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SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Garson Fine Art , New York, NY., October 2008 (solo)

Koelsch, Houston, TX., November 2007 (solo)

Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, N.Y., May 2007 (solo)

Life in Shadows, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA., September 2005 (two-person)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Small Wonders,
Garson Baker Fine Art, NY, NY., June 2008

Melt My Art: Encaustic Expressions,
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA., May 2008

The LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art , Los Angeles, CA., January 2008

Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL., December 2007

Tease, Garson Fine Art, New York, NY., September 2007

Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art , Chicago, IL., April 2007

Get Real,
The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, N.Y., April 2007

Tainted Love
, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA., February, 2007

Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA., January 2007

Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair
, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL., December 2007

Homegrown, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA., November 2006

Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, Ill. May 2006

Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA., January 2006

AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY., November 2005

Shade, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX., May 2005

San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA., January 2005

Lazy Days, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA., August 2004

Scope, Los Angeles, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA., May 2004

Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA., May 2004

Scope, New York, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA., March 2004

Unframed, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX., February 2004

The San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA., January 2004

Good Things Come in Small Packages, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA., December 2003

Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Biennal Exhibition, The Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. (Juror: Tracy Bashkoff, Associate Curator for Collections and Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.), October 2003

The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY., October 2003

20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. (Juror: Marion Parmenter, Executive Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery), August 2003


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Progressive Corporation

Roll International Corporation

The Tullman Collection of Contemporary Art

The Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA)

Carlie Hazeltine, San Francisco, CA

Paul Rickert, Greenbrae, CA

Ellanor Notides, San Francisco, CA

Marcy Friedman, Sacramento, CA

Michael Polenske, San Francisco, CA


PUBLICATIONS

Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA., Fall 2008, illus., (Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University)

Syfers, Jim, Hotel Mulberry, Cover Image, September 2007

"Reviews: National: Nevada City," Artnews, March 2007, illus.

Dalkey,Victoria, "Mining a New Vein," Sacramento Bee Weekend Ticket, November 17th 2006

Dusharme, Laurien, "Life in Shadows," NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 11, Nos. 3/4, (March/April, 2006), illus.

Waters, Joan, "Emerging Artists," Sacramento Magazine, March 2006, illus.

Dalkey, Victoria, Critic's Pick, The Sacramento Bee, February 20th, 2005, illus.

Dusharme, Laurien, "Night Moods: New Paintings by Matt Duffin," Art Contemporaries: A Publication of The Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Winter 2005, illus.

"City events: 6th annual San Francisco International Art Exposition," SFstation.com, January 2004, illus.

Feineman, Carol, "Grass Valley-based artist receives national acclaim," The Union, January 1st, 2004, illus.

Zyzzyva, Cover Image, Fall 2003

Cassai, Mary, "Marist gallery exhibit validates encaustic process," Daily Freeman, Nov. 14th, 2003, illus.

Smart, Paul, "Encaustic comments: two Poughkeepsie shows highlight hot new/old medium," Woodstock Times, Nov. 13th, 2003, illus.

Edwards, Nicole, "Multi-layering of colors, textures make encaustic works bloom," The Poughkeepsie Journal, Nov. 7th, 2003, illus.

Taylor, Robert, "Recent works capture artists¹ somber moods," The Contra-Costa Times, Aug. 15th, 2003


AWARDS

Juror's Award, Juror: Marion Parmenter, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA., August 2003

Director's Award, Exhibit Director: Laura Moriarty, Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Bienniel Exhibition, The Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY., December 2003


EDUCATION

B.S. Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1991


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