Exhibitions

Faculty Exhibit, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, April 2008

Heroic Women in Life and Myth, Taft College Art Gallery, March 2007, Faculty Exhibit
 

Faculty Exhibit, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, September 2006
 

Faculty Exhibit, Jones Gallery Bakersfield College, February 2004

Regular Grind (Solo exhibition), Jill Thayer Gallery, August 2003

Sonja and friends, Taft College Gallery, September 2002

Layers of Meaning II (Solo exhibition), Taft College Art Gallery, September 2001

Rencontres Internationales (juried international video and art exhibit)
Rencontres #4 - Paris, March 2001, www.art-action.org

Rencontres Internationales (juried international video and art exhibit)
Rencontres #5 - Berlin, June 2001, www.art-action.org

Layers of Meaning (Solo MFA exhibition), California State University, Fullerton, May 2001

Open Exhibition, Grand Central Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA, April 2000

Visual Arts Festival (juried), Bakersfield Museum of Art, June 1999

Visual Arts Festival (juried), Bakersfield Museum of Art, July 1998

CSU Bakersfield Faculty Exhibition, Todd Madigan Gallery, December 1998

Life / Lines (Solo exhibition), Adobe Krow Archives, May 1998

Faculty Exchange Exhibit, Bakersfield College, February 1998

The Process Continues (two person exhibit with Ted Kerzie), MOMAS Gallery, September 1998

Visual Arts Festival (juried), Bakersfield Museum of Art, Best of Show and Director's Purchase Awards, August 1997

Kern Island Arts Festival (juried), Bakersfield College, September 1997

It's OK to think small, Todd Madigan Gallery, May 1996

Scholarly and professional activities

Panorama Conference

Created and organize annual “Panorama” arts conference at Bakersfield College.

Panorama 5 - "A Digital Scavenger Hunt" was a chance to bring high school colleagues into the digital lab for an evening of photography and digital montage.

 

Panorama 4: "A Dialectic with Joseph Cornell" was an opportunity for Kern County high school visual art teachers to network with college and high school colleagues, and do it in a workshop environment.

 

Panorama 3: Terri Asher (illustration), Holly Hart (environmental design), Mary Laporte (graphic design), Kyle Northway (advertising) spoke to college students about their careers.

 

Panorama 2 - Todd Ellison (web design), Dave Jerrard (Lightwave expert), Gita Lloyd (illustration), Frank Holihan (graphic design), Tony Romain (motion graphics), Greg Iger (photography) discussed their work and career paths.

 

Panorama 1 - Justin Clark (graphic design), Brian Collins (graphic design), Glenn Hammett (newspaper design), Donna Tracy (3D animation) advised students on careers in the visual arts.

Documentary and Book

Currently working to expand my MFA thesis concerning west coast process art of the 1970s. To date, I have researched, interviewed, and written about Laddie John Dill, George Geyer, Charles Christopher Hill, Tom McMillin, Eugene Sturman, and Ted Kerzie.

Public Art

Worked as designer on team to build "Eclipse." Sculpture is installed at CSUB Business Development Center. Commissioned by private patron. Can be seen online at: steelsculpture.netfirms.com.

Curatorial

Curated exhibit for Bakersfield Museum of Art "Parallel Play and Hybrids," an exhibition featuring the work of Ted Kerzie and Joyce Kohl.

Community Service

Regional Occupational Center, Graphic Arts Advisory Board, 2003 to present

Board Member/Secretary, Arts Council of Kern, 1997 - 1998
 

Committee Member, Process Art exhibit,California State University, Bakersfield, September 1996 - April 1997

Committee Member, Bakersfield Musem of Art, Via Arte Street Painting Festival, June - October 1999

Workshops, seminars, conferences

AIGA Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media, April 4 & 5, 2008, Boston, MA, Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center

AIGA - OCDC, Chapman University, September 22, 2007

AIGA - San Diego - Y12 - "Push" Conference, San Diego, California, March 30 & 31, 2007

SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA, July 2005

Motion Graphics Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA, July 2004

CCCAOE Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2004

SIGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA, July 2004

SIGGRAPH, San Diego, CA, July 2003

College Art Association, New York, New York, February 2003

Painting and beyond, CSU Summer Arts course, Guest artists included: Judy Pfaff, Roland Reiss, Ted Kerzie, CSU Long Beach, July 1998

Designing the Urban hardscape, CSU Summmer Arts course, Guest artists included: Andrew Leister, Jody Pinto, Jud Fine, Barbara McCarren, Craig Cree Stone, Kim Yasuda, CSU Long Beach, July 1998

Winterfest Painting Festival, CSU Bakersfield, December 1997

Winterfest Painting Festival, CSU Bakersfield, December 1996

ADAC Envision Conference, Sacramento, CA, June 1996

ADAC Envision Conference, Sacramento, CA, June 1995

Awards

Certificate of Appreciation, Arts Council of Kern, November 1997
 

Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Directory, Art Awards program, and the Arts Council

Bakersfield Museum of Art, Best of Show, Painting - "Sandy's Colors", August 1997

Bakersfield Museum of Art, Director's Purchase award, Painting - "Hidden Agendas", August 1997

Certificate of Recognition, Arts Council of Kern, Outstanding contribution in Graphic Design, October 1997

Certificate of Recognition, Arts Council of Kern, Outstanding contribution in Visual Art - 2D, October 1997

Kern Press Club, Public Affairs category, Brochure 1996

AT&T "Talk your head off", Design Competition - raster art 1996

CSUB Staff Forum Awards, Outstanding Staff Member, 1996

Bakersfield Avertising Club, Golden Pizazz Award Best Print/Out of Market 1983, Bakersfield Avertising Club
 

Pizazz Award Brochures/Sales Aids 1983, Bakersfield Avertising Club, Pizazz Award Poster Design 1983

Collections

Bakersfield Museum of Art

Walter W. Stiern Library at CSU Bakersfield

Sharon and Paul Nold

Tom and Elizabeth McDannold

Steve and Barbara Mitchell

Rod and Susan Hersberger

Jill Thayer

Kristopher and Carla Stallworth

Michael and Carol Stepanovich

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Akron, May 1981

Master of Fine Arts, California State University, Fullerton, May 2001

Professional Experience

Chair, Art Department, Bakersfield College, Fall 2007 - Spring 2009

Professor of Art, Bakersfield College, August 2002 - present

Graphic Designer II, California State University, Bakersfield, January 1990 - August 2002

Graphic Designer I, California State University, Bakersfield, July 1982 - January 1990

Adjunct Professor, Taft College, 2001 - 2002 AY

Adjunct Instructor, Communications Department, California State University, Bakersfield, 1997 - 2000 AY

Graphic Designer, Cal Com Associates, 2/1982 - 7/1982

Art Director/Designer, Amarabia Journal, 1/1983 - 2/1984

Freelance graphic designer, Koeth Design Group, 1/1983 - present

Technology - software

Newtek Lightwave (3d animation)

Adobe AfterEffects (motion graphics)

Adobe Illustrator, Freehand MX (vector)

Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress (desktop publishing)

Adobe PhotoShop (raster)

Freeway (web design)

Fontographer, TypeTool (type creation)

Media 100, iMovie, Final Cut Pro (non-linear video editing)

Technology - hardware

Apple Macintosh G5, system OS X.5

Microtek, Epson, Agfa Scanners

Epson and HP printers

Sony Digital Cameras (still and video)