| 2005 |
Spin/Spun,
Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Chicago, IL |
| 2004 |
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 |
SCULPT, Central Illinois Sculptors McClean County Arts Center,
Bloomington, IL |
| 2002 |
Faculty Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois,
Chicago, IL |
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Art Point, Art Basel, Miami, FL |
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The Future is Now Right, I Space, Chicago, IL |
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Loaded, MIdway Contemporary Arts, St. Paul, MN |
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2001
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Off the Wall, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago
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Lifelike, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
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Kickback, Faculty Show, Worth-Ryder Gallery, University of California,
Berkeley
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2000
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Boom-Boom, faculty show, Worth-Ryde Gallery, University of California,
Berkeley
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1998
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SAP, Hotel show at Hotel Lanai, San Francisco. Co-Sponsored
by Four Walls and Scene/Escena, San Francisco, CA
|
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1997
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Canter for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, Bay Area Now, San
Francisco, CA
|
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1995
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Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, Fabricators: New Bay
Area Sculpture, San Francisco, CA
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FFood House, Pretty, Santa Monica, CA
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Victoria Room, Big Jesus Trash Can, San Francisco, CA
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1994
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Victoria Room, Happy Hands, San Francisco, CA
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Southern Exposure, 20 TH Anniversary Alumni show, San Francisco,
CA
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The LAB, Addressing Herself, San Francisco, CA
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1992
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Oakland Museum, From the Studio; Recent Painting and Sculpture
by 20 California Artist, Oakland, CA
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San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Real Tears, San Francisco,
CA
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Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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Ohlone College, Faculty Show, Fremont, CA
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1991
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John Natsoulas Gallery, 30 years of TB-9: A Tribute to Robert
Arneson, Davis, CA
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Matrix Gallery, Matrix International, Sacramento, CA
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Crocker Art Museum, Crocker-kingsley Annual, Sacramento, CA
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1990
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JudithWentraub Gallery, Influences, Sacramento, CA
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1988
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Richard L. Nelson Gallery, M.F. A. Exhibition, Davis, CA
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Pence Gallery, Davis, Ca
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1987
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University Center Gallery, Figurative Clay 87, Southern Illinois
University, Edwardsville, IL
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1986
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New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Clay Today, New Harmony,
IN
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1985
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St. Louis Gallery, B. F. A. Show, Edwardsville, IN
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Parrot Street Gallery, Modern Icons, Evansville, IN
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1984
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Evansville Museum, 37th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville,
IN
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Chicago Public Library, New Horizons in Art, Chicago, IL
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| GRANTS
& AWARDS |
| 2005 |
Illinois Arts Council Grant |
| 2004 |
Research Board Grant, University of Illinois |
| 2002 |
Research Board Grant, University of Illinois |
| 1996 |
Finalist, 1995-1996 SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art |
| 1995 |
San Francisco Bay Guardian Oustanding Local Discovery (GOLDIE)
Award in Visual Arts |
| 1994 |
Creative Artist Fellowship, City of Oakland Cultural Affairs
Commission |
| 1991 |
Honarable Mention, Crocker Kingsley Annual, Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA |
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Cash Award, First Place in Sculpture, Matrix International, Matrix
Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1987 |
Distinguished Scholar Research Award, University of California,
Davis |
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Represented the Davis Art DCepartment at the 4-Arts Festival
Workshop with Rachel Rosenthal. Three Day Workshop, University
of California, Irvine, CA |
| 1986 |
University of California Graduate Fellowship, Two Year Academic
Achievement Award |
| |
Jurors Choice Award, Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, IL |
| 1985 |
Friends of Art Honor Award in Studio Art, Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, IL |
| |
Friends of Art Honor Award in Studio Art, Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, IL |
| 1984 |
James Cardwell Award in Ceramics, Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, IL |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive-
Gift of Peter
and Eileen Norton |
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Orange County Museum of Art-
Gift of Peter and Eileen Norton |
|
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2000
|
Mark Van Proyen, San Francisco e-mail, Melissa Pokorny at Gallery
Paule Anglim, Art Issues
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Lindsey Westbrook, Over There: Visual Arts. East Bay Express,
March 17
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David Bonetti, Gallery Watch- Melissa Pokorny at Paule Anglim,
San Francisco Examiner, March 24, p C-11
|
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Glen Helfand, Critics Choice-Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian,
March 22-28
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1995
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Glen Helfand, Fabricators: New Bay Area Sculpture, New Art Examiner,
Dec. 1995, p.36
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David
Bonetti, Arts Ugly Ducklings, San Francisco Examiner, weekendÕ section,
p. C1, September 29,
|
|
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Terri Cohn, Preview: Fabricators: New Bay Area Sculpture, ArtWeek,
p.25
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Maria Porges, San Francisco in Review: Melissa Pokorny at Paula
Anglim, Artforum
|
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Randal Davis, Big Jesus Trash Can at Victoria Room, Artweek,
p.33
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1994
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Erin Blackwell, Happy Hands, New Art Examiner, p.44, November
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