ARTIST CV

 

2024    Urban Expression, Group Show, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA 

2022    Open Wide Your Hand, Green Art Gallery, La Mirada CA

2022    Neighbor, Phantom Galleries, Mission Viejo CA

2018    Vessels, performance, San Juan Capistrano, CA

2018    Vessels, performance, Palm Springs, CA

2018    Vessels, performance, Alicante, SPAIN

2017    Vessels, performance, Pasadena, CA

2016    Vessels, performance, La Mirada, CA

2015    Seeing the Invisible, Group Exhibition,Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton

2014   Dia De Las Artes, Casa Blanca, CA

2014   Dia de Las Artes, Cal Baptist University Gallery, Riverside, CA

2014   Sacred Streets, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA

2014   Sacred Streets, TogetherLA, Los Angeles, CA

2013    Sacred Streets, Bel Air, CA

2013    Sacred Streets, Sojourn Arts & Culture, Louisville, KY

2013    Sacred Streets, Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA

2012    NASAD Showcase, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

2011    Artificial Essence, Common Grounds, Biola University

2010    Symbiosis 2010, Orange County, CA

2008    Plunket Artists Federation, Orange County, CA

     

PRESS

Mar 2024, Diversions LA: Review of Urban Expression at OCCCA, Santa Ana

Sep 2021, FULLER Magazine, Pasadena, CA. 

Feb 2015, Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Press

“Seeing the Invisible, Life on the Street” | Nicolas and Lee Begovich Gallery

Aug 2014, The Press Enterprise | Common Good Riverside

“Foundation Spotlight: Mad Street Arts” by Rebecca O’Connor,  

Nov 2013, The Artist Magazine

“Face Value” by Judith Fairly

Jun 7, 2013, KCET Departures

“Sacred Streets: Skid Row as an Art Source” By Ed Fuentes

May 10, 2013, Biola News

“Art Exhibit Restores Dignity to Homeless in Downtown L.A.” By Jessica Airey

Apr 23, 2013, The Chimes

“Senior Gives Beauty Back to Skid Row” By Olivia Blinn

Dec 20, 2011, The Point Magazine

“Beyond the Gallery” By Candace Arce-Lindsay

PODCASTING

CURATORIAL

2012–2024 Curated over 40 professional exhibitions as the Arts Director at Saddleback Church

 

2012–2024 Founder and Director of Saddleback Visual Arts, a ministry at the central location of Saddleback Church (a 30,000-member global congregation) dedicated to empowering artists to transforming community through creativity.

• Led hundreds of artists each year to gather, grow, and give with their creativity. 
• delivered hundreds of talks to show creatives their value and send them to make a difference
• acted as the visionary leader for the ministry
• wrote original curriculum and taught classes
• led teams to create dozens of large-scale community art pieces that engaged thousands 
• managed the strategy and spending of an annual budget
• a leader of leaders, empowering dozens of teams to lead multiple simultaneous initiatives 
• managed an active studio space that gave hundreds of artists space to collaborate, learn, and create.

EDUCATION