EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2000-2002
B.F.A. in Pictorial Arts, Minor in Music, San José State University, San José, California, U.S.A.Cum Laude 1999
EXHIBITIONS
SUPERNOVA,(with COLL.EO ) Denver, Colorado, September 19-21 2019.
FUNCTION, (with COLL.EO ) Mallorca, Spain, May 24-25 2019.
Milan Machinima Festival 2019, (with COLL.EO ) Milan, Italy, March 18 2019.
In a Gamescape. Landscape, Reality, Storytelling and Identity in Video Games, (with COLL.EO )NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] Gallery A, Tokyo, Japan, December 15 2018 - March 10 2019.
Levels, Solo Exhibition, ISFAD, San Francisco, CA December 16, 2017- January 31, 2018
NEXTNEWGAMES, (with COLL.EO ) San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, June 23- September 16, 2018.
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018, (with COLL.EO ) Sheffield, England, June 2018.
RE/PLAY, (with COLL.EO )Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, November 14 2017
Simulacrum, (with COLL.EO) Altonale Festival, Hamburg, Germany, June-July 2017
Simulacrum, (with COLL.EO) Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groeningen, The Netherlands, April 2017
ART GAMES DEMOS, (with COLL.EO) VV, Marseille, France, March 2017
Co-Existence, Eastern Kentucky University, March 22-25, 2017
The Fregoli Delusions (SITUATIONS_RE-ENACTMENT), (with COLL.EO) Foto_Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland , anuary 26-29,
2017 TRAVELOGUE, (with COLL.EO) Festivaletteratura 2016, Mantua, Italy , September 7-11, 2016
Vector Festival 2016, (with COLL.EO) Toronto Canada, July 14- July 16, 2016.
Cool War: Game Art Across The Straits, (with COLL.EO), Wifredo Lam Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Habana, Cuba, May 27 - June 26, 2016.
How to Build a Universe Which Does Not Fall Apart Two Days Later, La Maison Populaire, Paris, France, January 12 - March 26, 2016.
Game on! El arte en juego, (with COLL.EO) San Martín Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 7 - 15, 2015.
International Festival of New Media Art and Video Transitio_MX, (with COLL.EO) Mexico City, Mexico, September 25 - October 11, 2015.
LEGIT 3D, (with COLL.EO) Skyline College Art Gallery, San Bruno, California, 2015.
MIRAGE, (with COLL.EO) Casa De Cultura De Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba, Collateral exhibition of the 12th Havana Biennial, 2015.
Cool War. Game Art Across the Straits, (with COLL.EO) El Fanguito, Havana, Cuba, Collateral exhibition of the 12th Havana Biennial, 2015.
Blank Arcade Art Exhibition (with COLL.EO), curated by Lindsay Grace and Paolo Ruffino, Leuphana Centre for Digital Cultures, Lüneburg, 2015
Q1 Show, The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
The Dissidents, the Displaced and the Outliers (with COLL.EO), Random Parts Gallery, Oakland, California, 2015
The Dissidents, the Displaced and the Outliers (with COLL.EO) Incline Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2015
PATTERN RECOGNITION, solo exhibition, Random Parts, Oakland, CA 2015
PRIVATE, Come in! (with COLL.EO) Spare Change Artist Space, San Francisco, CA 2014
“Art in the Age of Grand Theft Auto” (with COLL.EO) Curated by: Raul Berrueco. LOWTOY Festival Internacional de 8 Bit & DIY Electrònica, Barcelona, Spain,September 2014.
If Elvis Presley was the King, who was James Brown? Antagonizing The Social through Humor and Irony, (with COLL.EO), The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 2014
SAMO(c) IS DEAD. PRESS PLAY (with COLL.EO), Widget Art Gallery, Online, Curator: Chiara Passa, 2014
Paint Plethora, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA, 2014
Game Reflexions (with COLL.EO), Le Carreau, The Center For Contemporary Art, Clergy, France, 2013
Working Title (with COLL.EO), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, 2013
Networks, (with COLL.EO), at VECTOR Game + Art Convergence, Toronto, Canada, 2013
arty-nights, The Bohemian Gallery and Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2013
Point of No Return, (with COLL.EO), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2012
Women Behind the Art, The Bohemian Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas, 2012
The Lab Art Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Twombly House: Ephemeral Museum, (with Alicia Blue Gallery) Portland, OR, 2010
Rites of Passage, Alicia Blue Gallery, Portland, OR, 2010
False Doors, Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, 2010
CA Red Dot Art Fair, Skyline, (with Bohemian Gallery) New York, NY, 2010
NW Modern- The Spirit of Place, Alicia Blue Gallery, Portland, OR, 2010
Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center (with Bohemian Gallery) 2010
Strange Hope, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, 2009
juried @bac (curated by: Catherine Clark and Joanne Northrup) Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2008
sketchy, Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA, 2008
Introductions, Alicia Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
2 x 2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2007
Ripples, Oakland Art gallery, Oakland, 2007
A Flight, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, 2006
Oakland: East Side Story,Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2006
5/15 Idas y vueltas/ one &one again/plastica organica, La Unidad Academica de Estudios Regionales de la Coordinacion de Humanidades dela UNAM, Jiquilipan, Michoacan, Mexico, 2006
Encuentros/ Encounters, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 2006
Virus Show, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, 2006
Nehman Sie Den Bus Zu, 801 Projects, Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL, 2005
Legacies Art Exhibit, UCSC Women’s Center, Santa Cruz, CA, 2005
This is not rocket science, Bayennale 2005, Old Oakland, Oakland, 2005
Various, The Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, 2005
Bayennnale, Unity Council, Oakland, 2005
Ground, WORKS San Jose, San Jose, CA, 2005
Post Postcard 2005, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2005
Post Postcard 8, The Lab, San Francisco, 2004
Ground, Artbeat Gallery, Berkeley, 2004
Inside of Inside Holiday Benefit, The Lab, San Francisco, 2003
Post Postcard 7, The Lab, San Francisco, 2003
Ocho, A.R.T.Gallery, Oakland Box Theater, Oakland, 2003
Cube Farm Events, San Jose Museum of Art, Curator’s Space, San Jose, 2003
Moment’s Notice, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, 2003
Emerging Bay Area Artists, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, 2002
Who Are You? San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, 2002
Cold Cuts Sessions, Woolsley St. Downstairs Gallery, Berkeley, 2002
Italy Group Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, 2002
M.F.A Show, SFAI, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco,2002
Passing Through, Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza, Italy, 2001
(f)Roots of the Blood Orange Tree, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco
AWARDS
San Francisco Art Institute Grant 2001-2002
San Francisco Art Institute Grant 2000-2001
Violet Speddy Scholarship 1998
RESIDENCIES
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Almeria, Spain, 2004