Latest Exhibition
2008 Olympic Culture Festival, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing, China. June 23 – 30, '08.
2007 Olympic Culture Festival, Capital Museum, Beijing, China. July 12 – 16, '07.
Object, No Object: Sculpture of ideas. Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO, Dec. 3, 2010
Online exhibit, Dec. 3, '10 - March 3, '11. http://be-art-smart.blogspot.com
Curators: Museum & Gallery Studies of Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO.
Salon des Refusés - Sights Unseen, Public Art Network/Americans for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, June 23 – 25, '10.
Juror: Stuart Keeler, curator and artist.
Wild Things, Annmarie Garden, Solomans, MD, May 30 - Aug. 30, '09
Jurors: Dr. Don Moore, Associate Director, Smithsonian National Zoo
Professor Sue Johnson, Department of Art & Art History, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
National Small Sculpture Invitational, Desert Art Collection & Sculpture Garden, Palm Desert, CA Nov. 1-28, '08
Juror: Harrison Wick, Architect / Designer / Artist
Auxiliary, Angeleno Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. April 8, '10. Juror: Heidi Luerra, Executive Director of RAW Artists
Five things, COMA Art Space, Los Angeles, CA. Sept. 13 - Oct. 11, '08. Juror: Mike Coulson, artist/curator.
Olympic Spirit, Phantom Galleries L.A., Los Angeles, CA, August 2 - Sept. 2, '08.
Juror: Liza Simons, Director of Phantom Galleries, L.A.
Changing times, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. May 2-27, '06
Juror: Dover Abrams, artist, curator, and owner of Infusion gallery.
Works of Paper, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, '07
Juror: Susan Isaacs, Ph.D, Curator of Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.
Honoring mothers, Lana Santorelli Gallery, Southampton, NY. April 28 - May 21, '07
Juror: Lana Santorelli, artist, curator, and owner of Lana Santorelli Gallery.
Silver Screen Bash, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Fess Parker Double Tree Resort, Santa Barbara, CA. July 18, '10
Art for AIDS, ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA. July 1-30, '06
Black & White, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA, May 10-June 6, '06
Spectrum, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY. April 28, '05. Juror: Susan Cohen, curator.
Southern California Open Regional Exhibition VI, VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA. Oct. 31 - Nov. 17, '07.
Juror: Michael Zakian, Director of the Friederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University.
Cherry Blossom, Aurora Colors Gallery, Petaluma, CA. March 24-April 21, '07
Juror: Karen Gutfreund, artist and curator of Aurora Colour Gallery
Art for Peace, Ojai Art Center, Ojai, CA. Sept. 3-28, '06 Juror: Hiroko Yoshimoto, Professor of Ventura college
East Meets West, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center, CA. April 16-17, '10.
Juror: Sandy Galin, Director of Development and Marketing, New West Symphony.
Fiber Open, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA. May 16 - July 4, '09
Juror: Carol Sauvion, Executive director of Craft in America on PBS, founder of Freehand gallery in Los Angeles.
11th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. August 20- Sept. 20, '10
Juror: John Carlander, Professor of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
10th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Sept. 26 - Dec. 5, '09
Juror: Cynthia Minet, Lead Faculty, Art Department of Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
9th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 16 - Dec. 20, '08
Juror: Ed Inks, Chair of the Art Department at Santa Barbara City College and
Tony Askew, Professor of Art and Director of Reynolds Art Gallery at Westmont College.
8th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 17 - Dec. 31, '07
Juror: Patrick Ela, art consultant, appraiser, former Director of Craft and Folk Arts Museum in Los Angeles.
7th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA, Nov. 18 - Dec. 30, '06
Juror: Nathan Larramendy, curator and owner of Nathan Larramendy gallery
6th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA, Oct. 29-Dec. 31, '05
Jurors: Anne Graumlich, Curator of Museum of Ventura County
Matt Furmanski, professor of California State University Channel Islands.
Art of Craft Exhibit, Government Gallery, Ventura County Government Center, Ventura, CA. April 30- June 9,'09
Curator: Todd Collart, Chair of Visual Art Committee, Ventura County Arts Council.
Aging Artfully, Artist Union Gallery, Oct. 31-Nov. 29, '09. Jurors: Richard & Alice Matzkin, Artists.
Healing Arts Exhibit, Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA. March 1 - June 9, '09
Juror: Gallery Committee of Buenaventura Art Association.
2010 Topanga Canyon Gallery Juried Open, Topanga, CA, Jan. 13 - Feb. 7, '10
Juror: Peter Mays, Executive Director, Los Angeles Art Association & Gallery 825.
2009 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 4-27, '09
Juror: Michael Zakian, Director of Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University.
