EDUCATION CREDENTIALS
2008 Master of Fine Arts, Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, CA
TEACHING
2010 Instructor, Art Fundamentals - Grades 2-5, Top of the World Elementary School
Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Instructor, Fundamentals of Composition and Color, LCAD Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Teaching Assistantship, Fundamentals of Composition and Color, LCAD Laguna Beach, CA
2006-07 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Fundamentals of Drawing, LCAS Laguna Beach, CA
GUEST LECTURES
2009 Jon Swihart's Potluck and Lecture: Artist Presentation
2008/09 Wes Christensen's Watercolor and Gouache Class: Pastel Demo
AFFILIATIONS
2008-10 Fairhaven Memorial Park and LCAD Non-Profit Committee Member
2008 (CAA) College Art Association
2008 (APA) The Alliance of Professional Artists
HONORS
2010 Art (RAW) 09 International Juried Competition, Fourth Place Award Winner
2010 Infinity Art Gallery: Winter Expo 2010, Second Place Award Winner
2009 Downtown LA Life Magazine Internatonal, Editor's Choice Award, September Issue
2008 The Pastel Journal: 9th Annual Pastel 100 Competiton, Honorable Mention - Portrait & Figure
2001 Veterans of Foreign Wars Mural for the City of Vista Vista, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2008 Coast Magazine, July
2008 The Pastel Journal Magazine, April
2007 American Artist Drawing Magazine, Fall
EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS
2010 RAW: Natural Born Artists Presents RAWk The Boat Long Beach, CA
2010 RAW: Natural Born Artists Presents Turn-Ons Hollywood, CA
2010 The Brewery Spring Artwalk Los Angeles, CA
2010 LarkGallery Onlin Presents Reaching Inside, Honorary Mention Long Beach, CA
2010 RAW: Natural Born Artists Presents Flavor of Love Fullerton, CA
2009 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art presents By the Running Foot Santa Ana, CA
2009 Fairhaven Memorial Park and LCAD's Art Exhibition, A.D. 2009 Santa Ana, CA
2009 The 10 Best of "Hidden Treasures" and Represented Artists of LarkGallery Online, Second Place
Long Beach, CA
2009 The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: Open Call LA 2009 Los Angeles, CA
2009 The Brewery Drawing Group presents "The Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings: From the Live
Model" Los Angeles, CA
2008 Fairhaven Memorial Park and LCAD's Sotto Voce, Exhibitor and Non-Profit Committee Member
Santa Ana, CA
2008 Demossa Gallery: LCAD MFA Alumni Group Show Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Art of Life Coaching presents "How Color Affects Mood" Group Show Irvine, CA
2008 Koplin Del Rio Gallery: LCAD's MFA Group Show Culver City, CA
2008 Gallery 793: Group Show Laguna Beach, CA
2008 I-5 Gallery: Graduate Solo Show Los Angeles, CA
2008 Arena 1 Gallery: LCAD's MFA Group Show Santa Monica, CA
2007 Fairhaven Memorial Park and LCAD's Capturing the Force of Stillness, Best in Show - Drawing
and Painting Santa Ana, CA
2007 The Brewery Spring and Fall Artwalk Los Angeles, CA
2007 Gallery 793: Group Show Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Fairhaven Memorial Park and LCAD's Filling in the Pauses: Moments of Timelessness
Santa Ana, CA
2006 LCAD's Annual Juried Exhibition, Best of Drawing and Painting Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Seven-Degrees Gallery: Bachelor of Fine Art Exhibition Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Contemporary Chinese Fine Art Gallery: Mentor Exhibition Lagina Beach, CA
2005 LCAD's Summer Juried Show Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Gallery 821: Group Show Laguna Beach, CA
2004-07 Copperwood Artware Gallery Orange, CA
2002 Del Mar Fair Art Exhibition, First Place Del Mar, CA
2001 Del Mar Fair Art Exhibition, Forth Place Del Mar, CA