BIO & CV
Bella Feldman: A Life of Art, Advocacy, and Critique
Bella Feldman, a towering figure in contemporary sculpture and mixed media, dedicated her long and impactful career to an incisive exploration of the human condition through the lens of form, material, and social commentary. Born in New York City, her early life, marked by the echoes of World War II and the Holocaust, profoundly shaped her artistic perspective, instilling a lifelong preoccupation with themes of anxiety, vulnerability, and the absurdities of power.
Upon moving to California in 1951, Feldman quickly became a pivotal voice in the Bay Area art scene. For decades, she served as a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts (CCA). Her tenure at CCA was not only about shaping generations of artists but also about pioneering advocacy. Notably, upon returning from a period teaching art in Uganda in the early 1970s, she faced discriminatory threats to her position. Her successful fight to retain her job galvanized her into becoming a fierce and unwavering champion for the rights and equality of other female faculty both within the institution and at other colleges and universities.
Feldman’s artistic practice was characterized by a meticulous investigation of structure, decay, and renewal. Her sculptures, often possessing a monumental presence despite their often-delicate balance, challenged conventional notions of beauty and permanence. She masterfully recontextualized discarded and industrial materials, breathing new life into forgotten objects and highlighting their inherent histories. She was a true innovator, famously pioneering the technique of blowing glass directly into metal forms, creating a compelling dialogue between the fragile and the formidable.
Her profound engagement with geopolitical events and the human psyche found potent expression in significant bodies of work. The internationally recognized “War Toys” series, initiated in 1992, offered a poignant and often darkly humorous critique of militarism and the allure of weaponry, reflecting her deep-seated concerns about global conflicts. Earlier installations like “Rat Room”, influenced by her experiences in Africa, further exemplified her ability to transform personal and political observations into powerful, evocative art.
Bella Feldman’s work is a profound meditation on the cycle of creation and destruction, a testament to resilience, and a constant invitation for viewers to consider the impermanence of all things. Her legacy encompasses not only her groundbreaking artistic output but also her enduring commitment to social justice within the arts.
selected solo exhibitions
2021
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Writ in Steel
2017
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, War Toys, Fire and Fury
2016
Vessel Gallery, Oakland,CA
2013
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 50 Year Survey
2011
Nieto Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Anxious Objects
Public Glass, San Francisco, CA, Works in Glass and Steel
2010
San Luis Obispo Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Overview
2009
The Atrium @ 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA, Metal and Glass
Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Bella Feldman–JP Long Dialogue
2008
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2007
Sculpturesite, San Francisco, CA
Buschlen Mowatt, Palm Desert, CA
2006
Sculpturesite, San Francisco, CA
Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL, Glass Engravings
2004
Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL, War Toys Redux
Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA, War Toys Redux
Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Crafts and Cultural Arts Gallery, California State Building, Oakland, CA
2003
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, War Toys Redux
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, War Toys Redux
2002
Tucson Museum, Tucson, AZ
Habatat Chicago, Chicago, IL, Flasks of Fiction
Buschlen Mowatt, Palm Desert, CA
Habatat Pontiac, Pontiac, MI
2001
Habatat Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Habatat Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998
D. P. Fong, San Jose, CA
Pat Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, New Work
1996
1995
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Decompression Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1994
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, War Toy Installation
1993
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Downey Museum, Downey, CA
St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1992
California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Oakland Museum, Downtown Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA
1991
Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
SPACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1988
Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
SPACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987
1984
1983
University of Denver, Denver, CO, Sculpture by Bella Feldman
1982
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Bella T. Feldman/Sculpture
1980
1976
Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1975
1973
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. Metamorphosis
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (*indicates curator)
2017
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, Contraption
Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2015
Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA, All That Glitters
Yianna Grammatopoula Gallery, Athens, Greece, Magic Carpet Ride
San Luis Obispo Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA. CA Sculpture Slam
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. The Object and the Void
Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, CA, Vessel
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. Dorothy Saxe Invitational
Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA. Woman
Cabrillo College Gallery, Apton, CA. Material Illusions
2014
A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpturesite, Sonoma CA. Being Woman
2013
Paradise Ridge Winery Santa Rosa, CA 20@20
A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpturesite, Sonoma CA. Black_White_Red
Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA. Armed Medium
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, New Media Combinations
Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa CA. Tradition of Mayhem
2012
2011
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA, 75th Anniversary Show
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Amorphous Dreams
2009
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, estro-GEN
2008
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA, Artists of Invention: 100 years CCA
2007
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2006
Fresno Art Museum and Art Center, Fresno, CA, 18 Profiles, Distinguished
Women Artists of California.
Whitney Biennial 2006, Peace Tower, New York, NY
2005
Habatat Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Toys
2001
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Being There: 45 Artists
1996
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA,
Generations: The Lineage of Influence in the Bay Area
1994
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, Menorah Exhibit
Alternative Museum, New York, NY, National Showcase
1993
Rockford Museum, Rockford, IL, War Toy Installation
1992
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado,
Colorado Springs, CO, Crossovers
1991
Oakland Museum, Downtown Sculpture Court, Inaugural Exhibition,
Phil Linhares*
1989
Baeker Galerie, Cologne, Germany, Five California Artists
1988
Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD, Tangents: Seven Artists,
Mary Jane Jacob* Traveling to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Cleveland
Art Institute, Cleveland, OH
1986
Fresno Art Museum and Art Center, Fresno, CA,
Survey of California Women Artists 1945 Present, Joyce Aiken*
1985
San Francisco Airport Commission, San Francisco, CA,
Menagerie-Contemporary Animal Images
Focus Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland, Six Artistes of the Biennale
Musee de Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, Fibre/Sculpture Biennale
1984
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX, The Presence of Light, Betty Park*,
Dominique Mazaud*
Twining Gallery, New York, NY, Art in Craft Media, Mildred Constantine*
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI, Fiber Cross Currents
1983
Musee de Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland,
Fibre/Espace; Tapisserie Biennale
Japan Traveling Exhibit, Art and/or Craft USA: 1982 Japan, Sherri Warner*
1982
Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA,
Between the Lines: Lightweight Sculpture
Visual Art Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, National Sculpture Invitational, (Traveled to Fairbanks and Juneau)
Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA, Between the Lines: Lightweight Sculpture
Visual Art Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK,
National Sculpture Invitational, (Traveled to Fairbanks and Juneau)
1978
80 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Paper as Medium, Jane Farmer*
1976
SPACE Gallery, Los Angeles, Death Show, Ed Lau*
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, The Handmade Paper Object,
Richard Kubiak* (Traveled until 1982)
Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA, The Multiple Image
1975
Athol McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA,
Paper Sculpture
1974
Womanspace, Los Angeles, CA. Taboo Show
awards
Di Rosa Collection, Napa, CA
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI
Architectural Commissions
Sculpture Fountain, Federal Home Loan Bank Lobby, 600 California Street, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture Fountain, Barclay Simpson Garden, Orinda, CA ~ Ron Lutsko, Landscape Architect
Mosaic Tile Facade, Crystal Elementary School, Suisun City, CA ~ Van Bourg, Architect
Mosaic Panel, Medical Building, Redding, CA ~ Burns Cadwalader, Architect
Panels for Garden Wall, IBM, San Jose, CA ~ John Bolles, Architect
Mosaic Mural, Executive Office, Lovable Brassiere Co., Atlanta, GA
Relief, Temple Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA ~ Marquis & Stoller, Architects
Relief, City Hall, Mountain View, CA ~ George Dueker, Architect
Relief, Science & Industrial Arts Building, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, Berkeley, CA, ~ Aitkin & Collin, Architects
Sculptures, Marina Vista Plaza, Vallejo, CA and Potrero Project, Richmond, CA ~ Royston,
Hanamoto & Mayes, Landscape Architects
Sculpture, Hydronautics, Inc., Washington, DC suburb James Hilleary Associates, Architects
Group of Sculptures, Newport Shopping Center, Newport, CA ~ Sasaki, Walker,
Landscape Architects.Sculpture Fountain, Federal Home Loan Bank Lobby, 600 California Street, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture Fountain, Barclay Simpson Garden, Orinda, CA ~ Ron Lutsko, Landscape Architect
Mosaic Tile Facade, Crystal Elementary School, Suisun City, CA ~ Van Bourg, Architect
Mosaic Panel, Medical Building, Redding, CA ~ Burns Cadwalader, Architect
Panels for Garden Wall, IBM, San Jose, CA ~ John Bolles, Architect
Mosaic Mural, Executive Office, Lovable Brassiere Co., Atlanta, GA
Relief, Temple Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA ~ Marquis & Stoller, Architects
Relief, City Hall, Mountain View, CA ~ George Dueker, Architect
Relief, Science & Industrial Arts Building, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, Berkeley, CA, ~ Aitkin & Collin, Architects Sculptures, Marina Vista Plaza, Vallejo, CA and Potrero Project, Richmond, CA ~ Royston,
Hanamoto & Mayes, Landscape Architects
Sculpture, Hydronautics, Inc., Washington, DC suburb James Hilleary Associates, Architects
Group of Sculptures, Newport Shopping Center, Newport, CA ~ Sasaki, Walker,
Landscape Architects.
