JENIFER K WOFFORD
ARTS EDUCATION CV
EDUCATION
MFA 2007 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (summa cum laude)
BFA 1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
*indicates university-level instruction
2009
Instructor, Filipino American Arts*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jan-May 2009
An interdisciplinary studio/seminar course introducing students to Filipino-American artists and history across multiple disciplines and generations. The course incorporates lectures, numerous field trips, gallery/museum visits, and guest artist presentations. Projects include journals, essays, art projects, a public course blog and active discussion/participation.
Instructor, Filipino Performance (Barrio Fiesta) directed study*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jan-May 2009
Directed study focusing on the creation of the university’s annual PCN (Philippine Cultural Night), with a multidisciplinary focus on all aspects of theatrical production, from set design through choreography. While this is a student-driven production, I assess the overall productivity of participants, facilitate discussions and issue written assignments.
Instructor, Advanced Painting/Abstract Painting*
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Jan-Mar 2008
Advanced painting and composition strategies in paint-oriented media, emphasizing the creation of a new body of 5-15 works created under one unifying theme.
2008
Instructor, Studio Systems*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Sept-Dec 2008
This core studio class introduces new students to a broad range of materials, methodologies, and strategies that compose USF’s art and design program. Students are exposed to new strategies in art-making that move both within and beyond the conventions of art-making, exploring a series of studio problems that begin simply and move to greater complexity.
Instructor, Multicultural and Global Perspectives*
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Sept-Dec 2008
A visual arts studio/seminar course introducing students to a wide variety of artists and art ideas commonly excluded from the Western art canon, across multiple disciplines and generations. Art projects are informed by the ideas and strategies covered. This course incorporates lectures, numerous field trips, gallery/museum visits, and guest artist presentations.
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing and Composition*
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Sept-Dec 2008
An introduction to basic drawing and composition strategies in 2D media, emphasizing observational drawing skills as well as fundamental aspects of technique, theme and composition across varied 2D media.
Instructor, The Language of Drawing*
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
July-Aug 2008
A 6-week, 16 hrs /week summer session intensive. An introductory drawing course, balancing technique with theme. Projects focused on a range of observational drawing skills, including still-life and the human figure, and culminated in more concept and theme-driven compositions. Lectures, field trips and demonstrations introduced students to various artists and techniques.
Instructor, Filipino American Arts*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jan-May 2008
An interdisciplinary studio/seminar course introducing students to Filipino-American artists and history across multiple disciplines and generations. The course incorporates lectures, numerous field trips, gallery/museum visits, and guest artist presentations. Projects include journals, essays, art projects, a public course blog and active discussion/participation.
Instructor, Filipino Performance (Barrio Fiesta)*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jan-May 2008
Production class directed primarily towards the creation of the university’s annual PCN (Philippine Cultural Night), with a multidisciplinary focus on all aspects of theatrical production, from set design through choreography. While most of this was student-driven, I assessed the overall productivity of participants, and facilitated discussions and written assignments.
Instructor, Art Education: Ideas and History*
California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Jan-May 2008
Seminar course introducing students to the basic concepts, theories and history of arts education and pedagogy through readings, discussion, research and writing. A large emphasis was placed on discussion and written reflection of course texts, as well as presentations on pedagogy and site visits to arts education programs.
2007
Instructor, Filipino American Art History*
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jan-May 2007
Co-taught, with Ricardo Reyes, an interdisciplinary studio/seminar course introducing students to Filipino-American artists and history across multiple disciplines and generations. (see 2008 for full description)
Presenter, Grant-Writing Workshop*
California College of the Arts/Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California
November 2007
Created and co-led, with Jessica Robinson and Susan McMahon, an afternoon workshop on the basics of grant-writing: de-mystifyng the process and discussing best practices, how to present oneself and write effectively, where to find grants, etc.
Instructor, How To Run A Worthwhile Critique for Young Students*
California College of the Arts/Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California
November 2007
Created and led a one-day workshop for educators on how to create and facilitate productive, meaningful, safe group critiques of artwork for students ages 5 to 17. Fundamental issues, and specific language, goals and objectives for critiques, were discussed.
