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Education

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

 

Awards, Fellowships, Residencies

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

 

Solo Exhibitions

   •   "Minute Observations", 25th Avenue Gallery, San Mateo, CA (2007)

   •   1078 Gallery, Chico, CA (2006)

   •   Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA (2005)

   •   Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA (2004)

   •   Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA  (2004)

   •   Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Center, Modesto, CA  (2004)
  
•   Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA  (2003)
  
•   Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA  (2003)
  
•   Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA  (2003)
  
•   Santa Barbara City College, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  (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, CA  (2002)
  
•   Sturm Gallery, Reno Community College, Reno, Nevada  (2002)
  
•   Wenatchee Valley College Art Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington  (2001)
  
•   Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA  (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, CA  (1999)
   •   Ventura College, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA  (1998)
   •   Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Gallery, Ashland, Oregon  (1998)
   •   Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA  (1992)
   •   Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA  (1992)
   •   Foyer Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA  (1990)
   •   Karshner Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA  (1989)

 

Group Exhibitions

   •   Tower Gallery, State University of New York, Brockport, NY, Endoskeletal / Exoskeletal, curated by Jennifer Hecker (2008)

   •   Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Group Exhibition, curated by Helayna Thickpenny and Preston Metcalf (2008)

   •   Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA, Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde (2008)

   •   The Rooms Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada, Hot Wax curated by Angela Antle (2007)

   •   University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA, Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde (2007)

   •   Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, Systems & Transmutations curated by Michelle Mansour (2007)

   •   Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Under the Microscope, Three Person Exhibition, (2006)

   •   Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, Fragmentations, curated by Jennifer Reis  (2006)

   •   Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia, Unfurled (2006)
   •   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)

                     Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, New Jersey (2005)

                     McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina (2005)
           
         Gallery 210, Saint Louis, Missouri (2005)

                     Louisiana State University Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2005)

                     Ellen Noλl Art Museum, Odessa, Texas (2004)
           
         Milton Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania (2004)
           
         Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts (2004)
           
         Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa (2004)
           
         Brevard Museum of Art & Science, Melbourne, Florida (2004)
           
         Stark University, College Station, Texas (2003)

   •   Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA, SubAnatomy, curated by Chandra Cerrito  (2005)

   •   San Francisco State University, ECO: Art About the Environment, curated by Sharon Bliss & Mark Johnson  (2005)

   •   Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Unfurled in Estonia, curated by Pond  (2005)

   •   Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Botanica (2005)

   •   The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Inside of Inside, curated by the Big Ballyhoo  (2004)

   •   California State University Chico Art Gallery, Chico, CA, Mask  (2004)

   •   Pond, San Francisco, CA, Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags  (2004)
   •   Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Winter Group Exhibition  (2004)
   •   University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Give & Take: Sculpture/USF/2003. curated by Richard Kamler  (2003)
   •   Pima College, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Katey Monaghan  (2003)
  
•   Morraine Valley College, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Los Palos, Illinois, Two Person Exhibition  (2003)
  
•   San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Barrows  (2003)
   •   El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, About Face  (2003)
  
•   University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition (2003)
   •   Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year  (2002)
   •   Exit Art, New York, NY, Reactions  (2002)
   •   Physics Room, Christschurch, New Zealand, Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher (2001)
   •   University of Santa Cruz - Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher  (2001)
   •   San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, CA, Open hART, curated by Carolyn Coolie  (2001)
   •   Napa Valley College, Napa, CA, Bay Area Art III, curated by Rene DiRosa and John Hannaford  (2000)
   •   1078 Gallery, Chico, CA, Multiples  (1999)
   •   Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Plant Life, curated by Betsy Lohrer Hall  (1999)
   •   Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA  (1999)
   •   Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer  (1999)
   •   WORKS, San Jose, CA, Biomorph  (1999)
   •   Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA  (1999)
   •   Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, CA, Cipher, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Robin Bernstein  (1998)
   •   Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, CA, Word for Word  (1998)
   •   Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA, Anthropomorphism  (1998)
   •   JFK University, Berkeley, CA, Alchemy, curated by Mary Eubank, Mary Hull Webster, Zea Morvitz  (1998)
   •   SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Under Line  (1998)
   •   Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, January Show  (1998)
   •   South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, Time Capsule  (1995)
   •   Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA, Fresh Paint  (1993)
   •   One Market, San Francisco, CA, (R)evolution  (1993)
   •   San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition   (1992)
   •   Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spring Show  (1990)
   •   Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Anne Bremer Book Exhibition  (1990)
   •   Humboldt University, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA  (1989)

 

Press

   •   read short, selected reviews

   •   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
  
•   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