Education:    

M.A. Art – Studio Photography Emphasis
California State University Fresno, California, 2006
Project:  Ancestor Tell Us A Story
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
Honors
Adolf Odorfer Scholarship
Educational Research and Project Grant Program Award Recipient
Graduate Student Research Merit Award Recipient
Graduate Dean’s Medal Nominee, Department of Art & Design

Publications & Recognition:

California Heartland, KVIE Channel 6 Television, Sacramento, California, episode #731, 2003.
Richards, Jill.  “Patient Beauty.”  Fresno Bee, December 14, 2000.
Wyan, Sheryl Lichtig.  “Smorgasbord; Four exhibits on view at Multicultural Arts Center.”  Merced Sun Star, January 15, 1999.
Hansen, Lisa M.  “Photographer shares love of basic black, white in exhibit.”  Visalia Times-Delta, August 14, 1998.
Mendoza, Bridget.  “Robert Cochran’s Exhibit Shows Ominous Side of Nature.”  Dinuba Sentinel, March 12, 1998.
Aguirre, Mary Lou.  “Photographer living off the land(scape).”  Fresno Bee, February 27, 1998.
Hansen, Lisa M.  “Photography and sculpture join forces in art exhibit.”  Visalia Times-Delta, February 26, 1998.
Mendoza, Bridget.  “Dinuba Photographer Featured in Kings Art Center Exhibit.”  Dinuba Sentinel, February 26, 1998.
Staff.  “Axis Mundi:  Seeking the Cosmic Tree.”  Visalia Times-Delta, February 25, 1998.
Barry, Trent.  “Sofa Art show gives artists room to explore.”  Visalia Times-Delta, January 16, 1998.
Hansen, Lisa M.  “Photographer prefers the road less-traveled.”  Tulare Advance-Register, January 7, 1997.
This Morning with John Wallace & Lucy Ruiz, CBS Television, Fresno, California, January, 1997.
Staff.  “‘Seasons’ showcases photographers’ art.”  Hanford Sentinel, February 1, 1996.
Banister, Steve.  “With a click, photographers capture beauty of community.”  Visalia Times-Delta, January 6, 1996.
Staff.  “Landscapes fill Snowgrass exhibition.”  The Wenatchee World, November 22, 1995.
Raley, Colleen M.  “Valleyscapes.”  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustang Daily, June 21, 1995.


Selected List of Exhibitions

Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA, 2009
Gallery 25, Fresno, CA 2006
Master’s Degree Exhibition, Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA 2006
St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery, Napa, CA 2003
Jill Thayer Fine Art Gallery, Bakersfield, CA, 2002
Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA 2000
Bacchus & Copper, Ltd., Fresno, CA 2000
White House Gallery, Alta Historical Society, Dinuba,
CA 1999
University of California Regional Center Art Space,
Fresno, CA 1999
Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA 1999
Bank of Visalia, Visalia, CA 1998            
Creative Mode Gallery, Fresno, CA 1998
Ginsburg Gallery, Visalia, CA 1998

Solo Exhibitions

Laetitia Winery, Nipomo, CA 1998
Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA 1998  City Hall Fine Art Space, Fresno Arts Council, Fresno,
CA 1997
Sinclair Community College Art Gallery, Dayton, OH
1997
Tulare Historical Museum, Tulare, CA 1997
Henry Madden Library Gallery, California State
University Fresno, CA 1996        
Allan Hancock College Art Gallery, Santa Maria, CA
1996
Frigulti-Black Gallery, Visalia, CA 1995
University Union Galerie, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, CA 1995
White House Gallery, Alta Historical Society, Dinuba,
CA 1994
Eleven East Ashland Independent Art Space, Phoenix,
AZ 1994
College of The Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA 1992

Selected List of Exhibitions
University Centennial Art Exhibition, Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA 2010
Blue Fig Art, Porto Heli, Greece, 2010
Member’s Group Show, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA 2008
Traveling Exhibition, Gyumri, Armenia 2007
Nudes in November, Chris Sorensen Gallery, Fresno, CA 2006
Member’s Group Show, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA 2006
Member’s Group Show, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA 2005
Revellier Art Exhibit, Quady Winery, Madera, CA 2002
University of California Regional Center Art Space,
Fresno, CA 2001
Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 2000
Sofa Art IV, Visalia, CA 1999
Sofa Art III, Visalia, CA 1998
Chinatown Gallery, Fresno, CA, June 1996
St. John’s University Gallery, Jamaica, NY,  February
1996

Group Exhibitions

Greater Midwestern Invitational XI, Central Missouri
State Univ., Warrensburg, MO, February  1996
Convention Center Invitational, 4 Photographers,
Visalia, CA,  January 1996
Snowgrass Institute, Cashmere, WA,  November 1995
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA,  October 1995
Center For The Visual Arts, Oakland, CA,  October 1995
Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA,  
January 1991
University Union Galerie, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, CA,  June 1984