Education
2000 MFA; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Sculpture
1997 BA; Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Studio Art
1994 AA; Butte Community College, Oroville, CA Fine Arts
1984 - 1986 Dominican College of San Rafael, Fine Arts major course work
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Analog, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA Jan-March, project support provided by Faben Artist Fund
2021 Oh, This Old thing?’, Ellis Art Storefrone Window on 101 N. 5th St Downtown Eureka, July.
2019 fluidity, new mixed media work exhibited @ Black Faun Gallery Eureka, CA March
Non-Partisan, project installation created while Artist in Residence (pilot program) with SCRAP Humboldt creative re-use center. 336#’s of campaign signs were diverted from the landfill for this work, exhibited at the Loft @ Bodega, Eureka, CA January
2016 Found & Altered, new works at Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA January
Fare Thee Well, Object Space, Spokane WA February
2015 Maelstrom, Saranac Art Projects gallery May Spokane, WA
2014 You Can’t Look Back, Saranac Art Projects gallery June Spokane, WA
2013 Middle Ground, Saranac Art Projects gallery Spokane, WA October
2012 Head to Toe, Saranac Art Projects Gallery, Spokane, WA, November
Antidiluvian, The Brink Gallery, Missoula MT
2011 SORT; A Tribute to the American Worker, Saranac Art Projects Gallery, Spokane, WA
2009 RE:cycled, Eastern Washington University Art Gallery, Cheney, WA
2006 Objects of my Affection; Chase Gallery, Spokane WA August – October
Domesticated, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
2002 Offerings, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
2001 Excessive Tendencies, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2000 Icons and Absurdities in MY America, Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition,
Murphy J Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Goin’ Postal, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
1999 Goin’ Postal, Murphy J Foster Hall Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2 Person & Select Group & Invitational Exhibition
2023 Spare Parts, The Ford Studios gallery, Marion, VA October- Invitational.
Five Critical Decades of Art: The Stephens Collection, Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA September - January ’24. Curated from the private collections of Les & Carolyn Stephens.
Ferstival of Dreams, Halverson Park on the Eureka Waterfront- grant funded projecys designed to interact with the viewer and the place. The Butter Paper project involved collecting over300 butter wrappers then drawings of things we put butter on. the drawings were strung like pennants in the Sacco Ampiyheater rafters and are now neing redistributed to the community. August. Competitive Grant funded.
Poetics of Space, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery, Spokane WA April-May. Current & Former Faculty exhibiting in the last exhibition in the old art building
2022 Humboldt Arts Coucil Members Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
juried, Nov ‘22-Jan ‘23
Curative: The Art of Healing, The Ford Studios, Marion VA April/May
OUTER ROOMINATIONS, Site specific outdoor arts festival on Table Bluff, Humboldt County, CA. Invitational, Stipend, June
2021 RE-Emergence, juried exhibition with grant documenting our (first) year in quarantine with new works created during that year through the date of the exhibition. Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA Aug 6- October 24
OUTER ROOMINATIONS, Site specific outdoor arts festival on Table Bluff, Humboldt County, CA. Invitational, Stipend, May
2020 Tiny Galleries Project, Downtown Santa Rosa, CA Stipend/Invitation to seed the first grouping of art exhibited in an interactive project where artists may trade their tiny art, for tiny art currently on view. Curated and instigated by Robert VandeWalle & Dawn Thomas. tinygalleries.org
2018 Expose yourself in ART, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
Humboldt Arts Council Members Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art Eureka, CA
2017 Humboldt Arts Council Annual Members Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
3rd Annual Junque Art Competition & Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
How Art Saved My Life, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
bauble, Curtis R Harley Gallery USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC. 7 artist Invitational. Jan/Feb
2016 Spokane Art School @ the Public Library, Artist teachers from the Spokane art school @ the
downtown Spokane public library. W Main Street@ Lincoln, Invitational, November
2015 SAP @ the MAC, group exhibition from Saranac Art Projects members for the Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane WA. July-September.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spokane Art School Themed Invitational, tribute to Jules Vern, Spokane WA. June- August.
Chase Gallery All Media Juried Show, Spokane WA. juror, Ryan Hardesty July-Sept.
West of the Mississippi Annual Juried Show, The Clymer Museum & Gallery, Ellensburg, WA First place Sculpture Award. Jurors Gregg Schlanger & Michael Lewis
2014 Small Works, Members & invited guests small works show & sale, Saranac Art Projects , December Spokane WA
New to You, Members exhibition from the Saranac Art Projects cooperative, October, Spokane, WA
On The Road, Spokane Art School Invitational, tribute to Kerouac. July/August Spokane, WA
Current, 2014 Faculty Exhibition, Spokane Falls Community College Art Gallery, Jan-Feb
2013 Chase Gallery All Media Juried Show, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA. juror, Meg Schifler July/Aug.
