Resume

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

Ruby’s Legacy: A Community in Clay, March 2022, NCECA Conference, Sacramento, California

Southern Migration, Spring 2015, AMOCA, Pomona, California

Soupcon, December 2008: Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California

Clay (re)Emerge, July 2005: Red Ink Studios, San Francisco

Ruby’s Celebrates Pride, June 2005: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Message in a Bottle window display, September-November 2010: 826 Valencia, San Francisco

Light Sweet Crude, November 2008: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

Reflections on Water, June 2007: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

Window Display, February – May, 2006: Leather Tongue Video, San Francisco

Pieces of China, February 2006: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

She @ Fish, August 2005: Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China

Things to Amuse You, March 2004 : Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

Ink Drawings, November 2002-January 2003 : Java Supreme, San Francisco

Ceramics Show, September 2002 : Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Message in a Bottle for Japan, Spring 2012: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco (with Heather Bourbeau)

Vanquished Terraines | Broadside Attractions, Spring 2012: Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

Taking Root, April-July 2010: The Gallery at Ruth’s Table, Bethany Center, San Francisco

Kinetic Transformations, May 2009: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco (with Pati Hays, Mitsu Kimura, Ryan Gordon, Nina Robin, and Cody Meeks)

Green Room, July 2007: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco (with Ilana Crispi)

Flowers and Vessels, March 2007: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

The Whole Story, October 2006: A Muse Gallery, San Francisco

Teapot Show, May 2006: Ruby’s Clay Studio, San Francisco

What’s in a Book? June 2004 : New Langton Arts, San Francisco

Trabajos Del Corazon, June 2004 : The Lab, San Francisco

Women Show, January 2004 : Balazo Gallery, San Francisco

Seeing Exhibit (video), June 2003 : Exploratorium, San Francisco

 

TEACHING

Bikram Writing Classes, San Francisco, September 2009-present

Friday art classes as Artist in Residence, Ruth’s Table, Bethany Center, October 2009-January 2011

Decalcomania, Decal Workshop at Ruby’s Clay Studio, March 2015

Dinosaurs and Other Decals, 2-day workshop at Creative Growth in Oakland, June 2009

Ceramics in Nepal, slide show to San Francisco City College studio ceramics class, December 2007

Mad for Madlibs, workshop on creating Madlibs for 8-10 year olds at 826 Valencia, October 2006

Science Writing, workshop on writing scientific fairy tales for 8-12 year olds at 826 Valencia, July 2004

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

San Francisco Inspired Halloween Costume Ideas, The Bold Italic, October 2014

Bikram Writing 101, McSweeney’s online, June 2009

Oil on the Brain: From the Pump to the Progressive Reading Series, Progressive Reading Series blog, October 2008 (interview)

Pieces of China, Noe Valley Voice, February 2006

Love Potion No. 9 – An Explanation on the Neurobiology of Love, Watchword, Spring 2002

Lotus – How Queen Francine, the Fix-It Fanatic, Got Her Incredibly Clean Car Paint (self-published), 2001

Tumble Goes to Glacier (self-published)

Stress and Behavior, Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter, March 2001

The Cartwheel Galaxy, Cogniz, December 1998

Musical Mastery of the Coke Bottle, with Mark Silverman, PhD, The Physics Teacher, February 1998

Mechanisms of Pain in Hypnotic Analgesia, The Trinity Papers, Spring 1997

 

EDUCATION

Classes, mentorships, workshops, Ruby’s Clay Studio, 1999-present

Coursework at California College of the Arts; Bay Area Video Coalition; and City College, SF

Community ceramics class, Archie Bray Foundation, Summers 1996, 1997

Woodfire workshop, Archie Bray Foundation, Summer 2006

Residency, Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, August 2005

BS Neuroscience, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 1998