Education
2007 M.A. Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts
M.F.A. Printmaking, California College of the Arts
2004 B.F.A. Printmaking, University of Washington
B.A. Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, University of Washington
B.A. History, University of Washington
Select Exhibition & Project Record: Solo/Lead Artist(s)
2023 The Corning Museum of Glass, Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass, solo exhibition (w/Related Tactics), Corning, NY
2022 Center for Craft, Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass, solo exhibition (w/Related Tactics), Asheville, NC
2022 Montalvo Arts Center, solo project (w/Related Tactics)
2021 The Luminary, Who Else But Americans, (w/Related Tactics), St. Louis, MI
2020 Thacher Gallery, Become the Monuments That Cannot Fall: Survey exhibition of Related Tactics, University of San Francisco, solo exhibition (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA (this was an invited solo show that because of COVID-19 restrictions was transitioned to an online exhibition)
2020 Public Art Commission, the future now, University of San Francisco, commissioned solo public art commission (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2020 Southern Exposure, Never Again Is Now, two-person show, (w/Related Tactics) San Francisco, CA
2019 Berkeley Art Center, Ready, solo exhibition (w/Related Tactics)
2017 Adobe Backroom Gallery, No Matter Your Intentions: On Equity in the Arts, solo exhibition (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2016 Southern Exposure, Declarations for the New Year (w/ Related Tactics) San Francisco, CA
2009 Cerasoli Gallery, Relics and Warnings, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Cerasoli Gallery, Recent Memories of Future Dreams, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Intersection for the Arts, How I Learned to… , solo exhibition, (Collaboration w/Weston Teruya), San Francisco, CA
2007 Giant Robot Gallery, In this Fading Light We Waited, two-person exhibition (w/ Marci Washington), San Francisco, CA
Select Exhibition & Project Record: Group
2023 Museum of Glass, A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists, group exhibition (w/Related Tactics), Tacoma, WA
2023 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Fight or Flight, group exhibition (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2022 Kala Art Institute Gallery, Print Public Fellowship Exhibition, (w/Related Tactics), Berkeley, CA
2021 Multiple Public Venues, Dear America… (project by Christy Chan w/Related Tactics contributions)
2021 The Wexner Center for the Arts, Climate Changing (curated by Lucy Zimmerman) (w/Related Tactics), Columbus, Ohio
2019 Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery at Parsons School of Design/New School, Museum of Capitalism (curated by Fictilis) (w/Related Tactics), New York City, NY
2019 Chinese Cultural Center, Task of Remembrance (curated by Abby Chen) (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2018 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Added Value (curated by Dena Chalabi) (Stephanie Syjuco in collaboration with Prelinger Library and Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2018 Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, Some Proximity (participant) by Adam Linder, (curated by Anthony Huberman), San Francisco, CA
2017 Oliver Center Gallery, Faculty Exhibition (curated by Jaime Austin), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016 Black & White Projects, Issued Id: Minority as Brand (curated by Rhiannon McFadden) (w/Related Tactics), San Francisco, CA
2012 Kala Art Institute, Residency Projects, Berkeley, CA
2011 What in the World, Lafayette, CA
2010 Cabrillo Gallery, Roll of the Dice, Santa Cruz, CA
2010 Lexington Art League, Alternative Selves, Lexington, KY
2008 Cerasoli Gallery, Gifted, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Miami Art Fair w/ Cerasoli Gallery, Aqua Art Hotel, Miami, FL
2008 Cerasoli Gallery, Splash, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Cerasoli Gallery, Fresh, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Portland Art Fair w/ Tinlark Gallery, Affair at the Jupiter, Portland, OR
2007 The Helm Gallery, The Kindness of Strangers, Tacoma, WA
2007 Junc Gallery, Immaterial Assemblies, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Korean Cultural Center, High Stairway, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Okok Gallery, Free Parking, Seattle, WA
2007 Tin Lark Gallery, Mind Full, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Kearny Street Workshop, APAture, San Francisco, CA
2006 On Six Gallery, Best of the Bay, Futuristic/Fantastic, San Francisco, CA
2006 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Peripheries of Narrative, San Francisco, CA
2006 Playspace Gallery, Crossover Stories, San Francisco, CA
2006 California College of the Arts, MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2005 Playspace Gallery, Fantastic Amnesia, San Francisco, CA
2005 Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute/California College of the Arts Joint Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2005 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Murphy and Cadogen Fellowship Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2005 Magic Theater Gallery, Magic Trillium Press Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2005 Oliver Arts Center, Oceans Crossing: Osaka University of the Arts & CCA Print Exchange, Oakland, CA
Select Publications as Author
2024 “Then And Now?” ed. Donna Conwell, Hello, Goodbye, Hello: The Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program, published by Lucas Artist Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center, 2024 [publishing delayed due to COVID-19]
2024 “On Hospitality for Artists of Color,” (w/ Related Tactics), ed. Donna Conwell, Hello, Goodbye, Hello: The Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program, published by Lucas Artist Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center, 2024 [publishing delayed due to COVID-19]
2024 “Us is _____,” (w/ Related Tactics), Locating a Collective Lyric I, eds. Jennifer Stager and Leila Easa, The Hopkins Review, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
2023 “Monumental Sense,” (w/Related Tactics), Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Exhibition Guide, Monument Lab, 2023. Pg. 21
2021 “Giving Away the Institution,” ed. Tim Doud and Zoe Charlton. Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy and Purpose. Punctum Books, 2021. Pgs. 317-324.
