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Resume Highlights

Education

M.F.A. Sculpture, Academy of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Experimental Printmaking, Monterey, CA

B.A. Printmaking, San Francisco State University, CA

INVITATIONAL AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, Shanghai Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China

2019

Pulparazzi, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI

2016

Full Circle, The Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

2014

Cyphers and Symbols, solo show, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

Poets Symbols and Songs, solo show, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

2013

Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, US Embassy Tablisi Georgia

2012

Without Boundaries, Transformation in American Craft, The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

2010

It’s in the Pulp: The Art of Papermaking in Santa Cruz, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

2008

The Art of Paper, solo show, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

2002

Contemporary American Paper Artists, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2002

Like a Painting/Like a Book, Innovative Paper, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX

1999

Distinguished Artist Series, two person show, Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

1996

Distinguished Artist Series, two person show, Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

1982-84

Making Paper and Papermaking USA, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1976

Prints and Unique Works on Handmade Paper, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

The Color of Water, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

The State of the World, Gmuender Kunstverein Gallery Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

The Singular Image, Bluseed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY

2022

LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition, Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

This is Now, Radius Gallery Santa Cruz, CA

108th Annual Exhibition California Society of Printmakers Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, CA

2021

Covid Times, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

2020

Materiality, North American Papermakers Virtual

2019

Abstract Santa Cruz, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

2015

Craft Forms 2015, 24th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

36th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa AZ

2014

Bridging Santa Cruz, Spanning 50 Years of Printmaking,, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA

2013

4th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ

2012

Watermarks,The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

Yuma Art Symposium, The Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ

2011

Faszination Papier / The Allure of Paper, Kunstverein Burghausen Gernany, Paper Museum, Duszinki, Poland

Leaf and Bound, International Book and Paper Art Exhibition,  Eureka, IL

2009

Paper Global,  Museen der Stadt Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany

SHU MOK JI (Water Wood Paper), Jongienara Paper Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

Assemblage  + Collage  + Construction,  The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

2002

Contemporary American Paper Artists, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2002

Art On & Of  Handmade Paper, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

1986

International Biennale der Papier Kunst,,Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany

1976

Graphics from the Institute of Experimental Printmaking, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

Publications

Books

Paper – Making, Decorating, Designing, Beata Thackeray, Conran Octopus, London, 1997

Sculpture in Paper, Nicholas Roukes, Davis Publications, Inc. 1993

Papir Mageri 2, ­-kunst og teknik, Anne Vilsboll, Borgen, Denmark

Contemporary American Craft Art, A Collector’s Guide, Barbara Mayer, Peregrine Smith, 1990

Paper-Art and Technology, Paulette Long, The Work Print Council, San Francisco, 1979

 

Magazines and Catalogs

                      Changing Gears, The California  Printmaker The 2023 Journal of the California Society of Printmakers

                      LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition, catalog Mixografia, Gallery, Los Angeles,CA,2022

                      Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, Shanghai Fengxian Museum Shanghai,China 2021

                      36th Annual Contemporary Crafts, catalog, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa AZ, 2015

                      Art in the Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia 2013

Studio Magazine, “Making Art with Paper”, John Babcock’s studio, Spring issue 2012

Faszination Papier-The Allure of Paper, catalog traveling exhibition, Helene Tschacher, April, 2011

Papir Mageri 2, ­-kunst og teknik, Anne Vilsboll, Borgen, Denmark

IAPMA Bulletin #47Edge,The 2010 Pulp Painting Symposium in San Antonio, Lynn Sures, May, 2010

Paper Global, Deggandorf  Stadtmuseum, Brigitta Petschek-Sommer, May 2009

85th Anniverary Catalog of Prints, California Society of Printmakers,1999

Visiting Artist/Instructor/Lecturer

2021

International Association of Hand Papermakers Annual Meeting, Working with Paper Pulp in Time of Change, online group presentation, October 2021

2020

Pajaro Valley Art Center, Art Salon online presentation

2015

University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting artist, lecture “The Art of Paper.”

2014

Artist of the Year, Award Presentation, ”Paper Art,”County Arts Commission, Santa Cruz, CA 

2012

Yuma Art Symposium 33, presenter: An Artist Makes Paper, Yuma, AZ

2008

Cabrillo College, Cabrillo Arts, Making Paper, An Artists Exploration, Aptos, CA

1997

Lake Tahoe Art Center, Summer Workshop, Tahoe City, CA

1996

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Selected Collections

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
International Paper Company, New York, NY
Chubb Insurance Company, Warren, NJ
Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA
Southwest School of Art Craft, San Antonio, TX
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Florida Center for the Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, CA
Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
Hughes Aircraft Company, Santa Barbara, CA
Roche, San Francisco, CA
New Jersey Life Insurance, Paramus, NJ
Highlands Inn, Carmel Highlands, CA
Pebble Beach Lodge, Pebble Beach, CA
Gulf Oil Corporation, Houston, TX
Petitt and Martin, San Jose, CA
Xerox Corporation, Washington, DC
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Air Temp, Washington, DC
Quantum Computer, Milpitas, CAf
Sheraton Hotel, Long Beach, CA
Hyatt Corporation, Chicago, IL
Pacific Western Bank, Monterey, CA