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i am THRILLED to announce i'll be teaching a week long color theory and water color class retreat on beautiful Madeline Island through MISA. it's adult art camp ! join me and sign up
01:: 22 :: 22 - my sanjukannon print pieces are up in Creative Attention - Art Community and Restoration at the Palo Alto Art Center thru May 21.
11: 16 :: 2021 - Crayola- A Visual Biography of the World's most Famous Crayon publshied by Black Dog and Leventhal is available today ! you can purchase it from my amazon store [where i earn a bit of extra $]. if you'd like a signed copy, please be in touch. the book and the artists in it was featured on the Smithsonian Magazine website today as well.
11 :: 13 :: 2021- open and up thru Jan 30, 2022 - A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard is at The Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
06 :: 2021 - up through July 9 - BeComing [in]Visible: Countering Asian Hate", Cherry Center, Monterey, CA
06 :: 12 :: 21 - closing reception for "A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard", Bedford Gallery, from 5-7pm
2021
kicks off with a couple of group shows at Walter Maciel Gallery In the Groove: Persistence and Endurance and Paper Cuts also i've been teaching a gazillion zoom classes online. if you are interested in my doing a workshop for your class/org, please get in touch.
2020 :: so it might seem like nothing is happening. which isn't true. i'm working on a new book on Crayola, a new Field Guide Follow up project as well as several commissions. this year has been insane though as most exhibitions i was a part of were either cut short, postponed, or ??? so stay tuned. stay healthy. follow me on instagram if you want to see what i'm up to more regularly.
09 :: 17 :: 19- - PORTLAND events ! Sautrday 9.21 10am-1pm Color Workshop at Outlet PDX and A Field Guide to Color book event 9.21 from 2:30--4:30pm at Lisa Congdon's Studio
09 :: 04 :: 19 - A Field Guide to Color book event 9/6 from 6-9pm at RARE DEVICE. see you there ! check HERE for an ongoing list of classes and booksignings. also a 30 day Color Meditation challenge is LIVE on CreativeBug
08 :: 27 :: 19 - i am SO excited to announce that my latest book A Field Guide to Color - published by Roost Books, launches TODAY. available wherever books are sold [cajole your locale bookstore to order it if they don't have it], but also available on AMAZON, POWELLS, or find it thru INDIE BOUND. i have quite a lot of upcoming events for the book. the first is this Saturday 8/31 at LongWeekend Store in Oakland, from 3-6, but check HERE for an ongoing list of classes and booksignings.
07 :: 12 :: 19 - opening tonight and up through September 14 at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery -side by side / in the world, curated by Kathy Zarur and Jacqueline Francis
05 :: 11 :: 19 - up through July 21st - I have a piece in Woven Stories at MOAH - the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA
03 :: 01 :: 19 - happy almost sping ! in very exciting news my solo show entitled Hinan//Evacuation opens tomorrow night from 6-8pm at Walter Maciel Gallery. the work is all about the internment of Japanese in WWII. also opening next thursday 3 ::07 at Delta College is another iteration of "The New Domestics"opens at 5pm. i'm attending both openings.
09 :: 07 :: 18 - i have a very very busy September ! opening tonight at Works San Jose is "Imprint: Time, Money, Identity, Place". On September 14th from 5-7pm, with a talk at 6pm, my work will be on view in "Home" at the Jackson Street Gallery at University High School in San Franciso. On Septbemer 20th "The New Domestics" will have it's artist's reception at the Monterey Art Museum. There is a member's reception from 5:30-6:30 and a public opening from 6:30-7:30. I'm very honored to be in this exhibition and will be attending the reception. On Septebmer 22nd "All Together Now" opens from 1-3pm {i will be attending} at San Francisco State University. From Sept. 15 - Oct. 28th I'm also in "Art + Activism : Drawing the Line" at the CMA in New York as part of Walter Maciel + Monica Lundy's project - With Liberty and Justice for Some.
03 :: 24 :: 18 - happy spring ! i have FINALLY updated my website with images of newer chroma installations and my last solo show at Walter Maciel in 2016. check the portfolio page for those. also i've been working on a new daily project in 2018 - #mydailychroma - check it out.
02 :: 28 :: 18 - a couple of larger Color Meditation works will be with Walter Maciel Gallery in New York for Art on Paper - March 8-11 in booth 301
12 :: 01 :: 17 - i have 3 new pieces in "Forward" at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH [25% of any sales will go to 3 charities !]
09 :: 15 :: 17 join lea redmond and i as we celebrate our little paper planes residency this sunday with a release party of a limited edition picnic themed napkin that you can use/play with. this Sunday 5-7pm.
06 :: 07 :: 17 - up through june 24 #bringsomethingpink in OT St. Chamas, France - hosted by Look + Listen
04 :: 27 :: 17 - up through the weekend at ARTMARKET SF is my Senninbari installation - 1000 French Knot stitched belt piece with Walter Maciel Gallery while i'm in venutra teaching and hanging out a Craftcation 2017 :) [see some sneak peeks of the installation here]
04 :: 08 at SFAC gallerys - "Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some"
03 :: 25 :: 17 - opening tonight and up through
02 :: 27 :: 17 - hello hello. will you be in NY this coming week for all the ART FAIRS? if so, come say hi to me at the opening on Art on Paper - me and my work will be there with Walter Maciel Gallery in booth D1
01:: 20:: 17 - happy new year ! i am in a wonderful group exhibition that opens tonight from 7-10pm at the Palo Alto Art Center. called Spectral Hues it's all about different artists' approaches to their use of color. i'll have 2 giant color meditations on display as well as a grid of teen color meditations that have been made over the past year by local students i was working with.
11:: 05 :: 16 - OPENING TONIGHT - mata sen - from 6-8pm at Walter Maciel Gallery. a solo show where i [maybe for the last time] explore the number 1000 in japanese culture. there are 2 big installations and many smaller works on paper
10 :: 15 :: 16 - i have a couple of catalogues/projects to report. one for the keepsake project from last year at Iriving Street Projects, and one for Palette, a show i co-curated at Ampersand International Arts
08 :: 05 :: 16 - opening TONIGHT from 6-9pm is the west coast iteration of CHROMA at rare device !! we'd love to see you there - and there are commemorative silkscreen prints avaiable... thanks hoodline and 7x7 for the shout outs !
06 :: 28 :: 16 - i'll be working on my upcoming solo show at Walter Maciel Gallery in November all summer, but i'm so so PLEASED to announce that i've been awarded a grant - Artist's Activating Communities - California Arts Council Grant to be an AIR with The Palo Alto Art Center as well.
04 :: 28 :: 16 - a chroma doily piece will be on view in Walter Maciel Gallery's booth 408 at Art Market at Fort Mason this weekend !
03 :: 30 :: 16 - countdown to #craftcation2016 ! will you be there?
03 :: 10 :: 16 - my exhbition with courtney cerruti entitled Many Hands - is up through April 30th at atelier truckee. I covered a 24' wall will #1000buddhahands
02 :: 09 :: 16 Hi ! i'm an instructor on CreativeBug now. Sign up [or if you are already a member] you can see my Acrylic Painting for Beginners class !
01 :: 11 :: 16 - happy new year !! I'm teaching some great workshops coming up - check out the teaching page for more info
10 :: 20 :: 15 - i am the artist in residence at Irving Street Projects through November 30. while there i am working on a participatory social practice piece entitled the keepsake project. [you can make an appointment to have me document a keepsake of yours]. or... we are open this weekend october 24/25 for open studios. please come say hello ! i will be there from 12-4 on saturday and 12-5 on sunday.
09 :: 07 :: 15 - i wrote an article on being working artist and mother for (pro)create anthology.
08 :: 29 :: 15 - i made a little ZINE [the menu from jiro dreams of sushi]. it's available on my wares page. more info here.
08 :: 20 :: 15 - showing off my new kitchen, my studio, and talking about my NEW soon to be released book 20 Ways to Draw a Chair, on SFgirl by by and Spotted SF
08 :: 20 :: 15 - CHROMA was so fun and felt like such a success. there are 2 really good interviews with me and christine, and lots of photos - one on Bmore Art and one on Lisa Congdon's blog
07 :: 16 :: 15 - opening tomorrow night from 7-10pm and up through August 19th - at Gallery CA in Baltimore [i'll be there] CHROMA - a HUGE installation with Christine Buckton Tillman [see process here]
07 :: 06 :: 15 - some recent podcasts :: fresh rag, At the Crossroads of Art + Craft, • crafty planner Podcast Episone #16 • O'Toole, Meighan, What's Your Story
05 :: 15 :: 15 - opening tomorrow night [i will be attending] where do you stand - a new 1000 buddha hand installation is on view!
04 :: 30 :: 15 - Walter Maciel Gallery has some recent drawings in their booth at artMRKT this weekend.
03 :: 20 :: 15 - new piece in a group exhibition TRAMES [in france - wish i could go] opens 3-21-15 at Galerie Look & Listen
03 :: 01 :: 15 - classes abound. i'm teaching an artist packet workshop at Kala. March 17 &24. sign up here AND i'll be teaching at craftcation - sign up here
11 :: 08 :: 14 - SEN - my second exploration of the number 1000 as it pertains to Japansese culture and my own visual vocabulary - and my second solo exhibition with Walter Maciel Gallery is up and open through December 21.
11 :: 07 :: 14 - good mail day - a show i co-curated with susan schwake is open at artstream studios. all work is 4x6 and available online !
09 :: 14 - up through 28th - i was the Ulrich Underground Artist in Residence this summer. i put up the sen : 1000 doily piece and made a crowd sourced 1000 doily drawing piece while there. an article was written in the Wichita Eagle about it, and it was also mentioned on the local NPR affiliate KMUW
06 :: 16 :: 14 - i have a new website in the works, but it's not quite ready for lauch. so i updated my portfolio [finally] with my last show. my bio is also updated ! woot.
06 :: 01 :: 14 - i'm teaching 2 embroidery workshops at Fancy Tiger in Denver on Saturday - 6/7. learn more about them [and me] on their blog.
05 :: 14 :: 14 - i'll have some work at the artMRK art fair in San Francsico up thur-sunday
03 :: 22 :: 14 - my crayola braille piece is in a show called Optic Chiasm - all about art + science at the oglethorpe museum in Atlanta GA.
03 :: 13 :: 14 - teaching a needlepoint class - learn how to paint your own canvas and then stitch @brushstrokes studio in berkeley. you have to call/email them to sign up (510) 528-1360
02 :: 18 :: 14 - teaching an embroidery class @Sew-La on saturday!
12 :: 31 :: 13 - happy new year. my show Sen at Fouladi Projects garnered some very nice press. check it out
11 :: 09 :: 13 - opening NEXT friday {please come - i'll be there } november 15th from 6-8 PM. my solo exhibition Sen at Fouladi Projects. up thru 12 :: 21.
10 :: 23 :: 13 - up thru nov. 17 "home: shelter and habitat in contemporary art" at the Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA - ALSO a piece is available in the San Jose ICA Auction - Collect & Connect
10 :: 23 :: 13 - up for a few more days "Origin and Geographie in the Digital Era", Italian Culteral Institute, San Francisco, CA
07 :: 08 :: 13 - come take an embroidery workshop with me at Makeshift Society. August 1 6:30-8:30pm. more details/sign up.
06 :: 25 :: 13 - install slideshow and timelapse video of the surrogate grandparent social practice piece now available.
05 :: 17 :: 13 - join me at the Oakland Museum 5/24 5-8pm : 5/25 1-4pm : 5/26 1-4pm for we customize. i'll be doing a social practice performance where i'll be your surrogate grandparent. come learn a skill with me. more info here
05 :: 17 :: 13 - this weekend i'll have some work in Walter Maciel's room at ARTpad SF...
05 :: 01 :: 13 - TEN - an anniversary exhibition at artstream studios
03 :: 28 :: 13 - i'm teaching an embroidery workshop at sewLA on APRIL 14th from 2:30-4:30, and then there will be a party/book signing from 4:30-6. please come ! poster here.
2 :: 07 :: 13 - i'm going to be teaching an embroidery workshop at purl soho MARCH 10, 12-5pm, and then there will be a party/book signing from 5-6. please come. poster here.
12 :: 21 :: 12 - happy holidays ! did you know i'm teaching an online class? it's called INTERWOVEN. find out more !
10 :: 23 :: 12 - my porfolio is updated with the Crayola 16 pack braille pieces that were featured in the Enourmous Tiny Art show.
09 :: 15 :: 12 - new small works [crayola names in braille] at ETA/nahcotta gallery thru Oct. 1, series of works in "threading the needle" at Walter Maciel Gallery thru October 27, new synchronized tank installation [bird's eye view pattern] in a semi-permanent installation in the restroom of Fouladi Projects
07 :: 05 :: 12 - you'll see above i have a book now ! there's a launch party at Curiosity Shoppe on Saturday, JULY 14TH, from 5-7pm. 855 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94110.
06 :: 10 :: 12 - i have finally finally updated my portfolio with work from the last year. including all the work from my latest show - migratory patterns.
06 :: 08 :: 12 - last week a print of my piece rotovirus launched on tiny showcase !
05 :: 03 :: 12 - my work will be in Fouladi Projects booth at artMRKT and in Walter Maciel's room for Art Pad May 17-20, 2012
04 :: 01 :: 12 - opening April 14, 2012 from 6-8pm [i will be attending] my new solo show "Migratory Patterns" @ Walter Maciel Gallery in Culver City. excited. & daunted.
03 :: 01 :: 12 - opening on saturday - "inspired by" at artstream studios. i have a new piece in the show - take a peek
01 :: 15 :: 12 - i have 2 new and rather large black and white FLU drawings as well as an all embroidery hoop mini-installation piece going to be exhibited in TRANSCENDENTAL VISION - at the Independent in Sand City. Press release here. the opening is Jan 27, from 5-8pm and i'll be attending!
01 :: 01 :: 12 - happy new year ! i forgot to mention that my work was headed to seoul korea for the cheongju biennale last fall. [if you are on my mailing list - you knew (:]. anyway there was a really nice catalogue for the show too.
09 :: 12 :: 11 - 10 :: 27 :: 11 - Mapping Affection - group show at the Whipple fine Arts Gallery at Umpqua Community College in Oregon
08 :: 19 :: 11 - 20 in 2011 - a group show at Richard
Levy Gallery - up through October 1, 2011 {with a closing reception then} 2
new glass ball toxin sculptures are in the show.
08 :: 11 :: 11 - super i am 8 bit ! a show all about 80's
8-bit video games. i did some galaga cross stitch !
07 :: 16 :: 11 - "size
matters", a group exhibition at Walter Maciel Gallery -up through
August 19.
06 :: 10 :: 11 - a bit of foreign press ! in italian - a
review of "fleeting beauty" in Flash
Art Magazine, and in dutch - an
article called "creative met blog" in Flow
Magazine
05 :: 18 :: 11 - opening tonight - a small installational piece in Fouladi
Project's booth #309 - at artMRKT -
the fair will be open from 19-22 at the Concourse Exhibition Center
04 :: 25 :: 11 - FINALLY my portfolio is
updated ! all the deforestation work as well as the new toxin
work is on view. the archive is re-organized too.
03 :: 31 :: 11 - opening tonight - FLEETING
BEAUTY - with
Donatella Spaziani - @ Gallerie
Nicoletta Rusconi in Milan, Italy. Up through
June 10, 2011.
02 :: 24 :: 11 - opening tonight : HABITAT: explorations of Home and Shelter in Contemporary Art. my 7' drawing Nocturna is included. 5:30-7:30 at Bank of Commerce in Lafayette, CA
02 :: 01 :: 11 - "pressed at the seams" was reviewed by Stanford's newspaper today the 'Between States' of Art and Craft
01 :: 31 :: 11 - happy new year ! "pressed at the seams" a solo exhibition featuring 4 bodies of work of mine is on view at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research on the Stanford campus through April 8th
12
:: 03 :: 10 - opening tomorrow night at artstream
studios in new hampshire :: NEWNESS ::
a show with jen
garrido and heather smith
jones. 10 new doily paintings are featured.
11 :: 19 :: 10 - up through January 9, 2011 @ rare
device - AESOPICA - a group show based on Aesop's tales. i chose "the
mischievous dog". more info also on The
Working Proof site [they curated the show]
11 :: 06 :: 10 - opening tomorrow afternoon from 2-4 - my
new installation and work based on hauntingly beautiful and sad NASA imagery
of the deforestation of Tierras Bajas Bolivia. "where have all the trees
gone?" at Angels Gate Cultural
Center, San Pedro, CA. more info here
10 :: 19 :: 10 - you can make your own doily
installation ! check it out.... a print is available on the
working proof [part of the proceeds
benefit 826
national]. you can also see instructions on how to install your doily
decals here
09 :: 13 ::10 - just updated my links page
woo ! go check out all the new stuff. also some big stuff happening this
fall/winter. want to be in the know? sign up for my mailing list !
07 :: 12 :: 10 - KSW put a little video together of me talking about
my work in their show... view it on you tube
07 :: 10 : 10 - opening tonight at Walter Maciel Gallery - "valley of the dolls" a group show - up through August 20.
07 :: 01 :: 10 - some domestic scene pieces are on view for a summer show at the Kearny Street Workshop's Artist Gallery - 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
05 :: 15 :: 10 - i'll have new work in Walter Maciel's Booth at the San Francisco Fine Arts Fair which will be open from the 21-23 of May. i'll also have work in Richard Levy's Booth. ALSO :: work of mine will be in an exhibition "Inspiration Unlimited" organized by Walter Maciel Gallery at Showroom B261 in Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. This show is up through July 2, 2010.
03 :: 30 :: 10 - opening tomorrow evening "52" - curated by Calm Air All Ice - at room 212 in Bristol, England. opens 3/31 6-8pm and is up through the weekend. see Calm Air All Ice for mor details [and a mini interview with me]
03 :: 26 :: 10 - images of my new doily installation [all vinyl doilies all over SFSU fine arts building] for Depth of Surface are now available in my portfolio [under the doily installation tab]
02 :: 27 :: 10 - opening today "depth of surface" at the fine arts gallery at San Francisco State University. up through March 25.
02 :: 09 :: 10 - "by a thread" opened at the San Jose ICA on Friday. There will be an Artist Talk on Thursday, Feb. 11 from 7-9pm. i will be there to speak about my work. see the card for the show here.
02 :: 04 :: 10 - opening today at Nahcotta
Gallery - Enormous Tiny Art - i have 10 new framed domestic scene pieces.
see them here.
see the card for the show here.
01 :: 31 :: 10 - last night was an opening for Dogs
in School.
I made a piece that includes my doggie Tonka. You can see it here.
Proceeds from this show benefit a great cause - Project
Grow.
01 :: 14 :: 10 - Happy New Year! wow. another year. I have 3 group shows coming up in February - one with all new work, one with a revamped piece I'm turning into more of an installation. Stay tuned- or sign up for my e-mailing list to get the lasted news.
12 :: 12 :: 09 - Happy Holidays everyone. I have some stuff available in Holidayland at Blankspace Gallery.... also I'm contributing the Compound Gallery's Art in a box subscription program. check it out!
11 :: 01 :: 09 - on view now through December
16 "glow"
- a group show featuring 7 women artists at the Richard
Levy Gallery in
Albuquerque, NM
10 :: 08 :: 09 - my contribution to "Binding
Constant"
- HIS + HERS is available for viewing on my
portfolio page now. there's also a statement about the show here.
10 :: 01 :: 09 - "Binding Constant" - with Marina Luz + Diem Chau - opens tomorrow at Rare Device in San Francisco from 7-9 pm. I'll be there! show is up through November 1st. Card here
09 :: 30 :: 09 - "stitched, looped and knitted" is open at the Mills Building in San Francisco, CA. 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. my 7' bed drawing as well as a few other domestic scenes are on view through December 5. the building is open Monday - Friday from 8am-6pm and by appointment. [contact ArtSource for an appointment]
09 :: 07 :: 09 - stay tuned - some shows to announce soon....
one called "stitched looped and knitted" and a new body of work
of mine called "his + hers". both shows in San Francsico. the
biggest news is that my backyard studio is complete and functioning! pics
coming soon!
06 :: 22 :: 09 - how do i sound in Chinese?? i'm not sure,
but there's an 8 page spread/interview on me and my work in art
+ design the june
issue. see it here
06 :: 05 :: 09 - two events this weekend. a print of mine is featured in a Sunset Magazine house this weekend at an open house. the print is available on the Beholder and at artstream studios. a photo of the installation is here. AND a rifle target piece of mine is up for auction at pop noir - Southern Exposure's annual auction - this year at Electric Works - june 6th from 6:00-10pm.
05 :: 02 :: 09 - opening tonight - "the incredible print show" at artstream studios in Rochester, NH. the prints are available in their shop - and pictures [with details] are available in mine.
04 :: 14 :: 09 - on the eve of big tax day - one of my doily body series will be the featured print on TINY SHOWCASE... TONIGHT! 4pm pacific/7pm eastern. part of the proceeds goes toward the susan g. komen for the cure of breast cancer fund.
02 :: 27 :: 09 - sorry for the lack of updates.
here's the latest :: {and i have started a new sketchbook project - see
above}
:: up through March 21 - domestic life - Sun
Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchem, ID
:: up through April 5th - Robots a Cultural Icon - Sonoma
County Museum, CA
:: up for auction tomorrow Feb. 28th - a coagulant target to benefit
the Laguna
Art Museum [preview on their site]
:: just closed - Political
Draw - at the Walter Maciel Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
:: and finally - the art PORTFOLIO has
been updated with newer work. update to the design
portfolio soon to follow
12 :: 26 :: 08 - happy holidays and happy new year! i've just updated
my bio with some upcoming shows
and a few reviews. i'll be back in January with some more updates.
11 :: 22 :: 08 - "gifts from the studio" at Kenise
Barnes Fine Art in Larchmont NY. i have 2 pieces in the show. up through December
20.
11 :: 13 :: 08 - some press - "tattered
cultures, mended tales" was reviewed by Artweek - see it here
there are also some install shots from the APAture show here
ALSO - tomorrow night a pink piece of mine will be auctioned off to support research toward a breast cancer cure. @ Soho Myriad - 1250 B Menlo Drive, Atlanta GA
11 :: 06 :: 08 - opening tonight from 4-6
pm [i'll be there. a little late, but i'll be there] ::
Crossing the
Line - a drawing show - six weeks of my drawing a day project will be
on display. At Santa
Rosa Junior College Art Gallery. Directions and
list of participating artists available on their website. show is up
through DECEMBER 13th
10 :: 18 :: 08 - 3 shows are currently exhibiting my work:
1. Craftivism ::
curated by Faythe Levine {director of Handmade
Nation + Owner of Paper
Boat Boutique} @ Lawton
Gallery - University of Wisconsin - OCTOBER 9-30, 2008 :: postcard
for show here
2. Noise at
the Anton
Gallery in Monterey CA :: OCTOBER 16 - NOVEMBER 4,
2008
3. Unusual Twist : artists the knit, crochet and embroider at Spencertown
Academy Arts Center New York 12165 ::
OCTOBER 11 - NOVEMBER 16, 2008 :: postcard for the show here
09 :: 18-27 :: 08 - APAture - Kearny Street Workshop's Annual Emerging Asian American Artist Exhibition at Space 180, San Francisco, CA - a new radial tank formation is on display. {installation shots coming soon}
09 :: 05 :: 08 - opening tonight "who gets what: a political art show" at Daivd Weinberg gallery in Chicago. Up through October 18th. also opening today - "Tattered Stories, Mended Histories" in conjunction with the Textile Society of America's biennial symposium in Honolulu, HI. At the Academy of Arts through Sept 27th.
08 :: 01 :: 08 - the work from pigmentary portraits has been added to my portfolio page. you can also see the work online at artstream studios
07 :: 17 :: 08 - pigmentary portraits - my show with Lisa Congdon opens tomorrow night - 7/18 - at artstream studios in Rochester, NH from 5-7pm. we are both attending the opening.
07 :: 09 :: 08 - install shots of pattern reDefined available here. also the new radial formation tank piece is on my portfolio page in the tank installation section.
06 :: 26 :: 08- opening today in NY - "small wonders" at Garson Baker Fine art. up through August 2nd. AND opening Saturday June 28th from 6-8 pm Pattern reDefined @ Walter Maciel Gallery. I'll be at this opening!
05 :: 19 :: 08 - devotion to thread opened this weekend at woodland pattern in milwaukee... more info and show card here - the show is up through June 13th and features a great line up of artists.
05 :: 10 :: 08 - my portfolio section has had a little overhaul. things are now divided by categories. I hope that this makes finding what you might be looking for a bit easier....
04 :: 30 :: 08 - opening May 2nd - from 6-9pm. INTRICACIES - at Soho Myriad in Atlanta Georgia - more info here. i wish i was attending, but i'm here in calif....
04 :: 26 :: 08 tonight this piece is up for auction at Southern Exposure - info here. go support the good folks at soex !
04 :: 08 :: 08 - opening Friday - ROBOTS - an exploration of a cultural icon at the San Jose Museum of Art. I did a site specific wall drawing, and a few quilt pieces and drawings on paper are also included. Up through October 19th
03 :: 11 :: 08 - opening Thursday - March 13 - Intersections - a show with Marin Camille Hood - I installed a 9'x24' green and yellow argyle tank installation ! the reception is from 5-8 PM at the Art Gallery in the Cesar Chavez Student Center - more info here - come down and say hi!
03 :: 10 :: 08 - a print from the couplets
show [with aurora
robson] launches tomorrow night on tiny
showcase!!
02 :: 10 :: 08 - just in time for Valentine's Day - the
beholder relaunches. I just uploaded what is left of my inedible
cupcake series and there are some paintchip
pieces also available. a piece of mine was also included in the
first online
show curated by timothy
buckwalter.
01 :: 29 :: 08 - Couplets was mentioned in the Nashville
Scene and Juxtapose ! see installation shots of the show here
01 :: 04 :: 08 - happy new year! tomorrow -
Jan. 5th from 6-9 pm is the opening of my show "Couplets" with
the fabulous and lovely Aurora
Robson at SqFt Gallery in
Nashville, TN. We've made bodies of
work that are meant to hang together side by side.
Also - a tank piece was featured in the December issue of Art in America ! see the spread here.... and i created a set of melamine plates for ReadyMade magazine which you can make as well ! see that spread here
12 :: 15 :: 07 - "generalized anxiety disorder", curated by Kristine Bowen, opens tonight at Walter Maciel Gallery. this show is up through January 26th
11 :: 29 :: 07 - pattern pattern pattern - a group show opens at women and their work... i'm showing a green & yellow argyle tank installation!
11 :: 27 :: 07 - you can view some install shots of my show "over the river and through the woods" here !
11 :: 08 :: 07 - i've updated the press/bibliography section of my bio page.... and there are updates to the design section as well....
10 :: 31 :: 07 - happy halloween! the first friday opening
for workAday is
this friday from 7-10pm. i'll be there [at least at the beginning and for
awhile.] come on down and say hi!
10 :: 20 :: 07 - workAday opens
tonight from 6-9pm at Blankspace
Gallery {6608 san pablo avenue, oakland, california
94608}. a show that I co-curated with lorene anderson it features : connie
begg, freddy chandra, tracey cockrell, lauren davies, jonn herschend, cynthia
innis, sylvia min, robert ortball, james pitt, & michele theberge
10 :: 04 :: 07 - my solo show "over the river and through
the woods" opens
Saturday October 13th from 7-10 PM at Little
Bird Gallery. the opening coincides with art
crawl.if you are in the LA area - please come to the opening!
10 :: 03 :: 07 - I have a piece available for sale in the
San Jose ICA's 27th annual art auction. You can preview it
now. The auction happens Oct. 27th.
09 :: 13 :: 07 - these two piece will be in Richard Levy Gallery's Room at the Jupiter Hotel Art Fair this weekend
08 :: 22 :: 07 - updates updates updates! currently west install shots are here :: portfolio update here :: shop update here - more old work AND a NEW LETTERPRESS PRINT [brought to you with help by paper monkey press]
07:: 25 :: 07 - I'm back from Japan. I am working on getting the install shots of the show together. In the meantime - you can check out my Japanese press here and here {photo of my work!}
06 :: 10 :: 07 - I'm off to install a tank and doily piece at the Koumi Museum in Japan !! {some info in English}. info on the show here {in Japanese}. the opening is June 24th - I will be there!! and the show runs through September 2nd
05 :: 20 :: 07 - felt tanks are on view at No Need To Touch at the Art Center of South Florida. invite and more info here . the show is up through June 19
04 :: 20 :: 07 - it ain't fittin to be sitting is on view in "Stretching the Threads" at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL. the show is up through the 30th
04 :: 02 :: 07 - this is the last week for my show at the Richard Levy Gallery. I'll be at the closing reception which is on Saturday th 7th from 6-8pm.
03 :: 13 :: 07 - i'm giving a lecture on my work tomorrow night at CCA - 7pm - in the textile department. more info here
02 :: 22 :: 07 - a target piece is on view in "momento mori" at the artist network in New York. it's a benefit show to raise money for the gallery and residency program. [good cause! and aurora robson is in the show too!]
02 :: 15 :: 07 - see install shots of I Want Sugar here AND there's a reveiw of my work in this month's artweek. see it here
01 :: 31 :: 07 - Tara Goe and I are opening a cupcake shop! [well actually we are putting on a cupcake themed art show called "I Want Sugar"] - @ Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland, CA. the opening is Friday February 2, from 7-10 - DJ Katie from KALX will be playing some tunes.... more info here
01 :: 22 :: 07 - I will have some work at the LA ART SHOW Jan 24-28. I also have 2 shows coming up quick. check back here for info.
01:: 06 :: 07 - Happy New Year!
I've updated my bio section with upcoming shows for
2007. The Nostalgia show I was in last year was reviewed in ARTWEEK. download
a pdf here,
or view it online here
12 :: 09 :: 06 some work of mine will be floating around the fairs in Miami
this weekend.... also... I have some work at Cricket
Engine's third annual
holiday day sale from 12-5 today and tomorrow!
11 :: 18 :: 06 - there's an interview and some pictures
of my recent Doily Installtion up at the zine: What
You Make It.
I've also updated my portfolio - there's a little
movie of
me painting part of my most recent installation :: and install
shots of "the
point of loose ends"
11 :: 09 :: 06 - I have a show opening at Kruglak
Gallery at Mira Costa College in Oceanside, Calif. with Wendy Kawabata
called the Point of Loose Ends. The opening is Monday the 13th from 11-2
- we will both give a short talk.... also these are the last day of
Geographic Premonitions at the Richmond Art Center is the 11th.
10 :: 24 :: 06 - a small target piece of mine will be available on the 28th at the San Jose ICA auction... check out the piece here .... also BEDTIME STORIES at LIMN gallery has been extended until the 11th of November
10 :: 14 :: 06 - opening TODAY - "Geographic Premonitions"
4-8pm at the Richmond Art Center - also Thurs. 10::17 I'll be on panel there
discussing contemporary art. 7pm
09 :: 22 :: 06 - opening Sunday from 3-5pm
"Embroidered Stories / Knitted Tales" [there are so many artists I LOVE in
this show!] at ::
The Bedford Gallery 1601 Civic Drive | Walnut Creek CA
Also - I got a bit of Press from 7x7 Magazine!
