Geometric paintings in low relief, where structures emerge through layers of colors and marks.

Fountain Series 2025

My current body of work consists of a series of paintings rooted in a childhood memory of a fountain— a guiding force in my studio practice. Rather than depicting this fountain directly, I explore its presence through constructed visual forms, structured pattern, and the nature of memory.

Exhibitions

  • 2013
    • “Overturn the Artiface”
    SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2012
    • “Ten Revolutions around the Sun, A Decade of the Tournesol Painting Award”
    Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • “People of Earth”
    Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2011
    • “American Summer Project”
    Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2010
    • “Lost”
    Right Window at ATA, San Francisco
  • “Whistle While You Dixie”
    Summer BF Press HQ, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
    • “The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers: 2.5 ”
    Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • “The Fountain of Giant Teardrops”
    Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Press

  • Artpractica: Mark Van Proyen
    “Overturn the Artifice”, Mar 1, 2013
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  • SF Gate: Kenneth Baker
    “Bright’s eccentricity, Crosby’s marginality”, Jul 20, 2012
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  • SFMOMA Open Space: Cedar Sigo
    “The Lanterns Along the Wall”, Oct 31, 2009
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  • Art in America: Melissa Feldman
    “Exhibition Reviews”, Jun/Jul, 2009
  • KQED Arts: Victoria Gannon
    “The Fountain of Giant Teardrops”, Feb 22, 2009
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  • San Francisco Chronicle: Kenneth Baker
    “Light in the Forest”, Feb 7, 2009
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Awards / Residencies

  • c i Care Award for Therapeutic Art Practice
    Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
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  • The Tournesol Award for Painting
    Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
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  • Brooks Fellowship Award for Established Artist
    Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
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