Resume

EDUCATION

2007

Masters of Fine Art, Sculpture, California State University, Fullerton, CA.

2004

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.

2003

Bachelors of Fine Art, Sculpture, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV.

1999                

Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, RISD Summer, Pont-Aven, France.

SOLO SHOWS

2017-18                 

Growth Grove, Carlsbad, CA

2012                

Two Dimensions, Display, Anaheim, CA.

2011                

From my house to yours, Avanti Café, Costa Mesa, CA.

2010                

Works on Paper, Haute Cakes Caffe, Newport Beach, CA.

2009

Systems, Yoga Works Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa CA.

2008

Consumption Project, Site Specific Installation @ Cal Poly Pomona Student Center,  Pomona, CA.

2006

Outside In, East Gallery CSU Fullerton, Fullerton CA.

The Clearing, 208 Spurgeon St., East Village Lofts, Santa Ana CA.

2005

Common Lines, The Memphis Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2021

25th Anniversary Exhibition of Carlsbad Sculpture Garden, Carlsbad, CA.

Sculpture in the Garden, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA.

2020             

Sculpture in the Garden, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA.

Nature of Sculpture II, Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA. {postponed}

2019                       

Alone, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

2018                       

Self Portrait, Golden West College Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA.

Sculpture in the Garden, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA.

2017                       

Mixed Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.

Ten, Artist Republic Gallery, Anaheim, CA.

Radical Home, Salt Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA.

2016                       

Pulling the Forest along the road, NEA Grant Challenge America, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.

Ribba, Coastline Community College Gallery, Newport Beach, CA.

2015                       

Boite-en-Valise, Project Space 1785, Vero Beach, FL.                       

TEN FEET, The 4th tree on the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, CA.

Newport Beach Sculpture in the Civic Center Park, Newport Beach, CA.

Young & Restless, Display Art Services, Anaheim, CA.

New Moon, The Yurt, San Clemente, CA.

House of Design, Shady Canyon Philharmonic Event, Irvine, CA.

The Nature of Sculpture, Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA.

2014  

Stones Throw: Artists Working in Santa Ana, F+ Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA.

2013 

OC3  Curators Challenge, Irvine Great Park, Irvine, CA.

Within, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA            

Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA.

Auction 2013, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

2012                

Earth Dreams: Beyond the Sculptural Landscape, Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA.

Auction 2012, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

2011                

Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Speak to the Trees, Balsamic Academy, Irvine, CA.

Mailin It In, Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Auction 2011, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

2010                

Tracing Lines Project, Collaboration Preview, Columbus, OH.

2009                

The Departure, Benefit Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, HB, CA.

Auction 100, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

Grand Central Art Center 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA.

2008                

The Paper Show, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.

2007                

Who Killed Bambi, Cypress College, Cypress CA.

HBAC Art Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA.

Art Auction = Stimulus, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

Feng Shui Show, Union Art Space, Santa Ana, CA.

2006

The Oscene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

Greater LA MFA, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Organica, enView Gallery, East Village Arts District, Long Beach, CA.

2005                

Graduate Exhibition, CSUFullerton West Gallery, Fullerton CA.

The Bird Show, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.

Oral Fixation, Broadway Purple, Santa Ana, CA

Converging Artists, Union Art Space, Santa Ana, CA.

2004                

Assemblage, Arieas-Pace Gallery, Santora Building, Santa Ana CA.

Confort en papier, Santa Ana Seven, D&D Gallery, Santa Ana CA.

2003

BFA Show, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV.

2002

Studio Z Unveils, Studio Z Gallery, Wheeling WV.

1999

The MET, WVU Student Art Association, Morgantown WV

AWARDS & GRANTS

2016

National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America Grant.

2009

The Hoff Foundation Artist Grant.

2006

Graduate Tribute Grant, CSU Fullerton Art Alliance

2005

Dale & Millie Hallberg Graduate Sculpture Scholarship, CSU Fullerton.

CSU Fullerton Graduate Equity Fellowship

COLLECTIONS

2018

Those Three Steel Trees, Permanent Outdoor Public Installation at the Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA.

2013

Branch Out Challenge, Indoor Public Installation at The Stocking Frame, Los Angeles, CA.

2010                

Untitled Tree #2, Permanent Outdoor Public Installation at the Park Santiago Nature Center, Santa Ana, CA.

2006

Indoor Public Installation, The Court @ Artists Village, Santa Ana, CA.

2003 – 2008

Rails for Trails Sculpture Garden, Public Outdoor Installation, Morgantown, WV.

PUBLICATIONS

2010                

Cribb, Don, “Santa Ana Artist…” Orange Review (Dec. 10/ Jan. 11).

2008

Tatum, Joshua, “Trash becomes art treasure…” The Poly Post, (1/14/08).

2006

Bermudez, Julian, “Organica, At enView Grows on

Observer,” Gazette (August 10, 2006).

Ziegler, Chris, “This week in a whiskey? Don’t mind if I do!

The Clearing”, OC Weekly (February 24, 2006).

“Image Identity: A collaborative show of visual artists and writers,” CSU Fullerton, Catalog Publication.