Born 1959 in NYC, NY. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA. (Bibliography & biography available on request.)


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

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)

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

AUTHOR

“The Digital Art Studio,” ongoing column for CreativePro.com

*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

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

AWARDS

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)

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

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