RESUME

Solo and two-person shows

2022

Material Persuasions; Launch Gallery, Los Angeles

2021

Incremental; Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland

2018

Woman | Woman curated by jill moniz; Louis Stern Fine Arts Los Angeles

2017

Origins: Raw and refined; Monterey Peninsula College Gallery
Left Coast Annual Awards Exhibition; Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica

2016

And the Refinement of their Decline; Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco

2013

Maintenance and Operations, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco

2012

Designed for general use, Stripe Design Group, Santa Cruz

2010

Designed for general use, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Designed for general use, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel

2008

Residuum, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Hub, Invisible Venue, Oakland

2004

Envisioning White, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz
Figment of the Machination, Art Building, Santa Clara University
Periphery of Experience, Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz

2001

Shaping Memory Shaping Us, Creative Arts Center Gallery, Sunnyvale

group shows

2025

515 Bendix, Los Angeles; Spark
a poco art collective, Culver City, CA; L/Womb
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Nomad
515 Bendix, Los Angeles, Impromptu
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Ventura, CA; Transmission
Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, CA; Camera Obscura Artists in Residence

2024

Winter Fundraiser, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Nomad
Art Object Gallery, San José, CA; For the Love of Art: Celebrating the Ralph & Sheila Pickett Collection
Art Share LA, Los Angeles; Ellsworth Residency Artists Exhibition
m.k. contemporary, Santa Cruz, CA; Selections: Rydell Visual Arts Fellows

2023

Winter Fundraiser, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Forage | Gather, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
(En)Gendered Agency, Delta College Art Gallery, Stockton, CA
Connective Threads curated by Jo Lauria and Carrie Burckle, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Glimpse, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Resilience(d) curated by Sara V. Cole, Works San José; San José, CA

2022

Sister City II Change, Praxis Artspace, Bowden, Australia
did you make this? how long did it take? Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021

Weave, Cut, Bundle and Layer, curated by Lisa McCutcheon; Root Division, San Francisco
Trickster & Transformation, juried by Carol Shaw-Sutton; Helms Design Center, Los Angeles
Reflection; Korean Cultural Center/LaunchLA

2020

The Ripple Effect; Monterey Museum of Art
Inside Out: Seeing through Clothing; San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

2019

The New Domestics, curated by Gail Enns; Hillier School of Art and Architecture, Newark NJ
Antigone, curated by jill moniz; Quotidian, Los Angeles
Hot Love—Cold Facts, curated by Jack Fischer; Berkeley Art Center
Beyond the Warp and Weft: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus, curated by Hannah Regev; Ruth’s Table, San Francisco
Claiming Needles, curated by Peggy Schoenegge and Darja Zub, Peer to Space online exhibition,

2018

Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA; Holding Up 1/2 the Sky curated by jill moniz
The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria, Australia; Sister City Prints
West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide, Australia; Sister City Prints
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tuscon, AZ; High Fiber

2017

Artik Art and Architecture; Annual Exhibition
Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles; Material as Metaphor
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tuscon, AZ; Elemental
Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA; Lucid Art Residency Exhibition

2016

Minnesota St. Project, San Francisco; Reclaimed: Elevating the Art of Reuse
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance; Thread curated by Susanna Meiers
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica; Left Coast Annual juried by Lucía Sanromán, YBCA
Tucson Art Museum; String Theory curated by Julie Sasse
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tuscon, AZ; High Fiber
Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley; Artists’ Annual

2015

Shelter, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
 Handmade: State of the Arts, curated by Emily Zaiden, The Maloof Foundation and Craft in America Center, Los Angeles
[Im]materiel, curated by Kevin B. Chen, Headlands Center for the Arts

2014

Extra Ordinary, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tuscon
Day Re-dreamed, curated by Mayumi Hamanaka, Berkeley Central Arts Passage
Soft Muscle, curated by Adrienne Heloise, Root Division, San Francisco

