EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts, U.C.L.A.
1997 Bachelor of Arts, U.C.L.A.: Departmental Scholar
1990-93 Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 UCLA MFA Thesis Exhibition, The New Wight Art Gallery - UCLA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 4 Painters: Tony Beauvy, Heather Brown, Elizabeth Medina, Michael Anthony Morrison, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Entering Abstraction, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Group Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Four Abstract Painters, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 10th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ruth Bachofner Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
Carpetbag and Cozyspace, Curated by Kristin Calabrese, Healing Arts,
Brooklyn, NY
2003 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
No Chaser: Straight Ahead Abstract Paintings, Post Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Abstractions - Five Gallery Artists, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 California Dream, Museum I Magli, Sarezzo (Brescia), Italy
8th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Black Dragon Society, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Roger Herman
4TH Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997 Malibu Sex Party - Purple. Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Celebrated Box, Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State LA
The $99 Store, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
LA Current: New View - Armand Hammer Museum of Art
1996 Art 5.5.96, Boritzer-Gray-Hamano and Ernie Wolfe Galleries. Arts event to support Santa
Monica School of Design, Art and Architecture and New Roads School Chair: Laddie John
Dill; Co- Chairs: Jill Giegerich and Alva Libuser
1995 HUM Group Show, Mendenhall Gallery at Whittier College; curated by Haven Lin-Kirk, Vito
Lorusso and Robert Wedemeyer
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery/Barnsdall, Los Angeles, CA
Jurors: Nancy Doll, Director, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA
Leonard Simon, Independent Curator, University of California, Riverside
Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture: Five Years of Successful
Collaboration Between Artists and Students, The Spring Street Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
10th Annual Mainly Abstract Show, Juror: Judy Stabile, Venice, CA,
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
1994 Riviera Fine Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jay Belloli, Director, Armory Center for
the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1993 Second National Exhibition, Juror: Kimberly Davis, LA Louver Gallery, Long Beach
Arts, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Juror: Henry Hopkins, Director, Armand Hammer
Museum, Municipal Art Gallery/Barnsdall, Los Angeles, CA
Found Object as Art, Juror: Michael C. McMillen, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
Manhattan Friends of the Arts, Juror: Noel Korten, Manhattan Beach, CA
1993 Will Work For Art, Benefit for Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture
Faces in California Art ‘93, Women’s Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA - The Print Show, Dickson Art Center, Westwood, CA
Black and White, Long Beach Arts, Juror: Cynthia MacMullin,Long Beach, CA
Community, Imani Gallery, Los Angeles
1992 View of the Nineties, The New Gallery, 18th Street Complex, Santa Monica, CA
World News: Artists Respond to World Events, Juror: Kim Abeles, Mulkenthaler
Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
Relentless Curiosity, The Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Death by Chocolate, The Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Wallworks Show, Juror: Kimberly Davis, LA Louvre Gallery, LA Artcore Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Benefit Bash, Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture,
Santa Monica, CA
World News - Los Angeles Artists Respond to International Events, Beyond Baroque,
Venice, CA
Found Object as Art, Juror: George Herms, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Irwin, Oliver, Artweek, March 1999
Hainley, Bruce, “Malibu Sex Party,” Artforum, 1997
Snow, Shauna, “Art - Biennial LA,” Los Angeles Times, July 14, 1993
Kapitanoff, Nancy, “Art - Biennial LA,” Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1993
Frank, Peter, “Los Angeles Juried Exhibition,” L.A. Weekly, August 20, 1993
Frank, Peter, “Powerful Works Star in Long Beach Arts Competition,” Press-Telegram,
November 29, 1993
18th Street Arts Complex, Traffic Report, vol.1, no.1, June/July/August 1992
“Other Side of the Gulf War Spotlighted,” Calendar, Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1992
“Best of Weekend,” Los Angeles Times. May 1, 1992
Littlefield, Kinney, ”Trash Turns Terrific: “Found Object As Art” Does Duchamp Proud,” Press-Telegram,
July 21, 1991
The Art Newspaper, London, U.K., April 1991
“New Eyes on News of the World,” Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1991
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Lowe Corporation
Sony Corporation
Grand Colonial Hotel, La Jolla, CA
Anne Traynor, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Alexander, Los Angeles, CA
Pam Donen
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs: Mural Project
Michel Maxwell, San Francisco, CA
Deborah Kuklis, New York, NY
Elizabeth Twaddell, San Francisco, CA
Intuit Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Barbara Shoff, Pittsburgh, PA
Todd Picus, Venice, CA
Margaret Segalla, Costa Mesa, CA
The Riviera, Tokyo, Japan
Joanna Horsfall, San Francisco, CA
Velsheri Lowe, La Habra, CA
Darryl Kitagawa, Los Angeles, CA