EDUCATION
2007 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres
2004 BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture + Extended Media
1999 San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Music Performance
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Sculptures Involontaires, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2012 Metro Gallery, Reno, NV (upcoming)
2012 Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA (upcoming)
2010 Doug, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
De-Mobbing, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Portland State University, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2011
Transient, Corcoran Gallery of Art/College of Art + Design, Washington, DC
Negative Space, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Zombie-Proof House, di Rosa, Napa, CA
LIVINGROOM.O, Kadist, San Francisco, CA
Apocalypse Party, SPAD, Oakland, CA (di Rosa satellite video exhibition)
God Only Knows Who the Audience Is, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2010
Shadowshop, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2010 01SJ Biennial parallel program)
Golden State, RVCA/VASF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Print Summit: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking, East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC
2009
Bellwether, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Z-axis, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Midnight Snacks, No Globe, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Mystery Ball, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
NaturalSynthetics, Adaptive Path, San Francisco, CA
Make Do, Hatch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Decoy, LoBot Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Sky is Falling, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
Shape, LoBot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007
The Art of Craft/The Craft of Art, CCA Irwin Center, Oakland, CA
The Big Tiny, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
The Gun Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2006
Terror?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Stock, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York, NY
Security, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Close Encounters, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
The Presidency, Exit Art, New York, NY
On Message: Art for our Time, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Pulse 2004, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2003
Art Club, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA
Consumption Carnival, Polkadot Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002
…tion, Polkadot Gallery, Richmond, VA
Matchbox/Shoebox, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA
HONORS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2010 SECA Award Nominee, SFMOMA
2009 Project Commission, Southern Exposure
2007 Conference Travel Grant, College Art Association
2006 Gulnar Bosch Travel Award, Southeastern College Art Conference
2003 Dean’s Award Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University
1998 Award of Merit, Wednesday Morning Music Club
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bean Gilsdorf, Intersections and Boundaries: Interview with Whitney Lynn, Daily Serving, Jan. 12, 2012
Kara Q. Smith, With Involuntary Sculptures, ArtSlant, Jan. 10, 2012
Liz Glass, The Lure of Disaster, Artslant, Sept. 20, 2011
Matt Sussman, Just Say No: "Negative Space" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts transforms pessimism
into something unexpected, San FranciscoBay Guardian, Aug. 2, 2011
Michele Carlson, Zombie-Proof House, Art Practical, June 28, 2011
Matt Sussman, TV Eye: Anxiety of Influence and Bleak Portraiture at CCA and Romer Young,
San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 3, 2011
Liz Glass, On the “Attempt”, Artslant, May 3, 2011
Aimee Le Duc, God Only Knows Who The Audience Is, KQED, May 3, 2011
Heidi J. De Vries, God Only Knows Who The Audience Is, Engineer’s Daugher, April 28, 2011
Manish Vora, San Francisco Gallery Hop, Artlog, Sept. 20, 2010
RL Tillman, Print Summit 2010, Printeresting, Sept. 19, 2010
Matt Sussman, Totally wired, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sept. 14, 2010
Tonya Warner, Bellwether, Percolator Magazine, Nov/Dec 2009
Kenneth Baker, ‘Bellwether’ is Southern Exposure’s latest, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 17, 2009
Nirmala Nataraj, ‘Bellwether’: Uncertainty’s artistic promise, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 15, 2009
Hiya Swanhuyser, Under Exposure’s Spell, SF Weekly, Oct. 15, 2009
Traci Vogel, Harpoons and Harbingers, SF Weekly, Aug. 31, 2009
Kenneth Baker, Fall Arts Preview, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 30, 2009
Johnny Ray Huston, Fall Arts Preview, San Franicsco Bay Guardian, Aug. 26, 2009
David Buuck, ‘Retractions’ at Root Division, Artweek, March 2009
Victoria Gannon, Retractions, KQED Arts, Jan. 17, 2009
Mary Eisenhart, Last chance: ‘Retractions’, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2009
Rebekah Drysdale, Whitney Lynn, Daily Serving, Aug. 14, 2008
Kwan Booth, The Oakland Weekend, Oakbook, May 23, 2008
Kwan Booth, Featured Event: Decoy, O-Scene, May 23, 2008
Elizabeth Nicholaou, Interview with Whitney Lynn, Libby’s Niche, April 23, 2008
Rachel Swan, Critics Choice: Shape, East Bay Express, Feb. 20, 2008
Christine Wong Yap, SFAI Graduate Exhibition, R+D, May 28, 2007
Lea Feinsten, Terror?, SF Weekly, Oct. 25, 2006
Nirmala Nataraj, Terror at the Intersection: The Breadth of What We Fear, SF Station, Oct. 12, 2006
Roberta Smith, Art in Review (Studio Visit), New York Times, Feb. 24, 2006
Ken Johnson, Art in Review (The Presidency), New York Times, Oct. 22, 2004
Steven L. Jones, Loud and Clear: Finally, an art show gets political, Style Weekly, Sept. 29, 2004
Bill Tolbert, Picked to Pluck, Virginia Gazette, Dec. 15, 1997
PUBLICATIONS
2009 DIY Survival Kit, limited edition multiple, The Present Group
2009 Bellwether, Southern Exposure
2008 Another Country, limited edition book, RAH Publications
2008 24: Innovative Pedagogical Exercises for the Eco-Art Classroom, Anna Novakov, ed.
LECTURES
2011
Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
2010
Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
Mid-America College Art Association/SECAC Conference, Richmond, VA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2009
UC Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA
Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (performance/lecture)
College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2008
Southeastern College Art Conference, New Orleans, LA
Art Institute of California, Graphic Design Lecture Series, Sunnyvale, CA
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
2007
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
2006
Mid-America College Art Association/SECAC Conference, Nashville, TN
2004
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
TEACHING
2010-12 Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute
2009-10 Lecturer, Saint Mary’s College of California
2009 Visiting Lecturer, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA |
