Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, pictorial arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
  • Traditional Japanese Arts, calligraphy, noh, ceramics, aikido, tea ceremony, Oomoto, Japan
  • Bachelor of Arts, News/Editorial Journalism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • Bachelor of Science, studio art, Saratoga Springs, NY

Honors & Awards

  • Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee, 2010
  • Kenneth & Mary Auvil Award for printmaking, 2008
  • North First ArtSPACE Award, 2008
  • Phi Kappa Phi, 2008–present

Exhibitions

Solo

  • If this were the first, MFA thesis exhibition, SJSU, April 2010
  • Infiltrate, Advancement to Candidacy exhibition, SJSU, October 2009

Group

  • Open Studios Pasadena, Summer 2019
  • Lift Off, San Jose Institute Contemporary Art, SJICA, MFA Graduate show, May 2010
  • SJSU Archival Lounge, Art Intervention Conference, UC Santa Cruz, May 2008
  • MFA group exhibition, SJSU, Fall 2008
  • Interrupt! Intervene! Rethinking Art as a Social Practice, UC Santa Cruz/SJSU Archival Lounge, Santa Cruz, Spring 2008
  • Sobrato Summer Exhibition, Milpitas, California, July–Dec 2008
  • Works on Paper, North First ARTSpace, Jan–May, 2008
  • Time Capsules, Camden Community Center, Art in Community, 2007
  • Gravity, SJSU, March 2005
  • Figurative painting, SJSU, Spring 2002
  • Monotype Marathon, SJICA, Summer 2002
  • Figurative drawing, Stanford University, 1996
  • Calligraphy & Performance, Oomoto, Japan, 1995

 Press

  • Sublime/Transcendent Featured Artist of the Week on BayAreaArtGrind.com Feb 5, 2018
  • San Jose Mercury News, “Another Lift Off for Local Artists”, Lifestyle, June 6, 2010
  • Silicon Valley Community Newspaper, Image Magazine cover, June 2010–present
  • “ICA Looks at Up and Coming Artists”, Image Magazine, Silicon Valley Newspapers, June 2010
  • ArtShift San Jose, At SJSU: Suriyapa… April 18, 2010
  • ArtShift San Jose, Welcome to the World of Lift-Off 2010, June 2010
  • SJ Institute Contemporary Art, Exhibition Guide, Lift Off 2010

Printmaking Experience

  • Etching, Art Center of Design, Pasadena, 2020
  • Print Assistant, SJSU Press, Monotype Marathon, SJICA, 2009
  • Teacher’s Assistant, SJSU, etching and lithography, 2008
  • Crown Point Press—etching, 2008
  • Kala—non-toxic etching workshop
  • Aurobora—monotype, 2003

Drawing, Painting, Writing, Performance

  • Gale Antokal—drawing, 1995–2010
  • Jane Rosen—drawing, 2005
  • Teaching Assistant--beginning drawing, 2009
  • California College of Art—painting, transfers, 2002–2003
  • John Zurier, Stanford—painting, 2002
  • Tim Craighead, Stanford—painting, 2000
  • San Francisco Art Institute—painting, 2000
  • Stanford University Continuing Studies: UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State University Open University—drawing, painting, printing, calligraphy, sculpture, bookmaking, creative writing & poetry, 1996–2007
  • Anna Halprin—dance, creative expression, 2003
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