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Education
MFA Sculpture, Academy of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Experimental Printmaking, Monterey, CA
BA Printmaking, San Francisco State University, CA
INVITATIONAL & SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021, Feasts on Paper, Shanghai International Paper Biennale, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
2019, Pulparazzi, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI
2016, Full Circle, The Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2014, Poets Symbols and Songs, solo show, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2014, Ciphers and Symbols, solo show, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2013, Art in Embassies, US Department of State, US Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012, Dichotomies: 9 Artists Explore Pulp and Paper, Convivium33 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2012, The Art of Handmade Paper, The Sonoma Valley Art Museum, Sonoma, CA
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
2000, 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, Peculiarities of Colored Paper, solo show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1991, Colored Papers, solo show, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
1991, Exploring Paper, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
1990, Splendid Forms/90, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM and New York, NY
1989-93, Craft Today: USA, European Traveling Exhibition, including American Craft Museum, New York, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfort, Germany, and ten other countries
1989, The Artful Object, Recent America Craft, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1989, Seven International Papermakers, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Paper, solo show, Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988-89, The Cutting Edge, New Directions in Handmade Paper, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
1986-88, Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1986, New Paper, solo show, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1985, Colored Paper, solo show, Site 311 Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
1984, Work in Paper, solo show, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1984, Hand Made Paper, solo show, Elements Gallery, New York, NY.
1983, Hand Cast Paper, solo show, Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
1982-84, Making Paper and Papermaking USA, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1981, Paper Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1980, Sculpture and Graphics, solo show, Santa Cruz Art Center Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1980, New Sculpture, solo show, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA
1978, Paper and Stone, solo show, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA
1977, Faults and Fissures: Marks in Handmade Paper, solo show, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
1976-77, The Handmade Paper Object, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1977, traveled, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and Jackson Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
1976, Prints and Unique Works on Handmade Paper, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Graphics from the Institute of Experimental Printmaking, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
1975, Paperworks, solo show, Allen Hancock College Gallery, Santa Maria, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, Members’ Showcase, National Association of Hand Papermakers, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2024, 110th Annual Exhibition California Society of Printmakers, Agrella Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2023, The Color of Water, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2023, The State of the World Gmuender Kunstverein Gallery, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2022, LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022, PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2022, This is Now, Radius Gallery Santa Cruz, CA
2022, 108th Annual Exhibition California Society of Printmakers Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, CA
2021, In These UncertainTimes, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2020, Materiality, North American Papermakers, Virtual
2019, Abstract Santa Cruz, Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018, 105th Annual California Society of Printmakers, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2017, The Luminous Within, Australia, IAPMA, Traveling Exhibition, University of Tasmania, Burnie, Tasmania
2016, Sculpture Is, Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, Watsonville, CA
2016, The Luminous Within, Americas, IAPMA, Traveling Exhibition, Cultural Centre, Brazilia, Brazil
2016, Paper Love, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM
2016, Mirrored Images, California Society of Printmakers, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2015, Craft Forms 2015, 24th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2015, 36th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
2014, Bridging Santa Cruz, Spanning 50 Years of Printmaking, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2014, 34th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
2012, Watermarks, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2012, California Society of Printmakers 99th Annual Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2012, Yuma Art Symposium Faculty Show, The Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
2011, Faszination Papier / The Allure of Paper, Kunstverein Burghausen Germany, Paper Museum, Duszinki, Poland
