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Education
2011 B.A, Art, University of California, Santa Barbara

Exhibitions
Upcoming
"Things that turn your brain to mush," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (April 2013)
"Call for Entries 2013," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (Fall 2013) 

2012 
"Agitprop," Left Coast Books, Goleta, CA (October 2012) 
"This was funny yesterday: response show," CCS Gallery (October 2012) 
"I am Curious," Left Coast Books, Goleta, CA
“Quest,” Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space at Forum Lounge for Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
"From Pasadena to Santa Barbara," Performance at Santa Barbara Museum of Art in conjunction with Pacific 
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2011
"SB Moves", Videos on Pumpflix screens at gas stations, Santa Barbara, CA
"Test Pattern [Progress]", The Project Space, UCSB
"ZAP! 59 Images of Electricity", Wheelhouse, Santa Barbara, CA

2010
"REAL PRESENCE 10", The Military Museum, Belgrade, Serbia  
"CAMERA, LIGHTS, ACTION", Art Clinic, Goleta, California  
“DAS IST ART," Project Space, Santa Barbara    
 
“Synaesthetica: Vivid Fold,” Project Space, Santa Barbara, California
“Primavera Festival of Contemporary Arts and Digital Media," University of California Santa Barbara, performed as a movement artist in "Acceleration Field" a performance/installation by Elizabeth Folk   
“Robots!” Gym Gallery, Santa Barbara
“Childhood: A Reconstruction,” Women’s Center Gallery, Santa Barbara


2009
“Labyrinth,” Project Space, Santa Barbara
“Cadre!,” Gym Gallery, Santa Barbara
“Photo Show,” Gallery 1434, Santa Barbara
“Dream Tigers," Contemporary Arts Forum, performed as hostess in "Just Play, Restaurant," a performance/installation by Elizabeth Folk  
“With The Dogs,” The Atrium, Santa Barbara

Press

"Uppur Bunk Art Collective Discusses 'Quest,' an Interactive Art Experience Debuting Tonight at SB CAF," Ted 
Coe, KCSB, The Freak Power Ticket, July 5, 2012
"The Uppur Hand: UCSB Grad Art Collective Turns Real Life Into Game at CAF," Ted Mills, Santa Barbara News
Press Scene Magazine, June 29, 2012
"QUEST: Uppur Bunk for CAF Forum Lounge," Santa Barbara Arts Blog, June 2012
"Forum Lounge: Uppur Bunk, Quest," SB Independent, June 2012
"Katy and Cassidy's Kitchen on a Sailboat," Leela Cyd Ross, The Kitchn, March 13, 2012
"UCSB Art Grads Coordinate Faculty Show," Katy McCarthy, Daily Nexus, March 1, 2012
"Uppur Bunk Presents: UCSB Faculty Show," Nathan Vonk,
The Santa Barbara Art Blog, February 17, 2012
"Gaucho Alumni Launch Gallery for Community Artists," Travis Vail, Daily Nexus, January 17, 2012
“Block Pulse: Goleta’s Industrial Bohemia,” Brian Coe, Santa Barbara News-Press, January 06, 2012
"Light in the Darkess," Ted Mills, Santa Barbara News-Press, April 8, 2011

Awards and Grants  
2011   
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Grantee
UCSB University Award of Distinction
Faculty Award of Distinction
Winner, Undergraduate Research Colloquium for Research in the Humanities and Fine Arts.

2010
Henry Dole Scholarship
Phillip Francis SIff Award
The Draper Scholarship
After Dark Committee Grantee
Florimbi Addicted to Art Scholarship
Faculty Award of Distinction, UCSB Department of Art