CV - Fracesca Pastine
Pages for the Artist:
Available ARTFORUM Excavations
Iraq War Casualty Series
Exhibitions:
Francesca Pastine - UNSOLICITED - May 26th - July 7th 2012
In The Dark: Three Considerations - Group Show February 12th - March 26th 2011
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am excited by the potential of material and its transformation through the process of handwork. My work speaks to the physical act of the hand creating -- not in the sense of ‘gesture’, but through intimate care and attentiveness to detail. Informed by time-intensive traditions such as folk art, sewing, and folding, I like to think of my work as falling somewhere between drawing, sculpture, and collage.
I began using ARTFORUM magazines as a medium for my work in 2008. I had noticed that they were familiar fixtures in my artists’ friends’ homes. Apparently, because of their glossy nature, nobody wanted to throw them away. I was intrigued by their square format, particularly when the bloated art market was reflected in their one-inch thickness and I began asking my friends for their unwanted magazines. Starting with the covers, I cut, bend, manipulate, pull, and dig my way through them, revealing a visceral topography of art trends. The finished worked becomes an unsolicited collaboration with the magazine and the cover artist. Maintaining a strong connection to the physicality of drawing, my X-acto blade mimics a pencil, subtracting rather than adding. I eschew glue or other manipulations that change the inherent character of the magazines. In this way, they retain their association to what they are, carriers of information that have been handled, earmarked and scuffed over time.
Through physically intervening with these familiar icons of the art establishment, I suffuse the inanimate with emotional power, creating a palpable complexity of form and information.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1996
B.F.A. Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1993
City College of San Francisco, 1989-1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 PENTIMENTI, Philadelphia PA, UNSOLICITED
2012 ELEANOR HARWOOD GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
2009 SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
2008 THE LAB, San Francisco, CA, Alterations
FOOTHILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Los Altos Hills, CA, Woman with a View
FINE ARTS CENTER GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Fayetteville, AR, Iraqi Casualties
2005 ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND, Portland, Oregon, Cutout
2002 RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, curtain cloud water
2000 RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Francesca Pastine: Shades
1999 JAMES HARRIS GALLERY, Seattle, Washington, Francesca Pastine: Paintings
1997 RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Feminine Inscriptions
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
HALSEY INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Charlotte, NC, Rebound: Dissections and
Excavations in Book Art, Francesca Pastine, Noriko Ambe, Brian Dettmer, Long-Bin Chen, Guy Laramee
and Doug Beube
2012
RADIATOR GALLERY, Long Island City, NY, This is How My Brain Works
FELLOWS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles, CA, Found! The Unusual Object, Curated by
Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster
RADIATOR GALLERY, Long Island City, NY, The Craft of Collage, curated by Michael Lee
KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley, CA, Kala Fellowship Award Exhibition
2011
ELEANOR HARWOOD GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, In the Dark: Three Considerations
PRO ARTS, Oakland, CA, Bay Area Currents, curated by Julio Cesar Morales
BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley, CA, Paper Quilt, curated by Lena Wolf
SCOPE NEW YORK, New York, NY
BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley, CA, Paperquilt
KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley, CA, Kala-fornia, Auction
2010
KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley, CA, Fresh Work
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, San Francisco, CA, Shadow$hop, part of an
installation by Stephanie Syjuco in the exhibition All Things Must Change
ARTWALK NY, Benefit for the Coalition for the homeless, New York, NY
MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, Guidebook
BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek, CA, Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art
CONSULADO GENEREAL DE MEXICO, San Francisco, CA, Independencia | Interdependence,
Francesca Pastine, Theodora Varney Jones and Marta Sanchez
DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, Big Bang/Small Bucks
FINE ARTS GALLERY, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Depth of Surface
THE LAB, San Francisco, CA, Annual Art Auction, live Auction
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Monoprint Marathon
2009
Y2Y GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, non*mart
DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, NEXT Fair, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Sausalito, CA, Front + Center
THE LAB, San Francisco, CA, 25th Anniversary Silent and Live Auction
2008
DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, Big Bang, Small Bucks
MERIDIAN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, The Art of Democracy
ART WALK NY, New York, NY, Auction for the Coalition for the Homeless
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Santa Fe, NM, You Know How I Feel
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Fall Auction
2007
THOREAU CENTER ART GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, The Salon Show
OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland CA, Ripples
OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, 2 x 2
TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS MUSEUM (S), San Francisco, CA, Artist Go Lightly
2006
301 BOCANA GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Gift
OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, Drawn
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Monoprint Marathon
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Annual Auction
2005
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Ornament: The Art of Desire,
curated by Cathy Kimball
OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Photoo, curated by Nina Zurier and Pamela Wilson
2004 SOFIA CITY ART GALLERY, Sofia, Bulgaria, Art in the New US Embassy
OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, Small Works Auction
SOMART, San Francisco CA, Big Deal, Benefit for Visual Aid
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Art Institute Auction
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Santa Rosa, CA, Contemporary Perspectives
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Monoprint Marathon
2003
WESTERN GALLERY, WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Bellingham, WA, Surface
Tension, Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting
BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek, CA, The Big Tree Project
2002
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Abstraction
MILLS COLLEGE ART MUSEUM, Oakland, CA, Surface Tension
2001 THOMAS McCORMICK GALLERY, Chicago, IL, Serendipity
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Showtime
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA , San Francisco Art Institute Auction
2000
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Paper Cuts
1999
BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek, CA, Beholding Beauty: Bay Area Curators Explore Modern and
Post-Modern Beauty, chosen by Connie Lewellen
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Eye Candy
1998
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Spread, Works on Paper
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, The Painting Show
DIEGO RIVERA GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Refiguring Decoration, curated by Lance Scott
1997
RICHMOND ART CENTER, Richmond, CA, Holiday Show/Silent Auction
1996
RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Sample Show
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, FORT MASON, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts
Graduate Exhibition
CAPP STREET PROJECT, San Francisco, CA, Nine Artist/65 Capp Street
MURRAY FELDMAN GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA, Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts, the Hyper-
Feminine Position in Painting
1995
VICTORIA ROOM AND PUSH! GALLERIES, San Francisco, CA, Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts,
the Hyper-Feminine Position in Painting
WALTER McBEAN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Continuing MFA Exhibition
DIEGO RIVERA GALLERY, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Three Artists
GALLERY ROUTE ONE, Point Reyes, CA, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Olga Dollar
1994
MATRIX GALLERY, Sacramento, CA, North American Works
INTERSECTION GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Object
DIEGO RIVERA GALLERY, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Three Peas and a Cod
AWARDS
2011KALA ART INSTITUTE, Fellowship Award
2010 KALA ART INSTITUTE, Kala Fellowship Honorable Mention
2009 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT
1999 SECA FINALIST, SFMOMA
1995 SPRING SHOW AWARD, San Francisco Art Institute
1992 MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, San Francisco Art Institute
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2004 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, ANNE BREMER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, San Francisco, CA,
San Francisco Artists Committee, Artifacts
2003 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Artists Committee,
Retrospection, A site-specific installation throughout the SFAI campus
2000 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Artists Committee,
Reflection, Day Without Art: 2000, a site-specific installation in the SFAI courtyard
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMITTEE WORK