2011, Leaf and Bound, International Book and Paper Art Exhibition, Eureka College, Eureka, IL
2010, Wood and Cotton, Three Person Show, The Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA
2009, Paper Global, Museen der Stadt Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany
2009, SHU MOK JI (Water Wood Paper), Jongienara Paper Art Museum, Seoul, Korea,
2009, Assemblage + Collage + Construction, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2003, Artists on the Edge, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2002, Art On & Of Handmade Paper, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
1997, Stars, The Art Museum, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, Works on and of Paper, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, Haystack Faculty Show, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1995, Hand Made in the USA, American Craft Enterprises, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1994, 50 Years, Syntex Retrospective, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1992, Dialogues in Paper, Hungarian and American Artists, Feszek Galeria, Feszek Muveszklub, Budapest
1992, Oakland/Fukuoka Sister City Paper Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
1992, Fiber and Color, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991, The Possibilities of Paper, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1990, A Decade of Craft, Benefit Auction, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1990, Paper Arts, Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
1988, Hands Making Paper, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1988, Textures, Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Palm Springs, CA
1987, Vision, Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ
1987, Recent Acquisitions, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1987, American Craft at the Armory, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
1987, California Paperworks, Redding Museum/Shasta College, Redding, CA
1986, Color: The Spectrum of Expression, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1986, International Biennale der Papier Kunst, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany
1986, The Screen as an Art Form, Virginia Brier, San Francisco, CA
1985, Taking Stock: The New Paper Phenomenon, Elements Gallery, New York, NY
1983, The Painted Object, Meyer, Brier, Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981, Coastal Currents, Center for the Arts, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX
1981, New Paper, Two-person show, Marshall Meyers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980, The Light is Different in California, Contemporary Prints from California, Pratt Graphics Art Center, New York NY
1978, California-Hawaii Biennial, Fine Arts Museum, San Diego, CA
1978, Brand 8 National Print Show, purchase award, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
1977, Member Gallery Show, Albright Knox Museum of Art, Buffalo, NY
1977, California Crafts Ten, E. B . Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1977, Media Paper, Mount San Antonio College, Pomona, CA
1977, Fourth National Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1976, American Hand Papermaking, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
1976, Twentieth Century Print Exhibit, Olin Art Center, Whitman College, Whitman, WA
Visiting Artist/ Instructor/ Lecturer
2024, North American Hand Papermakers annual meeting, Radical Papermaking, presentation, Denver, CO
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 Association, “Art Salon” Online web presentation 2020
2017, University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting artist, lecture “Paper Today.”
2015, University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting artist, lecture “The Art of Paper.”
2014, Artist of the Year, Award Presentation, ”Paper Art,“ SC County Arts Commission, Santa Cruz, CA
2013, University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting artist, lecture “Artist makes Paper.”
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
1995, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Cultural Specialist Teaching Grant, USIA, Arts America, Boroda, India
1992-09, Artist’s Studio Papermaking Workshops, Soquel, CA
1990, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1990, The Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
1978-90, Artist’s Studio Papermaking workshops, Davenport, CA
1989, The Southwest Craft Center, workshop at the Picante Paper Mill, San Antonio, TX
1987, Mendocino Art Center, Paper Symposium, Mendocino, CA
1985-86, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1986, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1982-85, Fort Mason Printmakers, San Francisco, CA
1982-84, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
1981, California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco, CA
1979-81, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
1980, The University of Wisconsin, Steven Point, WI
1979, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1978, Arcosanti, Prescott, AZ
1972-78, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA: papermaking, textiles and printmaking instructor
1977, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
1973-77, Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA: crafts and sculpture instructor
Books
Radical Paper, Art and Invention with Colored Pulp, Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour, Legacy Press 2024
California Society of Printmakers, 100 Years, California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco, 2013
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, 1991
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
Papermaking, Jules Heller, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1978
Innovative Printmaking, Thelma R. Newman, Crown Publishers, New York, 1977
Catalogs & Magazines
Changing Gears, The California Printmaker The Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, Shifting Gears 2023
LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition, catalog Mixografia, Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022
Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, Shanghai Fengxian Museum Shanghai, China 2021
Sculpture Is, catalog, Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, Watsonville, CA
36th Annual Contemporary Crafts, catalog, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ 2015
Art in the Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia 2013
34th Annual Contemporary Crafts, catalog, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ 2013
Watermarks 2012, catalog, Morgan Conservatory, International Hand Papermakers, Cleveland OH 2012
Without Boundaries: Transformation in American Craft, catalog, Lynn Hamilton, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, 2012
Studio Magazine, “Making Art with Paper,” John Babcock’s studio, Spring issue 2012
Faszination Papier-The Allure of Paper, traveling exhibition, Helene Tschacher, April 2011
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 1998
Dialogues in Paper, Hungarian and American Artists, Feszek Galleria catalog, Feszek Muveszklub, Budapest, 1992
Hand papermaking, Collaborations in Paper, The Southwest School of Craft, Beck Whitehead, Winter 1991
Craft Today USA, catalog, Paul Smith, American Craft Museum, New York; Philip Morris, Intl, May 1989
Interior Design magazine, International Paper, Space Design Group, Monica Geran, September 1989
Monterey Life, article “Wander Art Thou,” September 1986
Papermakers, Lifestyle Magazine, Don Rogers, May/June 1986
Craft Today Poetry of the Physical, catalog, Paul Smith, American Craft Museum, New York; Philip Morris, Intl, May 1986
A Decade of Craft, Christie’s East Benefit Auction catalog, American Craft Museum, New York, 1990
The Cutting Edge, New Directions in Handmade Paper, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 1988
Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum catalog, New York, 1986
Internationale Biennale der Papierkunst, Leopold Hoesch Museum catalog, Dueren, West Germany 1986
Making Paper, American Craft Museum catalog, New York, 1982
Paperworks, American Craft Magazine, article by John Perreault, August/September 1982
Paper/Art, a Survey of the Work of Fifteen Northern California Paper Artists, Joanna C. Ownby, Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1981
Coastal Currents, Corpus Christi State University, Center for the Arts catalog, Corpus Christi, TX 1981
California Crafts X, E.B. Crocker Art Museum catalog, Sacramento, 1977
Visual Dialog, Paper Art, “Some Thought on the Paper Revolution,” Richard Kubiak, vol. 3, number 4, Summer, 1977
Fourth National Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society catalog, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Paper Art, David S. Rubin, Scripps College catalog, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA 1977
American Artist Magazine, article “Paper is the Picture,” August 1977
Artweek, magazine, article “John Babcock’s Earth Surfaces,” Suzi Thomasen, April 30, 1977
The Handmade Paper Object, catalog, Richard Kubiak, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1976f
Craft Horizons, magazine article, “New Forms in Paper,” Judith Dunham, April 1976
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
International Paper Company, Memphis, TN
Chubb Insurance Company, Warren, NJ
Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA
Southwest School of Art, 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, City of Monterey, Monterey, CA
Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
Hughes Aircraft Company, Santa Barbara, CA
Orbital ATK, Dulles, VA
Roche, San Francisco, CA
New Jersey Life Insurance, Paramus, NJ
Highlands Inn, Carmel Highlands, CA
KPIX, Incorporated, San Francisco, CA
Pebble Beach Lodge, Pebble Beach, CA
Gulf Oil Corporation, Houston, TX
Petit and Martin, San Jose, CA
Xerox Corporation, Washington, DC
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Air Temp, Washington, DC
Quantum Computer, Milpitas, CA
Sheraton Hotel, Long Beach, CA
Hyatt Corporation, Chicago, IL
Bishop Ranch, Danville, CA
Pacific Western Bank, Monterey, CA
UCLA Medical Center, Founders Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
Renown Hospital, Reno, NV
Becton, Dickinson and Company, NJ
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MFA Sculpture, Academy of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Experimental Printmaking, Monterey, CA
BA Printmaking, San Francisco State University, CA
2021
Feasts on Paper, Shanghai International Paper Biennale, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
2019
Pulparazzi, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI
2016
Full Circle, The Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2014
Poets Symbols and Songs, solo show, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Ciphers and Symbols, solo show, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2013
Art in Embassies, US Department of State, US Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012
Dichotomies: 9 Artists Explore Pulp and Paper, Convivium33 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
The Art of Handmade Paper, The Sonoma Valley Art Museum, Sonoma, CA
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
2000
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
Peculiarities of Colored Paper, solo show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1991
Colored Papers, solo show, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
Exploring Paper, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
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