EDUCATION
2012 ~ “Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training”, Grace Cathedral,
San Francisco, CA
2006 ~ Sky Mountain Expressive Arts Certificate, Sky Mountain Expressive Arts Institute, Escondido, CA
2000-2003 ~ Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy, cum laude, European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland
1999-2002 ~ Expressive Arts Facilitation, Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego, CA
1977 ~ B.F.A. Painting & Printmaking, University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCE ART
2011 ~ Image as Companion (exhibit) Fallbrook House of the Arts, Fallbrook, CA
2010 ~ “Image as Companion” (exhibit) The Ink Spot Writing Center Gallery,
San Diego, CA
2001 ~ “History is Fiction of Our Own Making” (performance), Sushi Performance & Visual Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
2001 ~ “History is Fiction of Our Own Making” (performance), Celebrate Dance Festival, San Diego, CA
1993 ~ “Models for Rebirth” (exhibit), The Writing Center,
San Diego, CA
1991 ~”Dear Granddaddy; Healing Incest Through the Arts” (performance), Sushi Performance & Visual Arts Gallery,
San Diego, CA
1991-1992 ~ “Avant Guard Dogs” (public art), Sushi Performance & Visual Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA, grant partially funded by the National Endowment of the Arts
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCE ART
2014 ~ “Chance & Synchronicity”(exhibit), Tuesday Night Artists Group, Ramona, CA
2013 ~ “Imprint of Women 2013″ (exhibit), traveling group show;
February 2013, Expressive Arts@32nd & Thorn, San Diego, CA
May 2013, Claire de Lune, San Diego, CA
2013~ “More Stories To Be Told” (exhibit), Tuesday Night Artists Group, Ramona, CA
2013 – “Chance” (exhibit), Tuesday Night Artists Group, Ramona, CA
2012 ~ “Fire and Rebirth”, exhibit with artists James Hubble and Pamela Underwood, Elfin Forrest Interpretive Center, Escondido, CA
2011 ~ “Icons & Reliquaries” (exhibity), Tuesday Night Artists Group, Highland Valley Studio, Ramona, CA
2005 ~ “Altered Visions” (exhibit), Ray @ Night, Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
2005 ~ “Love House” (installation), Ray @ Night, Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
2004 ~ “Fire Survivor Show” (exhibit), Firehouse Museum, Synergy Foundation,
San Diego, CA
2003 ~ “Imprint of Women” (exhibit), Ray @ Night, Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
2001 ~ Loose Ends of the Tapestry, “History Is Fiction of Our Own Making” (performance), Sushi Performance & Visual Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
2001 ~ “ISIS Group Show” (exhibit), Ray @ Night, Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
2001 ~ IEATA 2000 Conference Group Visual Art Show (exhibit), San Francisco, CA
2001 ~ Dream Journeys (exhibit), ASD Millennial Dream Art Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
1999 ~ Hyde Gallery Group Show, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
1998 ~ Hyde Gallery Group Show, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
1997 ~ Wild Women, Women Caucus for the Arts Juried Show, Sushi Performance & Visual Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 ~ Body of Work, Robin Brailsford Gallery, San Ysidro, CA
1996 ~Underwood & Weeke, Santa Ysabel Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2011 ~ Vagina Monologue Community Service Award, University of Ca San Marcos
2008 ~ San Diego Long Term Fire Recovery, Community Service Awards, “Free Women’s Fire Survivor Expressive Arts Weekly Support Group”, November 2007-October 2008,
San Diego, CA
1991 ~ Avant Guard Dogs, 6th Annual Street Sites, a grant partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, San Diego, CA
PUBLISHED WORK
2011 ~ How to Create & Maintain a Sense of Safety during the Bodywriting® Retreat for Women, limited edition text, VDM Publishers, Germany (Jan 2010)
2008 ~ “In the Shadow of the Witch Creek Fire”, Vision Magazine, (Oct 2008)
San Diego, CA
2004 ~ Ghost House (poem), “Grama Helen” (acrylic painting), Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2003 ~ The Body Print (essay), Trees Like Lace, Boulders Like Jewels (lithograph) Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 ~ Corrie Vaus, The Bodywriting Story; Documentary, Channel 4 San Diego Insider, San Diego, CA
2004 ~Marcia Manna, Form & Function, San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego, CA
(March 6, 2003)
2004 ~Candice Reed, Artist Uses Body-Printing Process to Help Women Heal, North County Times, San Diego, CA
(March 6, 2003)
2000 ~ Donna Otter, Body Prints, The Publication (March 2000), San Diego, CA
1993 ~Daly, Glenn, Body Prints, Memory Bleeds, The Reader, San Diego, CA
(Dec 16, 1993)
1991 ~Jarmusch, Ann, Street-Sides ’91 Tries Going Off Site, San Diego Tribune
