strong>solo exhibitions
2014 the sky touches every world, a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, California
2013 This Quiet World, Butte College Gallery, Oroville, California
2007 Harmony in My Head, Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Breathing Room, Works/San Jose, San Jose, California
2005 Into the Open, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California
2004 A Certain Tiny Ecstasy, California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, California
2003 Ten Hands, Slingshot Gallery, Berkeley, California
2001 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Max Art, San Francisco, California
2000 Paper Dreams, Montblanc Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1998 Inspired by Landscape, The Makeout Room, San Francisco, California
1997 Neighborhood Windows Project, Oakland, California
selected group exhibitions
2016 Pacific Bridge, Irohani Gallery, Sakai, Japan
2015 A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia
Positive/Negative, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
2014 Kala Artists Annual, Berkeley California
Everything is waiting for you, 28th Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, California
Kalassal, Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
2013 27th Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, California
Connections, Gallery 13, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Wonder, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Faith, Gallery 85, San Jose, California
Hands and Pants 2, Rare Bird Oakland, California
2012 What’s Going On? Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Kala Artists Annual 2012, Berkeley, California
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, California
2011 Tall Tales Swarm Gallery, Oakland, California
Chain Letter, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Mail to, Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2010 Proof of Purchase, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Vanishing Pollinators, Marin Hall, San Rafael, California
21 Grand 10th Anniversary, 21 Grand, Oakland, California
Art for Haiti, Raleigh, North Carolina
2009 Altered States, Gatehouse Gallery, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
Auction 2009 POP NOIR, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
4 x 4 Painting Project, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008 Summer Group Show, McCaig-Welles & Rosenthal, Redwood City, California
Monotype Marathon 2008, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
Art Now, (Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art) New York, New York
Whatsup, Swift Pigeon, Oakland, California
Art Sale 12, The Lab, San Francisco, California
2007 WorkAday, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, California
Best Friends Forever, Space Gallery, San Francisco, California
Childish Things, Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, California
Marks, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove,California
Seed Project, Artworld Digest. online and printed exhibition, New York, New York
Faculty Exhibition, City College of San Francisco, 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
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
Garments, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ten Into Two Thousand, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
1999 Thirteen Artists, Exilio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Juried Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
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
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
1995 California Dreaming, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Figuration ‘94, Eddie Rhodes Art Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA
bibliography (*review)
Studio Visit magazine Spring 2013
Michele Wilson Berger, Birds Make the Art, Part 7, AudubonMagazine.org, May 1, 2012
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, public art
2014 Temporary Bus Shelter Public Art Project, Emeryville, California
2013 Guest speaker, Living a Hybrid Life, Building An Artist’s Life Symposium, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
2010 Artist talk, Portland Community College, Art Beat, Portland, OR
Alameda County Arts Commission’s Site-Specific Artist Registry
2009 Drawing 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
2008 Senior Painting Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Guest Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2006 Morris Graves Foundation Residency, Loleta, CA
2004 Guest Artist Lecture, 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
selected teaching experience
2010 – present Founder, www.themindfulartist.com – eEducation, tools and resources for visual artists
1997 – 2014 Artist, Artist Outreach Program, Liquitex, Piscataway, New Jersey
2006 – 2010 Guest Lecturer, City College of San Francisco Continuing Education, San Francisco, California
2004 – 2006 Art Instructor, California College of the Arts Extension, San Francisco and Oakland, California
2000 – 2002 Museum Educator, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
1990 – 2002 Painting & Drawing Department Coordinator and Instructor, Studio One Art Center, Oakland,California
1997 – 2002 Staff Artist, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland,California
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