Exhibition History
Solo shows
Domestic goddess, Cornaro Art Institute, Limassol, Cyprus, 2019Reach, Aurobora gallery, Ketchum, ID, 2017
Reach, A Starck Project, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Thematic Cartography, Cornaro Art Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013
MOPA, Jan Blythe Invitational, Multiple cities, 2010
Smoke and Mirrors, Soap gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2009
About time, Arthaus, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Jan Blythe, New work, Ebert gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Group shows
Reclaimed/Repurposed, Group show juried by Nancy Toomey, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2024In Flux: Recalibrating the Unknown, Group show, Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), Chico, CA, 2024
Bay Area Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Group show, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2024
A Question of Balance, Group show juried by Jeff Nathanson, Executive Director and Curator, Museum of Sonoma County and Kate Eilertson, Executive Director/Chief Curator, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA, 2024
She/They: Pacific Rim Sculptors, Group show, juried by Lauren Baines, Interim Director of the Saisset Museum, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, 2024
Finding The Form, Bay Area Sculpture, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2023
Art of a Community, artsbenicia gallery, Benicia, CA, 2023
Onward 2022, sfartistsalumni, online group show, 2022
EcoSculpt, Pacific Rim Sculptors, juried by Ann Hazels, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, 2022
Weave, Cut, Bundle and Layer: Artists with Material Instincts, curated by Lisa McCutcheon,
Root Division, San Francisco, CA 2021Truth or Beauty, Pacific Rim Sculptors, juried by Chandra Cerrito, San Rafael, CA, 2021
Crocker Kingsley national juried competition, juried by Carrie Lederer, Blue Line Arts,
Roseville, CA, 2021Fragments, juried by Jen Tough Arc gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Bird, Nest, Nature, juried by Jeffrey De Bois, Assistant Curator, ICI Boston and Rebecca Lowery, Assistant Curator, MOCA, Los Angeles, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2020
Tunnels of the mind, curated by Orit Ben Shitrit, ZAZ10TS, Times Square, New York, NY, 2020
Alchemy, juried by Jenny Gheith, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Arts Guild of Sonoma Gallery, Sonoma, CA, 2019
Annual Juried Show, juried by Amy Owens, Curator at the di Rosa Center for contemporary Art, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2019
Red, juried by Sara Reisman, Executive Director and Artistic Director of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Contemporary photography 2008-2018, juried by Kristen Gaylord, Site-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
Altered, curated by OFFspace, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2018
National Juried Show, juried by Jane Panetta, Associate Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, New Jersey, NJ, 2017
Group Show, Fresh Hell Gallery, Brighton, England, 2016
Delivering Views, Phaneromenis 70, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2016
2014 Invitational, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014
Benefit for Ballet X 2014, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
Annual Juried Show, juried by Jenny Gheith, Assistant curator of painting and sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014
Three Artists, Three Views, Apotheka Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013
Bread and Roses, Cornaro Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013
Shifting Margins, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA, 2012
Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century, juried by Ingrid Fassbender, Woman made Gallery, Chicago, Il, 2011
The Museum of Pocket Art Retrospective, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis, MO, 2011
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, juried by Alison Gas, Bedford Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA, 2011Local Arts 4 Healthy Hearts, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2011
The “UN” show: Unusual Materials, Unconventional Methods, Solano College, CA, 2010The Domestic-Garde, The ap-art-ment, San Francisco, CA, 2010
MOPA at the Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Root Division’s Eight Annual Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Retractions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Think before you pink, ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Family Pictures, juried by Michelle Townsend, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Negotiations, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2008
Intimate Cartography, Museum of Pocket Art, multiple locations, 2008
Code Switchers, juried by Steven Dye and Stephanie Syjuco, The Lab, San Francisco, CA. 2008
Annual Juried Show, juried by Catherine Clark and JoAnne Northup, Berkeley Art Center,
Berkeley, CA, 2008Local Voice, juried by Phil E. Linares, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2008
On, Of, And About Paper, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, 2008
WAM, San Francisco, CA, 2008
Home, Gallery 3175, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2007
I Often Shoot Myself, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Continuing MFA Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Guts, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2007
Between Code and Desire, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Recent Works, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Habitation, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Nine Square Grid, New Meanings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006
20th Annual Juried Show, juried by Phil E. Linares, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2005
New Visions, Introductions 99, juried by Rupert Garcia, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1999
New Visions, Introductions 98, juried by Phil E. Linares, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1998
Wonder Women, ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA, 1998
The Art of the Craft, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 1993
Best of New Designers Show, Business Center, London, England, 1992
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
Cycladic Arts resident artist, Paros, Greece, 2023Cornaro Institute of Cyprus resident artist, Limassol, Cyprus, 2019
Shortlisted for the Wapping Project, Berlin 2015
Juried Winner in sculpture category 4th showcase competition, Artslant Prize, 2015
Cornaro Institute of Cyprus resident artist, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013.
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded John D and Susan P Diekman Fellowship,
Woodside, CA, 2012Jurors’ Cash Award, Bedford Gallery Guild and Docent Councils, Walnut Creek, CA, 2011
Retractions at Root Division, Artweek, review by David Buuck, March 2009
Ways and Means: SFAI, SF Weekly.com, review by Traci Vogel, 2008
Mixed messages, East Bay Express, review by DeWitt Cheng, 2008
On, Of and About Paper catalog, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA, 2008
WAM catalog, San Francisco, 2008
Home catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, 2007
Best of New Designers, Financial Times, London, 1992
EDUCATION
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2008B.A (Honors) Degree Textile Design (Print), Loughborough College of Art and Design,
England, 1992
Certificate of Art and Design, Loughborough College of Art and Design, England, 1989
INTERNET
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