CV
Born 1983, Fort Bragg, California
2012 MFA Art Studio, University of California, Davis, CA
2007 BA Art, Sculpture Emphasis, University of California, College of Creative Studies,
Santa Barbara, CA
2005 AA Art, Shasta College, Redding, CA
EXHIBITION RECORD
2019 Robots, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 Seeing Sound 2, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2019 The Gun Show, Artspace 1616, Sacramento, CA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Fish Head, Artspace 1616, Sacramento, CA
2018 25th Annual Pink Week Invitational Micro Art Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 Sacramento City College Faculty Show, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2017 Solo Exhibition, Anadramous: There and Back Again, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2017 Two-Person Exhibition, Everybody has Doglegs, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
2016 Reboot, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 History of Sacramento City College Full-Time Faculty, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 The Impression, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2016 Maskerade 3, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2016 Assemblage, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2016 Full Circle, Oakwilde Sculpture Park, Valley Springs, CA
2016 Solo Exhibition, Alter, The InsideOut Experimental Art Space, Sacramento, CA
2015 Solo Exhibition, Old Growth, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Cups, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2014 Synesthesia, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
2014 Maskerade 2, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2014 Sacramento City College Faculty Art Exhibition, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2014 CAST Preview Exhibition, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2014 Bird House, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2014 Use the Buddy System, E Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA (Curated by Milk Gallery)
2013 20th Pink Week Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2012 Solo Exhibition, Totem, Gallery W, Sacramento, CA
2012 You Never Know When I’ll Show You the Never, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
2012 The New MFAs of UCSB + UC Davis, Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 Fall Opener, Class of 2012 MFA Exhibition, Old Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
2009 Art From the Ashes, Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 UCSB Annual Undergraduate Exhibit, The Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried Exhibition)
2007 Solo Exhibition, FB Squared, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Undergraduate Senior Show)
2006 UCSB Annual Undergraduate Exhibit, The Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried Exhibition)
2006 Two-Person Exhibition, Mid-Residency Review, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Undergraduate Senior Show)
2005 55th Annual Shasta College Student Exhibit, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA (Juried by Scott Shields)
2004 54th Annual Shasta College Student Exhibit, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA (Juried Exhibition)
2003 53th Annual Shasta College Student Exhibit, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA (Juried Exhibition)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 Best in Show for “Burial Ground,” Full Circle Juried Exhibition, Oakwilde Sculpture Park, Valley Springs, CA
2015 California State Fair-First Place Student Award for project made during sculpture class at SCC
2012 Dedalus Foundation MFA Arts Fellowship Nominee, University of California, Davis, CA
2011 Freeman P. Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis, CA
2010 Freeman P Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis, CA
2007 Philip Francis Siff Memorial Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 William Dole Memorial Fund, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 UCSB Faculty Award of Distinction, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 UCSB Faculty Promising Future Artist Award, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 Philip Francis Siff Memorial Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 Prix De Shasta College Award, Shasta College, Redding, CA
2005 Christopher Orwig Memorial Award, Shasta College, Redding, CA
2004 Don Oestreicher Award, Shasta College, Redding, CA
2003 Ronald Beyer Architect Award, Shasta College, Redding, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
– Natalie Nelson, “June exhibit highlights ‘seeing sound’,” The Davis Enterprise, June 14, 2019. B2.
– Karen Wilson, “Artist Profile,” N Magazine, Cover Story, February 2019. Cover, 6.
– Victoria Dalkey, “Second Saturday Preview: Artists give us glimpses into life on scale both large and small,” The Sacramento Bee, January 7, 2019
-Natalie Nelson, “Pence Gallery: Peterson, Shimo, Rose, featured in October,” The Davis Enterprise, September 29, 2017. D6.
– Ben Black, Artifacts, Aggregate Space Gallery, in conjunction with Feather Board Writing Series, June 20, 2015.
– Michelle Threadgould, “Elevating Installations,” Oakland Magazine, July 2015. 78-79.
– Art in America, UC Davis MFA Program advertisement with photo of “Totem,” October 12, 2012. 190.
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS
2019 Artist’s Lecture, “Fish Head,” Artspace 1616, Sacramento, CA, February 17.
2017 Artist’s Lecture, “Everybody has Doglegs,” Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA, March 23.
2016 Guest Speaker, One-Day Art Projects Marathon, Crocker Art Museum, Education Department, Sacramento, CA, March 19.
2015 Open Studio and Presentation for Shasta College Art Students, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA, November 17.
2015 Guest Lecture “Linear Perspective,” Crocker Art Museum, Sketch Crawl, Sacramento, CA,
May 28.
2015 Artist’s Talk “Old Growth,” Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA, June 13.
COMMITTEES
2016 Verge Center for the Arts Studio Resident Selection Committee
COLLECTIONS
Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2014-2017 Verge Center for the Arts Studio Resident, Sacramento, CA (Jan. 1, 2014-2017)
JUDGING EXPERIENCE
2019 California State Fair, Sculpture Division, Sacramento, CA
2019 Sacramento State University Annual Student Art Show, Sacramento, CA
2018 California State Fair, Sculpture Division, Sacramento, CA
2017 California State Fair, Sculpture Division, Sacramento, CA
CURATION
2018 Trinary, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2017 Multiverse, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 Backroom 2, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA (Co-curated with Emily Johnson)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-Present Assistant Professor, Studio Art, Sacramento City College
2014-2016 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Studio Art, Sacramento City College
2014 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Studio Art, Sierra College