EDUCATION

2006 to present:  Ceramic Sculpture with Susannah Israel, Merritt College, Oakland, CA,
2004-2005:  "Taking The Leap", a professional development course for artists,
1997 to 2010:  Studies in figurative sculpture, with Zahava Sherez, Lourdan (Buddy) Kimbrell, Harriet Moore and Carol Tarzier,  Oakland, CA,
1997 to present: Stone carving with Amana Johnson, Oakland, CA,
1977:  MD, Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, CA,
1970:  BA in Biochemistry, with honors, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
1947-1964:  Extensive childhood experience in incest, torture and pornography   

EXHIBITIONS

2010: 

“Yearning to Breathe Free” USF Equal Justice Society, USF School of Law
“Intersectionality: Transforming Movements” UCLA School of Law, Critical Race Studies Annual Symposium

2009: 

“Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People”, The Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials)
“Transformative Visions” OneLife Institute, at Studio One, Oakland, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials)
“Landscapes of our Souls”, a two woman exhibition at Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA

2001-2010:

"The Art of Living Black," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2006-2009:

monthly exhibits at Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

2008:  

“Women on War” Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Featured Artist, “Persimmontree”, an online magazine, www.persimmontree.org

2007:  

“Inquiring MInd”, a Buddhist journal, cover and interior art
“Breaking Ice,” ARTworkSF, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials)
“Artists Against Rape” SF Women Against Rape, San Francisco, CA

2006: 

“Unsing the Song,” Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA

2005: 

"Turn and Look," two woman exhibition with Amana Johnson, Addison St. Window Gallery, Berkeley, CA
"No More Scapegoats: An Anne Frank Exhibition,” Marin City
"Selected Artists from 'The Art of Living Black'," ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2003-2005: 

"Crossing Bridges," CBS Marketwatch.com, 525 Battery St., San Francisco, CA,

2004: 

"No More Scapegoats," Hangar #5, Hamilton Field, Novato, CA
"(S)kinship,"  Asian American Women Artist Association, SoMart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Featured Artist, "The Art of Living Black," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
"The Legacy of Slavery," June Steingart Memorial Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, CA

1995-2004: 

"ProArts East Bay Open Studios," ProArts, Oakland CA

2003:

"My Race, My Grace", Sargent Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"The Black Artist: Creation 2003," The African American Cultural and Historical Society Museum, San Francisco, CA

2002:

"The Black Artist: Creation 2002," The African American Cultural and Historical Society Museum, San Francisco, CA

1998-2000:

Multiple exhibitions in the Artship Windows Project, Oakland CA,

AWARDS

2007:

Best in Show, for Grandmother’s Elder Sister, Frank Bette Gallery, Alameda, CA

2003: 

The Jan Hart-Schuyer Award for Studying the Perpetrator at "The Art of Living Black,"  Richmond, CA