Education

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Master of Fine Arts, Furniture/Wood.  Sept. 2001

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, England

Upholstery Studies. Fall 2000

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Bachelor of Arts, Applied Design-Emphasis in Furniture, 1994

Workshops

Upholstery. San Diego State University - Furniture Program

Fall 2005 & Fall 2003

Work History

Gateways School, San Diego, California

Woodworking Instructor (summer), 2006 & 2007
Taught 1st thru 4th graders beginning woodworking

Lindbergh-Schweitzer Elementary School (volunteer)

Helped restore playground originally built by James Hubbell, July 2006

Furniture Society 9th Annual Conference - June 2005 (volunteer)

Conference Co-Chair - San Diego, CA - 2005

San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, California

Adjunct Instructor (Two-Dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design, Color Theory), 09/2003 - Present

Design Institute , San Diego, California

Adjunct Instructor (Furniture Design), 09/2004 - Present

Exhibitions

“New West Coast Design”, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA.

Jan 2008. Juried Exhibition

“San Diego Design: New Work from Allied Craftsmen,” Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA

June 2006. Juried Exhibition

“Domestic Wood”, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

March 2006. Juried Exhibition

“Incorporating Art into Daily Life”, Art Center at Fallbrook, CA

Sept 2005. Juried Exhibition

“Women’s Work”, Park Blvd Artworks Gallery, San Diego, CA

June 2005

Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

2003 – present

“The Right Stuff”; Furniture Society Juried Traveling Exhibition of Upholstered Furniture.
Locations: Humanities Gallery, Madison, WI, Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2002

Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA

2002

“Sumptuous”. Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Master of Fine Arts.

2001

75th Annual, Student Show. Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2001.

Juried Exhibition “Starrett Nights”. Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2001. Juried Exhibition

“Benchwork at Workbench”. Workbench Furniture, Madison, Wisconsin

2001

“marsha marsha marsha”. 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2001

“First Look”. 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison

1999

“Splinters”. Ahrnsbrak Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI

1999. Juried Exhibition

"Studio Furniture: San Diego State University". Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

1998. Juried Exhibition

Trios Gallery. Solana Beach, CA

1998

Flor y Canto Gallery. San Diego State University

1997

Design in Wood-Furniture Exhibition. Del Mar Fair, Del Mar, CA

1994. Juried Exhibition

Grants

American Craft Council-Emerging Artist Grant, 2002

Memberships

Allied Craftsman of San Diego since 2006

The Furniture Society since 2000