EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute 2009, Bachelor of Fine Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England, Autumn 2008 (exchange)
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, April 2010
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA Award nominee 2010
Matisonn Burgin: Shoreditch Space, London, England, Artist-In-Residence, January 2010
En Foco's New Works Photography Awards #13 Fellowship, New York City, 2009-2010
The International Photography Award 2009, 1st Place in People: Self-Portraiture
The International Photography Award 2009, 3rd Place in Editorial: Political
The International Photography Award 2009, Honorable Mentions in Editorial: Personality, and Fine Art: Portrait
The San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show Award 2009, selected by Julian Myers of SFMOMA
The San Francisco Art Institute Dean’s Award, 2008-2009 Academic Year
The San Francisco Art Institute BFA Merit Scholarship, 2007-2008 Academic Year
The San Francisco Art Institute UG Merit Scholarship 2006-2007 Academic Year
The San Francisco Art Institute Grant 2006-2007 Academic Year
The San Francisco Art Institute BFA Merit Scholarship, 2005-2006 Academic Year
Shemer Art Center & Museum Valley Arts Award, Phoenix, AZ, Fall 2004
ADMINISTRATIVE
San Francisco Art Institute Commencement Committee, Spring 2009
Student Representative to the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Art Institute 2007-2008
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Visual Overture Magazine, Volume II, Fall 2010
Nueva Luz, Photographic Journal, no. 14:3, Fall 2010
Cover Story, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 44, No. 44, August 2010
Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 44, No. 44, August 2010
Review, ArtBusiness.com, July 15, 2010
"Altered" National Juried Experimental Photography Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, March 2010
Group Showcase – Elements, Diffusion Magazine Volume II, April 2010
2009 Annual International Photography Awards Book, IPA Foundation publication, 2010
Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 44, No. 8, November 25 to December 1, 2009
Review, ArtBusiness.com, November, 2009
Another Country, Exhibition Catalogue (Edition One Studios), 2008
Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 5 -11, 2006
Review, SF Weekly, July 5 - 11, 2006
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
"Mexico+Afuera: Contemporary Mexican/Mexican-American Voices" Aperture Gallery | Project Space, New York, NY Sept-Oct 2010
“Counterpoint 2010” The Togönon Gallery, San Francisco, CA July-August 2010
"Borders" Root Division, San Francisco, CA July 2010
“En Foco | New Works” Calumet HP Gallery, New York City, NY June-July 2010
"Hospitality House Auction" Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA April 2010
"Annual Art Sale and Auction" The Lab, San Francsico, CA March 2010
"Altered" National Juried Experimental Photography Exhibition, The Art Gallery of UWF, Pensacola, FL January 2010
"2009 Competition" Photo Review Magazine, Online Exhibition, Spring 2010
“What About Me? New Faces of Contemporary Self-Portraiture,” The Peanut Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 2009
“Kitsch Exhibitions” Kitsch Gallery, San Francisco, CA September and November 2009
“Spring Show” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 2009
“Dislocation, Exploration and Meaning” Gallery 39K, Lahore, Pakistan, April 2009
“The Local” Mission Art Space, San Francisco, CA, April 2009
"Re-Think" Matisonn Burgin: Shoreditch Space, London, UK, March 2009
"Festival de la Familia" Expo Center, Sacramento, CA, April 2008
"Another Country" Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, November 2007
"The Diversity Project" San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Spring 2007
"SFAI NOW" Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA, April 2007
"Regeneration" Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, March 2007
"Frybread and Roses" Daily Gallery, Wayland, MI, October & November 2006
"Frybread and Roses" Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill Tahlequah, OK, August & Sept. 2006
"Frybread and Roses" CounterPULSE Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 2006
“Art Through Confines” Art One Galleries Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, May – June 2005
"Genetics" Thought Crime Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, April 2005
"West Memphis Three Benefit," Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, AZ, October 2004
"Art Detour" The Firehouse, Phoenix, AZ, March 2004
"First Friday" Thought Crime Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, May 2004
"Summer Show" Thought Crime Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Summer 2003
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