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Résumé Maria Porges is an artist and writer whose work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions since the late eighties. Porges is an Associate Professor at California College of the Arts. Education 1979 MFA, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 1975 BA, Yale University, New Haven CT Also attended Grinnell College and the San Francisco Art Institute Solo Exhibitions Miraculous Vessels, David Beitzel Gallery, New York NY, 2000. Acts of Deception, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 2000. Art + Magic, James Harris Gallery, Seattle WA, 2000. Hand Signals, Gallery A, Chicago, IL (catalogue), 1999. (S) light of hand, Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe NM, 1999. Lost Language, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans LA, 1998. History Lessons, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1997 Anodyne, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans LA, 1996 Twenty Questions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1995 Angelography, Sheppard Art Gallery, University of Nevada at Reno, NV, 1994 Fugitive Time, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1993 SECA Award Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA (catalogue) Meridian, 1992 Terrain Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1992 Under the Skin of Circumstance, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco CA, 1991 Read \ See: The Book of Knowledge, Installation at San Francisco Camerawork, 1990 Harboring Illusions in the Sea of Information, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1989 Selected Group Exhibitions Summer Group Show,î David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, July 20 ’ August 31, 2000. What is Art For?, Oakland Museum (Museum of California), Oakland, CA (catalogue), 1999 Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection, 1999 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA (catalogue), 1999 Recent Acquisitions, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale AZ, 1999 Considering Still Life, Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA, 1999 Museum Pieces: Artists Look at the DeYoung, M.H.DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (catalogue), 1999 Four California Conceptualists, B & D Studio Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, 1998 Art Around the Bay: Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1998 Wild Things, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1998 Legible Forms: Contemporary Sculptural Books, 1998 Hand Workshop, Richmond VA:; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL, 1998 House of Wax, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH, 1998 Posters, DBL00 Gallery, Albuquerque NM, 1998 Image/ Text, Gallery A, Chicago IL, 1997 John Berggruen at Andrea Friesen, Andrea Friesen, Gallery, Sun Valley ID, 1997 Office Art, University Art Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, 1997 Spring Fever, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1997 Matters of the Heart, Haines Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1996 Objects Transcended, Allegheny College, Meadville PA, 1996 Figuratively Speaking,John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1996 Glass: Linking Art and Science, MIT Museum, Cambridge MA, 1996 Sex Sells, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1995 25 th Anniversary Show, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1995 The Art of Light and Glass, Bedford Gallery/Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek CA, 1995 Points of Interest, Points of Departure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA , 1994 Transtextualization, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 1994 Espiritu + Geistigkeit, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos CA, 1994 SoEXX: Southern Exposure's 20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1994 Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1994 Art About Books, Pratt Institute Galleries, NY/Brooklyn, NY, 1993 Beyond the Written Word, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA, 1993 The Art of Text,Comus Gallery, Portland OR, 1993 Material Departures, One Illinois Center, Chicago IL, 1993 The Object is Bound, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1992 Homefront, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA, 1992 Paint\ Print , Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco,CA 1992 Undercover \Out of Bounds, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ, 1992 Sacred Art, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas CA, 1992 A Fragile Line: Artists Who Use Glass, Pro Arts, Oakland CA, 1992 Harlequin, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1992 The Library of Babel: Books to Infinity White Columns, New York, NY; Hallwalls , Buffalo NY (catalogue), 1991 Books as Art, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FL (catalogue), 1991 Erotic Drawings, San Francisco Artspace, San Francisco CA, 1991 Buying the Magazine for the Ads, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1991 AMDG, Installation at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA, 1991 Phenom \ Phenotype: A Group Theory, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1991 Summer Salon, Upaya Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1991 Con\Text, Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1990 