SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Upcoming: Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX (October)
2019 VIP Lounge, ART Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Invitational)
2018 A Fanciful Escapade, Kansas City, MO
2018 A Valiant Spirit: New Works of Gina Herrera, Michael Sterns Studio 347, San Pedro, CA
2016 Procession, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Invoking the Unseen: Temporary Public Art Exhibition at Valencia Town Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2013 Transformation, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
2012 The Last Stance, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Native Identity, Bower Building, Bakersfield, CA
TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Common Objects- Revised, Reformatted, Renewed, Juanita Salazar Lowe Gallery, Imperial,CA
2017 Intuitive Line: Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 LA Art Core Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2019 34th All-Media Juried Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
32nd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Fiber as Metaphor, galleryFRITZ, Santa Fe, NM
Woven Stories, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Sway, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
Fresh 2019, South Bay Contemporary SoLA, Windsor Hills, CA
Craft Revolution, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
79th Annual Crocker Kinglsey Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Ann Metzger National Biennale, St. Louis Art Guild, Clayton, MO (Helen Longmire Award Winner)
West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
2018 2018 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Start-Up Fair, San Francisco, CA
The Last Picture Show, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
RISE: Empower, Change and Action, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Thread Counts: New Directions in Fiber Art, Benicia, CA
RAD Women Invitational, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Trappings, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Bunk, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Lines:Five Different Stories, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA
Faculty Show, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Gina Herrera, Poway Center for the Arts, Poway, CA
LA Artcore 3rd Annual Exhibition, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Renegade Fiber, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
CA 101, Redondo Beach, CA
Out There, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Sightlines, South Bend Museum, South Bend, IN
HERstory, Manhattan Arts Online Exhibiton
Fusion, Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA
A Sculpture Exhibition, Flex Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Surfaces and Symbols, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA *BEST IN SHOW*
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
De Colores, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2016 Of the Earth, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead , KY
Material Success, José Drudia-Biada Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
ReMix: The Art of Reuse, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickly, PA
From the Earth, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
Open Call 2016, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
2016 Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2016 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
The Foolish Game, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
Smaller Footprints: Women Respond to Climate Change, MOAH: Cedar, Lancaster, CA
Festoon, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2015 Chestnut, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Fashionistas Fight Back! The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Spirits, Souls and the Next Journey, Blackboard Gallery, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
Fall National Juried Exhibition - Drawing, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Faculty Show, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
VS, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Teachers Who Are Artists, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Adorn, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Making It, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Members Show, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Radical Stimulus, Gallery 825, Los Angeles,CA
Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
Gleaming Apollo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2012 All At Once, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
In Your Space, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
6X6X2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2011 Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
Cosmic Bodies, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Latination, Metro Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Faces, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
KHSD Art Teachers Show, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA
2008 Patriotic Art Show, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
Fragments, Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS
2019 Helen Longmire Award, Ann Metzger National Biennial, St Louis Artist Guild, St Louis, MO (Juror: Hannah Klemm)
2018 Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty Awardee
2017 Puffin Foundation Grant Awardee
