EXHIBITIONS

2023

Shapeshifters, Think Round Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 8 - May 22, 2023.
The World Art Group, Circle Graphics, Inc. Liscensing and POD, Ongoing.
Art San Diego, Artist Alliance/Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, November. 3 – 5, 2023.
Artsy, Artist Alliance/Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, July 1–December 18, 2022 - 2023.
Artist Alliance Autumn Collective, Jen Tough Gallery, July 1–December 18, 2022 - 2023.
Red Dot Miami, Artist Alliance Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, Miami, FL, December 6–10, 2023

2022

6th Abstract Art Show International Gallery, International online juried exhibit.
Artsy, Artist Alliance/Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, July 15, 2022 - 2023.
https://www.artsy.net/show/artist-allia =artist-alliance-collective?sort=partner_show_position
Artexpo Dallas, Artist Alliance/ Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, Dallas TX.
Red Dot Miami, Artist Alliance/ Collective, representation by Jen Tough Gallery, Miami, FL.
Fragments/Marking Time, Abrams Claghorn Gallery Group Exhibit, Albany, CA.
Shimmering, June Steingart Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, CA, 2022.

2021

Sugar High, The Artist Alliance Exhibition, Online Exhibit, Juror: Jen Tough, 2021.
Group Show, 2021 Member Show, Artist Alliance Exhibition, Artist Alliance 2021.

2020

Water, Group Exhibit of Nordic 5 Arts, Vesterheim, The National Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, IA.
A Conversation with the Artists Behind the Water Exhibit. Recording of Live event. In this video, meet some of the artists behind Water, an exhibit of contemporary art that is on view at Vesterheim through June 13, 2021.  YouTube channel: Video Link.

2019

Nordic Light, Nordic 5 Arts Group Exhibition, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
An Artist’s Guide to Becoming More Creative – How to Build, Honor and Support a Creative Life, Book Presentation, June Pinole Artisans Friday, Pinole, CA
A Fond Farewell…To the San Pablo Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo CA.
Publication paperback, Publisher, Blurb, Icons and Saints.

2018

Nordic Voyage – Sense of Place, Nordic 5 Arts Group Exhibit, Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA.

2017         

Art As Spiritual Metaphor, Harrington Gallery at Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA.
Blue, ASEB group show, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA.

2016          

Meditation Series, Firehouse Art Center Lobby, Pleasanton, CA.
Runes Revealed, Scandinavian Cultural Center, Pacific Lutheran University, South Parkland, WA.

2015       

Runes Revealed, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA.

2014        

El Cerrito Reimagined, ASEB Group Exhibit, El Cerrito City Hall Gallery Space, El Cerrito, CA.

2013       

Art Passages, Spring Exhibit, ASEB Group, Gallery 651, Martinez, CA.
Intervals/Seasons, ASEB Group Exhibit, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA.

2011       

Voyages of Discovery, Nordic 5Arts Scandinavian Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA.

2010        

Solo Show, El Cerrito City Hall, El Cerrito, CA.

2009        

Going North, Nordic 5 Arts Group Exhibit, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA.
Kids R Us, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
Not Your Mother’s Paper Dolls, with Curtis Ratcliff, Fingado Art Gallery, El Cerrito, CA.

2008     

El Cerrito City Hall Gallery Space, Grand Opening Exhibit, Celebration of California Arts Day, El Cerrito, CA.
Celebrating California Arts Day, MC Gallery, El Cerrito, CA.
Women Band Together, Prescott Center for Community Enhancement, Inc., Oakland CA.

2007     

Around the Globe, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
Nordic Mysteries, Nordic 5Arts- The Addison Street Windows Gallery, Berkeley, CA.

2005     

Pushing Boundaries, Nordic 5 Arts Membership Exhibit, Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA.    
River Road Gallery Summer Group Exhibit, Locke, CA. 

2004     

Ancestors, with Diane Rusnak, San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, CA.  

2003       

Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. 
Ancestors, Myth and Metaphor, paintings and sculpture with Lynda Ann Tish, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA.

2002     

Bay Area Scenes and Intimate Views, Works on Paper with Deborah Shappelle, Marvin Gardens Realty, Kensington, CA.                                                  
River Road Art Gallery Group Show, Locke, CA.                                                      
7th Annual Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA.

2001      

Arts For America Benefit, Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA (Richard Reisman, Director of di Rosa Preserve, Napa Valley, CA., juror).
Pleiades, Six points of View, Group Exhibit, San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, CA.                                        
Bay Area Landscapes, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA.  
People as Material - An Experiment In Curatorial Practice, Contributing artist, by Charles Linder, Salon Exhibition, Fort Haggis Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  

2000     

Pastels, Group Exhibit, Edward Hopper Art Center, New York, NY.
5th Anniversary Invitational, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA.

