SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2019  FOR THE BIRDS (solo exhibition) Epic Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2018-19  ZERO PACKAGIN PROJECT (solo performance) Coop Food Conspiracy, Tucson, AZ

2016    BIRD MANDALA (solo exhibition) La Muse Artist and Writers Retreat, Labastide-Esparbairenque, France

2015-18  THE DEPRESSION SESSION (radio podcast performance) 99.1FM, Tucson, AZ

2013-14  KINDNESS PROJECT (solo performance) Tucson, AZ

2012  VERTIGO PERFORMANCE ART SERIES: WONDER WOMEN (solo performance) Waterloo Center for the 

Arts, Waterloo, IA

2011  WALKING HOME: STORIES FROM THE DESERT TO THE GREAT LAKES (solo performance) ArtPrize

at 106 Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 

2009  CADA DIA UN PIROPO (solo performance) Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico

2009  WALKING STORIES: MEXICO CITY (solo performance) Fulbright Garcia Robles in association with UNAM, 

Mexico City, Mexico

2009  SO I DON’T FORGET (solo performance) La Perrera, Oaxaca City, Mexico

2007  NAKED POLITICS (solo performance) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2007  RECLAIMING PARIS (solo performances) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ

2006  THE ART SERVANT (solo exhibition) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Project Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2005  PLANTS, PESTS AND ROMANCE (solo exhibition) Van Singel Fine Arts Center, Byron Center, MI

2003  ROCK PAPER SCISSORS (solo exhibition) Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA

 

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2016  PCC FACULTY EXHIBIT Luis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2011  IN BED at TUCSON FRINGE FESTIVAL La Cocina, Tucson, AZ

2010  IN BEDat PERFORMANCE ART ROUNDUP Club Congress, Tucson, Arizona

2010  POLVO AL POLVO (member/curator) Salón Covadonga, Mexico City, Mexico

2010  SURVEYMuseum Of Contemporary Art Tucson, AZ

2009  IRREVERSIBLES-COLECTIVA EN LA CASA DE LA NINA Casa Del La Nina, Mexico City, Mexico

2009  PERFORMANCE HOTEL VIRREYES, LUCES CAMARA ACCION Hotel Virreyes in association with Casa Del 

La Nina, Mexico City, Mexico

2009  POCHA NOSTRA at PRISMA FORUM (guest performer) Museum de Ferrocarril, Oaxaca City, Mexico

2009  TANK MAN TANGO 2009 (member/curator) Chinatown, Mexico City, Mexico

2009  VENUS CABARET Casa Del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico

2008  MFA EXHIBITION University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2008  MOSAICS Arizona State University Anthropology Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2008  7UP Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2007  TEATRO CALIENTE PHiX Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2007  LA POCHA NOSTRA (residency and group performance) Museum Of Contemporary Art Tucson, AZ

2007  TUNNEL OF OPPRESSION University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2007  EXHIBIT THREE (member/curator) Freemont House, Tucson, AZ 

2007  WINTERFEST House of the Setting Sun Gallery, Pentwater, MI

2006  THE S-FEST (featured artist) Splinter Brothers and Sisters Warehouse, Tucson, AZ

2006  EXHIBIT TWO (member/curator) Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006  HER SHORTS INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL (member/curator) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, 

Tucson, AZ

2006  EXHIBIT ONE (member/curator) Freemont House, Tucson, AZ

2005  GRAND RAPIDS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS (juried show) Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

2004  BAC 40th ANNIVERSARY FACULTY SHOW Institute of Art, Boston, MA

2004  FLAVOR (juried show) Space, Portland, ME

2004  ROMANCE Source Gallery, Portland, ME

2003  THE MYSTERY OF MOVEMENT Source Gallery, Portland, ME

2000  SMFA GRADUATING STUDENT SHOW School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1999  SUMMER FLOWERS Club Passim, Cambridge, MA

1997  LOST AND FOUND GROUP SHOW (member/curator) JP Open Studios, Boston, MA

1997  MIND, BODY, SPIRIT (member/curator) JP Multicultural Firehouse Art Center, Boston, MA

1997  WADDINGTON GROUP SHOW (member/curator) Waddington Gallery, Newton, MA

1996  17th ANNUAL FORT POINT CHANNEL OPEN STUDIOS Fort Point Channel, Boston, MA

1996  ALPHA/OMEGA JP Multicultural Firehouse Art Center, Boston, MA

1996  SMFA SPRING STUDENT SHOW School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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2011  ARIZONA BETWEEN NOSOTROS Performance and Video Art Festival Co-Organizer, MOCA, Tucson, Latin@ Arts & Cultural Center, Phoenix, IMFOCULTA, Nogales

2010  POLVO AL POLVO Performance and Video Art Exhibition Co-Organizer, Salón Covadonga, Mexico City, MX

2007  HER SHORTS/PERFORMIT Performance Art Festival Co-Organizer, Historic Y, Tucson, AZ

2006  HER SHORTS International Women’s Video Art Festival Co-Organizer, Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ

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GRANTS AND AWARDS

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2019  TANNE FOUNDATION AWARD for Outstanding Achievement

2016  PIMA CC BOARD OF GOVERNORS RECOGNITION for The Depression Session, Tucson, AZ

2011  ARTPRIZE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD for Walking Home: stories from the desert to the Great Lakes, Grand Rapids, MI

2009  FULBRIGHT-GARCIA ROBLES for Walking Stories: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

2008  PUFFIN GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ

2007  TUCSON ARTS COALLITION GRANT for PerformIt Live Art Festival, Tucson, AZ

2007  ARIZONA COMMISION ON THE ARTS GRANT for Her Shorts International Video FestivalArizona Commission 

on the Arts, Tucson, AZ

2007  TPAC GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ

2007  TPAC MINI GRANT for WeAreTheWeather Art Magazine, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ

2007  MEDICI GRANT University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2006  ARIZONA COMMISION ON THE ARTS GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Arizona

Commission on the Arts, Tucson, AZ

2006  TPAC GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ

2006  MEDICI GRANT University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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PUBLICATIONS

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2019  ARIZONA PEOPLE'S REPORT YWCA Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Zero Packaging Project, 2018-2019

2016  PBS: ARIZONA ILLUSTRATED Tucson, AZ, TV interview discussing The Depression Session, 2015-2016

2015  ARIZONA DAILY STAR Tucson, AZ, interview discussing The Depression Session, 2015-2016

2013  NATURAL AWAKENINGS Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Kindness Project 2013-14

2011  FOX 17 Grand Rapids, MI, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011

2011  NBC: KSN Great Bend, KS, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011

2011  PBS: ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011

2010  LA JORNADA Mexico City, interview discussing Polvo Al Polvo, 2010

2010  EL UNIVERSALMexico City, interview discussing Polvo Al Polvo, 2010

2009  AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: THE STORY North Carolina, interview discussing Walking Stories: Mexico 2009

2008  KGUN 9 Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  BOSTON PHOENIX Boston, MA, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  TUCSON WEEKLY, TQ&A Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE Scottsdale, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  COLLEGE TIMES Phoenix, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2008  DELAWARE SPARK Wilmington, DE, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008

2007  REFEXIONES DOMINGO KUAT, Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007

2007  RADIO REFEXIONES KUAZ, Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007

2007  TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007

2006  TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Reclaiming Paris

2006  ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Reclaiming Paris

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VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

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2015  UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Tucson, AZ, guest lecturer Walking Stories Mexico, 2009

2012  UNIVERSTIY OF NORTHERM IOWA Cedar Falls, IA, guest lecturer Walking Home, 2011

2012  CHRISTOPHER NEWTON COLLEGE Newport News, VA, guest lecturer Walking Home, 2011

2009  PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION 2010 MEXICAN FULBRIGHT-GARCIA ROBLES Mexico City, 

Mexico, presentation to Mexican Nationals for US Fulbright Program

2007  HER SHORTS/PERFORMIT ROUNDTABLE moderator, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ

2007  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASS guest speaker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

2006  MEDICI AWARD BRUNCH student ambassador/presenter, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2006  RECLAIMING PARIS PANEL DISCUSSION moderator, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ

2004  SMFA POST-BACCALAUREATE guest speaker, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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ART ORGANIZATIONS

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2014-15  SPIRAL JOURNEY SCHOOL OF MOVEMENT founding member, Tucson, AZ

2010-present  ARIZONA BETWEEN NOSOTROS founding member, Tucson, AZ

2007-08  WE ARE THE WEATHER ART MAGAZINE founding member, Tucson, AZ 

2007-08  KAFFEEKLATSCH ART SALONS founding member, Tucson, AZ 

2005-present  ARTXIII founding member, Tucson, AZ

2005-08  PLUGGED VIDEO COLLECTIVE board member, Tucson, AZ 

1998-00  FREEZONE GALLERY founding member, Boston, MA 

1996-7  LOST AND FOUND ARTIST GROUP founding member, Boston, MA

1992-3  VISUAL ARTS COUNCIL, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE founding member, Kalamazoo, MI

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EDUCATION

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2008  UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Tucson, AZ Master of Fine Arts

2000  SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, MA Four Year Diploma

1996  SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, MA Post Baccalaureate Certificate

1993  KALAMAZOO COLLEGE Kalamazoo, MI Bachelor of Arts

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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2015-2018  FACULTY Pima Community College, Tucson AZ

2011-2015  ADJUNCT FACULTY Pima Community College, Tucson AZ

2012  ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Gila Community College, Payson AZ

2006-08  TA, INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