Curriculum Vitae 2024
Current: Professional Artist
Member: Reno Fine Arts Collective
2006 – 2019: Adjunct Faculty, Lake Tahoe Community College
Subjects Taught : Portraiture, Art History, Oil Painting, Drawing from Observation, Figure Drawing, Portfolio Development.
2016 – 2019: Founding Member, Tahoe Activist Artists
2000 – 2005: Owner of the Shelley Hocknell Gallery, UK
Education
2018 Classical Portrait Atelier with Juliette Aristedes, Scottsdale Artists School, AZ
2017 Classical Portrait Atelier with Steven Assael, Bay Area Classical Atelier, CA
2007 Still Life Workshop with Carol Marine, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Art & Visual Culture (B.A) Hons, University of the West of England, UK
1994 Foundation in Art, with Peter Prendergast. Colleg Menai, North Wales UK
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Untethered Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, NV. Continuous Acts of Beginning
2022 Haldan Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, CA. Call & Response
2022 Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV. Call & Response
2019 Tahoe Yoga Shala, CA. Art of Ashtanga
2018 Foyer Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, CA. Fundamental Freedoms
2011 Bona Fide Books, CA. Written on the Body
2008 The Dragonfly, CA. New Life: Kokanee
The Foyer Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, CA. New Life: Kokanee
Trio, CA. New Terrain: Wineries & Landscapes of the Sierra Nevada
2007 The Dorion Gallery, Sacramento, CA. New Life: Kokanee
The Riverside Gallery, Truckee, CA. New Life
2002 Llanberis Mountain Film Festival, UK (2002, 2003, 2004) Featured Artist
2000 Brewery Arts Center, Kendal UK (in conjunction with Kendal Mountain Film Festival)
2000 Museum of Modern Art for Wales, Machynlleth, UK Climbing the Walls
1999 Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, UK. Climbing the Walls
1999 Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, UK. Climbing the Walls
1999 Ogilvy & Estill Gallery, Conwy UK. Climbing the Walls
1997 Limited Editions Gallery, Bristol, UK. Intimate Illusions
1996 The Boston Tea Party, Bristol, UK. Recent work from the Basque Country
1995 The Bristol Guild of Applied Art, UK. Leap of Faith
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Reno Tahoe International Art Show
2023 Art San Diego
2022 Tahoe Beach Club, Alpenglow Festival, CA
2022 Cosumnes River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Wild Gods: California’s Nature in the time of Climate Change
2022 Reno International Art Show, Reno Sparks Convention Center, NV. RTIA Talks Stage: Portraiture.
2021 Reno Fine Arts Collective, Reno, NV. Featured Artist: Portraiture
2020 Emanate Gallery, Featured Artist, South Lake Tahoe, CA
2017 High Vibe Society, Tahoe Activist Artists: Rising from the Fire, CA
2017 Tahoe Activist Artists: We the People. Tahoe Mountain Lab, CA
Haldan Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, CA Faculty Show, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
2016 Nevada Museum of Art, Doors to Recovery, Reno NV
2010 MAIYA Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2010 New Visions Gallery, Culture + Agriculture, WI
2009 The Rooms Gallery, South Wales, UK
2009 Rogers Jones Auction House, The Welsh Fine Art Sale
2008 The Marji Gallery, Featured Artist Santa Fe NM
2008 The Village Art Gallery, Women in Art, CA
2008 Rogers Jones Auction House, Welsh Fine Art Sale, UK
2007 Sierra Arts Foundation, Featured Artist Reno NV
1998 Royal Cambrian Academy, UK Young Wales / 2000 / 2001
1999 The Wales Drawing Bienalle Touring Exhibition, Wrexham Arts Center
2000 The Albany Gallery, Cardiff New Welsh Artists, UK
Selected Commissions
2023 The Glimmering, Oil on Linen, 28 x 66″, Karen & Tim Stapleton, Point Richmond, CA
2021 The Vecchi Wedding Portrait, CA
2017 – 2020 The Metastasis, 12 x 5 ft mural – Private Residence, Lake Tahoe, CA
2017-8 Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training Manual. 74 Anatomical Figure Drawings, Tahoe Yoga Shala, CA
2015 Pollinator Mural, Sierra House Elementary School, Lake Tahoe, CA
2013 Get out of my Crotch! 21 Writers respond to America’s War on Women’s Reproductive Rights, Book Cover Art
Selected Interviews, Reviews & Publications
Alpinist Magazine, 2023
Kolo8 Abc News, Art from the Ashes 2022
KCRA 3 News, Caldor Fire Art 2022
Tahoe Magazine, Summer Call & Response 2022
Tahoe Weekly, Art from the Ashes 2022
Climbing Magazine, UK High Lines 2018
Illustrators Journal, Winter Edition 2018
BlogTalk Radio, Winter 2017
Alpinist Magazine, USA 2011 Issues 33 and a full colour spread in issue 34.
Edge Volume 4, Tahoe Writers Works 2010
KUNR Radio, Artist in Residence 2008
Moonshine Ink, Truckee, CA. Featured Artist. 2008
Summit Magazine (British Mountaineering Council) UK The Art of Climbing 2007
Tahoe Quarterly, Art Notes 2007, Best of 2010 Art Notes, Tahoe Masters
High Art: Award Winning Film Documentary. Fridge Productions 2005
HTV News (Wales, UK) Moving on Upwards 2002
Climber Magazine, UK 2001
BBC News Artist of the Rockfaces 2000
On the Edge Magazine Art imitates life 2000
Y Sioe Gelf (The Art Show) HTV Wales 1999
Grants, Awards & Sponsorship
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts
Lake Tahoe Community College, Professional Development Grants
Nevada Arts Council
Arts & Business New Partners, Wales
Welsh Development Agency
The Prince’s Trust
Arts Council of Wales
DMM International
The Royal Oak Hotel, Betws Y Coed
Celtec
Tahoe Arts Alliance – Artist Innovator Award 2019