Interim Instructor, Introduction to Drawing*
City College at Marina Middle School, San Francisco, California
September-October 2007
Filled in for two weeks for primary instructor Bill Samios in an evening continuing education course designed for adults who wanted to build basic drawing skills. Focus was on the basic elements of art, and making observational drawing in charcoal.
2006
Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction To Visual Thinking*
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Aug-Dec 2006
Taught an undergraduate studio art course, introducing students to the basic concepts of contemporary visual art. The class was a dynamic mix of seminar, studio, slide lecture and field trips to art spaces and artist studios, with both written and studio assignments (short exercises and 3 major projects). Responsible for syllabus, projects/objectives, and all final grades.
2005
Teacher, Photography, Out of Site Youth Arts Center
Out of site at City Arts and Technology High School, San Francisco, California
Sept-Nov 2005
Co-taught (with Bayeté Ross-Smith) an introductory-to-intermediate after-school photo class for high-school students. Taught the basics of composition, organization, subject/theme, printing and presentation, with several marathon darkroom dates at San Francisco’s Rayko Photo.
Workshop Instructor/Curriculum Collaboration, The Values Project*
California college of the arts, San Francisco, California
June 2005
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Collaborated with Eduardo Pineda and Virginia Jardim on curriculum, and taught the visual arts component of a training workshop aimed at teachers wanting to implement “Teaching for Understanding/Harvard Project Zero” methodologies in their classrooms.
Guest Artist/Co-Instructor, Youth Public Media course*
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
January-May 2005
Co-taught with Julio Morales. Introduced students to primary concepts and structures of arts education and community arts, including writing syllabi and rubrics, time/classroom management, and finding effective ways of working with youth in a structured, disciplined, but personal manner. Course culminated in collaborative arts projects between college and high school students, and an exhibition at S F’s Galeria De La Raza.
2004-05
Program Director, Teacher, Out of Site Youth Arts Center
Out of site at City Arts and Technology High School, San Francisco, California
September 2004-July 2005
As Program Director, worked with Executive Director Beth Rubenstein to build programs, design curricula, provide teacher training, and connect students and counselors from local high schools with our programs. As Teacher, led and team-taught (with Leo Bersamina and Ana Szyld) an innovative after-school, for-credit class open to students from several different S.F. high schools, which combined traditional and conceptual art-making skills, urban history, art history, and community awareness. Also solo-taught a 3-week summer intensive in a similar vein, called “Art Boot Camp”.
Lead Arts Teacher
City Arts and Technology High School, San Francisco, California
August 2004-May 2005
Coached, assessed and supported five part-time arts faculty to develop challenging, consistent, standards-based curricula. Advised on some of the unique challenges of teaching at a first-year charter school. Acted as a liaison between part- and full-time staff, and helped provide arts integration for the school as a whole.
2004
Interim Instructor, YouthPublicMedia class*
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
September 2004
Filled in for several weeks for primary instructor Julio Morales. Introduced students to primary concepts and structures of arts education, including writing syllabi and rubrics, time/classroom management, and finding effective, structured, personal ways of working with youth.
Artist Instructor, Meridian Interns Program
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
July 2004
Taught drawing and youth development skills to teen interns in a gallery- and outdoor-based five-week program that responded to environment.
Humanities Instructor, summer session
b.a.y. fund, San Francisco, California
June-July 2004
Created and taught a six-week language arts curriculum to improve reading and writing comprehension for students entering 9th and 10th grades.
2004
Guest Artist, ‘Out of Site’ class
Galileo High School, San Francisco, California
March 2004
Worked with primary instructor Jonn Herschend, introducing students to primary concepts of slowness, space, culture and symbology, through contemporary art, an Asian Art Museum proect, and a collaborative culminating project cut-paper wall piece in one of Galileo’s corridors.
2003-2004
Fine Arts/Art History Teacher, Asian Pacific Islander Club Advisor
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
August 2003-June 2004
Returned after a one-year hiatus (Please see 1999-2002 for full descriptions.)
2003
Guest Artist, Out of Site program
Galileo High School, San Francisco, California
December 2003
Worked with primary instructor Jennifer Stuart, working with high schoolers to create an end-of-semester final project transforming one of the school’s hallways through painting, sculpture, installation, writing, performance and video.
2003
Guest Artist, Family Day Workshop
S F Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
July 2003
Created and taught a day-long drop-in painting and writing workshop on “narrative” for families inspired by the Philip Guston exhibition.
Artist Instructor, “Picturing Words”
b.a.y. fund, San Francisco, California
June-August 2003
Taught a weekly summer program for 14 year-olds, making drawings and paintings inspired by poetry, nature, their environment, and modern art, culminating in each youth creating an end-of-summer portfolio of their work.
2002
Guest Artist, Family Day Workshop
S F Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
May 2002
Created and taught a day-long drop-in “unusual materials” sculpture workshop for families, inspired by the Eva Hesse exhibition.
2001-2002
Arts Integration Specialist
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
August 2001-June 2002
Created support curriculum, objectives, outcomes and lesson plans to integrate art into more non-arts classes at all grade levels.
Teacher, Advanced Art: Visual Communication and Design
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
August 2001-June 2002
Taught 1 section of what was essentially 2 small 12th-grade classes: Advanced Art (a 2nd-year studio art class) and Yearbook. While the 2 separate halves had specific projects (eg portfolio projects in Advanced Art, layouts and copy in Yearbook), the class was unified through mutual exploration of advanced ideas in visual art, media literacy, and design. Both halves came together for monthly seminars in which a text (eg, writings by John Berger, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Marshall McLuhan) was discussed, and artworks were generated in response.
12th Grade Advisor
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
Taught 1 section of Advisory, a year-long class/home room. Served as an academic advisor and counselor for a small class of 12-15 students, supporting, coaching and mentoring them through academic challenges, college applications, Senior Project/Portfolios, and graduation.
2000-2001
Teacher, Advanced Art
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
August 2000-June 2001
Taught 1 section of a year-long, 12th-grade-only,UC-approved class, modeled on the expectations and portfolio requirements of a traditional Advanced Placement Art class. Students were expected to create a master portfolio of works in 2- and 3-dimension, emphasizing formal excellence and intellectual and emotional investment.
12th Grade Advisor
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
Taught 1 section of Advisory, a year-long class/home room. Served as an academic advisor and counselor for a small class of 12-15 students, supporting, coaching and mentoring them through academic challenges, college applications, Senior Project/Portfolios, and graduation.
1999-2002
Fine Arts/Art History Teacher
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
August 1999-June 2002
Created and taught 3 sections of Leadership High School’s first art class. The course was a year-long, UC-approved, introductory 2D studio art class (commencing with traditional skill-building in drawing, painting and collage, and evolving into more complex and experimental themes and ideas), as well as a slide-based college-level art history class (emphasizing the birth of Modernist art and ideas, beginning with mid 19th century European art, and progressing into the diversity of contemporary postmodern visual culture). Students were required to give formal, highly creative portfolio presentations of their work to their classmates at the end of each semester.
Asian Pacific Islander Club Advisor
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
Oversaw and advised weekly club meetings and events such as the annual club-sponsored “Luau” school dance, the annual school assemblies showcasing Asian contributions to the arts, and, of course, the bimonthly home-made Asian food sale,
Instructor, “Art Boot Camp”
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
April 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
Created and “taught” a 4-day spring arts elective for a small group of students, exploring their Bay Area arts legacy through field trips, on-site art projects, ridiculous costumes and role-play, and (this is the “boot camp” part) culminating in a 24-hour, non-stop art-making marathon in which no member of the troop was allowed to sleep, to build stamina, character, and camaraderie.
