Michele Theberge
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solo exhibitions

Michele painting arcs

2007  Harmony in My Head, Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA           
2006  Breathing Room, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2005  Into the Open, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2004  A Certain Tiny Ecstasy, MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts,
                San Francisco, CA
2003  Ten Hands, Slingshot Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001  Recent Paintings and Drawings, Max Art, San Francisco, CA
2000  Paper Dreams, Montblanc Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1998  Inspired by Landscape, The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA
1997  Neighborhood Windows Project, Oakland, CA
1996  Small Paintings, Albany Arts Committee Gallery, Albany, CA
1993  Floorcloths and Small Works, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA

selected group exhibitions

2008  Summer Group Show, McCaig-Welles & Rosenthal, Redwood City, CA
        Monotype Marathon 2008, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
        Art Now, (Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art)New York, NY
        Whatsup, Swift Pigeon Studios, Oakland, CA
        Art Sale 12, The Lab, San Francisco, CA   
2007  WorkAday, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
        Best Friends Forever, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Childish Things, Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Marks, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
        Seed Project, Artworld Digest. online and printed exhibition, New York, NY
        Faculty Exhibition, Coffee Gallery, City College of San Francisco Continuing Education,
                San Francisco, CA
        Moshi Moshi! Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2006  Gift, 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
2003  99 Bottles, Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Landing (as part of a collective, The Aesthetics), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Juror: Manray Hsu
        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
2002  Blood Show, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        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
2001  Silent 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
2000  The 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 Juror: Carrie Lederer
        Garments, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL Juror: Fern Samuels
        Ten Into Two Thousand, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
1999  Thirteen Artists, Exilio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998  December Exhibition and Sale, Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA
         Juried Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA Jurors: Yolanda Lopez, Mary Lovelace O’Neal
        Civic Arts Education: 35 Years 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 Juror: Enrique Chagoya
        Passing on the Flame: Artists Who Teach, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, CA
1997  Studio One Faculty Exhibition, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
1996  Emotional Baggage, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA Jurors: Rene Yanez, Carlos Villa, Lenore Chin, Laurie Lazer
1995  California Dreaming, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA Juror: Phil Linhares
1994  Figuration ‘94, Eddie Rhodes Art Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA
1993  Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1992  Amador County Arts Council Juried Annual, Sutter Creek, CA
        Studio One Faculty Exhibition, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
1991  Artist’s Equity Members Exhibit, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA

awards

2000  Judge’s Choice, California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Juror: Carrie Lederer
1998  Award of Excellence, Amsterdam Art Exhibition & Competition, Juror: Squeak Carnwath

bibliography (*review)

Ben Rigby, ArtBusiness.com, January 2008
Seed Project, Artworld Digest Magazine, 2007
Catalogue, The 40th Anniversary of the Sakai-Berkeley Sister City Affiliation, 2006
Lisa Crawford Watson, Monterey County Herald, “Artful interpretation”, Thursday, January 6, 2005
Oakland Tribune, “You’re putting me on: “Unwearable Art”, May 12, 2002
*Victoria Finlay, South China Morning Post, “Dream show of sisters Theberge”, March 31, 2000
Fringe Monthly, March 2000 Hong Kong Magazine, March 2000
Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune, ”Check out the floor at Studio One Art Center” June 25, 1993
Montclarion, “Paintings for the floor”, June 24, 1993

awards, residencies, lectures

2008  Senior Painting Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007  Professional Practices: Studio Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2006  Morris  Graves Foundation residency, Loleta, CA
2004  Painting Seminar, Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, CA
2003  Morris  Graves Foundation residency, Loleta, CA
2000  Judge’s Choice Award, California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Juror: Carrie Lederer

selected teaching experience

2006 – present   Guest Lecturer, City College of San Francisco Continuing Education, San Francisco, CA
2004 – 2006        Art Instructor, California College of the Arts Extension, San Francisco and Oakland, CA
1997 – present   Education Advisor, ColArt (Liquitex), Piscataway, NJ
2000 – 2002        Museum Educator, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1990 – 2002        Art Instructor and Painting & Drawing Department Coordinator, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
1997 – 2002        Staff Artist, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, CA

education

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