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Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

• SENIOR REGISTRAR & COLLECTIONS MANAGER at Zlot Buell + Associates / Art Advisors, San Francisco, CA, 2021 - Present

• ART CONSULTANT at Local Language, Oakland, CA, 2020 - 2021

• DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER at the Artist Estate of Joan Brown, San Francisco, CA , 2014 - 2021

• ART & GRAPHICS PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEAD at WeWork, Oakland, CA 2019 - 2020

• PROJECT MANAGER at ShipArt International, a professional fine art services company, San Francisco, CA, 2011 - 2019

• OPERATIONS MANAGER & MANAGER OF VISITOR SERVICES at the Wildling Art Museum, Solvang, CA, 2008 - 2010

• FINANCE ASSISTANT at the University of California Education Abroad Program, Goleta, CA, 2006 - 2007

• ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE at a public relations firm, Santa Barbara, CA, 2005 - 2006

WRITING

• REVIEW, “Derek Fordjour at David Kordansky Gallery.” CARLA, Issue 29, 2022.

• ESSAY, “Jovencio da la Paz and the Soft World of Machines.” Surface Design Journal, Summer 2021.

• REVIEW, “(L.A. in S.F.) Julie Weitz at the Contemporary Jewish Museum.” CARLA, Issue 26, 2021.

• ESSAY, “Feel the Feels: 10 Creative Ways Bay Area Residents Are Spreading Kindness.” The Bold Italic, Aug. 2020.

• ESSAY, “Aesthetics and Ethics: Works on Paper by Ariamna Contino and Alex Hernández Dueñas.” Surface Design Journal, Summer, 2020.

• CHAPTER, “Dandies, Vamps, and Rockers: Sex and Disability in the Paintings of Aurie Ramirez.” Contemporary Art and Disability Studies. Eds. Alice Wexler and John Derby. New York and London: Routledge, 2020.

• EDITOR, Cultures of the Maker: An Anthology of Subjectivities, Dis/abilities, and Desires, San Francisco Art Institute, 2013.

• CHAPTER, “In the Game of Strip Poker, There Are No Losers.” Cultures of the Maker: An Anthology of Subjectivities, Dis/abilities, and Desires. San Francisco Art Institute, 2013. 36-49.

• MASTERS THESIS, Unruly Threads, Queer Handicrafts.

SPEAKING

• MODERATOR, Parking Lot Art Fair Panel Discussion: Rebelling & Reclaiming: The Role of the Artist in the Global Art Fair (May 2015)

• PRESENTER & PANEL MEMBER, Paper: Purposeful Misremembering: The Work of Josh Faught, Panel: Cuts & Clots: Queer Visual Arts; Thinking Gender Conference, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles (February 2013)

• GUEST LECTURER, Undergraduate Seminar: Contemporary Art Now, San Francisco Art Institute (November 2012)

CURATING 

• Co-curator, Almost Home: Community and Collaboration at Creative Growth, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Fransisco (April 22-26, 2013)

• Co-curator, Convergence: San Francisco Art Institute and Creative Growth, Creative Growth Art Center gallery, Oakland (March 14-22, 2013)

• Curatorial & Installation Assistant, Speak Your Peace, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco (January 4-24, 2013)

• Curator, Second Installment of The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA (January 17-February 8, 2013)

• Curatorial & Installation Assistant, Come Out and Play Festival and Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco (November 17-December 19, 2012)

• Curatorial & Installation Assistant, The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco (September 4-October 2, 2012)

• Curator, The Ramp Gallery, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco (August 2012- January 2013)

• Curator, Hand-Eye Coordination, The Swell Graduate Gallery, San Francisco (November 30-December 9, 2011)

• Curatorial Assistant & Acting Registrar, Fernand Lungren: The Desert Speaks, The Wilding Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (June-September 2010)

• Curatorial Assistant & Acting Registrar, Milford Zornes: An American Artist, The Wilding Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (March-May 2010)

• Curatorial Assistant & Acting Registrar, At Altitude: Four Views of the Southern Sierra, The Wildling Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (September 2009-January 2010)