2013

Installations, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Milestones: Textiles of Transition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

2012

Beauty, curated by Glen Helfland and Katrina Traywick, Berkeley Art Center
Rydell Visual Arts Fellows, Sanchez Center, Pacifica
Rydell Visual Arts Fellows, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz
Outfitters: The Contemporary Art of Clothing, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek

2011

Chain Letter, curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma, AZ
unCommon Threads, curated by Susanna Meiers, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance

2010

Cielo/Sky curated by Shelby Graham, Sala de exposiciones del Parque García Sanabria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands and Porter Faculty Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz
Depth of Surface curated by Victor De La Rosa, San Francisco State University
By a thread, curated by Cathy Kimball, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Book as Medium, Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
Corporealities: Bodies in Question, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2009

In Stitches, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody; Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY
High-rise Project; Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco

2008

The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces; curated by Jennifer Heath, traveling through 2012
Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century, The Center for Book Arts, New York
Ying: Inspired by the Art and History of China, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz

2007

Cutting Edge Books, California State University East Bay, Hayward
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin

2006

American Seven, Works Gallery, San Jose
X-Libris: SFCB’s 10th-Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco Center for the Book
By the Hand, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Hair Raising, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art

2005

Collage/Assemblage, Art Object Gallery, San Jose
Material Moments, Gualala Art Center, CA

2002

Fabricated, IDEA, Austin TX
Relevant Structure, San Francisco Center for the Book
Exemplary Contemporary (awarded First Prize) Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz

2001

Personae, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
This is not a Book, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art

selected bibliography

2017

Art Forum, August 17, Material as Metaphor listed under Critics’ Picks by Grant Johnson
Los Angeles Times, August 18, “Fake fur, rubber, afghans: Craft museum unfurls some playful surprises in
Material as Metaphor” by Leah Ollman
Riot Material, July 31, Material as Metaphor, Nancy Kay Turner
Fabrik, June 19, Material as Metaphor review by Peter Frank

2013

San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, “Victoria May at Soker” by Kenneth Baker

2011

“Exhaustively Effortless,” Rydell Fellowship catalog essay by Susan O’Malley

2009

KQED’s Spark, May 13, featured on public television weekly arts show

2008

San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, “Art worth getting a bead on” by Kenneth Baker
Artshift San Jose, August 22, review of solo show by Hanna Hannah

2006

By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art edited by Joseph Magliaro and Shu Hung, Princeton Architectural Press
Metro Silicon Valley, February 1-7, “Threads of Memory” by Michael S. Gant
San Jose Mercury News, February 5, “The Artists’ Trail along South First” by Jack Fisher
San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, “Tressed Out; Art off the top of our heads” by Anastasia Hendrix

2005

Fiberarts Magazine, Jan/Feb issue, “Hats: the Pinnacle of Wearable Art,”
by Sunita Patterson

2001

San Jose Mercury News, April 8; “Books that are not Books,” by Jack Fisher
Artweek, March; ‘This is not a Book,’ by Berin Golonu
Metro Santa Cruz, March 28; “Fictitious Identities” by Christina Waters

Honors/misc

2024

Ellsworth Residency, Art Share LA, Los Angeles

2023

Camera Obscura Art Lab Residency in Santa Monica

2016

Selected for Lucid Art Residency
Djerassi Residency alternate

2015

Silicon Valley Creates Artist Laureate
Kala Artist in Residence

2013

Nominated for Eureka Fellowship
Nominated for Pro Arts’ 2 x 2 Solos

2012

Jentel Artist Residency, Banner WY

2010

Recipient of Rydell Fellowship

2007

Nominated for Eureka Fellowship

2006

Collaborated with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens on costumes for their Yellow Wedding

2005

Nominated for SECA Award
Nominated for Rydell Fellowship
Invitational Print Edition for Works, San Jose

2004

Nominated for Eureka Fellowship

Education

MFA, San Jose State University

BA in Design, cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles