professional experience

1995-2002
Freelance Designer and Art Director, Plastic Disaster Productions,
Web based design includes site architecture, interface and visual design. Print projects include identity, mark and brand development, collateral systems, signage and p.o.p. display, advertising, magazine illustration and layout.
Freelance projects include HP, California State Parks-Santa Cruz, San Francisco State University, ExtremeNetworks, Ogilvy Interactive, Go Network, Imagesmith, Rolo San Francisco, Paint the Lily Handbags, Cividini, Bosanova, Neochange, Kenneth Hepburn Associates, Ziff-Davis Press, Grand Royal Magazine, Motion Pacific, Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge and Odwalla Juices

1998-1999
Senior Designer, Imagesmith,
Art Direction, visual design, user interface design, online branding on client jobs and in house collateral and marketing. Clients include Ogilvy Interactive, Epson, HP, Infoseek, Go Network, Vivaldi Networks, VideoGreetings.com, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Eyescream Interactive, Jane Magazine, Consumer Reports, InternetAdvertising.org, AvantGo, Sierra Imaging, Seagate.

teaching experience

2003
Instructor, CalArts, Web Design
Instructor, Monterey Peninsula College, Color Theory

2002
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art
Instructor, Cabrillo College, Web Design
Instructor, Monterey Peninsula College, Int/Adv Figure Drawing

2001
Visiting Artist, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art
Instructor, Cabrillo College, Web Design

2000
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art
Instructor, Cabrillo College, Web Design

1999
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1998
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1997
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1996
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1995
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art
Instructor, SPECTRA Arts Program, Drawing and Painting.

1994
Instructor, San Jose Museum of Art School, Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Fresno State University, Printmaking
Associate Instructor, UC Davis, Beginning Drawing

1993
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, Painting, Beginning and Intermediate
Teaching Assistant, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Printmaking

1992
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, Painting
Teaching Assistant, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Printmaking
Instructor, Arizona State University, Drawing I

education

1994
Masters of Fine Art, University of California, Davis

1988
Bachelors in Fine Art, University of California, Santa Cruz

computer literacy

Macintosh: Fluent in Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, MacOS
Working knowledge of most Macintosh based graphics programs
Information design and user interface design specialist
Excellent knowledge of designing for HTML, Flash, Javascript, XML, DHTML, backend integration
Working knowledge of UNIX, Windows

selected recent exhibitions

2001
San Jose Public Arts Program, CA
Shark Public Art Exhibit, August 13-November

1999
Idyllwild School for the Arts, San Bernadino, CA
Moderate Growth, Nov. 7-Dec. 31

1998
DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Baywatch, Nov. 15-Dec. 16

1997
U.C. Irvine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Work/Space, Jan. 14-Feb. 13

1996
Southern Exposure, and Site Specific Space, San Francisco, CA
Work/Space, Oct. 2-Nov. 3

Buehler Art Center, Davis, CA
Biograph, April 5-May 3

1995
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Natural Happy Disaster Bargain Days, January 4-February 4

Pajaro Valley Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
UCSC Printers, January 30-February 26

1994
Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
California, Truly Dazzling Natural Beauty..., June 3-July 2

Richard M. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
Artists Valentines, January 18-February 11

1993
Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
UC Davis MFA Show, September 27-October 22

Memorial Union Gallery, Davis,CA
UC Davis Juried Student Show,May 10-May 31

Buehler Alumni Center, Davis, CA
Fashioning Identities, April 16-April 23

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1301 Pound Woman, February 2-February 28

Art Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Facility C-107, February 13-March 28

Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Business As Usual, February 23-March 13

reviews, publications and lectures

2002
Guest Lecturer, Cabrillo College Digital Media Program

2001
Visiting Artist, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

2000
Lecture-Site Architecture and UI Design, Cal State Monterey Bay Design Lecture Series, March 16

1999
Visiting Artist, Idyllwild School for the Arts Visiting Artist Series

1997
Panelist, College Art Association conference, New York, Feb. 14, 1997

Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Media Seminar

Review, Los Angeles Times, January 21, "'Work/Space' Earns Bonus for Its Wry Look at Office Culture", By Cathy Curtis

Review, Parallax, Issue 5, September, "Work/Space: Visual Relations Incorporate, by Stephanie Ellis.

Review, Parallax, Issue 5, September, "The Scope of Work/Space: Cultures in a Looking Glass," by Catherine Greenblatt.

1996
Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Media Seminar

Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Contemporary Issues in Digital Photography

1995
Visiting Artist, Santa Clara University, Art and Ecology Lecture Series

1994
Association for Computing in the Humanities, April 19-April 23, Paris, France, "Objectivity in Visual Database Retrieval Software"

Association for Information Management Proceedings, Volume 46, No. 10, October, "Retrieving
Art Images by Image Content: The UC Davis QBIC Project"

International Society for Optical Engineering, February 7-February 8, San Jose, CA,
"Visual Image Retrieval for Applications in Art and Art History"

Information Sciences and Use, Volume 14, No. 2, IOS Press, March (publication only), "Quick, Who Painted the Fish? The QBIC Project at U.C. Davis"