Born 1959 in NYC, NY. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
EDUCATION
1986, MFA Studies/Painting (credits via Philadelphia College of Art), Vermont Studio Center, VT
1986–87, MA Studies/Computer Graphics, New York Institute of Technology, NY,
1983–88, Special Student, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1982–83, Special Student, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1981, BA, Fine Art & Linguistics, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
AWARDS
2023, San Francisco Artist Grant (San Francisco Arts Commission), San Francisco, CA
2006, Artist Fellowship Grant (Connecticut Commission on the Arts)
2003, Percent for the Arts Finalist, Cultural Affairs Department, City of New Haven, CT
2001, 2000, 1997, Benjamin Franklin Award (Best Computer Book), Publishers Marketing Association
1998, Windsor Newton Painting Award, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT Juror: Judy Chicago (Artist)
1994, Faber Birren Color Show Award, National, Stamford Art Association Juror: Clare Bell (Guggenheim)
AUTHOR
*The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book, fourteen editions, 1994–2020, Peachpit Press
Artistic Painting with Illustrator, official online video digital art courses on LinkedIn.com
Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art, Monograph, 2002, New Riders Publishing
“The Digital Art Studio,” ongoing column for CreativePro.com
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, New Haven, CT (commission)
Yale University School of Fine Arts, New Haven, CT
University of California, San Diego, CA
Museum of the Americas, Leon, Nicaragua
SELECTED ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013, Two-person exhibition: “Letters From My Father Collages,” Cafe St. Jorge, San Francisco, CA
2006, Solo exhibition: “Illuminations,” Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, New Haven, CT
1990, Solo exhibition: “Oils and Prints,” Eirweiss Gallery, New Haven, CT
1989, Solo exhibition: “Prisoners of Childhood,” Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
1988, Solo exhibition: “Paintings & Drawings,” Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
1988, Solo exhibition: “Smallworks,” ARTSPACE, New Haven, CT
1988, Solo exhibition: “Stolen Portraits,” Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, CT
SELECTED JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2024, “Women Rising,” The Drawing Room/Mission St. ANNEX, San Francisco, CA
Jurors: Renée DeCarlo (Director of The Drawing Room), Courtney Norris (Curated State)
2023, “Drawing Discourse: 14th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition,” UNC/Asheville, Ashville, NC
Juror: Charles Ritchie
2022, “Pictures of People,” digital/online accompanying Alice Neel retrospective, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2022, “Up in Arms: Reproductive Rights in a Post-Roe World,” The Drawing Room/Valencia ANNEX, San Francisco, CA
2021, “ConTEXT,” Art Fluent Gallery (online)
2021, “Drawing the Connections,” Breast Cancer Action juried auction, San Francisco, CA
2020, “Future Tense (What Has (Not) Happened (Yet),” The Drawing Room ANNEX, San Francisco, CA
2020, “Women Rising,” The Drawing Room ANNEX, San Francisco, CA
Jurors: Renée DeCarlo (Director of The Drawing Room), Courtney Norris (Curated State)
2020, “Bernal Artists in Place,” Socially-distanced outdoor art exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2019, “Kristallnacht,” SK Art Gallery, White Plains, NY
Juror: Barbara Galazzo (RoCA)
2019, “Women’s Work,” Reclaimed Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019, “Drawing the Line,” 40 West Arts Gallery, Lakewood, CO (Premiere of “Capturing Charlotte,” fine art animation)
2019, “Tiny,” STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also 2011–2018)
2019, “Open Studios,” Workspace Artists SF, San Francisco, CA (also 2018, and 2006–2016 at Workspace Limited)
2018, “New Work,” SOMArts Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018, “Sketching Climate Stories,” (Global Climate Action Summit), Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017, “Displaced Mission Artists Invitational,” Back to the Picture Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017, “SFOS: HUB Exhibition,” Four Barrel Coffee, San Francisco, CA
2017, “Summer of Love and Resistance,” Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016, “ArtSpan Juried Auction,” SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015, “Altered Books,” SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community (international premiere online exhibit)
2015, “Explore This!” Colored Pencil Society of America (national online exhibit)
2014, “Falsework,” Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014, “Art from Within,” Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010, “The Alumni Art Exhibit,” Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA (full-color catalog)
2010, “Art from within Bernal Heights,” Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010, “Open Studios: Selected Works,” Workspace Limited Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Juror: Nathan Larramendy (Catherine Clark Gallery)
2009, “8.5 x 11 Project,” Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2009 “Open Studios: Selected works,” Workspace Limited Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Juror: Sharon Reaves (Reaves Gallery)
2007, “Structures,” Haskins Laboratories Gallery, New Haven, CT
2006, “Pixel Pops,” City Gallery, New Haven, CT
2005, “Opening Act,” (lead artist/co-producer), FreedomFries Art Collective, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2005, “In the Round,” John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2005, “Multi,” ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004, “Digital Masters,” Jewish Community Center Gallery, Woodbridge, CT
2004, “Women, Art, and Memory,” ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT
2002, “Prevailing Human Spirit” 9/11 Responses, Society of Illustrators, Museum of Illustration, NYC, NY
1999, “New Art Annual ‘99,” Stamford Museum, CT
Juror: Cynthia Roznoy (Whitney Museum, NYC)
1998 “69th Annual CT Women Artist,” New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
*Juror: Judy Chicago
1996, “Digital Dialects,” Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996, “The Electronic Muse,” Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham, MA
1996, “Digital Artî,” Giftcenter Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
1996, “67th Annual CT Women Artists,” John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Juror: Linda Ayres (National Endowment for the Arts)
1995, “St. Martin,” sculptural portrait of a homeless man, City Spirit Artists, eight towns in southern New England
1994, “14th Faber Birren Color Show,” Recipient of the Faber Birren Color Award, Stamford Art Association, CT
*Juror: Clare Bell (Guggenheim Museum)
1994, “4th Annual Prints and the Paper,” San Diego Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
Juror: Terry Sultan (Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC)
1990, “Hard Copy,” University of California Gallery, San Diego, CA
*Award
TEACHING & LECTURES
2021, Adobe Creative Professionals Conference, 30 Years of Images (Digital Pioneers Showcase), Online Worldwide
2018, Adobe Creative Professionals Conference, Online Worldwide
2016, CreativePro Conference, Digital Art Professionals, Minneapolis, MN
2010–14, Adobe (Public Presentations), San Francisco, CA
2013, Visual Media Alliance Conference, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2004–05, Art Institute of Boston MFA program (Artist Mentor), Boston, MA
2004, Featured guest for three episodes on ScreenSavers/TechTV National Broadcast, San Francisco, CA
2003, Central Connecticut State University (Art@Central), New Britain, CT
1997, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1996, Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Ed, Providence, RI
1992–95, Apple Computer/United Digital Artists, New York, NY, and Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1991–93, Kodak Center for Creative Imaging, Camden, ME
1987–91, Dynamic Graphics Foundation, Peoria, IL, and Electronic Directions, New York City, NY
1987, New York Institute of Technology (TA Computer Graphics MA/BA students), NYC, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023, Drawing Discourse: 14th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing (full-color printed catalog), UNC Press
2002–present, Digital art techniques on CreativePro.com (including The Digital Art Studio colum)
2020, The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC (2nd ed), by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2015, The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2014, The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Booklet, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2013, The Adobe Illustrator CS6 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2012, InDesign Magazine, Multi-page feature on in-depth collage techniques, October/November issue,
2010, Adobe: 25 Years of Magic, Adobe Press
2010, Hampshire College 40th Anniversary Art Exhibition Catalog, Hampshire College
2010, Photoshop CS3/CS4 WOW! Book, by Linnea Dayton and Cristen Gillespie, Peachpit Press
2010, The Adobe Illustrator CS5 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2009, The Adobe Illustrator CS4 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2007, The Adobe Illustrator CS3 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2006, Photoshop CS & CS2 Wow! Book, by Linnea Dayton, Peachpit Press
2005, Painter IX Wow! Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Peachpit Press
2005, The Adobe Illustrator CS2 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2004, Painter 8 Wow! Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Peachpit Press
2003, The Adobe Illustrator CS WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2003, SBS Digital Design Magazine, February Issue
2002, The Illustrator 10 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2002, Creative Thinking in Photoshop, Monograph, by Sharon Steuer, New Riders Press
2001, Photoshop 6 Effects Magic, by Rhoda Grossman and Sherry London
1996, The Illustrator 9 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
2000, Photoshop 6 Wow! Book, by Linnea Dayton and Jack Davis, Peachpit Press
1999, The Illustrator 8 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
1998, Photoshop Masters, Edited by Agosto (Japan)
1998, Painter 5 Wow! Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Peachpit Press
1998, Photoshop 5 Wow! Book, by Linnea Dayton and Jack Davis, Peachpit Press
1998, The Illustrator 7 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
1996, Painter 4 Wow! Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Peachpit Press
1996, The Illustrator 6 WOW! Book, by Sharon Steuer, Peachpit Press
1995, Fundamental Photoshop, by Adele Droblas-Greenberg and Seth Greenberg, Bantam
1995, Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, (2nd ed), by Mark Siprut, McGraw Hill
1995, The Painter Wow! Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Peachpit Press
1995, Create Magazine, Artist Interview (by the Editors), Summer issue
1994, Computer Graphics World Magazine, September, December issues
1994, Faber Birren Color Award Show (catalog with juror essay and featured image), Stamford Art Association
1993, Getting Starting in Computer Graphics (2nd edition), by Gary Olsen, North Light Books
1993, Computer Artist Magazine, Fall issue
1993, Computer Graphics World Magazine, March, May, June, September issues
1992, Computer Graphics World Magazine, October issue
1992, National Association of Desktop Publisher’s Journal, September issue
1992, Computer Graphics World Magazine, August issue
1992, National Association of Desktop Publisher’s Journal, February issue
1991, The Gray Book, by Michael Gosney, John Odom and Jim Benson, Ventana Press
1991, Computer Graphics World Magazine, November issue
1991, Resolution Magazine, Summer issue
1991, Macworld Magazine, March issue
1991, Computer Graphics World Magazine, June issue
1991, Macworld Calendar (Award-Winning Image)
1990, Artweek, Review, by Judith Christensen, Jan 25
1990, Verbum Book of Digital Painting (Biographical Chapter), by Gosney, Dayton, and Goethel, M&T Books
1990, Verbum Book of Scanned Imagery (Biographical Chapter), by Gosney, Dayton, and Goethel, M&T Books
1990, Getting Starting in Computer Graphics, Gary Olsen, F&W Publishing
1990, American Artist, by Laurie Hurwitz, Biographical Feature, October issue
1990, Publish, December issue
1990, MacWeek, May 8 issue, April 10 issue
1990, Step-by-Step Electronic Design, Cover story, March issue
1989, Computer Graphics World Magazine, June issue
1989, Verbum Magazine, April issue