3D Open Competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Sept.30 - Nov. 8, '09.
Juror: Dane Goodman, Director, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
3D Open Competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Oct. 1 - Nov. 3, '08.
Juror: Ken Bortolazzo, Sculptor
24th Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 5 - 30, '10
Juror: Dane Goodman, Director, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
21st Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 16 - Feb. 3, '07
Juror: Matt Furmanski, Professor of art at California State University Channel Islands.
Small Wonders III, Pharmaka Art gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Dec. 8-22, '07
Juror: Holly Meyers, Los Angeles based writer, critic, and freelance curator
Jazz on the Grass, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Sherman Oaks, CA. Oct. 2, '10.
Small Works Exhibit, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 12 - Dec. 31, '10.
2007 Olympic Culture Festival, Capital Museum, Beijing, China. July 12 – 16, '07.
Object, No Object: Sculpture of ideas. Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO, Dec. 3, 2010
Online exhibit, Dec. 3, '10 - March 3, '11. http://be-art-smart.blogspot.com
Curators: Museum & Gallery Studies of Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO.
Salon des Refusés - Sights Unseen, Public Art Network/Americans for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, June 23 – 25, '10.
Juror: Stuart Keeler, curator and artist.
Wild Things, Annmarie Garden, Solomans, MD, May 30 - Aug. 30, '09
Jurors: Dr. Don Moore, Associate Director, Smithsonian National Zoo
Professor Sue Johnson, Department of Art & Art History, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
National Small Sculpture Invitational, Desert Art Collection & Sculpture Garden, Palm Desert, CA Nov. 1-28, '08
Juror: Harrison Wick, Architect / Designer / Artist
Auxiliary, Angeleno Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. April 8, '10. Juror: Heidi Luerra, Executive Director of RAW Artists
Five things, COMA Art Space, Los Angeles, CA. Sept. 13 - Oct. 11, '08. Juror: Mike Coulson, artist/curator.
Olympic Spirit, Phantom Galleries L.A., Los Angeles, CA, August 2 - Sept. 2, '08.
Juror: Liza Simons, Director of Phantom Galleries, L.A.
Changing times, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. May 2-27, '06
Juror: Dover Abrams, artist, curator, and owner of Infusion gallery.
Works of Paper, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, '07
Juror: Susan Isaacs, Ph.D, Curator of Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.
Honoring mothers, Lana Santorelli Gallery, Southampton, NY. April 28 - May 21, '07
Juror: Lana Santorelli, artist, curator, and owner of Lana Santorelli Gallery.
Silver Screen Bash, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Fess Parker Double Tree Resort, Santa Barbara, CA. July 18, '10
Art for AIDS, ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA. July 1-30, '06
Black & White, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA, May 10-June 6, '06
Spectrum, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY. April 28, '05. Juror: Susan Cohen, curator.
Southern California Open Regional Exhibition VI, VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA. Oct. 31 - Nov. 17, '07.
Juror: Michael Zakian, Director of the Friederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University.
Cherry Blossom, Aurora Colors Gallery, Petaluma, CA. March 24-April 21, '07
Juror: Karen Gutfreund, artist and curator of Aurora Colour Gallery
Art for Peace, Ojai Art Center, Ojai, CA. Sept. 3-28, '06 Juror: Hiroko Yoshimoto, Professor of Ventura college
East Meets West, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center, CA. April 16-17, '10.
Juror: Sandy Galin, Director of Development and Marketing, New West Symphony.
Fiber Open, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA. May 16 - July 4, '09
Juror: Carol Sauvion, Executive director of Craft in America on PBS, founder of Freehand gallery in Los Angeles.
11th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. August 20- Sept. 20, '10
Juror: John Carlander, Professor of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
10th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Sept. 26 - Dec. 5, '09
Juror: Cynthia Minet, Lead Faculty, Art Department of Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
9th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 16 - Dec. 20, '08
Juror: Ed Inks, Chair of the Art Department at Santa Barbara City College and
Tony Askew, Professor of Art and Director of Reynolds Art Gallery at Westmont College.
8th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 17 - Dec. 31, '07
Juror: Patrick Ela, art consultant, appraiser, former Director of Craft and Folk Arts Museum in Los Angeles.
7th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA, Nov. 18 - Dec. 30, '06
Juror: Nathan Larramendy, curator and owner of Nathan Larramendy gallery
6th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Island Art Center, Camarillo, CA, Oct. 29-Dec. 31, '05
Jurors: Anne Graumlich, Curator of Museum of Ventura County
Matt Furmanski, professor of California State University Channel Islands.
Art of Craft Exhibit, Government Gallery, Ventura County Government Center, Ventura, CA. April 30- June 9,'09
Curator: Todd Collart, Chair of Visual Art Committee, Ventura County Arts Council.
