BIOGRAPHY
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I came to the practice of art after twenty years in the corporate world. That world of
linear thinking, projects with desired outcomes clearly stated from the onset, and
stringent parameters, has affected my creation. No longer a writer of memos explaining
how to produce a product, sell a service, or provide customer support, I try to conceive
of an idea and let it evolve. I try to accept non-traditional materials and remember that
there are no rigid formulas to follow. I try to follow the direction of the work as it
progresses rather than concern myself with doing it the right way. I do, however, feel the
tension of trying to create my own vocabulary, in a language I am struggling to
understand. I am most interested in using media that has a prior history where I can
rework, re-imagine, re-contextualize or just make up a story. My goal is
not to be too reverent. |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2006 |
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Influx, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. |
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2005 |
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Leftovers, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. |
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2004 |
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Learning How to Read, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA. |
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2002 |
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Caffeine, 221 Main Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
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2000 |
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Women Workers, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA. |
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1999 |
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A Circle of Quiet, Brainwash, San Francisco, CA. |
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1997 |
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Once Again with Feeling, Grand Hyatt, Union Square, San Francisco, CA. |
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1996 |
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Chaminade Artists Series, Chaminade Conference Center, Santa Cruz, CA. |
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1994 |
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Mud and Snarls, 411 Hartz Street Gallery Danville, CA. |
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| SELECTED TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
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2006 |
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Salon Series: Short Stories, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Bits & Pieces, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Productions of Time, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. |
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2004 |
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The Art of Books and Writing, Art Vitam, Miami, FL. |
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2003 |
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Discarded, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
Elements of Perception, EVO Gallery, Sante Fe, NM. |
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| GROUP SHOWS |
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2006 |
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Materiality, J. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID.
New, New, Aragazzi Gallery, Lakeville, CT.
Works on Paper, New York Armory (with David Lusk Gallery), New York, NY.
Strange Weeds, TVM Gallery, Tesuque, NM.
SITE Unseen, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.
con(Text), Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
Metamorphis, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Rags to Riches, Gallery Zipp Glorieta, NM.
Collect, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM |
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2005 |
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istAnbul, Artcite`, Istanbul, Turkey.
I Spy, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Art in the Rotunda, Rotunda Gallery, State Capitol of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM.
Fall Reading, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
The Road Show: Books as Inspiration, St. John's College Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Paperworks, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntinton, NM.
Originals 2005, NM Museum of Fine Arts (catalog), Santa Fe, NM.
Bloc-Busta (catalog), Santa Fe, NM.
Introductions, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Myths and Memories, Gallery Zipp, Glorieta, NM.
Di Libris The Book Transformed, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe and Santa Fe Council for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM |
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2004 |
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Beyond Words: The Artist and the Book, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Winter Light, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN.
3-D art/techne', Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
The Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, NM.
Call and Response, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Book as Art XVI, National Museum of Women in the Arts (catalog), Washington, DC.
Illustrious: art and words, Magnifico!, Albuquerque, NM.
Supernatural, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.
M%ute, M%, Cleveland, OH.
Art Chicago (with EVO Gallery), Chicago, IL.
Insight Out, Center for Contemporary Arts (catalog), Santa Fe, NM.
Site Unseen 3, James Kelly Contemporary, Sante Fe, NM.
The Art of Living, Living With Art, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
San Francisco International Art Fair (with EVO Gallery), San Francisco, CA. |
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2003 |
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pyro: burned, melted, smoked, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Good things Come in Small Packages, Julie Baker Fine Art Grass Valley, CA.
Own Your Own, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO.
Originals, Albuquerque Museum (catalog), Albuquerque, NM.
Way Cool, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
Mix of Six, Gallery Zipp Glorieta, NM.
conTEXT, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO.
Collect, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Art Chicago (with EVO Gallery) Chicago, IL.
Art in a Box, Gallery Zipp, Glorieta, NM.
Duct and Cover, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
New Year, New Space, EVO Gallery Santa Fe, NM.
Friends of Contemporary Art, New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
San Francisco International Art Fair (with EVO Gallery), San Francisco, CA.
All Decked Out, Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM. |
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2002 |
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Small Works, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
Wrapped, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Works on Paper, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Recycle (Award Winner), Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM.
Invitational, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Affordable Art Expo, Pier 92, New York, NY.
Eggs, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Post Postcard, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Book as Art II, Gallery Zipp, Glorieta, NM.
The Windows Project, Center for Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
Collect, Plan B, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. |
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2000 |
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Millenium, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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1999 |
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Postcards Too, 4Walls, San Francisco, CA. |
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1998 |
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Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Wish You Were Here, West End Gallery, Houston, TX. |
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1997 |
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What Women Do, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA.
Dreams of Life and Death, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA. |
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1996 |
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Rabbit Fever, XENO Gallery, McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA.
Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA.
Emotional Baggage, The Luggage Store Gallery San Francisco, CA. |
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1995 |
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Obsession, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Double Exposure, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY.
Collage (catalog), Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA. |
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1994 |
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Viridian Goes National, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY.
Searching for the Hidden, C.S. Lewis Summer Institute, Queens College, Cambridge, U.K.
(traveled to Biola University, LaMirada, CA and Gallery W, Sacramento, CA).
Self Portraits, Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA. |
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1993 |
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Black and White, Long Beach Center for the Arts, Long Beach, CA.
West Coast Wonders, Eleven East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
Works on Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. |
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| PUBLIC COMMISSIONS |
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2003 |
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New Mexico Public Places Program, Mimbres Valley Learning Center, Deming, NM. |
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2000 |
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Water, City of Oakland, Oakland, CA. |
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1998 |
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Art on Market, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA. |
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1996 |
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Inside, Mission Economic Development Council, San Francisco, CA. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Princeton Architectural Press, "Book As Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts" - 2006
ARTnews, "Mary Bennett", Dottie Indyke - Summer 2006
Memphis Playbook, "New Shows", Frederic Koeppel - Jul.7, 2006
Commercial Appeal, "Herbert-Bennett Opening" - Jul.7, 2006
Memphis Flyer, "We Recommend" - Jul.6, 2006
Thrive, "J. Crist's "materiality" Gives Unconventional Materials Context", Erin Ryan - Jun.19, 2006
THE, "Productions of Time", Jon Carver - May.2006
Albuquerque Journal, Tour of Women Artists' Studios Set - Mar.29, 2006
Albuquerque Journal, In the Galleries - Mar.24, 2006
Albuquerque Journal, "Page-Turner", Dottie Indyke - Mar.17, 2006
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, "Gallerywise: being scene", Elizabeth Cook-Romero - Mar.17, 2006
Albuquerque Journal, "ArtBeat", Kathryn Davis - Mar.17, 2006
Santa Fean, "Productions of Time", Ellen Berkovitch - Mar. 2006
The Albuquerque Journal, "Tiny Treasures,: Dottie Indyke - Feb.10, 2006
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, "Gallerywise: being scene" - Nov.11, 2005
Santa Fe Catalogue, "Collage, Assemblage, Montage: Artists Who Put Things Together", Hollis Walker - Winter 2005
Albuquerque Journal, "ArtBeat," Kathryn Davis - Nov.11, 2005
The New York Times, "Paper in Every Guise Imaginable", Helen A. Harrison - Sept.4, 2005
THE, "Mary Bennett: Leftovers", Mokha Laget - May 2005
Santa Fe Reporter, "Back to the Fluxture", Zane Fischer - Mar.16, 2005
Albuquerque Journal, "Opening Exhibits," - Mar.12, 2005
Albuquerque Journal, "ArtBeat,", Kathryn Davis March 11, 2005
The Santa Fe New Mexican, "Artist who Sends Anonymous Postcards Taps Fear and Aggression", Denis Kusel - Mar.9,2005
Santa Fe Reporter, "SFR Picks" - Mar.9, 2005
Santa Fean, "Leftovers" - Mar. 2005
Weekend, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Square, but Likable" - Feb.4, 2005
3D art/techne', Fresco Fine Arts Publication LLC, Albuquerque, NM - 2004
MAEX, Miami Art Exchange, "By the Book, Artistic Alchemy", Steven Mayo - Oct. 2004
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, "Comings and Goings" - Nov.12, 2004
Santa Fe Reporter, "SFR Picks", Zane Fischer - Nov.10, 2004
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, (cover) "Wonder Under the Covers", Elizabeth Cook-Romero - Oct.22, 2004
THE, "Beyond Words: Artists and the Book" - Nov. 2004
MAEX, Miami Art Exchange, "Artists' Books", Onajide Shabaka - Sept. 2004
TREND, "50 Years of Heartfelt Collecting", Sunamita Lin - Summer/Fall 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "Wrecked Texts", Dottie Indyke - Jun.4, 2004
Insight Out (catalog), Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM - 2004
Home Cheap Home, Perigee Books - 2004
THE, "Illustrious: Art and Words", Jon Carver - May 2004
The Washington Times, "Pages of Tragedy", Joanna Shaw-Eagle - Apr.17, 2004
Santa Fean, "The Consummate Collector", Allegra Huston - Apr. 2004
Crosswinds, Luminarias - Apr.15, 2004
abqARTS, "Magnifico's Illustrious Marries Art and Words", Isabel Bearman Bucher, vol 8 no 3 - Apr. 2004
Crosswinds, "Good Art Behaving Badly", Lisa Polisar - Mar.18, 2004
Book As Art XV (catalog), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC - 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "Show Explores Artists' Accord with Written Word" - Feb.29, 2004
ARTspeak, NEW MEXICO ARTS a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs - Winter 2004
ARTspeak, NEW MEXICO ARTS a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs - Fall 2003
