5290 Vine Hill Road • Sebastopol, California 95472 • 707/823-5261   Beezwax@sonic.net

EDUCATION

• 1998  MFA - Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
• 1995 BFA, cum laude, distinction, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
  Longwood College, VA
  Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2010  Palette Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
• 2009  Gary Farrell Vineyards and Winery, Healdsburg, CA
• 2008 Arc Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
• 2005  Panov Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2003  Quicksilver Mine Company, Sebastopol, CA
• 2002  The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, New York
• 2002  Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA
• 2002  Ventura College, "Between the Seeing and the Doing", Ventura, CA
• 2001  University YWCA, Berkeley, CA
• 2000  Gallery 76, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 

• Palette Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
• Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA , Works in Wax 
• Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, N.C . 225 Degrees F.  Encaustic Encounters
• Bakersfield Museum of Art, Lie to the Eye:  Encaustic Expressions
• Berkeley Art Center, ARTiFACTS: works by Mary Black, Kirk Crippens, Linda Race
• The Gallery of Sea and Heaven, Santa Rosa, CA , Abstract Show

2007-08 

• Berkeley Art Center, Members Show, Finalist

2007 

• Encaustic Works 2007, Juror Joan Snyder, Catalog, Traveling show, Gallery at   R&F/Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York: Ball State University’s Atrium Gallery
• 24th Annual National Competition, Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Jurors:  Dr. Peter
• Selz, Nancy Buchanan 

2006 

• O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA West Cost Encaustic Artists  
• Impulse, National Encaustic Show,  Portland Art Center, Portland, Oregon, Jurors:  Jef Gunn, Elise Wagner
• Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Anniversary Show 
• Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo Jury Show, Juror Terri Cohn, Curator, Writer, Faculty SanFrancisco Art Inst., U C Berkeley
• Novato Arts Center at Hamilton Field, Oil + Wax Chapter & Verse
• Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma, CA, “Wet Paint”

2004 

• Museum of Contemporary Art at the LBC Invitational Art Auction

2003 

• Sonoma State University 25th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition
• Anne Bradford Gallery  Healdsburg, CA
• Exploding Head Gallery, Mixed Media Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
• Sonoma Valley Museum of Art  Sonoma Creates, A Juried Exhibition
• DiRosa Art Preserve  ART:Nature Catalog, Invitational Art Audtion

2002

• DiRosa Art Preserve  Director's Cut - Catalog, Invitational Art Auction
• Sonoma Museum of Visual Art Immaterial World: Three Artists
• Pacific Union College  Angwin, CA  Enkaustikos, Two person show
• Quicksilver Mine Company  Sebastopol, CA Fusings, Encaustic Painting Group Show

 2001-2 

• Korean Cultural Center  DIS-EMBODY, Los Angeles, CA

 2001

• Angels Gate Cultural Center  On Site at the Gate: All About Abstraction, San Pedro, CA
• Gallery Route One Point Reyes, California, January Juried Show
• Rogue Community College  Grants Pass, OR Celebrate Northwest Women 2001, Catalog
• Sonoma State University University Art Gallery,  California "Art from the Heart”

2000 

• California Museum of Art  Santa Rosa, California California Small Works
• Sebastopol Center for the Arts  Sebastopol, California Inspiration and Image
• Nicolet College Rhinelander, Wisconsin Northern National Juried Art Competition
• Marin County Fair  San Rafael, California Fine Arts Competition
• Matrix Arts International 2000  Sacramento, CA Women Consumed, Women Consuming
• Mesh Gallery  Sebastopol, California 42 Frames, Invitational Show
• Galeria Tonantzin San Juan Bautista, CA  9th Annual Images of the Virgin

1999 

• California Small Works, SMOVA, Santa Rosa, California
• "Bold Expressions", 44th Annual International Open Exhibition, Northern California Arts
• Third Annual Competition, Artists' Alliance of California, Tahoe Art Center, California
• California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, California
• Selected Works, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California
• Art on the Move, Healdsburg, California
• Art is Figurative - A Juried Competition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California
• Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Second Annual Silent Auction, Santa Rosa, California
• "All Media" National Juried Event, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
• Faces of Woman, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Las Vegas Arts Council, New Mexico
• January Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, California

1998 

• Animals and People; People and Animals, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
• MFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

1997 

• Spring Show, Walter McLean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

1996 

• California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
• Bay Area Emerging Artists, The Messenger and the Message, NAACP, Legal Defense Fund/Youth Awareness Media Symposium, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF

1995 

• Openings: The Spiritual in Art, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
• California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
• Women Creating, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, California

1994 

• Print Show, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida

AWARDS

2000 

• Merit Award, Inspiration and Image, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
• Second Place, Cash Award, Fine Arts Competition, Marin Fair, San Rafael, California
• International Chair Prize Cash Award, Women Consumed, Women Consuming, Matrix Arts International 2000, Sacramento, California

1999 

• Award of Excellence, Cash Award, 44th Annual International Open Exhibition, Northern California Arts, Carmichael, California
• Award of Merit, Cash Award, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento
• Jurors Distinguished 2D, Best of Show, Cash Award, Marin County Fair, California
• Jurors Cash Award, "All Media" National Juried Event, Chico Art Center, Chico

1998 

• Best of Show, Animals and People; People and Animals, Sebastopol Center

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• Wine Label, Eric Kent Wine Cellars, 2005 Russian River Chardonnay
• Advisory Board, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
• Teacher, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
• Visiting Artist/Workshop Instructor, R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, New York
• Guest Lecture, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
• Co-Curator, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, 4th Annual Silent Art Auction, Santa Rosa, California
• Guest Lecture, Gallery 76, Wenatchee Valley College Campus, Wenatchee, WA
• Guest Lecture, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
• Guest Lecture, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
• Guest Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute
• Teaching Workshops: Encaustic Painting, Mixed Media, Abstract Painting
• Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute Extension Program
• Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute
• Curatorial Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition
• Professional Juror, Art Competitions, California
• Teacher - Kids Art Camp, Sonoma Community Center

PUBLICATIONS

• East Bay Express, Artifacts:  The Art of Mary Black…..De Witt Cheng, 9/8/2008
• West County Gazette, Artist Profile, March – April 2008
• California Homes, August 2007, page 117, James Marzo, “A Country Cottage”
• Chronogram, Backbone, Lucid Dreaming, Matter and Memory, by Beth Elaine Wilson, January 2003
• Catskill Mountain Region Guide, ARTSPACE, by Sue Stovall, The Gallery at R&F (page 12) December 2002
• Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA - Featured Artist
• Art in America, 2002 Guide
• ARTMUSE Sonoma Museum of Visual Art May 2002, "Abstract Gestures" review by Juan Rodrigues
• Press Democrat May 2002, "Look Again Art Has Many Layers" by Debra Bass
• ARTWEEK April 2002, Preview, "Immaterial World: Three Artists from the Slide Registry" by Debra Koppman
• Los Angeles Times, Ventura County Culture, Review
• Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Q Section Cover Story - SSU Art Auction Offers Love for Sale
• Los Angeles Weekly - All About Abstraction, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA
• Ventura College Press - Review
• The Sonoma Community Center News & Reviews, Sonoma, CA
• Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County Newsletter, Santa Rosa, CA
• Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA
• Sonoma West Times & News, Sebastopol, CA