Education
MA Graphic Design, ENSAD, Paris, France
Professional Experience
2020 – present Director, What’s Next for Earth, Online Community Art Project
2020 – present Coordinator, MAHB Arts Community, Stanford University, CA
2017- present Serves on the Arts Program Committee at AYA, San Jose, CA
2016 – present Team member of Mon Ocean et Moi, an educational project of Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France
2015 – present Serves on the Education Committee at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga,CA
2014 – present Art Educator, AYA (Alliance for Youth Achievement), San Jose, CA
2013 – 2015 Board of Directors WEAD (Women Eco-Artists Dialog), CA
2012 – present Teaching Artist, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2002 – present Independent Art Instructor providing art workshops and classes
Professional workshops (Selection)
2020 Eco Workshop, Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
2019 Poster Making Art Integration, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2018 Bio Ink Plankton, Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA
2018 ‘Maker Mondays’ Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
2018 Taste of Science, When Art meets Science, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
2017 Shadow Box, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, 2017
2017 Activism through Poster Making, Art as Activism Annual Conference, Montalvo, Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2017 Villa Calle, with Alum Rock Education Foundation, flag making, San Jose, CA
2018 BayDay, with Save The Bay, Mini Mobile Making, Port Fest, Redwood City, CA
2017 BayDay, with Save The Bay, Mini Mobile Making, Port Fest, Redwood City, CA
2017 Sunnyvale Public Library, Ocean Shadow Box, Endangered Species, Sunnyvale, CA
Presentations/Lectures (selection)
2020 Los Gatos High School, Art Club, 2020
2020 What’s Next For Earth, A conversation with Paul Ehrlich (MAHB), hosted by Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2020 San Jose Museum of Art, Docent Monthly Meeting
2019 Montalvo Arts Center, Earth Day presentation
2017 SJSU, School of Art and Art History, San Jose, CA
2016 FabLearn Conference Stanford, Ignite Talk: “The Water Project”, Stanford University, CA
2015 Berkeley City College,Art as Citizen, art class Sharon Siskin, Berkeley, CA
2015 Laney College: Eco-Art Class Sharon Siskin and Andree Thompson, Oakland, CA
Awards and Grants
2019 California Arts Council (CAC) – Artists in Communities, Phytoplankton Project
2019 Arts & Cultural Exchange Program (ACE) City of San Jose, Phytoplankton Project
2018 California Arts Council (CAC) – Activation Public Spaces, The Ocean is Calling
2013 Best Environmental Short Award, Bay Area Women in Film and Media Short Film Festival
2012 Micro-grant – ZERO1 Biennial + The James Irvine Foundation
Art Residencies
2021 The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR
2021 Desert Diary, Twentynine Palms, CA
2020 Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2016 Tech Shop San Jose, San Jose, CA
2013 Sausalito Art Festival Foundation, Artist Teaching Art Program, Sausalito, CA
2012 The Billboard Art Project: Sight and Sound, Richmond, VA
2000 College of Santa Fe, Printmaking Center, Santa Fe, NM
Corporate and Public Collections
Santa Clara Valley Water District Headquarters, San Jose, CA
Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
Installations and Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2021 Our House, Desert Dairy Residency, Twentynine Palms, CA
2020 Exponential, Desert Dairy Residency, Twentynine Palms, CA
2019 Plankton Soup, Participatory Installation, Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
2019 Keep the Rainforest Alive, Santa Cruz Museum of Art MAH, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Le Temps que Dure le Chemin, INSERM Marseille, France
2019 Bulles D’Air, Collaborative Installation, La Timone Hospital, France
2018 Plankton Soup with Plastic, Santa Cruz Museum of Art MAH, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Coastal Cleanup, Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center, CA
2018 From Plankton to Constellations, collective installation, Montalvo Arts Center, CA
2017 Tech Shop San Jose, Plankton Explorations, San Jose, CA
2016 Coastal Cleanup Installation, Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Environmental Education Center, CA
2016 Coastal Cleanup Installation, Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA
2014 Sip. Do Not Gulp., The de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2021 Euphrat Museum of Art, Interconnected – Sources of Solace, CA
2021 Stanford University, Science Art-Nature, Challenges of Climate Change, CA
2019 Art Artik: Art and Architecture, San Jose, CA
2019 Pacific Art League, Plankton, Palo Alto, CA
2018 San Diego Art Fair, Plankton Blooms, San Diego, CA,
2018 City College, Art in the Age of X, San Diego, CA
2018 Art Ark Gallery, Arousing Biophilia, San Jose, CA
2016 Bioneers Conference, Marin County Civic Center Exhibition Hall, CA
2016 Lancaster Museum of Art and History: WEAD- Women Eco Artists Dialog, CA
2015 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH): GLOW: Digital Night, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH): GLOW a Festival of Light, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 Tech Museum, San Jose, CA
Press Publications (selection)
2021 NBC Bay Area: Sunnyvale Artist Raises Awareness About Climate Change
2020 MAHB Stanford: Time To Rethink Business as Usual
2020 Mercury News San Jose – Sunnyvale Artist Kicks Off Global Dialogue