2008 Artist Talk, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Foothill Community College in conjunction with solo exhibition
Senior Review Committee, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Curator, Hyper-Ordinary | The Poetics of the Familiar, Gallery Y2Y, San Francisco, CA
Curator, Belcher Street Studios Open Studio Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2006 - Present White Columns, The Curated Artists Registry, New York, NY, www.whitecolumns.org
Pierogi Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2005 Curator, Contemporary Perspective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Graduate Review Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2003 Co-juror, Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Artists Committee
Spring Show Curatorial Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2002 Co-curator, Sight Unseen, Annual 2001, Walter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000-2001 Artists Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2001 Board of Directors, Artist Committee Representative, San Francisco Art Institute
Public Programs Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
Curriculum Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2000 Juror, Woman’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
1998 Curator, Over Easy, Savoring the Feminine, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
Artist Lecture, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, in conjunction with exhibiiton
1992-1993 Art Installer, Walter McBean Gallery
1992 Founder and Editor of The Philistine, the student journal, San Francisco Art Institute
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-2012 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, San Francisco, CA, Senior Lecturer,
Extension Education Teacher
2003-2006 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Artist
2010-2011 DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, San Raphael, CA, Visiting Faculty
2006-2009 DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE, Pleasant Hill, CA, Adjunct Professor
1994-1996 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, Teaching Assistant
2004 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ART, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Artist
1995-2001 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE EXTENSION PROGRAM, San Francisco, CA
1999-2009 SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE, ADULT EDUCATION, San Francisco, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brad Nordeen, “Fanzine Does New York Art Week,” Fanzine, March 6, 2011
DeWitt Cheng, “In the Dark: Three Considerations,” Visual Art Source, March 2011
Kenneth Baker, “In the Dark: Three Considerations,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2011,
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGSS, PACIFIC COAST, December 2010, Issue #91 (Curated by Larry Rinder, Editor’s
Choice)
Christine Brenneman, “Working Artist: Pastine Focuses on Physicality of Objects, Marin Independent Journal, January
10, 2009
Matt Sussman, “Front+Center,” Flavor Pill, http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2009/1/18/front-center
Kenneth Baker, “Pastine Makes ArtForum Readable,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2008
Hiya Swanhuyser, “Ripping it Up,” San Francisco Weekley, May 28, 2008
David Buuck, “Ornamentation at the SJCA” Artweek, March 2006, Issue 2, Vol. 37
Jack Fisher, “It’s the Flourish That Matters,” The Mercury News, January 6, 2006
Kenneth Baker, “Sometimes We Wish,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2005
Debra Koppman, “The Big Tree Project,” Artweek, July/August 2003, Vol 34, Issue 6
Amy Berk, “Abstraction and New Work,” Stretcher, www.stretcher.org, Spring 2003
Laura Richard Janku, “Abstraction,” Artweek, February 2003
Sandy Thompson, “Surface Tension: Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting at Mills College,” Artweek,
April 2002, (photo reproduction)
Monique Beeler, “Pattern Painting Gains Respect,” The Oakland Tribune, February 22, 2002
Michelle Grabner, “Serendipity,” New Art Examiner, Vol. 29, No. 2, November/December 2001
“Francesca Pastine: curtain cloud water, S.F. Gate,” Stretch, Stretcher, www.stretcher.org/, Issue 1.5, Fall 2001
December 7-12, 2001
Eric Fredericksen, “Domestic Minimalism, Kustom Kitchen Kulture, Francesca Pastine,” The Stranger, Vol. 9, No. 5,
October 21-27, 1999
Jennifer Asche, “Beauty Takes many Shapes,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 1999
Mark Van Proyen, “Beholding Beauty,” Artweek, April 1999
Kay Marie Jacobson, “Butterflies are Beautiful,” S.F. Gate, February 1999
Anita Amirrezvani, “Beauty in the Eye,” The Contra Costa Times, February 1999
Kate Rothrock, “In the Eye of the Beholder,” Diablo Arts, January-March, 1999
Kimberly Bolander, “Savor the Feminine and Celebrate Women,” The Orion, October 14, 1998
Rena Jana, “Spread”, Flash Arts, Vol. XXXI, October 1998
Harry Roche, “Henry Turmon and Francesca Pastine,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 18-24, 1997
strappy sandals and skinny belts, (photo reproduction), Harry Roche, The San Francisco Bay Guardian