2020 “The Whiteness of Glass,” ed. Susie Silbert. New Glass Review 41, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York, 2020. Pgs 4-5. (commissioned creative essay)
2020 “San Francisco Bay Area Craft Week Street Scene N°2 ⟶ Taking On the Bay Area,” Craft Week online for the American Craft Council, September 9, 2020
2019 “Background Information” excerpt from The Visits. Eds Jeanne Gerrity and Anthony Huberman, Art Where are the tiny revolts? (A Series of Open Questions, vol. 1), Sternberg Press and CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2020
2018 The Future is Not Communal, Catalog Essay, Genevieve Quick solo exhibition, Asian Art Museum
2017 “Afterward,” in Decolonizing Culture. Essays on the Intersection of Art and Politics. Anuradha Vikram, Art Practical Books, 2017
2017 Estamos contra el muro | We Are Against the Wall. Southern Exposure, SF, CA
2016 “Living the Art World We Make,” Art Practical and Daily Serving October 20, 2016
2016 “Background Info,” Interdisciplinary Writers Workshop Anthology. Kearny Street Workshop, 2016
2016 “Funny Girl: The work of Kristina Wong,” Hyphen issue 29
2015 “The work of Katie Lewis,” Divergence, ex. cat. Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, Nevada
2015 “Anthony Discenza’s Trouble Sleeping: An Exhibition in Stages,” KQED.com Feb 16, 2015
2015 “A Punishing Perspective: M. Lamar’s Negrogothic,” KQED.com February 12, 2015
2015 “All that Glitters Isn’t Gold,” KQED.com January 8, 2015
2014 “Protest Icons: Not just for show,” KQED.com December 23, 2014
2014 “How Artists Use Their Skills to Pay the Bills,” KQED.com September 30, 2014
2014 “Taraneh Hemami Creates a Market of Iranian Dissent at SOEX,” KQED.com Sep 17, 2014
2014 “Christine Sun Kim,” Hyphen Issue 28
2014 “Cyberhate Is Real Hate,” Hyphen Issue 28
2014 “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Dee Hibert-Jones and Nomi Talisman,” Art Practical July 2014
2014 “May is for Celebrating Asian American Heritage Month,” KQED.com May 7, 2014
2014 “Moment in Ink,” The Art Newspaper, China. Translated Chinese. May 2014
2013 “@TodayIn1963: Tweeting History’s Present,” KQED.com October 23, 2013
2013 “Amazon Fine Art, Not as Fine as it Looks?” KQED.com October 7, 2013
2013 “It’s Not About the Money: Kickstarter and Celebrity Campaigns,” KQED.com Sep 2013
2013 “Live and In Person: Nine Reasons to Leave the House this Fall,” KQED.com Sep 10, 2013
2013 “Things You Should Know about SF MoMA on the GO,” KQED.com August 29, 2013
2013 “Miranda July Wants to Email You,” KQED.com August 18, 2013
2013 “In the Artist’s Studio: Chris Vargas.” Art Practical
2013 “Taravat Talapesand,” Hyphen Issue 27
2013 “Let’s Talk About Sex: Sandra Daugherty and Sex Nerd Sandra,” Hyphen Issue 27
2013 “In the Artist’s Studio: Jaime Cortez,” Art Practical January 2013
2013 “The Continental Interior: The work of Val Britton,” Art Practical January 2013
2012 “Make a Scene: Torreya Cummings,” ex. cat. Southern Exposure. November 2012.
2012 “ProArts 2x2: The Work of Wafaa Yasin,” ex. cat. October 2012
2012 “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Jackie Im,” Art Practical July 2012
2012 “How We Leave and Return: A Group Show,” Art Practical June 2012
2012 “Q+A with Mark Bradford,” Art in America March 2012
2012 “The work of Wafaa Yasin,” Hyphen Issue 25
2011 “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Matthew Gordon,” Art Practical September 2011
2011 “Space-bi: The work of Imin Yeh,” Art Practical September 2011
2011 “Zombie-Proof House,” Art Practical July 2011
2011 “Watching You Watch Me: Hasan Elahi,” Afterimage Vol. 38, No. 6, May/June 2011
2011 “Q+A with Weston Teruya’” Art In America online February 2011
2011 “The Old Boys Club,” Art Practical February 2011
2011 “On the Ground” Catalog Essay. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2010 “Audience as Subject: Art Practical December 2010
2010 “0-Viewpoint: Stella Zhang” Art Practical September 2010
2010 “Leo Villareal at the San Jose Art Museum” Art Practical September 2010
2010 “Until Today: The Work of Jerome Reyes” Art In America online. September 2010
2010 “Youngsuk Suh at Haines Gallery” Art In America online. July 2010
2010 “The works of Gina Rymarcsuk” exh. cat. Kohler Gallery, Wriston Art Galleries at Lawrence University, January 2010
2009 “Shades of Grey: The Works of Erica Lee Wheelock and Nathan Watson” exh. cat. San Francisco, CA. Noma Gallery
2009 “Black is Beautiful: Hank Willis Thomas at Roberts & Tilton” Art In America. June 2009
2009 “Titus Kaphar Cuts Up To Rebuild” Art In America. May 2009
2009 “Character of Change: The Works of Present Tense Biennial” exh. cat. San Francisco, CA, May 2009
2009 “Small Encampments: Stephanie Syjuco Searches for Home” Art In America. April 2009
2009 “Gathering of Place: The work of Judy Vogland and Taylor Vogland Dreiling,” exh. cat. Portland: Beppu Wiarda Gallery
Select Curatorial and Programming
2019 Feedback Loop (a reading by participants in my writing workshop for WOC), Wolfman Books, Oakland, CA
2016 Estamos contra el muro | We Are Against the Wall. Southern Exposure, SF, CA
Exhibition Press/Bibliography:
George McCalman, "Observed," San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 18, 2016
Monica Westin, "Estamos contra el muro | We Are Against the Wall, “Art Papers, Nov-Dec 2016, p 57
Kelly Whalen, "Instead of Dividing, a Border Wall of Piñatas Brings a Community Together," KQED Arts, November 02, 2016
Jen Chien, "When you're building a wall just to destroy it, make it out of piñatas," KALW, Oct 14, 2016
Ninna Gaensler-Debs, "Sights & Sounds: Sita Bhaumik," KALW, Oct 13, 2016
Liliana Michelena, Trump Meets His Wall at Southern Exposure," Mission Local, Oct 05
Rebroadcast, La Raza Chronicles, KPFA: Sierra Lee, “We Are Against the Wall, Goodbye to La Plebe, and Resistance to THAAD" APEX Express, 9/1/16
Alexis Terrazas, "New exhibition breaks piñata wall, brings people together," El Tecolote, Sep 6, 2016
Sarah Burke, "Oakland Artist Protests Donald Trump With U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Made of Piñatas," East Bay Express, Sep 6, 2016
Sarah Hotchkiss, "Bay Area Sculpture Right Now: Border Crossing With Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik," KQED Arts, Sep 6, 2016
Sierra Lee, "We Are Against the Wall, Goodbye to La Plebe, and Resistance to THAAD" APEX Express, Sep 1, 2016
2014 ProArts, ProArts 2x2 Solos: Ehren Tool, w/exhibition catalog, Oakland, CA
Exhibition Press/Bibliography:
Amanda N. Simons, "Ehren Tool: One Death is a Tragedy," Dailyserving.com, October, 19, 2014
2013 Southern Exposure, Reverse Rehearsals. Group exhibition co-curated with Nathan Lynch.
2013 Southern Exposure, Only a Signal Shown. w/artists Ranu Mukherjee, Weston Teruya, Mik Gaspay, and Skye Thorstensen.
Select Collections
ArtCenter College of Design Library (w/Related Tactics)
Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL (w/Related Tactics)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Ricker Library of Architecture and Art (w/Related Tactics)
University of Richmond - Boatwright Memorial Library (w/Related Tactics)
Private collections
Select Invited Speaking Engagements: Keynotes, Panels, Lectures, Readings
2023 Artist Lecture, (w/Related Tactics), Spring Arts Lecture Series, Cal-State Monterey Bay, April 27, 2023
2023 Artist Lecture, (w/Related Tactics), “Disclosure: the whiteness of glass,” Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson College, January 9, 2023
2022 Panelist, “DIE D.E.I.: A Discussion on the Horrors of Institutional Inclusion,” Stop DiscriminAsian and Museums Moving Forward, October 15, 2022
2022 Panelist, “Criticism and Theory for Artists and Curators,” Hamiltonian Artists, Washington D.C., September 15, 2022
2022 Panelist, (w/Related Tactics), “Disclosure: the Whiteness of Glass,” Center for Craft, Craft Can, September 14, 2022
2021 Artist Lecture, (w/Related Tactics), “Collective Practice: Erasure and Racial Violence,” GEEX: Glass Education Exchange, November 9, 2021
2021 Artist Lecture, (w/Related Tactics), Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist Series at Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November 9. 2021
2021 Moderator, “Dear America… ,” Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA Sep 7, 2021
2021 Panelist, “Art/Culture/Research/Writing: A Visual & Critical Studies Program BIPOC roundtable,” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, March 31, 2021
2021 Artist Lecture, “Far and Away: Visiting Artist Lecture Series,” Florida State University (w/Related Tactics), Tallahassee, FL
2021 Artist Lecture, Women in Leadership, George Washington University, (invited by Professor Mary Buckley)
2021 Artist Lecture, Art + Architecture lecture series, University of San Francisco, SF, CA
2021 Panelist, “Landscape With Rainbow: Visual Art and the Visuality of Nation-Building” for The Hill We Climb: Power and Pageantry of Presidential Inauguration presented by the George Washington University Humanities Center. February 4, 2021
2020 Artist Lecture, “Stand Arm in Arm to Resist: An Evening with Related Tactics,” University of San Francisco, (w/Related Tactics)
2020 Classroom panelist, George Washington University, (invited by Professor Jodi Kanter)
2020 Panelist, “Roundtable: Fostering Equity and Inclusion in the Arts,” GW TR4CE Theatre in Motion (invited by Jodi Kanter)
2020 Panelist, “Zines For Change,” DC Design Week (invited by Professor Sara Jamsidi), Washington D.C.
2020 Artist Lecture, University of San Francisco (invited by Astria Suparak), San Francisco, CA
2020 Chaired panel and presentation, “What Was Knowledge: Artist Books and Interventions,” College Book Arts Conference, New Orleans, LA
2019 Artist Lecture (Related Tactics), Parsons School of Design
2019 Panelist, Frye Art Museum, “Seattle Arts & Journalism Panel: Understanding the City’s Landscape,” Seattle, WA
2019 Artist Lecture (Related Tactics), (programmed by Christian L. Frock) Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2019 Artist Lecture, classroom visit, and student workshop, University of Augusta, “Shelf Life: Decolonizing Systems of Knowledge” (w/Related Tactics), Augusta, GA
2018 Reader, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, “The Future is Not Communal,” SF, CA
2018 Panelist, Minnesota Street Projects, “Art Criticism in the Digital Age,”(w/Charles Desmarais, Patricia Maloney, and Dewitt Chang) (programmed by SF Art Dealers Association)
2018 Reader, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, “The Visits,” San Francisco, CA
2018 Honored Commencement Speaker, University of California Berkeley Department of Art Practice Commencement Speaker
2018 Panelist, Pitzer College, Manifesto: A Moderate Proposal Symposium: Immigration/Imagination (programmed by Viet Le w/Michelle Dizon and kate her rhees), Claremont, CA
2018 Speaker, “Experimental College,” San Francisco State University, SF, CA
2018 Participant, Reading group: Dodie Bellamy, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, SF, CA
2018 Critic talk, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018 Moderator, Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Oakland, CA
2017 Panelist, “Supporting the Democratic Transformation of Higher Education through External Partnerships,” (programmed by Susette Min w/Weston Teruya, Leila Weefur, and Ala Ebketar), Imagining Americas, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
2017 Panelist, “Let’s Get in Formation for a New Revolution of Art and Politics,” Imagining Americas, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
2017 Moderator, “Diversity in Graduate Arts Programs,” SoMArts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Reader, Kearny St. Workshop, Lit Crawl, San Francisco, CA
2017 Keynote, Alumni Award Recipient, Graduate Visual and Critical Studies Spring Symposium, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Speaker, Sonoma State University, Spring 2017 Lecture Series, Sonoma, CA
