RESUMÉ
Areas of Specialization:
Drawing, Sculpture, Installation, Interdisciplinary Collaboration.
Solo Exhibitions
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2011 |
Natural Habitat,
El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach, California. |
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2010 |
Housing Complex,
DDR Projects, Santa Ana and Long Beach, California. |
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2007 |
Me and My Girl,
Comer-Taylor Gallery, California State University, Long Beach,
California. |
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2004 |
Alouette,
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California. |
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2001 |
flit – A Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,
Design Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, California. |
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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. |
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2010 |
Handmade Slides & Non-existent Drawings,
Project Room, MONA (Museum of Neon Art), Los Angeles, California.
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2009 |
Looking Into the Sun,
DDR Projects, Long Beach, California.
Shock & Awe,
Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, California.
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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.
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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.
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2006 |
Collaborations,
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California.
Metropolis: This Other Eden,
SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, California.
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2005 |
2005 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition.
Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California.
Caged,
The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California.
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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.
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2003 |
Aging: people, places &
perceptions,
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California. |
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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.
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2001 |
Big Plastic,
The Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California.
The Elements,
The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, California.
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2000 |
Performing the Formless,
Art Office Gallery, California State University, Long Beach.
Sculpture/Collage/Mixed Media Exhibit,
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California.
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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.
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1998 |
Mainly Abstract,
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California.
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ongoing |
Multiple projects with daughter, Sophie Watts. |
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2006 |
Home
(Sculpture/Projection), with Nina Jun for Collaborations, Irvine
Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California.
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2005 |
Backyard Bamboozler,
with Margaret Flood. A
site-specific installation.
Rosemère, Quebec, Canada. |
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2004 |
Sound piece created by Rychard Cooper for Alouette, solo
exhibition.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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2002 |
MFA (Drawing & Painting/Intermedia), California State University, Long
Beach, California.
Outstanding Graduate for the College of the Arts |
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1993 |
BA (Psychology – Honours Program), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
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1989 |
Certificat D’Études Pratiques de Langue Française 1er Degré, Département
D’Études Étrangers, Université Lumière – Lyon 2, Lyon, France. |