Birthplace
Wisconsin, 1975
Owner of Painted Tongue Studios, 2000 – Present
Member of the California Society of Printmakers, 2001 – present
Board Member of California Society of Printmakers, 2002-5, 2012-2013
Achenbach Graphic Arts Council member 2004-5, 2013
Workshop sponsor at The Painted Tongue Press 2000 – 2011
Workshop instructor at San Francisco Center for the Book, 2000 – 2008
Member of Pacific Center for the Book Arts 1999-2011
Quelquefois Press –Letterpress and book arts apprentice under Mary Laird, 1998 – 2002
Lafayette Printmakers Workshop – Studied under Sherry Smith Bell 1998-2000
University of Wisconsin – Madison BA Creative Writing, Minor Art 1997
Introduced to book arts under Walter Hamady
Independent study and grant advisor Jack Damer
Cross Currents – Limited edition print portfolio, Blue Sky Press, Lafayette CA & Milestone Graphics, Bridgeport, CT, 2015
The Cost of Gold – limited edition letterpress book, Quelquefois Press, Berkeley, 2002
Wild Women – Limited edition print portfolio, Blue Sky Press, Lafayette CA, 2001
Marin Independent Journal, “Dominican University Exhibit Explores Justice System,” Feb 2017
San Francisco, Oct 2013
For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students,
Cathie Ruggie Saunders & Martha Chiplis, A&C Black, October 2013
The Economist, Prospero Blog, “A Literary Bridge to Baghdad,” December 2012
The Vandercook 100, Celebrating 100 years of Artisans and
100 Years of printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Heather Mitchell, Just Vandy, May 2012
companiesandme.com “My Crazy Vision for Our Studio,” March 2010
Artweek “Previews: Wild Women 3,” April 2005
Artweek “Previews: Wild Women,” April 2003
The California Printmaker “Prints and Poetry,” Autumn 2002
The Progressive Magazine, “A Nun Confronts Her Torture,” article illus. 1996
Metropolitan Museum of Art – “Remain Silent,” mixed media print, Cross Currents portfolio, 2015
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – “Remain Silent,” mixed media print, Cross Currents portfolio, 2015
Library of Congress – “I Will Build,” mixed media print, 2014
Iraq National Library, Baghdad – “Diameter of the Bomb,” broadside, 2012
Public Utilities Commission – “Eastern Span,” “Eastern Span Purple” mixed media, 2012
San Francisco Center for the Book – “Cantilever II,” steamroller linoleum print, 2006
Alameda County Arts Commission – “Tamnougalt Ksar,” oil painting, 2005
Vallejo Community Arts Foundation – “The Rock of Cashel,” print, 2003
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts – “Alpha Woman,” print in Wild Women portfolio, 2003
Oakland Art Museum – “Alpha Woman,” print in Wild Women portfolio, 2003
Amity Art Foundation – “Alpha Woman,” print in Wild Women portfolio, 2002
National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum – “Counting the Pieces,” illustration in The Cost of Gold, 2002
The British Library – The Cost of Gold, 2002 – “Counting the Pieces,” illustration in The Cost of Gold, 2002
Waterstreet Studios, Batavia, IL, 2015
Working from the Torn Things – Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 2016
Words that Glimmer, Words that Break – Alameda County Law Library, Oakland, CA 2015
O Immortal Bridge – East Bay Municipal Utilities District Headquarters, Oakland, CA 2006
Bridges, Bricks, and Bicycles – Montclair Gallery, Oakland CA 2006
2016
Dreams and the Imagination – Merced Art Gallery, Merced, CA
California Society of Printmakers 103rd Annual Exhibition – Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2015
Interface – Waterstreet Studios, Batavia, IL
2014
Observation Point – Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA
2013
100 Years in Print, California Society of Printmakers – San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Array – Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2012
Every Expression is Justified – Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA
2011
Painted Tongue Artists – Comerica Bank, San Leandro, CA
2010
Printing From Perception – Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
Muttanabbi Street Starts Here – San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
Faces and Places – Anna W. Edwards Gallery, San Leandro, CA
2009
I’ll Fly Away – Orinda Library, Orinda CA
TODAY: seen through the artist’s eye – College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2008
Scenes From Morocco – Anna W. Edwards Gallery, San Leandro, CA
Beyond Boundaries – Saganaw Valley State University, University Center, MI
Beyond Boundaries – Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project – Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, Fla
Beyond Boundaries – The Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima WA
2007
The Montclair Gallery – Oakland CA
Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project – San Francisco Center for the Book
2006
Beyond Boundaries – HF Johnson Art Gallery at Carthage College, Kenosha WI
Chicago Art Open – Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago IL
Beyond Boundaries – Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago IL
2005
Leigh Gallery – Chicago, IL
Escapes – Montclair Gallery, Oakland CA
Roadworks – San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
More than Expected – Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004
Wild Women 3: Lost & Found – Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Cailifornia Society of Printmakers Annuall Member Exhibit – Marin Headlands Visitor Center, CA
Impressions: Matrix and Image – Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
California Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit – Bay Model, Marin, CA
The Bay Area Scene . . . – San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco CA
