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(at) michelecarlson.com
Born: Seoul, Korea.
Lives
and works in Oakland, CA
Education
| 2007 |
California
College of the Arts |
San
Francisco, CA |
| |
M.A.,
Visual & Critical Studies |
| |
Thesis:
“Home in Homelessness: Asian Transnational
Adoption and the Melancholy of Race.” |
| |
Committee: |
Tina
Takemoto, Ph.D, Associate Professor Visual Studies
Mabel Wilson, Ph.D, Chair Visual and Critical
Studies
Karen Fiss, Ph.D, Associate Professor Visual and
Critical Studies
David Eng, Ph.D, Professor of English and Comparative
Literature, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2006 |
California
College of the Arts |
|
San
Francisco, CA |
| |
M.F.A.,
Printmaking |
| |
Thesis:
“(Re) History, A Double EP, Still Unfit
for the Album.” |
| |
Committee: |
Kim
Anno, Professor of Art, Painting and Drawing
Ted Purves, Chair, Social Practices
Jeanne Lorenz, Associate Professor, Printmaking
Tina Takemoto, Ph. D, Associate Professor Visual
Studies |
| 2004 |
University
of Washington |
|
Seattle,
WA |
| |
B.F.A.,
Printmaking |
| 2004 |
University
of Washington |
|
Seattle,
WA |
| |
B.A.,
Interdisciplinary Visual Arts |
| 2004 |
University
of Washington |
|
Seattle,
WA |
| |
B.A.,
History |
Exhibition
Record (Solo and Two Person Shows)
2009
Relics
and Warnings (solo), Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
2008
Recent
Memories of Future Dreams (solo), Cerasoli Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
How
I Learned To... (collaboration with Weston Teruya),
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007
In this Fading Light We Waited (w/ Marci Washington),
Giant Robot Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition
Record (Group Shows)
2008
Gifted,
Cerasoli: le Basse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aqua
Art Hotel, Miami Art Fair w/ Cerasoli: le Basse
Gallery, Miami, FL
Splash, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Affair
at the Jupiter, Tinlark Gallery, Portland OR
The Kindness of Strangers, The Helm Gallery,
Tacoma, WA
Immaterial
Assemblies. Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
High Stairway, Korean Cultural Center Los
Angeles, CA
Free Parking, Okok Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mind Full, Tin Lark Gallery Los Angeles,
CA
2006
APAture.
Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Best of the Bay, Futuristic/Fantastic, Club
Six/On Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Peripheries of Narrative, Patricia Sweetow
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Crossover Stories, Playspace Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College
of the Arts
2005
Fantastic
Amnesia, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute/California College
of the Arts Joint Exhibition, Swell Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Murphy and Cadogen Fellowship Exhibition,
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
Magic Trillium Press Exhibition, Magic Theater,
San Francisco, CA
Oceans Crossing: Osaka University of the Arts
& CCA Print Exchange, Oliver Arts Center,
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2004
B.F.A.
Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle,
WA
2003
University
of Washington Undergraduate Juried Exhibition,
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Urgente, Piazza del Biscione, Rome, Italy
Publications
by Michele Carlson
2009
“The
Works of Present Tense Biennial” Present Tense
Biennial exh. cat. San Francisco, CA, May 2009.
“Gathering of Place: The work of Judy Vogland
and Taylor Vogland Dreiling,” exh. cat. Portland:
Beppu Wiarda Gallery.
