DarWIN or LOSE (2021-23)
Overwhelmed by news reports of the state of our world, I retreated into David Attenborough animal documentaries that led into a rabbit hole of inferior versions of animal footage. My intention was to escape into the beguiling and savage members animal world, but I only found parallels to the cruelties I was escaping. Mother Nature has inspired me to create artworks that draw on the similarities between humans and animals, especially in our desires to attract mates, and to assert control over our environment.
Rising Tides (2023)
photography/digital illustration/archival print on silver paper with ink, mica flakes and enamel, print 2/3, 17x21”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
61st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Masur, LA. February 22–May 4, 2024. Juror: Kerry Inman, owner and director, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX.
Potentiality/Actuality: Greater Bay Open, New Museum (NUMU), Los Gatos, CA. November 17, 2023–March 9, 2024. Jurors: Pancho Jiménez, artist; Allison Railo, Curator, New Museum Los Gatos.CA.
Land, Race and Activism, Myers Gallery of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. October 2–26, 2023. Juror: Mariela Acuna, Exhibitions and Residency Manager, Hype Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Sinking Island, II, (2022)
assemblage: digital illustration, solar motivated plastic figurine, vinyl stickers, cut paper, lava rock, resin, acrylic, ink and enamel, 6.5x3x3”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Interisland Action National Exhibition, Kahilu Exhibits, Parker Ranch Center, Kamuela, HI. January 18 – March 3, 2024. Juror: Josh Tenganm, Associate Director, Hawaiʻi Contemporary, Honolulu, HI.
SEA, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA. Dec 3, 2022–Jan 15, 2023. Jurors: The Drawing Room.
Rehabilitation Center for De-Finned Sharks (2022)
digital illustration with enamel, ink, graphite, gouache, and mica flakes on paper, 17x21”
Part of the group exhibitions:
Funny Bone, Intersect Arts Center, St Louis, MO. September 5–November 5, 2023. Curator: Sarah Bernhardt, artist, educator and administrator
6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI. January 20–April 15, 2023. Juror: David Hummer, Executive Director, WMCA.
SEA, The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA. December 3, 2022–January 15, 2023
Windmill Farms Make Whales Go Crazy!!!!!! (2023)
hand and digital illustration/archival print on silver paper with additional application of enamel, ink, graphite, gouache, and mica flakes, 21x17”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
R3SI$T!, Old Walls Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. November 1–December 27, 2024. Curated by Old Walls Gallery.
Decision ’24, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX.November 1–December 1, 2024. Juror: Brandon Zech, Glasstire Texas Visual Arts.
12th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR. April 23-June 8, 2024. Juror Justin Bryant, Assistant Professor, Philander Smith University.
The 39th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas, Tyler TX. January 16-March 1, 2023. Juror: Brandon Zech, publisher, Glasstire.
Concept Drawing for the Relocation of Miami Beach (2022)
collage: digital illustration on cut paper, enamel, acrylic, watercolor, ink, graphite, chalk pastel, ink, and mica flakes on paper, 17x21”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Earth’s Reflection, The Art Effect at Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. June 14 - August 9, 2024. Curated by Trolley Barn Curatorial Team.
In the Time of Climate Change, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Art Department@ Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI. July 7–28, 2022. Juror: Jared Yazzie, Diné artist, designer and owner of the clothing label OXDX.
SEA, The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA. Dec 3, 2022–Jan 15, 2023. Jurors: The Drawing Room.
Atmospheric Perspective, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO. September 12–November 13, 2022. Juror: Sarah Bernhardt, Executive Director, Intersect Arts Center.
Future Places: 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA. June 24–October 16, 2022. Juror: Dr. Julie Wosk, author, curator, and Professor Emerita, State University of New York, Maritime College, NYC, NY.
Future Perfect/Imperfect, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT. April 30–June 9, 2022. Juror: Lilly Wei, curator, critic and journalist
Monument for New Kiev (2022)
digital illustration/archival print on paper with cut paper, ink, gold leaf, and mica flakes, and enamel on paper, 17x21”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Pendulum. AD Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC. February 12–March 8, 2025. Juror: Emily Scott Beck, artist and Associate Professor, Department of Art, Art History and Design at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Exhibitour, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI. August 13–October 29, 2022. Juror: Alyssa Monks, artist
Creative Solution to Warming Seas, I (2022)
collage: digital illustration on cut paper, vinyl stickers, enamel, acrylic, ink, graphite, chalk pastel, and mica flakes on paper, 17x21”
Part of the group exhibition:
SEA, The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA. Dec 3, 2022–Jan 15, 2023.
The Eyes of Sister Roma (2023)
digital illustration on paper with ink, gouache, glitter, mica flakes and enamel, 18x18 or 25x25”.
All artist proceeds for the sale of this artwork are donated directly to San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Digital Directions, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. January 30–February 22, 2025. Juror: Jennifer Figg, Associate Professor, Towson University, Towson, MD.
WHO I AM: A Queer Perspective 2024, Spiva Arts, Joplin MO. September 5–28, 2024, Curated by Spiva Arts.
MORE! Embracing Excess, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD. June 7–August 25, 2024. Juror: Anne C. Evenhaugen, Head Librarian, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library.
Radiating Pride, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. June 4-July 5, 2024.Juror: Kaytea Petro, co-founder of Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA.
