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EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute,  MFA  (1992),  Awarded with Distinction
Humboldt State University,  BA,  Art  (1989)
Humboldt State University,  BA,  French  (1989)
Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne  (1985-6)

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant, Johnson, Vermont  (2009)

Pouch Cove Residency, Canada  (2008)
Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship  (2001)
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California  (2001)
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Sculpture, Johnson, Vermont  (2000)
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California  (2000)
Graduate Award - Painting, San Francisco Art Institute  (1992)
Anne Bremer Book Award, San Francisco Art Institute  (1991)

SOLO EXHIBITION

Lane College Art Gallery, Eugene, Oregon  (2010)

25th Avenue Gallery, San Mateo, California  (2007)

1078 Gallery, Chico, California  (2006)

Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, California  (2005)

Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California  (2004)

Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California  (2004)

Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Center, Modesto, California  (2004)
Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California  (2003)
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California  (2003)

Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California  (2003)
Santa Barbara City College, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California  (2002)
Colorado State University, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado  (2002)
Eastern Oregon University, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, Oregon  (2002)
Ohlone College, Louie Art Gallery, Fremont, California  (2002)
Sturm Gallery, Reno Community College, Reno, Nevada  (2002)
Wenatchee Valley College Art Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington  (2001)
Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California  (2001)
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska  (2001)
Rogue Community College, Fire House Gallery, Grants Pass, Oregon  (2000)
Linfield College, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon  (2000)
Clatsop College, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, Oregon  (2000)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California  (1999)
Ventura College, New Media Gallery, Ventura, California  (1998)
Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Gallery, Ashland, Oregon  (1998)
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California  (1992)
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California  (1992)
Foyer Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California  (1990)
Karshner Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California  (1990)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, Oregon, "The Art of Science"

2011

Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin Florida, "Believe it or Not"

2010

Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Beast"

2009

de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, "Natural Blunders", curated by Karen Kienzle

2008

Tower Gallery, State University of New York, Brockport, New York, Endoskeletal / Exoskeletal, curated by Jennifer Hecker

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Group Exhibition, curated by Helayna Thickpenny and Preston Metcalf

The Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, Group Exhibition

Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA, Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde

2007

The Rooms Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada, Hot Wax curated by Angela Antle

University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA, Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde

Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Systems & Transmutations curated by Michelle Mansour

2006

Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Under the Microscope, Three Person Exhibition

Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, Fragmentations, curated by Jennifer Reis

Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia, Unfurled
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)

Webber Center Gallery, Ocala, Florida (2006)

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois (2006)

Hope College, DePree Art Center, Holland, Michigan (2006)

Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas (2006)

2005

Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA, SubAnatomy, curated by Chandra Cerrito

San Francisco State University, ECO: Art About the Environment, curated by Sharon Bliss & Mark Johnson

Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Unfurled in Estonia, curated by Pond

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Botanica

Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)

Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, New Jersey

McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Gallery 210, Saint Louis, Missouri

Louisiana State University Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2004

The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Inside of Inside, curated by the Big Ballyhoo

California State University Chico Art Gallery, Chico, CA, Mask

Pond, San Francisco, CA, Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Winter Group Exhibition

Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)

Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
Milton Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Brevard Museum of Art & Science, Melbourne, Florida

2003

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Give & Take: Sculpture/USF/2003. curated by Richard Kamler
Pima College, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Katey Monaghan
Morraine Valley College, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Los Palos, Illinois, Two Person Exhibition
San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Barrows
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, About Face
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition

Stark University, College Station, Texas, Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer

2002

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year
Exit Art, New York, New York, Reactions

2001

Physics Room, Christschurch, New Zealand, Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
University of Santa Cruz - Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, CA, Open hART, curated by Carolyn Coolie

2000
Napa Valley College, Napa, CA, Bay Area Art III, curated by Rene DiRosa and John Hannaford

1999
1078 Gallery, Chico, CA, Multiples
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Plant Life, curated by Betsy Lohrer Hall
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer
WORKS, San Jose, CA, Biomorph
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, CA, Cipher, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Robin Bernstein
Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, CA, Word for Word 
Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA, Anthropomorphism
JFK University, Berkeley, CA, Alchemy, curated by Mary Eubank, Mary Hull Webster, Zea Morvitz
SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Under Line
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, January Show

1995
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, Time Capsule  (1995)

1993
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA, Fresh Paint
One Market, San Francisco, CA, (R)evolution

1992
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

1990
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Spring Show
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Anne Bremer Book Exhibition

PRESS

read short, selected reviews

Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews: Natural Blunders, Dec 2008/Jan 2009

Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Growth and Transformation, January 4, 2007

Pacific Noise, “Under the Microscope”, 5/17/06 (podcast)

Folly 2006, Interview with Katie Croke, 6/06

Pacifica Tribune, “Organic Matters”, 3/15/06
Artweek, Colin Berry: SubAnatomy at the Museum of Contemporary Art, July/August 2005

The Current, Melissa McCrary: Needle Art, A Postmodern Sewing Circle, February 14, 2005

The Eureka Reporter: Morris Graves Museum Opens New Shows, December 23, 2004

The Voice, Suzanne Johnson: San Francisco Artist Shows a Feel for Organic in Life, October 15, 2004

Impact, Toni Baca: Art Gallery Opens Contemporary Genre, November 21, 2003

Pacifica Tribune, Amy Owens: Three Exciting Shows at the Sanchez Art Center, November 19, 2003
Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Cheryl Coon Reflects Nature and Time, November 6, 2003
Caravan: Delta Gallery Explores Everyday Life, November 6, 2003
Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews, October 2003
Glacier, Moraine Valley College, Carol Jalowiec, October 17, 2003
Aztec Press, Shaun Callahan, New Bernal Gallery Exhibit Unveiled, September 18, 2003
Santa Barbara News Press, Josef Woodard, December, 2002
The Observer, Jeff Petersen: Form & Content Merge, September 26, 2002
Physics Room Annual 2001, Neural Notations, June, 2001
The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook: Getting the Point of Art, October 17, 2001
Anchorage Daily News, Mark Muro: Opposites Attract, April 20, 2001
Log 13, Andrew Paul Wood: It Came from California, Winter 2001
Art Papers, Carol Ladewig: Paper Rock Scissors, November/December,  2000
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Julia Chiapella, UCSC Art Show Has Lots of Brain, April 9, 2000
Grants Pass Daily Courier, Barbara Baily, Art Imitates Life, April 6, 2000
The Synthesis, Ms. Gita: Art Scene, December, 1999
Chico Enterprise Record, Peder Liljequist: Multiples at 1078 Gallery, December, 1999
Art Issues, Mark Van Proyen: San Francisco email, September/October 1999
San Francisco Chronicle, Sam McManis: Exhibit Pokes Holes in Gender Roles, June 11, 1999
Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey: Women's Views, May 16, 1999
Diablo Arts, Kate Rothrock: Radical Notions, April, 1999
Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym: Sew Fine, April, 1999
Contra Costa Times, Anita Amirrezvani: Needle Art, April 27, 1999
Walnut Creek Journal, Catherine D. Jacobson: Needle Art Exhibit, April 22, 1999
Westart, Show of Traditional, New Needle Art, April 9, 1999
ArtWeek, Steven Jenkins: Previews: Biomorph, February, 1999
Modesto Bee, Leo Stutzin: Triumph of Trios at Art Shows, October 25, 1998
Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodard: Cryptic Imagery, Sept. 10, 1998
VC Press, Joshua Cottingham: Exhibit Challenges Tradition, Conformity, September 14, 1998
The Siskiyou, Brenna McGirr: SU Art Exhibit Focuses On The Surface, October 5, 1998
Bay Area Reporter, Steven Jenkins: Wonder Words, October 2, 1997
Artweek, Tony Reveaux: Cheryl Coon At Haines Gallery, August 6, 1992
Arts Monthly, Joanne Huddleston, SFADA Galleries Open Doors to New Artists, July, 1992
Eureka Times-Standard: Abstract Art Depicts Environmental View, January 19, 1990

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