The Writing on the Wall, DICE Gallery, Reno NV and DTO Gallery, Oakland CA (with Jamie Brunson), 1990 The 1st Internatonal Festival of Contemporary Art , Soviet-American exchange show: Moscow, Russia, 1990 The Book as Metaphor, Folk Art and Craft Museum & California Craft Museum, San Francisco CA, 1990 What's Wrong With This Picture? , San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue), 1989 Tools; Instruments; Implements; Utensils Airport Commission Gallery , San Francisco, CA, 1989 Artists and Books, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV, 1989 TranSan Franciscoiguring the Mundane, New Langton Arts, San Francisco CA, 1988 Airport Cafe: Food Images by Contemporary Artists, Airport Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1986 Chairs: Historic Objects, Architectural Design and Sculpture, Airport Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) 1986 Beyond Words, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA, 1983 Three Figurative Artists, Artworks Gallery, Sacramento CA, 1983 Pret A Porter, Midway Gallery, Chicago IL, 1980 Awards and Commissions Artist in Residence, Headland Center for the Arts, Fort Barry CA, 1994 Art in Transit (public art kiosk poster design commission for Market Street, San Francisco), 1993 Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, 1993 SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992 California Arts Council Individual Artist's Grant, 1990 Recipient of Critic's Grant as part of "City Sites" at CCAC, Oakland, CA, 1989 John McCarron Criticism Grant, from San Francisco Artspace, San Francisco, CA, 1988 Bibliography ¿Messages in her Bottles: Maria Porges" wax work speaks to faith in art, magic and science,î Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Examiner, April 5, 2000. "Critics Choice: Art, Edward Ruscha, Maria Porges" Glen Holfand, San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 29, 2000. "Witty ways with words, materials," David Bonetti, Gallery Watch, San Francisco Examiner, Friday, March 24, 2000. "Maria Porges at Allene Lapides," Sarah S. King, Art in America, March, 2000. pp.137-138. "Maria Porges stays true to unique vision," Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1999 sec.5, p.2 "Maria Porges at John Berggruen Gallery," Mary Hull Webster, Artweek, February, 1998 p. 18 "Art 1997 Chicago," Ruth Resnicow, Sculpture Magazine, October, 1997 p.68 "Openings," George Melrod, Art & Antiques, October, 1996 p. 30 Review, Betty Klausner, Art in America, March "Bound for Glory," Ruth Askey, Visions Art Quarterly, Summer, 1994 "Maria Porges at Terrain," Alfred Jan, Visions Art Quarterly, Spring, 1994 "Through a Glass Brightly," David Bonetti,San Francisco Examiner, April 1, 1994D-19, 1994 "San Francisco FAX:Maria Porges at Terrain," Jamie Brunson, Art Issues 31, p.31, 1994 "Books as Objects" (exhibition catalogue), Comus Gallery, Portland OR, 1993 "Strong showings by three Californians," David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner 12/3, p. C-18,lk, 1993. "A spine madness: reinventing the book as art,"Ann Sherman, Metro, Dec..9-15, p.44,1993 "Time flies, and only an angel can keep up," interview in Jejune, pp.1-4, 1993 "Strategies: SECA ," Barrett Watten, Artweek 11/4,p.24, 1992 "On View: San Francisco," Debora Donato, New Art Examiner, Sept. 1992, pp.24-26,1992 SECA Art Award 1992", catalogue, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992 "Conceptual Art By The Book," David Bonetti, San Francicso Examiner 4/24, D2, 1992 "Down Home," Charlotte Moser, Artweek 4/24, 1992 "From Cover To Cover," Barbara Fisher, Artweek 5/7, p.26 1992 "How Culture Defeats Nature," Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle 6/4 1992 "Mining the Environment for Local Riches," Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle 9/27 1992 "Remembering and Forgetting," J. Rapko, Artweek 6/6, p.28, 1991 "Consensual Erotica," Barrett Watten, Artweek 10/10, p.13, 1991 "The Library of Babel," catalogue (Hallwalls/White Columns) , 1991 "Books as Art," catalogue, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 1991 "Fugitive Landings: Installations in San Francisco," Jeff Kelley, Visions, Winter , p. 28, 1991 "The Writing on the Wall: Women and Language at CCAC," B.Watten, Artweek 7/5, pp.12-13, 1990 "The Writing on the Wall: Exhibition Review," Buzz Spector, Shift #11, 1990 "Conversation: Maria Porges\Buzz Spector," Visions, Fall 1990, pp. 14-18, 1990 "Finding a Message in Found Objects," Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle 1/7, C-.7, 1989 "The Ordinary TranSan Franciscoormed," Glen Helfand, Artweek 1/7, p.7, 1989 New Langton Arts Catalogue of Programs, pp. 41-43, 1989 "What's Wrong With This Picture? Artists Respond to Censorship," publication in conjunction with Arts Commission Gallery exhibition, p.1, 1989 "1988 in Review: Alternative Spaces," Art in America, August, p.60, 1989 Publications 1986 to the present:Reviews, feature articles and columns about art, artists and art culture in numerous regional and national art magazines, including Artforum, Art in America, Contemporanea, Sculpture, Art Issues, Artweek, Artspace, Art Today, Shift, Visions, Glass, the New York Times Book Review, American Craft, American Ceramics and others. Numerous exhibition catalogues for galleries and museums. Audiotour scripts for over 35 major museum exhibitions. Professional Activities/Teaching Visiting Faculty, graduate