Born in Oakland, California
EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute
Callifornia College of the Arts
UC Berkeley Extension
New School, New York City
(studies in drawing, design, painting, animation)
MS Education, Instructional Design, University of Oregon
BA Speech and Drama, California State University, East Bay
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 San Francisco Beautiful Artist's Award for the winning "AT&T Utility Box" design for the Castro District, which was wrapped around eight District utility boxes, San Francisco
2018 Solo Open Studios 2018, "Silk Road Stories," Studio 355, San Francisco
2018 Solo Exhibition 2018, "The Girl in the Garden," Noe Valley 2018 Garden and Art Tour," San Francisco
2017 Solo Open Studios 2017, "Sumerian Dreaming," Studio 355, San Francisco
2015 Group Exhibition, "Time Travel Through the Valley: Noe Valley Artists Pop-Up Exhibition" Fort Gallery, San Francsico
2015 Solo Exhibition, "Imaginary Beings: Paintings in Pixels and Wood," Levy Art and Architecture, San Francsico
2012 Solo Exhibition, "Not So Little Red Riding Hood," San Francisco Main Public Library, Children's Center Gallery
2011 Solo Open Studios Exhibition, "The Red Forest," Studio 355, San Francisco
2011 Solo Exhibition, "The Shocking Truth of Cinderella," San Francisco Main Public Library, Children's Center gallery
2011 Solo Exhibition, "Make Believe--And Not--in City Hall" San Francisco City Hall, Office of Supervisor David Campos
2010 Solo Open Studios Exhibition, "MirrorMirror: A Walk On The Wild Side of Fairy Tales," Studio 355, San Francisco
2010 Solo Exhibition, "Fictions," LSarc Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Group Exhibition, "Hand Made Prints," Printers' Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco
2009 Solo Open Studios Exhibition, "New Paintings: Painted Beasts," Studio 355, San Francisco
2008 Aiqin Zhou's Group Brush Painting Exhibition, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2006 Group Artist Calendar Exhibition, "Pax Romana: Twelve Fantastical Paintings," Pacific Center for the Book, San Francisco
2006 Group Artist Books Exhibition, "Six Sisters: Studies in Oil and Watercolor," San Francisco Public Library
2005 Group Artist Calendar Exhibition, "The Secret Lives of Leaves," Pacific Center for the Book, San Francisco
2004 Group Artist Calendar Exhibition, "Painted Faces, Printed Faces, Painted Beasts," Pacific Center for the Book, San Francisco
2003 Group Painting Exhibition, "Dreaming in Pastel," U.C. Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Group Painting Exhibition, Day of the Dead, San Francisco Art Institute
2002 Group Painting Exhibition, "Triptych: Adam and Eve Revisited," San Francisco Art Institute
2002 Group Painting Exhibition, 'Of Charcoal and Cityscapes," U.C. Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco
1997 Group Painting Exhibition, "The Muse in the Bathtub," U.C. Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco
1994 Group Collage Exhibition, "Genisis, Regenerated" Noe Valley Ministry Gallery, San Francisco
AWARDS/GRANTS
2018 San Francisco Beautiful Artist's Award: for the winning "AT&T Utility Box" design for the Castro District, which was printed large-scale, then wrapped around eight street telephone utility boxes, San Francisco
2011 Puffin Foundation Grant: A national Arts grant from the Puffin Foundation, located in Teaneck, New Jersey, for a book series that explores the worldwide cultural folkloric roots of the Red Riding Hood tale.
PUBLICATIONS
Artist Books: Eight hand-made books that comprise a bound portfolio for new works explored in line, ink, oil, acrylic, mixed media and newmedia painting.
2015 Imaginary Beings: Paintings in Pixels and Wood (A show catalog highlighting 44 images from Jane R. Willson's 2015 "Imaginary Beings" mixed media exhibition).
2014 Grandaunt Tiger: A Chinese Folktale (first in a four-book series that explores the obscure worldwide cultural Roots of our Red Riding Hood tale)
2006 Six Sisters: Studies in Watercolor and Oil (unique)
2004 The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Museum of Primitive Emotions (unique)
2003 Line Dancing (unique)
2002 The Private Life of Helen of Troy, (Edition 2)
2001 Cafe Faces (unique)
1999 Territorio de Partefegunda (unique)
Artist Portfolio Series: A series that explores new directions in calendar design to comprise a bound portfolio for new works portrayed in line, ink, printmaking, mixed media painting and digital media.
2010 Of The Roots of Fairy Tales, (edition: 100)
2009 Janae's Nautralis Historiae, (edition: 60)
2007 Pax Romana (edition: 15)
2006 The Secret Lives of Leaves (edition: 5)
2005 Painted Faces
2005 Printed Faces,
2005 Painted Beasts: A Beastiary
EXHIBITION CURATION
Exhibits Designed and Curated: A series of exhibitions for public venues that speak to the real and imaginary roots of folk and fairy tales. These projects included research, exhibit design, proposals, painting, writing, signage and installation.
2015 Imaginary Beings: Painting in Pixels and Wood; Levy Art and Architecture, San Francisco
2012 Not So Little Red Riding Hood; San Francisco Main Public Library
2011 The Shocking Truth of Cinderella; San Francisco Main Public Library
2011 Make Believe--And Not--In City Hall; City Hall, San Francisco
2011 The Red Forest; Studio 355, San Francisco
2010 Mirror Mirror: A Walk on the Wild Side of Fairy Tales, Studio 355, San Francisco