C.V.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in New Media from Transart Institute, Austria 2007
M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College 1989
B.A. from California State University, Sacramento 1986
Additional studies at:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York University; San Francisco State University Multimedia Program; United Digital Artists, New York; The International School of Art, Umbria, Italy; McGill University, Montreal; Oberlin College, Ohio; Centre D' Etudes Françaises, Avignon, France; Parsons School of Design, NY
TEACHING
Christian Brothers High School - Sacramento
The Art Institute of California - Sacramento
Cosumnes River College - Sacramento
Sacramento City College - Sacramento
American River College- Sacramento
Previously taught at:
The Art Institute Online, Pittsburgh, PA;
Gibbs College, Montclair, NJ;
The University of California, Davis
and, in the Arts-in-Corrections Program at Duell Vocational Institution, The Northern California Women's Facility, O.H. Close School for Boys, Susanville Correctional Facility and Folsom Prison
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Creative Director/ Documentarian, The International Readers of Homer
Multimedia Artist / GUI Designer, Soliloquy, NY, NY
Video Scriptwriter / Director, General Training Company, CA
Freelance Web Designer and Graphic Designer
solo shows
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Colors Through Time, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Chamber Gallery, Sacramento 2021
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Tears of Some God, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2020
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Small Abstracts, Mostly, Ella K. McClatchy Library, Sacramento, 2016
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Lyrical Abstraction, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Chamber Gallery, Sacramento 2016
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As Above, So Below: Reflections on Immanence, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2015
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En Cours, with DocumentaryArt.net, Puicheric, France, 2014
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Hard Rain, Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2012
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With and Without Walls, Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2009
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Outdoor Installation, Chios, Greece 2008
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6 0f 304, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont 2006
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Turning Over the World, Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2005
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Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York, NY (one night video/sound installation - April 1, 2005)
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A Visibility of Thought, Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York 2004
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Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York, NY 2003
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Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1999
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Stoeffel, (one-night installation/exhibition) Sacramento, CA 1998
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Home, Sacramento Poetry Center - performance of New Works Video and Illuminated Painting Grant Project 1998
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Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1997
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Galleria della Scuola , Montecastello di Vibio, Italy 1997
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Artist's Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1994
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Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992
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Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1991
selected group shows
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Visual Poetry, Sacramento Poetry Center, Sacramento, CA 2024
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Off the Wall, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA 2023
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Shapeshifters, The Barn, Yolo Arts, Woodland, CA 2023
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Women of Northern California, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2023
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RealART, Agoura Hills, CA 2023
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Benefit for Amnesty International, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2022
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2020
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2019
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2018
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In Response: Poets and Artists in Dialogue, SMUD, Sacramento, CA 2017
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Movements & Behaviors, Union Hall, Los Rios Federation of Teachers, Sacramento, CA 2017
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2017
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2016
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2015
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The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2014
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Panama Arts Collective, Sacramento, CA 2013
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Panama Arts Collective, Sacramento, CA 2012
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Panama Arts Collective, Sacramento, CA 2011
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Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2008
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Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2007
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Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont 2006
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Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York 2004
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Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York 2004
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Interpretations of Sound and Music,
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Morgan County Arts Council, Berkeley Springs, WV 2003
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The Rennaisance Group: Artists Who Write, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ 2003
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Abstract Realities, Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA 2003
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International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy 1999
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Florence/USA, Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York, NY 1999
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Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT1999
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Galleria ISA, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy 1996
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Dietrich Contemporary Arts, New York, NY 1996
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Dietrich Contemporary Arts, New York, NY 1993
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In Lakesh Invitational, Sacramento, CA 1991
art fairs
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LA Art Fair 2020
performance painting
Jazz Beat Festival, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2017
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Jazz Beat Festival, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2016
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Jazz Beat Festival, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2015
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DHS Orchestra, Davis, CA 2014
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Jazz Beat Festival, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2013
permanent collections
Triton Museum of Art
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Morris Graves Museum of Art
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Bio Rad
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Embarcadero Corporate Partners
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Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP
REPRESENTED BY
John Natsoulas, Davis, California
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
Scholarship to the New York Studio School Figure Painting Marathon 2018
Full Scholarship to Corning Museum of Glass 2018
California State Fair: Juror's Award, Sacramento 2017
Documentary Art.Net Residency, Puicheric France 2014
Invited to join the Arctic Circle Science and Art Expedition 2014, reschedule pending
Banff Artist-in-Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts 2011
Student Choice Teaching Award - Art Institute of California, Sacramento 2011
Six-month working residency, Vermont Studio Center 2006
Three-month fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center 1999
New Works Painting /Video Grant from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 1998
Two Teaching Grants: California Arts Commission, '93, '96
Northern California: Introductions Winner 1991
Nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize 1989
PUBLICATIONS & READINGS
What's Funny About Forever? Poetry collaboration with Kathryn Hohlwein. Random Road Press 2018
Radio Interview: Radio Parallax 2014
Seventeen publication credits; numerous public readings 1988 - 2016
Featured Reader at the San Francisco Bay Area Book Fair 1994
Interviewed by August Coppola on a PBS T.V. Special: Committing Life Through Art 1992
Two chapbooks: Reciprocal Questionaire and The Company of Space