Aging Artfully, Artist Union Gallery, Oct. 31-Nov. 29, '09. Jurors: Richard & Alice Matzkin, Artists.
Healing Arts Exhibit, Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA. March 1 - June 9, '09
Juror: Gallery Committee of Buenaventura Art Association.
2010 Topanga Canyon Gallery Juried Open, Topanga, CA, Jan. 13 - Feb. 7, '10
Juror: Peter Mays, Executive Director, Los Angeles Art Association & Gallery 825.
2009 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 4-27, '09
Juror: Michael Zakian, Director of Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University.
3D Open Competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Sept.30 - Nov. 8, '09.
Juror: Dane Goodman, Director, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
3D Open Competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Oct. 1 - Nov. 3, '08.
Juror: Ken Bortolazzo, Sculptor
24th Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 5 - 30, '10
Juror: Dane Goodman, Director, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
21st Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 16 - Feb. 3, '07
Juror: Matt Furmanski, Professor of art at California State University Channel Islands.
Small Wonders III, Pharmaka Art gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Dec. 8-22, '07
Juror: Holly Meyers, Los Angeles based writer, critic, and freelance curator
Jazz on the Grass, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Sherman Oaks, CA. Oct. 2, '10.
Small Works Exhibit, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 12 - Dec. 31, '10.
Qi - flow of energy, Polymer, 16”x12”x30”, 2008
Recognition
12th member's exhibition, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Nov. 5-26, '11, 3rd Place
The good, the bad, and the ugly, Agriculture Museum, Santa Paula, CA. Sept. 25, '11 - present
Harmony (public art), 8th Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, The Lakes, Thousand Oaks, CA. Sept. 17-18, '11
John Parker and BiJian Fan, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. August 10 - Sept. 19, '11
Spread Your Wings (public art), Coastal Communities Cancer Center, Ventura, CA, July 8, - Oct. 1, '11
Curator: City of Ventura and Coastal Communities Cancer Center.
Splash, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA, July 2 - Sept. 18, '11
Curator: Ariane Karakalos of Museum of Ventura County.
Touching the Arts, exhibition for visual impairments, Proverbs CoffeHouse, Camarillo, CA, June 4-18,'11
Curator: John Johnson of Proverbs House
25th Open Competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 11-29, '11
Juror: John Carlander, Professor of Art at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
Black & White Magic, Proverbs CoffeeHouse, Camarillo, CA, Jan. 29-Feb. 12, '11
Curator: John Johnson
2011 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 2-27, '11
Juror: Chris Hero, Artist.
The good, the bad, and the ugly, Agriculture Museum, Santa Paula, CA. Sept. 25, '11 - present
Harmony (public art), 8th Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, The Lakes, Thousand Oaks, CA. Sept. 17-18, '11
John Parker and BiJian Fan, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. August 10 - Sept. 19, '11
Spread Your Wings (public art), Coastal Communities Cancer Center, Ventura, CA, July 8, - Oct. 1, '11
Curator: City of Ventura and Coastal Communities Cancer Center.
Splash, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA, July 2 - Sept. 18, '11
Curator: Ariane Karakalos of Museum of Ventura County.
Touching the Arts, exhibition for visual impairments, Proverbs CoffeHouse, Camarillo, CA, June 4-18,'11
Curator: John Johnson of Proverbs House
25th Open Competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 11-29, '11
Juror: John Carlander, Professor of Art at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
Black & White Magic, Proverbs CoffeeHouse, Camarillo, CA, Jan. 29-Feb. 12, '11
Curator: John Johnson
2011 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 2-27, '11
Juror: Chris Hero, Artist.
Elements: Arts of the earth, wind, fire and sea, The Art Council of the Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks, CA May 1-29, '11
Juror: Michael Monroe, Chief curator and executive director Emeritus, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA. 3rd place.
2011 Open Exhibition, Westlake Village Art Guild, Thousand Oaks, CA, March 10 - April 27, '11
Honorable Mention. Jurors: Peter Fehler, Carson Van Osten, and Peter Ferk, Honorable Mention.
Featured Artist, Harvest Artwalk, Ventura, CA. Oct. 24-25, '09.
2008 Emerging Artists, ArtSeen at SmashBox, Culver city, CA. May 13-17, '08
Jurors:
Howard Fox - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Rebecca Morse - Museum of Contemporary Art, Assistant Curator
John Murdoch - The Huntington, The Kully Director of Art Collections
Glenn Phillips - The Getty Research Institute, Consulting Curator in Contemporary Program
David Gere - UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures, Associate Professor
Stephenie Dillon - Capital Group Companies, Curator
Featured Artist, Myartspace.com, Sept. 25 - Oct. 25, '08.