PUBLISHED
2008
Bella, Bella, a Documentary Film by Elizabeth Sher
2006
Eighteen Profiles, Distinguished Women Artists of California, Fresno Art Museum
Bella Feldman, (cover story) Artist Blacksmith, UK Summer 2006
2001
Bella-Works in Glass and Mixed Media
1996
Bella: Survey of Sculpture, 1974-1996, catalogue for Fresno Art Museum Distinguished
Woman Artist of 1996 exhibit.
1992
Leonardo Theme Publication #8, Women, Art and Technology.
1984
Leonardo, Journal of the International Society of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Dec ~
Jan Issue. A View of Evolution Expressed in Sculpture: A Reflection of Nuclear Angst.
1983
African Arts, University of California Press, Los Angeles, Fall Issue. The So Cattle
Sculpture of Uganda, co-authored with Dr. Ross Coates.
Bibliography
1996
Bella: Survey of Sculpture, 1974-1996, catalogue for Fresno Art Museum Distinguished Woman Artist of 1996 exhibit.
1991
Blasier, Paula. Profile: An Interview, CITY LIFE.Blasier, Paula. Profile: An Interview, CITY LIFE.
1987
International Who’s Who of Business and Professional Women, International
Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
Possibility and Paradox in Fiber Art, The Oakland Museum, Sept.-Oct. 1987.
1986
Matson Jones, Virginia. Contemporary American Women Sculptors, Oryx Press,
Phoenix, AZ.
Singer, Elizabeth. Sculpture of Bella Feldman, Textic Kunst, Hannover, Germany
1984
Scarborough, Jessica. Vision of Bella Feldman, FIBER ARTS MAGAZINE.
1979
Frym, Gloria. Editor, Second Stories, CHRONICLE BOOKS.
1979
Erickson, Barbara. BERKELEY GAZETTE, Feature article.
Catalogues
2013
Bella Feldman Retrospective 1991 – 2012
2001
Bella, Works in Glass and Mixed Media
1996
Distinguished Woman Artist of 1996, catalogue for Fresno Art Museum
1992
War Toys, An Installation Traveling.
1979
Fibre/Sculpture, Musee de Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
1983
Fibre/Espace, Musee de Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
1982
Art and/or Craft, USA: Japan
1982
Center for the Visual Arts, Sculpture Catalogue, Oakland, CA
Atlantic Coast/Pacific Coast, 75th Anniversary Exhibit,
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1976
The Handmade Paper Object, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Selected Reviews Since 1982
Selz, Peter. Solidity is Always Undermined, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE October 2014
Fancher, Lou. Exhibit: 50-year Survey of Oakland artist Bella Feldman,
OAKLAND TRIBUNE September 2013
Burke, Sarah. Reflecting on the work of Bella Feldman, EAST BAY EXPRESS October 2013
Baker, Kenneth. Bella Feldman: Sculptor gets a retrospective,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE October 2013
Roth, David. Bella Feldman at Sculpturesite Gallery, ARTWEEK, November 2006
Farr, Sheila. War Toys: Weapons of Mass Devotion, SEATTLE TIMES, July 9, 2004.
Whitney, Kathleen. Feldman at Habatat Gallery, WORLD SCULPTURE NEWS Summer,
2000.
Whitney, Kathleen. Bella Feldman-Remarkable Pieces of Apparatus, SCULPTURE
MAGAZINE, June 2000.
Ollman, Leah. Metaphoric Richness in Steel and Glass, LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 1999.
Dalkey, Victoria. Imagination Highlights Sculpture SACRAMENTO BEE, May 1999.
