Resume

Awards:
2020 Merit Award, Human Rights Art Exhibition, 2020 biennial, College of the Sequoias, One/Two Person Exhibitions
2018 Rydell Fellowship, Santa Cruz, CA
Jurors Award of Merit, 2018 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition Sanchez Center, Pacifica, CA
2015 Honorable Mention, 6th Annual ISAP International Open Online Show 2015, International Society of Acrylic Painters
2011 Third Place Works on Paper: A National Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Preston Metcalf, Juror, Santa Cruz, CA
2004 The Educardo Arderi Award - BEST OF SHOW, Cabrillo College Gallery, Christopher Brown Juror, Aptos, CA
 
One/Two Person Exhibitions:
2023 MYRA EASTMAN, A Life's Work, Curated By The Sea Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 A Day in the Life, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Family Portraits, Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
Family Portraits,Phoenix Gallery, NYC, NY
2015 At Your Door: The Art Of Myra Eastman, Museo Eduardo Carrillo, Santa Cruz, CA
2012 The Voting Series, The Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
The Voting Series, San Francisco Library San Francisco, CA.
2006 Middle East Occupation Series, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2004 Middle East Occupation Series, Question Gallery Santa Cruz, CA
 
Selected Juried /Invitational Exhibitions: (Invitational shows indicated by *)
2024 Selections: Rydell Visual Arts Fellows 2006-2021, m.k. contemporary art, Santa Cruz, CA*
2022 National Habitats Exhibition, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2021 My American Experience, O'Hanion Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
In These Uncertain Times, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA *
Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, The painting Center, NYC, NY *
2020 RIGHT TO VOTE, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Human Rights Art Exhibition, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
33rd September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Rydell Fellows Exhibition, Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA *
2019 Axis 14th National, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Santo Foundations 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Saint Louis Missouri, MO *
2018 Defining the Art of Change IN THE AGE OF TRUMP, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington D.C.
Storytelling, Art Works Downtown 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Spoken/Unspoken: Art As Response/Artist As Catalyst, Porter Faculty Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 Peace De Resistance, Arthouse NYC, NY
On The Street Where I Live, Webster Arts, St. Louis, ME
Color: Primary to Tertiary, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Social Justice: It Happens to One, It Happens to All, Gutfreund Cornett Art Exhibition, St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Morage, CA
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Studios & Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Nowhere Everywhere, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
Little Boxes Exhibit: Based on the Malvina Reynolds Song, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX
UCSC 50th Alumni Exhibition, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
28th Women's Works Anniversary, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Art of Painting, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
2014 Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Abstract Exhibition in Art at the Center, Overland Park, KAN
Incite Insight, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2013 The Fletcher Exhibit: Socially & Politically Engaged Art, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Material Witness, Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
83rd Annual Statewide Exhibition: Incredible Places, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
 
Publications:
2018 Catamaran Literary Reader
Defining the Art of Change, IN THE AGE OF TRUMP - CCPART
2009 Studio Visit, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2013 American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA
 
Online Art File:
International Society of Acrylic Painters
The Painting Center, New York, New York International Society of Acrylic Painters
 
Education:
1977 B.A. University of California at Santa Cruz
1986–91 Cabrillo College, Studio Arts
2000–02 San Francisco Art Institute
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