Solo Show: Afterglow in Divided Space - February 26th - April 3rd, 2010
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Artist Statement

I use model-making materials to create versions of natural phenomena - waterfalls, black holes tornadoes, steam- that don't have a rigid architectural structure and are in constant flux. These sculptures are based in the tradition of model making and research of tensegrity engineering practices. The intended imperfections in the sculptures reference this duality. Science dissects natural phenomena in an attempt to understand the way things work. I am interested in the magic of the natural world, and how we experience those moments when we gaze awestruck at a powerful tornado or waterfall.  I try to convey a replica of something that has no real structure to it, but is instead a manifestation of energy that is both fragile and explosive.

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Exhibitions

2010

    2010 Kala Fellowship award, San Francisco, CA

    Everyday Mystics, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009

   Bellwether, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

    Mythologies, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland

    Aura, Artists Television Access, San Francisco, CA

    Live and Direct, Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Modality Room, Blank Space, Oakland, CA

    The Big Three, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008

    Blot out the Sun, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles CA

    MFA Biennial, DiRosa Preserve, Napa, CA

    Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

    That’s my Side, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Botnick Space Off #2, Botnick Studios, Hamburgsund, Sweden

    Crater Bay Area, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

2007

    MFA Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

    Zonal Confluence, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

    Flood, San Francisco Arts Commission, Grove Street, San Francisco, CA

    Surprise!, Video screening, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

    Mystical Enchanted Forest, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

    Stalactites, Marfa Salon, Marfa, Texas

    Albedo, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    I.O.U., Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

2006             

    Immediate Future, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Us and Them Virginia Commonwealth University, VA

    Self-Propelled, Playspace, San Francisco, CA

    Seksbuildhuggers, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

    All College Honors Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts

2005               

    Come Together, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Arterial Change, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2004

    Periphery, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

    Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2003

    Art Health Fair, Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA

    Dinosaurs, Los Medanos Community College Gallery, Pittsburg CA

    Beauty Boutique, Blackbird Space, San Francisco, CA

Education

2007California College of the Arts, MFA, Sculpture

2004Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

1998California College of Arts and Crafts, BFA, Sculpture

Awards and Residencies

2009Mac Dowell Artist Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, NH

2008Danish Arts Council Grant, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006Edwin Anthony and Adelaine Boudreaux Cadogan Fellowship,

San Francisco, CA

Juries Mention, All College Honors, California College of the Arts

2005           Spaces World Artists Program, Cleveland, OH

                   Artist in Residence

2002John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Program, Kohler, WI

Artist in Residence

2000Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Artist in Residence, Full Fellowship Recipient

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Emerging Artist in Residence