Curriculum Vitae
MEMBERS:
Anum Awan, Robin Birdd David, Dominic Cheng, Ruka Kashiwagi, and Jeffrey Yip
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, AND GRANTS
2023 – Recology Artists In Residence, San Francisco, CA
2021 – Cal Humanities, Relief Grant, San Francisco, CA
2021 – Fleishhacker Foundation, Small Arts Grant, San Francisco, CA
2021 – Zellerbach Family Foundation, Covid Response Relief Grant, San Francisco, CA
2020 – Red Bull Grant, Micro-Grant, Oakland, CA
2020 – Awesome Grant, Micro-Grant, Oakland, CA
2020 – Youkobo Artist Residency, Tokyo, Japan
2019 – Curatorial Residency Program, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Zellerbach Family Foundation, Community Arts Grant, San Francisco, CA
CURATED PROJECTS
2022 – “Breath.io”, SWIM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 – “Altar-n8 Realm”, Augment Reality Art Tour, Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
2020 – “Habitual Rituals”, Á Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
2019 – “Sub Helix”, Cafe Sama, Oakland CA 2017 – “N.V.M (never-mind)”, SFSU AS Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 – “SPF30: Escape to Yesteryear”, Layer Studios, Oakland, CA
2015 – “Submerse”, Suru, Oakland, CA
2015 – “Terra Incognita”, Luggage Store Tenderloin National Forest, San Francisco, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 – “The SFMOMA Soapbox Derby”, McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA
2022 – “SMARTBOMB: Universe”, Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022 – Rendering Real, Asian American International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
2022 – “CAAM Representing Chinatown”, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2022 – “We Are Bruce Lee”, Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, San Francisco, CA
2021 – “Echo Location”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 – “The Power of Community”, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 – “Creative Code Fesitval”, LightBoxNYC, New York, NY
2020 – “Proxy for Place”, YBCA, San Francisco, CA
2019 – “Continuous Thread”, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 – “Rebooting the Futures”, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2019 – “Built Environments”, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 – “Culture Catalyst”, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2017 – “Night Light Multimedia & Performance Art Festival”, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2016 – “Dog Days”, ARCO Art Space, Oakland, CA
COMMISSIONS
2022 – AR Experience, Yeah Art! San Francisco, CA
2022 – AR Mural, Leafly, San Francisco, CA
2022– Instagram Filter –Try Harder, Independent Lens, PBS, San Francisco, CA
2020 – LED stage Installation – Pastures, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA
2020 – Virtual art gallery – Proxy for Place, YBCA, San Francisco, CA
2020 – Color Meditation – Please Stand By Black Lives, virtual fundraiser, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Projection Mapped Mural – AC Hotel by Marriott, Santa Clara, CA
2019 – Content Creation – Red Bull 3Style DJ Championship, The Midway, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Interactive Design – Continuous Thread Exhibition, SFAC, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Experience Design – Red Bull Music Presents: The Bay, Oakland, CA
2019 – Experience Design – Red Bull Music Presents: Club Chai 3 Yr. Anniversary, San Francisco, CA
2018 – Experience Design – Red Bull Music Presents: Oakland Block Party, Oakland, CA
2018 – Mural Animation – Kapwa Rising, Filipino Mental Health Initiative, San Francisco, CA
2018 – Experience Design Installation – Red Bull Music Presents: Generations, Berkeley, CA
2018 – Custom Signage Installation – 7th West, Oakland, CA
INSTALLATIONS
2019 – Hosted by the Homies + Community Resources, House of Malico, Sama Collective, Oakland, CA
2017 – Berkeley Art & Music Fair, Berkeley, CA
2017 – Prequinox, American Steel, Oakland, CA
2016 – Calm Waters, LE VANGUARD, Oakland, CA
2015 – The Danger Room: House of a Thousand Balloons, Oakland Music Festival, Oakland, CA
2015 – The Danger Room: In the Clouds, Figment Festival, Oakland, CA
WORKSHOPS AND TALKS
2021 – Artist Talk: Twin Walls & Macro Waves, Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, Virtual
2020 – Collective Breath, East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Festival, Virtual
2020 – Visiting Artist Talk, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2019 – Artist Talk, University of San Francisco Digital Media Design course, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Creative Mean, Community Conversations Series Artist Talk, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 – Allied Media Conference: Projection Mapping workshop, Detroit, MI
2018 – Artist Talk, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
2017 – NVM: Panel discussion on mental health and tech, Moderator, ASI Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 – Artist Talk, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
ONLINE PERIODICALS
2022 – Grace Hwang Lynch, “CAAMFest is Back May12-22”, May 2022, Web, https://www.sfarts.org/story/caamfest-is-back-may-1222-6w9q7qDBXCOfvwTRVNX6R
2022 - CAAMFest is Back May 12-22 | SF/Arts
2022 – Gabe Meline, “The Soapbox Derby’s Wild Downhill Action in San Francisco”, April 11, 2022. Web, Webhttps://www.kqed.org/arts/13911741/soapbox-derby-photos-mclaren-park-san-francisco
2022 – New Monuments Taskforce, In the Future Zine, Web, https://newmonumentstaskforce.org/ITF-Macrowaves
2021 – Roula Seikaly, “At SF State, Multigenerational art Celebrates the Power of Chinatown Communities”, September 29, 2021. Web, https://www.kqed.org/arts/13903860/power-of-community-chinatown-then-and-now-sf-state-review
2021 – Amber Lee, “Unique San Francisco mural pays tribute to Bruce Lee”, May 6, 2022, Web, https://www.ktvu.com/news/unique-san-francisco-mural-pays-tribute-to-bruce-lee
2022 – Grace Hwang Lynch - https://www.sfarts.org/story/caamfest-is-back-may-1222-6w9q7qDBXCOfvwTRVNX6R
CAAMFest is Back May 12-22 | SF/Arts
2020 – Katie Hunter, “ A New Wave of Interactive Art Is Taking Over San Francisco”, January 15, 2020. Web,
https://thebolditalic.com/a-new-wave-of-interactive-art-is-taking-over-san-francisco-6ea5e251462b
2018 – Roula Seikaly, “How a Grassroots Program Shaped the SF Art Scene, 50 Years On”, June 5, 2018. Web, https://www.kqed.org/arts/13834231/neighborhood-arts-program-culture-catalyst-sfac
2017 – Agurcia, Gabriel, “Local artists share passions in pursuit of building community”, November 29, 2017 . Web, https://goldengatexpress.org/79836/latest/news/local-artists-share-passions-in-pursuit-of-building-community/
2017 – Caille Millner, "Black female creativity celebrated at SOMArts", August 25, 2017. Web, http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Black-female-creativity-celebrated-at-SOMArts-11959100.php#photo-13893022
2017 – Eda Yu, "An Expanded Vision of Healing and Divine Black Femininity", August 24, 2017. Web, https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/08/24/an-expanded-vision-of-healing-and-divine-black-femininity/
2017 – Ruth Gebreyesus, "First Ever Berkeley Art and Music Fair", August 9, 2017. Web, https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/first-ever-berkeley-art-and-music-fair/Content?oid=8463995
2016 – Sarah Burke, "SPF 30: The Summer All-in-one Art Party Goes Down Saturday at Layer Studios in Oakland", July 26, 2016. Web, http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/spf-30-the-summer-all-in-one-art-party-and-art-event-goes-down-saturday-at-layer-studios-in-oakland/Content?oid=4918777
2015 – Adrienne Blaine, “Discover Art, Music, Food and Forest) in the Tenderloin.”, The Do List, May 7, 2015. Web, https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/the-do-list/terra-incognita/
2014 – Stephanie Wright Hesson, "Bay Area Visual Arts Picks Aug 7-10", Aug 6, 2014. Web, http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Bay-Area-visual-arts-picks-Aug-7-10-5672780.php
2014 – Alan Bamberger, "San Francisco Art Gallery Openings First Thursday 08.09.2014", Aug 7, 2014. Web, http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/080714a.html#.VAh_C3x2IJE.facebook
EDUCATION
2013 – SF State University, Bachelors of Arts in Studio Art – Robin Birdd David
2014 – SF State University, Bachelors of Arts in Sculpture and Conceptual Information Arts – Jeffrey Yip
2015 – SF State University, Bachelors of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning – Dominic Cheng
2016 – SF State University, Bachelors of Arts in Arts Education – Tina Kashiwagi
2017 – California College of the Arts, Masters of Design in Interaction Design – Anum Awan
2023 – Stanford University, MFA Studio Art - Ruka Kashiwagi