09 :: 09 :: 06 - opening TONIGHT :: 5-8 pm
"Nostalgia" -- with Andrew Phares, Lisa Kokin and Lauren Gibbes. Up through
Oct 14th
After Modern Gallery {{ http://www.aftermodern.com }}
445 Bryant Street | San Francisco | 94107 | Mon.-Fri. 11-6, Sat 11-5
09 :: 03 :: 06
:: From now until October
1st I’m in ::
---BEDTIME STORIES--- In this show are some older figurative
embroidery pieces.....
LIMN Gallery {{ http://www.limn.com }}
292 Townsend Street | San Francisco, CA | 415.977.1300 |
Gallery hours are: Wed. - Sun. from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm
08 :: 20 :: 06 -See Install shots of the Ego Park show here
08 :: 04 :: 06 - I have a few pieces in the Ego Park "OK city for sale" show.... I also have a few more shows upcoming... they are listed on my bio page
07 :: 17 :: 06 - finally! the portfolio section is updated! there's also something in the store.....
07 :: 14 :: 06 - some target work is in a summer group show at Bickett Gallery in Raleigh NC - i'd love to know how it looks since i can't be there.... other aritsts in the show include: alena hennessay, jackson hodges, and ashley worley
06 :: 26 :: 06 - working on some updates to my portfolio section {finally}, also hope to have some art for sale in the shop soon! AND I have a target piece in Community Virology, at the Lobot Gallery... AND there will be some shows this fall as well! ... just one more month for the WALL WORKS show....
04 :: 30 :: 06 - a couple of my drawings
will be available at auctions.... one at Southern
Exposure's Momentum Auction on May 6th one
at SFMOMA's
art acution - May 17th - AND... some older work will be onsale for 1/2
price at the Artist
Gallery Warehouse Sale - May 3rd - 7th ... phew!
03 :: 25 :: 06 - Spring Quarter is about to start at CSU.
You can get the syllabi for my classes on my teaching page
02 :: 12 :: 06 ~I have a brand new wall installation at Traywick
Contemporary - the show will be up through August.
01 :: 31 :: 06 - opening reception for SKETCH this Thursay the 2nd from 6-9 pm ~ UC Davis Memorial Union Student Gallery
01 :: 24 :: 06 - if you are in LA from Thurs-Sunday- stop by Richard Levy's booth at the LA art fair.... they should have something of mine there! more shows/venues in the next few weeks, check back...
01:: 01 ::06 - happy new year! some updates to the design section.... new holiday card, new postcard and some new ephemera. also working on some other updates. more soon!
12 :: 18 :: 05 - Happy Holidays everyone! new syllabi for my winter quarter classes are on my teaching page. there's lots planned for Jan! will keep you posted!!
11 :: 26 :: 05 - hope you had a great holiday! if you are
going to Miami FLA.... some of my work will be in Traywick Contemporary's
room at the Aqua Art Fair! and
at Pulse with the Richard Levy Gallery!
11 :: 20 :: 05 - some work of mine will be featured in knit
knit 6! yay!
launch party in NY Dec. 8....
10 :: 26 :: 05 - I just took some new target work to Traywick
Contemporary.
It's not on the website, but it's there physically!
10 :: 16 :: 05 - some work of mine will be at the Richard
Levy Gallerybooth at the Affordable
Art Fair in New York... if you are there
- go check it out!
09 :: 25 :: 05 - drawing a day update available.
click on click here link above {you'll go to this weeks!}.
also syllabi for new classes are available
08 :: 20 :: 05 - images from my Berkeley beginning painting
class this summer now on my teaching page
08 :: 12 :: 05 - meet my new sewing machine on my contact page
08 :: 01 :: 05 - new stationary available in the shop!
07 :: 13 :: 05 - my synchronized tank project is in issue #2 of 3rd
Floor!
07 :: 04 :: 05 - happy fourth! some felt tanks are in the patriot show at cricket
engine - tonight from 5pm till dusk - you can see the fireworks from there!
06 :: 27 :: 05 the design page finally has some new stuff!
06 :: 22 :: 05 new student work on the teaching page!
06 :: 01 :: 05 new art in the portfolio! 1st
four thumbs... click on them to see the entire series of works! also - my
studio mate and I have launched Abby-Normal -
T's and bags for sale!! ;)
:: 05 :: 17 :: 05 - I'm participating in a CRAFT SALE with
my side project: Abby-Normal on the 27th and 28th of May. click above for details
:: 05 :: 12 :: 05 - a REVIEW from
the project room show at Richard Levy!!
:: 04 :: 27 :: 05 - Install shots of STUFF N' THINGS
also, I have a piece in Southern
Exposure's auction ~ big party
this Sat. the 30th!! buy a ticket - it's a good cause!
:: 04 :: 16 :: 05 - there's a piece of mine in the juice design ART FOR TIBET auction tonight! good cause!
:: 03 :: 28 :: 05 - I'm in
a group show at the San
Pablo Arts Gallery::
13831 San Pablo Ave. 94806. The opening is SAT> APRIL 2 > from 1 to
3 pm. Show
is up thru May 22nd. Gallery hours are SAT & SUN from 12-4pm. It's
all NEW WORK! if you want a postcard send me
your snailmail....
:: 03 :: 21 :: 05 - there's a new item in the shop! robot
mugs! also the syllabi for
my 2 upcoming classes at Cal State East Bay are available.
:: 03 ::11:: 05 - if you happen to be headed toward the desert.... I have a project room show with the lovely Aurora Robson at the Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque New Mexico!
:: 03 :: 02 :: 05 - I got a mention and a picture in
the latest issue of Artweek -
Marisa Olsen reviewed the Emerge show!
::02 :: 20 :: 05 - finally! a few things to
look at in the design
section -
I've got plenty more to go, but it's a start!
:: 02 :: 15 :: 05 - pieces from patchwork series (see below), are on view at graystone for a bit....
:: 01 :: 27 :: 05 - see some
new work: the
patchwork series
:: 01 :: 20 :: 05 - I have a piece in an upcoming auction which benefits
GenArt at the San Francisco Design Center on the 27th from 6:30-9:30 pm.
Go to the GenArt website
to purchase tickets
:: 01 :: 06 :: 05 - HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!
My work will be on view at the San
Francisco Art Fair - Jan. 14 ~ 17, 2005
- FORT MASON - in the booths of Richard Levy & Graystone
::12 :: 27 :: 04 - new student work from my Fall Mills Class on my teaching
page!
:: 12 :: 19 :: 04 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I'm working
on getting some new student work up - and expanding the design section...
soon... I hope!
:: 11 :: 29 :: 04 - the portfolio is updated! 8 new pieces!
:: 11 :: 21 :: 04 - see some shots of the EMERGE opening
~ I plan on updating my portfolio with good shots of the pieces very soon!!
:: 11 :: 18 :: 04 - got some $$ to burn?
I've set up a little shop (powered by Pay Pal no less).
There are some cute 1" buttons and some feltery check cozies for sale
- you can get to the store via the DESIGN section.... if this goes well, perhaps I'll add more goodies
now and again.
:: 11 :: 11 :: 04 - stop by and say hello!
Sunday Sunday Sunday is the Artist Reception for Emerge at the Old Mint in SF - corner of 5th and Mission. There are Artist "tours" (which means we are there to answer questions) from 3-5 and the reception is from 5-8.
:: 11 :: 05 :: 04 - tonight is the big emerge gala - yes I'm a bit nervous....
Also - I'm including some little
drawings in Cricket
Engine's (click for address/info) Pink Week
show - it's up from Nov. 7-13. the gallery is open Fri. from 3-6 and Sat./Sun.
from 12-5
There's an opening 11 :: 06 - tomorrow! from 6-9pm
more info about pink week!
:: 10 :: 25 :: 04 :: EMERGE mania!
the big Gala LUX even to benefit GenArt is Nov. 5th
visit their website for ticket info (I
get a few discounted tickets ~ let me know if you are interested)
on SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14th
There's an artist tour
from
3-5pm followed by the
ARTIST RECEPTION from 5-8pm
The show and all events are at:
Old Mint in SF :: 88 5th Street (corner of mission/5th)
from Nov. 6 - 21
The Gallery will be open from Thur-Mon 12-5pm
hope to see you there! email me with any questions
:: 09 :: 26 :: 04
pictures from the "Dangerous Playthings" show HERE!
sorry to those not pictured - unfortunately I got there too late on de-install
day to get a shot of ALL the work...
also! I'm going to be in GenArt's EMERGE show this year! details to follow
soon...
:: 09 :: 02 :: 04
YAY! I'm in a show with 9 other Bay Area Artists:
" Dangerous Playthings" ~ at Cricket Engine
Gallery in Oakland, CA
499 Embarcadero Ave. Bldg. #3 * map
September 10 -19 with a reception Saturday the 18th 6-9pm
*Also - I'm donating a piece to the UCB Alumni Silent Auction - Worth
Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall
reception Friday the 17th 5-8pm
:: 08 :: 17 :: 04
Images of student work from my Berkeley Summer School page
can now be found on my Teaching page
also there will be a piece of mine in this upcoming auction for a VERY good
cause (the artist list is mindboggling!)
INNER EAR FUNDRAISER
Sunday, August 29, 7pm - 12am
Balazo Gallery, 2811 Mission St. @ 24th
Silent auction: 7 - 9pm
Live music & DJs, $5 donation
:: 08 :: 08 :: 04
I've added a few new artists to my Links page....
The Zine that James S. Pitt and I created : The Beak is included
in "the Art of the Zine" show at the San
Jose Museum of Art!!
I'm currently in a group show called Hidden Treasures at Nathan
Larramendy Gallery. I am honored to be included in a show with
so many artists I admire!
see the new tank pieces here.4
of them will be in the show
:: 07 :: 17 :: 04
The MOVEON.org
benefit was great! so glad to see so many turn out!! thanks so much to everyone
that organized - it felt good to participate in my own small way- more
details here
:: 07 :: 05 :: 04
there are now photos of my studio and my sewing machines on my contact
page woo hoo....
:: 06 :: 28 :: 04
I have finished with my 2 week CCA extended ed stint... see art from my 6th,
7th and 8th graders on my teaching
page...
:: 06 :: 17 :: 04
happy june! amazing, but true (!), I finally have staked a small claim
on the web (it just took a really really long time, and it's not totally
finished
yet - but it's 'close enough for art'). my hope is to keep adding little
goodies now and again...
enjoy perusing & thanks
for stopping by.
lisa