curriculum vitae
ELIZABETH ADDISON
elizabethaddison.com
EDUCATION
MFA, John F. Kennedy University
BA, Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
NCWCA Mentor Mentee Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
Composing the Future, A NCWCA Members Exhibition, Bankhead Theater, Livermore CA
One Nest: Earthworks, Duo Exhibition featuring the works of Elizabeth Addison & Vicki Gunter, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Re-imagining our Footprint, invitational exhibition, Abrams Claghorn, Albany CA
Kala Artists Annual, Kala Gallery, Berkeley CA
2020
Paper Dreams, A Curated Group Exhibition, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss, international juried intervention, Codex Foundation, online.
San Francisco Open Studios, Gray Event, San Francisco CA
Kala Artists Annual, Kala Gallery, Berkeley CA
Reflections, national juried exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
SNAP! 2020 Arc Gallery, juried exhibition, San Francisco CA
Members Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA
2019
Ruby-40 Years of SOMArts, invitational, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Small Works: Anniversary Show, invitational, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Worth A Thousand Words, juried exhibition, Livermore Center for the Arts, Livermore CA
Portal Installation, Day of the Dead, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
David Brower Center, Consistency of Nature’s Forms, administrative offices loan, Berkeley CA
Earth Island Institute, Consistency of Nature’s Forms-Red Leaf, administrative offices loan, Berkeley CA
Go Figure, juried exhibition, Livermore Center for the Arts, Livermore CA
SNAP! 2020 Arc Gallery, juried exhibition, San Francisco CA
Kala Holiday Pop-up, Kala Gallery, Berkeley CA
Solo Exhibition: The Daily Practice, Nubo Spa, Berkeley CA
2018
Kala Holiday Pop-up, Kala Gallery, Berkeley CA
Fine Art Showcase: Concert and Fundraiser, Rossmoor Art Association, Rossmoor CA
San Francisco Open Studios, SunnyCo Studio, San Francisco CA
El Padrino and A Remarkable Woman Installation, Day of the Dead, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Bay Area Women Artists, Juried by Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray, O’Hanlon Center, Mill Valley CA
Ka-POW! Heroic Women, juried exhibition, Pacific Pinball Museum, Alameda CA
SNAP! 2018, juried exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2017
Gaia and Daughters Installation, Day of the Dead, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
RED, juried exhibition, O’Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Valley CA
SNAP! 2017, juried exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
Printmaking at O’Hanlon, juried exhibition, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA
Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Order & Chaos, national juried exhibition, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University KY
25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Parkside Art Galleries, University of Wisconsin WI
2016
Kala Artists’ Annual, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley CA
Solo Exhibition: They Come From Outer Space, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Angels Among Us: A Zoetrope Installation, Day of the Dead, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Crossing to Safety: No Dreams Deferred, curated in collaboration with Pamela Blotner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
NCWCA Juried Exhibition, Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville CA
Climate Change, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael CA
2015
Art Contemporary Marin Group Show & Fundraiser, invitational, Pt. Reyes CA
Pictures in a Revolution: A Zoetrope-An Installation, in collaboration with Pamela Blotner, Day of the Dead, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Terra Infirma, Juror: Chandra Cerrito, juried exhibition, GearBox Gallery, Oakland CA
Connections 2, Art Contemporary Marin, invitational, Bay Visitor Center, Sausalito CA
12: NCWCA Group Exhibition, Warehouse 416, Oakland CA
Opening Preview Exhibition, invitational, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Interfaith Art Biennial, juried exhibition, Northern California Islamic Cultural Center, Oakland CA
The Red Barn Gallery, invitational, Point Reyes National Seashore CA
Kalassal & Kala Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA
2014
Between Heaven and Hell-An Installation, Day of the Dead Installation in collaboration with Pamela Blotner, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
MUSE: The Art of Transformation and Healing, juried exhibition, Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas CA
Disconnect, Transmission Gallery, juried exhibition, Oakland CA
Kala Artists' Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA
2013
Big & Small, O’Hanlon Center for the Art, Mill Valley CA
Tonglen Gift: Roots of Memory Installation, Day of the Dead Installation in collaboration with Pamela Blotner, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Stories We Tell, WCA National Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, New York NY
Solo Exhibition: The Crater Project-Your Presence Makes My Heart Grow Stronger, EarthRise Center at IONS, Petaluma CA (SOLO)
Art & Wine, Bangor Ranch Vineyard & Winery, Bangor CA
Arts & Consciousness Graduate Exhibition, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Solo Exhibition: The Crater Project, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Storied Lives: The Art of Narrative, ArtLife Gallery, Sebastopol CA
2012
Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future, Día de los Muertos 2012, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Arts & Consciousness Group Show, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Beyond Landscape, WEAD, The Marin Group Show Foundation, Novato CA
Pilgrimage, Works in Progress Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
2011
Illuminations, Día de los Muertos 2011, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Executive Offices, JFKU, Pleasant Hill CA
Arts & Consciousness Group Show, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Impacts, Works in Progress Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Topography of Intimacy, The California Endowment, Oakland CA
2010
Honoring Revolution with Visions of Healing, Día de los Muertos 2010, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Re-Bodiment, Installation-Ritual-Performance, Private Residence, Berkeley CA
Compass Rose, Installation Ritual, JFKU, Berkeley CA (SOLO)
The Giving, Installation-Performance, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Arts & Consciousness Group Show, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Works on Paper, Works in Progress Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley CA
2009
Altars for the Spirits/Offerings for the Living, Día de los Muertos 2009, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Blue Boat, Installation, JFKU, Berkeley CA
Couples, Café Aurora, Novato CA (SOLO)
PAINTS Annual Birdhouse Auction, Piedmont CA
Intimacies, Café Arriverderci, San Rafael CA (SOLO)
New Works, Private Showing Art Tour, Studio 1509, Berkeley CA
The Jewish Museum, Sacramento CA
2008
In the Time of Change, Día de los Muertos 2008, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Gratitude Altars, Oakopolis, Oakland CA
Fall Features Five, Mad River Studios, San Francisco CA
Addison Street Windows, Studio 1509 Artists, Berkeley CA
PAINTS Annual Birdhouse Auction, Piedmont CA
2007
Gratitude Altars, Oakopolis, Oakland CA
Offerings, Día de los Muertos 2007, SOMArts, San Francisco CA
Now Printing, Galleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Composing the Future, A NCWCA Member Exhibition, catalog: Elizabeth Addison, Anne Giancola, Marianne McGrath 2021
Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project, fine art catalog; Elizabeth Addison, Carol Benioff, Teri Cohn, Jan Wurm 2020
The Ground Upon Which We Stand-NCWCA Regional Juried Exhibition, catalog: Elizabeth Addison 2020
Reflections, National Juried Exhibition, Arc Studios, catalog: Stephen Wagner, Karen Gutfriend, Tamiko Sidore 2020
Things that Matter, Coalition of Artists with Purpose, catalog; Sandra Poteet, Lin Schiffrin
Between Loss and Renewal: 1000 Words–Elizabeth Addison, article; Maureen Nandini Mitra, Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2018
Ka-Pow! Heroic Women at the Pacific Pinball Museum, catalog; d’Arci Bruno, Melissa Harmon, Leisel Whitlock, Priscilla Otani 2018
25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition-University of Wisconsin Parkside, catalog; Enzo Daniel, Amanda Brown, David Jones, Glen Larson 2017
Art Tag=Inspire, NCWCA Regional Exhibition, catalog: Priscilla Otani, Mary Shisler 2016
A Brief History of Printmaking, Rossmoor News 2015
MUSE: The Art of Transformation and Healing, book; Art 4 All People - Ceylan Huyla M.A. & Lisa Rasmussen M.F.A. 2014
Disconnect: NCWCA Member’s Juried Exhibition, catalog; Ruth Santee, Kelly Hammargren, Miwako Nishizawa 2014
Stories We Tell, book and catalog; Jessica Porter & Karen Gutfreund 2013
An Angel is my Watermark; The California Printmaking Journal, 2004
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The San Francisco Federal Reserve
The California Endowment
Kala Art Institute
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Information available upon request.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Composing the Future, A NCWCA Member Exhibition, The Bankhead Theater, Livermore CA 2021
The Ground Upon Which We Stand, a NCWCA regional juried exhibition, Abrams Claghorn Gallery 2020
Printmaking at Rossmoor, Gateway Center, Rossmoor Art Association, Walnut Creek, 2017
Crossing to Safety, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, Spring 2016
