Resume
EDUCATION
1989 University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
M.F.A. in Printmaking.
1985 University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
Post-undergraduate Research
1983 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
B.F.A. Specialization in Graphic Design.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-Present Professor in Printmaking, San Francisco State University
2017-2018 Interim Director of the School of Art, San Francisco State University
2016-2018 Board of Education, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
1994-1996 Assistant Professor, Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, FL
1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York (SUNY), Plattsburgh, NY
1992-1993 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1990-1992 Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1989-1990 Visiting Artist, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SELECTED SCHOLARLY, CREATIVE WORK AND EXHIBITIONS
2024 San Francisco State University Art Department Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
WORD, Group Exhibition, MAG Galleries, SF CA
Pressing for Change, Group Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO
Shipyard Open Studio April 25 – April 27, Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 116, Studio 7, San Francisco, CA
2023 Cache; works on Paper by Diane Fine and Mario Laplante, Lake Placid Art Center, Lake Placid, NY
Shipyard Open Studio April 29 – April 30, Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 116, Studio 7, San Francisco, CA
2022 Shipyard Open Studio April 30- May 01, Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 116, Studio 7, San Francisco, CA
Shipyard Open Studio, Oct 22-23, Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 116, Studio 7, San Francisco, CA
2021 Living with Dying, BluSeed Studio, Saranac Lake
Pandomenium, Abecedarian aAtists’ Books, Denver, CO
Shipyard Open Studio Oct 22-23, Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 116, Studio 7, San Francisco, CA
2020 Residency The Virginia Center for the Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, VA
Annual Abstract Sanctuary Exhibition (Juried), Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Speaking of Books Arts: Oral Histories from UW-Madison, Chazen Museum of Art,
UW-Madison, WI
San Francisco State University Art Department Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Matters, (Juried), 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Ink Matters, The Downtown Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN
Art Matters, Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA
2019 The HeArt of the Book, Loveland Artists Collective, Loveland, CO
53rd Founders Juried Awards Exhibition, Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida.
Visualizing the Word, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College Office, Arnold, MD
SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMARTS Cultural Center, SF CA
2018 Pacific States Biennial North America, (Juried), University of Hawai’i at Hilo Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI
Concurrence, (2-Person Exhibit), San Marco Gallery, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA
Claiming Two Landscapes, The Center for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Merged: A National Exhibition of Self Expressive Collage and Assemblage, D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
33rd Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, the University of Texas at Tyler, Houston, TX
2017 Spectrum National Juried Printmaking Show, Cade Art Gallery, John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Paperwork Group Exhibition Dab Art, H Gallery & Studio, Ventura, CA
Paperworks 2017, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
PrintHouston: NEXT 2017, A Biennial of Contemporary Prints, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX
Wheaton Biennial: Printmaking Reimagined, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, MA
38th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Mo
2016 Palimpsest Culture, Portfolio curated by Jonathan Barcan
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here - Transcendent Hope, City College of San Francisco Rosenberg Library, 2nd Floor Gallery, SF, CA
Stand Out Prints, (International Juried Exhibition), Highpoint Center for Printmaking,Minneapolis, MN
BIG TEN, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, NY
Paperworks 2016, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
San Francisco State University Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Press Play, (Juried), The Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
29th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, (Juried Exhibition), Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Palimpsest Culture, (2-Person Exhibit), Soltesz Fine Art gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Art in Print Prix de Print, selected by Juror Andrew Mockler of Jungle Press to be the subject of an article in Art in Print Journal and website.
9th Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Centre d’Exposition Raymond-Lasnier, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Red and Other Colors, (2-Person Exhibit), Works by Diane Fine and Collaborative Works with Mario Laplante, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
The Contemporary Print, (Juried), Texas National Competition & Exhibition at Stephen F Austin University, TX
In Print, (Juried Exhibition), Gallery One Visual Art Center, Ellensburg CA
2014 Lithopixel Refactory Collective (LRC), Invited as featured artist to take part of a one-day performance at SF State in conjunction with SGCI.
How Do We Get From Here, National Print Portfolio, Curated by Diane Fine for and exhibited at the Southern Graphics Conference, San Francisco State University, CA
Ink, Press, Repeat, University Galleries William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Sacred/Profane, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
How Do We Get From Here, The Artery, San Francisco State University, CA
2013 Atlanta Print Biennial, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
The International Juried Exhibition 2013, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
6th Annual Juried Show Part II, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2013 California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica,CA
34th Bradley International Print and Drawing, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2012 Out of Print, The Art Gallery, The Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco, CA
Inked Surfaces, Diablo Valley College National Juried Exhibition of Prints, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Hand Made Prints II, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
2012 Rawls Museum Arts National Juried Exhibition, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA
MOCA Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
New Prints 2012/Summer, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY
American Impressions 2012: Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, South gallery, Art Department, College of Arts and Communication, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ
27th Annual Positive Negative National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Beyond Printmaking III: 2012 National Juried Exhibition, Texas Tech School of Art,
Lubbock, TX
Where We Are: Tectonic Shifts and Dissolution of Boundaries, (Juried Exhibition), DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryland, MO
2011 Penland School of Art & Crafts, invited to teach a course titled Three views of the Book, Penland, NC
Residency, The Virginia Center for the Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, Virginia
The Versatility of the Book as Art, Guest speaker at the Book Arts Jam events sponsored by the Bay Area Book Artists hosted by the Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
The Asian Connection: Art in a Global Age, (Invitational) Townson Center for Arts Gallery, Townson University, Townson, MD
Paean (Works on Paper by Diane Fine and Mario Laplante), (2-Person Exhibit) Beaux-Arts Des Ameriques Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
Tempting Equilibrium, (Invitational), SGC International Juried Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery,
St. Louis, MO
2010 Residency, Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Castiglione, Pescara, Italy
DreamDay Portfolio, Portfolio curated by Susan Belau and will be exhibited at Southern Graphics Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Printmaking Portfolio, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Snag to Grid, (Group Exhibit), Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, CA
Abruzzo, (2-Person Exhibit), Pouring Light Studio, Malone, NY
Al-Mustahabb Starts Here, (Travelling Group Exhibition), Iraq National Library, Baghdad, Iraq
and The San Francisco Zen Center, SF, CA
The Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Artist’s Book Cornucopia, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Now in 3D, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Offering: The Making of an Artist’s book, Presented a paper at the College Book Art Association Conference titled Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place, hosted the University of Iowa Center for the Book, IA
Merely Mammalian Magnetism Portfolio: Southern Graphics Council, Richmond, VA
31th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2008 Discovery: The Tradition of New Tools, National Print Portfolio, curated for and exhibited at the Southern Graphics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Merely Mammalian Magnetism Portfolio, (Invitational). Exhibited at the Southern Graphics Council in Richmond, Virginia
San Francisco State University Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Discovery: The Tradition of New Tools, (Invitational), National print portfolio exhibited at the Southern Graphics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2007 Juror’s Prize, Beyond Printmaking, Landmard Arts, Galleries of the School of Art, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
The California State University Grant Award SFSU, Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SF, CA
American Print, (Juried) A national printmaking exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Downtown Golden, CO
2006 Residency, Venice Printmaking International Studio, Venice, Italy 2004
Over and Over: The Methodical Impulse, Panel Discussion, College of Art Association Southern Graphic Council affiliated society session, Boston, MA
The Printed Image, (Juried), Redbrick Arts Center, Beverly, MA
19th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibit, (Juried), Lake Charles, LA
2006 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, (Juried), University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VI
2004 Residency, The Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Beachcombing, A collaborative installation with Diane Fine, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2003 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, Virginia
Illuminee & Recent Works, (Solo Exhibit), Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, MA
Hybrid, Digital and Analogue Printmaking, (Invitational), SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, SF, CA
16thParkside National small Print Exhibition, (Juried), University of Wisconsin-Kenosha, Kenosha, WI
29th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, (Juried), The Hartman Center for the Performing Arts and Hauser Art Center, Bradley University; Lakeview Museum of Arts, Peoria, IL
2002 Residency, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
Residency, Atelier Circulaire, Centre de Production et de Diffusion en Estampe, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Reciprocity - A Collaborative Exchange, Portfolio organized by Yvonne Leonard, Director of the Printmaking Program at The Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern Graphic Conference, New Orleans, LA
The 3rd Biennial National Book & Paper Arts, (Juried), Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
New Works, (Solo Exhibit), Atelier Circulaire, Montreal (Quebec), Canada
2001 The Artist’s book: A Journey Held in the Hand, Presenter at panel, Southeastern College Art and the Southeast Chapter, Society of Architectural Historian Conference, The University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC
The Complex Prints, (Group exhibit), Cabrillo gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
The Third Minnesota National Print Biennial, (Juried), Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, U of M, Minneapolis, MN
Distant Geography, (Invitational), Plattsburg Museum, State University of New York - Plattsburgh, NY
2000 The Body Politic: Gender and the Community, Presenter for a panel for Mid America Print Council Conference, Artist and the Community, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN.
Ink Different: Tradition and New Technology, Gave a lecture entitled The Making of St-Jean Quebec, Southern Graphic Council Conference, Co-hosted by the University of Miami and Florida International University Miami, FL
16th National Biennial Exhibition, (Juried), Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Gallery, Loyola, Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Art Faculty Exhibit, San Francisco State University, Art Department gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibitions, (Juried), Clemson University, Dept. of Art, Clemson, SC
Relativities, 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, (Juried), Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol, UK
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Plattsburgh State Art Museum, Plattsburgh, NY
Sonic Foundry, private company, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Georgia Museum, Athens, GA
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Bibliotheque National du Canada, Ottawa, Canada
University of Central Florida, Library, Special Collections
George Mason University, Fenwick Library, Special Collections
Skidmore College Lucy Scribner Library, Saratoga Springs, NY
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
The Tate Gallery, London, England
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Yale University, Art and Architecture library, New Haven, CT
University of Alabama, Rare book collection, Tuscaloosa, AL
Brown University, Providence, RI
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
The Ohio State University, Rare Book Collection, Columbus, OH
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
University of Iowa’s libraries, Iowa
Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY
University of Nevada, NV
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, FL
Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown OH
Iraq National Library, Baghdad, Iraq
Columbia University, New York, NY