JENIFER K WOFFORD
ARTS CV
EDUCATION
MFA 2007 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (summa cum laude)
BFA 1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
SOLO/2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Fight, No Flight, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, California
2009 The Villanueva Vignettes, SFMOMA Artist Gallery Loft, San Francisco, California
2008 Flor de Manila y San Francisco, Art on Market Street kiosks, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California
2008 Unseen Forces, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2008 Sorry: Recent Works by Jenifer K. Wofford and Christine Wong Yap, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Nurse, Future Prospects, Cubao, Metro Manila, Philippines
2005 Chicksilog, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
2004 Motel Cucaracha, A.O.V., San Francisco, California
2003 Fugitive Transmissions, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, California
1996 Introductions 96, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Disrupture: C. Ree, Heather Sparks, Jenifer K Wofford, IcTus Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011
Halo-Halo, Unitversity of Hawai’i Hilo Art Dept Gallery, Hilo, Hawai’i
SF Tropical, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, California
E is For Everyone: Celebrating Sister Corita, SF Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California
2010
Chatsilog (Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. + Carlos Villa), Green Papaya Art Projects, Quezon City, Philippines
The F Word, Evergreen College Gallery, San Jose, California
2009
As The Plot Thickens, Manila Contemporary, Makati, Philippines
Art On Market Street, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Stick With The Enemy, Mo_Space, Taguig, Philippines
Untitled: 7 Filipino Artists, Osage Soho Gallery, Hong Kong
Involved, Socially, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, California
Cartographical Lure, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mixed Metaphors and Obsession, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
Deadpan Exchange IV, K2, Izmir, Turkey
Strange Hope, Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, California
2008
Shifted Focus, Kearny Street Workshop Space 180, San Francisco, California
Futura Manila, Osage Singapore, Singapore
Futura Manila, Osage Gallery Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
To From Subject: Work To Do! Part 3: Thematic Project Series, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
Make You Notice, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California
Globalization: Women’s Issues, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, California
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, Playspace, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
MFA Selections: A Salute to Bay Area Artists, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
Room for Big Ideas: Three Views, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2007
Overmapped, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, California
Sufferation, thirtynine hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Overmapped, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California
Fermata: the 37th Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Musem, Berkeley, California
Post ID:, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California
To Hedonopolis, from Melancolony, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2006
Immediate Future, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
APAture, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California
Banyan Tree Project Awareness Art Show, AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, Davis,California
Cronyism, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005
First Year Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, California
Mapping the Landscape of Learning, Oliver Arts Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
2004
Winterfest, SomArts gallery, San Francisco, California
Motel Cucaracha, A.O.V., San Francisco, California
From One to Thirty: Collector’s Box, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Show, New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California
Hot and Cold 8, The Showcave, San Francisco, California
Supernatural auction fundraiser, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Coasticated, Punch Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003
Pachanga! Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California
Keepsake, Juicedesign, San Francisco, California
Sama-Sama fundraiser, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Meli-Melo, Galerie Blanche, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
2002
Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations, A.O.V., San Francisco, California
Exotic Suite of the Americas, HEAT for the Contemporary Extension of SFMoMA, Hotel Phoenix, San Francisco, California
So Exquisite, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2001
Synesthesia, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Bae, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999
A Spark, and the City Is Gone, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, California
1998
Sino Ka Ano Ka?, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco
Recent Acquisitions, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, Utah