Artworks, New Mexico Committee of Women in the Arts - Fall 2003
Albuquerque Journal, "Painting Provoke Perceptual Uncertainty", Tom Collins - Oct.17, 2003
THE, "Elements of Perception", Susanna Carlisle - Jul. 2003
Santa Fean, " ATriptych of Talent", Bill Hutchison - Jun. 2003
Santa Fe Reporter, "Summer Saunters In", Zane Fischer - May.26, 2003
Albuquerque Journal, "Cool, Clean & Slick", Tom Collins - May.30, 2003
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, "Gallerywise", Teri Thomsen Randall - May.23, 2003
Originals, Traces of the Journey (catalog), The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM - 2003 (sponsored by New Mexico Committee, National Museum of Women in the Arts)
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, "Under Wraps", Teri Thomsen Randall - Jan.3, 2003
Budget Living, "Welcome to the Fold", Julie Mihaley, February-March, 2003
Santa Fe Reporter, "Are We All Just Goats?", Zane Fischer - Nov.20, 2002
The Santa Fe New Mexican, "A New Way to Look At, If Not Read Literature", Denise Kusel - Oct.13, 2002
SFGate, "Nothing but Time", Colin Berry - Nov.19, 1998
Bay Area Reporter, "Make the Time", Amy Berk - Nov.11, 1998
Bay Guardian, "Do Not Miss", Glenn Helfand - Nov.11, 1998
ZYZZYVA, Vol. X, No. 3 - Fall 1994
Seafood Leader, Annual Catalog (cover), Seattle, WA - 1994
The Stockton Record, "Art League Show Reflects Growing San Joaquin Art Community", Sand Kakuda - Apr.28, 1993 |
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| AWARDS |
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2005 |
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State of New Mexico, Emerging and Practicing Artists Purchase Initiative. |
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Herstein Family Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM. |
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State of New Mexico, Emerging and Practicing Artists Purchase Initiative |
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Purchase Award, Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum, Albuquerque, NM |
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Mimbres Valley Learning Center, Luna County, Deming, NM.
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston, MA.
Seattle University, Seattle, WA.
American Civil Liberties Union, Albuquerque, NM.
Advanced Micro Devices, Mountain View, CA.
City of Boston, Boston, MA.
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.
Mission Economic Development Association, San Francisco, CA.
City of Oakland, Oakland, CA.
Boone and Associates, San Francisco, CA.
Marc Lumer & Co. San Francisco, CA. |
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| CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE |
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2006 |
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Lost and Found, Patina Gallery Santa Fe, NM. |
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2005 |
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Strange Weeds, TVM Gallery, Tesuque, NM.
Wine and More Wine, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. |
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2004 |
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Insight Out, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. |
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1997 |
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Purely Physical, San Francisco, CA. |
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| CURATORIAL REVIEW |
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THE, "Lost and Found", Rinchen Lhamo - Nov. 2006
Santa Fean, "Lost and Found with Mary Bennett", Hollis Walker - Oct. 2006
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, "Gallerywise", Craig Smith - Oct. 6, 2006
THE, "Previews, Lost and Found" - Oct. 2006
Albuquerque Journal, "ArtBeat", Kathryn Davis - Oct.6, 2006
ARTnews, "Insight Out: Reversing Vandalism", Dottie Indyke - Jun. 2005
Santa Fean, "Insight Out", Hollis Walker - Jun. 2004
Center for Contemporary Arts, "Visual Arts" - Jun. 2004
Santa Fe Reporter, "Reversal of Fortune", Brendan Smith - Jun. 8, 2004
OUT, "Taking Action", Lester Strong - Jun. 2004
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, "Art from the Ashes", Lynn Cline - Jun.4, 2004
THE, "Insight Out" - Jun. 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "Damaged Books are Reborn", Dan Mayfield - May.30, 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "Wrecked Text", Dottie Indyke - Jun.4, 2004
The New Mexican, "Art Show of Defaced Literature Addresses Free Speech", Denise Kusel - Jun.2, 2004
The New Mexican, "Santa Fe Artists Interpret San Francisco Book Slashing in CCA Show", D. Kusel - Jun. 4, 2004
Crosswinds Weekly, "From Hate to Create: Art Comes Full Circle", Lisa Polisar - Jun.3, 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "Up for a Challenge", Allison Schifani - Summer Guide 2004
Albuquerque Journal, "About Art", Tom Collins - Jun.25, 2004
THE, "Insight Out: Reversing Vandalism", Richard Tobin - Jul. 2004
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| EDUCATION |
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B.A. Creative Arts (painting), San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
M.A. Inter-Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
B.A. History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
M.B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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