Art Slant Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant Showcase Winner Fourth Round, U.S. and International
Honorable Mention, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Q1 Competition
Finalist, Manhattan Arts, HERstory Competition
Art Slant Showcase Winner Third Round, U.S. and International
“Best in Show” West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA (Juror: Michael Duncan)
Art Slant Showcase Winner Second Round, U.S. and International
2016 Harold and Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant Awardee
Peripheral Vision Arts Emerging Women Artists Publication Fellowship (Fully Funded)
Art Slant Juried Winner Sixth Round, U. S and International
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Art Slant, Showcase Winner First Round, U.S. and International
2015 Dave Bown Projects - 11th Semiannual Competition Honorable Mention
(Curators: Katherine Pill, Ron Platt, Kelly Shindler)
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, VA
Art Kudos Merit Award
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Fifth Round, U.S. and International
2014 Art Slant, Showcase Winner Third Round, U.S. and International
2013 Art Slant, Showcase Winner Eighth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Fourth Round, U.S. and International
Manhattan Arts International Award of Excellence Winner, New York, NY
Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Art Slant, Showcase Winner First Round, U.S. and International
2012 Joan Mitchell MFA Foundation Nominee, New York, NY
2008 Honorable Mention, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Voyage LA: voyagela.com/interview/meet-gina-herrera-gina-herrera-artist-southern-california-bakersfield/ RISE, Balisle Blog, Balisle.com, July 2018
Goolsby, Jesse, Cover photo for Folios Body (War, Literature & The Arts), February 2018
2017 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, July 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, May 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, April 2017
Marsh, Julie, "3D Artist Strives to Inspire"
Record Searchlight, April 18, 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, March 2017
Erger, Georgia, “Intervention as Practice: An Examination of Gina Herrera’s Assemblage Sculptures”
Peripheral Vision Arts Journal, January 9, 2017
2016 Art Slant Prize, “Juried Winner”, Art Slant.com, August 2016
Fresh Paint Magazine, April 2016
Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 33 and 34
City of Brea Art Gallery, "Made in California" March 2016
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, January 2016
Mueller, Kurt, “The Foolish Game”, Gallery 825, February 2016
East, Elizabeth, “Festoon”, Gallery 825, January 2016
2015 Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 32
Art Slant, "Under the Radar", Art Slant.com, October 2015
Maciel, Walter, "Chestnut", Gallery 825, October 2015
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, September 2015
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, August 2015
Mays, Peter, “VS”, Gallery 825, May 2015
Rusin, Sarah, “Adorn”, Gallery 825, February 2015
Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 29
2014 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, March 2014
2013 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, September 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, July 2013
ISC Gallery, “Gallery 6/13”, Sculpture Magazine, June 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, May 2013
Yarger Timothy, “Radical Stimulus”, Gallery 825, May 2013
ISC Gallery, “Gallery 5/13”, Sculpture Magazine, May 2013
Baarstad, Christopher, “PVR 7”, Pomona Valley Review, April 2013
Nazarian, Shula, “Gleaming Apollo”, Gallery 825, March 2013
Tyrell, Sunny, “Armory Arts Week Edition Featured Artist: Gina Herrera” Art Slant, March 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, January 2013
2011 West Collection, 6:6; “Beyond Presence”, August 2011
Fallon, Roberta and Libby Rosof, “Cosmic Bodies”, The Artblog.com, July 2011
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2018 Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty Awardee
2017 Puffin Foundation Grant Awardee
2016 Harold and Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant Awardee
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship,Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Peripheral Vision Arts Emerging Women Artists Publication Fellowship (Fully Funded)
2015 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2013 Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2011 West Collection, Beyond Presence, Curatorial Experience, West Oaks, PA
2007 Beginning Ceramics, Bakersfield Community College, Bakersfield, CA
Painting Workshop, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Igniting the Human Spirit, University of San Diego, Bakersfield, CA
Artistic Pathways to Creative Expressions, University of Pacific, Bakersfield, CA
2006 Navajo Weaving with Pearl Sunrise, Taos Art School, Taos, NM
Lucy Lewis Pueblo Pottery, Taos Art School, Taos, NM
Art Educator’s Forum, Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Arturo Revelo Law Offices, Bakersfield, CA
Anonymous Collector at Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
WEAD: Women Environmental Artists Directory
Pueblo of Tesuque, Tesuque, NM
EDUCATION
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, 2012
Provost Fellowship, 2012
MFA Scholarship, 2011
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2002
Merit Scholarship Receipient
Ray Vogue College of Design, Chicago, IL
Associate in Fashion Design, 1988
2020 Upcoming: Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX (October)
2019 VIP Lounge, ART Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Invitational)
2018 A Fanciful Escapade, Kansas City, MO
2018 A Valiant Spirit: New Works of Gina Herrera, Michael Sterns Studio 347, San Pedro, CA
2016 Procession, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Invoking the Unseen: Temporary Public Art Exhibition at Valencia Town Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2013 Transformation, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
2012 The Last Stance, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Native Identity, Bower Building, Bakersfield, CA
TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Common Objects- Revised, Reformatted, Renewed, Juanita Salazar Lowe Gallery, Imperial,CA
2017 Intuitive Line: Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 LA Art Core Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2019 34th All-Media Juried Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
32nd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Fiber as Metaphor, galleryFRITZ, Santa Fe, NM
Woven Stories, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Sway, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
Fresh 2019, South Bay Contemporary SoLA, Windsor Hills, CA
Craft Revolution, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
79th Annual Crocker Kinglsey Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Ann Metzger National Biennale, St. Louis Art Guild, Clayton, MO (Helen Longmire Award Winner)
West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
2018 2018 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Start-Up Fair, San Francisco, CA
The Last Picture Show, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
RISE: Empower, Change and Action, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Thread Counts: New Directions in Fiber Art, Benicia, CA
RAD Women Invitational, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Trappings, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Bunk, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Lines:Five Different Stories, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA
Faculty Show, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Gina Herrera, Poway Center for the Arts, Poway, CA
LA Artcore 3rd Annual Exhibition, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Renegade Fiber, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
CA 101, Redondo Beach, CA
Out There, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Sightlines, South Bend Museum, South Bend, IN
HERstory, Manhattan Arts Online Exhibiton
Fusion, Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA
A Sculpture Exhibition, Flex Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Surfaces and Symbols, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA *BEST IN SHOW*
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
De Colores, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2016 Of the Earth, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead , KY
Material Success, José Drudia-Biada Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
ReMix: The Art of Reuse, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickly, PA
From the Earth, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
Open Call 2016, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
2016 Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2016 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
The Foolish Game, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
Smaller Footprints: Women Respond to Climate Change, MOAH: Cedar, Lancaster, CA
Festoon, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2015 Chestnut, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Fashionistas Fight Back! The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Spirits, Souls and the Next Journey, Blackboard Gallery, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
Fall National Juried Exhibition - Drawing, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Faculty Show, Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
VS, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Teachers Who Are Artists, Younger Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Adorn, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Making It, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Members Show, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Radical Stimulus, Gallery 825, Los Angeles,CA
Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
Gleaming Apollo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2012 All At Once, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
In Your Space, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
6X6X2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2011 Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
Cosmic Bodies, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Latination, Metro Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Works in Progress, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Faces, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
KHSD Art Teachers Show, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA
2008 Patriotic Art Show, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
Fragments, Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS
2019 Helen Longmire Award, Ann Metzger National Biennial, St Louis Artist Guild, St Louis, MO (Juror: Hannah Klemm)
2018 Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty Awardee
2017 Puffin Foundation Grant Awardee
Art Slant Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant Showcase Winner Fourth Round, U.S. and International
