Jessica snow
Biography
| Born: Berkeley, CA 1964 | ||
| Education: | ||
1996 |
M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland, CA |
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1992 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME |
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1988 |
Universite de la Nouvelle-Sorbonne III, Paris, France |
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1987 |
B.A. in Art Studio, University of California, Davis, CA |
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| Solo Exhibitions: | ||
| 2008 | Incident in the Territory of Invention, Merge Gallery, New York City | |
| 2007 | Hi Jinx , Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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| 2005 | Stratagems for Living, Rena Bransten Gallery | |
| 2004 | Orbits of Paradox, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA | |
| 2003 | The Optimist’s Conundrum, Rena Bransten Gallery | |
| 2001 | Definition Proof, Post, Los Angeles | |
| 1999 | Eccentricity of the Middle Ground, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1998 | Recent Paintings, SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
1997 |
Fragile Boundaries, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA | |
Selected Group Exhibitions: |
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| 2008 | Colectiva de Los Artistas, Isidro Miranda Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 2007 | Art in Embassies, U.S. Embassy, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| 2006 | Tree, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle,WA | |
| 2005 | Neo-Mod: New Northern Californian Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA and the Monterery Art Musuem, Monterey,CA The Anniversary Show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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| 2004 | The World Becomes a Private World: Selections from the collection of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser, Mills College Art Museum Architectonics, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco Observations, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles |
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| 2002 | New Painting and Sculpture, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA Abstraction, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2001 | Space Oddity, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City |
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| 2000 | Paper Cuts, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 1999 | No Image at New Image, New Image Art, West Hollywood Scopic: Magnify the Times, San Jose Inst. of Contemporary Art |
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| 1998 | Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, San Francisco. Juror: David Ross A Skowhegan Decade, David Beitzel Gallery, New York Post-Postcard, Four Walls, San Francisco |
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| 1997 | Seduced by Surface: 8 Bay Area Painters, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego Three Artists, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University Fire and Light, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
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| 1996 | Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA 10th Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, CA Emerging Bay Area Artists, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA |
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| Awards | ||
| 2007 | American Artists Abroad Program, Montevideo, Uruguay. Participation with the U.S. Embassy in workshops, lectures, and exhibitions. |
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| 2002 | SECA Nomination, San Francisco Musuem of Modern Art | |
| 2000 | Artadia Award in the Visual Arts Grant | |
| 1996 | Edwin and Adalaine Cadogan Fellowship Award | |
| 1995 | Juror’s Award, Berkeley Art Center’s 10th Annual National Exhibition | |
| 1994 | First Place Award, San Jose Art League’s “2-D Contemporary”. Juror: Squeak Carnwath | |
| Bibliography | ||
Baker, Kenneth,“Artists Embrace Sleight of Hand”, SF CHRONICLE,5/28/05 |
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Baker, K., “Journey Through the MiddleWay”, SF CHRONICLE, 6/26/99 |
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Bamberger, Alan, “Opening at Rena Bransten Gallery”, ARTBUSINESS.COM, 5/24/07, and 5/12/05 |
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| Bonetti, David, “Gallery Watch”, SF EXAMINER, 6/30/99 | ||
| Cain, Marcus, “A is for Abstract”, REVIEW, Vol. 3, Kansas City, July 2001 | ||
| Callaway, Bob, “Jessica Snow at Rena Bransten”, ARTFEVER. BLOGSPOT.COM, 6/9/07 | ||
Crump, Anne, “Ordered Abstraction”, SF EXAMINER, 7/13/01 |
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Daniels, Diana, “Neo-Mod”, CATALOGUE prepared by the Crocker Art Musuem in conjunction with the exhibition, 2005. |
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Green, Tyler, “Jessica Snow at Rena Bransten”, MODERN ART NOTES, ARTSJOURNAL.COM, 6/14/05 |
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Golonu, Berin, “Scopic: Magnify the Times”, ARTWEEK, Feb. 2000, p. 17 |
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Hackman, Kate, “Ground Control to Major Art”, KANSAS CITY STAR, 6/22/01 |
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Janku, Laura Richard, “ Abstraction at Rena Bransten Gallery”, ARTWEEK, Feb. 2003 |
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| Markopoulos, Leigh. Interview with the KQED GALLERY CRAWL Video Stream.June 2007. Also available as a video podcast at the ITUNES STORE, release 6/22/07. | ||
Martin,Stacy, “Hi Jinx”, SF BAY GUARDIAN, 6/26/07 |
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Zevitas, Steven, ed. “ New American Painting vol. 25”, OPEN STUDIOS PRESS, Boston |
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| Zevitas, S.,ed. “New American Paintings vol. 61”, OPEN STUDIOS PRESS, Boston, including essay “Out There”, by Connie Butler. | ||
"Art in Embassies Exhibition, Montevideo, Uruguay" CATALOGUE prepared by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., September 2007. (pp 22-23) |
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| Teaching Experience | ||
| 2008 Instructor, Introduction to Watercolor, CCSF Continuing Education Program | ||
| 2001-2002 Instructor, Fundamentals of Drawing, U.C. Berkeley Extension | ||
| 1996-1997 Lecturer, Drawing and 2-D Concepts, San Jose State University | ||
| 1995-1996 Teaching Assistant, Painting & 20th C. Art History, Mills College | ||
