education
2006 MFA, University of California at Berkeley, CA
1996 Teaching Credential, English Lit., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1990 BA, Boston University, Political Science, Boston , MA
professional experience
Visiting Lecturer, Spring 2010
California College of the Arts
(Interdisciplinary Critique)
Visiting Lecturer, Winter Quarter 2009
Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History,
(Video II)
Visiting Lecturer, Spring 2008
San Francisco State University, College of Creative Arts,
(Painting II and Painting I)
Visiting Lecturer, Spring 2007
San Francisco State University, College of Creative Arts,
(Painting II)
Visiting Lecturer, Spring 2007
City College of San Francisco, Dept. of Continuing Education,
( Beginning Drawing,)
Visiting Lecturer, Fall 2006
City College of San Francisco, Dept. of Continuing Education,
( Narrative Painting, Beginning Drawing)
Instructor, Spring 2006
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Dept. of Art Practice,
(Introduction to Visual Thinking)
Teaching Assistant to Professor Craig Nagasawa, Fall 2004, Spring 2005
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Dept. of Art Practice,
(Language of Drawing, Approaches in Painting)
Lead Faculty, 2001-2004
Out of Site, the Center for Art and Architecture, San Francisco, CA
Created curriculum and taught for Out of Site’s High School programs in San Francisco
High School English Instructor, 1996-2001
South San Francisco High School, South San Francisco, CA
lectures and panels
Guest Lecture, San Francisco State Graduate Students, Nov. 19, 2009
Guest Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Concepts 3, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 5, 2009
Guest Lecture, Painting 2, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA , August 20, 2009
Guest Lecture, Video 2, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, July 20, 2009
Lecture, Slapstick and The Sublime, Linden Tree Lecture series, Sagan Piechota Architecture, SF, CA June 5, 2009
Lecture, Uses of Deadpan in Video art, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, May 14, 2009
Curatorial Talk, SkyDive Artist Space, Houston Texas, May 7, 2009
Guest Lecture, CCA, Curatorial Practice, San Francisco, CA, March, 2009
Curatorial Talk, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey, April, 2009
Guest Lecture, Stanford University, Video 1 class, Stanford, CA, Nov. 2008
Guest Lecture, CCA, Video 1 class, Oakland, CA Sept. 2008
Guest Lecture, CCA, 4 AD class, Oakland, CA, Nov, 2007
Guest Lecture, UC Berkeley, Drawing I, Berkeley, CA, Nov 2007
Guest Lecture, UC Berkeley, Guest Lecture, Painting II, Berkeley, CA Dec 2006
Guest Lecture, UC Berkley, Art 8, Berkeley, CA, November, 2006
Gust Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres, San Francisco, CA Oct, 2006
Panel Discussion, moderated by Kenneth Baker, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, August 2006
Artist Talk, Berkeley Art Museum, Flaming Sword of Truth, Berkeley, CA, May 2006
Artist Talk, The Lab, The Man Box and Beyond, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006
Lecture, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, (LKV) Trondheim, Norway, July 2005
Artist Talk, Kala Art Institute, You Are Here, Berkeley, CA Feb, 2005
community
Curatorial Committee, Winterfest Art Auction for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, 20007 to presentPresident, Board of Directors, Out of Site, the center for art and architecture, San Francisco, CA 2004-2008
Curatorial Chair, Winterfest Art Auction for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, 2002-2006