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Education

1998 Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1996 Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara, w/honors


Performances

2010 The Luggage Store Gallery~Creative Music Series, 1007 Market Street (nr. 6th St.), San Francisco, California 94103, January 28, 2010, VoxMaids
2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival ~ Exit Theater, San Francisco, CA, Septemeber 11th, 13th, 14th, 19th. VoxMaids
  San Francisco Theater Festival 2009, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA, July 26. VoxMaids
  The Marsh, The Dead of Winter Forest, chapter 3, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA. July 20th, 2009, 7:30pm. Chapter 1 (in three parts) can be seen on www.youtube.com/jojorazor
  Climate Theater, Hypnagogia, San Francisco, CA, Saturday, June 27 8PM- 12AM $10.VoxMaids
  Laurel District Summer Solstice Music Festival, Laurel Village, Oakland, CA. VoxMaids
  Lupin Lodge, 20600 Aldercroft Heights, Los Gatos, CA, February 12, 2009, tickets $15.00, clothing optional, VoxMaids
  The Luggage Store Gallery~Creative Music Series, 1007 Market Street (nr. 6th St.), San Francisco, California 94103, February 12, 2009, VoxMaids
2008 Illuminated Corridor ~ Kahn’s Alley, btwn telegraph to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Downtown Oakland, California 94612, October 3, 2008, 5pm-9pm, VoxMaids
  San Francisco Theater Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, 3rd and Mission Street, San Francisco, CA Performing an excerpt from VoxMaids: Searching for the Voice of the Third, VoxMaids
  Cafe' Royal, VoxMaids: Searching for the Voice of the Third, 800 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
2007 The Marsh, The Dead of Winter Forest , chapter 2, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA. December 17, 2007, 7:30pm. Chapter 1 (in three parts) can be seen on www.youtube.com/jojorazor
  The Fish Tank, Rock Lotto, 3405 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA
  The Marsh, The Dead of Winter Forest, chapter 1, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
  The Marsh, The Dead of Winter Forest, chapter 1, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
  The Luggage Store, VoxMaids, 1007 Market Street (near 6th Street), San Francisco, CA, September 27, 2007
  Space Gallery, VoxMaids, 1141 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA, August 22, 2007
  Laurel Summer Solstice Music Festival,VoxMaids, place TBA, Laurel District, East Bay San Francisco, CA, June, 23 2007, 6-7pm.
  The Marsh, The Dead of Winter Forest, chapter 1, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA. June 5th, 2007, 8:00pm.
  Joyce Gordon Gallery, VoxMaids, 406 14th Street, Oakland, California, June 1, 2007
  MilkBar #16, at the Biscuit Factory, VoxMaids, Oakland, CA, Friday, May 18th, 2007, 8:00pm.
  Mama Buzz, VoxMaids and Friends, Oakland, CA. March 10.
2006 Finnish Brotherhood Hall, whereabouts unknown, a witnessing, Berkeley, CA.
  Blue Haven Studio, Search for Peace, a shamanic ritual in music, Sebastopol, CA, October. Directed by Alan Young.
  Fish Tank,VoxMaids, Oakland, CA, October.
2005 Temescal Cafe, Stichman and Razor, Vocal Performance, Oakland, CA.
  Webber Residence, Static, Performance, Redwood City, CA.
2004 Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley, CA, ParaTheatrical ReSearch, Song as Vehicle.
21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA, StikMonkey with a Razor: Vocal Performance.
1998 Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, MFA All Day, All Week.
1015 Folsom Street Space, San Francisco, CA, Gift Performance.
1997 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Cry Performance
1996 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, How Does Your Garden Grow.
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Opposite Persona.
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Why?

Selected Exhibitions

2004 BallardWorks, Seattle, WA, Recycled Art Show, September 11-October 2.
2003 Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA, Half Full/Half Empty.
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Found Object.
Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Conceal/Reveal, the Art of the Book and Box.
2002 Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA, Annual Auction 2002.
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA, Western States Small Works 2002.
Free Manifesta, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Art4Aids Auction, Butterfields, San Francisco, CA.
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL, Autobiographies.
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Arts on Fire, Juror: Renny Pritikin, Yerba Buena
    Center for the Art
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Sight & Insight Art Center, Mill Valley, CA, SpringThing.
Heritage Square, Emeryville, CA, Space Between Thoughts.
2001 Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland, CA.
1998  Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, SFAI MFA Graduate Show, San Francisco, CA.
1996 Stephen Hawking, Life in the Universe CD, life apparatus animation
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, LA Freeways: Girl Hood, Dis-Ordered Women,
    Los Angeles, CA.
University of California, Santa Barbara Art Gallery, Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Multi Media Show.
University of California Santa Barbara, Women's Center, Santa Barbara, CA Video.
1995 University of California Santa Barbara, Women's Center, Santa Barbara, CA,
    Women in UCSB Video.
1993 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA.
1991 Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, Wonders of the West.


Discography
2005 Songs As Vehicles, recorded inside the cavernous Marin Headlands bunkers (2004/2005). Produced and recorded by Sylvi Alli for Vertical Pool Productions
  One Star Night, Anne Carol, backing vocals.


Filmography

2008-9 Living in the Future, directed by Eddy Angel. My character: old sixties singer in the year 2012. Currently in production.
2007 The Invisible Forest, directed by Antero Alli. My character: one of three singing muses.


Traveling Exhibition

1996 KCET-Channel 28, Los Angeles, CA, Independent Video.
  Cal State Los Angeles Fine Arts Gallery, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Art Center,
    Claremont College, traveling exhibition, Video Povera.


Residencies

2003 Bedford Gallery in the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA,
    The Artist in the Studio Residency.


Commissions
2006 Nation’s on University, 24”x24” painting, Dale and Danielle Powers, Berkeley, CA
1999 Zolo Flow, Seven 7'x4' plastic engraved wall panel partisan, Ketra Oberlander,
    San Francisco, CA.


Publications

2004 Circa2004, Process, a democratic multiple book.
  "Found Objects: Hard to Find", Susan Kuchinskas, East Bay Express, Berkeley, CA,
    November 17-23, 2004
2003
"Out of the box ," Tim White, Sacramento News and Review, Sacramento, CA, January 2, 2003
2002 “What is a Book, “ Digital City, Sacramento, CA.
  "Books, boxes...bravo!" Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA,
    December 15, 2002



Research

2009 The Marsh, Creating and Performing your Own Work, with David Ford, Spring
2008 Paratheatrical Research Lab, Dreambody/Earthbody, Spring
2007 The Marsh, Creating and Performing your Own Work, with David Ford, Spring and Winter
  Paratheatrical Research Lab, the chakra lab, Spring
2006 Paratheatrical Research Lab, A Song and a Prayer, Fall
  Paratheatrical Research Lab, Alchemy Lab , Spring
2005
Paratheatrical Research Lab, Two-faced clowns: Experiments in Hypocrisy, Fall/Winter
  Paratheatrical Research Lab, Techniques, Spring
2004 Paratheatrical Research Lab, Songs as Vehicles, Fall/Winter



Public and Private Collections

Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
Women Beyond Borders, Santa Barbara, CA
Dianna and Darren Wallen
Ketra Oberlander
Angela DeSantis
Thomas and Janice Blackwood
Jessaca and Gregg Smith
Shirley Sperry
Shirley and Melvin Lipman


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