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2006     Public Art Installation: Rrrun, Palo Alto, CA.

             California Regional Center for the Arts: Childhood Revisited,
             Interactive sculpture installation, Walnut Creek, CA

2005     Vertigo Gallery: Inside Out, London, United Kingdom

             Lowe Gallery, New Work by Marta Thoma, Los Angeles, CA

2004     Triton Museum of Art: Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Award
             Exhibition, Santa Clara

              Lowe Gallery, Stretch 2, Atlanta Georgia

2003     Oakland Museum of California, Stretch, Gallery 555, Oakland, CA.

              Peninsula Community Foundation Grant: Portraits of Youth, City Hall
              Plaza, Palo Alto

2001     Palo Alto Civic Center Plaza Installation, Spiritus, Palo Alto, CA

2000     A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1999     National Museum of Art, San Jose, Costa Rica

1998     San Francisco Museum of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996     Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994     J. Claramunt Gallery, New York, NY

1993     San Francisco Museum of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991     Works/San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA

1988     Rolando Castellon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980     University of Oregon Museum of Art, Fantasies, Visions, Eugene, OR

1977     San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

2006     Regional Center for the Arts, Bedford Gallery, In Dad's Shoes, part of
             Childhood, Walnut Creek, CA

2003     National Museum of Costa Rica, International Drawing Exhibition ,
             Costa Rica

2001     San Francisco State University, Storytellers: The figure in Time and
             Space

1998     Yerba Buena Gardens, Memories of Flight, San Francisco, CA

1997     Works Gallery, From Within, San Jose, CA

             National Museum of Art, Watercolors, Ten Nations, San Jose, Costa                         Rica

             Yerba Buena Gardens, When She Dreams, San Francisco, CA

             Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA

             Minna St. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995     Regional Center for the Arts Plaza, Walnut Creek, CA

1994     Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

             Works Gallery, Unbound and Exposed, San Jose, CA

             Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Art is…, Santa Cruz, CA

             Radius, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

1993     Palo Alto Cultural Center, Uncommon Flower, Palo Alto, CA

             On the Beach Gallery, Modern Forensics, New York, NY

             Crocker Museum of Art, Kingsley Crocker Exhibition 1993,
             Sacramento, CA

1992     San Jose Art League, Arts Council Award Exhibition, San Jose, CA

1991     San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

             San Jose Art League, Addressing Images, San Jose, CA

1990     Palo Alto Cultural Center, Poets and Artists Project, Palo Alto, CA

1989     Pie Gallery, Images of Men by Women Artists, San Francisco, CA

1987     Spangenberg Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

1988     Rolando Castellon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986    Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

1983     Portland Museum of Art, Survey of Northwest Art, Portland, OR

1979     Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

             Sonoma State University Museum, Animals: Celebration and
             Communion, CA

1978     Euphrat Gallery, Bay Area Regional Print Exhibition, De Anza College,              Cupertino, CA

1976     Western Association of Art Museum's Traveling Exhibition.

1975     John Bolles Gallery, Introduction '74, San Francisco, CA

 

EDUCATION
San Francisco State University, M.A. Fine Arts 1975
University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Fine Arts 1973

AWARDS, HONORS, and RESIDENCIES
2004      Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts: 3-
              Dimensional Works
2003      Peninsula Community Foundation Grant
2002      Award for Service, City of Palo Alto Art Commission
              Adeline Kent Nominee
1995      Twice finalist for the Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles
1994      Award of Recognition, SBA Women’s Caucus for Art
1993      NORCAL Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
1992      Arts Council of Santa Clara County 1992 Fellowship, Visual Arts:
              2-Dimensional Works

 

PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL PERMANENT ART COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Contemporary Art in Costa Rica
Rene De Rosa Art Park and Collection
Norcal Company Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
City of Palo Alto Public Art Collection
City of San Leandro Public Art Collection

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004      Cebulski, Frank, Sculpture magazine, “Oakland Museum of California
              City Center,” June, Vol. 23 No. 5
2003      Westbrook, Lindsey, East Bay Express, “Fantastic Apparitions”
              November 5-11.
              Noguchi, Sharon, San Jose Mercury News, September 13
              Sardar, Zahid, San Francisco Chronicle “Earthly Delights”
2000      Robertson, Kate, Palo Alto Weekly, “Ghostly” December 15
1997      Chun, Kimberly. San Francisco Chronicle
1996      Wykes, S.L. San Jose Mercury News, June 11
1995      Harrington, Jim, Palo Alto Weekly, “Public exposure,” July.
1994      Rubenstein, Steve. San Francisco Chronicle
1994      Jan, Alfred. “New York Art Report” Artist Writer p.12, May
1993      Tuchman, Laura J. San Jose Mercury News, August 22
1993      Kuchinskas, Susan. San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 22
1993      Hodder, Monroe. SBA WCA Newsletter, Spring
1992      Shepard, Alicia C. San Jose Mercury Times, Sept. 30
1991      Sussman, Diane. "Images of War," Palo Alto Weekly, April 24
1991      Sherman, Ann Elliott Sherman METRO, August 8-14
1990      Goodman, Tim. "Art to Art," Palo Alto Weekly, May 9
1989      Tilsner, Julie. "Studio Life," Palo Alto Weekly, April 12
1981      Crafts, Fred. Eugene Register Guard May 21
1981      Reed, Rosemary. Channel 13"
1979      Loach, Roberta Visual Dialog
1977      Loach, Roberta. "Fantasy," ARTWEEK December 10
1974      Dunham, ARTWEEK, May

     
 
   
   
   
   
   
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