Lorene Anderson
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
MFA, Painting, University of California, Berkeley
BFA, Painting & Metalsmithing, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2009 Invisible Cities: Recent Paintings, room for painting room for paper, San Francisco
2008 Oakland Museum of California Off-site, Gallery 555, Oakland, California
Oakland Art Gallery at Port of Oakland, Oakland, California
2007 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Tangent Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2001 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, California
Group Exhibitions
2010 California Summer, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Factor XX, Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA (upcoming)
2009 Keepers, Skinner/Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Shasta College Art Gallery, Shasta, CA, curated by George Lawson
2008 PaperWORKS! Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, curated by René de Guzman
Hare and the Hounds, Blue Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 workADay, Blankspace, Oakland, CA
X-07: Directors’ Selection, MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA
The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Winterfest, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Art Auction
Fall Abstractions, Swarm Gallery at MobiTV
Moshi Moshi!, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
Emerging West Coast Artists, Cooper Hook Studio, New York, New York
2006 Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, California
Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, California
Lorene Anderson, Cynthia Ona Innis, Charles Linder, Nils Nova, Transamerica building, San Francisco, California
Sakai City Cultural Hall, Sakai, Japan (catalogue)
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
SFMOMA Art Auction 2006, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California (catalogue)
2005 Small Works, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Winterfest, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Art Auction
ArtSFest 2005 Arts Expo Gala, curated by GenArtSF, San Francisco, California
20th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Art of the Good Life, GenArt SF, San Francisco, California
2004 Emerge 2004, GenArt, San Francisco, California,
curated by Paule Anglim, Martha Angus, Squeak Carnwath, John S. Weber
ArtSFest Connect, curated by GenArtSF organized by ArtSFest, San Francisco, California
In the Mix, Nectar in collaboration with Tangent Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Interim, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
2003 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California, curated by James Elaine
Big Tree Project, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
2002 Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
UC Berkeley, Art Alumni Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California,
curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Dorothy Goldeen, Barbara Rogers
Register This—Emerging Artists from the GenArtSF Artist Registry, Studio Z, San Francisco, California
curated by Erica Mohar
Orange, ¡Hey!, Oakland, California, curated by Robert Ortbal & Emily Wilson
2000 Lucky 13, Nika Gallery, San Francisco, California, curated by Jenn Joy
1999 The Natural World Observed, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, curated by Carrie Lederer
1998 Lorene Anderson & Michele Theberge, The Make-Out Room, San Francisco, California
Gallery 319, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia
1996 30+ East Bay Painters, Oakland Coliseum, sponsored by the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Small, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Histories and Legacies, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California
1995 California Dreaming, The Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, California, curated by Phil Linhares
Countdown 2000, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California, curated by Lawrence Rinder
Northwest Women, Exhibition Catalog, Wiseman Gallery, Grants Pass, Oregon
1994 6 x 9, Victoria Room, San Francisco, California
1993 Bay Area Landscape Painting, Los Medanos Community College, Pittsburg, California
California Metal; An Invitational Survey of Contemporary Metalsmithing, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Ca
1990 1990 MFA/UCB, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, curated by Lawrence Rinder
1988 The Anderson Winter Show, Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana,
Ohio Designer Craftsmen Best of 1988, Columbus Cultural Center, Columbus, Ohio,
Metals, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Paintings, Drawings, Metals, Miami University
1987 Metals 3, Miami University, Ball State University, and Purdue University
Honors
Roselyn Schneider Eisner Award, U.C. Berkeley, 1990
Best of Show: American Association of University Women, Ohio Division, Creative Cultural Interests Project, 1988
Vada Beetler Award for Excellence, Ohio Designer Craftsmen ‘Best of 1988’
Postcard Award for Excellence, Ohio Designer Craftsmen ‘Best of 1988’
Pye Painting Scholarship, Miami University, 1987
Research Grant, Miami University, 1986. Continued in 1987
Third Place Regional Award for Painting, National Society of Arts and Letters, 1986
Collections
Elisabeth Beaird, San Francisco, California
Marian Parmenter, San Francisco, California
Steve Pon & Carrie Lederer, Oakland, California
Scott & Alina Richards, San Francisco, California
SAP Inc.
Michael Smith, Berkeley, California
Richard & Roselyn Swig, San Francisco, California
Shannon Trimble, San Francisco, California
Bibliography
David Roth, "Keepers" @ Skinner/Howard, Square Cylinder.com, November 1, 2009
Swan, Rachel, "workAday - Critic's Choice", East Bay Express, October-November 2007
Batey, Charla, "Work That Makes Art", Oakbook, October 20, 2007
Diane Chin Lui, 'Birth of Ideas: Exhibit Illustrates the Artistic Stream of Consciousness', Davis Enterprise, March 9, 2006
Aaron Saltzman, Memorial Union Arts Gallery exhibits 'Sketch', The California Aggie, February 2, 2006
Robert Taylor, “The Big Tree Project”, Contra Costa Times, June 26, 2003
Dewitt Cheng, “Register This”, SanFranciscoArtMagazine.com, May 2002
Rodriguez, Juan. "'Orange' at ¡hey!", Artweek, May 2002
Huddy, Melina, "Pushing the Limits", Parkersburg Sentinel, 14 June, 2002
ZYZZYVA, Fall 1994
Reidel, Mija, METALSMITH, “California Metal”-Summer 1993