Education

2016 B.A. in Studio Art summa cum laude, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2008 A.A. in Liberal Arts, Kauai Community College, Lihue, HI

Employment

2016-present Full-time professional artist, Forest Grove, OR
2001-2014 Project Manager, Web and Graphic Design lead, DataSpace Industries, Lihue, HI

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2023 Ghost Net Landscape: Humboldt, Reese Bullen Gallery at Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
2023
Monuments, Hillsboro Civic Center, Hillsboro, OR
2023
1000 Moons (40 Years / 500 Moons) in process(ing), two-person show at ARTspace Gallery, Arts Council of Lake Oswego, OR
2022 1000 Moons (50 Years / 629 Moons), Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR
2022
Ghost Net Landscape: Across Oceans, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
2021 1000 Moons (22 Years / 270 Moons), Crema Art Annex, Portland, OR
2022
Undersea Gardens, two-person show at Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2020 Ghost Net Landscape: Sea Stories, Crema, Portland, OR
2019 Ghost Net Landscape: All the Fish in the Sea, Kathrin Cawein Gallery, Forest Grove, OR
2019
Ghost Net Landscape: Ocean Goddess, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
2018 Here & Now, Local Discoveries, Portland, OR
2018
Night Sea, Georgie's Ceramic & Clay Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Water & Form: Clay, Fiber, and Encaustic, 510 Museum & ArtSpace, Lake Oswego, OR
2016 Artist of the Month, Bethany Frame Central, Beaverton, OR
2012 Stopping Time: Plein Air Watercolors, Alley Kat Art, Kapaa, HI
2007 Divergence, Kauai Museum Mezzanine Gallery, Lihue, HI
2005 Kauai Under Glass: New Works in Watercolor and Pastel, two-person show at Kauai Museum, Lihue, HI

Selected Awards & Honors

2022 Career Opportunity Grant and Ford Family Foundation award for 1000 Moons, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
Purchase Award, Oregon State University, Art About Agriculture: The Sustainable Feast, Corvallis, OR
2021 Make|Learn|Build Grant awarded for 1000 Moons, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2019 First Place Award, Washed Up: Marine Debris Art Show, Lihue, HI
Project Grant awarded for Ghost Net Landscape, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Sustainability Grant awarded for Ghost Net Landscape, Forest Grove Sustainability Commission, OR
Public Arts Grant awarded for Ghost Net Landscape, Forest Grove Public Arts Commission, OR
2018 Quick Draw People's Choice Award, Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, OR
Purchase Award, City of Beaverton, Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, OR
Purchase Award, City of Hillsboro, Washington County Plein Air, Hillsboro, OR
Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Second Place Award, Spring Juried Show, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR
2016 Outstanding Senior in Studio Art, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Outstanding Senior in Fine & Performing Arts, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015-16 Scott / Walter Scholarship for outstanding students in the Arts, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2014 Purchase Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art Kauai, Lihue, HI
2013 Purchase Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art Kauai, Lihue, HI
2006 Best Kauai Artist, Kauai Island News People's Choice, Lihue, HI
2005 Portraits of Hawaii Award, Art Kauai, Lihue, HI
2004 Honorable Mention, Art Kauai, Lihue, HI

