Resumé

Permanent Collections:

2007Permanent Collection – The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana (“Devotion” and “Fire and Ice”)

Awards and Honors:

2022 – 8th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee
Category: Professional Photo Manipulation, “Sentience” Series
2021 – 7th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee
Category: Professional Nude, “Devotion”
2020 – American Art Awards – 4th Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Treehugger”
2019American Art Awards – 3rd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Becoming”
2019
American Art Awards – 4th Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Rebirth Into Light”
2018 – American Art Awards – 3rd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Walking In Paradise”

2017 – American Art Awards – 2nd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Sea of Love”
2017
 – American Art Awards – 4th Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Wisdom of Gaia”

2017Best in Category Award – Digital
Annual Lincolnshire Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2017 – Outstanding Achievement Award
Annual Southport Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2017Honorable Mention Award – New Media Category
44th Annual Beverly Hills Spring artSHOW, Beverly Hills, California
2017
– 2nd Place Award – Digital Art Category
38th Annual St. George Art Festival, St. George, Utah for “Gentle Spirits”
2016
 American Art Awards – 2nd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Going with the Flow”
2016 
 American Art Awards – 2nd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Journey to the Higher Self”
2015 
– American Art Awards – 2nd Place

Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Memories of You”
2015 
 Award of Merit – Photography Category

33rd Annual La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, California
2014
American Art Awards – 2nd Place

Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Silversword Serenity”
2014American Art Awards – 3rd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human or Animal, “Heaven and Earth”
2013Honorable Mention Award
86th Annual Members Show, Marin Society of Artists, “Forest of Dreams”
2013American Art Awards – 2nd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Animal or Human, “Gentle Spirits”
2013American Art Awards – 6th Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Animal or Human, “The Beauty of the Beast”
2012American Art Awards – 1st Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human, “Devotion”
2012American Art Awards – 2nd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human, “Fire and Ice”
2012American Art Awards – 3rd Place
Category: Erotic Male, “Dreams of Michelangelo”
2012American Art Awards – 3rd Place
Category: Manipulated Photo – Human, “The Blossoming of Eve”
2010 “Best of Show”
36th Annual Castro Street Fair, San Francisco, California
2010 Art Jury Member
40th Annual KPFA Crafts and Music Fair, San Francisco, California

Juried Shows & Juried Art Festivals:

2020 – La Quinta Art Celebration – (Juried) – La Quinta, California
2020 
– Fountain Hills Great Fair – (Juried) – Fountain Hills, Arizona
2019 
– Tempe Festival of the Arts – Fall  – (Juried) – Tempe, Arizona
2019
 – Tubac Fall Arts and Crafts Festival – (Juried) – Tubac, Arizona
2019 
– Sedona Arts Festival – (Juried) – Sedona, Arizona
2019 
– Scottsdale Arts Festival – (Juried) – Scottsdale, Arizona
2018 
– 50th Annual Tempe Festival of the Arts – (Juried) – Tempe, Arizona
2018 – Sedona Arts Festival – (Juried) – Sedona, Arizona
2018
 – Artwalk Carlsbad (Juried) – Carlsbad, California
2018 
– Flagstaff Art in the Park – (Juried) – Flagstaff, Arizona

2018 – Scottsdale Arts Festival – (Juried) – Scottsdale, Arizona
2018 – 36th Annual La Quinta Arts Festival – (Juried) – La Quinta, California
2017 
– Sedona Arts Festival – (Juried) – Sedona, Arizona
2017 
– Port Clinton Art Festival – (Juried) – Highland Park, Illinois
2017 
– Evanston Art and Big Fork – (Juried) – Evanston, Illinois
2017 
– Lincolnshire Art Festival – (Juried) – Lincolnshire, Illinois
2017 
– Art at the Glen – (Juried) – Glenview, Illinois
2017 
– Glencoe Art Festival – (Juried) – Glencoe, Illinois
2017 
– Michigan Avenue Art Festival – (Juried) – Chicago, Illinois
2017 
– Southport Art Festival – (Juried) – Chicago, Illinois
2017 
– Millenium Art Festival – (Juried) – Chicago, Illinois
2017 
– Beverly Hills artSHOW – (Juried) – Beverly Hills, California
2017 
– 38th Annual St. George Art Festival – (Juried) – St. George, Utah
2017 
– 35th Annual La Quinta Arts Festival – (Juried) – La Quinta, California
2016 
– Sedona Arts Festival – (Juried) – Sedona, Arizona

