EXHIBITIONS (Solo and Duo)
2009 (duo) Foresight, Valise Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
2007 (solo) Images from an Inner Gaze, University Unitarian
Church, Seattle, WA
2005 (duo) Jane
Emens / Carol Schwennesen, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island,
WA
1995 (solo) Muralis, Codorniu Winery, Napa, CA
1992 (solo) Drawing on Pompeii, John F. Kennedy
University, Orinda, CA
1989 (solo) Maps and Cross-Sections, John F. Kennedy
University, Orinda, CA
1988 (solo) Fragments,
Sincere Technologies Gallery, Oakland,
CA
1987 (solo) Markings, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1984 (solo) Rock Garden,
Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1983 (solo) Paintings,
Sumner Gallery, GSD, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
EXHIBITIONS (Group)
2010 Contemplating Nothingness, ArtsWest, Seattle, WA
2009 PONCHO Invitational Fine Arts Exhibition,
Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2008
Expressions Northwest, Art Port Townsend/Northwind Arts Alliance,
Port Townsend,
WA
2008
What Does Compassion Look Like? Art Xchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007-08 Silence, CR Gallery, Kenmore,
WA
2006 Art at the Park, Metropolitan
Park West, Seattle, WA
2005 Perspectives, Metropolitan Park West, Seattle, WA
2004 May Show, Gallery 154, Seattle, WA
2000 Community Hang-Up, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1995 Faculty/Staff Art Show, University of California, San Francisco, CA
1994 Small Works, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, juried by Ruth Braunstein
1993 Crocker-Kingsley Annual,
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1993 California Small Works
1993, CA Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1993 63rd Annual
Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
1992 13th Annual
Bay Arts 1992, The Arts Council of San Mateo County, Belmont, CA
1992 California Small Works
1992, CA Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1989 Fiber and Mixed-Media
Innovations (three-person exhibition), Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno,
CA
1988 Celebrations,
Winkler Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA
1988 Other Theories of Evolution,
Winkler Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA
1987 Transcending Confines
(Honorable Mention), Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1987 The View from Here,
Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1986 Paper: Pushing the Limits, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley,
CA
1985 Explorations,
Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1985 M.F.A. Student Exhibition, San
Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
1984 Special Studies, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
AWARDS
1994 Honorable Mention, WESTAF/NEA Regional
Fellowship, Works on Paper
1993 Silver Award, Art of California
Discovery Award, Napa, CA
1987 Dr. & Mrs. Paul Peterson
Award, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
COMMISSIONS
2007 Private Commission,
Seattle, WA
1995 Walls, Stuart Piontek Jordan Dining Room, Benefit Guild
of the East BayDesigner Showcase, Lesher Estate, Orinda, CA
1995 Wall Mural, Misunas-Chan
Residence, Richmond, CA
TEACHING AND LECTURES
2006 Workshop Leader, “Calligraphic Circles: The Enso,”
Seattle, WA
1988-92 Instructor
(undergraduate and graduate), “The Art Experience: Mixed Media,”
“Art Tutorial,” “Final Project,” John F.
Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
1992 Art Tutor, Education Dept., John F.
Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
1991 Adjunct Faculty Assessor, Prior Learning Assessment, New College of
California, San Francisco, CA
1990-91 Lecturer,
“Earthworks/Environmental Art,” Interdisciplinary Colloquium, John
F. Kennedy University,
Orinda, CA
1986-87 Advisor,
“Special Studies,” individualized instruction and critique, Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA
1984 Lecturer, “The Fiber Arts in California,” for Scandinavian
artists, Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA
1981-82 Guest Lecturer,
“Earthworks,” Landscape Architecture Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
ART ADMINISTRATION
1987-92 Chair, Department of Fiber and Mixed Media Art,
John F. Kennedy
University, Orinda, CA
1984-87 Acting Director (1987), Program Coordinator
(1985-1987), and Gallery Assistant and Center Manager (1984), Fiberworks, Center for the Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA
EDUCATION
1987 M.F.A., John
F. Kennedy University,
Orinda, CA
1973 B.A., Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio
