Education
2002	MFA, University of California, Davis
1990	BFA, summa cum laude, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2008	Deborah Hamon & Brian Novatny, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany (2 person exhibition) Girlhood, Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany American Girl, Galerie Schuster Photo, Berlin, Germany
2007	American Girl, domogallery, Summit, NJ
2005	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2003	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2001	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2000	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008	Dangerous Women, DFN Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming) Scope Hamptons, with Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NY (upcoming) PaperWorks, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; Juror: René de Guzman Scope New York, with Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NY It's Photography III, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; Juror: Will Mosgrove
2007	Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Bay Area Annual 2007, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA; Juror: René de Guzman Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Alma Ruiz Scope Hamptons, with Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NY In Summer the Song Sings Itself, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA National Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA; Juror: Mark Van Proyen It's Photography II, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Richard Reisman
2006	The Photo Review "Best of Show" Exhibition, Gallery 1401, Philadelphia University of the Arts, PA      Juror: Philip Brookman Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA; Juror: René de Guzman Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Frances McCormack See Jane Run: Contemporary Art About Childhood, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts      Walnut Creek, CA; Curated by Carrie Lederer International Digital Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA      Juror: Marilyn Kushner Photowork '06, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; Juror: Alison Morley 20th International Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Juror: Patterson Sims Group Exhibition, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA It's Photography, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Stephen Galloway
2005	CirCA Now: What's Hot in the Emerging Art Scene, Oakland Museum of California Restaurant Gallery, Oakland, CA      Jury including Phil Linhares, Karen Tsujimoto The Art of the Good Life, Gen Art SF, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2004	21st National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Juror: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson Hearts in San Francisco, Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA Play Ball!, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA National Juried Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA; Juror: Richard Shaw
2003	SCN Benefit, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2002	MFA 2002 Exhibition, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis Ninth Annual Artists’ Valentines Exhibition, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
2001	Mine, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis Introductions, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis Prepwork: Musings, Mechanics, Materials, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA Los Angeles Modernism Show, Santa Monica, CA Group Show, Caroline Blake Gallery, Charleston, SC
2000	Mind’s Eye, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis Arts on Fire 2000, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA; Juror: William Theophilus Brown San Francisco Art Institute Art Auction, San Francisco, CA All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (1998, 1999, 2000)
1999	California Small Works, Judges Award, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA Group Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1998	Group Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA Group Exhibit, Sacramento Capitol Club, Sacramento, CA
Awards and Honors
2008	First Place, PaperWorks, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA Grand Prize, The Good Earth Online Painting Competition, CreateBetterPaintings.com
2007	Juror's Award, Bay Area Annual 2007, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA Honorable Mention, 2007 Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2006	Merit Award, National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA Seventh Prize, International Photography Competition, The Photo Review, PA Jurgen Thieck Memorial Award for Photography, 20th International Juried Exhibition,      Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Best in Show, It's Photography, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA
2002-04	Affiliate Artist Studio Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2000-02	Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Davis
Selected Collections
Helmut Schuster, Berlin & Frankfurt, Germany Howard Tullman, Chicago, IL di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA Morgan and Betty Flagg, Atherton, CA Ann and John Doerr, Silicon Valley, CA UC Davis Shields Library, Davis, CA R.H. Phillips Winery, Esparto, CA Woodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland, CA
Bibliography
2008	(upcoming) Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Fall Vicki Larson, Local Milestones, Marin Independent Journal, May 11 Jens Hinrichsen, Sprösslinge, Der Tagesspiegel, (Germany) March 1 Studio Visit Magazine, premier edition, Vol. 2, Open Studios Press, Spring
2007	New American Paintings, Book No. 73, Open Studios Press, December Roberta Fallon, Breezy Does It, Philadelphia Weekly, July 11-17 R.B. Strauss, Some First Friday Jewels for July, University City Review, July 4 A.D. Amorosi, Old City Preview, Art Matters, July 3 Patrick Rapa, In Summer the Song Sings Itself, Philadelphia Citypaper, July 2 Victoria Donohue, Focus is on the Figure at Wayne, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24
2006	The 2006 Photo Review Competition Winners, The Photo Review, Vol: 28, #1 Robert Taylor, Childhood Symbols Pack a Punch in Artists' Hands, Contra Costa Times, May 4 Dan Bischoff, Huge in New Jersey, Star Ledger, Feb 17 Split Stock: Selected Poems by Brad Henderson and Andy Jones, John Natsoulas Press, Cover image
2004	Hearts in San Francisco, published by Hearts in San Francisco Rick Polito, San Francisco: The City with a Heart, Marin Independent Journal, July 22 Designed to Work, Sacramento Magazine, July 2004, Illust. p 114 A Collector’s Eye, California Home and Design, Jan 2004, Cover image, illust. pp 73, 75
2003	Victoria Dalkey, Solo Show Review, The Sacramento Bee, Dec 21 Across Marin, Marin Independent Journal, July 14
2002	Marilyn Moyle, Stretching their Boundaries, The Davis Enterprise, June 13 Dateline, UC Davis, Vol: 15, #32, May 31 Kalliope, Journal of Women’s Literature & Art, Vol: 24, #1, Spring
2001	Maria Mercado, Graduate Student Exhibit Examines the Art of Imitation, California Aggie, Nov 21 Victoria Dalkey, Australian’s Show Invokes Connections to U.S. Artists, The Sacramento Bee, Apr 15
2000	Claire St. John, Innovative Seminar Concept Produces Insightful Art from Graduate Students, California Aggie, Nov 20
1998	Marilyn Moyle, Animal Kingdom Inspires Artists at Natsoulas Gallery, The Davis Enterprise, Aug 13
Related Experience
2006	Artist Lecture, Bedford Gallery Art Morning in conjunction with See Jane Run: Contemporary Art      About Childhood Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA
2002	Associate Instructor, Drawing 1, University of California, Davis
2000-02	Teaching Assistant to Wayne Thiebaud, David Hollowell, Conrad Atkinson, Hearne Pardee including classes in      Theory & Criticism, Beginning Painting, Advanced Painting, Life Drawing; University of California, Davis