AMANDA CURRERI

Education

MFA, Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2007

BFA, Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2000

BA, Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA 2000

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Forthcoming, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010 Occupy the Empty, Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery), San Francisco, CA

2007 Make New Friends, Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery), San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions, Installations, & Projects

2012 Invitation, Club Daughters of Bilitis, Forthcoming screening and book launch, NYC and SF

Color & Color #3 (Red & Green), Winter 2012, artist publication (co-editor with Erik Scollon)

2011 International Incheon Women's Biennale, Incheon, Korea

Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words, LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY

Living Room Show, Park Life, San Francisco, CA

Over My Dead Body, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (four-person collaboration)

6/6/6: 6 Artists, 6 Cities, 6 Connections; Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA; Linda Durham Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM; Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL; Popp's Packing, Detroit, MI; Pterodactyl Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Gallery 37-A, Portland, ME (traveling group exhibition)

2010 Shadowshop, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (invited by Stephanie Syjuco to be a participating artist)

Coil Contract Project, with William Brovelli and Horse Trader Curatorial Projects, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL

Body Signs, Keys that Fit Gallery, Oakland, CA

Color & Color #2 (Black & White), Fall 2010, artist publication (co-editor with Erik Scollon)
Color & Color #1 (Yellow & Purple), Spring 2010, artist publication (co-editor with Erik Scollon)

2009 Unfortunate Monument, ATA Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (multimedia window installation)

Three Pieces, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY

Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

Involved, Socially, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA

A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY

Color & Color #0 (Orange & Blue), inaugural issue of artist publication (co-editor with Erik Scollon)

Aire Especial para Batir Records, Windows Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

Live & Direct, Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery), San Francisco, CA (curator)

The Funnies, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME

2008 You ROYGBIV Me, Tartine, San Francisco, CA (two-person collaborative exhibition)

What You See Galore, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007 Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Make New Friends, Korea, Seoul, Korea (T-shirt Exchange Action in Hongdae district, August 2007)

Artists Go Lightly, Temporary Autonomous Museum, San Francisco, CA (fundraiser for San Francisco Tenants Union)

ReArt, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA (juried by Paul Fresina, Christina La Sala, and Steven Wolf)

MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Surprise, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

VCA/CCA Exchange Exhibition, VCU Fab Gallery, Richmond, VA (curated by Linda Geary)

2006 Small Works, Gallery 402, OIA, group show, New York, NY

Opening, Drawing Room, Portland, ME

2005 Now, MoreLess Projects, Monterey, CA; two person show (curator and artist)

Distance Art, MoreLess Projects, Monterey, CA; group exhibition (curator)

2004 MoreLess, MoreLess Projects, Monterey, CA; solo exhibition

2003 10th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA; juried by JockReynolds, Director, Yale University Art Gallery

Overhung, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA

2002 Mountains and Clouds, Ibonai Koko, Iwate-ken, JAPAN

2001 Nostalgia, Urban Etc., Long Island City, New York

2000 SMFA Graduating Students Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA

Compelling Collected, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Winter Light, Nantucket Art Association, Nantucket, MA

Museum of Fine Arts Staff Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1999 Fear and Loathing, The Heywood Gallery, Worcester, MA; juried by Jessica Morgan, Curator, Tate Modern

Boit Competition and Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts Staff Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Bibliography

IN THE WAKE OF 2013: Incheon Women Artists' Biennale 2011, Tuning Exhibition. Exhibition Catalogue. Korea, 1 October - 30 October 2011: 138-145.

Sussman, Matt. "Pre-Occupied; Year in Visual Arts: Can the various democratizations of 2011 art trickle up?" San Francisco Bay Guardian, 20 December - 27 December 2011.

Kany, Daniel. "Art Review: A Half-Dozen Artists Connect on a Fully Enjoyable Show," The Portland Press Herald, 11 September 2011.

Schroeder, Nicholas. "Show Based on Structure, Not Theme, at Gallery 37-A," Portland Phoenix, 24 August 2011.

Silberman, Seth Clark. "Learning to Read Mixed Messages for Visual AIDS," The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 39, Summer 2011: 17-18.

Wong Yap, Christine. "Portrait of an Artist, Wily and Engaged," Art Practical, 2.16, 2011.

