Born 1977, Warwick, NY

EDUCATION

  • 2000
  • BFA Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • 2003
  • MFA Mills College, Oakland, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND TWO PERSON SHOWS

  • 2011
  • Romer Young Gallery in Berlin, w/ Kirk Stoller, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
  • 2010
  • it goes as it grows, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • The Sea All Around Us, w/ Sean McFarland, Sight School, Oakland, CA
  • Project Room, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
  • 2009
  • The On and On, ATA, San Francisco, CA
  • 2000
  • LiftnoLimbo, John Sommers Gallery, Univ. of NM, Albuquerque, NM
  • 1999
  • Patient Rise, ASA Gallery, Univ. of NM, Albuquerque, NM
  • Uplink Pathfinder, Allegro Gallery, Los Alamos, NM

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2011
  • Living Room, curated by Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali, Parklife, San Francisco, CA
  • Stacked/Multiplied, curated by Devon Bella and Katie Hood Morgan, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2010
  • Living, curated by Brandon Holmes, 4707 Telegraph, Oakland, CA
  • Front + Center, curated by Vanessa Blaikie, Joey Piziali and Jessica Brier, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • PAPER ! AWESOME, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • Survival Annex, Curiosity Shoppe, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • Hyperspaces, curated by David Kasprzak, Parklife, San Francisco, CA
  • 2008
  • Group Show, curated by Stephanie Syjuco, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
  • Summer Group Show, McCaig-Welles and Rosenthal, Redwood City, CA
  • Bubbles Project, Untrained Boxcar Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2007
  • One a Day, curated by Lisa Soloman and Lorene Anderson, Blankspace, Oakland, CA
  • 2006
  • OKCITY, Ego Park Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Welcome Home, Ego Park Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • 2004
  • The Art of Zines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
  • 2003
  • Dinosaurs, Los Medanos Community Community College, Pittsburg, CA
  • Water, Liminal Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Mills College MFA Show, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  • 1998
  • Contemp98, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
  • 1997
  • Contemp98, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
  • Two Painters, Univ. of New Mexico, Los Alamos, NM

 

AWARDS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES

  • 2010
  • Djerassi Artist in Residence; Winter Residency, Woodside, CA
  • 2008
  • Djerassi Artist in Residence; Winter Residency, Woodside, CA
  • 2006
  • Djerassi Artist Fellowship, Woodside, CA
  • Djerassi Artist in Residence; April-May, Woodside, CA
  • 2002
  • Mills College Mini Grant, Oakland, CA
  • Tretethen Merit Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  • 2000
  • Vera Nolan Award, Univ. Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

  • 2012
  • Curator, FARFARNEAR, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006
  • Curator, Welcome Home, Ego Park, Oakland, CA
  • 2004
  • Curator, Dinosaurs, Los Medanos Community College, Pittsburg, CA

 

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS

  • 2010
  • SFMOMA Open Space, RE:Response, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, collaboration with David Kasprzak, July 9. 2010
  • 2006
  • Sea Wolf, art direction (album jacket, billboard, mechandise), Dangerbird Records, Los Angeles, CA
  • Ryan Stively and His Poison Band/Jeffrey Manson, art direction (album jacket), Tecolote Records, San Francisco, CA

 

LECTURES / TALKS

  • 2011
  • Guest Lecturer, Queens Nail Projects, San Francisco, CA
  • 2010
  • Gallery Talk, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Guest Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  • Guest Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Summer Atelier, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • Guest Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  • 2007
  • Guest Lecturer, Lick-Wilderming H.S., San Francisco, CA
  • 2002
  • Guest Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  • 2000
  • Gallery Talk, John Sommers Gallery, Univ. Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2010
  • Baker, Kenneth. "In Among the Pitts." San Francisco Chronicle, November, 20,
  • Chun, Kimberly, "James Sterling PItt: Ping Pong Gallery Solo Show." San Francisco Chronicle 96 Hours. October 28
  • Scholtz, Zachary Royer. "Front + Center: Weather Streams." January, ArtPractical.com
  • 2007
  • Batey, Charla. "Work That Makes Art." Oakland, Novometro, October 20
  • Jost, Stephan, Exhibition Introduction Essay. Mills MFA Online Catalogue
  • 2003
  • Weber, John, Catalogue Essay, Mills MFA Online Catalogue, April