Education

        California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC), BFA Jewelry/Metal Arts
        Sacramento City College, California
        Questa College, California

Exhibitions

        2008 - Gump's, San Francisco, CA, "Made in the Shade"
        2008 - Blackhawk Museum, Danville, Ca., "BATOC 50th Anniversary Exhibition"

        2007 - Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF, Ca., “ “C” Change, Craft in Our Future”
        2007 - Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, Ca., “Metal Works North”
        2007 - Gallery Flux, San Francisco, Ca. “Jim Colony” cut stone exhibition
        2004 - Yaw Gallery; SOFA, New York, NY. “CCA Faculty Alumni Exhibition’
        2004 - Oliver Art Gallery, Oakland Ca., “Epicenter Faculty, Alumni, Student exhibition”
        2004 - Yaw Gallery, Burmingham, Mi., “West Goes East”
        2003 - Velvet daVinci Gallery, San Francisco, Ca., “Chess” traveling exhibition
                Vennel Gallery, Irvine Scotland, 2003
                The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbigshire, Wales, 2003
                Crafts Council Shop, Victoria Albert Museum, London England, 2004
                John Michael Kholer Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2004
                Thomas Mann 1/0 Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004
        2001 - Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California, “Toy Meets Girl”
        2001 - CCAC, Oakland California, Irwin Center Gallery, “Toy”
        2001 - CCAC, Oakland, Ca., Irwin Galleries, “All College Honors Exhibition”

Awards

        2001 - CCAC High Distinction Honor Award
        2001 - CCAC Heritage, and Presidential Scholarship

Experience

        Department Manager, California College of the Arts (CCA), Oakland Ca., 2005-Present
        Journeyman Supervisor, GM Construction, Sacramento, Ca. 1989-2005
        Instructor of Young Artist Studio Program (YASP), CCA, 2001-Present
        Apprentice to Marilyn daSilva, CCA Chair of Jewelry/Metal Arts, Oakland, Ca., 2000-01
        Apprentice to Karl Mindermann, AIA 1981 Craftsman of the Year, 1998-2008

Publications

        2008 - "Benefit pulled out of a hat" (Article), SF Chronicle, Wed. September 10th, Pg. G4
        2007 - “Containment: A Chair Exhibition” (catalog),
        2007 - 500 Wedding Rings, Editor: Marthe LeVan, Lark Books
        2004 - “West Goes East” (catalog), Yaw Gallery