Resume

Education

1996                        MFA in Sculpture, University of New Mexico

1989-1990             Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY

1988                        BA with Honors in Studio Art, Wesleyan University

 

Public Art Commissions – Handmade Ceramic Tile Mosaics

2013-14

Once Upon a Storytime, Juan Tabo Public Library

Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with Margarita Paz-Pedro, Vanessa Alvarado, and 14 youth

Eagle in Flight, The Eagle Federal Credit Union, Coors & Learning Branch, Albuquerque

Solos Pero Juntos, Albuquerque Convention Center Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with six youth and adult artists

2012

Radiant Sun, Enchanted Rain, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with Margarita Paz-Pedro and 16 youth

Three Sisters, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with 5 adult apprentices

2011

Feathered Brilliance, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with Margarita Paz-Pedro and 14 youth

Winds of Change, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Institute, collaboration with 6 adult apprentices

Donors’ Mosaic, United Blood Services, Albuquerque

2010

Cuentos de las Estrellas/Stories of the Stars, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Margarita Paz-Pedro and 14 youth

Eagle at Sunrise, The Eagle Federal Credit Union, Seventh and Gold Streets, Albuquerque

2009

Dance of the Matachines/Danza de los Matachines, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Margarita Paz-Pedro and 12 youth

2008

First Light, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with 9 youth

2007

Garden of Transformation, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Paz and 24 youth

River of Life, Isleta Boulevard, Albuquerque

Collaboration with Paz and Deborah Jojola

2006

Tree of Life, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Paz and 15 youth

2005

The Poets’ Plaza, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

Collaborated with local poets and elementary students

A View of Valley Gardens, Valley Gardens Park, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 300 community members in designing and making tiles

2004

Doorways to Imagination, North Fourth Arts Center, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 75 developmentally disabled artists and staff members

Squash Blossoms for Burque, Old Town, Albuquerque

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Paz and 12 youth

2003

River of Moonlight, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Lia Rosen and 22 youth

2002

San Pablo Streetscape, Trumbull neighborhood, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 63 youth & adults at Cesar Chavez Community Center, Albuquerque Indian Center, and Van Buren Middle School

Bringer of Light, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Paz and 24 youth

Spring Flowers, Albuquerque Academy

Collaborated with 20 Academy students & 40 other art students from around the SW

The Magical Book Tree, Adobe Acres Elementary, South Valley, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 2 bilingual kindergarten classes

2001

Las Florecitas, Albuquerque Convention Center

Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, collaboration with Mark Woody and 24 youth

South Valley Traditions, South Valley Academy, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 12 students and teachers to create painted murals

2000

Community Identity Symbols, Trumbull & La Mesa Neighborhoods, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 300 people to design 6 symbols for these neighborhoods

1999

Dreams for a New Century, Stapleton Elementary, Rio Rancho

Worked with 75 fifth graders to create a graduation gift to the school

Hopes for Ourselves, Westgate Community Center, Albuquerque

Magnifico Artist-in-Residence, collaborated with 40 kids ages 5 to 14 on two mosaics

1998

Hogares, Hogares del Valle, South Valley, Albuquerque

Collaborated with 12 teenagers to create two mosaics

1996-1997

Albuquerque Children’s Museum Art Ark Program in APS

Mountain View, Valle Vista, and Dolores Gonzales Elementary Schools

Collaborated with 1200 students and teachers at 3 schools to create 18 murals

 

Selected Exhibitions

2011                12 X 12 Invitational, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

2009                12 X 12 Invitational, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

2008                12 X 12, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

1999                Buddha’s Delight, 848 Community Space, San Francisco, CA

                        44th Peace Exhibition, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

1998                Viva la Guadalupe, In Crowd, Albuquerque

                        August Ninth Peace Exhibition, Nagasaki Peace Memorial Museum, Nagasaki

1997                International Joint Art Exhibition, Gallery Shin, Hiroshima

1996                ALERT, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

                        The Lotus Flower Truck – MFA Thesis Exhibition

                        (An interactive sculptural installation on a 1958 Chevrolet pick-up truck which was exhibited in supermarket parking lots around Albuquerque)

1995                Group Show, Gallery Yokota, Hiroshima

1993                Kool Aire, Eighth Street Gallery, Albuquerque

1992                The Spectacle Girls, Yale Mall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

                        (Collaborative sculpture and performance)

                        The Green Show, Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico

1991                Terrorisms, Ten on Eight Exhibition Space, New York, NY

                        (Collaborative installation with Cheap Art)

                        Out Loud: Artists Engulfed Against War, Art in General, New York, NY

                        (Collaborative installation with Cheap Art)

                        Gulf War Mural, Theater for the New City, New York, NY

                        (Collaborative mural with Cheap Art)

                        University of New Mexico Sculpture, UMC Arts Center, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

1990                ABC NoRio: 10 Years, 7 Days, Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany

                        Muckrakers, Max Fish Gallery, New York, NY

                        (Collaborative mural with Cheap Art)

                        One Square Foot, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

1989                Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

1988                Artists of 500 Second Street, Albuquerque

 

 

Other Professional Experience

1997-present            Owner, Lotus Tileworks

2000 – present          Lead Artist, Mayor’s Art Summer Institute, Albuquerque

2011 – 2014              Teaching Artist, El Otro Lado in the Schools, Santa Fe

2010 – 2014             Member, Governing Board of Monte del Sol Charter School (currently Vice-President)

2000 – 2005             Art Director, Dia de los Muertos Celebration and Marigold Parade, South Valley, Albuquerque

1999 – 2002             Lead Teacher, Harwood After-School Arts Program, Wells Park Community Center, Albuquerque

2000                        After-School Art Instructor, South Valley Academy, Albuquerque

   Artist-in-Residence, Magnifico, Los Duranes Community Center, Albuquerque

   Artist-in-Residence, All Faiths Receiving Home, Albuquerque

1999                        Art Director, Hacienda Valmora Residential Treatment Center, Alcalde, NM

  Artist-in-Residence, Rancho Valmora Treatment Center, Valmora, NM

  Artist-in-Residence, Middle School Initiative, Cesar Chavez Community Center, Albuq.

  Artist-in-Residence, Amistad Youth Shelter, Albuquerque

1998                        Ceramic Tile Instructor, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque

  Summer Arts Camp Instructor, Harwood Art Center

  Artist-in-Residence, Rancho Valmora Treatment Center, Valmora, NM

1995                        Artist-in-Residence, SouthWest Organizing Project, Albuquerque

1992 – 1996            Sculpture Teaching Assistant, UNM Department of Art and Art History

1989 – 1991            Assistant Manager, Printed Matter Books by Artists, New York, NY

1988 – 1989            Printer & Intaglio Workshop Teacher, Graphics Workshop, Santa Fe

  Contract Glassblower for artist Elodie Holmes, Santa Fe

1986 – 1988            Teaching Assistant, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT