EDUCATION

MFA 2011        Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA                                                                                  

Fine Art with an emphasis in Drawing & Painting

BA 2007           California State University, Bakersfield, CA                                                                                       

Art Major, History Minor

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015                Pathways: The Art of Nyoka Reed, Idea Hive, Bakersfield, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025                Intertwined, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA     

2025                Latination, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA                                                                                                

2025                41st Irvine Annual, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA                                                                                                      

2024                Fresh Honey 2.0, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024                Circus, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                                                                                                          

2024                Art Mix, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA       

2024                Burned Books, Taft College Art Gallery, Taft, CA                                                                                                                                                                         

2023                Faculty Exhibition, Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA                                                                                                      

2023                Saturation, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA  - Second Place

2023                Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA                                                                                                     

2023                Celebrating Home, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA - Third Place

2023                Figures & Faces, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA                                                                                                     

2021                Faculty Exhibition, Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery, Bakersfield, CA    

2019                Faculty Exhibition, Taft College Art Gallery, Taft, CA                                                                                                      

2019                Art Mix, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA - Honorable mention

2016                Driven by Art, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

2014                Latination, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA

2012                Out of the Ashes, The Empty Space Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2012                The Giving Tree, The Nile, Bakersfield, CA

2011                Cannibal Flower, Pop-Up Event, Los Angeles, CA

2011                Once Upon a Fantasy, The Spotlight Theatre & Gallery, Bakersfield CA

2011                The Gnome Project, The Spotlight Theatre & Gallery, Bakersfield CA

2010                Opening Doors to the Arts, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA

2010                La Femme, The Spotlight Theatre & Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2010                Group 2, Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2009                Burn the Witch IV, Metro Special Events at Westchester, Bakersfield, CA

2009                Fields and Foreclosures, The Basement, Bakersfield, CA

2009                Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA

2009                New Beginnings, Inkfatuation Tattoo, Port Hueneme, CA

2009                Pop America, Sideshow Studios, Sacramento, CA

2008                Burn the Witch III, Metro Special Events at Westchester, Bakersfield, CA

2008                Kern County Fair, Bakersfield, CA - First Place – Professional Pastels   

2008                Artini, Arts Council of Kern, Bakersfield, CA

2008                Watermarks II, The Underground Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2007                The Art Among Us, Jill Thayer Galleries at the Fox, Bakersfield, CA

2007                Burn the Witch II, The Empty Space Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2007                Existence Through Art: Senior Exhibition, Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2006                Downtown Sculpture & Assemblage Show, Bakersfield, CA

2006                Burn the Witch, The Empty Space Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

2005                A Taste of the Arts, Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

SELECTED PRESS

2011     The Bakersfield Californian, Camille Gavin, “Artists Capture Moving Pictures” November 9, 2011

2010     The Bakersfield Californian, Matt Munoz, “Ding Dong the ‘Witch’ is Dead, but La Femme Lives”  November 3, 2010

 2010      Bakersfield Express, Jennifer Baldwin, “Art Scene: Artists Open New Doors This First Friday” March 3, 2010

2009     Bakersfield Express, Jennifer Baldwin, “Women’s Art Show Goes on Despite Vandalism, Theft” October 15, 2009

2009     Sacramento News & Review, Shocka, “Keepin it Poppin” July 30, 2009

2008     Bakotopia Magazine, Matt Munoz, Cover Story, October 2, 2008

2008    MAS Magazine, Stacey Payne, “Burn the Witch III” October 17, 2008

2008  The Bakersfield Californian, Shelly Branco, “Growing Roots” June 20, 2008

2008  Bakersfield Life Magazine, Stacey Payne, “Artfully Wonderful” May 2008

2007     The San Francisco Chronicle, Sam Whiting, “Making Art Pay” September 30, 2007