1999
Instructor, Sculpture “Citylabs”
Leadership High School, San Francisco, California
April 1999
Gave a series of sculpture workshops for 9th and 10th graders, based on an “urban/anatomy” theme. Projects responded to their urban environ-ment, in the form of large figurative paper cut-outs, plaster body casts, and “kinetic” paper sculptures built directly onto student’s bodies.
1998
Artist Instructor, Mission Voices program
Casa de los Jovenes/Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
June-July 1998
Worked with middle- and high-schoolers from Casa de Los Jovenes, as part of a multidisciplinary summer arts program. Program resulted in an exhibition of large-scale sculptures and installations, as well as a collaborative performance.
Guest Artist, Family Day Workshops
S F Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
February/April 1998
Created two separate day-long drop-in workshops inspired by the Alexander Calder exhibition.
1997
Artist Instructor, Youth In Action
S.F. Conservation Corps, San Francisco, California
February-April 1997
Worked with a small group of middle-schoolers in an interdisciplinary arts program exploring writing, drawing, painting and sculpting, culminating in a collaborative installation project for the organizations’s spring finale.
1995
Art Instructor/Mentor
East Oakland Boxing Association, Oakland, California
June-Aug 1995
Guided teen interns through a summer program involving the building of a small stage, and visual- and theater-arts, including drawing, painting and sculpture to children ages 5 through 14. Program facilitated by Juana Alicia and Matt Schwarzman of the Oakland Urban Institute.
1994
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sculpture*
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco California
Jan-May 1994
Supported Professor Richard Berger in teaching preliminary sculpture skills in clay and plaster.
1993
Teaching Assistant, Program Coordinator*
Instituto Allende (Diablo Valley College program), San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
July 1993
Supported primary instructors Joy Broom, Jerry Leisure and Fran Brown in coordinating students, studio class support, low-level translating for a summer art-study program in Mexico.
LECTURES AND PANELS
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, Old Routes, New Exchanges, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Los Angeles, California
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
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Artist Talk, Interdisciplinary Seminar, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Presenter/panelist, From Hedonopolis to Melancolony, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Presenter, Art Grill, Mag:net Katipunan, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Presenter/panelist, Galleon Trade, Old Routes, New Exchanges: Building a Transnational Dialogue in Arts-Making, Arts-Exchange, and Critical Discourse, 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
Guest Lecture, Asian American Contemporary Art Class, University of California, Berkeley, California
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
Guest Speaker, Youth Public Media 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
Screening, Asian American Performance Art Class, University of California at Davis, Davis, California
Guest Speaker, Youth Public Media Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Guest Speaker, Youth Mentorship 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 Speaker, Youth Mentorship Class, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 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
2001
Artist Talk, BAE, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998
Artist Talk, San Francisco Babaylan, Museo Ng Maynila, Manila, Philippines
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
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, San Francisco 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
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 Posters, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California
2008 Unseen Forces, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2008 Sorry: Recent Work 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
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
APAture Retrospective, Kearny Street Workshop Space 180, San Francisco, California
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 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Globalization: Women’s Issues, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, California
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, CCA PlaYSpace, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
Room for Big Ideas: Three Views, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
MFA Selections: A Salute to Bay Area Emerging Artists, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
2007
Sufferation, thirtynine hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Overmapped, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California
Fermata: the 37th Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Post ID:, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California
To Hedonopolis, from Melancolony, Thatcher 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
2008
Girls On Film (screening), Ping Pong Space, Guangzhou, China
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
RELATED PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
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
Curator/Lead Organizer, Galleon Trade, Mag:net Galleries/Green Papaya Art Projects, Metro Manila
planning committee, Out of Time Space conference, UC Berkeley/SFAI, Berkeley/San Francisco, CA
member, Visuality and Alterity working group, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Co-organizer, Creative Capital Post-Workshop professional development group, San Francisco/Oakland, CA
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 M.O.B. CV
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catherine Ceniza Choy, “The New Face of Immigration: Flor de Manila y San Francisco by Jenifer K Wofford,” SFAC 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
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http://artfever.blogspot.com/2007/06/berkeley-mfa-exhibit-2007.html
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