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EDUCATION                   
                                      
M.F.A., May 1999

                                       University of Nebraska - Lincoln

                                       Printmaking

                                       B.A., June 1993

                                       University of California, Santa Cruz

                                       Studio Art, emphasis in Printmaking

                                       College Honors

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007     -  81st Annual International Competition: Printmaking

               The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            -  California Centered: Printmaking

               Merced Art Center Gallery, California

            -  8 x 8: Bay Area Printmakers

               Traveling Exhibition, California

            -  Recent Work, two person show

               Propeller Modern, San Francisco, California

2006     -  7th Mondial de L’Estampe et de la Gravure Originals Triennale

               Chamalieres – Auvergne, France

            -  Winter Group Show

               Propeller Modern, San Francisco, California

            -  Insular Origins

               Mid-America Print Conference, Athens, Ohio

            -  Impressions 2006, Merit Award

               Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California

2005        -  International Invitational Print Exhibition

               Chung-shan National Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

            - 10 Gallery Artists

               Tinhorn Public Works, San Francisco, California

2004        -  Confluence: West Coast Printmakers

               A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, California

            -  Prints and Panels: Works by Susan Belau and Sara Tabbert

               Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, California

            Roots and Crown: UNL Printmakers

               Christlieb Gallery, Great Plains Art Collection, Lincoln, Nebraska

            Faculty Exhibition

               Academy of Art University Gallery, San Francisco, California

            Pacific States Biennial Print Exhibition

               University of Hawaii, Hilo

2003        - Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2003

               Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.

            Women Printmakers 2003

               Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, California

            Invitational Exhibition of Small Works

                New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania

2002     - Western States Small Works 2002

               Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California    

            Pacific Northwest Exhibition

               Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon

            The Sensory Experience, A Portfolio

               Southern Graphics Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana

               Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska

2001     - Fourteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition,  Purchase Award

               University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha

            Florida Printmakers Society Exhibition

               Venice Art Center, Venice, Florida

2000     - Markings/Imprints: Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibition

               Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, California

            Works On and Of Paper

               University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacol

            Midwest Winter Exhibition

               Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin

            University of Nebraska Printmaking Alumni Portfolio

                Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska ­– Lincoln

1999     - The James D. Phelan Awards in Printmaking

               Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, California

            Falling Floating: Pieces of Nature

               Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition

               Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

            Susan Belau, Zandra Gillespie, Holly Jerger

               Peru State College Art Gallery, Peru, Nebraska

            Pressed and Pulled VIII, Juror’s Special Mention, Mamie Padgett Purchase Award

               Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia

            1999 National Works on Paper

               St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York

            Printmaking: 73rd Annual International Competition

               The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            Another View: Selected Works from Contemporary American Printmakers

               Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, California

1998     - Delta National Small Print Exhibition

               Fine Arts Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

            Contents and Contexts

               University of Hawaii, Honolulu

            Fred Wells 22 - National Juried Exhibition

               Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska

            Second Minnesota National Print Biennial, purchase award

               Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

            Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition, honorable mention

               The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

            Parkside National Small Print Exhibition

               Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

 

TEACHING AND EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

            Napa Valley College, California, Adjunct Faculty                                2007

            Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Workshop Instructor               2007

            Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California Faculty            2000 - 2007

            San Francisco Arts Education Project, Artist-in Residence                 2001

            Paulson Press, Berkeley, California, Printer                                          1999 – 2000

            University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Instructor                                          1996 - 1999

            University of California, Santa Cruz,  Studio Tech/Teaching Assistant           1993

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS             

            RESIDENCY — WOMEN’S STUDIO WORKSHOP 2004

                                    Rosendale, New York

            PURCHASE AWARD, Fourteenth National Parkside Small Print Exhibition

                                    University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, 2001

            KALA ART INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP, Berkeley, California, 1999

            JAMES D. PHELAN ART AWARD IN PRINTMAKING, 1999

                                    Jurors: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum

                                    Karen Brewer, Curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts,
                                    Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco 

            JUROR’S SPECIAL MENTION, Mamie Padgett Memorial Purchase Award

                                    Pressed and Pulled VIII, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia

            OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD

                                    College of Fine and Performing Arts

                                    University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1998

            COLEMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRINTMAKING

                                    Department of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1998

             GRAPHIC CHEMICAL AND INK PURCHASE AWARD

                                    Minnesota National Print Biennial, Minneapolis, 1998

            SUSAN IRWIN SCHOLARSHIP, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993

 

COLLECTIONS

Association Mouvement Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California

Ford Foundation, San Francisco, California

Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville

Sheldon Memorial Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

University of Wisconsin – Parkside, Kenosha

Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York

   



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