Bio
Born in Los Angeles, CA, and currently living and working in Utica, NY, where she teaches, curates and has an active role in downtown revitalization with Project-U (an artist collective organization that she is the co-founder and volunteer director of), integrating the arts into downtown Utica. As a visionary leader, she often collaborates with meteorologists, ecologists, architects and artists for curatorial projects and her own work. She received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Recent awards include a residency at the National Art Gallery in Male’, Maldives where she is designing an ambitious rooftop mural/garden/city park to create the illusion of the ocean rising and washing over a building. Other awards include a residency at the Headlands, Root Division, a Murphy and Cadogan fellowship, and a benefit show for the DeYoung and Legion of Honor Museums. She is currently exhibiting paintings in the US Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Recent shows include: The Smithy Art Gallery, Art Now and Bridge fairs in Miami Beach, and NY, NY, Micaela Gallery, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, the Lab, We Artspace, and solo shows at the Mohawk Valley Community College, View, Red Poppy Arthouse, the TransAmerica Pyramid in San Francisco, Penn State University, San Mateo City Hall, Micaela Gallery and 50 Fremont in San Francisco. In addition to creating and exhibiting her own work, North continues to curate exhibitions of both professional and student artists.
Born in Los Angeles, CA, and currently living and working in Utica, NY, where she teaches, curates and has an active role in downtown revitalization with Project-U (an artist collective organization that she is the co-founder and volunteer director of), integrating the arts into downtown Utica. As a visionary leader, she often collaborates with meteorologists, ecologists, architects and artists for curatorial projects and her own work. She received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Recent awards include a residency at the National Art Gallery in Male’, Maldives where she is designing an ambitious rooftop mural/garden/city park to create the illusion of the ocean rising and washing over a building. Other awards include a residency at the Headlands, Root Division, a Murphy and Cadogan fellowship, and a benefit show for the DeYoung and Legion of Honor Museums. She is currently exhibiting paintings in the US Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Recent shows include: The Smithy Art Gallery, Art Now and Bridge fairs in Miami Beach, and NY, NY, Micaela Gallery, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, the Lab, We Artspace, and solo shows at the Mohawk Valley Community College, View, Red Poppy Arthouse, the TransAmerica Pyramid in San Francisco, Penn State University, San Mateo City Hall, Micaela Gallery and 50 Fremont in San Francisco. In addition to creating and exhibiting her own work, North continues to curate exhibitions of both professional and student artists.