2017 Speaker, University of California Berkeley, Department of Fine Arts, Berkeley, CA
2016 Panelist, “Where is the Asian Ta-Nehisi Coates?” Asian American Journalist Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Headliner, “The Asian Activist,” Penn Taiwanese Society at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Speaker, Asian American Librarians Association Conference, University of San Francisco
2015 Speaker with studio visits for undergraduate Narrative Photography: Art Institute of Illinois Schaumberg, April 22
2015 Panelist, “Drawing the Line Reimaging History, Power and Belonging” Global Politics Between The Lines: Asian American Visual Culture. Asian American Studies Annual Conference, Evanston, Illinois, April 23-26
2014 Speaker, Conversation with Jeff Chang, author of Who We Be hosted by San Francisco City College, November 11
2012 Panelist, “Kala Fellowship Artist Panel” Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2012 Panelist, “Contemporary Asian American Art,” Visual Studies, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2009 Panelist, “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
2009 Speaker, “Asian Transnational Adoption and Visual Culture,” ASA 1: Asian American History, Asian American Studies Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
2007 Panelist, “Home in Homelessness: Asian Transnational Adoption and the Melancholy of Race,” Visual and Critical Studies Symposium. California College of the Arts, SF, CA
2007 Speaker, “(Re) History, A Double EP, Still Unfit for the Album,” Department of Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2007 Speaker, “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 KQED, CA
Invited Juror
2023 Invited Juror, Hamiltonian Arts, fellowship open call, Washington D.C.
2023 Invited Juror, Korean Cultural Center exhibition open call, Washington D.C.
2022-23 Juror/panelist, Maryland State Art Commission Public Art, Maryland
2022-23 Juror/panelist, Maryland State Art Commission creativity award, Maryland
2022 Invited Juror, Vermont Studio Center non-fiction writer’s residency jury, Johnson, VT
2022 Invited Juror, The State Museum of Pennsylvania Art of the State jury, Harrisburg, CA
2021 Invited Juror, Common Field yearly convening, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Invited Critic, Parsons School of Design/The New School, NY, NY, BFA senior critiques
2020 Invited Juror, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2020 Invited Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art, Printmaking BFA senior critiques
2019 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury
2019 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Fire Station #35
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Bay View Public Works
2018 Invited Juror, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Open Access Grants
2018 Invited Juror, Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence Program Painting
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: SFO Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Embarcadero Fire Station
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Southeast Community Center
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Fire Station #35
2018 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Golden Gate Park Tennis Center
2018 Invited Juror, SOMArts Curatorial Commons Fellowship program
2017 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Jury: Golden Gate Park Tennis Center
2017 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Arts Project: N-Judah Gateway Plaza
2017 Invited Juror, The Growlery Residency, San Francisco, CA
2017 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Arts Project: N-Judah Gateway Plaza
2017 Invited Juror, San Francisco Arts Commission Non-Profit Organizational Grants
2015 Invited Nominator for the San Francisco Foundation Literary Awards.
2014 Invited Nominator for the San Francisco Foundation Literary Awards
2014 Invited Juror, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Community Engagement Artist in Residence
2013 Invited Juror, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Community Engagement Artist in Residence
Select Awards, Distinctions, and Residencies
2023-2025 Ruth Arts, Future Studies Grant (inaugural cohort), (w/ Related Tactics)
2023 Kenneth Rainin Foundation, (w/ Related Tactics), 2023 Rainin Fellow in Public Space (administered by United States Artists)
2022 Ruth Arts, Core Grants Award, (w/ Related Tactics)
2022 Maryland State Arts Council, Regional Independent Artist Award
2021 Cultural Equity Initiatives grant, (w/ Related Tactics), San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2021-22 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship, (w/ Related Tactics), Center for Craft, Asheville, North Carolina
2021-22 Print Public Residency, (w/ Related Tactics), Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 The Luminary, (w/ Related Tactics), St. Louis, MO (postponed because of COVID)
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2019 San Leandro Arts Commission individual artist grant, San Leandro, CA
2017 Lucas Artist Residency, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Los Gatos, CA
2017 Annual Alumni Award Honoree, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016 Real Time and Space Residency (w/ Related Tactics), Oakland, CA.
