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Education
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1979 — Master of Fine Arts, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
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1976 — Summer/fall tutorial program with Bob Kinmont, Bishop, CA, funded by Festival of the Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
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1976 — Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors), San Francisco Arts Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1974 — Independent study, Universidad de Bogotá, Jorge Tadeo Lorzano, Bogotá, Colombia
Exhibitions: Group
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2007 — American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
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1990 — Set Design, Pisadas en Obscuridad (Reza Abdoh, Dir.) Los Angeles Festival, Los Angeles, CA
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1990 — “Mixed Media and Messages,” Lang Gallery, Claremont College, Claremont, CA
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1987 — “Film as Art,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
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1985 — Future Perfect, 800 Traction Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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1984 — “Artists Call Against US Intervention in Central America,” Collective for Living Cinema, 52 White St, New York, NY. Additional screenings at Utica College, NY; San Francisco Cinematheque, CA; Hunter College, New York; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; Media Studio, Buffalo, NY.
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1983 — “New Filmmakers Showcase,” Collective for Living Cinema, 52 White Street, New York, NY
— “Bridges: Public Sculpture in Recognition of the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial” Documents: Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, 160 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY. Sculpture installed at Pratt Institute campus, Brooklyn, NY
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1982 — Small Images Exhibitions, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara College, Santa Barbara, CA
— Pasadena Film Forum (Erica Beckman, Kirby Dick), Pasadena, CA
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1981 — “Site Projects: Downtown, L.A.,” L.A.C.E. (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 240 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
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— “Drawing, Personal Definitions,” San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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1980 — “The Word Show” (Giesler, Hugunin, Mollet) L.A.C.E. (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 240 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
— FILMEX (Los Angeles Film Exposition), ABC Entertainment Complex, Century City, CA
1979 — Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
— Museum School, Boston, MA
— Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, MA
— Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
— Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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1978 — Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
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1976 — “Emerging Bay Area Talent” Exhibition and Performance, Helen Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
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1975 — All California Photography Show, Laguna Beach Museum of Art
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1973 — Graphics ‘73, Laguna Beach Museum of Art
Exhibitions: Individual
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1986 — San Bernardino State College, San Bernardino, CA
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1984 — Foundation for Art in Cinema, San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
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1981 — “In Sight,” Arroyo Seca Gallery, Pasadena, CA
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1979 — “The Chalfant Codice and Other Dispositions,” California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
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1976 — “Winning Out and Opening Up,” The ANNUAL, San Francisco, CA
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1975 — Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
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1974 — “Para Los Que No Son Gente,” Universidad de Bogotá, Jorge Tadeo Lorzano, Bogotá, Colombia
— 2 Man Show, San Francisco Art Institute
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Honors, Grants, Awards, Commissions
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2011 — Grant: California Council for the Humanities, California Documentary Fund Research and Development Grant for film “The Bakersfield Sound”
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2007 — Commission: Monograph “Building Styles of the San Joaquin Valley”
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1983 — Grant: “Bridges: Public Sculpture in recognition of the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial,” funded by the New York Council for the Arts, Public Art Fund, OIA, and various private organizations.
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1982 — Award: Small Images Exhibition, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
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1981 — Grant: “Site Projects, Downtown LA,” National Endowment for the Arts
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1977 —Dean’s Discretionary Grant, California Institute of the Arts
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1976 — Grant: Festival of the Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
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1975-76 — Chairman, Exhibition Committee, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1975 — Grant: Festival of the Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
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1974 — Grant: Festival of the Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
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