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Resumé

Education

1988San Francisco State University, MFA.
1986San Francisco State University, MA.
1981San Jose State University, BFA.
1979Sarah Lawrence College, Lacoste, France.
1977University of California, Santa Barbara.

Installations: Solo Exhibitions

1989“AFTERMATH: Excerpts From an Extinct Firehouse,” Institute for Design and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.), Sacramento, California.
1986“Sutro Baths Project,” Golden Gate National Recreation Area Cliff House Visitor’s Center, San Francisco, California.

Installation/Performances

2002“Cascadence,” 600 Townsend Building, San Francisco, California.
1999“Reclaiming the Ground Note: Echoes from Broken Vessels,” Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1993“8-Ball Obbligato,” WORKS, San Jose, California.
1992“Contradictions/Indecision,” Het San Francisco Festival, De Fabriek , Eindhoven, Holland.
1992“8-Ball Obbligato,” South Beach Billiards, Secession Gallery, San Francisco, California.

Outdoor Installations: Group Exhibitions

1997“Red River Beds,” Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, California.
1996“Carry Me Away From Here So I Can,” Connemara Conservancy, Plano, Texas.
1996“Timbre Bridge,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
1995“Carry Me Away From Here So I Can,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California.
1994 -1995“Buried Days, Starved Dreams: Auschwitz Memory,” The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
1994“Spatial Politics: A Garden,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California.

Installations: Group Exhibitions

1996“Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California.
1993“Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” California State Fair Exposition Hall, Sacramento, California. Award.
1992“Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California. Award.
1991“Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” Institute for Design and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.), Sacramento, California. Award.
1991“Contemplation,” Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1991“Chaise Lounge: Comfort Hunger,” 901 Market Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1988 -1989“Peripheral En/vision,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. Catalog.
1988“Loveseat: Comfort Hunger,” Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1988“Room Light Blue Hue,” Seeking It Through Exhibitions (S.I.T.E.), Culver City, California.
1988“sup/POSITION,” San Francisco State University MFA Exhibition, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2001“Adrift,” Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California. Curator: Carrie Lederer.
2001‘Eco-Art = Eco-Activism,” John F. Kennedy University Arts & Consciousness Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
1998“Sinusoidal,” The Art Gallery, Student Union, San Francisco State University. Curator: Ed Osborn.
1999“Dear Mother Earth,” Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, California. Curators: Jo Hanson, Pat Sanders.
1998“Dear Mother Earth,” Marin Civic Center Gallery, San Rafael, California. Curators: Pat Sanders and Jo Hanson.
1998“The 3rd Time I Saw Phyllis, She Exploded,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. Curator: Richard Berger.
1998“Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Members Annual,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. Juror: Carrie Lederer.
1995“Through the Door,” Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California. Juror: Marian Parmenter.
1992“Prea’ di ’seum Projekt,” Stichting Peninsula, Eindhoven, Holland.
1992“Toy and Game Show,” Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia. First Place Award.
1991“Mask, Mascara, Kifuniko, Masque, etc…” Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
1991“Faculty Show,” San Francisco School of Art, San Francisco, California.
1987“Beyond Power-A Celebration,” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1986 -1988“Masks, Masques, Masx,” traveling exhibition through January, 1988. Sponsored by the Arizona Council on the Arts. Includes exhibitions at: Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
1986Sutro Baths Project, MA Exhibition, University Art Gallery, San Francisco State University.
1986Minx Gallery, San Francisco, California. Two-person show.
1985“Contemporary Metals, U.S.A.,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California.
1985University Union Galerie, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
1985The Farm Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1984“The Naked Nude,” Emanuel Walter and Atholl McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
1982North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothill Art Center, Golden, Colorado. Catalog.

Awards/Commissions


1993		Award of Merit. “Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” California State Fair Exposition Center, Sacramento, California.
1992Projekt Polidstèni Sidlistè/Project of Humanizing a Housing Estate, “Mluv!/Speak!,” Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Dirt mural. Dimensions: 11 ft. x 11 ft. or 270 cm. x 270 cm.
1992First Place Award. “Toy and Game Show,” Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia.
1992Special Recognition in Sculpture, “Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” Berkeley Art Center.
1991Second Place Award, “Lifestyle: Comfort Hunger,” Institute for Design and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.), Sacramento, CA. “Art as Social Comment,” a national juried competition.
1990Finalist, Hometown, U.S.A. Video Festival, 1990, “Cutting Edge Arts: ‘Aftermath: Excerpts from an Extinct Firehouse’ by Judith Blankman”. Produced by Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium and I.D.E.A. Gallery. 17:00 minutes.
1988Participating sculptor for California Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, Sacramento, California.
1988Seal of the City of San Jose, Transit Mall bronze plaque.
1987Bechtel Corporation. Presidential seal.
1986Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, California. Ten-foot high figurative columns.
1984Boccardo Law Firm, San Jose, California. Portrait bust.
1984One of “Ten Best of Show,” “Fourteenth Annual 3-D Exhibition,” San Jose Art Center.
1983Macy’s, San Francisco, California. Visual Merchandising Display: Masks.

Catalogs and Online Listings

PresentWomen Eco Artists Dialog.
PresentPublic Nature Corporation: sculpture installation.
1988Irvine Fine Arts Center – Under Wraps, exhibition catalog.
1987Beyond Power- A Celebration, exhibition catalog.
1982Center for Visual Arts- CVA Artists, catalog.