Selected Exhibits

One Person Shows
2006 Scroll Down; The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2005 New Work; The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2001 Small Scrutinies; mixed media collages,The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1999 Field Notes, mixed media collage-installation at the Sam and Nathalie Brown Center for the Visual Arts at Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, Washington
1996 These Eight Became My Children; acrylic and prismacolor portraits at Charles
Wright Academy, Tacoma, Washington
1994 Being Translated, Commencement Gallery-Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA
1987 My Tunisia; the University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
1985 Collected Stories; one-person exhibit at the Women’s Cultural Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1984 Recent Drawings, Art Gallery at Tarrant County Jr. College, Fort Worth, Texas
1984 Mortal Landscapes, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.

Two-person and Group Shows
2006 Larson Gallery 34th Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA
*Award-Honorable Mention Juried by Alan Berner, Seattle, WA
2004 Northwest Biennial: BuildingWise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Juried by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
2003 O Human Child, installation with Louise Williams for Window Dressing in F.W. Woolworth windows, Tacoma, WA. Sponsored by the Tacoma Arts Commission.
2003 Collected Stories, collaboration with Louise Williams, The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma WA
2002 East West Horizons, “four artists influenced by Asia” The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Larson Gallery 29th Annual Photo Exhibition, Yakima Valley Community College,
Yakima, Washington. Juried by Herb Blissard and Drex Brooks. *Award of Excellence.
1998 Five Landscape Artists, The University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
1997 Beijing and Beyond, ARTSpace Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996-97 Beijing and Beyond, Touring Exhibit with Women’s Caucus for Art
1995 Tell Me a Story, Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibit at the 4th United Nations NGO Forum on Women, Huairou, People’s Republic of China
1995 Tacoma Now, Penelope Loucas Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
1995 Becky Frehse and Elizabeth C. Otto; Continuous Spectrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1993 Going Far and Returning; a 2-person exhibit at The Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, Washington
1993 Chinese Perspectives; University Gallery at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA
1993 Old Friends-New Voices; Tacoma Little Theater Gallery, Tacoma, WA curated by Penelope Loucas
1993 Reconstructing Identity; Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference, Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
1990 Washington State Art Faculty Invitational; the Esvelt Gallery at Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington
1990 Women Artists in Washington, Olympia School District, Olympia, Washington
1987 & 1988 Northwest Women in the Arts Invitational Exhibition, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
1987 Cats, Tacoma Art Museum’s ArtWorks-children’s interactive space, Tacoma, WA
1986-92 Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran
University, Tacoma, Washington
1984 29th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, The Larson Gallery at Yakima Community College, Yakima, Washington Juried. *Pioneer Back Award
1985 Pacific Northwest Figure Drawing Competition; the Visual Arts Center of Alaska in Anchorage.
Juror: Alfred Leslie
1984 Kansas Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Wichita Art Association. Wichita, Kansas. Juror: Albert Handell
1983 First Alcoa/Gallery 76 Exhibition, Gallery ’76, Wentachee Valley Community College, Wenatchee, Washington. Juried. *First Prize Award

Awards and Honors
The Annual KAthe Kollwitz Award – The Northwest Women’s Caucus for Art, 2004
Excellence in Photography Award, 2001, The Larson Gallery 29th Annual Photo Exhibition.Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, Washington. Juried by Herb Blissard and Drex Brooks.
1995 Artist Trust GAP Grant for “Personal Journals” project at the NGO Women’s Forum in Huairou, People’s Republic of China.
First Prize Alcoa/Gallery ’76 Exhibition, 1984; First Prize and Honorable Mention, 1983 Annual Exhibition of the Community Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Excellence in Painting to a B.F.A. candidate at Arizona State University, May, 1980.

Collections
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Washington
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Private Collections in U.S., Norwary, Switzerland

Teaching Experience
2001-present Educational Consultant-Visual Art Education K-12
2001-present Artist in Residence and Teacher Trainer; Washington State Arts Commission; Art in Education Program
2000-present Teaching Artist-Mentor; Arts Impact in Education (formerly Pierce County Arts Education Partnership), Tacoma, Washington
2002-2003 Teacher Mentor; Arts Education Tacoma Public School Dist. #10-Community Consortia Project
2001-present Art Instructor; Life Drawing, Summer Sessions- The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
2000-2001 Art Instructor; Drawing On the World, Art After School Program, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
1993-present Guest Lecturer-Integrated Arts for Classroom Teachers; Pacific Lutheran University, School of the Arts.
1995 - 2000 Art Instructor; Middle and Upper School, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, Washington.
1986 - 1993 Artist In Residence & Lecturer; Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation. Art Dept. Integrated Studies and School of the Arts team-taught programs. Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. Washington.
1985 - 1986 Peace Corps Volunteer, Special Education, Tunisia.
1984 - 1985 Artist-In-Residence, Washington State Arts Commission.
1982 – 1984 Graduate Teaching Assistant; Drawing and Art Appreciation, Art Dept. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.

Workshops, Conferences, Guest Lectures and Publications

Presenter, A Case for Big Ideas, Cedar Springs Art Center, Gig Harbor, Washington
Co-Moderator, Women’s Caucus for Art Panel & Workshop at the 4th United Nations NGO Forum on Women in Huairou, PRC. 1995;
Guest Lecturer, Fine Arts Institute in Guangzhou, PRC, 1991/92;
Guest Lecturer, The Tacoma Art Museum’s Brown Bag Lunch & Lecture Series, 1987.
Guest Lecturer, Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Tunis, Tunisia, 1986
Published Art Review, Modern Perspectives-The New Landscapes of Shan Jianfeng,
translated by Wu Gaolin for the Guangzhou Ribao, March 26, 1992.