SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2012-Present, Proprietor of Thyrsus Press, creating fine prints, books and poetry broadsides in Berkeley, California

  • 2010, Eshu House Publishing, “The Sky is a Page.” Designer/Illustrator. Poems by Adam David Miller

  • 2012-2017 Watershed Poetry Festival Illustrations and later also typesetting/printing for Poetry Broadsides. Berkeley, CA2009

  • Luna Dance Set Paintings for children's production of The Nutcracker Albany, CA

  • 2004 San Francisco Art Institute Teacher’s Assistant for Charles M. Hobson’s Artist Book Classes. San Francisco, CA

  • 1999-2002 Expressions Center for New Media Instructor of Graphic Design, Art and Animation History. Emeryville, CA

  • 1998 Stanford University, Set Painter/Assistant Designer for Opera Production of “Dido and Aeneas”, Stanford, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010 Tiny Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • 2010 West Coast Prints Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA

  • 2005 & 2006 Art of the Book Donna Seager Gallery. San Rafael, CA

  • 2004 Group Show Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

  • 2003 & 2004 Spring Show Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

  • 2007 Pacific Northwest College of Art Etching and Engraving. Portland, OR

  • 2004 San Francisco Art Institute B.F.A. Printmaking. San Francisco, CA

  • 1994 Wayne State University M.F.A. in Theatre. Detroit, MI

  • 1992 Rhode Island School of Design Illustration. Providence, RI

  • 1991 The University of Alabama at Birmingham B.A. in Theatre and Studio Art. Summa Cum Laude, Birmingham, AL

  • 1987 & 1988 Parsons School of Design Illustration. NY, NY

AWARDS

  • 1994 San Francisco Arts Institute Annual Book Arts Competition Winner. San Francisco, CA

  • 1991 University of Alabama at Birmingham Outstanding Student in the Arts and Humanities.

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • East Bay Landscape Painters

  • The Colophon Club

  • American Printing History Association