San Francisco Babaylan, Museo Ng Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Filipina, Philippine Consulate, Honolulu, Hawaii
1995
Mail Order Brides: Five Filipina American Artists, Los Medanos Art Gallery, Pittsburg, California
Scaffold, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994
Altars and Masks, Gallery Theater, San Bruno, California
1993
Assuming the Sleeves, Gallery X, San Francisco, California
California Artists, Instituto Allende, San Miguel Allende, Mexico
PERFORMANCES/EVENTS
2009
Girls On Film (screening), Ping Pong Space, Guangzhou, China
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure at Verdi Club, San Francisco, California
2008
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure at Verdi Club, San Francisco, California
2007
Guilt By Association (screening), Parkway Speakeasy Theater, Oakland, California
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure at Verdi Club, San Francisco, California
2006
Perfection (an Instant Coffee Event curated by Courtney Fink), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2005
First Annual MFA Debate, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
Mistress of Ceremonies, 30: SoEx Anniversary, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2004
Motel Cucaracha, a.o.v., San Francisco, California
Project M.U.V.E., SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
Promunistas (collaboration with Elisa Dumesnil), Westin St Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California
2003
Amorales vs Amorales (assisting Carlos Amorales), S F Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Lundi (collaboration with Giuseppe Gavazza), La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
Promland Security (collaboration with Elisa Dumesnil), Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, California
2002
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Coffee Drawing Lecture, Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2011
Artist in Residence, KinoKino Art & Film Center, Sandnes, Norway
2010
Artist in Residence, Liguria Study Center/Bogliasco Foundation, Bogliasco, Italy
2009
Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, California
2008
Artist in Residence, Sølyst Artist in Residence Center, Jyderup, Denmark
Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship Nominee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2007
Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery (Goldie) Award for Visual Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California
SECA Award Nominee, SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
J. Ruth Kelsey Traveling Merit Award, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
UCIRA Grant, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts, Santa Barbara, California
Art Matters Grant, Art Matters Foundation, New York, New York
Commissioned Artist, Monster Drawing Rally Postcard 2007, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Bridge Residency Nominee, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2006
Nominated Participant, Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, San Francisco, California
Visiting Artist, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey, California
Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, California
Pacific Rim Research Mini-Grant, Pacific Rim Research Program, Oakland, California
Graduate Assembly Travel Fund Award, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
2005
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Artist in Residence, YouthPublicMedia, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2004
Commissioned Work: Mapping the Landscape of Learning, Center for Art and Public Life/ Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, California
International Gueststudio (*awarded: unable to attend), Kunstcentrum Haagweg 4, Leiden, Netherlands
2003
Artist in Residence, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
Tower Studio: Artist in Residence (*awarded: unable to attend), 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Summer SIX Artist Fellowship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
SELECTED LECTURES AND PANELS
2011
Artist Lecture, Rogaland School of Art, Stavanger, Norway
2009
Artist Talk, Global Video Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Brian Castro and Jenifer K Wofford, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
Panelist, Interdisciplinary Critique Class, California College of Arts, Oakland, California
Artist Talk, English Comp B Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Artist Talk, Contemporary Narratives Class, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California
2008
Presenter/panelist, UCIRA State of the Arts Conference, UC Riverside, Riverside, California
Organizer/panelist, The Filipino Experience in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California
Presenter/panelist, Old Routes, New Exchanges, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Los Angeles, California
Presenter/panelist, Some of Your Attention, Theatre Rhinoceros, San Francisco, California
On The Virtues of Juggling, University of California Merced, Merced, California
Artist Talk: Christine Wong Yap and Jenifer K Wofford, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California
Brown Bag Discussion: Make You Notice, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
Artist Talk, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Panel Discussion, The MFA Experience, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