John F. Kennedy University, Guest Curator, Graduate Exhibition 2014
Bangor Ranch Vineyard & Winery, Bangor CA, 2014
The Human Rights Center, Envisioning Human Rights, assisting Pamela Blotner 2014
The Crater Project, Earthrise Center, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma 2013
The Crater Project, John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Berkeley, 2013
An Angel is my Watermark, Giorgi Gallery, 2004
RESIDENCIES
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 2019
Yangon, Myanmar, Artists Beyond Boundaries 2017
Fribourg Switzerland, May 2015
Kala Art Institute, 2014 - present
TALKS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Composing the Future, series of three artist talks, The Bankhead Theater, Livermore CA 2021
Re-imagining our Footprint, Artist Panel, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA 2021
Paper Dreams, Artist Panel, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA 2020
Unleashing the Power, Interview with Marguerite Elliot, Ohanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA 2020
Seeds of Hope, The Brower Center, Berkeley CA 2020
Bay Area Women Artists, Artist Panel, Ohanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA 2018
Art as a Group Sport-Collaborative Art, Artists Beyond Boundaries, Yangon, Myanmar, 2017
Actionable Art, Creator and Panel Moderator, NCWCA Djerassi Day, Djerassi Residency, Woodside CA 2016
Contemporary Collaborative Art Practice, Pansodan Scene, Yangon Myanmar, 2017
Artist meets Artist: Two Worlds Collide, Artist Talk and Discussion with Pamela Blotner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, October 2016
Art in The Trenches, moderator, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, March 2016
The Nexus of Art & Science: Creating Within its Threshold, The Pacific Felt Factory, San Francisco, January 2016
Singular Impressions: Working with your Dreams, Rossmoor Art Center, October 2014
Pilgrimage as Metaphor and The Crater Project, St. Mary's College, Moraga CA 2014
The Art of the Pilgrimage, Cafe Arrivederci, San Rafael CA, 2013
The Crater Project: Your Presence Makes My Heart Grow Stronger, EarthRise Center at IONS, Petaluma CA, 2013
The Crater Project, JFKU, Berkeley CA (SOLO), 2013
Storied Lives, ArtLife Gallery, Sebastopol CA, 2013
Salon-Gifts for Our Imagination, Café Arrivederci, San Rafael CA, 2009
New Works, Private Showing and Art Tour with Janet Lipkin, Berkeley CA, 2009
MEMBERSHIPS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Professional Development Chair NCWCA (Northern California Women's Caucus for Art), current
WEAD (Women's Environmental Artist Directory), current
BAWALP, Bay Area Women’s Artists Legacy Project, www.bawalp.org
BOARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
Exhibitions Chair, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art 2019-present
Professional Development Chair, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art 2016-2019
WEAD (Women Eco-Artists Dialog)
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Rossmoor Art Association
AWARDS
Finalist, Members Showcase, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA, 2003
1st Place, Emerging California Artist, ProArts Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakland CA, 2002-3
TEACHING
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art Mentorship Program, 2021
Abrams Claghorn Gallery Emerging Artists Mentorship Program, 2018 - present
Printmaking and Dimensional Collage Workshops, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, ongoing
Printmaking Class and Workshops, Rossmoor Art Center, ongoing
Contemporary Printmaking Workshop, Pansodan Scene, Yangon Myanmar, 2017
Printing with Organic Materials – Workshop, Djerassi Residency Campus, Woodside CA, 2016
Women & War, Guest Artist – Print Practicum, St. Mary’s College, Moraga CA, 2016
Visionary Images: Printmaking From Your Dreams, St. Mary's College, Moraga CA, 2015
Natural Visions: A Printmaking Class, Rossmoor Art Center, 2015
Guest Artist, Berkeley City College, Berkeley CA 2014, 2015
Printmaking Without a Press, Rossmoor Art Center, October, 2014
Guest Professor, St. Mary's College, Moraga CA, 2014
Printmaking Intensives and Workshops, throughout the Bay Area, 1999-present
Tehiyah Day School, Digital and Visual Arts Teacher, Tech Coordinator, El Cerrito CA, 2001-2010
Co-director/Instructor, Pleiades’ Palette Art Camp for Girls, El Cerrito CA, 2001-2007
Coordinator/Instructor, Berkeley Arts Magnet After-school Enrichment Program, 1996-2004
PROFESSIONAL
Visual Branding & Communications, The Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley CA 2014
Special Projects & Archive Development, Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness CA, 2010-2012
Web Design, Marketing, Communications, Tehiyah Day School, 2001-2010
Advertising: Creative Direction, Design & Communications, 1978 – present; San Francisco Bay Area CA, Chicago IL, New York NY (details available upon request.)