EDUCATION
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART,Bloomfield Hills, MI MFA in Metalsmithing,2007
- 2005-2006 studied with Gary Griffin. 2006-2007 studied with Iris Eichenberg
REED COLLEGE,Portland, OR B.A. Spanish Literature. Dec. 2000
- Senior Thesis: “Painting Penance and Picturing Christ: the visual-verbal texts of New Spain”
INSTITUTO ALLENDE,San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Jewelry intensive study with Bad Billy King 1996, 1997
SCUOLA LORENZO DI’MEDICI,Florence, Italy Coursework in printmaking, jewelry, sculpture and Renaissance and contemporary art theory 1998-1999
OPERE,Jewelry Workshop with Ruudt Peters, August 2006, The Netherlands
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Site-Specific Installation workshop with Laura Vickerson June 2006, Penland, NC
HAYSTACK, Mixed Media Workshop with Marcia MacDonald and Kristin Shiga August 2004, Deer Isle, ME
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Making a Spectacle workshop with Deb Stoner, May 2003, Oakland, CA
OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT,Casting Course with Heidi Schwegler, Fall 2001, Portland, OR
GRANTS & AWARDS
• 2006-2007 Ernest B. Toth Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
• Bay Area Metal Arts Guild Student Grant, 2006.
• Advancement in Craft Award Scholarship. Penland, North Carolina
• Peggy De Salle Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art 2005-2006
• 1998 McGill Lawrence Grant for Social Service.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Enter Platina Jewellery, Gallery Niva 125
Stockholm, Sweden
Cranbrook Degree Show Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Contemporary Conversations in Metalsmithing, Laverne Kraus Gallery
Eugene, OR.
2006
Golden Opportunity, The Marx-Saunders Gallery
Chicago, IL
All Consumed (co-curator), The Forum Gallery
Cranbrook Academy of Art
2005
California Art Metal Now, The Blue Room Gallery
San Francisco, CA
Delicious! A Show about Food in Art, The Studio Gallery
San Francisco, CA
2004
Bay Area Metal Arts Guild Exhibition, Collector’s Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA,
2002
Letterform, Image and Text, Cooley Gallery
Portland, OR.
PUBLICATIONS
“Craft at What Cost?” Lapidary Journal August 2006.
Sara Desran, “Slice of Life,” 7x7 magazine, July/August 2003, page 68.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Ethical Metalsmiths
Bay Area Metal Arts Guild |
