

2006
Firecrackers: Artists to Watch, Roshambo Winery & Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Summertime, Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
Distilled, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2005
Two for the Seesaw, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
In the Garden, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
Organic Abstraction, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
January Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

2004
Gazing Upward, Adobe Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
National Juried Competition, Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY
Alumni Show (working title), University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, CA

2003
Global Artlook, MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA
The Art of Collecting, Sonoma County Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA

2001
M.F.A. Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Small Works Show, Sonoma County Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA

2000
Fabricated to be Photographed, Calumet, San Francisco, CA group exhibition of 20 X 24 Polaroid’s
Crossroads, Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1998
B.F.A. Exhibition, Sonoma State University, CA

Art Fairs
2007
LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, CA
Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, ILSWAB, Branch Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2006
Flow Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, CA
Aqua Art Fair, Branch Gallery, NC
LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, CA
Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, CA

2005
Affordable Art Fair, NY, NYC, Julie Baker Fine Art, CA

Awards and Honors
2002-2006 Affiliate Artist-in-residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2001 Mills College Research Mini Grant, Oakland, CA.
2001 Mills College Alumni Tuition Scholarship, Oakland, CA.

Public Collections
Microsoft Art Collection
Farmers & Merchants Bank in Modesto, California branch
Farmers & Merchants Bank in Lodi, California branch

Selected Bibliography
New American Paintings West Coast Edition volume 85
Kneel Jung self published painting 'zine volume 1 edition 1
Cherie Louise Turner, Art Weekly, June 2007
Harpers Magazine, January 2007, Findings (p.96)
Cerrito, Chandra, Contemporary Quarterly Vol. 1, Freefall: Painting in the 00’s, (Fall 2005 p. 2).
Bamberger, Alan, ArtBusiness.com (October, 2004)