Panel Discussion, Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2007
Guest Lecture, Asian American Contemporary Art Class, University of California, Berkeley, California
Presenter, Grant-Writing Workshop* California College of the Arts/Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California
Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Presenter/panelist, To Hedonopolis, from Melancolony, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Presenter/panelist, Galleon Trade, Filipino Writers and Scholars Series, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Presenter/panelist, Galleon Trade, Kritika Kultura Series, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines
Workshop and presentation, seminar, New College of California, San Francisco, California
Artist talk, Fermata, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Panelist, The Progressive Woman, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, California
Panelist, Getting A Job in Community Art and Art Education, Center for Art and Public Life/CCA, Oakland, California
2006
Visiting Artist Lecture: Crossing Borders, ‘The Artist As Global Citizen’ lecture series,
California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey, California
Presenter/Panelist, Filipino-American Art: Authenticity, Young Blood, New Genres, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California
Presenter/Panelist, Filipino and Filipino-American Contemporary Art: Furthering The Dialogue,
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Artist Talk, Future Prospects, Cubao, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist Talk, The Living Room, Malate, Metro Manila, Philippines
Guest Speaker, Senior Seminar Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Panelist, True Stories: Art Teachers Tell All, Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California
2005
Guest Lecture, Remapping Modernity: Asian American Art and Artists Class, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Guest Speaker, Youth Public Media Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Guest Artist Lecture, Filipino American Art History Class, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2003
Panelist, Arts Education Class, California College of Arts, Oakland, California
Guest Artist Lecture, Filipino American Art History Class, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Guest Lecturer, Text as Image Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Artist presentation, Université de Nice student visit, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
Artist Talk: Jenifer Wofford and Juan Carlos Quintana, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, California
RELATED PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2009
Curatorial Committee, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008
Panel/juror, Leeway Transformational Award, Philadelphia, PA
Curator, Galleon Trade: Bay Area Now 5 Edition, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Committee, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
contributing artist, Tinfish Journal 18 1/2, TinFish Press, Kane`ohe, Hawaii
2007
planning committee, Out of Time Space conference, UC Berkeley/SFAI, Berkeley/San Francisco, CA
member, Visuality and Alterity working group, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Participant/co-organizer, Creative Capital Post-Workshop group, San Francisco/Oakland, CA
Curator, Galleon Trade, Mag:net Galleries/Green Papaya Art Projects, Metro Manila
Curator, Manila Envelope, thirtynine hotel, Honolulu, HI
2006
Curator, Manila Envelope: A Snapshot of Manila’s Contemporary Arts Culture, Worth Ryder Gallery , Berkeley, CA
2004-05
Youth Advisory Board, Out of Site: Center for Art and Architecture Education, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Committee, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
1999
Juror, Market Street Art-In-Transit Program, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
1995-on
Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. collaborative artist team: please see additional CV*
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
(please see comprehensive Arts Ed CV for details)
2012
Instructor, Filipino American Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Drawing for Non-Majors, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Borderline: Drawing at the Threshold, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Instructor, New Genres II, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Interdisciplinary Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Diversity Studio, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Instructor, Multicultural and Global Perspectives, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Graduate Advisor, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpellier, Vermont
2011
Instructor, Filipino American Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Interdisciplinary Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Diversity Studio, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Graduate Advisor, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpellier, Vermont
Graduate Advisor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2009
Instructor, Filipino American Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, directed study, Barrio Fiesta: Filipino Performing Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Interim Intructor, Advanced/Abstract Painting, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
