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BORN 1973 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;  Lives and works in San Francisco, California since 2001.

SELECTED SOLO / TWO-PERSON* EXHIBITIONS

2009 Silent Poetry, Baxter & Cook Art Advisors, The Showplace - SF Design Center, San Francisco, CA

2007 Enchantment, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA 

Progressive Shift, @Space Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA* 

2006 Unconditionally Feminine, Caldwell Memorial Gallery, County Government Center, Redwood City, CA*

2005 New Paintings, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA

2004 New Work, DiPietro Todd, Mill Valley, CA

2002 The Fairmont, San Francisco, CA

2000 Square Dancing, The Palette Room Gallery - SkyDome, Toronto, ON, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Group Show, Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA

Hospitality House Auction Exhibition, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Artspan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Juror’s Choice Award)

2009 End of Summer Group Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

California Open Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA  (Juror:  Sinead Finnerty-Pyne, Armory Center for the Arts) 

2008 Holiday Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

Red Dot London Art Fair, Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel, London, UK (with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts)

Fall Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

Summer Salon, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

Summer Group Show, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

Art Santa Fe, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM (with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts)

Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building, New York, NY (with Hang Art)

Then and Now, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA 

Red Dot Art Fair, Park South Hotel, New York, NY (with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts)

9th Annual National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery- Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
                         (Juror: Simone Subal, Peter Blum Gallery, NYC)

A Tree is Nice, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA (with Julie Baker Fine Art)

2007 Selections 2007, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
                 (Jurors:  Gabe Scott, 111 Minna Gallery; Eleanor Harwood, Eleanor Harwood Gallery; Rene de Guzman, Oakland Museum)

Paperwork, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

Fall Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 

Dwell on Design San Francisco (with Julie Baker Fine Art), San Francisco Concourse & Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA

National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
                          (Juror:  Starr Figura, Museum of Modern Art, NY)

50th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
                          (Juror:  Juan Logan, University of North Carolina) 

Wild and Scenic, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

Hospitality House Auction Exhibition, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006 Wish, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

Holiday Show, Propeller Modern, San Francisco, CA

Rooted, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA 

Unframed, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY (Hang Art Booth)

Artspan Benefit Art Auction Exhibition, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005 New Directions ’05, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY  (Juror:  Steven Evans, Dia Art Foundation)

Botanica, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA (Juror: Adam Wolpert, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center)

30th Annual Open Show, Roseville Arts, 2237 Gallery, Roseville, CA  (Juror: Scott Shields, Crocker Art Museum)

Arts on Fire 9, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA   (Juror: Susan Hillhouse, Triton Museum)

LGAA's Annual Open Juried Show, Art Museum of Los Gatos, CA (Juror: Karen Tsujimoto, Oakland Museum)

General Art & Photography Show, Cultural Arts Commission Gallery, South San Francisco, CA

ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, California Modern, San Francisco, CA 

2004 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 717, San Francisco, CA (Invitational)

General Art Show, Cultural Arts Commission Gallery, South San Francisco, CA

ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction Exhibition, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 13th Annual Miniature Exhibition, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada (Juried)

Annual Miniature Exhibition, Woolfitt’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Juried)

1996 Graduating Exhibition, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

EDUCATION

1996 B.A. Honors - Art & Art History Specialist (4 yr. degree), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 

1996 Diploma of Fine Arts - Studio Practice, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON  
                        (Joint program with University of Toronto Art & Art History program)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009 Ginilawson.com, Gini Lawson, “Perfecting a vision”, September 27.

Art Calendar Magazine, “Making the Leap:  Career Firsts”, p. 5, July/August issue.

Sierra Heritage Magazine, Richard Baker, “At Home:  Green Architecture & Building”, p. 71-72 (photos), May/June issue.

2008 Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 4), The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, p. 43.

SF Open Studios Guide, Ben Feldman, “Making Connections at Selections”, p. 22 (photo), Vol. 8, October.

Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 1), The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, p. 50-51.

ApartmentTherapy.com, Leslie Webster, “House Tour:  Bridget’s Sacramento Cottage”, Dec. 9. (photo) 

Gatehouse Gallery, “SlideSlam - First Friday”, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, May 2.

2007 California Home + Design Magazine, Jean Victor ,“Living on a Prayer”, p. 115 (photo), August issue. 

Catalogue - Selections 2007, Artspan, San Francisco, CA.

DesignSpongeOnline.com, Julie Baker, “Guest Blog”, December 12.

ArtBusiness.com, Alan Bamberger, “Artspan at 111 Minna Gallery, Selections 2007”, December 6.

Bay Area ArtQuake! (baartquake.blogspot.com), Nancy Ewart, “Elaine Coombs at Hang Art”, November 16.

KVIE Public Television, On-Air Art Auction, Sacramento, CA.  September 16.

ArtBusiness.com, Alan Bamberger, “Artspan Benefit Art Show and Auction”, April 26. (photo)

2006 San Mateo County Times, Bonnie Zanardi, Bay Area Living, p. 4, January 5.

2005 San Mateo County Times, Bonnie Zanardi, Bay Area Living, p. 5, May 26.

2004 San Mateo County Times, Emily Fancher, p. 2, August 27.

San Mateo County Times, Bonnie Zanardi, Bay Area Living, August 26.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

                Ritz-Carlton Highlands Hotel, Lake Tahoe, CA (commission)

U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

Deerfield Campbell LLC, Menlo Park, CA (commission)

Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, San Francisco, CA

Symbol Capital Ventures, San Francisco, CA (commission)

 
AWARDS

2010 Juror’s Choice Award - Artspan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 
LECTURES 

2008 Inspiration & Process, Art Collectors Group, San Mateo, CA

2003 In the Beginning Was the Word, Monday Night Art Salon, Arrivederci, San Rafael, CA
 

AFFILIATED GALLERIES

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA

Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA