EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA
Awarded with Distinction
Humboldt State University, BA, Art
Humboldt State University, BA, French
Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant, Johnson, Vermont (2009)
Pouch Cove Residency, Canada (2008)
Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship (2001)
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California (2001)
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Sculpture, Johnson, Vermont (2000)
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California (2000)
Graduate Award - Painting, San Francisco Art Institute (1992)
Anne Bremer Book Award, San Francisco Art Institute (1991)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
San Mateo Main Library, San Mateo, California (2018)
Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, California (2016)
Mission College Art Gallery, Santa Clara, California (2014)
Bush Barn Art Center, "The Art of Science", Salem, Oregon (2012)
Lane College Art Gallery, Eugene, Oregon (2010)
25th Avenue Gallery, San Mateo, California (2007)
1078 Gallery, Chico, California (2006)
Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, California (2005)
Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California (2004)
Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California (2004)
Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Center, Modesto, California (2004)
Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California (2003)
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California (2003)
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California (2003)
Santa Barbara City College, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (2002)
Colorado State University, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado (2002)
Eastern Oregon University, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, Oregon (2002)
Ohlone College, Louie Art Gallery, Fremont, California (2002)
Sturm Gallery, Reno Community College, Reno, Nevada (2002)
Wenatchee Valley College Art Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington (2001)
Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California (2001)
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska (2001)
Rogue Community College, Fire House Gallery, Grants Pass, Oregon (2000)
Linfield College, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon (2000)
Clatsop College, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, Oregon (2000)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California (1999)
Ventura College, New Media Gallery, Ventura, California (1998)
Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Gallery, Ashland, Oregon (1998)
Haines Gallery, "Introductions", San Francisco, California (1992)
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California (1992)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California: Finding the Form
Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado: “Augmented Organics” (3 person show)
Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, California: "Laws of Nature" curated by Vicky Kumpfer
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: “50 50”
Mission College Art Gallery, Santa Clara
Public Market, Emeryville, California: "EmeryArts"
2022
Radius Gallery, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, California: EcoSculpt
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Look! Up in the Sky!
2021
Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz. Pivot, curated by Melissa Kreisa, Rose Sellery, Tina Brown
Art Works, San Rafael, California: Beauty or Truth, juried by Chandra Cerrito
Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California: Flower Power, curated by Ruth Santee
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Time & Materials
901 Market Street @ 5th (Nordstrom), San Francisco, California: site-specific installation
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50/50
2019
Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth Massachusetts: A Different Vision
SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA: Matter of Form, Pacific Rim Sculptors, juried by Christine Koppes, Curator and Director of Public Programs at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Mission College Art Gallery, Clay, Pigment, and More, Santa Clara, California
2018
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California: What Knot?
Juror’s Award: Camille Ann Brewer George Washington University
EmeryArts, Emeryville, California
Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California: Arousing Biophilia, curated by Shannon Amidon
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Sculpture by Bay Area Women
2017
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Terrain
2016
OBERFETT Gallery, Hamburg, Germany: LIFE|LIKE
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: tiny
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Brian Gross, Brian Gross Gallery
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: In the Abstract
Art Object Gallery, San Jose, California: Pacific Rim Sculptors
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Terrain
2015
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: tiny
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, California: Material Illusions, curated by Angela Gleason & Rose Sellery
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Trish Bransten, Rena Bransten Projects
Mission College, Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, California
2014
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California: Beasties! juried by Jan Wurm
2013
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
Sanchez Art CenterPacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Lonnie Lee, Vessel Gallery
2012
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
2011
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida: Believe it or Not, curated by Catherine Alexander
2010
Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, California: Beast, curated by Chrystal Powell
2009
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, , Santa Clara, California: Natural Blunders, curated by Karen Kienzle
2008
Tower Gallery, State University of New YorkBrockport, New York: Endoskeletal / Exoskeletal, curated by Jennifer Hecker
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California: Group Exhibition, curated by Helayna Thickpenny and Preston Metcalf
The Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California: Group Exhibition
Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, California: Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde
2007
The Rooms Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada: Hot Wax, curated by Angela Antle
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, California: Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde
Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, California: Systems & Transmutations curated by Michelle Mansour
2006
Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, California: Under the Microscope, Three Person Exhibition
Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky: Fragmentations, curated by Jennifer Reis
Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia: Unfurled, curated by Marisa Jahn, Pond
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Webber Center Gallery, Ocala, Florida
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Hope College, DePree Art Center, Holland, Michigan
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, California: SubAnatomy, curated by Chandra Cerrito
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, ECO: Art About the Environment, curated by Sharon Bliss & Mark Johnson
Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia: Unfurled in Estonia, curated by Marisa Jahn, Pond
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California: Botanica
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, New Jersey
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Gallery 210, Saint Louis, Missouri
Louisiana State University Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2004
The Lab, San Francisco, California: Inside of Inside, curated by the Big Ballyhoo
California State University Chico Art Gallery, Chico, California: Mask
Pond, San Francisco, California: Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, California: Winter Group Exhibition
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
Milton Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Brevard Museum of Art & Science, Melbourne, Florida
2003
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California: Give & Take: Sculpture/USF/2003, curated by Richard Kamler
Pima College, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, Arizona: Three Person Exhibition, curated by Katey Monaghan
Morraine Valley College, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Los Palos, Illinois: Two Person Exhibition
San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, California: Three Person Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Barrows
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, California: About Face
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii: 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
Stark University, College Station, Texas: Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer
2002
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California: Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year
Exit Art, New York, New York: Reactions
2001
Physics Room, Christschurch, New Zealand: Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
University of Santa Cruz, Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, California: Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, California: Open hART, curated by Carolyn Coolie
2000
Napa Valley College, Napa, California: Bay Area Art III, curated by Rene DiRosa and John Hannaford
1999
1078 Gallery, Chico, California: Multiples
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California: Plant Life, curated by Betsy Lohrer Hall
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California: Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer
WORKS, San Jose, California: Biomorph
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998
Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, California: Cipher, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Robin Bernstein
Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, California: Word for Word
Paxton Gate, San Francisco, California: Anthropomorphism
JFK University, Berkeley, California: Alchemy, curated by Mary Eubank, Mary Hull Webster, Zea Morvitz
SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California: Under Line
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California: January Show
1995
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California: Time Capsule
1993
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California: Fresh Paint
One Market, San Francisco, California: (R)evolution
1992
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
PRESS
The San Jose Mercury News, Kristi Myllenbeck, "De Anza’s Euphrat Museum featuring faculty art show", October 28, 2016
The San Jose Mercury News, Carolyn Livengood, "Livengood", June 3, 2016
Santa Clara Weekly, Cynthia Cheng, "Mission College Affiliates Celebrate International Sculpture Day at Art Object Gallery" April 27, 2016
Contra Costa Times, Bonny Zanardi, "Artists Work Small", August 21, 2015
Pacifica Tribune, "Sanchez Art Center's 50/50 Show", August 25, 2015
San Mateo County Times, Bonny Zanardi, Sanchez Art Center celebrates "50/50 Show", August 15, 2014
Santa Clara Weekly, Melissa McKenzie, "Triton Exhibits", August 21, 2013
San Francisco Examiner, Lauren Gallagher, "Sanchez Art Center, 50/50", August 15, 2013
San Mateo County Times, Bonny Zanardi, "Structured Chaos", August 15, 2013
Pacifica Tribune, "50/50 Show Artists create 50 small artworks in 50 days", August 20, 2013
Tampa Bay, Megan Voeller, Under the big(ger) top, September 22, 2011
The Register Guard, Bob Passaro, “Bestiary, an Exhibit by San Francisco Artist Cheryl Coon", January 31, 2010
Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews: Natural Blunders, December 2008/January 2009
Santa Clara Weekly, Carolyn Schuk, "Triton Museum Hosts Mission College Art Faculty Exhibition", January 14, 2008
Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Growth and Transformation, January 4, 2007
Pacific Noise, “Under the Microscope”, May 17, 2006 (podcast)
Folly 2006, Interview with Katie Croke, June 2006
Pacifica Tribune, “Organic Matters”, March 15, 2006
Artweek, Colin Berry: SubAnatomy at the Museum of Contemporary Art, July/August 2005
The Current, Melissa McCrary: Needle Art, A Postmodern Sewing Circle, February 14, 2005
The Eureka Reporter: Morris Graves Museum Opens New Shows, December 23, 2004
The Voice, Suzanne Johnson: San Francisco Artist Shows a Feel for Organic in Life, October 15, 2004
Impact, Toni Baca: Art Gallery Opens Contemporary Genre, November 21, 2003
Pacifica Tribune, Amy Owens: Three Exciting Shows at the Sanchez Art Center, November 19, 2003
Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Cheryl Coon Reflects Nature and Time, November 6, 2003
Caravan: Delta Gallery Explores Everyday Life, November 6, 2003
Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews, October 2003
Glacier, Moraine Valley College, Carol Jalowiec, October 17, 2003
Aztec Press, Shaun Callahan, New Bernal Gallery Exhibit Unveiled, September 18, 2003
Santa Barbara News Press, Josef Woodard, December, 2002
The Observer, Jeff Petersen: Form & Content Merge, September 26, 2002
Physics Room Annual 2001, Neural Notations, June, 2001
The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook: Getting the Point of Art, October 17, 2001
Anchorage Daily News, Mark Muro: Opposites Attract, April 20, 2001
Log 13, Andrew Paul Wood: It Came from California, Winter 2001
Asian Art News, Cassandra Fusco, "Neural Notations", March/April 2001
The Press, Nik Wright, "Neural Analysis", 1/31/01
Art Papers, Carol Ladewig: Paper Rock Scissors, November/December, 2000
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Julia Chiapella, UCSC Art Show Has Lots of Brain, April 9, 2000
Grants Pass Daily Courier, Barbara Baily, Art Imitates Life, April 6, 2000
Hip Fish, “CCC Art Center – Cheryl Coon – Installation”, 11/00 (photo)
The Synthesis, Ms. Gita: Art Scene, December, 1999
Chico Enterprise Record, Peder Liljequist: Multiples at 1078 Gallery, December, 1999
Art Issues, Mark Van Proyen: San Francisco email, September/October 1999
San Francisco Chronicle, Sam McManis: Exhibit Pokes Holes in Gender Roles, June 11, 1999
Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey: Women's Views, May 16, 1999
Diablo Arts, Kate Rothrock: Radical Notions, April, 1999
Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym: Sew Fine, April, 1999
Contra Costa Times, Anita Amirrezvani: Needle Art, April 27, 1999
Walnut Creek Journal, Catherine D. Jacobson: Needle Art Exhibit, April 22, 1999
Westart, Show of Traditional, New Needle Art, April 9, 1999
ArtWeek, Steven Jenkins: Previews: Biomorph, February, 1999
Modesto Bee, Leo Stutzin: Triumph of Trios at Art Shows, October 25, 1998
Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodard: Cryptic Imagery, Sept. 10, 1998
VC Press, Joshua Cottingham: Exhibit Challenges Tradition, Conformity, September 14, 1998
The Siskiyou, Brenna McGirr: SU Art Exhibit Focuses On The Surface, October 5, 1998
Bay Area Reporter, Steven Jenkins: Wonder Words, October 2, 1997
Artweek, Tony Reveaux: Cheryl Coon At Haines Gallery, August 6, 1992
Arts Monthly, Joanne Huddleston, SFADA Galleries Open Doors to New Artists, July, 1992
Eureka Times-Standard: Abstract Art Depicts Environmental View, January 19, 1990
BIO
Cheryl Coon received a MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and BAs in Art & French from Humboldt State. She studied art history at the Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has had exhibitions at the de Saisset Museum, Triton Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, State University of New York, Morris Graves Museum, Euphrat Museum, and San Francisco State University Art Gallery, and internationally at the The Rooms Gallery in Canada, the Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia and the Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia and the Physics Room in Christschurch, New Zealand. Awards include the Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship from the Djerassi Artist Residency program, a full sculpture fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, an artist residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, and an artist residency at Villa Montalvo.
CURATORIAL & PUBLICATIONS
Margaret Keelan - Intimate & Universal Stories
Fahrenheit 451 - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
Natural Selection - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
paper rock scissors - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA
Awarded with Distinction
Humboldt State University, BA, Art
Humboldt State University, BA, French
Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant, Johnson, Vermont (2009)
Pouch Cove Residency, Canada (2008)
Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship (2001)
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California (2001)
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Sculpture, Johnson, Vermont (2000)
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California (2000)
Graduate Award - Painting, San Francisco Art Institute (1992)
Anne Bremer Book Award, San Francisco Art Institute (1991)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
San Mateo Main Library, San Mateo, California (2018)
Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, California (2016)
Mission College Art Gallery, Santa Clara, California (2014)
Bush Barn Art Center, "The Art of Science", Salem, Oregon (2012)
Lane College Art Gallery, Eugene, Oregon (2010)
25th Avenue Gallery, San Mateo, California (2007)
1078 Gallery, Chico, California (2006)
Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, California (2005)
Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California (2004)
Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California (2004)
Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Center, Modesto, California (2004)
Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, California (2003)
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California (2003)
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California (2003)
Santa Barbara City College, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (2002)
Colorado State University, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado (2002)
Eastern Oregon University, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, Oregon (2002)
Ohlone College, Louie Art Gallery, Fremont, California (2002)
Sturm Gallery, Reno Community College, Reno, Nevada (2002)
Wenatchee Valley College Art Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington (2001)
Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California (2001)
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska (2001)
Rogue Community College, Fire House Gallery, Grants Pass, Oregon (2000)
Linfield College, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon (2000)
Clatsop College, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, Oregon (2000)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California (1999)
Ventura College, New Media Gallery, Ventura, California (1998)
Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Gallery, Ashland, Oregon (1998)
Haines Gallery, "Introductions", San Francisco, California (1992)
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California (1992)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California: Finding the Form
Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado: “Augmented Organics” (3 person show)
Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, California: "Laws of Nature" curated by Vicky Kumpfer
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: “50 50”
Mission College Art Gallery, Santa Clara
Public Market, Emeryville, California: "EmeryArts"
2022
Radius Gallery, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, California: EcoSculpt
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Look! Up in the Sky!
2021
Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz. Pivot, curated by Melissa Kreisa, Rose Sellery, Tina Brown
Art Works, San Rafael, California: Beauty or Truth, juried by Chandra Cerrito
Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California: Flower Power, curated by Ruth Santee
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Time & Materials
901 Market Street @ 5th (Nordstrom), San Francisco, California: site-specific installation
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50/50
2019
Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth Massachusetts: A Different Vision
SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA: Matter of Form, Pacific Rim Sculptors, juried by Christine Koppes, Curator and Director of Public Programs at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Mission College Art Gallery, Clay, Pigment, and More, Santa Clara, California
2018
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California: What Knot?
Juror’s Award: Camille Ann Brewer George Washington University
EmeryArts, Emeryville, California
Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California: Arousing Biophilia, curated by Shannon Amidon
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Sculpture by Bay Area Women
2017
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Terrain
2016
OBERFETT Gallery, Hamburg, Germany: LIFE|LIKE
Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, California
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: tiny
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Brian Gross, Brian Gross Gallery
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: In the Abstract
Art Object Gallery, San Jose, California: Pacific Rim Sculptors
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: Terrain
2015
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California: tiny
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, California: Material Illusions, curated by Angela Gleason & Rose Sellery
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Trish Bransten, Rena Bransten Projects
Mission College, Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, California
