CHRISTINA EMPEDOCLES

 

EDUCATION:
2008 MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
1995 BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

 

HONORS:
California College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, 2007 - 2008
Recipient of the George B. Wharton Prize in Geology, 1995
Participant in the Oberlin College Honors Program in Geology, 1994 - 1995

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
2008 UCSF, Mission Bay Campus Community Center Mural

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2009 B.J. Spoke Gallery, Expo 28, international juried exhibition, Huntington, NY (March)

2008 Blot out the Sun, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (opens: December 13, 2008)
2008 Studio Visit Magazine, national juried exhibition in print (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)

2008 Spectrum Art Auction, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
2008 Past, Present, Personal, Marin Arts Council, Marin Comm. Foundation, Novato, CA

2008 Destination: London, Working Rooms, London, England

2008 When is Now, Cafe Royale Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008 6th Annual Painting on the Edge, international juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada

2008 Introductions 4, national juried exhibition, Irvine Contemporary, Washington D.C.
2008 Master Pieces, national juried exhibition, Manifest, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Destination: Berlin, The Berlin Office, Berlin, Germany
2008 Destination: San Francisco, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA

2008 Institut der Lebenskünste, Württembergischer Kunstverin,The Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Germany
2008 The Institute for Social Research, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2008 Face Value, Exhibition of Barters, San Francisco, CA
2008 First Friday Slide Slam, di Rosa Preserve, Gatehouse Gallery, Napa CA
2008 California College of the Arts MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2008 Counterfeit Crochet Project, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2008 Bathroom Show, The Tricycle Gallery, San Francisco CA
2008 Bay to Barley, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
2008 The Rainbow Show, Cafe Royal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Walls of Glory, Eagle, San Francisco, CA

2007 Group of 13 / 6 Months of Projects, Spare Room Projects, San Francisco, CA
2007 Salty: Three Tales of Sorrow, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2007 Optimism, Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Free Frisbee, McMurtry Station, Antarctica
2007 Us and Them, FAB Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
2006 Sometimes I Hate You, Bruce Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Beehive Work, Triptych, San Francisco, CA
2005 Into Yourself, Irwin Center Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005 Monster Girls, The Attic, San Francisco, CA

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2004 - Present Freelance Art Director
2003 Associate Art Director, Mobile PC Magazine
2001 Art Director, Linux Magazine
2000 Associate Art Director, Business 2.0 Magazine
1999 Art Director, Click Magazine