Honorable Mention, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Q1 Competition
Finalist, Manhattan Arts, HERstory Competition
Art Slant Showcase Winner Third Round, U.S. and International
“Best in Show” West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA (Juror: Michael Duncan)
Art Slant Showcase Winner Second Round, U.S. and International
2016 Harold and Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant Awardee
Peripheral Vision Arts Emerging Women Artists Publication Fellowship (Fully Funded)
Art Slant Juried Winner Sixth Round, U. S and International
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Art Slant, Showcase Winner First Round, U.S. and International
2015 Dave Bown Projects - 11th Semiannual Competition Honorable Mention
(Curators: Katherine Pill, Ron Platt, Kelly Shindler)
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, VA
Art Kudos Merit Award
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Fifth Round, U.S. and International
2014 Art Slant, Showcase Winner Third Round, U.S. and International
2013 Art Slant, Showcase Winner Eighth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Sixth Round, U.S. and International
Art Slant, Showcase Winner Fourth Round, U.S. and International
Manhattan Arts International Award of Excellence Winner, New York, NY
Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Art Slant, Showcase Winner First Round, U.S. and International
2012 Joan Mitchell MFA Foundation Nominee, New York, NY
2008 Honorable Mention, Bakersfield Art Association, Bakersfield, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Voyage LA: voyagela.com/interview/meet-gina-herrera-gina-herrera-artist-southern-california-bakersfield/ RISE, Balisle Blog, Balisle.com, July 2018
Goolsby, Jesse, Cover photo for Folios Body (War, Literature & The Arts), February 2018
2017 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, July 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, May 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, April 2017
Marsh, Julie, "3D Artist Strives to Inspire"
Record Searchlight, April 18, 2017
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, March 2017
Erger, Georgia, “Intervention as Practice: An Examination of Gina Herrera’s Assemblage Sculptures”
Peripheral Vision Arts Journal, January 9, 2017
2016 Art Slant Prize, “Juried Winner”, Art Slant.com, August 2016
Fresh Paint Magazine, April 2016
Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 33 and 34
City of Brea Art Gallery, "Made in California" March 2016
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, January 2016
Mueller, Kurt, “The Foolish Game”, Gallery 825, February 2016
East, Elizabeth, “Festoon”, Gallery 825, January 2016
2015 Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 32
Art Slant, "Under the Radar", Art Slant.com, October 2015
Maciel, Walter, "Chestnut", Gallery 825, October 2015
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, September 2015
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, August 2015
Mays, Peter, “VS”, Gallery 825, May 2015
Rusin, Sarah, “Adorn”, Gallery 825, February 2015
Open Studio Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 29
2014 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, March 2014
2013 Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, September 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, July 2013
ISC Gallery, “Gallery 6/13”, Sculpture Magazine, June 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, May 2013
Yarger Timothy, “Radical Stimulus”, Gallery 825, May 2013
ISC Gallery, “Gallery 5/13”, Sculpture Magazine, May 2013
Baarstad, Christopher, “PVR 7”, Pomona Valley Review, April 2013
Nazarian, Shula, “Gleaming Apollo”, Gallery 825, March 2013
Tyrell, Sunny, “Armory Arts Week Edition Featured Artist: Gina Herrera” Art Slant, March 2013
Art Slant Prize, “Showcase Winner”, Art Slant.com, January 2013
2011 West Collection, 6:6; “Beyond Presence”, August 2011
Fallon, Roberta and Libby Rosof, “Cosmic Bodies”, The Artblog.com, July 2011
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2018 Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty Awardee
2017 Puffin Foundation Grant Awardee
2016 Harold and Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant Awardee
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship,Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Peripheral Vision Arts Emerging Women Artists Publication Fellowship (Fully Funded)
2015 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2013 Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2011 West Collection, Beyond Presence, Curatorial Experience, West Oaks, PA
2007 Beginning Ceramics, Bakersfield Community College, Bakersfield, CA
Painting Workshop, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Igniting the Human Spirit, University of San Diego, Bakersfield, CA
Artistic Pathways to Creative Expressions, University of Pacific, Bakersfield, CA
2006 Navajo Weaving with Pearl Sunrise, Taos Art School, Taos, NM
Lucy Lewis Pueblo Pottery, Taos Art School, Taos, NM
Art Educator’s Forum, Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Arturo Revelo Law Offices, Bakersfield, CA
Anonymous Collector at Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
WEAD: Women Environmental Artists Directory
Pueblo of Tesuque, Tesuque, NM
EDUCATION
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, 2012
Provost Fellowship, 2012
MFA Scholarship, 2011
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2002
Merit Scholarship Receipient
Ray Vogue College of Design, Chicago, IL
Associate in Fashion Design, 1988