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 RESOURCEful, 41st annual Art About Agriculture competition and touring exhibition. Hosted by Oregon State University at venues across Oregon.
2024
Baskets, Naturally, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
2024
Spring Show, Rental Sales Gallery at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2024
Picture Hillsboro, Civic Center auditorium, Hillsboro, OR
2023 The Art of Living, ARTspace Gallery, Arts Council of Lake Oswego, OR (Curator: Nicole Nathan, Executive Director)
2023
The Shifting Shapes of Woven Forms, Lincoln City Cultural Center, OR
2023
Spring Show, Rental Sales Gallery at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2022 The Sustainable Feast, 39th annual Art About Agriculture competition and touring exhibition. Hosted by Oregon State University at venues across Oregon.
2022
Spring Show, Rental Sales Gallery at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2022
New Artists Show, Rental Sales Gallery at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (Curator: Mark Tindle, gallery manager)
2022
Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR (Curator: Donna Guardino, gallery owner)
2020 DISplace, Five Oaks Museum, Portland, OR (Curators: Kanani Miyamoto, artist and Lehuauakea, artist)
2020
Fall Juried Show, Watercolor Society of Oregon, Newberg, OR (Juror: Kristi Grussendorf, artist)
2019 Ode to the Tides, in partnership with The Wetlands Conservancy, traveling exhibit, OR
2019
For the Seventh Generation, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
2019
A Public Treasure: Painting the Oregon Coast, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
    (Jurors: Erik Sandgren, artist; Tom Webb, Newport Visual Arts Center director; Sandra Roumagoux, artist)
2019
Washed Up: Marine Debris Art Show (invitational), Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI
2019
Picture Hillsboro, Civic Center auditorium, Hillsboro, OR
2018 Painting to Save the Trees, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
2018
For the Seventh Generation, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
2018
Siren Nation: Transform, Portland'5 Center for the Arts, Portland, OR
2018
Portland Plein Air, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR (Juror: Sarkis Antikajian, artist)
2018
Spring Juried Show, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR (Juror: Linda Rothchild-Ollis, artist)
2017 Beaver Tales, in partnership with The Wetlands Conservancy, traveling exhibit, OR
2016 Wanderers, Tillamook Forest Center, Tillamook, OR
2016
Recent Graduates, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2016
Art in the Forest, Tillamook Forest Center, Tillamook, OR
2016
interconnected, Studio Art senior thesis exhibit, Cawein Gallery at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015 BLUE, Cawein Gallery at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015
Faculty Select Student Show, Cawein Gallery at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2014 accession 2014, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
2014
Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Rich Richardson, Executive Director of Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts and The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI)
2014
POW! Art: Pastels, Oils, Watercolors, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI
2013 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Ray Freeman, President, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA)
2009 The Rhythms of Nature, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, HI
2009
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
    (Juror: Laura Hoptman, Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY)
2007 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Gregg Hertzlieb, Director/Curator, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN)
2007
Hawaii Artists, Bethel Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2006 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Michael Rooks, Curator, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI)
2006
Hawaii Glass Artists 5th Annual Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
2005 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Chris Kahler, Professor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL)
2004 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Jurors: Waileia Roster, Cade Roster, and Ryan Higa, co-owners of Workspace Gallery, Honolulu, HI)
2002 Art Kauai, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI (Juror: Vicky Clark, Independent Curator and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)
2002
The Spirit World, Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihue, HI
2002
Early College Program Summer Institute Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Public Collections & Commissions

City of Portland, OR

City of Beaverton, OR

City of Hillsboro, OR

Oregon State University

OHSU Tuality Hospital, Hillsboro, OR

Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI

Hui O Laka / Koke'e Museum, Kekaha, HI

Professional Experience

2023Panelist, What About Water? Reclaiming water, traditional foods, and marine debris, Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture, Sisters, OR
2022Board member, Washington County Open Studios, OR
2022Artist in Residence, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2021Artist in Residence, Grass Mountain, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Lincoln City, OR
2020Panelist, Community Collaboration, Portland Textile Month / Textile Hive, virtual
2020Panelist, Arts and Activism, GPSEN (Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network), virtual
2020Artist in Residence, The Float Shoppe, Portland, OR
2016Artist in Residence, Marjie Mabel Project, Vancouver, WA
2015Concept and Project Manager, Shared Roots tile mural, Cawein Gallery at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015
Exhibit co-curator, BLUE, Cawein Gallery at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015
Exhibit co-curator, First Annual Student Art Show, Milky Way at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015-16Student Representative, Art Department Search Committee, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2014Treasurer and founding member, Pacific University Art Club, Forest Grove, OR
2004-07Board president and production artist, Kauai Recycling for the Arts, Lihue, HI

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