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| Born: Berkeley, CA 1964 |
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| Education: |
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1996 |
M.F.A., Mills College,
Oakland, CA |
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1992 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
ME |
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1988 |
Universite de la Nouvelle-Sorbonne III, Paris,
France |
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1987 |
B.A. in Art Studio, University of California, Davis, CA |
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| Solo Exhibitions: |
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2008 |
Incident in the Territory of
Invention, Merge Gallery,
New York City |
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2007 |
Hi Jinx , Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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2005 |
Stratagems for Living, Rena Bransten Gallery |
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2004 |
Orbits of Paradox, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA |
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2003 |
The Optimist’s Conundrum, Rena Bransten Gallery |
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2001 |
Definition Proof, Post, Los Angeles |
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1999 |
Eccentricity of the Middle Ground, Four Walls, San Francisco,
CA |
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1998 |
Recent Paintings, SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco,
CA |
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1997 |
Fragile Boundaries, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley,
CA |
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Selected Group Exhibitions: |
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2008 |
Colectiva de Los Artistas, Isidro Miranda
Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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2007 |
Art in Embassies, U.S. Embassy, Montevideo, Uruguay |
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2006 |
Tree, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle,WA |
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2005 |
Neo-Mod: New Northern Californian Abstraction, Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento, CA and the Monterery Art Musuem, Monterey,CA
The
Anniversary Show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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2004 |
The World Becomes a Private World: Selections
from the collection of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser, Mills
College Art Museum
Architectonics, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Observations,
Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2002 |
New Painting and Sculpture, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley,
CA
Abstraction, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2001 |
Space Oddity, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas
City
Climax,
jennjoy gallery, San Francisco, CA
Poor
Walls, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pierogi
Flat Files, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute |
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2000 |
Paper Cuts, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Works on Paper,
Post, Los Angeles
Artcouncil
Award Show, Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Multiple Sensations: The
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts,
San Francisco, CA
Haulin’Ass:
Pierogi in L.A., Post, Los Angeles
Yellow:
The First Color, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
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1999 |
No Image at New Image, New Image Art, West Hollywood
Scopic:
Magnify the Times, San Jose Inst. of Contemporary Art |
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1998 |
Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, San Francisco. Juror:
David Ross
A Skowhegan Decade, David Beitzel Gallery, New York Post-Postcard, Four
Walls, San Francisco |
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1997 |
Seduced by Surface: 8 Bay Area Painters, University
Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Three Artists, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery,
San Jose State University
Fire and Light, Susan Cummins
Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
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1996 |
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum,
Oakland, CA
10th Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, CA
Emerging
Bay Area Artists, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Awards |
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2007 |
American Artists Abroad Program,
Montevideo, Uruguay. Participation with
the U.S. Embassy in workshops, lectures, and exhibitions. |
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2002 |
SECA Nomination, San Francisco Musuem of Modern Art |
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2000 |
Artadia Award in the Visual Arts Grant |
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1996 |
Edwin and Adalaine Cadogan Fellowship Award |
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1995 |
Juror’s Award, Berkeley Art Center’s 10th Annual National
Exhibition |
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1994 |
First Place Award, San Jose Art League’s “2-D
Contemporary”. Juror:
Squeak Carnwath |
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| Bibliography |
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Baker, Kenneth,“Artists Embrace Sleight
of Hand”, SF CHRONICLE,5/28/05 |
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Baker, K., “Journey Through
the MiddleWay”, SF
CHRONICLE, 6/26/99 |
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Bamberger, Alan, “Opening at Rena Bransten
Gallery”, ARTBUSINESS.COM, 5/24/07, and 5/12/05 |
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Bonetti, David, “Gallery Watch”,
SF EXAMINER, 6/30/99 |
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Cain, Marcus, “A is for Abstract”,
REVIEW, Vol. 3, Kansas City, July 2001 |
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Callaway, Bob, “Jessica Snow
at Rena Bransten”, ARTFEVER.
BLOGSPOT.COM, 6/9/07 |
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Crump, Anne, “Ordered Abstraction”,
SF EXAMINER, 7/13/01 |
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Daniels, Diana, “Neo-Mod”,
CATALOGUE prepared by the Crocker Art Musuem in conjunction
with the exhibition, 2005. |
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Green, Tyler, “Jessica Snow at Rena Bransten”, MODERN
ART NOTES, ARTSJOURNAL.COM, 6/14/05 |
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Golonu, Berin, “Scopic: Magnify the Times”,
ARTWEEK, Feb. 2000, p. 17 |
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Hackman, Kate, “Ground Control to Major
Art”, KANSAS CITY STAR, 6/22/01 |
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Janku, Laura Richard, “ Abstraction
at Rena Bransten Gallery”, ARTWEEK, Feb. 2003 |
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Markopoulos, Leigh. Interview with the
KQED GALLERY CRAWL Video Stream.June 2007. Also available as a video
podcast at the ITUNES STORE, release 6/22/07. |
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Martin,Stacy, “Hi Jinx”,
SF BAY GUARDIAN, 6/26/07 |
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Zevitas, Steven, ed. “ New
American Painting vol. 25”, OPEN STUDIOS PRESS, Boston |
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Zevitas, S.,ed. “New American
Paintings vol. 61”, OPEN STUDIOS PRESS, Boston, including
essay “Out There”, by Connie Butler. |
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"Art in Embassies Exhibition,
Montevideo, Uruguay" CATALOGUE prepared by the U.S. Department
of State, Washington, D.C., September 2007. (pp 22-23) |
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| Teaching Experience |
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2008 Instructor, Introduction to Watercolor,
CCSF Continuing Education Program |
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2001-2002 Instructor, Fundamentals of
Drawing, U.C. Berkeley Extension |
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1996-1997 Lecturer, Drawing and 2-D
Concepts, San Jose State University |
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1995-1996 Teaching Assistant, Painting & 20th
C. Art History, Mills College |
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