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 2010    Occupy the Empty, Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007    Make New Friends, Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco, CA  Group Exhibitions, Installations, & Projects 2011   6/6/6: Connectivity Show, traveling group exhibition, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA (January 2011)            6/6/6: Connectivity Show, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (February 2011)            6/6/6: Connectivity Show, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL (April 2011)            6/6/6: Connectivity Show, Gallery 37A, Portland, ME (September 2011)            6/6/6: Connectivity Show, Detroit, MI, location TBA            6/6/6: Connectivity Show, Philadelphia, PA, location TBA 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, 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, 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             Annual Silent Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, 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 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. "Jeronimo Roldan and Amanda Curreri: 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. Residencies 2009     Joan Mitchell Foundation Full Fellowship and Stipend Recipient, OxBow Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI.   Teaching & Lectures 2010    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 "Sinjinrui," Art New England, August/September 2001: 14-16; feature interview with Takashi Murakami Publications Color & Color #3 (Red & Green), co-editor (forthcoming) Color & Color #2 (Black & White), 98 pp., 8x5", Fall 2010, co-editor (forthcoming) 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