About
My work is anchored in exploring the ever-changing nature of salvaged cardboard and discarded materials. At the center of my practice lies a captivating dialogue with stories of memory, place, labor, and the potential within materials that “once were.” I integrate drawing, painting, printmaking, and textile techniques to construct small—and large-scale assemblages.
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EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Cruz - Certificate in Educational Therapy
San Francisco State University - M.A. Art September 1979 - June 1981
San Francisco State University, Ryan Act Teaching Credential, Art September 1974 - June 1975
University of California, Davis - B.A., Art September 1970 - June 1972
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cathedral School for Boys, San Francisco - Ars Specialist- September 1989 - June 2021
Mercy High School, San Francisco - Art Teacher - September 1986 - June 1989
San Francisco Community College - Art Teacher - September 1982 - June 1989
John F. Kennedy University, Moraga, California - Graduate Advisor, Art - September 1986 - June 1987
De Young Museum of San Francisco - Art Teacher - September 1983 - June 1987
Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts, Berkeley, California - Art Teacher - September 1981 - June 1986
San Francisco State University - Guest Arts Professor - September 1982 - January 1982
INVITED LECTURER
Drew College Preparatory, San Francisco “Teaching the Learning Disabled Child” - 2001
Richmond Art Center, California. “On-Site: Artists in Response to the Environment” - 1989
HONORS AND AWARDS
1999 - Robert Rauschenberg Foundation “Power of Art Award”, Lab School of Washington D.C.,
Honored for developing a visual arts program to enhance academic understanding for students with reading and writing challenges.
1998 - Appointed Head, Children’s Art Task Force - Superior Court of California, San Francisco Unified Family Court,
Appointed to develop a program to place children’s art into Family Court.
1996 - Awarded Art Teacher of the Year - De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, SFUSD Annual Youth Arts Festival
1985 - San Francisco Foundation Grant Recipient Artist-in-Residence - San Francisco State University Romberg Center for Environmental Studies, Tiburon, California
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco
Adia Services, San Francisco
American National Bank Chicago, Illinois
Hersh Family Law, San Francisco
Hersh and Hersh Law Firm San Francisco
Kaiser Medical Center Walnut Creek, California
Heritage Bank of Commerce Sunnyvale, California
Solutions San Francisco
Trammel Crow Corporation San Mateo, California
Wells Fargo Bank Oakland, California
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE ARTIST
1994 - Webster, Mary Hull, The Form of Stillness
1986 - Berrian, Elizabeth and Nelson, Fred New Directions in Paper Mendocino Art Center Arts and Entertainment
1985 - Schoesinger, Ellen, Paper: Ephemeral and Enduring Sacramento Bee
1984 - Scarborough, Jessica Sculptural Paper: Foundation and Directions Fiberarts
PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST
1983 - On Papermaking Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot
ART EXHIBITIONS
2024 - “Cafe Alma Group Exhibit”, San Francisco. 2024- “Reclaimed/Repurposed,” Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California, group exhibit. 2024 - ReLaunch, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit. 2024 - “Women Artists Making Their Mark,” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, group exhibit. 2024 - “Paper Arts,” California State Fair, Awarded Fourth Place, group exhibit. 2024 - “Fiber Art: The Expressive & Innovative,” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, group exhibit. 2024 - “Pint Size,” Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California, group exhibit. 2023 - “The De Young Open,” De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, group exhibit. 2023 - SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 2022 - “Debris Assessment Series,” Cafe Alma, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 2022 - “Summertime, Noe Valley Artists,” Sanchez Gallery, San Francisco, one month. 2022 - “Landscapes and Seascapes,” Laguna Art Gallery, California, one month, group exhibit. 2019 - “50 x 50”, Gallery Sanchez, Pacifica, California, group exhibit. 2008 - 2024 - “Open Studios, San Francisco”. 2011 - “Nature,” Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit. 2010 - “Postcard as Art,” The Lab, San Francisco, group exhibit. 2009 - “Visual Aid, SOMA, San Francisco,” group exhibit. 2009 - “Meet the Artists”, BAE, San Francisco, group exhibitd. 2001 - “Inaugural Art Exhibition,” Mercy High School Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibition. 1998 - “Art Faculty Exhibition,” Branson Gallery, Ross, California, group exhibit. 1994 - “Asian Roots/Western Soil” Japanese Influences in American Culture,” Berkeley Art Center, group exhibit. 1992 - “Judith Litvich Collection: Hobaica, Farnsworth, and O’Connor,” Piemonte, Oakland, California. 1991 - “Exploring Paper,” California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, group exhibit. 1990 - “Three Artists”, Pence Gallery, Davis, California. 1989 - “On-Site: Artists in Response to the Environment”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, group exhibit. 1989 - “Paper Dimensions: Sculptural Paper by Bay Area Women Artists,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, group exhibit. 1986 - “New Directions in Paper” Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, group exhibit. 1985 - “Paper: Pushing the Limits” Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit. 1985 - Collaborative Installation “Cartography,” Romberg Environmental Studies Center, Tiburon, California. 1985 - “Paper: Ephemeral and Enduring,” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, group exhibit. 1984 - Invitational Solo Exhibit: “Site as Subject,” Pacific Basin Gallery, Berkeley, California. 1984 - “Heller Gallery” University of California Student Union Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit. 1983 - “Fiber and Paint,” Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit. 1981 - “Masters in 1981”, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit.