Education: UC Berkeley; Fine Arts, SF University; Fine Arts MA
Exhibitions and Awards
New Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery curated by Valerie Hagerty, Miami, Florida, January 2025
Women Amazons, Galactic Panther Art Gallery, paintings and collage, Virginia, December, 2023-2024
Streaks of Light, Van Der Plas Gallery, paintings and collage, New York, October, 2023
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Las Vegas Transportation Department, 2018
Awarded finalist for public art: Miami International Airport: 2016
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Santa Cruz Marina: 2015
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Los Angeles Library: 2014
Double Wave Temporary public installation, Sculpture Site Gallery Convention Center Plaza, San Francisco, steel and glass sculpture, 18’ CA, 2009-2012
Winged Birth, AIR Gallery, sculpture with projections, in collaboration with Ruth Eckland, New York, NY, 2010
Portraits of Youth Award exhibition, public art outdoor sculpture, Palo Alto City Hall, CA, 2010
Alchemy, solo exhibition, K. Saari Gallery, sculpture, Steamboat, CO 2009
Winter Artists in Steel and Glass, William Havu Gallery, steel and glass sculpture, Denver, CO, 2008
Inside Out Solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, mesh sculpture, London, 2008
Stretch, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Garden, temporary exhibition of steel sculpture and projections, San Francisco, CA, In collaboration with Ruth Eckland, 2007
Terrain Gallery Exhibition, new paintings, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Illuminations Solo exhibition with Ruth Eckland, National Art and Design Museum of Costa Rica, steel sculpture with light projections, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2005
Marta Thoma at J. Claramunt Gallery, New York, 2004
Stretch, Oakland City Center Courtyard Lobby six months installation of steel, mesh, and cement sculpture, Oakland, CA, 2004
Arts Council Fellowship Award Solo Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, numerous steel cast cement sculpture, Santa Clara, CA, 2003
NORCAL Artist in Residence, San Francisco Fill Company, San Francisco, Jan. 4 - May ‘94
Award Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, constructions and enamel paintings, 1991
Rolando Castellon Gallery, painted constructions, San Francisco, CA, 1988
Solo Exhibition, Spangenberg Gallery, paintings and prints, Palo Alto, CA, 1987
Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, etchings and paintings, 1986
Fantasies and Visions, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, paintings, San Francisco, CA, 1979
Fantasies and Visions, Traveling Exhibition to Northwest Museums, paintings, 1979-1983
National Public Art Installations
Go Mama, Commissioned by the City of Palo Alto in 2004, relocated to Alameda 2018-2024
Rrrun, Commissioned by the City of Palo Alto 2005 for Bowden Park, cast fiberglass and cement, Palo Alto, CA, 2006, recast in 2018
Cosmos, Commissioned by Florida Gulf Coast University for Howard Hall new construction, suspended three story sculpture of steel, solar, kinetic movement, glass, St. Petersburg, FL
Brainworks, Commissioned by the City of San Jose for Bestor Art Park, 30’ x 19’ x 17’ interactive, solar, steel, bottles, spoons, San Jose, CA, 2014-15
Double Earth Tear, Commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and design in Fresno, CA, 2009-2012 installation of steel and glass, later purchased by Velodyne Lidar Inc. Headquarters, San Jose, CA, 2012- 2020
Journey of a Water Drop, Commissioned by the City of Blaine, WA, for Blaine Water Treatment and Campus, suspended steel, plexiglass, glass, 2010
Journey of a Bottle, Commissioned by the City of Walnut Creek for newly constructed Main Library, suspended with steel and glass, Walnut Creek, CA, 2010
Water Source and Gila Blue Mural, Commissioned by the City of Goodyear for the Water Campus, and Water Campus office wall in Goodyear, AZ, 2010
Select Group Exhibitions
Amazon Woman, AIR Gallery, sculpture with projections, in collaboration with Ruth Eckland, New York, NY, 2008
Two-person exhibition, Terrain Gallery, recent paintings, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Radius Palo Alto Art Center, Henry Hopkins selected, Palo Alto, CA, 1994
Art Is..., Santa Cruz Art Museum, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994
Living in Balance, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 1994 Kingsley Crocker Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA, 1992
Artists of the Bay Area, San Francisco Museum of Art Artist Gallery, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA, 1993
1993 Kingsley Crocker Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Matrix Gallery's Fifth Annual National Competition, Honorary Mention, Sacramento, 1993
Matrix Gallery's Annual National Competition and Exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Uncommon Flower, Palo Alto Arts Center, group exhibition, Palo Alto, CA 1993
Women and the Body, Women’s Caucus for Art group exhibition juried by Kiki Smith, at Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, 1993
Kingsley Crocker Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA, 1992
Addressing Images, Women’s Caucus for Art exhibition, San Jose Art League, San Jose CA, 1992
New Talent, Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery Exhibition, 1992 Women Artists, New York, NY
Professional Affiliation
Served as a Founding Member and President of the South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art 1992-1997
Founder of the Hall Art and Technology Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to education and support for the arts, in Alameda CA, 2022.
Professor of Art: UC Berkeley Extension, UC Santa Cruz Extension, San Francisco State University, De Anza Jr. College, West Valley Jr. College, University of Oregon