Bella Feldman at d.p. Fong, ARTWEEK, November 1998.
Porge, Maria. Bella Feldman, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE, October 1998.
Keeler, Guy, Heavy Mettle, FRESNO BEE, September 22, 1996.
Baker, Kenneth. Feldman’s Moving Sculpture Exhibit, SAN FRANCISCO CRONICLE,
March 7, 1996.
Santiago, Chiori, Exploring the Dark Side, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, July 21, 1996.
Nilsen, Richard. Inventive Artworks are Scary, Funny, ARIZONA REPUBLIC,
May 21, 1995.
Rinheart, Betty. Toying with Our Emotions, ARIZONA NEW TIMES, April 20~26, 1995.
Review of Exhibit for Center for Creative Studies, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE,
December 1994.
Selz, Peter. Solidity is Always Undermined, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE October 2014
Fancher, Lou. Exhibit: 50-year Survey of Oakland artist Bella Feldman,
OAKLAND TRIBUNE September 2013
Burke, Sarah. Reflecting on the work of Bella Feldman, EAST BAY EXPRESS October 2013
Baker, Kenneth. Bella Feldman: Sculptor gets a retrospective,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE October 2013
Roth, David. Bella Feldman at Sculpturesite Gallery, ARTWEEK, November 2006
Farr, Sheila. War Toys: Weapons of Mass Devotion, SEATTLE TIMES, July 9, 2004.
Whitney, Kathleen. Feldman at Habatat Gallery, WORLD SCULPTURE NEWS Summer,
2000.
Whitney, Kathleen. Bella Feldman-Remarkable Pieces of Apparatus, SCULPTURE
MAGAZINE, June 2000.
Ollman, Leah. Metaphoric Richness in Steel and Glass, LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 1999.
Dalkey, Victoria. Imagination Highlights Sculpture SACRAMENTO BEE, May 1999.
Bella Feldman at d.p. Fong, ARTWEEK, November 1998.
Porge, Maria. Bella Feldman, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE, October 1998.
Keeler, Guy, Heavy Mettle, FRESNO BEE, September 22, 1996.
Baker, Kenneth. Feldman’s Moving Sculpture Exhibit, SAN FRANCISCO CRONICLE,
March 7, 1996.
Santiago, Chiori, Exploring the Dark Side, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, July 21, 1996.
Nilsen, Richard. Inventive Artworks are Scary, Funny, ARIZONA REPUBLIC,
May 21, 1995.
Rinheart, Betty. Toying with Our Emotions, ARIZONA NEW TIMES, April 20~26, 1995.
Review of Exhibit for Center for Creative Studies, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE,
December 1994.
Colby, Joy Hakanson. Sculptor’s War Toys Make a Play for Peace, DETROIT NEWS,
March 11, 1994.
Miro, Marsha. Sculptor Uses Ridicule to Stress War’s Folly, DETROIT FREE PRESS,
March 13, 1994.
Lebzelter, Bill. Solidity is Always Undermined in the Work of Bella Feldman,
PASATIEMPO, Santa Fe, May 7, 1993.
Baker, Kenneth. Scavenged Material Becomes Sculpture,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, September 15, 1992.
Cohn, Terri. Bella Feldman, ARTWEEK, January 9, 1992.
Suvan, Geer, Form that Uses Movement as an Idea and Reality,
LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 18, 1991.
Baker, Kenneth. Summer Surprises, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 26, 1989.
Anderson, Roger. Murmurs of the Art, EAST BAY EXPRESS, May 27, 1988.
Baker, Kenneth. Home Grown Sculpture, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE,
March 31, 1988.
Donohue, Melinda. LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 4, 1988.
Baker, Kenneth. New Works of Art in Search of a Context,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, May 2, 1987.
Gardner, Colin.LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 23, 1987.
Jordan, Jim. A Vocabulary of Subtle Aggressions, ARTWEEK, November 1984
Bornstein, Anne. Sculpture Recreates Our Link to Nature, DAILY CALIFORNIAN,
October 26, 1984
Scarborough, Jessica. Bella Tabak Feldman, Recent Sculpture FIBER ARTS MAGAZINE,
March ~ April 1983.
Meisel, Alan R. From the San Francisco Bay Area, CRAFT INTERNATIONAL,
January 1983.
Boettger, Suzaan. Best of 1982, BAY GUARDIAN, December 1982.
