EXHIBITIONS
2021
Spells, solo exhibition, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME.
SFAI 150 – A Spirit of Disruption, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, CA (Curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur).
The Light Between Us, Kadist, San Francisco, CA (curated by Julio César Morales).
2020
From the Tower: Transmission, San Francisco Art Institute, CA (curated by Tony Labat).
Peace: Nine Arists Consider Kiki Gallery, Delaplane, San Francisco, CA.
Invocation Democracy, Pro Arts Commons, Oakland, CA (curated by Monet Clark).
Chain 8, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA. (Postponed)
2019
Almost-Public/Semi-Exposed, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
4Waves: 40 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA (curated by Justin Hoover).
2018
Full, Solo Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA.
Solo Exhibition, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME.
Pool, Solo Exhibition, Red Zone, Los Angeles, CA.
Moontone #2, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA.
SuperSet, Fused, San Francisco, CA (curated by Glen Helfand and Jessica Silverman).
2017
The New Normal, The Hangar, Beirut, Lebanon.
The New Normal, Supa Salon, Istanbul, Turkey.
2016
DROMOS, Solo Exhibition, Rocksbox Pontiac, Pontiac, MI.
Double Feature + A Reading, Et al etc. and Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA.
Double Feature, collaboration with Camille Roy, Project for Art Practical.
Strength and Struggle, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, CA (curated by Justin Hoover).
2015
Performance, Solo Exhibition, SFAQ[Project]Space, San Francisco, CA.
The Eight-Hour Work Day, Solo Exhibition, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Strength and Struggle, Moshen Gallery, Tehran, Iran (curated by Justin Hoover).
Provisional Haven, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA (curated by Anna Novakov).
2014
Site_Specific, Torrance Art Museum, CA (curated by Whitney Lynn).
The International Invitational Triennial of Contemporary Wind Chimes, Rocksbox Fine Arts, Portland, OR.
2013
SFMOMA Future Countdown Live, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA.
Want.Here.You.Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Room for Big Ideas, San Francisco, CA.
Body Shop- Selections from the Kadist Collection by Tony Labat, Ikono On Air Festival, aired internationally.
The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Dog Object, Savernack Street, San Francisco, CA.
Cunt, Rocksbox Fine Arts, Portland, OR.
2012
Capsize, collaboration with Tad Beck, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA.
2011
Moves #21: See Me, Feel Me, Image Movement, Berlin, Germany.
Band of Ousiders, The Big Screen Project, The Center for Book Arts, Artspace Media Lounge, New York, NY.
Radical Light: That Little Red Dot, Pacific Film Archive and Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA.
Form, Perform, Re-Form: The Mind and Body In Motion, Art Murmer, Oakland, CA.
Keeping an Eye on Surveillance, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Stuck, collaboration with Lucas Murgida, Rocksbox at 937, Portland, OR.
Third Strike: 100 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
Control Group, NOMA and Partisan Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Down, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Physical Center, Guest Projects, London, UK.
2010
2010 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, CA (Curated by Sarah Bancroft).
SFMOMA: Now Playing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA (Curated by Chris Johanson).
Skank Bloc Bologna Number 4, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (curated by Anne Colvin).
Video Action, Solo Exhibition, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA.
Planting Ideas Symposium, D.I.V.O. Institute, Kolín, Czech Republic.
The 7th Busan International Video Festival, Busan, South Korea.
Lapse, LoBot, Oakland, CA.
2009
Degeneration/Regeneration, Marina Abramovic Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Actions, Solo Exhibition, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY.
Crisis 40, Solo Exhibition, Rocksbox, Portland, OR.
TITS, Canada, New York, NY.
East Meets West, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA.
I Like Winners: Sport and Selfhood, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV.
The Seduction of Duchamp, SlaughterhouseSpace, Healdsburg, CA.
Girls on Film: Contemporary California Video, Ping Pong Space, Guangzhou, China.
Psychometry, Exile and Arratia, Beer, Berlin, Germany (organized by D-L Alvarez).
2008
Identity Shifts: Bay Area Response, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Three Artists, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Felo de Se, collaboration with Daniel Blomquist, the Garage Biennale, San Francisco, CA.
100 Performances for the Hole, the Garage Biennale, San Francisco, CA.
Crosscut, with Meredith Tromble, Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg, CA.
The Final Show, Kafeneon, Athens, Greece.
Genderpop, Goethe Institute at Bios, Athens, Greece.
2007
There is Always a Machine Between Us, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA.
The Right Window, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
Queen’s Nails Annex: Marfa-the B sides (project for Marfa Open House), Waypoint, Marfa, TX.
Issues, Confessions, and Psychedelic Crises, reading, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA.
Blah Blah Blah, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA.
2006
9th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Grapple: Jennifer Locke’s Wrestling Works, solo show, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA.
Domino, Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Program 16, Open Video Projects, Rome, Italy.
A la carta: Heroes, Machos y Seres Afines, El Pobre Diablo, Quito, Ecuador.
Impressive Nature, Club 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA.
2005
For the Better and for the Worst, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Group Exhibit, Balazo, San Francisco, CA.
See me. Feel me. Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
Hands on the Hands Off, Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA.
Video Praha, NOD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
2004
Imaging Energy, Swissnex, San Francisco, CA.
The Langton Music Video Awards, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Bienalle di Venizia, Venice, Italy (selected program by Daniella Salvioni).
Basel Art Fair, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (curated by Daniella Salvioni).
Huis a/d Werf Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands (curated by Daniella Salvioni).
Bombard Me with the Message, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1998
Basel Art Fair, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (curated by Daniella Salvioni).
Dadafest, 848, San Francisco, CA.
Group Show, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Snacks, Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1995
Contaminacion Cultural II, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico.
1994
Kittennapping, solo exhibit, Kiki Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Wax Lips, bimonthly video cable show.
1993
Group Exhibit, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
Group Exhibit, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
Cherry Bomb, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Pop Life, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (curated by Glen Helfand).
Group Exhibit, Knitting Factory, New York City, NY.
1992
Bar Video, Max Fish, New York City, NY.
Group Exhibit, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Solo Exhibit, A Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco, CA.
Full Frontal, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1991
Soft as Wax, Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA.
3+Play, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Group Exhibit, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY.
Pesky Performances, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
1990
James Brown Show, Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA.
HONORS
2012
Eureka Fellowship 2012, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francsico, CA
Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant
Hilliard Foundation, University of Reno, NV
Visual Artists Network, National Performance Network
2010
Goldie Award, San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA
2010
SECA Award Nomination, SFMOMA, CA
2009
The Orchard Projects Residency, Santa Paula, CA
2007
Altoids Award Nomination, New Museum, NY
SECA Award Nomination, SFMOMA, CA
2006
Chauncey McKeever Award
2004-2006
San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Fellowship
1990-1991
San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship
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PUBLICATIONS
Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker. Good Times: Bad Trips. San Francisco: Gallery 16 Editions, 2007.
Okon, Yoshua, ed. La Panaderia: 1994-2002. Mexico City: Turner, 2005.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
SOLOFLEX, in collaboration with Red Zone LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2019.
See You Next Tuesday, Portland State University, OR, 2013.
Blah Blah Blah, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA, 2007.
Pesky Performances, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA, 1991.
EDUCATION
2006
MFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
1991
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 – present
Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
Graduate topic seminar: Action- the Performative Body; Graduate Tutorial; Performance/Sound/Language
2020
Interim Department Chair, New Genres Department, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
2018 – 2019
Mentor, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
2017
Artist-Teacher, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.
2009 – 2016
Adjunct Faculty, New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
Performance, Sound, Language; Graduate Seminar; New Genres I and II; Advanced Projects; Action, the Performative Body; Beginning Video; Athletic Aesthetic
2011
Graduate Studio Practice Advisor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Graduate Studio Practice
2008 – 2010
Adjunct Professor, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA.
Beginning Drawing, Sculpture, Beginning Painting, Beginning Design, Collegiate Seminar, Conceptual Photography
2006 – 2008
Lecturer, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA.
Advanced Drawing, Workshop: Video Installation, Performance Art, Design, Beginning Sculpture.
2006
Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute, Young Artist Program, CA.
Video Life
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
New Genres I (J. D. Betran)
2005
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
Photoworks (Tony Labat), Friday Lecture Series (Jill Miller)
GUEST TEACHING AND LECTURES
2020
San Francisco State University – Visiting Artist/Scholar Program – San Francisco, CA.
California State University East Bay – Artist Lecture – Hayward, CA.
Mills College – Performance – Chris Sollars – Oakland, CA.
2019
San Francisco Art Institute – New Genres I (Tony Labat) – San Francisco, CA.
2018
Stanford University, Social Media and Performative Practices, Jill Miller, Stanford, CA.
Pomona College, Introduction to Video Art (Kim Ye), Claremont, CA.
2016
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Conceptual Oregon Performance School, Portland, OR.
Mills College, Graduate Seminar, Stephanie Ellis, Oakland, CA.
2015
Va: Independent Space for Contemporary Art, Esfahan, Iran.
Mills College, Graduate Seminar, Stephanie Ellis, Oakland, CA.
Mission Comics, Spring Lecture Series, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Conceptual Oregon Performance School, Portland, OR.
2013
Mills College, Graduate Lecture Series, Oakland, CA.
Mills College, Graduate Seminar, Stephanie Ellis, Oakland, CA.
Portland State University, curatorial lecture, Portland, OR.
2012
University of Nevada, with Tad Beck, Reno, NV.
California College of the Arts, Negative Space, D-L Alvarez, San Francisco, CA.
California College of the Arts, Physical Education, Glen Helfand, San Francisco, CA.
2011
Conceptual Oregon Performance School, Portland, OR.
2010
San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres I, Julio Morales, CA.
2009
University of California, Berkeley, Video, Desiree Holman, Berkeley, CA.
2007
San Francisco Art Institute, Installation, Guest Critique, Julio Morales and Jerome Reyes, CA.
San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres I, Tony Labat, CA.
2006
San Francisco Art Institute, You Tube Class, Tony Labat, CA.
San Francisco Art Institute, Imaging Energy, Meredith Tromble, CA.
1997
California College of Arts and Crafts, Seminar, Meg Mack, Oakland, CA.
1995
San Francisco Art Institute, Advanced Performance/Video, Tony Labat, CA.
1990
San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Seminar, Tony Labat, CA.