CV

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2020Enchanted: Places and Spaces,Capitol Public Radio

Gallery, Sacramento, Feb – March

2018Vanishing Acts , Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, November

2017Chasing Rabbits and Other Beast, Sparrow Gallery, Nov. Looking Forward, Looking Back, Uptown Studios, Sacramento, March

Storytime, The Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom, May – July

2014Bunnies, Bees and Me ,James Kaneko Gallery, Sacramen- to, January

2013Susan J Silvester, 2110 K Street Gallery, Sacramento, July

Group Exhibitions

2020

Invitational Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, March ThePrinted Realm, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, March Fin, Fur and Feathers, Arthouse, March

First Impressions, Davis Art Center, January

CSP 106th Annual Exhibition, Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, October

2019

TheAnniversary Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, July

Crocker Museum Silent Auction Show, Juried, June

Art League of Lincoln Gallery Invitational, Lincoln, March

TheBlack and White Show, ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, January

2018

7th Capitol Clay Invitational, E Street Gallery, Sacramento, April [If…] [Then]Art at the Digital Interface, Seumas R. Coutts, juror, Arts Benicia, Benicia, March

In the Fields: Botanical Lore, Jennifer Perlmutter, juror, Arts Benicia, Benicia, November

All ThingsWicked, Pence Gallery invitational, Davis, October CSP 105th Annual Exhibition, Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, October

Open Studios Live Art Auction, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, September

Mixed Media Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, July

Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, May ThingsYou Shouldn’t put in your Mouth, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, April

TheCrow Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, March

2017

Pink Week, 1616 Artspace, November

104th Annual Membership Exhibit, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, October

Open Studios Live Art Auction, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, September

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Public Art

2020

Real/Surreal, Robert T Matsui Art Gallery, City Hall, Sacramento

Luminosity, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento

2019

Awarded Elk Grove Animal Shelter Public Art Project by the city of Elk Grove

2018

Finalist for Character on K Street Project, Sacramento

Water Pump Wrap Project, Sacramento, CA

Two Utility Box Wraps, Alkali Flats,Sacramento

Utility Box Wrap, Railroad Art District, Napa

Paper Works, SMUD Gallery, invitational, July – September

Turning Heads, SMUD Gallery, invitational, January – March

2017

Sacramento Knows – Augmented Reality, Art Street Project, Sacramento, February

2016

Masked, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, Sep t- Nov.

2014

Power Inn Alliance Dumpster Project, Sacramento, June August

Free Press, SMUD Gallery, juried print show, Sacramento, March – May

Drawing the Line, SMUD Gallery, juried show, Sacramento, May – July

Group Exhibitions 

Crocker Museum Silent Auction Show, Juried show, June

Bluets, Juried by Jack Fischer, Gear Box, Oakland, August

Tiny Monsters, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, August

Fauna Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, April

Art Benefit for the Short Center North, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, Jan.

Beneath the Surface, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA, January

2016

Holiday Show, E Street Show, Sacramento, December

Interconnected, Arthouse, Sacramento, July

Big Names Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, May

Silent Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, June

Fauna Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, April- May

A Peek Behind the Scenes, Dada Art Gallery Boutique, Sacramento, Febuary

Achy Breaky Heart Show, E Street Gallery, Sacramento, Febuary

Prints, 1616 Art Space, Sacramento, August

Mixed Media, 2110 Gallery, Sacramento, November

Imagine the Fantastic, Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, October

20 Years Inside Publications Covers, 33 Bistro Street, Sacramento, September

2015

IArt , Roseville, Blueline Gallery, Roseville, August

Members Show, Blueline Gallery, Roseville, July – August

Slice, Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Pence Gallery, Davis, July

Fauna Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, April-May

Get your Heart On,E Street Gallery, Sacramento, February

Decontextualize, Juried show Nelson Gallery, Davis, February

2014

Sugar Rush, En Em Art Space, juried show, Sacramento, December The Holiday Show, E Street Gallery, invitational show, Sacramento, December

Mixed Media, E Street Gallery, invitational show, Sacramento, November

Synesthesia, Nelson Gallery, juried show, Davis, CA, November

Slice, Pence Gallery, juried show, Davis, July

First Look, Axis Gallery, member’s show, Sacramento, June

Cosmic Heart, E Street Gallery, invitational show, Sacramento, Feb.

Buddy System, Milk Gallery at E Street Gallery, invitational show, Sacramento, January

2013

Gems II, Benicia Art Gallery, juried show, Benicia, CA, November

The CCAS Benefit Art Auction, Elliott Fouts, Sacramento, November

Pink Week Show, CCAS, Sacramento, November

Awards

Best in Show,Effie Yeaw Nature

Center Art Auction, 2019

Best Visual Artistin Sacramento, News and Review’s Best of 2014

Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, Ca, 2012

Award of Excellence, California State Fair Fine Arts Award, 2010

Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship Award, 2009

Publications

2019

Cover Art for Inside Publication, December

2016

Cover Art for Inside Publication, April

2015

Beyond Childhood Artist Spotlight, article in Inside Publications, Debra Belt, Sept

Cover Art for Inside Publication, April

Art Pics, Sacramento News and Review

Art Previews, Inside Publication, August

2014

Cover Art for Inside Publication, April

2013

Painted Dreams, article in the Sacramento

News and Review, 15 Minutes

Creepy Girls are Cool, article in Submerge

Magazine and online, July 11

2012

Art Market Weekend Recap in Hi-Fructose Blog Article on Favorite Works at the San Francisco Art Market, May

Education

M.A. in Painting, CSUS, Sacramento, 2010

B.F.A. in Studio Arts, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY

B.A. in Art History, SUNY at Buffalo