2007
“Home
in Homelessness.” Sight Lines: A Journal
Featuring New Writing on Visual Culture. San
Francisco, CA
Teaching
Experience
2008-Present
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS,
Asian American Studies Department, Davis, CA
Lecturer, ASA 189b, “Asian
Transnational Adoption and Visual Culture” (SU
09)
Lecturer, ASA 189, “Asian American
Media,” (SU 09)
Lecturer, ASA 189b, “Asian
Transnational Adoption and Visual Culture” (WI
09)
Advisor, Asian American Studies Honors
Independent Study, (SP 08)
Lecturer, ASA 189b, “Asian
Transnational Adoption and Visual Culture” (SP
08)
2009-Present
CABRILLO COLLEGE, Visual Arts Department,
Santa Cruz, CA
Instructor, ART “Relief Printing”
(FA 09)
Instructor, ART 40 ISP, “Intermediate
Screenprinting” (SP 09)
2006-2007
CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF THE ARTS,
San Francisco and Oakland, CA
Thesis Mentor, Graduate Visual and
Critical Studies (Academic year 2007-2008)
Instructor, Intermediate Drawing
Special Projects (SP 07)
Graduate Teacher’s Assistantship,
Masters in Architecture Thesis Seminar (FA 06)
Graduate Teacher’s Assistantship,
Undergraduate Visual Studies Department, Asian American
Visual Culture (SP 06)
Visiting
Artist Lectures/Public Talks/Presentations
2009
Artist’s
Talk, “Current Works and Asian American Art
Practices,” ASA 4: Introduction to Cultural
Studies and Asian American Cultures, American Studies
Department, University of California, Davis, Davis,
CA
“Asian Transnational Adoption and Visual Culture,”
ASA 1: Asian American History, Asian American Studies
Department, University of California, Davis, Davis,
CA
2007
“Home
in Homelessness: Asian Transnational Adoption and
the Melancholy of Race,” Visual and Critical
Studies Symposium. California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
Artist’s Talk, “(Re) History, A Double
EP, Still Unfit for the Album,” Department of
Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts,
Oakland, CA
Artist’s Talk, “Drawing and Digital Media”
Department of Painting and Drawing, California College
of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2006
Panelist,
“Asian American Arts with Michele Carlson, Elizabeth
Moy and Weston Teruya” Visual Studies Department,
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2005
Panelist,
“Women, Feminism, Contemporary Art: Kim Anno,
Michele Carlson, and Tyler Cohen,” Women and
Culture Series, Pacifica Station KPFA, CA
Awards
and Residencies
2008
Drawing
Center Viewing Program, Drawing Center, New York,
NY
2007
Espy
Foundation Artist in Resident, Oysterville, WA
Exhibition Award, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles,
CA
2006
Graduate
Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco,
CA
2005
Jack
and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation,
San Francisco, CA
Yesland Prize Magic Theater & Trillium Press Finalist,
Trillium Press and Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA
Graduate Scholarship, California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
2004
Graduate
Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco,
CA
2003
Gonzales
Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Foreign Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
Reader’s Digest Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
WA
Publications
and Reproductions About Michele Carlson
2007
Gata Flora Magazine. November, 2007. Argentina.
Ruby Mag. Argentina www.ruby-mag.com.ar
Selected
Reviews
2008
Amber
Whiteside. “Weston Teruya & Michele Carlson,
Intersection for the Arts.” Sculpture Magazine.
December 2008 Vol. 27, No. 10
Jeanne Storck. “How I Learned To…Weston
Teruya & Michele Carlson at Intersection for the
Arts.” Shotgun-Review.com, May 15, 2008
“How I Learned To…at Intersection for
the Arts.” Inside City Limits. Comcast SF Channel
11. San Francisco, CA: Channel 11, May 14, 2008
Max Goldberg. “Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson:
How I Learned To…” Flavorpill.com. April
21, 2008
2007
Jen
Graves. “Free Parking.” The Stranger.com
Feb. 25, 2007
2006
Amber Whiteside. “ ‘Peripheries
of Narrative’ at Patricia Sweetow Gallery.”
Artweek September 2006
Glen Helfand. “San Francisco Critics’
Picks: ‘Peripheries of Narrative.’”
ArtForum.com 20 June 2006
Hiya Swanhuyser. “The Art of the Back Story.”
San Francisco Weekly, 14 June 2006
“San Francisco Report. A Short Report.”
Fette. 13 July 2006
Miscellaneous
Projects/Events
2009
Monster
Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
2008
Intersection
for the Arts Auction, Intersection for the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
2007
Playspace
Gallery Auction, California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
2006
Monster
Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Selected
Clients
The
Guardian, London UK
American Express
Recchiuti Confections, San Francisco, CA
Selected
Professional Experience
2006
-2007
Assistant
to the Program Manager, Visual Criticism/Graduate
Design/Graduate Lecture Series Department, California
College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA (Academic year
2006-2007)
2006
- present
Printer,
Jumping Elephant Press, San Francisco, CA
2002-2004
Studio
Monitor, University of Washington Printmaking
Department, Seattle, WA
2003
Education
Intern, Seattle Art Museum, Readers Digest Award,
Seattle, WA
2002
Education
Intern, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Photographic Instructional Mentor, Youth
in Focus Photography Center, Seattle, WA
Teaching
Interests
Studio:
Printmaking Courses:
