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EXHIBITIONS
2007
BioTechnique, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Spanners, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Networked Nature, Foxy Production, NY, NY
Bios4, Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art, Seville, Spain
2006
Chronic Revelator, Pomona College Museum, Pomona, CA
Garden Improvement, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Juniors’ Returns, Gallery Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004
Botanic, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Lineaments of Gratified Desire, Catherine Clark Gallery, SF, CA
Biennial of Electronic Arts, Perth, Australia
Organized, Machine, LA, CA
Botany 12, Sonoma County Museum, CA
GardenLab, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
The SF Show, New Image Art, LA, CA
2003
Reveling Influences, Museum of Craft And Folk Art, SF, CA
RealUNREAL, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
Flipping the Bird, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2002
New Fangle, GenArt, SF, CA
We Are All Meteorites, RAMP GALLERY, Hamilton, New Zealand
Traits Of Life, The Exploratorium, SF, CA
2001
Life Like, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Let’s Get to Work! , Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Mycological-Fair, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
2000
MFA Thesis Show, Stanford Art Center, Stanford University
The Discovered Order, Kiber Lab, Maribor, Slovenia
1998
Material World, Spaces, Cleveland Ohio
Annual Juried Show, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Gallery Sixteen, San Francisco, CA
1996
Bay Area Awards Show, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1995
Ruff, Ross and Yo, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993
Missed Connections, San Francisco Arts Commission, S.F., CA
1992
3+Play, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
2000 MFA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1991 BFA, Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2007
Artist in Residence, SymbioticA, University of Western Australia
Artist in Residence, Oxbow School, Sonoma, CA
Porter Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz
2005
Institute For Figuration Research Grant
2004
Eureka Fellowship
MacDowell Colony Fellow
2001
The ArtCouncil Grant
Artist in Residence, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
1999
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1998
Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
1996
Bay Area Visual Arts Award, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1991
Art in Transit Program, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
CURRATED EXHIBITIONS
2007
BioTechnique, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2003
Out Of Line, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University
2002
Chlorophilia,The Exploratorium, SF
2001
Watercolor Competition, with Adriane Colburn, Radical Space, SF
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Co-director/ Senior Artist, Garden of Forking Paths
Manager of Stanford University Art Gallery 2001-2
Gallery Coordinator, Luggage Store Gallery, SF 2002-3
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 2000-Present
Visiting Professor, San Francisco Art Institute, 2002-Present
Senior Lecturer, Califronia College of the Arts
LECTURES/ SYMPOSIA/ WORKSHOPS
2006
International Society of Electronic Arts, San Jose, CA-
Workshop: “Principals of Clean”
Panel: “Five Questions For Biology”
Zeum, SF, CA: Lecture: “Ganoderma complex, fungus folk art
traditions in Asia and rural America”
2005
Visiting Artist Lecture: “Dig”- Workshop: “Laminar Flow Interiors ”
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist Lecture: California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture: “Emergent Organization” Pomona College, Pomona, CA
Workshop: “Laboratory Construction and Pure Culture Preparation”
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004
Symposia: “Biotech Art Workshop”, University of Western Australia
A five-day workshop on the theory and application of biotech processes to art making practices. Co-taught with Oron Catts and Gary Cass.
Visiting Artist Lecture: “Techne” Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture: “Nature and Technology” Phil Ross and Stephanie Syjuco,” Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2003
Visiting Artist Lecture: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2002
Workshop: “ Tissue Culturing on Agar” SF Mycological Society, SF, CA
2001
Visiting Artist Lecture “Objective Performances” Rensalier Polytechnic Institute
Vermont Mycological Society, Burlington, VT
PUBLICATIONS
2006
Home Mycology Lab, Make Magazine, Volume 7, pp102-110
Insiders, Machine Project Guide to Cultural History& Natural Sciences,
Pomona College Museum of Art pp69-79
2005
“Natural Ready-Mades”, NADA Magazine (In Portuguese), Volume 7, #4
2004
“Three Page Works” Ramp Magazine. Vol 1, #1 pp 38-41
“It’s All Good” Leonardo - Volume 37, Number 3, June 2004, pp. 180-181 The MIT Press
“Oyster Art”, Oyster, Chpt. 7, Rebecca Stott, Reaktion Books
2003
“Fellos”, Harvest, Future Farmer Publication, pp128-131
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Ken Johnson, “Artist Gardens” New York Times, Friday, July 14
2005
SF Weekly, “Imaginary Forces”. October 26,
2004
Julian Myers, “Our Hospitality” Frieze Magazine, Issue 79
2003
Michael Krasney.“Art & Living Organisms” Forum, KQED Radio,
SF, December 19
“Art Meets Nature” SPARK, KQED Television, April 9
Douglas J. Peckenpaugh “ Jarred In—An Exploration of Artistic Hydroponics”
The Growing Edge, Vol.14, No.5 May/June
2002
Berin Golonu, “The Studio as Laboratory” Artweek, October
John Osgood, “Art On The Half Shell” Osgood Files, CBS Radio, March 12
2001
Will Shank, “Tales From The Crypt” Bay Area Reporter, July 19
Todd Dayton, “A.I.: Artistic Intelligence” SF Weekly, June 27-July 3
Kenneth Baker, “Galleries” SF Chronicle, June 30
Glen Helfand “Artificial Instigators” SF Bay Guardian, July 11
John Rapko “Reviews” Artweek, September
Zacharry Lewis, “Curators Show A Working Exhibit”
Harrisburg Patriot July 19
Anne Crump, “Artspeak” SF Examiner, November 1

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