December Saranac Small Works , group exhibition, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane WA, Dec
B*tchFest, juried exhibition sponsored by The Hagus Society, The Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA March
New Members, And the rest of Us, group invitational exhibition, Saranac Art Projects gallery, Spokane, WA. January
Chase Gallery All Media Juried Show, Chase Gallery, Spokane WA July-Sept
2012 My Pet; Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA Invitational, September – October
Art for Radio, fundraising exhibition for KYRS community radio, Saranac Art projects Gallery, Spokane, WA July
The Art of Music, FLOW ArtSpace, Minneapolis, MN, Juried Exhibition, February
10” x 10” x 10’, Spokane Falls Community College Faculty Exhibition, SFCC Art Gallery
2011 Telling the American Story, Chase Gallery Invitational in conjunction with EWU
Get Lit’ Literature festival, Spokane, WA March/April
Peter Pan Invitational, TinMan Artworks Gallery, Spokane, WA July
2010 Alice Invitational, TinMan Artworks Gallery, Spokane WA July
Cacophony; A symphony in re:USE, interactive large scale work executed with
26 students from SFCC Sculpture for the Spokane WA 2010 Earth Day April/February
2008 Get to Work, SFCC Faculty Exhibition, SFCC Art Gallery, Spokane, WA September
The Pecking Order, Lorinda Knight Gallery, exhibition with Kathy Glowen,
The CVG Show, juried exhibition, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremmerton, WA
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, invitational exhibition, The River Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2007 State Fair, Alumni Invitational Exhibition, LSU Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA June/July
Bash@the Henry, Henry Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA December
Raiment, invitational exhibition, Museum of Northwest Art, LaConnor, WA March-June
2006 Paint your own Oil Barrel, Outdoor invitational exhibit for 3 days, VAT October, downtown Spokane, WA
2004 Ready to Wear, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI February-May
Shift/Change, SFCC Faculty Exhibit, SFCC Art Gallery Spokane, WA
2003 6th Southeastern College Art Conference & Tri-State Sculptor’s Guild Conference
juried exhibition, North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC
2 IN/2 OUT, Spokane Falls CC Art Gallery 4 person faculty invitational, Spokane, WA
Naked, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2002 Consumed, The Gallery @ Stephenson Union, Southern Oregon University,
Ashland, OR 2 person exhibit
5th Southeastern College Art Association Conference (SECAC) juried exhibition,
GulfCoast Emporium, Mobile, AL
Central Michigan University Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Mt Pleasant, MI
Under Where?, The Art Garage, Columbia, SC
Salmagundi VI Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
The First Annual Automotive Show- Art of the Hubcap, The Art Garage, Columbia, SC
Warning! Children @ Play!, invitational exhibition, The Art Garage, Columbia, SC
2001 Accessories, University Art Gallery, Augusta State University, Augusta GA
4th Annual SECAC juried exhibition, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Accessibility, Invitational Public Space Installation project, Sumpter, SC
Reflections of the Past and Visions of the Future, University of South Carolina
Bicentennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, McMaster College Grounds, Columbia, SC
Salmagundi V Indoor invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
The Eyelum Project 3’ Hunter-Gatherer, Columbia, SC
46th Annual USC Art Auction, USC Capstone house, Columbia, SC
‘Mish-Mash’ Group Ceramics Invitational, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC in conjunction with NCECA conference.
USC Art Faculty Exhibition, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2000 Ann Connelly Fine Art Holiday Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
Installations on Main’ Invitational Public Site Exhibition, Sumter, SC
200 Government Street Artists’, Baton Rouge, LA
3rd Annual LSU Sculpture Park Tour, Baton Rouge, LA
1999 ‘Art in the Park’, City park, New Orleans, LA
2nd Annual SECAC Members Juried Exhibition, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA. 2ndPlace Award
Louisiana Open, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
The Next Wave, Southeastern University Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
Printmaking & Sculpture, Millsaps College gallery, Jackson, MS
1998 Object D’Art, A National Traveling Juried Exhibition Sponsored by Sandbox&
Simparch, jurors – The Art Guys. Various Locations Daily throughout the Country including,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, LAMOCA, Chicago Art
Institute, Ball State university, LSU, Tulane, and Wal-Mart parking lots nationwide.
