Fuller met and married fellow-artist Jack Bowers in Aspen in 1977 and divorced in 1980. While living in Aspen, Fuller studied at Anderson Ranch Art Center, and in 1983 was a "resident painting program recipient" and through the years has participated in workshops with Jim Dine, Terry Allen, Red Grooms, Roger Brown, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lucas Johnson, James Surls, Alexis Rockman, and was an assistant to visiting artist Deborah Butterfield assembling a horse sculpture from scavenged wood in 1985. In the 1980s, Fuller also attended the Parsons Paris program in Paris. While working towards her undergraduate degree, Fuller attended the San Francisco Art Institute for two semesters in 1980. In 1984, Fuller moved to New York City and had a show of her work at Westbroadway Gallery, and was in subsequent shows at M-13 and White Columns. She rented an art studio space in the Tribeca neighborhood. During this time Fuller exchanged apartments for one year with auto racing legend Janet Guthrie, who lived in Fuller's apartment in Aspen, hile writing her autobiography, and Fuller lived in hers while pursuing her career in New York.
