Artist Statement
I'm interested in random patterns, networks and self-automating systems and reinforce these explorations by mimicking that concept in my paint application. I let ink and paint travel across wet areas creating a webbed effect, or let different mediums merge, feather into each other or totally repel one another. Patterns emerge that resemble nerve, network or tree branch designs. I spray water and ink, or drop inked marbles onto paper and let them move freely; the ink marks record the kinetic energy of the marbles, water spray and/or the paper’s support. In effect, the paint and marks are organizing themselves according to chance, chemical and physical properties. Thinking about cities as a type of self-automating system led me to my current series of abstract paintings that explore the concept of organized networks versus chaotic patterns.

Chance, gravity and physics control the shape, direction, and distribution of ink and paint. The density of runs and drips builds volume and creates space much like cells or atoms. Interested in unexpected compositions, I engage various media to create a stable instability. I experiment with opposites: loud vs. quiet, fast vs. slow, chaos vs. order.

Artist Bio / CV

Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2009 Invisible Cities: Recent Paintings, George Lawson Gallery SF, CA
2008 Oakland Museum of CA Off-site, Gallery 555, Oakland, CA
Oakland Art Gallery at Port of Oakland, Oakland, CA
2001 & 2007 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, SF, CA
2004 Tangent Contemporary Art, SF, CA
1993 Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA

Group Exhibitions
2010 California Summer, George Lawson Gallery SF, CA
Factor XX, Los Gatos Art Museum, Lost Gatos, CA (upcoming)
2009 Keepers, Skinner Howard Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Shasta College Art Gallery, Shasta, CA
2008 PaperWORKS! Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, curated by René de Guzman
2007 workADay, Blankspace, Oakland, CA
X-07: Directors’ Selection, MMGalleries, SF, CA
The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Moshi Moshi!, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2006 Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, CA
Sakai City Cultural Hall, Japan
2005 Small Works, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004 Emerge 2004, GenArt, SF, CA, curated by Paule Anglim, Martha Angus, Squeak Carnwath, John S. Weber
2003 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, curated by James Elaine
Big Tree Project, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2002 UCB Alumni, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson,
1999 The Natural World Observed, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, curated by Carrie Lederer
1995 Countdown 2000, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA, curated by Lawrence Rinder

Education
MFA, University of CA, Berkeley
BFA, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Representation
George Lawson Gallery, SF, CA

Honors
Eisner Award, U.C. Berkeley

Bibliography
David Roth, "Keepers" @ Skinner/Howard, SquareCylinder.com, Nov 1, 2009
Swan, Rachel, "workAday - Critic's Choice", East Bay Express, Oct-Nov 2007
Diane Chin Lui, 'Birth of Ideas: Exhibit Illustrates the Artistic Stream of Consciousness', Davis Enterprise, March 9, 2006
Robert Taylor, “The Big Tree Project”, Contra Costa Times, June 26, 2003
Dewitt Cheng, “Register This”, SanFranciscoArtMagazine.com, May 2002
Rodriguez, Juan. "'Orange'", Artweek, May 2002
ZYZZYVA, Fall 1994