Brief Summary
My artwork has two focuses; mixed media collage and landscape painting.
I have always used old maps in my collages and incorporated map inspired ideas into my art. In January of 2001, I experimented with a collage using only maps, The success of the experiment and the resulting piece changed the direction of my work. Much of the map work takes its inspiration from other traditional art forms using repetitive patterns, in particular quilts and other textiles. In 2009 the patterns used in my collage work started to take on a more painterly appearance.
In 2011 I spent the entire year creating a large-scale piece called the 2011 Project. Essentially I created a map of the year by making a piece of art on each and every day of 2011. The work is made up of 365 individual, mixed media pieces, each 4"x4" (10x10 cm) in size. Together, the 365 pieces are to be shown as an installation. In many ways the 2011 Project was also my sketchbook for future work. I experimented with new materials and subject matter for many of the 365 pieces.
Professional Experience
Current and on-going
SFMOMA Artists Gallery
2007 - present
San Francisco
Postcard Booklet Project, Loft Gallery, December 2009
Holidaze Show, December 2009
Featured Artist, Loft Gallery, May-June 2008
Solo Exhibits and Events
Imagining Val Travel
Glama-Rama Salon and Gallery
September 16 - November 4, 2012
San Francisco
A solo, site-specific installation of new, travel-themed, mixed media work.
Mixed Media Art Demonstration
June 2, 2012
Flax Art & Design
San Francisco
Fall Art Salon
November 2005
1907 Market Street
San Francisco
click here for photos from the show
Annual Open Studio
October 1998 thru 2004
Artist In-Residence
Reverse Collage Demonstration
October 21, 2000
de Young Museum
San Francisco
My California Life
Solo Show
March, 1999
Northern California Center for the Arts
Grass Valley, California
Solo Show
January/February 1998
Cafe Que Tal
San Francisco
Group Exhibits and Events
19th Annual Pink Week
Bows & Arrows
November 2 - December 5, 2012
Opening Reception - Friday, November 2, 6-9 pm
Sacramento
Maps and Mapping
January-February 2012
Tangent Gallery
Sacramento
International Mail Art Exhibition
Richmond Art Gallery
November 2011 - January 2012
Richmond, BC Canada
Images of the pieces are archived on the gallery's Tumblr blog
Superstition and Exquisite Corpse
October 2011
Tangent Gallery
Sacramento
The H Sale
Roots Division
December 2010
San Francisco
Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibit
Richmond Art Gallery
November 2010 - January 2011
Richmond, BC Canada
Bailando con la Muerte: Dia de los Muertos - a multi-cultural art exhibit
Artistas United - Artistos Unidos
Hartnell College
October-November 2010
Salinas, California
Mapworks
September-October 2010
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Sebastopol, CA
Americana
July-August 2010
Tangent Gallery
Sacramento
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ZOOM +/-
A group exhibition that explores space and meaning
through the various devices of mapping
January-February 2008 -
LIMN Gallery
San Francisco
ZOOM
A group exhibition that explores how artists locate meaning
June-August 2007 -
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Santa Monica Art Studios
Santa Monica
Pink Week
November 2006
Cricket Engine Studio and Gallery
Oakland
Visual Aid's Annual Big Deal
November 1998 thru 2006
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Lost and Found
January 2005
Balazo Gallery
Five artists and Found things. Curated by Erin Dengerink Madarang.
Click here for a review and photos from the show
San Francisco
3R Living
2004 - 2005
Brooklyn, New York
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 2004
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
City Space Presents
Urban Legnds: The City in Maps
August 2004
Oaklandish Gallery
Oakland
Samplings 2004: A Festival of Textiles
August 2004
Mapquilt Demonstration
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland
ArtWalk
March-April 2004
Embarcadero Center
San Francisco
Artspan Benefit Art Auction
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
The Canvas
San Francisco
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 2003
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Artspan's Jessie Street Exhibition
September/October 2003
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show I
September/October 2003
Urban Forage
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show II
September 2003
Bean There
San Francisco
Zonal
November 2002 - August 2003
San Francisco
The Timmy Show
A Tribute to Josh Ryan Evans
October/November 2002
Glama-Rama
San Francisco
curated by Jason Mecier
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 2002
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show I
October/November 2002
The Loft Gallery
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show II
October 2002
Bean There
San Francisco
To Your Credit
March-April 2002
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell, NM
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 2001
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show
September/October 2001
Bean There
San Francisco
Art House
An Art Open House Featuring Four Bay Area Artists
December 2000
San Francisco
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 2000
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show
September 2000
Bean There
San Francisco
Lower Haight Open Studios Preview Show
September 1999
Bean There
San Francisco
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 1999
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Artspan's Open Studios Exhibition
October 1998
SomARTS Gallery
San Francisco
Whole Gallery
October 1997 - October 1998
San Francisco
Post-Postcard III
July/August 1998
Four Walls Gallery
San Francisco
Art & Resistance
March 1998
County Fair Building/Hall of Flowers
San Francisco
Valentine's Show
February 1998
Barbara Anderson Gallery
Berkeley
Post-Postcard II
September 1997
Four Walls Gallery
San Francisco
