Curriculum Vitae

Education:

1997 BFA (Jewelry/Metal Arts & Painting), California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Employment:

1998-present Teacher at The Crucible, Oakland, CA: Teaching jewelry/lost wax casting

1998-present Owner of Mercurius Designs, Oakland, CA: Custom jewelry and metalwork

2007-2008 David Clay Jewelers, San Francisco, CA: High end custom jewelry

2007-2008 Teacher at Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, CA: Summer Workshop

2001-2004 Hutten Jewelers, San Francisco, CA: High end custom jewelry and metalwork

1997-2001 Spitz Jewelers, Walnut Creek, CA: Casting precious metals, jewelry repair, design work

Solo Exhibitions:

2004
Industrial Evolution Gallery 21 Grand, Oakland, CA; sculptures and costumes

1999 Abstrakt Zone, Emeryville; sculptures

1999 The Plant, Oakland: sculptures and paintings

1997 BFA exhibition in Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland

Group Exhibitions:

2007 Jim Colony, Gallery Flux, SF, CA

2007 Visiting Artist Exposition, Incline Village, NV

2007 Crucible Faculty Show, Oakland Airport, CA

2006 Visiting Artist Exposition, Incline Village, NV

2005 Breaking the Habit, Wisconsin

2005 Metalliform, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA

2003 Multum in Parvo, Monarch Sculpture Park, Tenino, Washington

2003 Special Blend, San Jose, CA

2001 One Night Stand II, Oakland, CA

2001 Grit, Gallery 21 Grand Oakland, CA

2000 One Night Stand,  Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1997-1999 Artists of a Different Caliber, Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI; Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria, VA; Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1998 SWARM, Irwin Student Center, Oakland;  insect-inspired work of different artists

1998 Eight Days Until Tomorrow, Irwin Student Center, Oakland

1997 Sequence, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland

1995 Banaker Gallery, 251 Post St. #310, San Francisco