EDUCATION
2001 MFA – New Media Arts | California College of the Arts, SF CA
1998 Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies | San Francisco Art Institute, SF CA
1994 BA - International/Japanese Regional Studies | University of the Pacific, Stockton CA
EXHIBITION HISTORY solo shows in bold
2008
• HALLWALLS Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY | “TAPE NUMBER ONE” | solo installation
2007
• Patricia Sweetow Gallery, SF, CA | “Inchoate”, a multifaceted show celebrating the California College of the Arts Centennial | installation
• De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands | screening
2006
• The Portland Documentary & Experimental Film Festival | screening
• Freewaves’ 10th Biennial Film, Video & New Media Art Festival, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles | “Too Much Freedom?” | installation
• Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX | Media Archeology Festival: Software Cinema | performance screening
• Best of Aurora Picture Show, Volume 3, touring show U.S. | screening
• Artists’ Television Access First Annual Film & Video Festival, SF CA | screening
• TART, San Francisco CA | “The Lords, Notes on Vision” | installation & performance
• Ninth Annual Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada | screening
• Ampersand International Arts, SF, CA | “Interior Life” | installation
• fulcrum Projects, Wood Acre, CA | “Forest Alchemy” | installation & performance w/Anthony Marcellini
2005
• Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, SF CA | “Bay Area Now 4” | installation
• Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA | Artist in Residence
• Art in General, New York, NY | “Audio in the Elevator” | installation
• PlaySpace Gallery, SF CA | “Evidence Is Everywhere”, curated by Tanya Zimbardo, | installation
• Invisible Venue | “You Don’t Know San Francisco”, curated by Christian L. Frock | on-line video
• Oliver Art Center, Oakland CA | “Advance To Go” selected works from recent CCA alumni | installation
2004
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF CA | “DEFUNCT” curated by SF Media Arts Council | installation
• White Columns Gallery, NY NY | “Score: Action Drawing” curated by Marisa Olson | installation
• San Francisco Art Institute, SF CA | The 11th SFAI Film & Video Festival | screening
2003
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF CA | “Adventures in Video” curated by Total Mobile Home
solo screening/performance
• Catherine Clark Gallery, SF CA | “Introductions 2003” | installation
• Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA | Recent Revelations, “New Social Modeling” | screening
• Video 825, Los Angeles, CA | “Video Shorts by Tommy Becker” | solo screening
• Southern Exposure, SF CA | Temporary Services “Audio Relay” | recorded spoken/music
• Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, UW Seattle WA | “Signal 2 Noise” | screening
• It Can Change, itcanchange.com | “Free Record Label”/“Clothing Project” | recorded spoken/music
2002
• Ampersand International Arts, SF CA | “Daily Docudrama” | solo installation
• SF Camerawork, SF CA | “Same/Difference” | installation
• SF Camerawork, SF CA | “Home Movies” | screening
• WORKS, San Jose CA | “What Is Now” - Performance Art Festival | installation
• SF Cinematheque @ Fine Arts Cinema, Berkeley CA | “The Short & Shorter of It” | screening
• Boston Underground Film Festival | “A Celebration of Alternative Visions” | screening
• Film Fest New Haven | “7th Annual Film Fest New Haven” | screening
• ATA @ Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles CA | “2002 Best of Open Screening” | screening
2001
• San Francisco Independent Film Festival | “Digital Underground” | screening
• Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA | “Alternative Requirements” | screening
• WORKS, San Jose CA | “Viva la Video” a showcase of emerging Bay Area video artists | installation
• Refusalon, SF CA | “Introductions 2001” | installation
• GenArtSF, Herbst Int’l Exhibition Hall, SF CA | “New Fangle 2001” | installation & performance
• Pond, SF CA | “Face II Face To Face”, curated by It Can Change | installation
ART RELATED SERVICE | AWARD & HONORS
• Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA | Artist in Residence | 2005
• “All College Honor Award” | California College of the Arts | Graduate Program Scholarship
• Jurors’ Citation | The 11th San Francisco Art Institute Film & Video Festival
• San Francisco Cinematheque | Board of Directors (2002-2005)
• 2001 MFA Commencement Speaker | California College of the Arts
GUEST ARTIST | TEACHER
2007
• JFK University, Berkeley, CA | Introduction to Video – MFA Studio Arts | adjunct professor
• Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA | part-time visual arts instructor
2006
• JFK University, Berkeley, CA | Introduction to Video – MFA Studio Arts | adjunct professor
• Intro to Video, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | visiting artist
• Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA | part-time visual arts instructor
2005
• Headlands Center For the Arts | “ Inquisitive Machines & Melodramatic Scenes” | visiting artist
• Reading and Writing About Visual Experience, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | visiting artist
• Writing For the Moving Image, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
• Media Arts, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
• New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, SF CA | visiting artist
• Momentary Academy, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts curated by Ted Purves | visiting artist
• Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA | part-time visual arts instructor
2004
• Intro to Film/Video/Performance, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
• Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA | part-time visual arts instructor
2003
• San Francisco Media Arts Council, SF CA | visiting artist
• Graduate Seminar, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
• Intro to Film/Video/Performance, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
• Color Theory, California College of the Arts, SF CA | visiting artist
REVIEWS | ARTICLES
• NY ARTS | ArtLA by Fette - 2006
• Artweek | “Bay Area Now 4” by Marisa Olson - 2005
• Rhizome, Net Art News | “Lovin’ an Elevator” by Marisa Olson - 2005
• LA Weekly | Pick of the Week “Signal to Noise” by Holly Willis - 2003
• Stretcher.org | “Introductions 2003” by Olaniyan Adams - 2003
• SF Gate | Epicks – “Shocking Social Graces” by Alison Bing - 2003
• Artweek | “Off Site” by Alison Bing - 2002
• Bay Area Guardian | "Critic's Choice" by Lindsey Westbrook - 2002
• Digital City | “Same/Difference Art Without Reservation” by Julie Ross - 2002
• San Francisco Art Magazine.com | “Register This” by DeWitt Cheng - 2002
• SF Station.com | Art Reviews by Sarah Lidgus - 2001
• The Golden Gate [X] Press On-Line | "Less Is More Even With Films" by Sonia Weiland - 2001 |
