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Education                                                                             California College of the Arts, M.F.A., 2006 California College of Arts and Crafts, B.F.A., 2000 Exhibitions 2006   “Sycophant” Hooper Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Material World” Alliance Francais, San Francisco, CA “CCA Graduate Exhibition” CCA, San Francisco, CA “Virology” Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA “Geographic Premonitions” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA “Banner Project” Berlin, Germany “Chain Letter” High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA “Gift” 301 Bocana, San Francisco, CA 2005   “Tate Modern Project” Tate Modern, London, England “Venice Biennale Project” Arsenale, Venice, Italy “Preciousonian Econmony” Playspace, San Francisco, CA “the gates”  Central Park, NY “mom’s show” GC1, San Francisco, CA 2004   “Frenzy II” Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA “In the street knitting project” San Francisco, CA 2002   “No War” Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA “Some Other” Logan Galleries, San Francisco, CA 2001   “Reconstructing Reality” Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA “ Only Because I Love You” Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA “Pacific Rim Sculpture Members Show” 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA “Post-postcard” Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA “Interesting, but is it art?”  The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA “Texas National 2001" Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX “Bay Area Selections” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA “Fresh Visions, New Faces” Facere, Seattle, WA “C18H24O2" Emeryville, CA 2000  “Beliefs, Faith & Religion” The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA “Untitled” Nexus Gallery, Emeryville, CA “Tenuous Doctrine” Isabel Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA “Tenuous Doctrine” Beta Building, San Francisco, CA “Graduation Show” Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA “Eclectic”, Irwin Center Gallery, Oakland, CA 1999   “Doll Show”, Isabel Percy West, Oakland, CA “Get Your Daily Dose of Fiber III”, Glass Case Gallery, Oakland, CA “Get Your daily Dose of Fiber II”, Irwin North Gallery, Oakland, CA “Gala”, Beta Building, San Francisco, CA “In The Palm of Your Hand”, Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1998   “Get Your Daily Dose of Fiber”, Irwin South Gallery, Oakland, CA “1998 Student Metal Arts Show”, Irwin Center Gallery, Oakland, CA “Dreams and Daydreams”, Lily Pad, Oakland, CA 1997   “Core Show”, Irwin North Gallery, Oakland, CA Awards and Honors                                                                       Best of Show, Second City Art Council, Long Beach, CA, 2001 Honorarium Awarded by Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts with High Distinction, CCAC, 2000 Commencement Speaker for Fine Arts, CCAC, 2000         Publications                                                                                    David Buuck, ‘Geographic Premonitions’ at the Richmond Art Center, Artweek, February 2007 Monique Beeler, Artists Interpret Sept. 11 at Oakland Art Gallery@ Oakland Tribune, CA, November 30, 2001 Texas National Catalog, Department of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, August 2001 Westbrook, Lindsey, ABay Area Selections,@ Critics Choice: Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA, June 27, 2001 Djurklou, Alessandra, ABut is it unconventional art?,@ Press Telegram, CA, May 18, 2001 Gottlieb, Shirie, ABreathtaking - inside and out,@  Press Telegram, CA, November 13, 2000 AThe Year in Pictures@ Life Magazine, National, June 1986 Collections        Maurizio Cattelan Matthew Barney and Bjork Jason Rhodes David Wilson (Museum of Jurassic Technology) Christo and Jeanne Claude                                                                                     Suzanne Baizerman Viola Frey Barbro and Bernard Osher Ed Ruscha Judy Timken Phyllis Wattis Professional Experience Owner/Director, Mochita, 2002-present Intern, The Luggage Store, 2001-2003 Curator and co-ordinator, In The Street, 2001,2002 Teaching Assistant, Textile Printing, CCAC, Kathleen Larisch, 2001 Teaching Assistant, Fiber Sculpture, CCAC, Carol Beadle, 2000         Co-teacher, Young Artists Studio Program, CCAC, 2000         Developer and Co-Teacher, Art From Other Cultures, Arts Far West, 2000         Teaching Assistant, Mechanisms, Susan Wood Onstadt, 2000         Teaching Assistant, Forging, Olle Olls, 2000         Teaching Assistant, Bowl-making, Olle Olls, 1999-2000 Teacher, Ovamboland Development Foundation, 1996-1997 Owner, African Eclectic, International Buyer & Salesperson/ Designer/Fabricator/Employer, 1993-1997 Healthcare Worker, Extended Program of Immunization, Unicef, 1991-1992