Bio

Born 1967 Fairfax, Virginia. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

COMPOSITIONS

• 2005 Giro d' Italia, parts 1- 4. Composition commissioned by the Bicycle film festival, composed for piano, keyboards, percussion, and viola. Performed at the Bicycle film festival accompanying Jorgen Leth's film, The Impossible Hour.

NON-PERFORMANCE SOUND WORK

• 2008 Soundtrack for Animation by Martha Sue Harris
• 2005 Sound design work for Sonny Smith's piece, Stranger Danger, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
• 2005 Extraordinary Tree, sound installation, radio broadcast, radio forest project, Neerpelt, Belgium, curated by Amy Franceschini.
• 2005 Video soundtrack work for Quirky Alone film, directed by Sasha Cagen.
• 2002 Film soundtrack work for Danish Film director, Oliver Ussing Kanafini, project was not screened.

VISUAL WORK/ FILM SCREENINGS

• 2005 Documentary video short, The Excelsior, San Francisco, San Francisco Art Institute.
• 2005 Video short, The Excavation Project, San Francisco Art Institute, Low Gallery, San Francisco.
• 2005 Sound installation, wooden boat with instruments. The Excavation Project, San Francisco Art
• 2005 Documentary video, People Who Believe in Elves, excerpts screened at SFMOMA, and HCA.
• 1987 Sound sculpture, amplified found metal objects, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.

GROUP SHOWS

• 2007 Read Read, w/ Barry Mcgee, Clare Rojas, etc.. Stinson Beach Library, Stinson Beach, CA.
• 2007 Towards a perfect world, w/ Katrina Lamb, Space 868, Bolinas CA.
• 2005 The Excavation Project's Lost Civilization, Low Gallery, San Francisco.
• 2005 Goldigger's Art Auction, video piece, New Langton Arts, San Francisco.
• 2004 Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn New York, sound Installation accompanying Javier Cambre's video, Marylin, (Never Got Old).

CURATORIAL AND PRODUCTION WORK

• 1996-Present Founder and director of Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco. One of the largest and most respected music and arts festival in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• 2005-Present Collision Experimental Music and Performance Series, for Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival at The Lab artspace, San Francisco.
• 2005-Present Curatorial committee at The Lab art space.
• 2004 Produced San Franciso Folk Explosion European Tour featuring Bay Area acts.
• 1996-2004 Produced numerous benefits for non-profits, film-makers, artists, and political groups.

OTHER RELATED ART AND SOUND WORK

• 2005 Board member, The Lab Art Space, San Francisco.
• 2005 Video editing, Yellow Car Parade, directed by Shane Montgomery.
• 2005 Founding member of The Excavation Project, art collective.

TALKS & LECTURES

• 2007 Lecture on curating and festival producing, Pacific University, Stockton CA.
• 2005 Lecture on multimedia performance, Hilary Ciment's Art class, Foothill College, Mountain View, CA
• 2005 Panel on DIY art and music movement, Expo for the Artist and Musician, SOMArts Center, San Francisco, CA
• 2005 Workshop on music and festival production, Kearny St. Workshops, SOMA Arts Center, San Francisco, CA.
• 2004 Panel on DIY, music touring, and production, Expo for the Artist and Musician, CELL SPACE, San Francisco, CA.

RESIDENCIES, AND GRANTS

• 2005 Zellerbach Foundation, Festival Grant, $3,000.
• 2005 Miranda July, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Artist Grant, $34.00.*
• 2004 Creative Capital Weekend Workshop attendee, nominated by New Langton Arts.
• 2004 Artist/Musician in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, California.

