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Education                                                                                                                                           

2004    MFA, Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT

2000    MA,   Ceramics, California State University, CA                                

1998      BA,    Studio Art, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa CA

 

Professional (Current)                                                                                                                        

2017 - present,  Full Professor, Assistant Dean, Department of Art & Design,

                              Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

SoloExhibitions                                                                                                                                 

2025   Velo, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA

2017    No Monkey Business, Greenville College Art Gallery, IL

2010   Playscapes, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010 5-Year Survey,  Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2007  September Exhibition,  Bluebird Art Gallery, Whittier, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions                                                                                                               

2023  The last Group Show, Bread and Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA

2022  Campus Creatives, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

2021   Tiny Tiny Art Mart, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA

2020  Campus Creatives, CA Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA

2020  29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA

2019   One+One, Little Bench Art Center, La Jolla, CA

2016   Sculpture in the Garden, Sam Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, CA

2016   Play, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, LA

2016   Artificial Realities, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2014   Miniscule, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2013   Orllegro, Mak Museum, Vienna Austria 

2012   Whimsical Art, National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY

2011    5x5 Invitational, Westmont Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

2011    Chain Letter Exhibition,  Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles

2008  Menos Du Precari, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2007   Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007   Art & Music Soiree, 2nd Street Space, Los Angeles, CA

2007   Group Show: Sculpture, Bluebird Art Gallery, Whittier, CA

2007   Kiln Opening, AMOCA, Pomona, CA

2007   September Exhibition, Bluebird Art Gallery, Whittier, CA

2006   Member Exhibition, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA

2005   CODA: A Concluding Passage, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA

2004   Make Believe, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT

2004   Kiln Opening, AMOCA, Pomona, CA

2004   Judy Chicago: Envisioning the Future, Collaborative Arts Colony, Pomona, CA 

2003   Collaborative Language, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

2002   Time and Chance, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2001    Vertical Landscapes, Kinnear Studio, Pomona, CA

2000  Mythologies,  Irvine Valley City College, Irvine, CA 

2000  Formation II, Gallery W, Sacramento, CA

Collections                                                                                                                                         

2013   Mak Museum, Permanent Collection,  Vienna, Austria  

2012   The National Museum of Play, Permanent collection, Rochester, NY

 

Publications 

2023  Olympic-art-inspired-works, Visual Inquiry – Olympic Edition VI11.1, Intellect

             LTD, UK

2020  David Carlson, J., and Dobson, T. (2020), Fostering Empathy through an Inclusive Pedagogy for Career

             Creatives. Int J Art Des Educ. doi:10.1111/jade.12289

Speaking Engagements                                                                                                                     

2019   International Journal of Art & Design Education Conference (iJade), London, UK

2017   International Journal of Art & Design Education Conference (iJade), Dublin, IE

2017   Greenville College, IL

2010   New England Consortium of Art Professionals (NECAP) Conference.

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