EDUCATION

Present | Ph.D. student, Italian Studies, Designated Emphasis in Folklore, University of California, Berkeley, CA

2012 | M.F.A. Visual Arts, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT

2005 | M.A. Education, University of California Berkeley, CA

2002 | B.A. Painting and Photography, University of California Los Angeles, CA

1997-99 | Painting and Drawing, Training Lorenzo de Medici Italian International Institute, Florence, Italy

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 | De Rerum Natura, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 | 16 Tons, College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CA

2015 | Civic Signs and Casalinga, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

2015 | A City in Maps, Kimball Gallery, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 | Still Life, DeVos Art Museum, University of Northern Michigan, MI

2020 | The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2020 | /digital room/ online exhibition, curated by Dorothy Santos, / Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 | Sabbath, the Jewish Contemporary Museum, San Francisco, CA

2017 | Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

2016 | Pulling Threads, Root Division, San Francisco CA

2014 | The Brucennial 2014, New York, NY

2012 | X Libris, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2012 | The Brucennial 2012, New York, NY

2012 | Vermont College of Fine Arts, Graduate Exhibition, Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT

PUBLIC PROJECTS

2017 | Participating artist, One Love: A Celebration of Art and Community, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2016 | SF New City Atlas, Art on Market Street Poster Series, San Francisco Arts Commission

2015 | Centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, participating artist, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2013 | Forts and Flags, with Fortnight Collective, West End Village Celebration, San Rafael, CA

2013 | Mothering Tree, Fortnight Collective, San Rafael, CA

RESIDENCIES

2015 | de Young Museum Artist-in-Residence, San Francisco, CA

2014 | Max Thelen Studio Residency, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

2007 | Artist Residency at Kala, Berkeley, CA

PANELS AND WORKSHOPS

2022 | “Inventing Italian America through the Photograph” paper presented in Inventing Italy from its Edges hosted by Luisa Del Giudice at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2019 | “The Family Tree Online -- Constructing Italian American Heritage in the Era of Social Networks”. Paper presented at the Annual Italian American Studies Association Conference in Houston, Texas

2017 | Artist Talk, with Serena Cole, What it Feels Like to Be a Girl, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

2016 | Artist panel member, Pulling Threads, Root Division, moderated by Anastasia James

2015 | Artist Talk, Civic Signs, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

GRANTS/AWARDS

2022 | Conference Travel Award, Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley 6-year Graduate Student Fellowship, Italian Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley

2011 | Pirkle Jones Visual Artist Support Grant

2011 | Levin/Lutz Award, Vermont College of Fine Arts

2007 | Marin Arts Council Career Grant

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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