Selected
Exhibitions And Awards
2009
Teapots: Object to Subject” Invitational, William D. Cannon
Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA.
SPARK Solana Beach Art Association Group Show – Solana
Beach, CA
2008
“2008/2010 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibition” Palm Desert, CA
Juried.
“Sculpture in the Gardens” Quail Botanical Gardens,
Invitational.
“Art Picnic Tables” public art installation, Port of San
Diego, CA Juried.
“Urban Tree”, public art installation, Port of San Diego, CA
Juried.
“Kites Over Vista”, public art installation, City of Vista,
CA, Juried.
2008 "Urban Tree", public art installation, Port
of San Diego, San Diego, CA. Juried.
City of
Vista’s “Kites Project”, public art installation, City of Vista, Vista, CA.
Juried.
2007
“Cultural
Fusion” California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA. Juried.
Fine Art
Competition, California State Fair, Sacramento CA. Juried.
“Juried
All-Media Exhibition” Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Juried.
Exhibition
of Art, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA. Juried.
2006
“ACGA @ Pence Gallery”, Pence
Gallery, Davis, CA. Curated by Suzanne Baizerman, Curator of
Crafts and Decorative Arts at the
Oakland Museum of California. Juried.
2005
2005 Invitational, William D. Cannon
Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. Curate by Karen McGuire.
“Interpreting the Chanukah Menorah”, Gotthelf Art
Gallery, SD Center for Jewish Culture, Invitational.
San Diego Women Artists Exhibition, Spanish Village
Art Center - Gallery 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Invitational.
“Shared Terrain”, public art installation, Arizona
State University and City of Tempe, AZ. Juried.
2005 Juried Biennial Exhibition, William D. Cannon
Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. Curated by Hugh M. Davies, Director of the Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego.
2004
California Clay Competition, in
conjunction with CCACA, The Artery, Davis, CA. Curated by Richard Shaw,
Professor of Art, UC Berkeley. Juried.
“Luminarias
del Pueblo”, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ. Juried.
"Urban
Tree", public art installation (alternate) Port of San Diego, San Diego,
CA. Juried.
Exhibition
of Art, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA. Juried.
Landscape
Design and Garden Show, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA. Invitational.
2003
"Urban Tree", public art installation, Port of San
Diego, San Diego, CA. Juried.
Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Arts, Lancaster, PA.
Curated by Holly Hotchner, Director of the Museum of Art & Design, New York
City, NY. Juried.
California Clay Competition, in conjunction with CCACA, The
Artery, Davis, CA. Curated by Margaret Keelan, director of Sculpture, Academy
of Art University, San Francisco, CA. Juried.
2003 Sydney Teapot Show, Inner City Clayworkers Gallery,
Sydney, Australia. Juried.
JAWS: Just Art With Sharks, South Carolina Aquarium,
Charleston, SC. Juried.
"Celebration of Clay" in conjunction with NCECA,
Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA. Invitational.
“California
Plate Show”, Tierra Solida Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. Curated by Otto Heino.
"Barns and Farms" national exhibition held in
conjunction with traveling Smithsonian exhibit, Barnsite Gallery, Kewaunee, WI.
Juried.
"One of A Kind", Contract Design Center, San
Francisco, CA. Juried by Robert Brady. Juried.
Exhibition of Art, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA.
Juried.
Commissions
Solana Beach Branch Library Mural, Solana Beach, County of
San Diego (installation 2010)
“Time Interwoven” San Diego Airport Commuter Terminal, SD
Airport August 2009
“Arts in Bloom” Community Mural, Del Mar, CA. Sponsored by
Flower Hill Mall, June 2009.
“Veletas” Kinetic Wind Sculptures, Las Brisas Park, Reno,
Nevada. Sponsored by the City of Reno Public Art Program, 2007.
Tile Mosaic for Coastal Rail Trail, Quest Youth Group,
Sponsored by the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, 2006.
Glass Tile Mosaic Wall Mural, Solana Vista Elementary
School, Solana Beach, CA. 2005
Ceramic Mosaic Wall Mural, Skyline Elementary School, Solana
Beach, CA., SB Historical Society 2004.
Topolovac Dedication, Library Terazzo floor, Solana Pacific
School, San Diego, CA. 2004
Mosaic Wall Mural, Cardiff Elementary School, Cardiff, CA.
California Arts Grant Commission 2003
Public
Collections
Quail
Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, California
Bibliography
“Ceramics Today” 2009 Schiffer Book for Collectors
“Dream Homes San Diego” Cover - August 2007
“Cultural History is Woven” July 2007 San Diego Union
Tribune
“Sculptor’s
‘Veletas’ Inspired by Wind” February 2007 Reno Gazette-Journal
"Students
Create Tiles for Coastal Rail Trail" December 2005 San Diego Union Tribune
“Teapots
Makers & Collectors” 2005 Schiffer Book for Collectors
Cannon
Gallery Invitational 2005 Catalog
"Reaching
for the Stars, with a Diploma" November 2005 International Herald Tribune
"Solana
Volunteer Shares Her Talents With Community" July 2005 Del Mar Times
"A
Field of Seuss" June 2004 San Diego Union Tribune
"Clay
Play", April 2004 Davis Enterprise
California Clay Competition Catalog
2004
"The
Art of Advocacy", January 2004 San Diego Union Tribune
"One
of A Kind" Nov./Dec. 2003 Clay Times
"When
the Clay Speaks" 2003 Davis Enterprise
California
Clay Competition Catalog 2003
Crafts
National Catalog 2003
Awards
and Honors
First
Place, Donor Award, Exhibit of Art, 2007 San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA.
Juried.
Peoples
Choice Award, Exhibit of Art, 2007 San Diego County Fair, Del Mar CA. Juried.
Award of
Merit, Donor Award, 2007 California Fine Art Competition, California State
Fair. Juried.
Grand Prize Best of Show, Landscape Design & Garden
Show, 2004 SD County Fair, Del Mar, CA
Second
Place, Exhibition of Art, 2004 San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA. Juried.
Project
Grant, California Arts Commission, Cardiff by the Sea, CA 2003
Professional
Organizations
Association
of Clay and Glass Artists – Exhibiting Member, Americans for the Arts, NCECA –
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Society of American Mosaic
Artists, Tile Heritage Foundation, Solana Beach Art Association – Founding
Member
Education
BFA Graphic
Design, 1983 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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