2008
Instructor, Multicultural and Global Perspectives, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Instructor, Studio Systems, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing and Composition, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Instructor, The Language of Drawing, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Instructor, Filipino American Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Barrio Fiesta: Filipino Performing Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, Arts Education Seminar, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
2007
Instructor, Filipino American Art History, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Instructor, How To Run A Worthwhile Critique for Young Students, California College of the Arts/Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California
Interim Instructor, Introduction to Drawing, City College at Marina Middle School, San Francisco, California
2006
Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction To Visual Thinking*, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
2005
Teacher, Photography, Out of Site Youth Arts Center, Out of site at City Arts and Technology High School, San Francisco, California
Guest Artist/Co-Instructor, Youth Public Media course, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California*
2004-05
Program Director, Teacher, Out of Site Youth Arts Center, San Francisco, California
Lead Arts Teacher, City Arts and Technology High School, San Francisco, California
Interim Instructor, YouthPublicMedia class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California*
Artist Instructor, Meridian Interns Program, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Humanities Instructor, summer session, b.a.y. fund (now First Graduate), San Francisco, California
2003-2004
Fine Arts/Art History Teacher, Asian Pacific Islander Club Advisor, Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
Guest Artist, Family Day Workshop, S F Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Artist Instructor, Picturing Words, b.a.y. fund (now First Graduate), San Francisco, California
1999-2002
Fine Arts/Art History Teacher, Advanced Art Teacher, Advisor, Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
PRESS
Catherine Ceniza Choy, “The New Face of Immigration: Flor de Manila y San Francisco,” Art on Market Street Catalog, 2009
Malou Liwanag-Aguilar, “Unravelling Jenifer Wofford’s Creative Mind,” Asian Journal, July 10-16 2009
David Buuck, “Jenifer K. Wofford on Market Street Kiosks,” Artweek, December 2008/January 2009
Claire Light, “Model Sorority: On Immigration, Comics and Nurses,” KQED.org/arts, December 6, 2008
John Batten, “Futura Manila at Osage Kwun Tong,” aicahk.org, October 06, 2008
Hiya Swanhuyser, “Flower Power,” SF Weekly, September 24, 2008
Mary Eisenhart, “Galleon Trade: Bay Area Now 5 Edition,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 2008
Johnny Ray Huston, “Super Wofler,” SF Bay Guardian, July 16, 2008
Claire Light, “Drawing across Difference: Artist Jenifer Wofford Makes Connections,” Hyphen Magazine Issue 14, Spring 2008, p16-17
Nirmala Nataraj, “’Sorry’ at Frey Norris Gallery,” SF Station.com, April 18, 2008
Johnny Ray Huston, “Goldie Winner—Visual Art: Jenifer K. Wofford,” SF Bay Guardian, November 7, 2007
Pedro Dumancas, “’Galleon Trade,’ Fil-Am Exodus Back to the Motherland,” Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 6, 2007
Cheeko Ruiz, “Modern Day Galleon Sets Sail,” Philippine Star.com, August 19, 2007
Johnny Ray Huston, “Galleon Trade: Ship Launch!” SF Bay Guardian, June 2007
Bob Callaway, Berkeley MFA Exhibit 2007, Art Fever blog, June 6, 2007
http://artfever.blogspot.com/2007/06/berkeley-mfa-exhibit-2007.html
Marie Carvalho, “Out of Body,” The Honolulu Advertiser, May 27, 2007
Meredith Tromble, “UC Berkeley MFA 2007,” stretcher.org, May 24, 2007
http://www.stretcher.org/archives/r2_a/2007_05_24_r2_archive.php
Daniel Spaulding, “Latest BAM Showcase Features Graduate Work,” The Daily Californian, May 24, 2007
http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=25090
Yvette Pantilla, “Drawing the Diaspora,” The Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2006
Diane Chin Lui, “Birth of Ideas,” The Davis Enterprise, March 9, 2006
Aaron Saltzman, “Memorial Union Arts Gallery Presents ‘Sketch’”, The California Aggie, Feb 2, 2006
Alison Bing, “Cronyism: It’s Not What You Do, It’s Who…,” SF Gate, www.sfgate.com/eguide/epicks, Jan 26 2006
Jennifer Chen & Matt Cham, “Fresher Talk,” webfiles.berkeley.edu/jen_chen/public_html/aa177/freshertalk.htm, Dec 2005
Lindsey Westbrook, “Jenifer K. Wofford at a.o.v.,” Artweek, February 2005
Clark Buckner,“critic’s choice: art: Motel Cucaracha,” SF Bay Guardian, January 2005
Amy Berk, “stretcher green room interview,” www.stretcher.org, October 2004
“Les Artistes du Chateau Clews”, Nice-Matin, March 2003
“Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations,” Artweek, April 2003
Megan Wilson, “critic’s pick: BAE,” SF Bay Guardian, March 2001
Leora Harling, “Mail Order Brides,” Moxie magazine, spring 1999, vol 2, no 1, p 27-30
Reena Jana, “Unfolding Identities,” Asian Art News, March-April 1999, p 42-45
Victoria Alba, “Sino Ka? Ano Ka?”, online exhibition catalog, www.sfsu.edu/~gallery/babaylan 1998
“Filipino Artists in a Fierce Mood,” John Krich, San Francisco Examiner, August 4 1998, Style,p B1
Kenneth Baker, “Introductions,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 1996