Jonn Herschend
Art Resume
born 1967, Branson, MO; lives and works in San Francisco, CA, USA
education
2006 MFA, University of California at Berkeley, CA
1990 BA, Boston University, Political Science, Boston, MA
solo and two person exhibitions
2007 The man who disappeared into his own clothes pile, Invisible Venue, November, Oakland, CA
2006 Delayed Reaction, Tag Gallery, Nashville, TN
2005 LKV gallery, Trondheim, Norway
2005 What Vanishes, Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California at Berkeley, CA
2002 De Young Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2002 Something I Forgot to Tell You, Hang Annex, San Francisco, CA
selected group exhibitions/ screenings
2008 Upcoming: Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Shaving the Mammoth, screening: Where things went bad, San Francisco Art Institute, May 6, SF, CA
Refresh: Before and After, And/Or Gallery, Feb, Dallas, TX
2007 Work-a-day, curated by Lorene Anderson and Lisa Solomon, Blank Space Gallery, Oct, Oakland, CA
Before and After, part of Kristin Lucas’ If Then Else End If,” Postmasters Gallery, Oct. New York, NY
Guilt By Association, Screening “Everything is Better Now,” Parkway Theater, Oct 2, Oakland, CA
Two Things at the Same Time, Peak Gallery, September, Toronto, Canada
THE THING, (with Will Rogan), Southern Exposure Gallery, August, San Francsico
Deadpan Exchange 1, organized by Heidi Hove Pedersen, Koh-i-noor, June, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Expanded Media, Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Jan-March, Stuttgart, Germany
2006 Get Together!, organized by Susan O'Malley, The Hardware Store Gallery, Nov-Dec, San Francisco
Sisypehean Desires, curated by Avantika Bawa, Salt Works Gallery, Nov-Jan, Atlanta, GA
Natural and Unnatural, curated by Kristen Accola, Hunterdon Art Museum, Sept, Clinton, NJ
Cream from the Top, curated by Kathryn Weller-Renfrow, Arts Benicia, July, Benicia, CA
Creative Demolition, Flaherty Film Seminar, screening of "Where Things Went Bad," programmed by
Steve Seid, video curator Pacific Film Archive, June, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
State of the Nation, Intersection for the Arts, June, San Francisco, CA
The Flaming Sword of Truth, Berkeley Art Museum, May, Berkeley, CA
The Man Box and Beyond, The Lab, April, San Francisco, CA
Perfection, (performance), curated by Courtney Fink, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, CA
Natural Fallout, 33 Grand, March, Oakland, CA
Swarm Gallery, March, Oakland, CA
Partially Told Stories, curated by Michael McConnell, Space 743, March, San Francisco, CA
2005 Mayhem, curated by Julie Joyce, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Bazaar, curated by Laurie Reid, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
You Are Here, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2004 Power Point to the People, ,curated by Steve Seid, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Commission 04', San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
State of the Nation, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
It's a Sad, Beautiful World, curated by Nancy Mizuno Elliot, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2003 San Francisco Invades Nashville, Tag Gallery, Nashville, TN
One More Thing Before I Go., curated by Christian Frock, Hang Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Tag Gallery, Nashville, TN
Decked Out, Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
projects
Deadpan Exchange III, organizer, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, February 2008
Deadpan Exchange II, with Heidi Hove Pedersen (DK) and David Keating (AU) a one night screening and performance with over 30 artists from 5 different countries, Super Bien! Projects, Berlin Germany, June 13, 2007
THE THING, with Will Rogan, an ongoing, subscription based, quarterly art project, San Francisco, CA, August 2007 (launch date)
grants, commissions & residencies
Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, partial recipient for the Deadpan Exchange catalog. Jan, 2008
Kunstradet, Danish Arts Council, partial recipient for Deadpan Exchange in Copenhagen, June 2007
Sam Francis Distinguished Alumni Award, Dept. of Art Practice, University of California at Berkeley, 2007
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California at Berkeley, 2007
Eisner Prize for the highest achievement in the Creative Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 2006
McPheter-Stolz Fellowship award, University of California at Berkeley, Dept of Art Practice. 2004-2006
Full Tuition Grant, Department of Art Practice, University of California at Berkeley, 2004-2006
Residency at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, (LKV) Trondheim, Norway, July 2005
Board Prize co-recipient, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2005
Finalist for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and In/Site's SECA award, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Trillium Press edition, commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Artist in Residence for the De Young and the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, January 2002
publication
Shaving the Mammoth, SFAI MA collaborative projects, “Transcending the Clothes Pile,” Patricia Maloney, May 08
Marketplace on PRI, “The latest Thing in art delivered,” by Julie Caine, January 24, 2008
Frieze Magazine, “The Thing,” by Julian Myers, October 2007
Toronto Globe & Mail, “From in-your-face sculpture to mysteries in steel,” by Gary Michael Dault, September 15, 2007
The San Francisco Chronicle, “Shades of Meaning,” by Tina Barseghian, August 26, 2007
Daily Candy, “Whachamacallit,” August 14, 2007
Flavorpill New York City, Feature “The Thing,” by Leah Taylor, August 14, 2007
The Tennessean, "A Strong Reaction," by Jonathan Marx, Nov 3, 2006
Nashville Scene, "One Thing Leads to Another," by David Maddox, Nov 23, 2006
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Catalogue, "Natural and Unnatural", by Kristen Accola, August 2006
Berkeley Art Museum Catalogue, "Flaming Sword of Truth," by Miki Yoshimoto, May 2006
Stretcher.org, review of "Flaming Sword of Truth," by Christian L. Frock, May 22, 2006
Artweek, "'Partially Told Stories,' at Space 743" by Kristin Palm, May 2006
East Bay Express, "Cheap Wine, Free Cheese," by David Downs, March 15, 2006
San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Partially Told Stories" by Katie Kurtz, March 15, 2006
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast, juried by Connie Butler, Open Studios Press, 2005
The New York Times Magazine, "The Way we Live Now," by Rob Walker, Image used, April 10, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, "Yearning to Close a Gap," by Jonn Herschend, July 4, 2004
San Francisco Weekly, "Dream or Nightmare, Four artists take us to a ‘world…," by Carl Nagin, May 12, 2004
East Bay Express, "Mystery Train," by Kelly Vance, April 14-20, 2004
Nashville Scene, "San Francisco Invades Nashville," by Nicole Pietrantoni November 6, 2003
Flavorpill, San Francisco, on-line magazine , Karine Versace, February, 12, 2003
San Francisco Examiner "All the World's a Stage…," by Anne Crump, August 8, 2002
lectures and panels
Guest Lecture, UC Berkeley, Painting II, Berkeley, CA Dec 2006
Guest Lecture, UC Berkley, Art 8, Berkeley, CA, November, 2006
Guest Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres, San Francisco, CA Oct, 2006
Panel Discussion, moderated by Kenneth Baker, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, August 2006
Artist Talk, Berkeley Art Museum, Flaming Sword of Truth, Berkeley, CA, May 2006
Artist Talk, The Lab, The Man Box and Beyond, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006
Lecture, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, (LKV) Trondheim, Norway, July 2005
Artist Talk, Kala Arts Institute, You Are Here, Berkeley, CA Feb, 2005
community
President, board of directors, Out of Site, the center for art and architecture, San Francisco, CA 2004-present
Curatorial committee, Winterfest Art Auction for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, 2002-present