CHERYL COON

www.cherylcoon.com

EDUCATION

1992 San Francisco Art Institute, Master of Fine Arts, Awarded with Distinction

1989 Humboldt State University, Bachelor of Arts, Art

1989 Humboldt State University, Bachelor of Arts, French

1985-6 Université de Paris XIII, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Art History

AWARDS

2001 Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship

2000 Full Fellowship Award, Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center

1992 Graduate Award, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute

1991 Anne Bremer Book Award, San Francisco Art Institute

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2008 Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada (scheduled 2008)

2001 Djerassi Artist Residency, Woodside, CA

2000 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Villa Montalvo Artist Residency, Saratoga, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 "Minute Observations", 25th Avenue Gallery, San Mateo, CA

2006 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

2005 Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA

2004 Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos CA

Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA

Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Center, Modesto, CA

2003 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA

Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA

2002 Santa Barbara City College, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Colorado State University, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO

Eastern Oregon University, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR

Ohlone College, Louie Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

Reno Community College, Sturm Gallery, Reno, NV

2001 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Wenatchee Valley College, Gallery 76, Wenatchee, WA

2000 Linfield College, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, OR

Rogue College, Fire House Gallery, Grants Pass, OR

Clatsop College, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR

1999 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Ventura College, New Media Gallery, Ventura, CA

Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Gallery, Ashland, OR

1992 Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1990 Humboldt State University, Foyer Gallery, Arcata, CA

Humboldt State University, Karshner Gallery, Arcata, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Tower Gallery, State University of New York, Brockport, NY, Endoskeletal / Exoskeletal, curated by Jennifer Hecker

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Group Exhibition, curated by Helayna Thickpenny and Preston Metcalf

Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA, 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, CA, Conceptually Bound, curated by Nanette Wylde

Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, Systems & Transmutations curated by Michelle Mansour
2006 Polymer Culture Factory, Katlamaja, Estonia, "Unfurled"
Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Under the Microscope”

Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead University, Morehead, KY, “Fragmentations”, curated by Jennifer Reis

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 Galerii Y, University of Tartu, Estonia, “Unfurled in Estonia”, curated by Pond

San Francisco State University, “ECO: Art About Environment”, curated by Sharon Bliss, Mark Johnson

Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA, “SubAnatomy”, curated by Chandra Cerrito

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, CA, “Inside of Inside”, curated by The Big Ballyhoo

Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Winter Group Exhibition”

Pond, San Francisco, CA, “Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags”

California State University Chico Art Gallery, Chico, CA, “Mask”

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, CA, “Give & Take: Sculpture/USF/2003”, curated by Richard Kamler

Morraine Valley College, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Los Palos, Illinois (Two Person Exhibition)

Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima College, Tucson, Arizona (Three Person Exhibition)

San Joaquin Delta College, Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA (Three Person Exhibition)

University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI, “8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”

El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, “About Face”

Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, curated by Carrie Lederer (traveling exhibition)

Stark University, College Station, Texas

2002 Exit Art, New York, NY, “Reactions”

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “Shikishi: Gifts for the New Year”

SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “dadafest”

San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, CA, “Open hART”

2001 Physics Room, Christschurch, New Zealand, “Neural Notations”, curated by Donna Schumacher

University of Santa Cruz, Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, “Neural Notations”, curated by Donna Schumacher

2000 Napa Valley College, Napa, CA, “Bay Area Art III”, curated by Rene DiRosa and John Hannaford

1999 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, “Plant Life”

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle”, curated by Carrie Lederer

WORKS, San Jose, CA, “Biomorph”

Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA

Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, CA (Three Person Exhibition)

JFK University, Berkeley, CA, “Alchemy”

SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “under LINE”

Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, CA, “word for word”

Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA, “Anthropomorphism”

Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, “January Show”

1995 South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, “Time Capsule”

1993 One Market, San Francisco, CA, “(R)evolution”

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA, “Fresh Paint”

1992 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, “Master of Fine Arts Exhibition”

1990 Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, “Spring Show”

1990 Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, “Anne Bremer Book Exhibition”

1989 Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

PRESS

2007 Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi: Growth and Transformation, January 4, 2007

2006 Folly 2006, Interview with Katie Croke, 6/06

Pacific Noise, “Under the Microscope”, 5/17/06 (podcast)

Pacifica Tribune, “Organic Matters”, 3/15/06

2005 Artweek, Colin Berry, “SubAnatomy at the Museum of Contemporary Art”, 7/05 (photo)

The Current, Melissa McCrary, "Needle Art, A Postmodern Sewing Circle", 2/14/05

2004 The Eureka Reporter, “Morris Graves Museum Opens New Shows”, 12/23/04 (photo)

The Voice, Suzanne Johnson, “San Francisco Artist Shows a Feel for Organic in Life”, 10/15/04 (photos)

2003 Impact, Toni Baca, “Art Gallery Opens Contemporary Genre”, 11/21/03 (photo)

Pacifica Tribune, Amy Owens, “Three Exciting Shows at the Sanchez Art Center”, 11/19/03 (photo)

Oakland Tribune, Bonny Zanardi, “Cheryl Coon Reflects Nature and Time”, 11/6/03

Caravan, “Delta Gallery Explores Everyday Life”, 11/6/03 (photo)

Artweek, Debra Koppman, “Previews”, 10/03 (photos)

Aztec Press, Shaun Callahan, “New Bernal Gallery Exhibit Unveiled”, 9/18/03 (photos)

2002 Santa Barbara News Press, Joseph Woodard, 11/02

La Grande Observer, Jeff Peterson, “Form & Content Merge”, 9/26/02 (photos)

The Physics Room Annual, Emma Bugden, “Neural Notations”, 5/02 (photo)

2001 Anchorage Daily News, Mark Muro, “Opposites Attract to Create Thought-Provoking Art Show”, 4/20/01 (photo)

Log 13, Andrew Paul Wood, “It came from California”, 1/01

2000 Art Papers, Carol Ladewig, “Paper Rock Scissors”, 11/00

Hip Fish, “CCC Art Center – Cheryl Coon – Installation”, 11/00 (photo)

The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook, “Getting the Point of Art”, 10/17/00 (photo)

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Julia Chiapella, “UCSC Art Show Has Lots of Brain”, 4/9/00

Grants Pass Daily Courier, Barbara Baily, “Art Imitates Life”, 4/6/00 (photo)

1999 The Synthesis, Ms. Gita, “Art Scene”, 12/99

Chico Enterprise Record, Peder Liljequist, “Ladies First: Multiples at 1078 Gallery”, 12/99

Art Issues, Mark Van Proyen, “San Francisco email”, 9/99 (photo)

San Francisco Chronicle, Sam McManis, “Exhibit Pokes Holes in Gender Roles”, 6/11/99

Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey, “Women's Views”, 5/16/99 (photo)

Diablo Arts, Kate Rothrock, “Radical Notions”, 4/99 (photo)

Oakland Tribune, Jolene Thym, “Sew Fine”, 4/99

ArtWeek, Steven Jenkins, “Previews: Biomorph”, 2/99

1998 Modesto Bee, Leo Stutzin, “Triumph of Trios at Art Shows”, 10/25/98

Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodard, “Cryptic Imagery”, 9/10/98 (photo)

VC Press, Joshua Cottingham, “Exhibit Challenges Tradition, Conformity”, 9/14/98, (photo)

The Siskiyou, Brenna McGirr, “SU Art Exhibit Focuses On the Surface”, 10/5/98

1997 Bay Area Reporter, Steven Jenkins, “Wonder Words”, 10/2/97

1992 Artweek, Tony Reveaux, “Cheryl Coon At Haines Gallery”, 8/6/92, (photo)

Arts Monthly, Joanne Huddleston, “SFADA Galleries Open Doors to New Artists”, 7/92 (photo)

1990 Eureka Times-Standard, “Abstract Art Depicts Environmental View”, 1/19/90 (photo)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2006 Pacifica Center for the Arts, “Organic Matters”

2000 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, “paper rock scissors”

1999 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, “Natural Selection”

1998 San Francisco City Hall, “Flights of Fancy”

1997 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, “Fahrenheit 451”