Louisiana Artists Open II, Southeastern University Art gallery, Hammond, LA
1997 ‘A Hot Metal Woman & A Dysfunctional Potter’ The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
Humboldt Arts Council Junk Art Competition, Arts Council Gallery, Eureka, CA Third Place Award
Reese Bullen Gallery Student Juried Competition, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Marchi Sculpture Award
Solo’, United States Post Office, Arcata, CA
Humboldt State University Annual Senior Show, Reese Bullen Gallery, HSU, Arcata, CA
1996 Women’s Art Auction, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
Temporary Ritual, Humboldt Arts Council Storefront Gallery, Arcata, CA
Humboldt Arts Council Junk Art Competition, Arts Council Gallery, Eureka, CA
Reese Bullen Gallery Student juried Competition, HSU Gallery, Arcata, CA. Northtown Art Award
Student Access Gallery ‘ OUR FEARLESS LEADERS’, Karshner Lounge University Center Gallery, HSU, Arcata, CA
1995 Sculptors, Reese Bullen Gallery, HSU Arcata, CA
Humboldt Arts Council Junk Art Competition, Eureka, CA
37th Annual Redwood Arts Association Juried Spring Show, Eureka, CA
Professional Activities
Appointed to The Arts and Culture Commission Board, City of Eureka, CA 2023-27
Juror, Junque Art Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA. 2022
Recipient, California Arts Council Artist Relief Funds Grant, serviced by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2022
City of Eureka, CA. Artist of the Month, April 2022.
Panelist/Reviewer, Californai Arts Council, Legacy Artist Grants Stipend. 2021
Studio Space, PBS/KEET TV Season 1, spring 2021 episode, The Assemblers, aired 5/28/21
Eureka Neighborhood Beautification Fund, Ocean Currents Mural located at the foot of 2nd street and HWY 255/Samoa Bridge, with assistance from CAL-Trans, volunteer 2021
Set/prop maker, Arcata Main Street Plaza of Horrors drive through outdoor haunted house. Paid 2020
Eureka Art utility Box Project, participating artist, Oyster Box& Hot Sauce Box located on 101 north at P street. 2018/19
Artist in Residence, SCRAP Humboldt’s pilot program AIR November/December 2018. Arcata, CA
Gallery Committee Member, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 2018
Visiting Artist Workshop, Feminist Performance Art through Video, Baton Rouge Community College Art Fest, March 2018
Juror, Maskibition, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 2018
Ambassador East, Artist Trust 2009 - 2015.
Art Research Travel, San Francisco, CA Dec 2014 Ai Wei Wei, Keith Haring & Andy Goldsworthy
Juror 50 Hour Slam, short film festival, Spokane Washington April 2013-volunteer
Program Host, Readymade Radio, KYRS Community Radio Spokane, WA 2009-2014
Panelist Artist Trust 2012 Fellowship Awards; Craft. Statewide juried cash award – stipend
Volunteer Artist, Teen Interpreter Program at Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA 2012
Portfolio ReviewerEWU BFA Candidates, Cheney, WA 2012 & 2006 –stipend
Panelist State of the Arts Symposium, 2 of 4 panels topics; Critical Discourse & Professional Practices sponsored by Saranac Art Projects, Spokane WA2011/12 – volunteer
Outstanding Faculty Award, Spokane Falls Community College 2011
Juror Artistry in Wood, Artistic Merritt Award, 2013/11/10/09/08/06. Spokane Carvers Guild, Spokane WA – volunteer
Program Host Readymade Radio KYRS Community Radio weekly broadcast 2009 current volunteer
Panelist 2006 GAP Grants Artist Trust, Seattle, WA - stipend
Grant Recipient Artist Trust Gap Grant 2004
Artist in ResidenceCentral Michigan University Barstow AIR Program Fall Semester 2002, Mt Pleasant MI Salary/Housing/Studio – Sculpture & Foundry.
