| SELECTED EXHIBITS |
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
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| EDUCATION |
Diablo Valley College, 2006 - 2007
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 |
| AWARDS |
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 |
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