Education Born and raised in New York City, she studied Art History in Florence, Italy and graduated with a BA in Philosophy from UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California and post-graduate work in Film at San Francisco State University and Sociology and Psychology at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Experience One of the first women in the Lighting Union in Hollywood, she began her career working in the major film studios. Some of her credits include “Happy Days”, Little House on the Prairie”, “Gideon’s Trumpet” for Hallmark Hall of Fame, and “Attica” for ABC Circle Films. She taught film lighting at San Francisco State University and photography at Nevada County Community College. She also led photo tours to Europe for Close-Up Expeditions and Sweet Light Photo tours until 2006. Some past work includes; fashion, product, portrait and fine art photography. Recent clients include: The Zellerbach Collection (jewelry), Firelight Candles, Taylor Michaels Interior Design, David Nash’s work for Cheryl Haines Gallery in San Francisco, Kurt Steger’s work for the Julie Baker Gallery, events and portraits; Bill Clinton, George McGovern, Merce Cunningham for the Pence Gallery in Davis, CA, musicians Michael Franti, Greg Brown, Jerry Grant, composer, W.J. Sydeman, composer and Terry Riley, The Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute, Sierra Nevada Hospital and the Mondavi Center in Davis, California. Her work can be found in public and private collections in the US and Europe and also includes digital films for Going Viral, an art and science project, developed with Rocky Mountain Lab, an NIH lab, and Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre. Executive Director of Artists Along the Bitterroot, 2009 to 2015 Recent Exhibitions Missoula Art Museum Action 2024 Radius Gallery- Group Show 2023 Mural Art Commission, Missoula MT, Spring 2023 Wet - Northwind Gallery Port Townsend Mayim Chaiyim: A Watershed- through June, Koslowe Gallery, Westchester Jewish Center, 175 Rockland Ave. Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Extraction: Art at the Edge of the Abyss- Ongoing global exhibition LeeAnn Brook Fine Art Gallery , Nevada City - Solo Show Sept- 2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival Exhibition - Best of Photography Award -2019 Past is Prologue Solo Exhibition UC San Diego 2018 Group Show Panorama Gallery - Oakland, CA 2018 G2 Gallery- Los Angeles- Group Exhibition 2016 -Jan 3 2017 Dana Gallery- All Photo Exhibition- First Place-Best of show for "Pas De Deux" June 2016 Mountain Dance Videos in collaboration with composer Jerry Grant, Lisbon Portugal, 2016 Pure Water Series- Permanent Installation , University of Montana 2015 Tintypes - Radius Gallery - Missoula, MT 2015 Wind and Bones Exhibition Radius Gallery , Missoula MT 2014 Artists Along the Bitterroot Studio Tour -2014 Montana Professional Artists- 2014 Past is Prologue, solo exhibition- Hamilton, MT 2012-2013 Going Viral- the Dennison Theater at the University of Montana Hamilton Performing Arts Center, Hamilton, MT. Mary Stuart Rogers Center , Victor MT and Missoula Community Theatre The Lane Gallery –Portland, OR -2012 Montana Professional Artists Show-2012 Artists Along the Bitterroot-2012 Missoula Art Museum -2012 Jentel Residency Sheridan, WY-2011 Osher Center for Jewish Life- Marin County CA 2011 River’s Mist Stevensville, MT- 2011 Missoula Art Museum Auction-2011 Group Show-River’s Mist Gallery-2011 Solo Show River’s Mist Gallery- 2010 Solo Show Ravalli County Museum-2009 Artists Along the Bitterroot Studio Tour - 2009 Missoula Art Museum, Montana Triennial 2009 Missoula Art Museum, Auction 2009 Crazy Mountain Digital Photography Center Livingston, MT 2007 Film-String Theories at the Sound and Vision Festival with composer William J. Sydeman 2006 Form In Nature, Grass Valley, CA 2005


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