Laura Boles Faw
1777 Yosemite Avenue, Studio 320, San Francisco, CA 94124
www.laurabolesfaw.com
laura@laurabolesfaw.com
415-566-6916
EDUCATION
2010
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA
1997
The University of the South, Sewanee, BA (Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Art History)
1996
British Studies at Oxford, Oxford, England
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Resonant Forms, Mystic Hotel, San Francisco, CA. Forthcoming August 2015.*
Mount Farallon, Scrawl Center for Drawing, San Francisco, CA.*
2013
We are the field, Scrawl Center for Drawing, San Francisco, CA.*
2012
Far Along, Part 1, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.*
2011
About the Thing and the Thing Itself, Pop Up Art House, Las Vegas, NV.*
2010
Propped Up: A Tale of No (Non)Sense, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
A Love Story, THE ONE, www.paperwasterpress.com/THE_ONE
2008
Perceptions, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
The Pleasure Principle, Heavy Breathing #3 with Bonanza and DJ8ulentina, Real Time and
Space, Oakland, CA.
2014
Everybody’s Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA.*
Kala Annual Artists Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
On View, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
Wabi Sabi, Alterspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by MicroClimate Collective.
2013
Concentrate, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Hesse McGraw.*
Found: White Paper, Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito, CA.
Collaboration: Dress for this, published by Bonanza and n/a Gallery.*
Some Fine Women, VAST Space Projects, Las Vegas, NV.
2012
Shifting Margins, Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA. Curated by OFF Space.*
Source/Re:Source, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Salon Show, Pop Up Art House, Las Vegas, NV.
2011
Strength in Numbers, SCOPE Miami, Miami, FL.*
2010
I-Object, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland, CA, curated by Clark Buckner.
Vernissage, SFAI MFA Thesis Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
Performology and Actionalization, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
ap-art-ment: The Domestic-Garde, San Franisco, CA.*
An Impromptu Salon, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2009
Between the Sheets, Adobe Books Parlor, San Francisco, CA.
Day of the Thread, Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, Berkeley, CA, curated by Patricia Augsberger.
Inside/Out, Adobe Books Parlor, San Francisco, CA, curated by Mimi Moncier.
A Matter of Course, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.*
Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Locality, Mission Arts Center, San Francisco, CA.
To Here Knows When, Untitled Gallery, Sausalito, CA, curated by Kara Q. Smith.
Collide, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Geography of Conflict, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Transformations, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA.
Shelters: Part I and II, Cohen Alley and Luggage Store Annex, San Francisco, CA, curated by
Mildred Howard.
2007
I.O.U., Mission 17, San Francisco, CA, curated by Clark Buckner, Jeannene
Pryzblyski, Elaine Santos, and Meg Shiffler.
Generation Complacent, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Another Country, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, curated by Allan deSouza, Paul Klein,
Tammy Ko Robinson, Laura Swanson, and Benjamin Miller-Rios.
Terra Cognita, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Artists in Residence, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
SFAI Now, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA.
Museum Intervention, The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA.
Get Out of Jail Free, Visual Aid (LGBT Center), San Francisco, CA.
2006
Big Deal 13, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA.
Finding the Spot, G Spot Studios, San Francisco, CA.
The 100 Show, ARTsf, San Francisco, CA.
Spring Show, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Artist Books, Arion Press, San Francisco, CA.
The Postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cultural Arts Center of Douglasville, Douglasville, GA.
Juried by Marianne Lambert.
Mona Lisa Postcard Project, Works, San Jose, CA.
2004
(Un)Silent Night, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Pin-Up Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA.
Live Art, Space 301, Mobile, AL, curated by Wanda Sullivan.
2003
Small Sketches, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, curated by Marianne Lambert.
2002
Pin-Up Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA.
2001
Holiday Show, Studio B and Fishbone Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
National Juried Art Exhibition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA.
2000
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, The School of Art and Design Galleries, Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA, juried by Lisa Tuttle and Barbara Schreiber.
1999
Triple Play, The School of Art and Design Galleries, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Dismantling Signs, The School of Art and Design Galleries, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA.
CURATORIAL AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2009-Present
Collaboration with Cathy Fairbanks (all exhibitions above marked with a *)
2011
Over My Dead Body. Co-curated with Hava Liberman, Root Division, San Francisco, CA.
2009
A Matter of Course. Co-curated with Cathy Fairbanks, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Titanic Piano. Co-curated with Nancy de Y. Elkus, MoPA.
2010
The Pistils, Adobe Books Parlor, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED WRITING/PUBLICATIONS
2014
Catalogue essay for Summer Lee: Into the Nearness of Distance, Chinese Culture Center, San
Francisco. http://www.c-c-c.org/summer-lee-coming-this-july/
2013
Review of H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S. at Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito.
http://studio110projects.com/happiness
Some Type of Way, Published by Bonanza and n/a gallery.
2011
Collaboration as Social Praxis, Over My Dead Body, Root Division, San Francisco:
http://o-m-d-b.blogspot.com/2011/08/collaboration-as-social-praxis.html
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
“Sensuous Now,” Las Vegas Weekly, November.
“Year in Review,” Las Vegas Weekly, December.
2010
“The Domestic Garde: ap-art-ment,” Talking Cure Quarterly, Summer.
2009
“Titanic Piano,” MoPA, November.
“I.O.U,” Mission 17 Publications, February.
“Mission 17: 2004-2009” Mission 17 Publications, July.
2008
“Another Country,” catalogue.
“Shelters: Part I and II,” Lulu Press, June.
2007
Artweek. “Spring Open Studios Preview,” April.
2006
Charles Mackay, “The Tulipomania.” The Arion Press.
1999
The GSU Review. Georgia State University.
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURE
2013
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Conceptual Cartography in Print, San Francisco Art Institute.
Panel Member, SFAI Concentrate, San Francisco Art Institute
Lecturer, Collaboration and Collage, San Francisco Art Institute.
Visiting Artist, Structural Drawing/Design Visualization, San Francisco Art Institute.
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Conceptual Cartography. California College of the Arts Graduate
Design Program.
Panel Member, Art Worlds: History, Theory and Practice. San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate
Program.
2012
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
2010
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute, Contemporary Practice.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014
Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Oakland
2013
LOOP Arts Residency Recipient, Oakland*
2012
SFMoMA SECA Art Award Nominee, San Francisco
2011
2011-2012 Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco.
Finalist for Commons Curatorial Residency, SOMArts, San Francisco.*
2010
Sculpture Fellowship. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco.
2010
Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute.
1997
Art Department Award. The University of the South, Sewanee, TN.
Honors in Art History. The University of the South, Sewanee, TN.
CURRENT TEACHING
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture Department and Contemporary Practices, San Francisco Art Institute
(January 2012- Present)