Education
2000 MFA, Sculpture. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1990 BFA, Painting. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1997 Drawing & Painting Marathon. New York Studio School. NY
1989 Yale University Summer School of Art and Music at Norfolk. Norfolk, CT
1988 Indiana University Summer Art Course, Florence, Italy
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2011 Altered Book Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2010 Smiths Art & Skills Service, SFMOMA, Allison Smith & Red Cross, San Francisco, CA
2010 The Paper Show: Folded, Cut & Sculpted Shapes, Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey, CA
2010 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Curator – Carin Adams, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Pacific Rim Sculpture, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2007 13th Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show, Walnut Creek, CA
2007 Wrap, Reflect, Reveal. San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
2005 Installations Examining Society and Space, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
2002 Repurpose, Curator – Nicolas Bourriaud, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2000 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Student Biennial, Curator – Catharine Clark, San Francisco, CA
2000 San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2000 Cross Roads – Art of Revolution / Art of Rescue, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Fran, CA
1999 Boundary Crossing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Visiting Artist Exhibit, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1989 BFA Graduate Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1988 National Society for Arts and Letters, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Awards
2011 Honorarium, Art Works for Change, Oakland, CA
2011 Honorarium, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1996 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant. Johnson, VT
1990 Harry Engel Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1989 The National Society of Arts and Letters, Art Merit Award for Painting.
1989 Yale University Summer School of Art and Music at Norfolk Fellowship. Norfolk, CT
1988 Honors Division Travel Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Selected Media / Publications / Articles
2011 ABC 7, Sustainable Sculpture Exhibit, San Francisco Art Institute / Levi Strauss & Co, Don Sanchez
2010 East Bay Express, Picks – Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of Art, Dewitt Chang.
2009 Artichoke Season. Haiku by Sue Antolin, cover art by Kate Ruddle.
2007 Something that Matters, Wednesday Women Writers Anthology. Three Packages, Kate Ruddle.
2007 Artweek, Wrap, Reflect Reveal at the San Pablo Art Gallery, Barbara Morris.
2007 Richmond Art Center, A Conversation With Susan Peterson, Kate Ruddle.
2000 SF Chronicle, The Juror Reaches his Verdict, Kenneth Baker.
Artist Lectures
2012 Sculpture Department Colloquium, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2008 Textiles Department, California College of the Art, Oakland, CA
1996 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Selected Teaching Experience
2012 Graduate Review Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012 Graduate Tutorials, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2011 – present)
2012 Nomadic Structures, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2011 – present)
2012 Fabric Construction, Sculpture Department, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2009 – present)
2012 Beginning Drawing, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA (2000 – present)
2011 Sustainable Sculpture Exhibition, Levi Strauss / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010 Sustainable Sculpture, Levi Strauss / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003 Art History – Renaissance through Modern, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
2001 Sculpture Dept. Sewing Demonstrations, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Related Experience
2008 Chair, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, Oakland, California
2006-7 Curatorial Committee, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2006-7 Exhibitions Coordinator, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2004 Sewn Construction: John Roloff’s Franciscan Formation Geology Flags. San Francisco, CA
2001 Museum Preparator, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1999 Internship and employment, Hogin Sails. Alameda, CA