Guest Artist Panelist, Northwest Museum of Art & Culture, Raiment, Artist
lecture and panel discussion. La Conner, Washington, May 2007
Guest Speaker, Gonzaga University School of Art, sponsored by student art club,
Spokane, WAMarch 2006
Guest Speaker, Eastern Washington University Senior Capstone Class,
Cheney, WA. November 2005
Visiting Artist Lecture, EWU, Cheney, WA April, 2005
Visiting Artist Lecture, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI 2002
Southeastern College Art Association Conference Presenter: ‘Obsessive inclinations and Material Tendencies’-SECAC’s Newest Artist Educators. Mobile, Al 2002
Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI 2002
Visiting Artist Lecture, Grand Valley State, Grand Rapids, MI 2003
Visiting Artist Lecture, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 2001
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2001
Guest Artist Speaker, The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 2000
SECAC Panel discussion and presenter Open Studio Session, Miami, FLA October 1998
Guest Artist Speaker, Baton Rouge Community College, BR, LA 1998
Guest Artist Speaker, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA 1997
Publications
North Coast Journal, ANALOG Wisdom ANALOG Weight, LL Kessler 2/10/22Volume XXX111 Issue 6 P21
Times Standard,
Hyperallergic, http://hyperallergic.com/109262/whats-your-selfie-pleasure/ Feb 17 2014
Art Of Music @ Flow Art Space, Northeaster, Carol Jensen 03/07/2012 featured artist.
The Art Of Work, The Inlander, Luke Baumgarten 07/28/2011
Bernadette Vielbig: The Pecking order, Seven Spokane, Jennifer Zurlini 06/27/2008
Vielbig captures 'flock mentality' with art exhibit, The Spokesman Review,
Jennifer LaRue 05/10/2008
A broad spectacle, North Kitsap Herald, staff writer 2/6/2008
Red Stuck - Could ours finally be an art town? 225 Blog, 7/31/2007
Photographers Exhibit puts new spin on fall Visual Arts Tour, The Spokesman Review, Jim Kershner9/26/2008pp D1/D5.
Big TrendsTop 10The local art scene continues to develop…. Carrie Scozzaro, The Inlander.
Visual Arts: Bernadette Vielbig, Carrie Scozzaro, The Inlander, 9/14/06, pg 65.
Visual Arts Detours, The Spokesman Review, 2/3/06. pp D1,6.
Spokane Visual Arts Tour winter 2006, The Inlander, 2/2/06. Pg 21.
Artist Trust Grant Recipient Profile http://www.artisttrust.org/recipients/GAP2004.html#Visual%20Arts
John Michael Kohler Arts Center - Ready to Wear Exhibition
http://www.jmkac.org/exhibitions/ready_sub.htm
Two In / Two Out, SFCC Communicator, 3/12/03. pg 3.
Unnatural Materials, Kansas City Review, 09/03. pg 64.
Artist Deals With Body Forms, CMU Faculty Week Review, 11/03/03. pg 1.
Filly Playing, Chris Horn, Carolinian, 04/02. Pg 40.
Huntington Sculpture to be Rededicated at McMaster College, University of South
Carolina Times, 04/11/02. pg 40.
Out of the Closet - A Sumter event finds art in fashion and fashion in art, Jeffrey Day,
The State, 03/24/02. pp: E1, E3-4. Full Color Photo
Building an Exhibit - Departing sculpture professor helps students showcase their
talents, Jeffrey Day, The State, 02/15/02. pg. E 15. Photo
Art Garage Features Exhibit of USC Sculpture Students, Tom Starland, Carolina Arts,
02/02. pg 15.
Who’s to say What’s ‘REAL’ Art? The Art Garage Brings an Edge to Local Gallery
Scene, Lisa Gieskes, Free Times, 01/09/02. pg 22
Doors Rise on new Rosewood Gallery, Jeffrey Day, The State, 11/30/01. pp: E1, E16.
Engaging Art, Jeffrey Day, The State, 11/11/01 pp E1, E5.
‘Accessibility’ is ‘spirit of creativity, exploration’, Jane Collins, The Item,
10/04/01. pg A9.
USC Sets up Outdoor Exhibit of Sculptures, Donald Wood, The State, 08/08/01. pg B2.
Patrons Crawl Toward Art Appreciation, Jeffrey Day, The State, 04/28/01. pp: B1-2.
Artista Vista brought out artwork worth seeing, Jeffrey Day, The State, 05/13/01 pp: E1
3, 5.
Halsey Gallery Show Makes you Think, Kristin Rhodes, Charleston City Paper, Vol 4,
Issue 22, pp: 5 & 23.
C of C’s Halsey Features Two, Dottie Ashley, The Post Courier, 01/21/01. pg 2E.
Cityscape: Visual Art & Architecture, Melinda Smith Monk, Charleston Magazine, Vol 15,
Issue #1 pg 92.
Toward a New Age of Excellence, Marcia White, Around the Cistern, Vol 5 Issue 1 pg 9.
Artwork to Give Downtown a New look…Temporarily, Ivy Moore, The Item, pg E1.
LSU Sculpture Park opens third year, Gambit Weekly, 03/00
Throwing Darts at Art, Todd Kim, icon; Smart News & Entertainment internet publication.
12/03/98.