
Curriculum Vitae
ARTIST
ILLUSTRATION
GRAPHIC DESIGN
EDUCATION
TRAVEL
LANGUAGES
2016 The June Group Art Show, Live Worms Gallery, SF
2014 Juried Group Show “Like A Tom Waits Song” online, Arc Gallery, SF
2013 Group Show “Seven Fold”, Live Worms Gallery, SF
2011 “The SketchBook Project” permanent collection, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2010 Group Show “The Feminine in Art”, Eleanor Harwood Gallery
SF Group Show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
2 Person Show “Botanicus Intimicum, a Floralegium”, Canessa Gallery, SF
Group Show, Focus Gallery, SF
International Juried Show, online permanent collection, American Illustration, NY
2009 2 Person Show, North Beach Artwalk, SF
2008 Group Show, Berkeley Art Center, CA
2007 2 Person Show, ArtSpan Open Studios, SF
2005 Group Show, Market Street Gallery, SF
2004 ArtSpan, Open Studios, Cole Valley, SF
My work can be found in private collections around the U.S. and abroad.
1996 to present
Partial Client List: Bell Atlantic, Businessweek, Clarkson Potter, Daily & Assoc., Goldberg,
Moser O’Neill, Leonhardt Group, Levi Strauss & Co., Macmillan Publishing, Microsoft Corp.,
Oracle Corp., Pressley Jacobs Design Group, Random House, Scholastic Inc., St. Martin’s Press,
SuissaMiller Advertising, Swirl Advertising
I work with editors, publishers, art directors, and designers to create artwork using various
traditional media and computer generated art for a wide variety of applications ranging
from collateral, packaging, editorial, and book publications.
1984 to present
Partial Client List: Addison Design, Banana Republic, HKA Design, M.A.D., Mortensen Design,
NEXT Computers, Santa Clara University, Oracle Corp., Sidjakov Berman & Gomez Design,
Synoptics Inc.
Capacities: Design Consultant, Creative Director, Art Director, or Graphic Designer.
I work on annual reports, branding, corporate collateral, identity programs, package design,
book design, wine labels, website design, and style guides providing art direction, conceptual
design, print buying, project and budget management.
Programs: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and LightRoom; Excel and Quickbooks
1989
San Jose State University
Developed and taught a Graphic Design curriculum that included history, principles,
typography, concept approaches, comprehensives, and production processes.
BS in Graphic Design at San Jose State University
Figure Drawing at San Francisco City College
Interior Design at San Jose State University and LaSalle Extension University
Liberal Arts Studies at University of Texas at El Paso
Business Psychology at Stanford Extension University
Dreamweaver and Flash at San Francisco State Extension University
Writing for Children’s Books at Berkeley Extension University
French Language at Institute Catholique de Paris, France
French Language at Alliance Français de Paris, France
Studied Life Drawing in various ateliers in Paris, France
Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, China, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Spain, Sri Lanka.
I have lived in Mexico, El Salvador, France, and Bali.
Translator and cook on a Mayan archeology project in El Salvador.
English, Spanish and French