Southern California Open Regional Exhibition VIII, VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA. Jan. 6 - 29, '10.
Juror: Diane Caldon, Artist and Art Critic for ArtScene Magazine. Honorable mention.
Works for a New Decade,- Southern California Open, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. May 28-July 3, '10
Juror: Anthony Askew, Director of Reynolds Gallery at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. Honorable mention.
Black & White, Ventura Artist's Union Gallery, Ventura, CA. Sept. 19 - Oct. 25, '09. Featured Artist.
2010 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 2-27, '09
Juror: Donna Granata, Founder of Focus on the Masters. 3rd Place.
3D open competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Oct. 25 - Nov. 18, '07. Honorable mention
Jurors: Matt Furmanski, Professor of California State University Channel Islands and Eric J. Richards, Sculptor
2008 Open Juried Show, Westlake Village Art Guild, Thousand Oaks, CA. March 18 - April 13, '08. 1st place.
Jurors: Don Fey and Arthur Fernadez PhD, artists
22nd Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 15 - Feb. 2, '08. 3rd place.
Juror: Michelle Depuy Levitt, Director of Studio Channel Islands Art Center.
Juried member show, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. April 26 - May 18, '08, 1st place
Juror: Jacqueline Cavish, Artist
Juried member exhibition, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Oct. 30 - Nov. 18, '07, 1st place
Juror: Don Fey, Artist.
Juried member exhibition, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. April 8 - 30, '06, Best of the show
Juror: Cynthia Minet, Professor of art, Moorpark college
Juror: Michael Monroe, Chief curator and executive director Emeritus, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA. 3rd place.
2011 Open Exhibition, Westlake Village Art Guild, Thousand Oaks, CA, March 10 - April 27, '11
Honorable Mention. Jurors: Peter Fehler, Carson Van Osten, and Peter Ferk, Honorable Mention.
Featured Artist, Harvest Artwalk, Ventura, CA. Oct. 24-25, '09.
2008 Emerging Artists, ArtSeen at SmashBox, Culver city, CA. May 13-17, '08
Jurors:
Howard Fox - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Rebecca Morse - Museum of Contemporary Art, Assistant Curator
John Murdoch - The Huntington, The Kully Director of Art Collections
Glenn Phillips - The Getty Research Institute, Consulting Curator in Contemporary Program
David Gere - UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures, Associate Professor
Stephenie Dillon - Capital Group Companies, Curator
Featured Artist, Myartspace.com, Sept. 25 - Oct. 25, '08.
Southern California Open Regional Exhibition VIII, VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA. Jan. 6 - 29, '10.
Juror: Diane Caldon, Artist and Art Critic for ArtScene Magazine. Honorable mention.
Works for a New Decade,- Southern California Open, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. May 28-July 3, '10
Juror: Anthony Askew, Director of Reynolds Gallery at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. Honorable mention.
Black & White, Ventura Artist's Union Gallery, Ventura, CA. Sept. 19 - Oct. 25, '09. Featured Artist.
2010 Open Juried show, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA. Feb. 2-27, '09
Juror: Donna Granata, Founder of Focus on the Masters. 3rd Place.
3D open competition, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA. Oct. 25 - Nov. 18, '07. Honorable mention
Jurors: Matt Furmanski, Professor of California State University Channel Islands and Eric J. Richards, Sculptor
2008 Open Juried Show, Westlake Village Art Guild, Thousand Oaks, CA. March 18 - April 13, '08. 1st place.
Jurors: Don Fey and Arthur Fernadez PhD, artists
22nd Open competition, Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA. Jan. 15 - Feb. 2, '08. 3rd place.
Juror: Michelle Depuy Levitt, Director of Studio Channel Islands Art Center.
Juried member show, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. April 26 - May 18, '08, 1st place
Juror: Jacqueline Cavish, Artist
Juried member exhibition, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. Oct. 30 - Nov. 18, '07, 1st place
Juror: Don Fey, Artist.
Juried member exhibition, Camarillo Art Center, Camarillo, CA. April 8 - 30, '06, Best of the show
Juror: Cynthia Minet, Professor of art, Moorpark college
Past Exhibition
Artist Talk/Demo
Westlake Village Art Guild, Westlake Village, CA. May 3, '11
Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA. July 8, '11
The 8th Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, Thousand Oaks, CA. Sept. 17-18, '11
Santa Clarita Artists Association, Santa Clarita, CA. Sept. 19, '11
Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA. July 8, '11
The 8th Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, Thousand Oaks, CA. Sept. 17-18, '11
Santa Clarita Artists Association, Santa Clarita, CA. Sept. 19, '11