RESUMÉ

 

 

Areas of Specialization:  Drawing, Sculpture, Installation, Interdisciplinary Collaboration.

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2011

Natural Habitat, El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach, California.

2010

Housing Complex, DDR Projects, Santa Ana and Long Beach, California.

2007

Me and My Girl, Comer-Taylor Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, California.

2004

Alouette, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California.

2001

flit – A Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Design Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, California.

2000

Chance It, Dance It, Installation in lobby of Martha B. Knobel Dance Theatre during Fall 2000 Faculty Dance Concert, California State University, Long  Beach, California.

 

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2010

Handmade Slides & Non-existent Drawings, Project Room, MONA (Museum of Neon Art), Los Angeles, California.

 

2009

Looking Into the Sun, DDR Projects, Long Beach, California.

 

Shock & Awe, Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, California.

 

2008

The Audacity of Rope, Marilyn Werby Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, California.

 

Works on Paper:  Here & Now, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California.

 

The Nature of Inquiry Part 2, The Loft, San Pedro, California.

 

2007

The Nature of Inquiry, Part 1,  The Loft, San Pedro, California.

 

Works on Paper, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California.

 

Inspiring Change, Space 900, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Eman On, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, California.

 

Darkness and Light, The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California.

 

2006

Collaborations, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California.

 

Metropolis:  This Other Eden, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, California.

 

2005

2005 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition.  Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California.

 

Caged, The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California.

 

2004

Recalling Nature, (two-person exhibit with Doug Buis) Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California.

 

Boundary Crossings, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, California.

 

From Scratch, CrazySpace, 18th Street Complex, Santa Monica, California.

 

Gone But Not Forgotten, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, California.

 

2003

Aging:  people, places & perceptions, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California.

2002

Armory 2002 Installational, The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California.

 

Outside In II, Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California.

 

Pause, SCA Gallery, Pomona, California.

 

Insights 2002, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California.

 

2001

Big Plastic, The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California. 

 

The Elements, The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, California. 

 

2000

Performing the Formless, Art Office Gallery, California State University, Long Beach.

 

Sculpture/Collage/Mixed Media Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California.

 

1999

1999 Juried All Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

 

On Site at the Gate ’99, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California.

 

3rd Annual Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California.

 

High Heels & Sunglasses, SoFo2 Gallery, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County.

 

1998

Mainly Abstract, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California. 

 

 

 

Collaborations

 

ongoing

Multiple projects with daughter, Sophie Watts.

2006

Home (Sculpture/Projection), with Nina Jun for Collaborations, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. 

2005

Backyard Bamboozler, with Margaret Flood.  A site-specific installation.  Rosemère, Quebec, Canada.

2004

Sound piece created by Rychard Cooper for Alouette, solo exhibition.

 

2001

flit – A Master of Fine Arts Exhibition incorporated collaborations with two poets (Alison McVea and David Cameron), two musicians (Rychard Cooper and Noah Thomas), and a dancer (Teresa Chapman).  Live performances and CD recordings.

 

Exit to the Sun, a site and time-specific shadow event created with Beatriz Macías and the sun on the wall outside of the Fine Arts Building, California State University, Long Beach, California, in conjunction with visiting installation artist, Xu Bing.

 

 

 

 

Set Design

 

2007

Martha Graham Dance Company, New York.  Touring set piece for Ardent Song (Redux), an original, undocumented work of Martha Graham’s, reconstructed by Susan McLain.

2002

Assistant Scenic Artist, El Camino Community College, Torrance, California.

 

Set and prop design and construction for Teaching a Parakeet to Smoke, choreographed by Doug Nielsen, Spring 2002 Faculty Dance Concert,  California State University, Long Beach.

 

Set design and construction for Tempting Confinement, choreographed by Teresa Chapman, Spring 2002, Graduate Dance Concert, California State University, Long Beach.

 

2000

Set and prop design and construction for In the Company of Men, choreographed by Susan McLain, Fall 2000 Faculty Dance Concert, California State University, Long Beach.  Remounted in Long Beach California, 2002, and Salt Lake City, Utah, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Education

 

2002

MFA (Drawing & Painting/Intermedia), California State University, Long Beach, California. 

Outstanding Graduate for the College of the Arts

 

1993

BA (Psychology – Honours Program), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

First Class Honours, Dean’s Honour List

 

1989

Certificat D’Études Pratiques de Langue Française 1er Degré, Département D’Études Étrangers, Université Lumière – Lyon 2, Lyon, France.