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Fellowships and Awards

2005MFA Fellowship in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003Award of Honor, juror Cathy Kimball, A Woman's Place, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1993Painting Award for Bay Arts 1993, juror, Rupert Garcia, Belmont, CA
1982Print, "Nuclear Perspective" selected for Warner Hall Arts Project, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Commissions

2002Seascape Mural, Private Home, Atherton, CA
1998Installation, PEnis WalpApr, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1997Convenience Store Mural, Diebold Corporation, Pleasanton, CA
1996Ceiling Murals, Private Home, Woodside, CA
1996Portrait Commission, Three Daughters, Los Gatos, CA

Professional Activities

2006Panelist for Talking Art, To go or not to go, MFA Programs Exposed, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2003-06Member, Board of Trustees, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2003-05Member, Board of Directors, Zero One, The art and technology network, Mt. View, CA
1998-05Curator, Art Exhibits, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1998Panelist, The Female Gaze, Women Looking at Men, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1997-02Artist at Cubberley Studios, Palo Alto, CA
Theater Set Designer and Set Painter, Palo Alto Children's Theater, Palo Alto, CA
1996Cover art, (detail) A Journal of Art Criticism, Vol. 4 No. 1
1992-05Board Member, Women's Caucus for Art, South Bay Chapter, CA
1991-94Drawing Teacher and Founder, Studio Program for Kids, Portola Valley, CA
1990-05Member of Third Monday Critique Group, South Bay Area, CA
1990Owner and Designer, Dot Design, an art shoe company, Portola Valley, CA
1987Member Artist, Central Studios Artist Collective, Adelaide, Australia
1986Member Artist, Roundspace Artist's Collective, Adelaide, Australia
Founder, Art-Zone Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1984Founder, Space for Five Artist Group, Pittsburgh, PA
1983-85Member, Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Print Group, Pittsburgh, PA
1983Art Critic, Carnegie Mellon University Newspaper, Pittsburgh, PA
1982Artist/Printmaker, Fellesverkstedet Vest, Bergen, Norway
1982-83Assistant Teacher, The Children's Room, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

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