CURRICULUM VITAE
NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
Chair Photography Department, Photo Arts Conservatory at NYFA
June 2018 – Present
Co-Associate Chair, Photography Department, NYFA
September 2017 - June 2018
Teaching Faculty, Photography Department, NYFA
September 2014 - September 2017
UCLA
Adjunct Professor UCLA Extension
Jan 2015 – Apr 2017
Awards
Winner of PDN's Objects of Desire Still Life competition
Residencies
Jentel Artist Residency, Wyoming
Artist Residency in Motherhood, Los Angles, California
Solo Exhibitions
September 2012 Plastic Currents, Two Roads Gallery, Los Angeles
June 2007 The Liberator, Supreme Trading Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
January 2002 Daily Practice, Tobey Fine Arts, NYC
November 2000 Glued to the Mirror, Tobey Fine Arts, NYC
Select Group Exhibitions
March 2020, Still Life. Alternative Exposures, Millepiani, Rome
January 2020, FOCUS Photo LA, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
November, 2019, Center for Creative Photography’s, The Qualities of LIGHT, University of Arizona
October 2019, XPOSED: Humans vs. Planet Earth, Knox Contemporary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 2018 Maiden LA Open Studios, Los Angeles
February 2018 Fragments Shored Against the Ruins, Blue Thumb Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
December 2017 Spectrum Art Fair, Booth #615, Miami
December 2017 Scope Art Fair, Directed Art Modern, Miami
December 2017 The Setai Hotel, Design Art Concepts, Miami
June 2017 bG Gallery, Spectrum Gestalt, Bergamot Station
January 2017 PHOTO LA, 26th Annual International, ASMP Booth
December 2016, Art Basel, Miami, Composition: an Arrangement of Unique Things, Directed Art Modern
July 2016, Cross Currents, Saatchi Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
January 2016, Convergence, Cabarrus Arts, Concord, North Carolina
March 2015 Uncertain States #21, A lens-based artists' project, London, UK
November 2014 Visual Narratives, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
November 2014 Festival #4, NAA Festval NOVAS ARTES ASSOCIADAS, Barcelos, Portugal
October 2014 AphroChic, Helms Bakery Pop-up Home, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles
June 2014 The Future of Gaming, iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles
May 2014 Grace & Ritual, iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles
March 2014 Saatchi Art Opening, celebrating their Permanent Collection, Los Angeles
February 2014 The Future of Gaming, DICE Summit, Las Vegas
September 2013 Camera Work: Contemporary Portraiture, Black Box Gallery Portland, Oregon
May 2013 Grace & Ritual, iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles
October 2012 Green, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado
June 2012 SONYA Art Walk, Brooklyn
December 2010 Collaborations with Olek, Christopher Henry Gallery, NYC
July 2010 EyeAm: Women Behind the Lens, Anthology Film Archives, NYC
June 2008 Peter Lorre’s 20th Century, Montclair University, New Jersey
May 2007 EyeAm: Women Behind the Lens, Manhattan Neighborhood Network
April 2007 About Face: Portraiture Now, GE World Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut
April 2006 Women in Modern Art, LMCC, Redhead Gallery, NY
September 2005 A Knock on the Door, LMCC, South Street Seaport Museum, NY
August 2003 Strength & Virtue, Kembali Film Festival, Echo Theatre, Portland, Oregon
May 2002 5th Anniversary Show, Tobey Fine Arts, 580 Broadway, NY
Education
MFA, Photography and Related Media, May 2000, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Post Baccalaureate, Photography, May 1998, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BA, English Literature, May 1994, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Certificate in Italian Language and Photography, May 1990, Lorenzo De Medici, Florence, Italy
Studies in the History of Art and Photography, 1988-1990, Cal State University Northridge, CA
Publications and Reviews
On Art & Aesthetics
HokTok
Uncertain States
Time Out New York
The New York Art World
Haber Arts