Selected Exhibitions AND PROJECTS
*indicates solo exhibition/project
2024 California Landscape: Then and Now, Palm Court Arts Complex, Irvine, CA
2023 Works on Paper, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
Multiple Intersections, Curated by Roxanne Sexauer, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
Coin of Light, Curated by Laura Black and Thuy N.D. Tran, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
*Yearning, Curated by Stephanie Sherwood, Boston Court Pasadena, Pasadena, CA
Pressing Together, Curated by Nguyen Ly, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2022 Da Bodies Atelier, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Art Show, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
2021 Small Works in Flux, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
Blooming in the Whirlwind, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
The End of the World, The Painter’s Room, Santa Ana, CA
Reconciliation Vessels, An Adaptation of the Apologetic Garden, Co-Curated/Co-Organized with artist Kelsey Zwarka at
Flux Art Space, supported by WeRise LA and Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2020 Sentinel, Curated by Juan Gomez, in collaboration with the Ciry of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
We Are Here / Here We Are, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
*Conversations on Conflict, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
2019 *Conversations on Conflict, Painting & Sculpture Outpost, Marysville, CA
Seeds of Contemplation, Earl and Virginia Green Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
Alumni Exhibition, Brandstater Gallery, Riverside, CA
Publishing Against the Grain (as part of BOOKSHELVES by Amanda Katz), Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2018 Small Works for Living Spaces, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
Plantssssssssss, Arts in the Park, Highland Park, CA
*School of Art NARTHEX display, Los Altos United Methodist Church, Long Beach, CA
PaperWorks Refolded, Brea Gallery, City of Brea, CA
Barrio Baroque, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
LAND, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2017 *Rise Above, Grab Bag Studio, Long Beach, CA
Apologetic Garden for Mind Games, Public Urban Multisensory Presentations, Long Beach, CA
Experience Bloom: Apologetic Garden, Peter Strauss Ranch, Agoura Hills, CA
The Green Thumb Project at The Fountain, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
The Green Thumb Project at TEDxCSULB, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Listening Garden, Show+Tell, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Tracing Tomorrow, CAI Gallery, Highland Park, CA
*Tea at 3307, 3307 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Here and Now, We Lab at Packard, Long Beach, CA
Poetics of Relation, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Thread, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
Bloom Polylogue, Gallery 211, Santa Ana, CA
SoCal MFA, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
*The Green Thumb Project, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2015 *Reminiscing Remnants, Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Stowaways, Expo Arts Center, Long Beach, CA
2014 Art&Nature, AR4T Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
*Multi-ply, Mutual Aid Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
We the Symbionts, Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Arcadia, C. Feign Jr. Gallery, Highland Park, CA Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2013 Periphery, AR4T Gallery, Laguna Beach,CA2012
*Circulation, La Sierra University Brandstater Gallery, Riverside, CA
2011–2012 Artscape, Riverside Arts Council, Riverside, CA
RESIDENCIES, ARTIST TALKS, ETC
2024 (Upcoming) Artist Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Panelist for L.A. Print: Edition 13, Beyond the Press: Material Innovations in Printmaking, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Echoes of Print (Portfolio), Portfolio Exchange for Southern Graphics Council International, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist Talk, Pitzer College Art 30: Sustainable Sculpture, Claremont, CA
2023 Lamborghini 60th Anniversary Dealer Activation Art Project (Commission), Walnut creek, CA
Panelist for Conversation @ PAM: The Evolution of Printmaking in the 21st Century, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Artist Talk, UCLA Printmaking, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist Talk and Demo, Occidental College Printmaking, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Visiting Artist Talk and Demo, Occidental College Printmaking, Los Angeles, CA
Annual Student Show Guest Jury, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Fresh{AIR}: Artist in Residence Program, Brea Gallery, City of Brea, CA
Artist in Residence, Black Dolphin Workshop, Long Beach, CA
Casamor Farm Artist Residency, Casamor Farm, Mar Vista, CA
Education
2016 MFA in Printmaking, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2012 BFA in Graphic Design, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Grants/Awards
2014 President Purchase Award, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2012 Outstanding Senior Award, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2011 Annual Student Exhibition Best of Show Award, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2010 Annual Student Exhibition First Place Fine Art Award, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2008–2012 Atanas & Sasha Katchamakoff Scholarship, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Teaching Experience—College level
2018- Adjunct Faculty (current), California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA [courses taught: Etching, Printmaking, Intro to Printmaking, and 2D Design]
Adjunct Faculty (current), Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA [course taught: 2D Foundation, Printmaking]
Adjunct Faculty, Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA [courses taught: Screen Printing in Spring 2020, Printmaking in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, 2D Foundation for Summer 2021 and Spring 2022]
Lecturer, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA [course taught: Printmaking in Spring 2020]
2016 Art 130-2D Design, Substitute Lecturer, California State University Long Beach
2015 Art 270-Intro to Non-Toxic Printmaking, Lecturer, California State University Long Beach
2014 Art 370-Printmaking Survey, Teaching Assistant, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2013 Art 181-Foundation Drawing, Teaching Assistant, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Teaching Experience—Other
2024 Origami Workshop, Co-instructor with Michael Nannery, Palm Court Arts Complex, Irvine, CA
Japanese Indigo Tataki-Zome Workshop, Co-instructor with Michael Nannery, Palm Court Arts Complex, Irvine, CA
2023 Pattern Stamping Workshop with Kiyomi Fukui Nannery, Instructor, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
WORKSHOP@PAM: Stenciling, Instructor, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Pattern Printing Origami Workshop, Instructor, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
Shaped Plate Etching Workshop, Instructor, Josephine Press, Santa Monica, CA
2021 Slow+Sustain Presents: Veggie + Potato Stamp Workshop with Peace Lily Press & Microfarm, Co-instructor with Michael Nannery, Peace Lily Press & Microfarm, Long Beach, CA
2019 WORKSHOP@PAM: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Techniques, Instructor, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
LAEF fiber art classes; TK-K, and 1st–5th grade, Instructor, Los Alamitos Education Foundation, Los Alamitos, CA
Intro to Printmaking, Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2018 LAEF Summer Art:Drawing and Painting for Middle Schoolers, Instructor, Los Alamitos Education Foundation, Los Alamitos, CA
LAEF art classes; TK-K, and 1st–5th grade, Instructor, Los Alamitos Education Foundation, Los Alamitos, CA
Intro to Printmaking, Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2017 Etching Workshop, Instructor, Collective Print Studio, Long Beach, CA
Summer Education Institution: Drawing and Painting for Middle Schoolers, Instructor, Los Alamitos Education Foundation, Los Alamitos, CA
Handmade: Tatting Lace Workshop, Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Intaglio Techniques, Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
LAEF art classes; TK-K, and 1st–5th grade, Instructor, Los Alamitos Education Foundation, Los Alamitos, CA
2016 Tatting Workshop, Instructor, Grab Bag Studio, Long Beach, CA
Tatting Workshop, Instructor, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2015 Young Adults Summer Art Camp, Assistant Instructor, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Workshop on Tatting Lace, Instructor, The Workshops, Long Beach, CA
2012 Demo on Japanese Woodcut, Instructor, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Selected Press
Heidi Woo, “Art as Community, Peace Lily Press and Microfarm“, Slow+Sustain Magazine, https://slowandsustain.org/peace-lily-press-microfarm/.
"Art & Life with Kiyomi Fukui Nannery", VoyageLA, December 17, 2018. http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-kiyomi-fukui-nannery/
Alita Byrd, "Expression Through Living Art", Spectrum, March 20, 2018. https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2018/03/20/expression-through-living-art
Olivia Otsuki, “Capturing the Moment,” The Edge LB, April 19, 2016. http://www.theedgelb.com/local-artist-of-the-week/capturing-the-moment/
Shawnkira Sanchez, “CSULB MFA Students Turns Teatime into Art,” Daily 49er, October 22, 2015. http://www.daily49er.com/artslife/2015/09/22/csulb-mfa-student-turns-teatime-into-art/