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