2016 – 16th Annual Hermosa Beach Fine Art Festival – (Juried) – Hermosa Beach, California
2016 – 39th Annual Art in the Park – (Juried) – Ojai, California
2016 – 
34th Annual La Quinta Arts Festival – (Juried) – La Quinta, California
2015
 7th Annual La Jolla Art and Wine Festival (Juried) – La Jolla, California
2015
– 9th Annual Healdsburg Art Festival (Juried) – Healdsburg, California
2015
– 16th Annual Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival (Juried) – Santa Cruz, California
2015 – 33rd Annual La Quinta Arts Festival – (Juried) – La Quinta, California
2014
– ARTundressed – 5th Int’l Creative Nude Art Festival – (Juried) – Miami, Florida

2010 – Juried Group Show – “The X and O Show” Erotic Art Show – The Bait Shop Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 – Juried Group Show – APW Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2009 – Juried Group Show – MundiArt International Contemporary Art Show – Gallery of Instituto Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 – Juried Group Show – “Expressive Bodies” – Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2005 – Invited Artist – “Art Affair 2005”, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii
2004 – Juried Show – “Art Maui 2004”, Schaefer Int’l Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
2004 – Invited Artist – “Art Affair 2004”, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii
2003 – Invited Artist – “Art Affair 2003”, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii

Exhibitions:

2014 – Solo Show -“Visions of Hope and Beauty” – Enlighten Optometry, Tiburon, California
2014 – Permanent Exhibit – Necessories Gallery and Boutique, St. Petersburg, Florida
2013 – Group Show – Marin Society of Artists, 86th Annual Members Show, Ross, California
2012 – Permanent Exhibit – Ocean Wave Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2012 – Solo Show – Hidden Beach Resort au Naturel Club, Riviera Maya, Mexico
2012 – Group Show – Arts and Beats – Terra Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 – Solo Show – Hidden Beach Resort au Naturel Club, Riviera Maya, Mexico
2011 – Solo Show – “The Divine Nature of Being” – The Quan Gallery Showroom, San Francisco, California
2010 – Group Show – “An Evening With Eros” Erotic Art Show – FaFa’s Furniture and Fine Arts, Taos, New Mexico
2009 – Permanent Exhibit – Escolta Fine Arts, Union City, California
2009 – Permanent Exhibit – Island Art Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii
2009 – Permanent Exhibit – FaFa’s Furniture and Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico
2008 – Solo Show – Hidden Beach Resort au Naturel Club, Riviera Maya, Mexico
2008 – Permanent Exhibit – Kore Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2008 – Earth Day Exhibit – Sargent’s Fine Art, Maui, Hawaii
2008 – Solo Show – Blossoming Lotus, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii
2008 – Permanent Exhibit – The Quan Gallery, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
2008 – Permanent Exhibit – Kirsten Bunney Gallery, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii
2007 – Solo Show – rRed Elephant, Honolulu, Hawaii
2007 – Group Show – “Pixel Perfect” – Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2006 – Group Show – “Snap To Grid – The UN-Juried Show” – Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
2006 – Permanent Exhibit – The Quan Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
2006 – Group Show – “Rising Sun at Sunset” – The Quan Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
2006 – Permanent Exhibit – Gallery Ha, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
2006 – Permanent Exhibit – Kirsten Bunney Gallery, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii
2006 – Permanent Exhibit – Garcia Studio Gallery, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii
2005 – Permanent Exhibit – Galerie Promenade, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
2005 – Permanent Exhibit – Monarch Gallery , LaJolla, California
2005 – Permanent Exhibit – Ki’i Gallery, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
2005 – Group Show – “Art On Maui”, Art School at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
2004 – Permanent Exhibit – Galerie Promenade, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
2003 – Permanent Exhibit – Lahaina Art Society, Courthouse Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

Other Festivals & Art Fairs/Expos:

2018 – Palm Springs Pride Festival – Palm Springs, California
2016 – 16th Annual Oakland Art and Soul Festival – Oakland, California
2015 – 15th Annual Oakland Art and Soul Festival – Oakland, California
2010 – 36th Annual Castro Street Fair, San Francisco, California
2008 – Las Vegas Art Expo with Crisolart Gallery, Barcelona, Spain