2014
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California: Beasties! juried by Jan Wurm
2013
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
Sanchez Art CenterPacifica, California: 50-50, juried by Lonnie Lee, Vessel Gallery
2012
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, California
2011
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida: Believe it or Not, curated by Catherine Alexander
2010
Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, California: Beast, curated by Chrystal Powell
2009
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, , Santa Clara, California: Natural Blunders, curated by Karen Kienzle
2008
Tower Gallery, State University of New YorkBrockport, New York: Endoskeletal / Exoskeletal, curated by Jennifer Hecker
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California: Group Exhibition, curated by Helayna Thickpenny and Preston Metcalf
The Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California: Group Exhibition
Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, California: Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde
2007
The Rooms Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada: Hot Wax, curated by Angela Antle
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, California: Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde
Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, California: Systems & Transmutations curated by Michelle Mansour
2006
Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, California: Under the Microscope, Three Person Exhibition
Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky: Fragmentations, curated by Jennifer Reis
Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia: Unfurled, curated by Marisa Jahn, Pond
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Webber Center Gallery, Ocala, Florida
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Hope College, DePree Art Center, Holland, Michigan
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, California: SubAnatomy, curated by Chandra Cerrito
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, ECO: Art About the Environment, curated by Sharon Bliss & Mark Johnson
Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia: Unfurled in Estonia, curated by Marisa Jahn, Pond
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California: Botanica
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, New Jersey
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Gallery 210, Saint Louis, Missouri
Louisiana State University Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2004
The Lab, San Francisco, California: Inside of Inside, curated by the Big Ballyhoo
California State University Chico Art Gallery, Chico, California: Mask
Pond, San Francisco, California: Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, California: Winter Group Exhibition
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)
Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
Milton Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Brevard Museum of Art & Science, Melbourne, Florida
2003
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California: Give & Take: Sculpture/USF/2003, curated by Richard Kamler
Pima College, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, Arizona: Three Person Exhibition, curated by Katey Monaghan
Morraine Valley College, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Los Palos, Illinois: Two Person Exhibition
San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, California: Three Person Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Barrows
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, California: About Face
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii: 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
Stark University, College Station, Texas: Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer
2002
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California: Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year
Exit Art, New York, New York: Reactions
2001
Physics Room, Christschurch, New Zealand: Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
University of Santa Cruz, Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, California: Neural Notations, curated by Donna Schumacher
San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, California: Open hART, curated by Carolyn Coolie
2000
Napa Valley College, Napa, California: Bay Area Art III, curated by Rene DiRosa and John Hannaford
1999
1078 Gallery, Chico, California: Multiples
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California: Plant Life, curated by Betsy Lohrer Hall
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California: Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer
WORKS, San Jose, California: Biomorph
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998
Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, California: Cipher, Three Person Exhibition, curated by Robin Bernstein
Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, California: Word for Word
Paxton Gate, San Francisco, California: Anthropomorphism
JFK University, Berkeley, California: Alchemy, curated by Mary Eubank, Mary Hull Webster, Zea Morvitz
SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California: Under Line
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California: January Show
1995
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California: Time Capsule
1993
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California: Fresh Paint
One Market, San Francisco, California: (R)evolution
1992
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
PRESS
The San Jose Mercury News, Kristi Myllenbeck, "De Anza’s Euphrat Museum featuring faculty art show", October 28, 2016
The San Jose Mercury News, Carolyn Livengood, "Livengood", June 3, 2016
Santa Clara Weekly, Cynthia Cheng, "Mission College Affiliates Celebrate International Sculpture Day at Art Object Gallery" April 27, 2016
Contra Costa Times, Bonny Zanardi, "Artists Work Small", August 21, 2015
Pacifica Tribune, "Sanchez Art Center's 50/50 Show", August 25, 2015
San Mateo County Times, Bonny Zanardi, Sanchez Art Center celebrates "50/50 Show", August 15, 2014
Santa Clara Weekly, Melissa McKenzie, "Triton Exhibits", August 21, 2013
San Francisco Examiner, Lauren Gallagher, "Sanchez Art Center, 50/50", August 15, 2013
San Mateo County Times, Bonny Zanardi, "Structured Chaos", August 15, 2013
Pacifica Tribune, "50/50 Show Artists create 50 small artworks in 50 days", August 20, 2013
Tampa Bay, Megan Voeller, Under the big(ger) top, September 22, 2011
The Register Guard, Bob Passaro, “Bestiary, an Exhibit by San Francisco Artist Cheryl Coon", January 31, 2010
Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews: Natural Blunders, December 2008/January 2009
Santa Clara Weekly, Carolyn Schuk, "Triton Museum Hosts Mission College Art Faculty Exhibition", January 14, 2008
Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Growth and Transformation, January 4, 2007
Pacific Noise, “Under the Microscope”, May 17, 2006 (podcast)
Folly 2006, Interview with Katie Croke, June 2006
Pacifica Tribune, “Organic Matters”, March 15, 2006
Artweek, Colin Berry: SubAnatomy at the Museum of Contemporary Art, July/August 2005
The Current, Melissa McCrary: Needle Art, A Postmodern Sewing Circle, February 14, 2005
The Eureka Reporter: Morris Graves Museum Opens New Shows, December 23, 2004
The Voice, Suzanne Johnson: San Francisco Artist Shows a Feel for Organic in Life, October 15, 2004
Impact, Toni Baca: Art Gallery Opens Contemporary Genre, November 21, 2003
Pacifica Tribune, Amy Owens: Three Exciting Shows at the Sanchez Art Center, November 19, 2003
Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Cheryl Coon Reflects Nature and Time, November 6, 2003
Caravan: Delta Gallery Explores Everyday Life, November 6, 2003
Artweek, Debra Koppman: Previews, October 2003
Glacier, Moraine Valley College, Carol Jalowiec, October 17, 2003
Aztec Press, Shaun Callahan, New Bernal Gallery Exhibit Unveiled, September 18, 2003
Santa Barbara News Press, Josef Woodard, December, 2002
The Observer, Jeff Petersen: Form & Content Merge, September 26, 2002
Physics Room Annual 2001, Neural Notations, June, 2001
The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook: Getting the Point of Art, October 17, 2001
Anchorage Daily News, Mark Muro: Opposites Attract, April 20, 2001
Log 13, Andrew Paul Wood: It Came from California, Winter 2001
Asian Art News, Cassandra Fusco, "Neural Notations", March/April 2001
The Press, Nik Wright, "Neural Analysis", 1/31/01
Art Papers, Carol Ladewig: Paper Rock Scissors, November/December, 2000
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Julia Chiapella, UCSC Art Show Has Lots of Brain, April 9, 2000
Grants Pass Daily Courier, Barbara Baily, Art Imitates Life, April 6, 2000
Hip Fish, “CCC Art Center – Cheryl Coon – Installation”, 11/00 (photo)
The Synthesis, Ms. Gita: Art Scene, December, 1999
Chico Enterprise Record, Peder Liljequist: Multiples at 1078 Gallery, December, 1999
Art Issues, Mark Van Proyen: San Francisco email, September/October 1999
San Francisco Chronicle, Sam McManis: Exhibit Pokes Holes in Gender Roles, June 11, 1999
Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey: Women's Views, May 16, 1999
Diablo Arts, Kate Rothrock: Radical Notions, April, 1999
Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym: Sew Fine, April, 1999
Contra Costa Times, Anita Amirrezvani: Needle Art, April 27, 1999
Walnut Creek Journal, Catherine D. Jacobson: Needle Art Exhibit, April 22, 1999
Westart, Show of Traditional, New Needle Art, April 9, 1999
ArtWeek, Steven Jenkins: Previews: Biomorph, February, 1999
Modesto Bee, Leo Stutzin: Triumph of Trios at Art Shows, October 25, 1998
Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodard: Cryptic Imagery, Sept. 10, 1998
VC Press, Joshua Cottingham: Exhibit Challenges Tradition, Conformity, September 14, 1998
The Siskiyou, Brenna McGirr: SU Art Exhibit Focuses On The Surface, October 5, 1998
Bay Area Reporter, Steven Jenkins: Wonder Words, October 2, 1997
Artweek, Tony Reveaux: Cheryl Coon At Haines Gallery, August 6, 1992
Arts Monthly, Joanne Huddleston, SFADA Galleries Open Doors to New Artists, July, 1992
Eureka Times-Standard: Abstract Art Depicts Environmental View, January 19, 1990
BIO
Cheryl Coon received a MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and BAs in Art & French from Humboldt State. She studied art history at the Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has had exhibitions at the de Saisset Museum, Triton Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, State University of New York, Morris Graves Museum, Euphrat Museum, and San Francisco State University Art Gallery, and internationally at the The Rooms Gallery in Canada, the Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia and the Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia and the Physics Room in Christschurch, New Zealand. Awards include the Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship from the Djerassi Artist Residency program, a full sculpture fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, an artist residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, and an artist residency at Villa Montalvo.
CURATORIAL & PUBLICATIONS
Margaret Keelan - Intimate & Universal Stories
Fahrenheit 451 - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
Natural Selection - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
paper rock scissors - San Francisco Art Commission Gallery

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