Education
08.02 – 05.05 MFA Sculpture – 4.0 Fine Art Department Honors Recipient, San Francisco State University, CA
08.04 – 05.05 MFA Student Representative San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
08.91 – 05.94 BFA Graphic Design – 3.87 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
08.89 – 12.90 Computer Science University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
08.85 – 06.89 Class Valedictorian Concord High School, Concord, VT
Residencies
02.12 – 05.12 Artist Residency - Recology, San Francisco, CA
08.11 – 09.11 Sculpture Space Residency - Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
12.10 – 02.11 Studio 943 Artist-in-Residency - Studio 943, Kunming, Yunnan, China
05.10 Spiro Artist-in-Residency - Spiro Arts, Park City, UT
11.09 – 12.09 Artist Enclave at I-Park Residency - I-Park, East Haddam, CT
09.09 Can Serrat Artist Fellowship - Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain (Barcelona)
07.08 – 09.08 Enschede Artist Residency ARE, Enschede, Netherlands
05.08 Artist in Residence - Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
11.07 – 12.07 Taliesin Artist Residency Program - Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Scottsdale, AZ
06.07 – 08.07 Terra Summer Residency - Terra Foundation for American Art, Giverny, France
07.06 – 05.07 Affiliate Artist Residency - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
05.06 MFA Project Space Residency - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
06.05 – 05.06 MFA Residency - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Exhibitions
05.12 Karrie Hovey: Solo Exhibition, Recology, San Francisco, CA
01.12 Broadside Attractions, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
06.11 Thought Bombers, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
03.11 re:union, Michelle O'Connor Gallery, San Francisco, CA
02.11 Karrie Hovey: Incubate, 943 Studio, Kunming, China
12.10 Counter-reciting Circumference, Yunnan University Art Museum, Kunming, China
09.10 Absolute Zero, ZERO1, ...the Garden Grows - Park Plaza, - San Jose, CA
01.10 Global Village - Grote kerk, Alkmaar, Netherlands
10.09 ...the Garden Grows - Solo Exhibition - San Marco Gallery, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
09.09 Exposed Global - Long Beach Arts Council, Long Beach, CA
05.09 Natural Balance: Art & Ecology - Hibrids 2.0, Girona, Spain
11.08 The Fiber of Matter - Ice House, Phoenix, AZ
09.08 Float - Solo Exhibition - Tetem II, Enschede, Netherlands
09.08 ikenschede - De Zuidmolen, Enschede, Netherlands
08.08 HIER EN DAAR - id11, Delft, Netherlands
06.08 there is no synonym for hope - Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
05.08 rethos - Solo Exhibition - Peerless Gallery, Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
06.07 Annual Sculpture Exhibit - City of Cloverdale, Cloverdale Reveille, Cloverdale, CA
05.07 Concept to Reality - Cloverdale Public Library, Cloverdale, CA
02.07 Out of the Ashes - Undercurrents Art, Miami, FL
11.06 Emerge | GenArts - Warfield Building, San Francisco, CA
Daniell Connell, Director The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Jill Dawsey, Independent Curator SFMOMA
Meg Shiffler, Gallery Director San Francisco Arts Commission
03.06 Flux - Works / San Jose, San Jose, CA
Juror’s Choice Award - George Rivera, Director, Trition Museum
12.05 Current Works - Solo Exhibition Concord Museum, Concord, VT
08.05 MFA 2005 Graduate Show - Fiberscene - www.fiberscene.com, San Francisco, CA
06.05 New California Masters - Works / San Jose , San Jose, CA
04.05 MFA exhibition - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
12.04 Paintings - Studio 333, Sausalito, CA
11.04 Water - Solo Exhibition - Beresford Center Gallery, San Bruno, CA
10.04 Innovations in Textiles - Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Juror’s Choice Merit Award Carole Beadle, Textiles, California College of the Arts
06.04 Pacific Rim Student Biennale - Sega Building, San Francisco, CA
05.04 Student Exhibition CNCH - Santa Clara Conventions Center, Santa Clara, CA
04.04 12 x 6 x 5 - Marshall Project, San Francisco, CA
01.04 Out of the Red, Into the Black - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
12.03 Art Bowl IV - b.Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA
10.03 Stillwell Show - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
05.02 Student Exhibition CNCH - Santa Clara Conventions Center, Santa Clara, CA
05.95 - 05.00 Yugo Next - Travelling Show Grand Central Station, New York, NY,
Grand Central Station, Washington, DC, Musee Juste Pour Rire, Montreal, additional show venues
04.94 What Makes Them Tick - New York Art Directors Club, New York, NY
01.94 Shades Between Dark & Light - Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT
03.93 Don’t Touch That Dial - New York Art Directors Club, New York, NY
11.91 Skeleton Show - Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual, New York, NY
10.91 Skeleton Show * Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
* AIGA show opening in conjunction with the Basquiat Retrospective
Installations
05.10 New Work - Spiro Arts, Park City, UT
12.09 Perch - I-Part Artist Enclave, East Haddam, CT
10.09 Bamboo - Viviendo Verde Ya, San Rafael, CA
11.07 ReDesertification -Taliesin West, Scottsdale,AZ
07.07 Unknown - Terra Foundation, Museum of American Art, Giverny, France
02.07 Division (Invitational) - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
In association with the SFSU ICA program WITNESS TO WAR
07.06 Marionation -Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
06.06 Marionation - Project Space, Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
06.06 Site Keeper - Project Space, Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
05.06 Six Degrees of Separation - Bar-or Ranch, Point Reyes Station, CA
04.06 The Reading Room -Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
11.05 Consciousness Resuscitated - Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
10.05 Brick, Apron, Flag, Quilt - Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
10.05 Terra - Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
09.05 So Called Right B- ar-or Ranch, Point Reyes Station, CA
08.05 Division - Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito, CA
12.04 Diamonds-in-the-Sky - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
11.04 Diamonds-in-the-Sky - San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
05.04 270 nights | 270 days - Garden of Remembrance, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
Commissions
11.08 Installation - Arboretum Apparel, Healdsburg, CA
08.08 SVB temporary Installation - Sociale Verzekeringsban, Zaandam, Amsterdam, NL
Grants
01.10 Finalist Career Development Grant - ARTWORK International, Santa Fe, NM
05.08 Career Development Grant - Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
Artists Talks & Panels
06.10 Geographies of Art: Sur le Terrain Terra Foundation, Paris & Giverny, France
02.10 Panel Discussion - Arts Marketing - SFSU College of Creative Arts, San Francisco, CA
12.09 Artist Presentation - I-Park Artist Enclave, East Haddam, CT
10.09 ...the Garden Grows Artist Talk - Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
09.09 Artist Talk - Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain
03.09 Artist Grantwriting & Application Lecture - Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
08.08 Panel Discussion - id11, Delft, Netherlands
04.08 Artist Lecture - John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
03.08 Panel Discussion - Art & Peace Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA
Moderator: Richard Kamler, Panelists: Harrell Fletcher, Karrie Hovey, Bill Owens, Phil Dynan
12.07 Artist Talk - Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ
04.07 Guest Lecturer - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
06.06 Salon Series - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
01.06 Guest Lecturer - Waterford School, Waterford, VT
08.05 Show and Tell - Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Professional
01.10 – 05.10 Adjunct Lecturer – Introduction to 3D design, Dominican University
01.10 – 05.10 Advisor/Mentor – Community Service Learning Program, Dominican University
01.09 – 05.09 Adjunct Lecturer – Introduction to 3D design, Dominican University
01.08 – 05.08 Adjunct Lecturer –Junior Seminar, Dominican University
01.07 – 05.07 Adjunct Lecturer – Introduction to 3D design, Dominican University
03.06 – 04.06 Visiting Artist – Sculpture 4 – Professor Leonard Hunter, San Francisco State University
01.05 – 07.08 Assistant Office Manager – Fine Art Department, San Francisco State University
04.01 – 05.05 Creative Director, Graphic Design, Independent Consultant, Mill Valley, CA
07.99 – 03.02 Senior Designer, Razorfish, Inc., San Francisco, CA
12.98 – 07.99 Creative Director, Foglight Software, Pleasanton, CA
07.98 – 11.98 Senior Designer, Gap, Inc., San Francisco, CA
08.94 – 06.98 Senior Designer, Jager DiPaola Kemp Design, Burlington, VT
Bibliography
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Collections
2009 I-Park Permanent Collection – East Haddam, CT
2008 SVB Corporate Collection – Zaandam, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Cultivation – McEvoy Ranch, Petaluma, CA
1995 YuMail – Piece from the Yugo Next Show, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992 Hunger Pains – National Gallery of American Art, Washington, DC
1992 School of Visual Arts representative