About
My explorations into debris as an art medium began in 1981 at the Netting Station, a former naval base in Tiburon, California. Currently, I am exploring mounds of cardboard packaging I collected during and since the COVID-19 pandemic. I incorporate drawing, painting, printmaking, and textile processes into these assemblages.
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EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Cruz - Certificate in Educational Therapy
San Francisco State University - M.A. Art September 1979 - June 1981
San Francisco State University, Ryan Act Teaching Credential, Art September 1974 - June 1975
University of California, Davis - B.A., Art September 1970 - June 1972
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cathedral School for Boys, San Francisco - Ars Specialist- September 1989 - June 2021
Mercy High School, San Francisco - Art Teacher - September 1986 - June 1989
San Francisco Community College - Art Teacher - September 1982 - June 1989
John F. Kennnedy University, Moraga, California - Graduate Advisor, Art - September 1986 - June 1987
De Young Museum of San Francisco - Art Teacher - September 1983 - June 1987
Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts, Berkeley, California - Art Teacher - September 1981 - June 1986
San Francisco State University - Guest Arts Professor - September 1982 - January 1982
INVITED LECTURER
Drew College Preparatory, San Francisco “Teaching the Learning Disabled Child” - 2001
Richmond Art Center, California. “On-Site: Artists in Response to the Environment” - 1989
HONORS AND AWARDS
1999 - Robert Rauschenberg Foundation “Power of Art Award”, Lab School of Washington D.C.,
Honored for developing a visual arts program to enhance academic understanding for students with reading and writing challenges.
1998 - Appointed Head, Children’s Art Task Force - Superior Court of California, San Francisco Unified Family Court,
Appointed to develop a program to place children’s art into Family Court.
1996 - Awarded Art Teacher of the Year - De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, SFUSD Annual Youth Arts Festival
1985 - San Francisco Foundation Grant Recipient Artist-in-Residence - San Francisco State University Romberg Center for Environmental Studies, Tiburon, California
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco
Adia Services, San Francisco
American National Bank Chicago, Illinois
Mendocino Art Center, California “Symposia: New Directions in Paper” - 1986
San Francisco State University Graduate Arts Program, “Textile Processes” - 1985, 1981
Hersh Family Law, San Francisco
Hersh and Hersh Law Firm San Francisco
Kaiser Medical Center Walnut Creek, California
Heritage Bank of Commerce Sunnyvale, California
Solutions San Francisco
Trammel Crow Corporation San Mateo, California
Wells Fargo Bank Oakland, California
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE ARTIST
1994 - Webster, Mary Hull, The Form of Stillness
1986 - Berrian, Elizabeth and Nelson, Fred New Directions in Paper Mendocino Art Center Arts and Entertainment
1985 - Schoesinger, Ellen, Paper: Ephemeral and Enduring Sacramento Bee
1984 - Scarborough, Jessica Sculptural Paper: Foundation and Directions Fiberarts
PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST
1983 - On Papermaking Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot
ART EXHIBITIONS
2024 - “Pint Size”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California, group exhibit. 2023 - “The De Young Open”, De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, three months, group exhibit. 2023 - SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 2022 - Group Show. “Debris Assessment Series”, Cafe Alma, San Francisco, one month. 2022 - Group Show: “Summertime, Noe Valley Artists”, Sanchez Gallery, San Francisco, one month. 2022 - “Landscapes and Seascapes”, Laguna Art Gallery, California, one month, group exhibit. 2019 - Group Show: “50 x 50”, Gallery Sanchez, Pacifica, California, one month. 2008 - 2023 - “Open Studios, San Francisco”. 2011 -Group Show: “Nature”, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 2010 - “Postcard as Art”, The Lab, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 2009 - “Visual Aid, SOMA, San Francisco”, SFOS group exhibit, one month. 2009 - “Meet the Artists”, BAE, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month; 2001 - “Inaugural Art Exhibition”, Mercy High School Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibition, one month. 1998 - “Art Faculty Exhibition”, Branson Gallery, Ross, California, group exhibit, one month. 1994 - “Asian Roots/Western Soil” Japanese Influences in American Culture”, Berkeley Art Center, group exhibit, one month. 1992 - “Judith Litvich Collection: Hobaica, Farnsworth, and O’Connor”, Piemonte, Oakland, California, one month. 1991 - “Exploring Paper”, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month. 1990 - “Three Artists”, Pence Gallery, Davis, California, one month. 1989 - “On-Site: Artists in Response to the Environment”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, group exhibit, one month. 1989 - “Paper Dimensions: Sculptural Paper by Bay Area Women Artists”, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, group exhibit, one month. 1986 - “New Directions in Paper” Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, group exhibit, one month; 1985 - “Paper: Pushing the Limits” Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit, one month. 1985 - Collaborative Installation “Cartography”, Romberg Environmental Studies Center, Tiburon, California, two days; 1985 - “Paper: Ephemeral and Enduring”, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, group exhibit, one month. 1984 - Invitational Solo Exhibit: “Site as Subject”, Pacific Basin Gallery, Berkeley, California, one month; 1984 - “Heller Gallery” University of California Student Union Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit, one month. 1983 - “Fiber and Paint”, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, California, group exhibit, one month. 1981 - “Masters in 1981”, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, group exhibit, one month.