Boettger, Suzaan. Potent Allusions, ARTWEEK, October 1982.
Curtis, Cathy. Lightweight Sculpture Comes of Age, ARTWEEK, February 1982.
Burkhart, Dorothy. Seethrough Sculpture Reshapes Our Ideas about Space and Mass,
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, September 1982.
Colby, Joy Hakanson. Sculptor’s War Toys Make a Play for Peace, DETROIT NEWS,
March 11, 1994.
Miro, Marsha. Sculptor Uses Ridicule to Stress War’s Folly, DETROIT FREE PRESS,
March 13, 1994.
Lebzelter, Bill. Solidity is Always Undermined in the Work of Bella Feldman,
PASATIEMPO, Santa Fe, May 7, 1993.
Baker, Kenneth. Scavenged Material Becomes Sculpture,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, September 15, 1992.
Cohn, Terri. Bella Feldman, ARTWEEK, January 9, 1992.
Suvan, Geer, Form that Uses Movement as an Idea and Reality,
LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 18, 1991.
Baker, Kenneth. Summer Surprises, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 26, 1989.
Anderson, Roger. Murmurs of the Art, EAST BAY EXPRESS, May 27, 1988.
Baker, Kenneth. Home Grown Sculpture, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE,
March 31, 1988.
Donohue, Melinda. LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 4, 1988.
Baker, Kenneth. New Works of Art in Search of a Context,
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, May 2, 1987.
Gardner, Colin.LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 23, 1987.
Jordan, Jim. A Vocabulary of Subtle Aggressions, ARTWEEK, November 1984
Bornstein, Anne. Sculpture Recreates Our Link to Nature, DAILY CALIFORNIAN,
October 26, 1984
Scarborough, Jessica. Bella Tabak Feldman, Recent Sculpture FIBER ARTS MAGAZINE,
March ~ April 1983.
Meisel, Alan R. From the San Francisco Bay Area, CRAFT INTERNATIONAL,
January 1983.
Boettger, Suzaan. Best of 1982, BAY GUARDIAN, December 1982.
Boettger, Suzaan. Potent Allusions, ARTWEEK, October 1982.
Curtis, Cathy. Lightweight Sculpture Comes of Age, ARTWEEK, February 1982.
Burkhart, Dorothy. Seethrough Sculpture Reshapes Our Ideas about Space and Mass,
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, September 1982.
Academic Positions
1965-2001
Professor of Sculpture, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
1996, 1987-1989
Chair, Sculpture Department, California College of Arts, Oakland,CA
Consultant, African Nomadic Art Exhibit, National Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1987
Graduate Director, California College of Arts, Oakland CA
1975-1979
Founder, Sculpture Program, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA
1972-1975
Lecturer, Fine Art School, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
1968-1970
Lecturer, University of California, Extension Division
1961
The Handmade Paper Object, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Guest Artist
2014
Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004
Visiting Artist, California State University, San Jose
2003
Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998
Visiting Artist, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
1997
Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1994
Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
1992
Visiting Artist, California Polytechnic Institute at San Luis Obispo,
San Luis Obispo, CA
1990
Cultural Specialist for the U.S. Information Service, Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda
1989
Lecture tour, three Japanese art colleges.
1986
Visiting artist, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Visiting artist, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
Visiting artist, California State University at Humboldt, Arcata, CA
1985
Visiting artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1984
Visiting artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1983
Visiting artist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1982
Sculpture workshop for International Sculpture Conference, Mills College,
Oakland, CA
1981
Visiting artist, Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, AK
1980
Visiting artist, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1979
Visiting artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1975
Visiting artist, Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA
1961
Visiting artist, University of Washington, Pullman, WA
Juror
2015
San Luis Obispo Museum, San Luis Opisbo, CA
2003
Colorado Arts Council, Denver CO
1984
Annual Juried Exhibition, San Mateo Art Association, CA
2002
Fairbanks Art Association, Fairbanks, AK
1997
Pacific Rim Sculptors, San Francisco, CA
1995
San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA
1989
National Women’s Art, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1987
State Grants to Artists, State of Rhode Island
1967
California State Fair, CA
1982
Fiber Art, Iowa City, IA
education
M. A., San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B. A., Queens College, Queens, NY
Diploma, H. S. of Music and Art, New York, NY