2016 California College of the Arts Faculty Development Grant
2015 Alternative Exposure Grant (with Related Tactics), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2015 California College of the Arts Faculty Travel Grant
2014 ProArts 2x2 Curator in Residence
2012 Kala Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Drawing Center Viewing Program, Drawing Center, New York, NY
2007 Espy Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Oysterville, WA
2007 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
2005 Yesland Prize Magic Theater & Trillium Press Finalist, Trillium Press and Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA
2005 Graduate Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Graduate Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Select Reviews, Publications, and Reproductions about Michele Carlson
2020 Maria Resende Santos, “Interview with Related Tactics,” Lumpen Magazine, Vol. 28, Issue 02, Winter 2020, pgs. 55-57.
2019 Sarah Rose Sharp, “Politicize Your Bookshelf,” Hyperallergic. Feb 14, 2019
2019 Stacey Eidson, “Shelf Life: Revealing the hidden influences on your bookshelf,” JAGWIRE, Feb, 2019
2017 Kate Rhoades and Maysoun Wazwaz. “Give Away the Institution w/Michele Carlson,” Congratulations Pine Tree. Episode 144
2016 Bean Gilsdorf, “10 Questions for Michele Carlson,” Daily Serving, November 26, 2016
Graham Hacia, "Art School Reunion," San Francisco Magazine, May 17, 2016
2008 Amber Whiteside. “Weston Teruya & Michele Carlson, Intersection for the Arts.” Sculpture Magazine. December 2008 Vol. 27, No. 10
2008 Jeanne Storck. “How I Learned To…Weston Teruya & Michele Carlson at Intersection for the Arts.” Shotgun-Review.com, May 15, 2008
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
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
2007 Gata Flora Magazine. November 2007. Argentina Ruby Mag. Argentina
2006 Amber Whiteside. “ ‘Peripheries of Narrative’ at Patricia Sweetow Gallery.” Artweek, September 2006
2006 Glen Helfand. “San Francisco Critics’ Picks: ‘Peripheries of Narrative.’” ArtForum.com June 2006
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
Select Academic Awards
2023 Humanities Facilitating Fund in support of The Visits, George Washington University
2021 Humanities Facilitating Fund in support of Who Else But Americans… a project by Related Tactics, George Washington University
2022 University Facilitating Fund in support of a creative publication from the residential gathering Related Tactics hosted called Thick Solidarity at Lucas Artist Program, George Washington University
Teaching Appointments
CURRENT: The Corcoran School of Arts and Design at The George Washington University, Associate Professor, Printmaking (Graduate: Fine Arts and Social Practice/Undergraduate: Fine Arts)
California College of the Arts, Executive Director of Art Practical w/joint appointment as Associate Professor Rank Non-tenure Visual and Critical Studies 2016-2019 (Graduate: Fine Arts, Visual & Critical Studies, Undergraduate: Core, Visual Studies)
San Francisco Art Institute, Lecturer (Graduate: Fine Arts, Undergraduate: Printmaking, History and Theory of Contemporary Art)
University of California Davis (Undergraduate: Asian American Studies Department)
The Art Institute of San Francisco (Undergraduate Humanities: Art History and Visual Culture)
Solano Community College (Undergraduate: Art History)
Cabrillo College (Undergraduate: Printmaking)
Select Board and Editorial Service
2022-23 Curatorial Advising Committee, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2018-2019 Interim Chair of Board, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2017-18 Advisory Committee, Center for Art and Public Life, California College of the
2012-16 Curatorial Advisory Committee, Southern Exposure Gallery
2015-16 Editor in Chief. Hyphen (print and online publication). Oversaw all operational procedures for the day-to-day running of the print and online editorial department in relation to the growth of the overall organization including but not limited to the publication of two print magazines per year from concept to object and managing a team 40 editors and writers. This role also includes being a member of the core leadership team for the organization who facilitate and implement overall vision, human resources, development, fundraising and brand maintenance and growth. In addition, the EIC oversees magazine-related online content, events and projects.
2014 Invited guest arts editor. “Fire” Issue 2014. Whitefish Review.
2014-15 Managing Editor. Hyphen (print and online publication).
2013-14 Entertainment and Digital Media Editor. Hyphen (print and online publication)
2011-13 Artwell Section Editor. Hyphen (print and online publication)