I. We. They: Celebrations of Gender, Arts Benicia. Benicia, CA. June 1– July 21, 2024. Juror: Thea Quiray Tagle, PhD is a Filipinx femme transdisciplinary scholar, writer, and Associate Curator , Brown Arts Institute and Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Made in USA: Freedom of Expression, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. July 26–August 11, 2023. Juror: Scott Yeskel, artist.
Under the Big Top, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. July 15–August 20, 2023. Juror: Vestige Concept Gallery.
Palila (Loxioides bailleui) (2021)
screen print on vellum with hand application of ink, colored pencil, chalk pastel and enamel, 15x12”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
16th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Idaho Falls Arts Council, Idaho Falls, ID. March 14-June 2, 2024. Juror: Maggy Rozycki Hilter, artist.
Things with Wings, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley CA. July 14–August 13, 2023. Jurors: ACCI Exhibition Committee.
Color Pop, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. April 4–28, 2023. Juror: Cecilia Chia, Owner/Director. Glass Rice Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
43rd National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN. March 23–April 23, 2023. Juror: Marianetta Porter. product designer, Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
For the Love of Birds, Museum of Northern California Art (MOCA), Chico, CA. January 26–March 19, 2023. Juror: MOCA.
Courage In Color, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA. August 1–26, 2022. Juror: Tara Barr, artist.
National Juried Exhibition 2022, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. July 17–September 3, 2022. Juror: Donna Watson, artist and President Emeritus, National Watercolor Society.
Off the Block Print Expo, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. June 3–18, 2022. Jurors: Foundry Exhibition Committee with Grafik House, St. Louis, MO.
A Printmaker’s Hand, Best Gallery, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA. September 2–October 31, 2021. Juror: Marit Berg, artist and Professor and Chair, Visual Arts, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA.
New Appalachia Mixed Exhibition, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. May 8–28, 2021. Juror: Kyle Houser, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Media.
Four&20 (2022)
digital illustration/archival print on silver paper with ink, gouache, chalk pastel and enamel, 17x21”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Art, Brownsville, TX. September 22–November 10, 2023. Juror: Christina Rees, editor and curator, Dallas, TX.
Birdiest City, Arts Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX. April 7-29, 2023. Juror: Frank Klein, Nature Conservationist and Photographer.
For the Love of Birds, Museum of Northern California Art (MOCA), Chico, CA. January 26–March 19, 2023. Juror: MOCA.
The Next Big Thing 2022, Studio Chanel Islands, Camarillo, CA. August 6–September 24, 2022. Juror: David Padget, art critic, curator, and professor of art theory and history at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA.
International All Media 2022, Walter Piehl Gallery, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND. August 5–September 16, 2022. Juror: Sarah Justice, Executive Director, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT.
The Crow Show 2022, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. March 3–31, 2022. Juror: Wes Siegrist, Executive Director, The Society of Animal Artists. TN.
Valmont, or, Portrait of the Artist in the Style of Charles le Brun (2023)
digital illustration/silkscreen on silver paper with ink, mica flakes and enamel, 16x19”
Part of the group exhibitions:
Radiating Pride, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. June 4-July 5, 2024. Juror: Kaytea Petro, co-founder of Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA.
Big Gay Art Show , Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ. December 6-–27, 2023. Curated by Sedona Arts Center.
Cardsharps (2022)
digital illustration on silver paper with ink, gouache, chalk pastel and enamel, 17x21”
Part of the group exhibitions:
Gemini, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. May 22-June 30, 2024. Jurors: Stephanie Willshon-Butler and Kathy Birdsong, Healdsburg Center for the Arts.
Funny Bone, Intersect Arts Center, St Louis, MO. September 5–November 5, 2023. Curator: Sarah Bernhardt, artist, educator and administrator
Play: 31st Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Foundation, North Bethesda. MD. March 21-April 29, 2023. Jurors: Staci McLaughlin, artist, ArtDistrict Gallery; and Zoma Wallace, curator, arts administrator and experimental artist.
Make Use of Me (Louise de Lorraine) (2023)
digital illustration/archival print on paper with ink, gouache, mica flakes and enamel, 17x21”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Dream Job, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, De Kalb, IL. March 19-May 10, 2025. Jurors: NIU Art Museum staff members and the museum’s Exhibition Advisory Committee.
Surreal Salon 16, Baton Rouge Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA. January 3–February 1, 2024. Juror: Beth Cavener, artist.
Causational Portrait: Francisco Pizarro (2023)
digital illustration on paper with ink, mica flakes and enamel, 21x17”.
Part of the group exhibitions:
Voices of our Ancestors, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD. June 26–July 25, 2024. Juror: Myrtis Bedolla, Owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis , Baltimore, MD.
War, Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Peekskill, NY. February 15–April 10, 2024. Curated by Hudson Valley MOCA.
Meli Gómez wears Guo Pei (Legend of the Dragon) (2022)
digital illustration on parchment with ink, glitter and enamel, 16x19”
Part of the group exhibitions:
About Face. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. April 15–June 25, 2023. Jurors: Zoë Latzer, Associate Curator and Director of Public Programs, ICA San Jose; David Reyes, Curator of exhibitions and Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art. AL.
Convergence: a Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN. August 22–October 21, 2022. Juror: Indianapolis Art Center.
Decades of Fashion (2023)
digital photograph on silver paper, 17x21"
Part of the group exhibitions:
Art Through The Lens 2024, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. September 10–November 9, 2024. Juror: Philip McCabe, photographer.
Being Human, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. December 12, 2023–January 5, 2024. Juror: Sandra Speidel, Principal Partner & Curator, Slate Art LLC.