SELECTED RADIO:

• 2005 KUSF, San Francisco, interview about music festival, San Francisco, CA.
• 2002 KFJC, Foothill College, performance.
• 2002 WFMU, Zmrzlina Performance, Jersey, City, New Jersey,
• 2001 PS3, Stockholm, Sweden, Zmrzlina interview with Ika Johannesson.
  -*Not an official grant. Part of Miranda Juy's performance.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS:

• 2007 7x7 Magazine Feature article. "The Rainbow Connection." May 2007.
• 2005 Harmanci, Reyhan. "Playing By The Numbers," San Francisco Chronicle, Pink Section, article on Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, Sunday, May 29, 2005.
• 2005 San Francisco Bay Guardian, article on Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival.
• 2005 San Francisco Weekly, review of Radius's Please Hold On.
• 2004 DeVaney, Scott, "Globetrotting T-shirts," The Wave Magazine, June 30–July 13, 2004, Vol. 4, Issue 14, Page 8.
• 2003 Chun, Kimberly, “Swept Away,“ San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 21, 2003.
• 2002 Weingarten, Christopher R., Zmrzlina, Katastrpophe Vol. 3, record review, CMJ, March 2002.
• 2001 Cook, David, Zmrzllina, Katastrophe Vol. 3, record review, SF Weekly, November 21, 2001.
• 2000 Cook, David, "Perfectly Weird," Zmrzlina Interview, SF Weekly, February, 23, 2000.

EDUCATION

• 1986-1991 BA English Literature, Virginia Commonwealth University
• 1992-2006 Music and art classes, San Francisco Art Institute, City College, San Francisco.
• 2007 - 2010 MFA SF State

MUSIC/ SOUND PROJECTS

• 2006-Present The Southern Ocean duo, experimental, folk, electronic, multimedia performance, animation, and video with SFAI MFA graduate, Katrina Lamb.
• 2004- Present Extraordinary Forest solo/ensemble, experimental multimedia performance and video project, director, principal songwriter. One DVD of two performances at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA.
• 2004-Present Extraordinary Tree, an experimental, sound/noise solo project. One recording on-line San Francisco, CA.
• 2003-Present Radius, an experimental, electro-acoustic folk, duo/solo project. Principal songwriter, guitar, and electronics. One self released CDR, Please Hold On, S San Francisco, CA.
• 1994-2003 Zmrzlina, art rock ensemble. Principal songwriter, guitar, electronics, vocals. Two full length releases, one EP, San Francisco, CA.
• 1987-1990 Retinal Circus, art rock ensemble. Principal songwriter, guitar, vocals, Richmond, Virginia.
• 1984-1986 Seepage, principal songwriter, guitar, vocals, post punk ensemble, one full length audio tape, Fairfax, Virginia.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

• 2007 The Southern Ocean at New Langton Arts, March 2007.
• 2006 Radius, Headlands
• 2006 Extraordinary Tree, for Chris Sollars exhibit, Instant Coffee’s Bass Bench, Yerba Buena Museum, San Francisco, CA
• 2005 Extraordinary Forest, The Independent, Bicycle Film Festival, San Francisco, CA. Live musical accompaniment to Jorgen Leth's documentary film, The Impossible Hour. A four-part composition played by an ensemble of classically trained musicians. 2005 Radius, The Make Out Room, San Francisco, CA.2005 Extraordinary Tree, Adobe Books, art opening, San Francisco, CA.2005 Extraordinary Tree, Headphone Festival, San Francisco, CA.
• 2005 Extraordinary Forest, Galapogos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York, Performed Elves in the Tunnel, with an ensemble of musicians from the New York City area.
• 2005 Extraordinary Forest, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Wattis Theater. Performed Elves in The Tunnel, with an ensemble of Bay Area musicians.
• 2005 Extraordinary Forest, Children's School, San Francisco, CA. Solo performance of a truncated kid friendly version of Elves in the Tunnel to school children ages seven to eleven.
• 2004 Extraordinary Forest, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County, CA. Premiere performance of Elves in the Tunnel, for my residency at the center. Performed with an ensemble of Bay Area musicians.
• 2004 Radius, Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA.
• 2004 Radius, SF Folk Explosion European tour. Shows include: Swedish Cultural Center, Stockholm Sweden; Distro Music and Indie Label Festival; Malmo, Sweden; Berlin, Germany; The Forum Box Art Gallery, Helsenki, Finland; Kinderdorf orphan family community, Kinderdorf, Germany.
• 2003 Zmrzlina, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
• 2002 Zmrzlina, European tour including Emmaboda Music Festival, Emmaboda, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 2002 Zmrzlina, CMJ, Music Festival, New York, NY.
• 2001 Zmrzlina, European Tour including Hultsfred Music Festival, Emmaboda, Sweden.