program, Stanford University, Stanford CA, 1999 Visiting Faculty, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1999 Faculty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, 1999 Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1998 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 1997 Faculty, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village CO, 1997 Faculty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, 1997 Juror, Marin Arts Council Sculpture Grants, 1996 Juror, student art awards/fellowships, California College od Arts and Crafts, 1996 Visiting Faculty, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1996 Curator, "The New Traditionalists," at the Museum of Art, University of Oregon/Eugene OR, 1996 Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1996 Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit MI, 1996 Faculty, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village CO, 1995 Faculty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, 1995 Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Fort Barry CA, 1994 Curator, "Wunderkammer," at Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1994 Visiting Artist, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 1994 Visiting Artist, University of Nevada, Reno NV, 1994 Visiting Artist, University of California at Berkeley, CA , 1994 Visiting Faculty, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA (spring), 1994 Visiting Faculty, spring/summer, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA, 1994 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, 1993 Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit MI, 1993 Panelist, "Ideas and Material," Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn MI, 1993 Panelist, "Carried by the Current: Narrative Imagery," Susan Cummins Gallery, 1993 Juror, Student Art Awards/Fellowships, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1993 Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute (spring semester), 1992 Lecturer, contemporary art history, JFK University, Orinda CA (winter quarter), 1992 Juror, San Francisco Artspace 1992 Writing Grants, 1992 Juror, New Mexico Invitational, Albuquerque Artist's Ass'n, 1992 Criticism seminar/lecture at San Francisco Art Institute, summer conference, 1991 Curator, "Image/Object/Place," Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland CA, 1991 Member, Curatorial Board, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco CA, Instructor, summer school, Ceramic College at Alfred University, New York: seminar on critical language Panelist, "The Critic as Artist," Hayward State University, CA, 1989 Moderator for "Containment" panel, DICE Gallery, Reno NV, 1989 Curator, 'The New Narratology: Examining the Narrative in Image-Text Art," at San Francisco Artspace Annex; traveled to the Museum For The County of Santa Cruz, CA; the Center for the Fine Arts, Miami FL; University of Texas at Arlington, TX. Lectures and panels at all venues, 1989 Member of Artist's Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, 1988-90 Member, Advisory Board, Whitewalls Magazine , 1987-90 Poetry and prose published in various small press publications, 1984-87 Teaching Assistant for Theory of Art, Printmaking, University of Chicago, 1978-9 Ceramics apprenticeship, Daigo, Japan, 1975-6 Selected Lectures/ Readings/ Performances California College of Arts And Crafts, Oakland CA, 1999 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1998 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Society for the Encouragement of Art), San Francisco CA , 1998 University of Illinois at Champaign, Il, 1997 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit MI, 1996 University of Chicago, Chicago IL Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass CO, 1995 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park CA, 1994 Headlands Center for the Arts, Fort Barry CA; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA;, 1994 University of Nevada at Reno, Reno NV; University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA,1994 San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA; Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA, 1994 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit MI, 1993 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1993 Studio Inferno, New Orleans LA, 1993 Art Center, Pasadena CA, 1992 University of California at Davis, Davis CA, 1992 San Francisco Art Institute (graduate program)\ San Francisco, CA, 1992 Northern CA Women's Caucus for the Arts, 1992 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1992 California State University/Los Angeles, CA, 1991 SAN FRANCISCO Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, 1990 San Jose State University, San Jose CA, 1990 "Family Stories," performance/reading at Intersection for the Arts, SAN FRANCISCO, 1990 Art Academy, San Francisco CA, 1988 Performance/Reading in "Visual Voices: A Spoken Word Event", 1988 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1988 Reading, Falkirk Center, San Rafael CA, 1987 Reading, Cody's Books, Berkeley CA, 1986 "Renga," Performance-in-Progress, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA, 1983 "Go," performance collaboration with D.Slater, New Performance Gallery, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 1980 "Masks for Tools," performance, Midway Gallery, Chicago IL, 1979
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