1999     

Contemporary Pastel Impressionists, 13th International Open Exhibition. 
Northwest Pastel Society, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
From Paris to Vallejo, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA. 
Exhibition, Karen Rike Gallery, Dallas, TX.

1998     

1998 Juried Annual Pro Arts, Jurors: Mary Lovelace O'Neal and Yolanda Lopez, Oakland, CA.                        
The Lofts at the Marquee, Juried Exhibition, 1000 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA.
Exhibit A, Hollis Street Complex, Emeryville, CA.
A Sense of Place, Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA.

1997                                                      

Inaugural Exhibition, Total Travel Gallery, Alameda, CA.
Art Loft Show, Headquarters of We the People, home of Former Governor Jerry Brown, Oakland, CA.
The West County Open Studios, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

1996     

The Association for The Study of Dreams Art Exhibition, Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA.
The West County Open Studios, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

1987     

Extravagance at Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA 1984-1987.
Woman’s Caucus for Art, Northern CA Chapter, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA.
Works On Paper, Solo Show, Textiles by Design, Berkeley, CA.

1983     

Northern CA Chapter Woman’s Caucus for Art, Annual Juried Exhibit, Belmont, CA.
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Textiles by Design, Domaine Chandon Winery, St. Helena, CA.
New Works, October Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

1982

Contra Costa Competitive, 1982, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA.
Richmond Area Art Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Group Show, Oakland, CA.


PUBLICATIONS, PRESS AND VIDEO

Contemporary Artist Magazine, Published by MagCloud, 2023.
Small Squares – Big Ideas Thirty Fun Ways to Learn About Abstract Design Through Collage, Drawing and Color, Published by Amazon, 2021.
Icons and Saints, Published by Blurb, 2019
An Artist’s Guide to Becoming More Creative:  How to Build, Honor and Support a Creative Life, published by Book Baby, 2017
Chakras and Mandalas - An Artist’s Interpretation of the Seven Chakras and Sacred Mandalas, Published by Blurb, 2013.                          
Eve Ma production, Roots and Branches, An Art Conversation with Pam Fingado, video and TV Series aired, CCTV, BCM, KSAR, 2005 
Mary Reiley, Gallery Exhibit Links the Past and Present, Women’s ‘Ancestors’ Art Show Inspired by a Connection With History, The Contra Costa Times, September 12, 2004.
Truce, oil on canvas, Muslim Wake Up (www.muslimwakeup.com), 2004 
Refugee Reality American Realizations, Volume II, Issue 12, January 20, 2004.
Monica Drolet, Exploring the Past Through Artwork, ‘Artists Recapture Their Roots,’ 2004.
Los Medanos College Experience, Volume. 58. No.7., Friday, March 14, 2003
Jennifer Modeness, LMC Exhibit Explores Ancestors and Memory, Ledger Dispatch of The Contra Costa Times, Arts and Entertainment, Friday, March 7, 2003.
Monica Drolet, Art Exhibit is a Trip Down ‘Memory Lane’, Los Medanos College Experience, Volume 58, No. 5, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003.
Mary Reiley, Artist Offer Peek into Their Studios, The Contra Costa Times, Friday, May 30, 2003.
Jack Tucker, Artist Continues Family Tradition, The Contra Costa Times, June 2, 2002.
Oil pastels in Ape (www,apezine.net). Volume I, Issue I, 2001.
Les Krantz, Editor, Prints in The California Art Review, American References Publishing Company, Chicago, IL., 1989.


AWARDS                             

Finalist Award in Art Show International Gallery’s 6th Abstract international juried art competition, July 2022.
Mayor’s Award, 33rd Annual ECCA Exhibit for Market in Locke, 2009
Certificate of Appreciation for Fingado Art Gallery contribution to the Arts in El Cerrito, 2008
Honorable Mention for Truce Arts For America Benefit, Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA Richard Reisman, Director of  di Rosa Preserve, Napa Valley, juror, 2001
Award of Merit for Road into Town, Northwest Pastel Society, 1999 Open International, 1999
Blue Dot Award of Excellence, CCAFT 2nd Annual Photography Competition, Richmond, CA, 1983
Blue Dot Award of Excellence CCAFT 1st Annual Works on Paper, Richmond, CA, 1982


COLLECTIONS                                    

Elizabeth King -Brand &  Jonathan Brand, Walnut Creek, CA.
Eleanor Matheu, San Francisco, CA.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Stamps, Vallejo, CA.
Dr. and Mrs. John Comyns, Vallejo, CA.
Corporate Collection, IBM, Bishop Ranch, Dublin, CA.


EDUCATION

California State San Francisco, 2008-2010 Core Coaching
California State University, Hayward, B. A. Studio Art, 1984.
California State University, Hayward, CA Teaching Credential, 1990.
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 1980-1981.