2023 • Bronze (first seat) award: 13th NBSK (Japanese Sword Culture Promotion Association) Craftsmen’s Competition • 13th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition, traveling exhibition: Tetsu Museum, Sakaki, Nagano Prefecture and Sano Art Museum, Mishima, Sizuoka Prefecture, Japan • Presenter: Beneath the Surface, Colorado Metal Arts Association Conference, Fort Collins, CO • Battle of the Rings: in-person exhibition and online competition: Danaca Design, Seattle, WA • Distinctive Drinkware exhibition: Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA • Best Metalwork Award (cash award): San Diego County Fair, San Diego, CA • Workshop: Fuse, Forge, Roll, 3 day February & May - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Workshop: Go Big, 3 day February - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Workshop: Mokume Essentials, 5-day June – Danaca Design, Seattle, WA • Online Workshop: Chisel Patterning, 2-day January – Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Metamorphic Mokume, 2-day April - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Twisting Mokume, 2-day October - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Hybrid Workshop: Chisel & Stamp, Patterning Mokume Gane 3-day November – Metal Arts Guild, Georgia
2022 • In Focus: online exhibition, SNAG conference • Best Metalwork Award (cash award): San Diego County Fair, San Diego, CA • Workshop: Fuse, Forge, Roll, 3-day June – Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA • Workshop: Art of Mokume Gane, 3-day June - Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA • Online Workshop: Stamp Pendant, 2-day March - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Chisel Patterning, 2-day April - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Metamorphic Mokume, 2-day June - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Twisting Mokume, 2-day September - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA
2021 • Presenter: SNAG Tides & Waves Online Conference, October • Goldsmith ’20: SNAG exhibition, InLiquid Gallery, June, Philadelphia, PA • Teaching: Art of Mokume Gane, 3-day workshop October, Diane Weimer Studio, Long Beach, CA • Online Workshop: Chisel Patterning, 2-day February - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Stamp Pendant, 2-day March - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Metamorphic Mokume, 2-day June – for Metal Arts Guild Georgia
2020 • Materials Hard & Soft: Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX • Battle of the Rings: online exhibition and competition: Danaca Design, Seattle, WA • Workshop: Chisel Patterning, 2-day February, for MASSC (Metals Arts Society of Southern California) • Online Workshop: Stamp Bracelet, 3-day June - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA • Online Workshop: Metamorphic Mokume, 2-day October and November - Anneville Studio, San Diego, CA
2019 • Presenter: MASSC Demo Days, October, Long Beach, CA • Workshop: Art of Mokume Gane, 2-day June, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2016 • “300 Years of Tradition, innovation and influence” North American mokume gane exhibition in Japan. Traveling invitational (Hiroko Yamada) exhibition, Industrial Materials Museum, Tsubame-sanjo, Japan and Yamawaki Art College Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 • Visiting Artist & Workshop Instructor, University of Central Oklahoma. Evening lecture on professional practices, 3-day workshop on mokume gane.
2012 • Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2011 • Study Abroad Instructor, Florence, Italy. Employed by Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Instruction took place at the American Institute for Foreign Study in Florence, Italy
2010 • Juror’s Award (cash award), Materials Hard & Soft 2009, Denton, Texas • “Points of Departure” (invitational, Helen Shirk) San Diego State University, San Diego, CA • "Topography of Metals" Gallery M/TAP Studios, Cleveland, Ohio • "Tea, Glorious Tea: Form and FUNction" Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica • “Materials Hard & Soft” Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton TX • “eXtreme Tea” (SNAG Show) Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2009 • “Anne Wolf: Sculpture & Jewelry” Noel-Baza Fine Art, San Diego, CA • “Functional & Sculptural Teapots” JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK • “HIT” Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA • “NEXT” BECA Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008 • “New West Coast Design” Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA • “Metals in Motion” Collector’s Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, CA • “Anti-War Medals” Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME • “Contemporary Crafts” JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2007 • “10x10x10: Broochless” National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN • “Spring Crafts Exhibition” Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA • “Art Fest” Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
2006 • “Home Grown: Students, Alumni, Faculty” San Diego State University, San Diego, CA • “Snap Right Off” Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, St. Louis, MO • “MentalMetal” SNAG/Gallery Function+Art, Chicago IL • “METALisms” (Invitational, Yuko Yagisawa) Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO *
2005 • “Craftforms 2005” Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA • “California Art Metal Now” Blue Room Gallery/Bay Area Metals Guild, San Francisco, CA • “Resources” SNAG/Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
2004 • “Stone/s” Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, St. Louis, MO
2003 • “SDSU/925” Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2001 • “Crafts National 35” Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA • “Materials: Hard & Soft” Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2000 • Honorable Mention, Society of American Silversmiths National Student Competition • “Seduction of Metals” (Award of Excellence & Purchase Award) Florida Society of Goldsmiths Northwest Chapter, Tallahasee, FL
1999 • “Vessels, Baskets, Boxes” Gallery Function+Art, Pontiac, MI
1998 • “One Way Home” MFA thesis exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1997 • Winner in Metal: Nonwearable category, NICHE Student Awards, Philadelphia, PA • “Emerging Artists: Metals” Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA • “NICHE Student Award Finalists” Philadelphia Buyer’s Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
1994 • “Ornaments for the White House” National Student Invitational, Washington, D.C.
Education
1999, Master of Fine Arts in Art — Jewelry/Metals, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1995, International Exchange, Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee, Scotland, U.K. 1993, Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Applied Design — Ceramics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Teaching Positions
2012 - 2018
Adjunct Faculty, West City Center Point Loma, San Diego Community College District. Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry & Metalwork
2011
Study Abroad Instructor, Florence, Italy Employed by Southwestern College in Chula Vista. Instruction took place at the American Institute for Foreign Study in Florence, Italy
2003 - 2014
Adjunct Faculty, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA. Jewelry/Metals, Introductory Art History
2007
Assistant Professor, Jewelry/Metals, Temporary, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA. Sabbatical replacement for metals department chair.