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Education
M.F.A.                    2004                        San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
B.A.                        2000                        The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Certificate             1999                        Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

Exhibitions (one and two person shows marked with *)

2008                      
 *Cardiovascular, 2 person exhibit with Veronica Sahagun, Galería de la Torre de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Cuernavaca, Mexico
You Know How I Feel (guest artist), Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2007                       
The Art of Recycling, Mills Building, San Francisco
Artists Go Lightly, Temporary Autonomous Museum, San Francisco
Faculty Exhibit, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

2006                       
*Fugitive, Artist in Residence final exhibition, San Francisco Recycling and Disposal
5.5x, California Bank and Trust Gallery, sponsored by Nobiru Kai, San Francisco
Rotating Exhibit, NorCal Corporate Office, San Francisco
Taste, invitational exhibit,Root Division Gallery, San Francisco
SORA Project Exhibition, Tosei Building, Tokyo, Japan

2005                       
Close Calls, juried exhibit, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Threshold, curated by Mitch Temple, Merced Cultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Staff Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
Conversations with the Wall, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco
Octopus! invitational exhibit, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco

2004                       
Emerge! GenArt annual exhibit, juried by Squeak Carnwrath, Paule Anglim, John Weber and Martha Angus,The Old Mint, San Francisco            
Cream From the Top, juried exhibition of Bay Area MFAs, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
*San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Feminology, curated by Nicole Hall, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

2003     
*Accumulations, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
 San Francisco Art Institute Open Studios Exhibit, invitational exhibit, Swell Gallery, San Francisco
Swell Gallery/3rd St. Cafe Art Exchange, curated by Jon Ruben and Tim Sullivan, San Francisco

2002                       
Creative City, curated by Jeannene Przybilski, SPUR Library, San Francisco
*Mexico Revisited, Bothell Public Library, Bothell, WA
Old Brown, curated by Ann Palleson, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Passport Series, juried exhibit,The Norton Building, Seattle, WA

2001                       
*The Youngest Child, Sev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2000                       
*One Thickness of Matter, Sev Shoon Arts Center
International Print Masters, Mary Vitold Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999                       
*Thesis Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest
Black/White, Moss Bay Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1996                        
*Souvenirs of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, curated by Jennifer Gardner,  The Living Room, Seattle, WA           
*Souvenirs of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Photographic Center School, Seattle, WA
Dead, juried exhibit, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Member's Invitational Exhibition, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Irish Landbits, Belle Arts Concert Series Exhibition, Bellevue, WA  

1995                       
*Yard Sale Series, curated by Jennifer Garnder, The Living Room
*Yard Sale Series, Photographic Center School
Annual Juried Exhibition, Photographic Center, Seattle, WA 

Teaching  Experience
2005-present           
instructor, Academy of Art University, San Francisco

2008           
Adjunct instructor, University of California Berkeley Extension, San  Francisco, CA                    
Artist Mentor, Art Institute of Boston MFA program, Lesley University, Boston, MA

2006-2007           
Adjunct instructor, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
                    
2005-2006           
Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute Community Education                        
Instructor, Root Division Adult Education Program, San Francisco

2004-2005           
Academic Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, Center for Individual Learning

2004                       
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tim Berry, San Francisco Art Institute

2000-2004           
Adjunct Instructor, Photographic Center Northwest, accredited NASAD, Seattle, WA

2003-2004           
Tutor, San Francisco Art Institute, Center for Individual Learning            

2000-2005           
Instructor, The Sev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Instructor, Coyote Junior High, Seattle, WA

2001-2004           
Instructor, Seattle Center Academy of Arts, Seattle, WA

2000                       
Instructor, The Northwest School Summer Program, Seattle, WA           

Residencies, curatorial experience and other credentials
2005-2006            
Artist in Residence, San Francisco Recycling and Disposal

2005                       
Curator, Conversations with the Wall, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA           
Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery summer exhibition program, San Francisco Art  Institute

2003                       
Graduate assistant, Bill Berkson, San Francisco Art Institute, art history

1995-2002            
Professional photographer, documentary, promotional images, portraits, custom printing

Lectures and panels
2008           
Guest lecturer, Cardiovascular, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca City, Mexico
Candidate Lecture, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Candidate Lecture, Utah State University, Logan UT
Candidate Lecture, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

2007           
Guest lecturer, The Hand and the Eye, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca City, Mexico

2006                       
Artist lecture on Fugitive exhibit for the Insight organization, San Francisco Recycling and Disposal

2005                       
Guest lecturer on artist statements, Interdisciplinary Collage, Carlos Villa, San Francisco Art Institute
Lead Panelist, Teaching After Grad School, San Francisco Art Institute Alternative Lecture Series
           
2004                        
Panelist, Artists’ Forum, mediated by Glen Helfand, Arts Benicia Gallery,  Benicia, CA

Bibliography
ABC7, “Art Pick of the Week”, Underdog in “The Art of Recycling”, photo and story, online magazine, April 13, 2007
Douglas Fischer, “Turning Garbage into Recycled Treasures” Oakland Tribune, May 26, 2006
Reyhan Harmanchi, “Is it Garbage or is it Art?”, story and photo, San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2006
San Francisco Bay Guardian, show announcement with photo, April 19-25, 2006
NBC Channel 11, onsite interview at SF Recycling and Disposal exhibit, Morning News, April 20, 2006
Local Access Channel 29, story on SF Recycling and Disposal Artist Residency, May, 2006
San Francisco Art Institute Admissions Catalogue, 2005-2006
SOIL Gallery Retrospective Catalog, Seattle, WA 2005
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition Catalogue, 2004
Meghan Dougherty, “Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age”, exhibition citation (Accumulations), University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA 2004
Melinda Holm, “Sarah Barsness in San Francisco,” article with photo, PCNW Members’ News, Fall 2003

Publications
Photographic Center Northwest, catalogue, 2002, back cover photograph
Photographic Center Northwest, course catalogue, Fall 2001, cover photograph,
The Queen Anne News, Seattle, WA, “Palmer Stangvik Retires”, June 1999, photographs
The Seattle Press “Daycare Workers Union”, October 1999, photographs
The Musicians Union Newsletter, Seattle, WA December 1998, cover photograph

Collections
Public: San Francisco Recycling and Disposal, Photographic Center Northwest

Private: Arlene Hellerman, New York City, NY; Christine Keff, Judith Rosen, Lisa Cohen and Jim Gulian, all Seattle, WA; Jeannene Przyblyski, San Francisco, CA; David Farnsworth, Palm Springs, CA, Verda Alexander, Orinda, CA, Gabriel Olciewski, San Diego, CA