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2005 SJSU—MFA, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2003 SJSU—BA, Art (pictorial) Summa Cum Laude, San Jose, CA
1995 SJSU—BS, Industrial Technology (design & technical drawing)
1988 San Jose City College—AS Electronic Technology, San Jose, CA
2011
Signs of Life
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Everything is Electrified
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2010
Urban Signs
ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
New Paintings
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Streets of San Francisco
Caffe' Muse, MOMA, San Francisco, CA
2007
Terry Thompson—New Paintings
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Roadside Art
The California Museum of History, Women & the Arts, Sacramento, CA (catalogue)
Recent Work
b.sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2005
Neon Nights
San Jose ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), San Jose, CA
2003
Recent Paintings
Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Cityscapes
D. P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2012
Contemporary Realism Biennial (catalogue)
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Three Artist Exhibition, SFMOMA, Artist's Gallery
Photographs by Terry Thompson, Stanford Art Space, Stanford University, CA
The San Francisco Fine Art Fair—Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2011
San Francisco Fine Art Fair—George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
16@49
Juried photography exhibition
ModernBook Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Contemporary Realism Biennial (catalogue)
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
The Seduction of Duchamp - Bay Area Artists' Response (catalogue)
Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
The San Francisco Fine Art Fair—Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2009
The Seduction of Duchamp—Bay Area Artists' Response
Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA
A Sense of Place
de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, CA
Environments—photographs
Ohlone College, Louie Meager Gallery, Fremont, CA (catalogue)
2008
Contemporary American Realism-Biennial (catalogue)
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
City Lights
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Neo Realism
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Building a Team
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Art Show
(George Billis) Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2007
San Francisco Scenes
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pop Realism
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
City Life
SF MoMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
The Last Picture Show
F8 Fine Art Gallery Austin, TX.
Lift Off - SJSU MFA Graduates
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
2005
New Masters 2005 (statewide, juried)
WORKS Gallery San Jose, CA
2004
Introductions 2004
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
Landscapes & Cityscapes
D.P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2003
Art Bowl III (Juried) Northern California MFA Invitational
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show (national)
Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA.
2002
Fall Exhibition—Works by Current SJSU Faculty & Students
Heritage Bank, S.J. CA
Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show (national)
Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Works 25th Anniversary Members Show
WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA.
2001
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Show
Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Works Annual Member Show
WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
2008
Honorable Mention—Contemporary American Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2005
SJSU—Violet Speddy Scholarship
2004
SJSU—Catherine Urban Scholarship
2003
Honorable Mention—Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
SJSU—Helen Dooley Scholarship - Randall Sadler Scholarship
2002
Merit Award
AVA Show Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1st Place
LGAA Annual Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2001
1st & 2nd Place
AVA Show Triton Museum, LGAA peer vote, Santa Clara, CA
San Jose Jazz Society
Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce
IBM Corporation
Red Car Wines
2004-2005
San Jose State University, School of Art & Design, San Jose, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
de Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
The California Museum of History, Women and the Arts, Sacramento, CA
VISA Corp., San Francisco, CA
IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA
Metro Newspaper, San Jose, CA