McGraw, Kate. "Lines of Connectivity," Santa Fe Journal, 11 February 2011: S4-S5.

Molla, Rani. "More or Less," Santa Fe Reporter, 16 February - 22 February 2011: 29-30.

Art Practical Editors. "In and Out of Context," Art Practical, 2.11, 2011.

Sussman, Matt. "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1 December - 8 December 2010.

Sussman, Matt. "GOLDIES 2010: Amanda Curreri," San Francisco Bay Guardian, 3 November - 9 November 2010: 25.

Helfand, Glen. "Konsten inför rätta," Riksutstalliningar, (Swedish Traveling Exhibitions Magazine) 2010.

Sussman, Matt. "The People's Court," San Francisco Bay Guardian, 30 June - 6 July 2010: 26.

Lozano, Elysa. "Occupy the Empty," ArtPractical 18, 2010.

Bamberger, Alan. ArtBusiness.com, 11 June 2010.

Neidl, Phoebe. "Brooklyn Utopias? Artists Explore a 'Perfect' Borough at the Brooklyn Historical Society," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 6 October 2009.

Messer, Ari. "Involved Socially: Artists Meld Life and Art," San Francisco Chronicle, 20 August 2009: F-11.

Meeker, Cheryl. "WEST COAST, Friday, August 21, 2009," Stretcher.org, 21 August 2009.

Greenleaf, Ken. "Easy on the Eyes," Portland Phoenix, 26 February 2009: 13.

Goldberg, Max. "You ROYGBIV Me," Flavorpill, February 2008.

Kluth, Mary Anne. "WEST COAST, Tuesday, March 18, 2008," Stretcher.org, March 2008.

Helfand, Glen. "Amanda Curreri at Ping Pong Gallery," ArtForum.com, September 2007.

I.A., "Amanda Curreri: Make New Friends," Flavorpill, Issue #283, September 2007.

Diaz, Karla. "A Tour of San Francisco and Oakland," FlashArt online, October 2007.

Bamberger, Alan. ArtBusiness.com, 7 September 2007.

Vogel, Traci. "Queen's Nail Annex hires Tony Labat for a 'BULK' Perpetual Art Opening," SF Weekly, 7-14 November 2007.

Awards/Residencies

2010

Goldie Award Recipient, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA

SECA Award Nominee, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

2009

Joan Mitchell Foundation Full Fellowship and Stipend Recipient, OxBow Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI

Teaching & Lectures

2011

Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, Panel Discussion presented by Art Practical, Los Angeles, CA. Panelist

University of California Art Studio, Berkeley, CA. Watercolor: Inside & Out, Instructor

University of California Art Studio, Berkeley, CA. Drawing Fundamentals, Instructor

Mills College, Oakland, CA. Visiting Artist Lecture

Incheon International Women's Biennale, Panel Discussion with exhibition curators and artists, Incheon, Korea. Panelist

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Guest Junior Reviewer

2010

San Francisco Institute of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Visiting Artist Lecture

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Visiting Artist Lecture

Queen's Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA. Guest Lecturer, Fall Lecture Series (coordinated by Julio Cesar Morales and Pablo Guardiola)

2007

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Graduate Teaching Fellowship

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Fall Visiting Artist /Reviewer

2003

Japanese Ministry of Education, JET Program, Iwate-ken, JAPAN. High school English language teacher, art teacher, adult English tutor, and cultural exchange lecturer for local governments and organizations.

2000

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Art and art history teacher

Tufts University, Medford, MA. Guest speaker on 'civil disobedience' for Peace and Justice Department lecture series.

Simmons College, Boston, MA. Visiting Lecturer, "Activist Art," Women in Activism Conference

Editorials

"Made in Mexico," Art New England, March/April 2004: 30; ICA Boston exhibition review

"Shinjinrui," Art New England, August/September 2001: 14-16; feature interview with Takashi Murakami

Publications

Color & Color #3 (Red & Green), co-editor (forthcoming Fall 2011)

Color & Color #2 (Black & White), 98 pp., 8x5", Winter 2010, co-editor

Color & Color #1 (Yellow & Purple), 45 pp., 7x7", Spring 2010, co-editor

Color & Color #0 (Orange & Blue), 62 pp., 7x7", Winter 2009; co-editor, inaugural issue of artist publication