I have loved drawing forever, as evidenced by this description by my dear grandpa:
Some hard facts:
•Art preparator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
•Comics instructor at San Francisco Day School and International School of San Francisco
•Alumnus of Free Key Choir, Oakland
•Cartoon biographer of V Vale, RE/Search Publications
•Co-founder of Come Find Out and Lemon Drop Press
•Host and creator of Fetching, the Dog Fashion Show
•Yearly onboard cartoonist and Fern Bar "Vibemaster" for JoCoCruise
Some experience:
•Headlands Center for the Arts Residency with V Vale, March/April 2025
•Residency at Les Mills with Sabine Teyssonneyre, September 2024
•Events Coordinator and Curator at Classic Cars West Gallery 2016-2021
•Residency with Stephen Steinbrink at Le Collectif D'En Face, Rouen, France
•Artist-in-residence at Villa SF (now Villa Albertine)
•Cartoonist for Bay City Beacon
•Adapted Kim-Mai's article "How Burrowing Owls lead to Vomiting Anarchists" into comic form.
•Creative Assistant for cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel
•Built an obstacle course out of salvaged materials with Superstructure, Brussels, Belgium
•Artist in Residence at Waaw, Saint Louis, Senegal
•Cartoonist for Oakland Unseen
•Illustrator for Dreame,
•Intern at 826 Valencia, San Francisco
•Solo show, "Swamp Atlas" at Singlewide Gallery, Oakland
Education:
•UC Berkeley Undergrad (Double degree in English Literature & Honors French), 2012
•Research Masters in Text and Image specializing in Comics - École Européenne Supérieur de l'Image (EESI), Angoulême, France, 2016
Some other stuff:
-Really good at peeling oranges
-Tendency to climb on things
-Lover of a good knee-slapper or two
-May or may not actually be two bats in disguise
•Art preparator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
•Comics instructor at San Francisco Day School and International School of San Francisco
•Alumnus of Free Key Choir, Oakland
•Cartoon biographer of V Vale, RE/Search Publications
•Co-founder of Come Find Out and Lemon Drop Press
•Host and creator of Fetching, the Dog Fashion Show
•Yearly onboard cartoonist and Fern Bar "Vibemaster" for JoCoCruise
Some experience:
•Headlands Center for the Arts Residency with V Vale, March/April 2025
•Residency at Les Mills with Sabine Teyssonneyre, September 2024
•Events Coordinator and Curator at Classic Cars West Gallery 2016-2021
•Residency with Stephen Steinbrink at Le Collectif D'En Face, Rouen, France
•Artist-in-residence at Villa SF (now Villa Albertine)
•Cartoonist for Bay City Beacon
•Adapted Kim-Mai's article "How Burrowing Owls lead to Vomiting Anarchists" into comic form.
•Creative Assistant for cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel
•Built an obstacle course out of salvaged materials with Superstructure, Brussels, Belgium
•Artist in Residence at Waaw, Saint Louis, Senegal
•Cartoonist for Oakland Unseen
•Illustrator for Dreame,
•Intern at 826 Valencia, San Francisco
•Solo show, "Swamp Atlas" at Singlewide Gallery, Oakland
Education:
•UC Berkeley Undergrad (Double degree in English Literature & Honors French), 2012
•Research Masters in Text and Image specializing in Comics - École Européenne Supérieur de l'Image (EESI), Angoulême, France, 2016
Some other stuff:
-Really good at peeling oranges
-Tendency to climb on things
-Lover of a good knee-slapper or two
-May or may not actually be two bats in disguise