Mercury 20 Gallery, “Confluence”
Oakland, California 2009

Ruby's Clay Studio, “Pequenitos: A Las Cadres Group Exhibition”
San Francisco, California 2008

Mercury 20 Gallery, “The Dress Form Dialogues; Meditations on Beauty”
Oakland, California 2008

Ruth Bancroft Garden, “Sculpture in the Garden”
Walnut Creek, California 2007, 2008, 2009

City of Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition, “All Fired Up”
Santa Clara, California 2007

Art-Scape Gallery, “Variety Fair” 2nd Anniversary Show
Walnut Creek, California 2007

Mercury 20 Gallery, “Two Worlds”
Oakland, California 2007

Robert Tomlinson Gallery, “Mercury Rising”
Oakland, California 2006

Orinda Arts Council, “Bird Haus”
Orinda, California 2006

Addison Street Windows Gallery, “Four Faces of the Figure”
Berkeley, California 2006

Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, “100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition”
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2006

Nexus Gallery, “Resurfacing”
Berkeley, California 2006

Pro Arts Open Studio, with Carol Aust, Lori Goldman & Kate Phillips
Oakland, California 2006

Art Scape Gallery, “Group Show”
Walnut Creek, California 2006

Studio Gallery, “Mischief, “Cartoons, Characters & Critters”
San Francisco, California 2006

“Seven Female Figurative Artists”
San Diego, California 2003 (in conjunction with The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts - NCECA)

Green Shutter Gallery, "Carol Aust, Painting, and Laura Van Duren, Sculpture”
Hayward, California, 2003

UVSC Woodbury Gallery, “17th Annual Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition”
Orem, Utah 2002

Sausalito Art Festival
Sausalito, California 2002

San Francisco Open Studios, Hunters Point Shipyard
San Francisco, California 2002 - 2004

John Natsoulas Gallery, “30 Ceramic Sculptors” 
Davis, California 2002

Peace Luthern Gallery, Solo Exhibit
Danville, California 2001

Chico Arts Center, Three Artists, Three Media
Chico, California 2001

Cal Expo, California State Fair Fine Art Competition, “California Works”
Sacramento, California 1998

J Glenn Gallery, Solo Show, “Stories in Clay”
Davis, California 1999 and 1998

Fairfield Visual Arts Association, “35th Annual Regional Juried Art Show”
Fairfield, California 1997

Littman and White Gallery, “Care Giver and Crone”
Portland State University, Oregon 1997

The Artery, “California Clay Competition”
Davis, California 1997 and 1998

FOVA Gallery, “Clay on the Wall”
Lubbock, Texas 1997

Diablo Valley College, 2006 – 2009
Pleasant Hill, California. Metal Arts: Bronze, Welding, Blacksmithing with Hopi Breton

Penland School of Crafts, 2004
Penland, North Carolina. Workshop with Lisa Clague

Haystack Mountain School of Arts & Craft, 2001
Deer Isle, Maine. Workshop with Arthur Gonzales

Santa Fe Clay, 2000
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Workshop with Arthur Gonzales

Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 1999
Snowmass Village, Colorado. Workshop with Peter Van den Berge

Solano College and Diablo Valley College,
1996 – 1999
Independent study with Lisa Clague, Mark Messenger and Bob Hodgeson

Walnut Creek Civic Arts Clay Studio, 1990 – 1996
Walnut Creek, California: Sculptural Ceramic classes with Lisa Clague and Andree Thompson

Carnegie Mellon University, 1977 – 1981
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bachelor of Fine Arts

Heinz Corporate Art Collection

Shulman Collection

Casentini Collection

Purchase Award –
Diablo Valley College Gallery, 2008

Best in Show –
City of Santa Clara “All Fired Up”  Sculpture Exhibition, 2007

Award of Merit –
California State Fair Fine Art Competition, 1998

Award of Outstanding Ceramic Artwork –
The Association of Ceramic Artists of California, 1998

California College of Art
Guest lecturer and demonstration with Lauren Ari

San Jose City College
Guest lecturer and demonstration with Michelle Gregor

Laney College
Guest lecturer and demonstration with Sheila Metcalf Tobin