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Public Art, Awards, Residencies

20232023 Awardee Sharon Wilchar Art Bus Shelter Program “From Fertile Ground: Art & Innovation”
2022Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, All Together Now, painting purchased
2019In Cahoots Artist Residency, Petaluma, California
Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco Arts Commission
University of California, San Francisco Precision Cancer Medical Building, 3 Painting Commission
2017Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco Arts Commission
2016Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Education
2014Temporary Bus Shelter Public Art Project, Emeryville, CA
2011Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2013Guest Speaker, Living a Hybrid Life, Building An Artist’s Life Symposium, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Center for Cultural Innovation Grant, San Francisco, California
2010Artist Talk, Portland Community College, Art Beat, Portland, OR
Alameda County Arts Commission, Site-Specific Artist Registry
2009Drawing Center Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Headlands Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Portfolio Preparation, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2008Senior Painting Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007Guest Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2006Morris Graves Foundation Residency, Loleta, CA
2004Guest Artist Lecture, Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, CA
2003Morris Graves Foundation Residency, Loleta, CA
2000Judge’s Choice Award, California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2019You Are My Heaven, Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017Seeds of Hope, New Museum of Los Gatos, CA
Seeds of Hope, The Laundry Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014The Sky Touches Every World, a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013This Quiet World, Butte College Gallery, Oroville, CA
2007Harmony in My Head, Bocaina Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006Breathing Room, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2005Into the Open, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2004A Certain Tiny Ecstasy, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003Ten Hands, Slingshot Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001Recent Paintings & Drawings, Max Art, San Francisco, CA
2000Paper Dreams, Montblanc Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1998Inspired by Landscape, The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA
1997Neighborhood Windows Project, Oakland, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023Spiritual Visions, Fontbonne University Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2022Positive/Negative 37 National Juried Art Exhibition , Slocumb Galleries,
Johnson City, Tennessee
Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, California
Art Bridge, Dotouan, Sakai, Japan
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
2021Pacific Art Bridge , Irohani Gallery, Sakai, Japan
2021, Flat File Gallery, online
Root Division Auction, San Francisco, California
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
2020Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Gatherings, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Gatherings, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
2019Pacific Art Bridge, Irohani Gallery, Sakai, Japan
Recent Works on Paper , Avenue 64 Gallery, Emeryville, California
Artists in Residence, The Hatchery Gallery, Petaluma, California
Enchanted Realms: Metaphors of Natural Design, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
2018Introductions 2018, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
Cinemateque's 2018 Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
Art Kala 2018, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017Art Bridge, Sakai City Museum, Sakai, Japan
Art Bridge, Irohani Gallery, Sakai, Japan
About Abstraction: Bay Area Women Painters, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
Bluets, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Sweet n Low, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Phone It In, 100 Days of Action Project, Emeryville, CA
2016Pacific Bridge, Irohani Gallery, Sakai, Japan
Syrian Children's Benefit, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
Drawn Together, Children's Fairyland, Oakland, CA
2015A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Positive/Negative, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2014Kala Artists Annual, Berkeley CA
Everything is Waiting for You, 28th Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
Kalassal, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
201327th Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
Gems II, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
Connections, Gallery 13, Asbury Park, NJ
Wonder, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Faith, Gallery 85, San Jose, CA
Hands and Pants 2, Rare Bird, Oakland, CA
2012What’s Going On?, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Kala Artists Annual 2012, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley-Sakai International Art Bridge, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Berkeley-Sakai International Art Bridge, Sakai Cultural Hall, Sakai, Japan
International Mail Art Exhibition, Milk Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011Tall Tales, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mail to, Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2010Proof of Purchase, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Vanishing Pollinators, Marin Hall, San Rafael, CA
21 Grand 10th Anniversary, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
Art for Haiti, Raleigh, NC
2009Altered States, Gatehouse Gallery, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Auction 2009 POP NOIR, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Mixed Metaphors & Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
4 x 4 Painting Project, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008Summer Group Show, McCaig-Welles & Rosenthal, Redwood City, CA
Art Cologne, (Michael Rosenthal Gallery), Cologne, Germany
Aqua Art Fair, (Michael Rosenthal Gallery), Miami, Florida
Monotype Marathon 2008, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Art Now, (Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art), New York, NY
Whatsup, Swift Pigeon, Oakland, CA
Art Sale 12, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2007WorkAday, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Red Dot Fair, (Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art), Miami Beach, Florida
Bridge Art Fair, (Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art), London, England
Best Friends Forever, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Childish Things, Bocaina Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Marks, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Seed Project, Artworld Digest. online and printed exhibition, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Moshi Moshi!, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2006Gift, 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
$99.95 Show, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Monotype Marathon 2006, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Mail Me, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Sakai-Berkeley Art Exchange Exhibition, Sakai Cultural Hall, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
2005$99.95 Show, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR, Curated by Laurie Reid
International Mail Art Invitational, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2004$99.95 Show, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove
Visual Aid’s Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Holiday Arts Festival Auction, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
200399 Bottles, Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Landing (as part of a collective, The Aesthetics), Southern Exposure | San Francisco, CA
Artists with Heart, Benefit for BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency), Berkeley, CA
Collectively, Long and Pollack Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Fifty Below, Long and Pollack Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2002Blood Show, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Think Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Visual Aid’s Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Unwearable Art: Clothing in New Media, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
Mad River Post Summer Show, San Francisco, CA
2001Silent Night, WORKS, San Jose, CA
Think Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Miwon Kwan
Visual Aid’s Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Regarding the Figure, Fig Tree Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000The Glitter Reminder, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Visual Aid’s Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Garments, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ten Into Two Thousand, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
1999Thirteen Artists, Exilio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998Juried Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Civic Arts Edu: 35 Yrs of Distinguished Teaching Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
The Light is Diverse in California, Center for Visual Art, Oakland, CA
Passing on the Flame: Artists Who Teach, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, CA
1997Studio One Faculty Exhibition, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
1996Emotional Baggage, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995California Dreaming, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994Figuration ‘94, Eddie Rhodes Art Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA

Bibliography

2022Positive/Negative 37, Slocumb Galleries (catalog), February 2022
2021Emeryarts, 35th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition (catalog), October 2021
2020Emeryarts, 34th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition (catalog), October 2020
2019Seed Piece, Interview by curator Lin Xiuquin, C-Platform, Xiamen, China
2018Emeryarts, 32th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition (catalog), October 2018
2017Barbara Morris, About Abstraction @Bedford, Square Cylinder, November, 28, 2017
2017Lou Fancher, “Abstract art gets a modern, feminist touch in Walnut Creek,” San Jose Mercury News, October 3, 2017
2017The Studio Work, March 2017
2017Sakai, Berkeley Bayside, International Art Bridge Art Exchange Exhibtion (catalog), 2017
2013Emeryarts, 27th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition (catalog), October 2013
2013Studio Visit magazine (Spring)
2012Art Takes Miami Catalog, (December)
2012Michele Wilson Berger, Birds Make the Art, Part 7, AudubonMagazine.org (May 1)
2012ArtSlant, San Francisco Watch List (January)
2008Ben Rigby, ArtBusiness.com (January)
2007Seed Project, Artworld Digest Magazine
2006Catalogue, The 40th Anniversary of the Sakai-Berkeley Sister City Affiliation
2005Lisa Crawford Watson, Monterey County Herald, “Artful interpretation” (Thur, Jan 6)
2002Oakland Tribune, “You’re Putting Me On: “Unwearable Art” (May 12)
2000*Victoria Finlay, South China Morning Post, “Dream Show of Sisters Theberge” (Mar 31)
2000Fringe Monthly, Hong Kong Magazine (Mar)
2000Hong Kong Magazine, China (March)
1993Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune, ”Check Out the Floor at Studio One Art Center” (Jun 25)
1993Montclarion, “Paintings for the Floor” (Jun 24)

Publications as author

2018“The Daily Practice of Mindfulness” March 2018, welum.com/daily-practice-mindfulness Emptiness”Creativité/Creativity, Françoise Issaly, ed. (Montreal: Editions FrI): 193 – 208
2013 Seven Essential Practices for the Professional Artist, (Montreal: Editions FrI)
2011 - presentwww.themindfulartist.com blog
2004A Certain Tiny Ecstasy, self-published
2004“New Rose,” AtoZ: the Art and Culture iZine

Selected Teaching Experience

2010-PresentFounder, www.themindfulartist.com, eEducation, Tools & Resources for Visual Artists
1997-2014Artist, Artist Outreach Program, Liquitex | Piscataway, NJ
2006-2010Guest Lecturer, City College of San Francisco Continuing Education, San Francisco, CA
2004-2006Art Instructor, California College of the Arts Extension, San Francisco and Oakland, CA
2000-2002Museum Educator, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1997-2002Staff Artist, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, CA
1990-2002Painting & Drawing Department Coordinator and Instructor, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA

Education

2004M.F.A. Painting & Drawing, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1988B.A. Cum Laude French, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1988B.F.A. Painting & Drawing, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1985Université de Strasbourg, France