(March, 1991)
1991 ~Pincus, Robert L., Sushi Art Hits the Streets for Sixth Time, San Diego Union (March 8, 1991)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, GROUP & RETREAT FACILITATION
1994-Present ~ Sole Proprietor of Pamela Underwood Expressive Arts Studios, Poway, CA & Austin, TX
1994-Present ~ “Bodywriting Retreats for Women”, Co-founder/facilitator, Poway, CA & Austin, TX
2004-Present ~ “The Image Quest Sojourn” Group, Founder/facilitator, Escondido & Poway, CA
2014-Present ~ “Couples’ Bodywriting Retreat”, Co-Facilitator; Garet Bedrosian and Pamela Underwood, Poway, CA
2004-2007 ~ Training Therapist for Expressive Arts Therapy Students, Expressive Arts Institute San Diego, CA
2010-2014 ~ Co-founder/facilitator: Jane LaFazio and Pamela Underwood, “Lavender Sage Retreats for Women”, Austin, TX, San Clemente, CA & Taos, NM
1994-2012 ~ The Artist’s Way (by Julia Cameron) Groups , facilitator,
Poway & Escondido, CA
2010 – 2011~ “Pamela Underwood Studios Expressive Arts Group Facilitator Training”,
Poway, CA
2000-2001 ~ Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator, Elizabeth Hospice, Escondido, CA
2002 ~ Elizabeth Hospice Volunteers; Journaling Workshop, Escondido, CA
1999-2000 ~ Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator, Horton Elementary Magnet School for Humanities through Visual & Performing Arts, San Diego, CA
1997-2000 ~ Artist in Residence, Horton Elementary Magnet School for Humanities through the Visual & Performing Arts, San Diego, CA
1997 ~ The California Arts Project; Open Institute, San Diego State University Visual Arts Team; Teaching Teachers How to Teach Creativity in the Classroom, San Diego, CA
SPEAKING/ GUEST FACILITATOR
2015 ~ “Image Quest Sojourn Presentation”, PEO Group, Austin, TX
2012 ~ “Living with Images as Companions”, Power Point Presentation, Elfin Forrest Interpretive Center, Escondido, CA
2011 ~ “Living with Images as Companions”, Power Point Presentation, Fallbrook House of the Arts, Fallbrook, CA
2010 ~ “Living with Images as Companions”, Power Point Presentation,Ink Spot Writing Center Gallery, San Diego, CA
2008 ~ “The Intuitive Collage”, expressive arts workshop facilitator, UCSM Center for Women’s Study, San Marcos, CA
2008 ~ “What is Expressive Arts?”, Guest Speaker, Business Women Association Retreat, San Diego, CA
2008 ~ “Bodywriting Retreats for Women” Guest Speaker, University of CA San Marcos; Body & Identity Course, San Marcos, CA
2008 ~ “Earth, Fire, Air, Water Community Dance”, Expressive Arts Facilitator, Special Friends (Alzheimer participants) Georgetown, Texas
2007 ~ “The Trees Are Watching Us”, co-facilitated workshop w/Dr Laura Mitchell, International Expressive Arts Therapy Conference, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
2006 ~ “Living with Images as Companions”, Power Point Presentation, Sky Mountain Expressive Arts Institute, Escondido, CA
2005 ~ “Visual Journaling”, workshop co-facilitated w/Terrilynn Quick, University of CA San Marcos; Process Art
2005 ~ “Intro to Expressive Arts, Brain Injury Foundation”, Guest Speaker, Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2003 ~ “The Intuitive Collage”, Guest Speaker, PEO, Escondido, Ca
2002 ~ “Clinical Retreat/Team Building; clergy, administrative& social workers”, Expressive Arts Facilitator, Elizabeth Hospice,
Escondido, CA
2001 ~ “Day of Healing September 12th, 2001″, Day Retreat Facilitator, Elizabeth Hospice Escondido, CA
1997 ~”Day of Healing”, Panel Speaker, National Conference for ASCA, San Diego, CA
Membership/CURATOR/COMMUNITY SERVICE
2014-Present ~ “The Art Council” of Ramona, Board Member, Ramona CA
2003- Present ~ “EATAI”, Expressive Arts Therapy Association International” Member
2012-Present ~ The Labyrinth Society Member
2001-2014 ~ “Free Seasonal Community Labyrinth Walks”, Pamela Underwood Studios, Poway, CA
2013 ~ “Bodywriting Exhibit” with Andrew Harvey, Curator, Southern Florida Jungian Conference, Lake Worth, FL
2008 ~ “The Imprint of Women II”, Curator/Organizer, University of California San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
2007-2008 ~ “Free Women’s Fire Survivor Expressive Arts Weekly Support Group”, November 2007-October 2008, co-facilitator Kat Kirby, Poway, CA
2003 ~ “Imprint of Women”, Curator/Organizer, Expressive Arts Institute San Diego, CA
2002-2007 ~ Minstrels of Story Playback Theatre Troupe, founding troupe member, San Diego, CA
2002 ~ “Raising the Flags of Hope & Inspiration”, expressive arts volunteer, Port of San Diego Cancer Survivor’s Park, San Diego, CA
1996-2000 ~ Grossmont College Art Council – Board Member,
El Cajon, Ca
1997 ~ Whispers National Juried Show, Association for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (ASCA), Coordinating Curator/Judge, Spruce Street Forum Gallery, San Diego, CA