Professional overview

Fine artist, exhibiting regionally since 1992
Art instructor, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento
Part-time instructor, California State University, Sacramento
Business owner, The Visual Studio, fine arts and graphic design

Education

Cosumnes River College | Masters degree equivalency
Art Center College of Design | BA, Graphic Design
University of California Davis | BA, Art Studio
Sacramento City College | AA, Art Studio

Teaching experience

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

  • Impressionist-style painting workshop
  • Landscape Painting workshop in conjunction with Edgar Payne exhibition tour / lecture
  • Painting and Design workshop & lecture on contemporary landscapes of California
  • Contemporary Still Life Pastel Painting & lecture on the Crocker Collection
  • Color and Design in Contemporary Painting & lecture on Northern California Art Collection

Cosumnes River College, Sacramento

  • Drawing 300 and 302
  • Painting 327ab
  • Special Topics in Landscape Painting
  • Design Fundamentals 320
  • Graphic Design 325 Color Theory 323

California State University, Sacramento

  • Design 125
  • Symbol & Color Theory
  • Design 106
  • Package design

Lectures & Talks

  • Park Fine Art Gallery, Sacramento CA
  • Elk Grove Artists. El Grove, CA
  • Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
  • SMUD Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Pence Gallery, Davis, CA The Art and Practice of Pastel Painting

Awards and Honors

Fine Art

  • Juror’s Award; Pastel Society of the West Coast, International Open, Roseville, CA
  • Best of Show; Waterfront Art Fest, Sacramento, CA

Graphic Design

  • Gold Award First Place, Sacramento Ad Club; Logo and Trademark Design
  • Gold Award First Place, Sacramento Ad Club; Newspaper design
  • Excellence for Achievement in design Layout and Production
  • Best Special Section; Western Regional Ad Section Conference Awards
  • First Place, International Newspaper Marketing Association; The Best in the West

Exhibitions

One-person exhibits

  • Recent Works, curated by The Pence Gallery for Comstock Magazine, 2015
  • Illuminations, Park Fine Art Gallery, Sacramento, 2012
  • Blending Time and Place, The Pence Gallery, Davis, 2009
  • Recent Landscapes, The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, 2002
  • Pastels, Sacramento Municipal Utility District Art Gallery, 1998 

Two-person exhibits

  • The Art of Local Landscape, Pence Galley, Davis, 1998
  • Terry Pappas and Kristine Bybee, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, 1994

Annual contributions

  • Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, 1993–2010
  • Pence Gallery Benefit Show, 1993–2009
  • Renaissance Show, Business Volunteers for the Arts, 1996–2001

Select Group
Exhibitions

2016

  • Art of our Century, University of Utah, Woodbury Museum, UT
  • The Haggin Juried Exhibition 2016, Haggin Museum, CA

2015

  • Reflections/The Western Landscape, Hangar Gallery Santa Monica Art Studios, CA
  • Holiday Group Show, The Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • From Cows to Concrete, curated by The Sparrow Gallery, Agricultural Museum Woodland, CA 

2014

  • Open Studio, Kristine Bybee, Sacramento, CA

2013                    

  • Spring Renewal, Cap City, Group show for Sacramento Women Artists, Sacramento, CA
  • Travels to Yellowstone, California State Department of Rehabilitation, Sacramento, CA
  • Garden Art Show, Plein air painting demonstration, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2012                    

  • Los Rios College District Faculty Show, Bank of America Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2011                    

  • Garden Art Show, Plein air painting demonstration, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
  • Upstairs at the Pence, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2009                

  • Garden Art Show, Plein air painting demonstration, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2008

  • Cosumnes River College Faculty Art Show, UNION gallery, Sacramento, CA

2007

  • Landscape Revisited, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2005

  • Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA                 

2004

  • Pastels, 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2003

  • Pastels, 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2002

  • Cosumnes River College Faculty Art Show, SMUD Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Five Women Artists, The Visual Studio, Sacramento, CA   

2001

  • Bridges of Sacramento County, The Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Cosumnes River College Faculty Art Show, Sacramento, CA

2000

  • Five Women Artists, Gallery W, Sacramento, CA
  • Cosumnes River College Faculty Art Show, Sacramento, CA
  • The Barton Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1998

  • Pastel Society of the West Coast, International Open, Roseville, CA
  • KVIE Art Auction, Juried by Alan Post and Gary Pruner, Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1997

  • KVIE Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1996

  • Waterfront Art Fest (juried show), Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1995

  • The Barton Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Figure studio, Elvisland, Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1994

  • Figure studio, Elvisland, Sacramento, CA
  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1993

  • Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA