Biography


• She was born in Los Angeles, but does not say she is from there.
• As a child she wanted to be an astronaut or a doctor when she grew up. Things changed.
• Both of her ring fingers are longer than her index fingers. Scientific research has noted that this could be suggestive of higher than normal levels of testosterone while in the womb. In palmistry this is indicative of a creative mind.
• Her “other-job” is as a professional delouser. Yes, really.
• For her, making art is more about the emotionally exhaustive process than the finished product.
• She would like to own a tractor one day, maybe.
• She enjoys panda bears. However, this does not mean that she wants you to give her things that are “panda-related” i.e. t-shirts, porcelain figurines or notepads from Japan with pandas on them. She simply likes them. With the exception of Kim who always has fun presents and sometimes they do have a panda bear on them. Kim can buy her “panda-related” things.
• She has never beaten her younger sister at Scrabble or finished a game of Monopoly.
• She is quite certain her sister cheats at both Scrabble and Monopoly.
• Her life is a series of missed connections and bad timing.
• She does crosswords before bed and then can’t sleep because she is trying to think of a six-letter word for a popular garden flower.
• No one has ever used the word “patient” to describe her.
• She has absolutely no navigational sense of direction. If it weren’t for gravity she would have a difficult time negotiating between up or down.
• She believes artists are physical philosophers, realizing their ideas through tangible manifestations.
• She has just discovered how terrific raspberries are.
• She believes that only self-proclaimed idiots refer to themselves in the third-person.

Artist Statement

An artist is a philosopher.

A person rendering ideas through the senses, examining but not confined to truth, existence, reality, causality and freedom.

I am currently exploring my personal philosophy in “layers of ideas, fragments of thought”. Put plainly, it’s trying to make sense of all the nonsense and the realization that when present, an answer does not always equal a solution. An answer is an end unto itself, while a solution is a process of resolution. My work is an examination of my thoughts, ideas and imagery ranging from the gravely serious to the trivial and the humorous. With the “reconstructed deconstruction” pieces I am combining both old and new ideas to create a spontaneous and open-ended narrative.

What is an idea? It is a concept that exists in the mind, a mental image reflecting reality, an opinion, an impression, or a realization.

The work itself is literally layers of ideas upon which fragments of thought are displayed. What enters my mind is honestly portrayed to the best of my ability. I include both text and imagery because I think in words and pictures. I convey ideas that are both direct and obvious as well as random and ambiguous because such is my process of reason.

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Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2008 “Senior Show” Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (Upcoming)
2006 “Layer of Ideas,
Fragments of Thought” Fly, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2008     "Dissolve"                        Sub/Mission Gallery

2008     "Morbid Fantasies"         Femina Potens Gallery

2008     "Bust-ed"                           Femina Potens Gallery
2007     “One Year Holy Fuck”     J. Flynn Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2007     “Inner Workings“             Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007     “Spring Show”                 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2006     “CANVAS?”                     J. Flynn Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2006     “Spring Show”                 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2005     “Interwoven”                     On Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005     “Spring Show”                 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2004     “Spring Show”                 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2004     “Obsession”                     Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Awards & Honors

2007 Best of Show BFA First Place
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2007 Second Place Mixed Media
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2006 First Place Silkscreen/Etching
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2006 Director’s Choice Printmaking
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2006 Student Choice Printmaking
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2006 Student Choice Sculpture
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2005 Second Place Mixed Media
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2004 Best Emerging Artist
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA