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EDUCATION
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA in Metalsmithing, 2007.
2005-2006 studied with Gary Griffin. 2006-2007 studied with Iris Eichenberg
REED COLLEGE
Portland, OR
B.A. Spanish Literature, 12/2000.
Senior Thesis: “Painting Penance and Picturing Christ: the visual-verbal texts of New Spain”
SCUOLA LORENZO DI’MEDICI
Florence, ITALY
Coursework in printmaking, jewelry, sculpture and Renaissance and contemporary art theory, 1998-1999.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Reimagined Heirlooms Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2021 Raising Gold Slidespace 123/Mills College, Oakland, CA
2021 Flora and Fauna Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2019 Maya Kini, Kaethe Beale, Bruce Katz The Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Cut from the Same Cloth Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 Sculpture by Bay Area Women The Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Modern Classics Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2017 Tiny The Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Men’s Show Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2016 Enamel Exhibition Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2015 All that Glitters Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2015 So Fine! Facere Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Or.Iron (co-curator) Marrs Building, Sacramento, CA
2013 Ferrous Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Silk (solo) Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012 Maps and Mapping Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011 Our House Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 Ju-Ju Magic Facere Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 500 Enameled Objects Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 American Enamels Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2009 Something About Love Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2008 Emerging Artists in Clay Oddfellows Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2008 9 Months Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2008 Equal Footing: materials + processes + concepts Nat’l Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2008 New West Coast Design Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 "After the Fires, a Wild and Reckless Flowering" River Heron Review, 2022
2021 “Mother-Love” Bellevue Literary Review Issue 41, 2021
“Second Generation” Crucible Magazine, 2021
“The Necklace” Wildfire Magazine, 2021
2017 Cast, a book, Schiffer Publishing,
2013 “Maya Kini: Silk” Art Jewelry Forum,
2013 Ferrous catalog Velvet da Vinci and Crafthaus
2012 500 Rings Showcase, Lark Books
2009 500 Enameled Objects Lark Book,
2008 The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers, Darling Publications
2008 New West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery.
2007 500 Wedding Rings, Lark Books
GRANTS & AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020 Haystack Open Studio Residency
2020 Orion Environmental Writer's Workshop
2018 Penland Winter Residency
2009 Emerging Artist Award, Sienna Gallery
2009 Searchlight Award from the American Craft Council
2006-2007 Ernest B. Toth Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2006 Bay Area Metal Arts Guild Student Grant
2006 Advancement in Craft Award Scholarship. Penland, North Carolina
2005-2006 Peggy De Salle Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art 2005-2006
1998 McGill Lawrence Grant for Social Service
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
Penland School of Crafts
Penland, NC
Hybrid forms casting class (forthcoming)
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
California State University Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Beginning jewelry with a focus on fabrication and casting, 8/2015-1/2017.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA
Introductory and continuing projects in small metals and jewelry, 1/2014- 5/2017.
INSTRUCTOR
University of California Davis Craft Center
Davis, CA
Instructor for Lost Wax Casting for small-scale metal pieces, 6/2009-8/2013.
RESIDENT ARTIST
Mendocino Art Center
Mendocino, CA
STUDIO MANAGER
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
CRAFT SHOWS
American Craft Council Show
2018 St. Paul, MN
2013 San Francisco, CA
2009 Baltimore, MD
Creek Arts Festival
2016, 2017 Denver, CO
Bellevue Art Museum Art Show
2015 Bellevue, WA
Smithsonian Craft Show
2013 Washington D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
2010, 2011 Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Ethical Metalsmiths, Art Jewelry Forum, Bay Area Metal Arts Guild