The subject of my work is translating traditional home-based arts executed in fabric and fiber into works made on and of paper. In this way I distill and reinterpret the foundational aspects of pattern, color, geometry and symmetry.
This work is my way of connecting ideas of art and craft, of pointing out the false barrier erected between – a barrier often based on class and gender.
As quilters and needle artists have done before me, I assemble my work from simple units such as dots and lines or actual paper shapes stitched together. I consider my works to be constructions and the repetitious work and precision required to make them to be the joy.
Selected Exhibitions and Commissions
2019
The Hidden Heart of Freedom, Managalam Center Group Show, Berkeley CA
Berkeley Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
All that Glitters (Here: Part 2), Juried by Walter Maciel, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Elements, Marin Society of Artists Group Show, San Rafael, CA
Contemporary Print 2019, Group Show at Print Austin, Austin, TX
2018
HERE The Berkeley Art Center 2018 Artists Annual Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Private Mural Commission, Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA
Earth, Invitational Exhibit, Office of State Senator Scott Weiner, San Francisco, CA
The Mosser Hotel, ArtspanArt in the Neighborhoods, San Francisco, CA
2017
Line, National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Sweet and Low, International Juried Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Reclaiming Earth, Women Eco-Artist Dialogue Group Show, Jewett Gallery, SF Public Library, San Francisco CA
Turing’s Echo, Pro-Arts Annual Peer Juried Exhibition, Oakland CA
2016
Windows – Works by 5 Women Artists, Curator: Betty Bigas, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
HERE: The Berkeley Art Center 2016 Artists Annual Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Solo Show, Totally Rad Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2015
Solo Show, Farley’s Coffee, San Francisco, CA
Art Launch, SF Open Studios Exhibition, San Francisco, CA. Winner, Juror’s Choice Award.
Women’s Works, Northwest Area Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, IL
2014
Solo Show, Chop Salon, Berkeley, CA
HERE: The Berkeley Art Center 2014 Artists Annual Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Selected Work in Private Collections
Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser, Berkeley, CA
Miju Han, San Francisco, CA
Gillian Dovales, San Francisco, CA
Kelley Meade and Harry Clewans, Berkeley, CA
Deborah Love, Santa Monica, CA
Kyle Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA
Jane and David Stern, Kauai, HI
Lonnie Lazar and Alicia Chazen, San Francisco, CA
Anna Avoyan, San Francisco, CA