EDUCATION

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York, NY.
MFA in Painting (cum laude). 2002-2005

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara, CA.
BA in Art Studio, Painting Emphasis. 1991-1995

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - Berkeley, CA. Extension Program
Anatomy for the Artist, Figure Drawing, Figure Painting, Drawing Fundamentals

OHLONE COLLEGE, Fremont, CA.
Descriptive Drawing

The Atelier School of Classical Realism, Oakland, CA.
Drawing

PRIVATE STUDIO WORKSHOPS
Figure Drawing/Painting, Color, Plein Air Painting, Still-life Painting

2011 Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY.

2010 Recent Works, Solo Exhibition, galleryB, Sag Harbor, NY.

2010 Light and Land, Solo Exhibition, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barthelemy, F.W.I.

2009 pacific, Solo Exhibition, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barthelemy, F.W.I.

2009 People, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA.

2008 Reality, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA.

2008 Selected Works, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA.

2008 Summer Exhibition, Jurors: Will Cotton, Nicola Hicks, David Salle, NYAA, New York, NY.

2007 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY.

2007 Homecoming, NYAA, New York, NY.

2007 DRAW, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY.

2007 Summer Exhibition, Jurors: Jenny Saville, Eric Fischl, Vince Desiderio, NYAA, New York, NY.

2007 Travel-Sized: Small works by American Artists, Eden Rock, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

2007 Place as Object, Figure and Landscape curated by April Gornik, Eden Rock, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

2006 Group Exhibition, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2006 113 Ryerson, Solo Exhibition, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2005 Group Exhibition, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2005 Fellows Exhibition 2005: NYAA, New York, NY.

2005 The Language of Drawing II: Medialia Gallery, New York, NY.

2005 Take Home a Nude: Phillips, de Pury & Company, New York, NY.

2004 Thesis Exhibition: NYAA, New York, NY.

2004 NYAA Student Exhibition: NYAA, New York, NY.

2009, 2010, 2011 Artist's residency: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths

2004 Post-Graduate Fellowship: New York Academy of Art

2004 Travel grant to Normandy, France at the Château de Balleroy:
        HRH the Prince of Wales, Forbes Foundation

2003 Academic Scholarship Award: New York Academy of Art

2001 Best in Show: Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara City College

1994 William Ptazinski Award, Undergraduate Exhibition, UCSB