SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1985 M.F.A. UCSB
1980 B.F.A., UCSB
TEACHING, Studio Art and Art History
2000-2025 / Ventura College, Studio and Art History Faculty
2006-2008 and 2017-2019 / Gallery Director at New Media Gallery and Gallery 2
2015-2025 / Cal State University Channel Islands, Studio and Art History Faculty
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 • Work in Progress, CSUCI Napa Hall Gallery, Camarillo, CA
2020 • Solastalgia, Project Space 643, Ventura, CA
2019 • Fire & Ice, Rubicon Theater Gallery, Ventura, CA
• Fire & Ice, Palm Gallery, CSUCI
2009 • Sticks & Stones: Legacy, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
2007 • Zelo Group Gallery, Ventura, CA
2000 • Gallery Artist on Display, Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
1999 • Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, CA
• Mixed Media & Things, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
1997 • Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, CA
1994 • Jewish Community Library and Research Center, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 • Vita Art Editions 2025, and 5th Annual Fundraiser & Gala Exhibition, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2024 • Ventura College Annual Faculty Exhibition
2023 • Ventura College Annual Faculty Exhibition
• 10th Annual California Islands Symposium, Second Place Award
2020 • Legacy: Seven Decades at Ventura College, Ventura Museum of Art
• Environment, Ventura Arts Council, Ventura, CA
2019 • Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ventura College, Ventura, CA 2018
2018 • Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ventura College, Ventura, CA 2017
2017 • Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ventura College, Ventura, CA 2016
2016 • Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ventura College, Ventura, CA, 2019
• CSUCI Faculty Exhibition, Camarillo, CA, 2019
2015 • Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ventura College, Ventura, CA 2011
2011 • Summer Juried Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
• Small Images Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 • A Southern View, Petaluma, CA
• A Collectors Choice, Palm Desert, CA (Private Collection)
• Small Images Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2009 • Ventura Landscapes, Ventura Government Center, Ventura, CA
2008 • Ventura College Faculty Exhibition
2007 • Gallery 2, Ventura, CA
• Man and Nature, Ventura Government Center, Ventura, CA
• One Book, Once Campus: Voices from Within, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
2006 • The Signs of the Times: Segregation to Integration, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
• Ventura College Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 2, Ventura, CA
2005 • Ventura College Faculty Exhibition 2005, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
2004 • Ventura College Faculty Exhibition 2004, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA
2003 • Le Gros Chat, Fat Cat Gallery, New York , New York
1999 • Points of View: Landscape, Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, CA
1993 • Haunted Visions/Celestial Ecstasy, 801 N. Brand, Glendale, CA
• Dual Alliance, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Satellite Galleries, West LA City Hall, CA
1991 • Nolan Lamonte Films, International Television Group, Venice, CA
• Women’s History Month, Ventura, College, CA
• Southern California Orthopedic Institute, Van Nuys, CA
• Baby Project #2
1990 • Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
• Man and Nature, On Paper Gallery, Tokyo, Japan •California State University, Long Beach, CA
• Vital Images, Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA
1989 • Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA 1988
• No Frames or Pedestals, SITE Culver City, CA
• Fire and Ice, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
• Women’s History Month Exhibit, Los Angeles City Hall, L.A., CA
• Heart, I.S.D., Inc. Francine Ellman Gallery, L.A., CA
1988 • Francine Ellman Gallery, L.A., CA
• Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
• Long Beach Art Association Gallery, Long Beach, CA
• LACE, L.A., CA
• International Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, L.A., CA
• Baby Project #1
1987 • Solano Community College, Suisun, CA
• Primarily Prime, Francine Ellman Gallery, L.A., CA
• Images 87, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
• Art in the Halls, Corporate Art Consultants, West Hollywood City Hall, L.A. CA
• Art for Peace, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
1986 • 20th All Media Exhibition, Brea Cultural Center, Brea, CA
• New Collage, Theater Gallery, Design Center of L.A., CA
• Spaces/Artist’s Spaces, Occidental College, L.A., CA
1985 • UCSB, UCEN Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
• UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
1983 • Museum of Tolerance, L.A., CA, Permanent Collection
1982 • Emerging Southern California Artists, Ventura County Government Center
• Three Years of Balancing, UCEN Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
AWARDS
2017 • Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions Earth Charter Award and the Arts 2017
• Art Secret Society Award for Excellence in Arts Education
2007 • EAC Faculty of the Year, Ventura College
• American Democracy Project @ California State University Channel Islands
• Focus on the Masters, Ventura, CA
1984 • The 8th Annual Assembly of the Arts, Ventura County Museum of History & Art,
• Ventura, CA, First Place Award
1983 • The 7th Annual Assembly of the Arts, First Place Award
• Simon Wiesenthal Center Distinguished Service Award
1982 • The 6th Annual Assembly of the Arts, Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, CA,
Second Place Award
PUBLICATIONS
2000 • Woodford, Protase E. and Schmitt, Conrad. Glencoe Spanish 1, Buen viaje! Chapter Quiz with Answer Key.Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• Woodford, Protase E.and Schmitt, Conrad. Glencoe Spanish 2 Buen viaje! Chapter Quizzes with Answer Key, Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• Woodford Protase E. and Schmitt, Conrad J. Glencoe Spanish 2 Buen viaje! Student Tape Manual TE. Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2000
1990 • Man and Nature, On Paper Gallery. Tokyo, Japan: Aqua Planet, Inc., 1990.
• Vital Images, Women in Contemporary Art, 1990 Catalog
1987 • Primarily Prime, Southern California Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1987 Catalog
1986 • 20th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibitions Catalog
• The Southern California Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1986 Catalog
1982 • Feig, Konnilyn. Hitler’s Death Camps, the Sanity of Madness. New York: Holms & Meir Publications, Inc.
COMMENTARIES/REVIEWS
1986 • Berland, Dinah. Whole Has Become Greater Than the Sum, Los Angeles Downtown News
• Botsford-Epstein, Antoinette. A Cohesive Exhibit Sticks in the Memory, Los Angeles News
1984 • Jarvais, Ellen. Collage Depict Cataclysmic World, The Ventura Star Free Press
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