BIO, CV, & two-page resume
Megan Wilson is a visual artist, writer, and activist based out of San Francisco.
Megan Wilson, Flower Interruption, installation at the Asian Art Museum, 2017
Megan Wilson is a visual artist, writer, curator, and community organizer based in San Francisco. She creates large-scale installations and public projects, incorporating a broad range methodologies and aesthetics to address conceptual interests that include home, social justice, impermanence, and generosity. Wilson has worked with Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) as a social practice since 2001, and has served as co-director 2001-2005 and 2010 - present. In 2022 she and co-director Christopher Statton will be joined by artists Marina Perez-Wong and Elaine Chu as co-directors, using a collective leadership model. She has curated and co-directed two international exchange and residency projects between artists from the San Francisco Bay Area and Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Sama-Sama/Together (2003) with accompanying book, and Bangkit/Arise (2018 – present) with a book to be published in 2022. Wilson’s work has been exhibited in venues including the Asian Art Museum, Oakland Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Green Papaya (Manila Philippines), LIP (Jogjakarta Indonesia), and Lazarides Gallery (London UK). She’s created public projects in the Bay Area, Tokyo, Japan, Bali/Yogyakarta/ Sewon Indonesia, Jaipur, India, and Manila Philippines.
Wilson is currently co-curating with Kim Shuck the project Manifest Differently, which uses a humanities framework of sociology, storytelling, visual, literary, and media arts to explore the history of Manifest Destiny, its impact on multi-cultural and multi-ethnic communities in the United States and abroad, its legacies of inherited and perpetuated violence, trauma, and addiction, and the outgrowth of inherited and perpetuated resistance, resilience, and movements for change. The project is being led by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) and co-presented with Artists Television Access (ATA) and Minnesota Street Project, and will be publicly presented in 2023.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
San Francisco Art Institute: Master of Fine Arts, New Genres (1997)
University of Oregon: Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts – Printmaking, (1992)
CURRENT PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-Director, Board President, Curator, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA
Non-Profit Development, Planning, and Marketing Consultant
ON-GOING SOCIAL PRACTICE
Founder, Co-Director, Better Homes & Gardens Today, 2014-Present: project with Christopher Statton to benefit The Gubbio Project, Coalition On Homelessness, and At The Crossroads. www.BetterHomesAndGardensToday.org
Co-Director, Clarion Alley Mural Project 2010-present: project with Christopher Statton to support and produce socially-engaged and aesthetically innovative public art, locally and globally, as a grassroots community-directed organization based in San Francisco’s Mission District. CAMP is a diverse and inclusive community, a public space, and an organizing force that uses murals and street art as a means for supporting social justice messaging. www.ClarionAlleyMuralProject.org
PUBLIC ART / PROJECTS / PERFORMANCES
2021
Bangkit/Arise: Solidaritas! San Francisco: Co-directing International exchange & residency project between Yogyakarta, Indonesia & San Francisco, CA with Christopher Statton, and Nano Warsono, in collaboration with Allison Wyckoff, Associate Director, Public + Community Programs, Asian Art Museum.
Phase two of Bangkit/Arise San Francisco will follow a similar format as phase one (2018) as we continue to work with the Asian Art Museum and our community partners. The artwork(s) to be created will include: 1) A series of posters screen-printed live every week at the Asian Art Museum’s Village Artists Corner (VAC) in the Civic Center over the course of 8 weeks and given away free to the public; 2) A limited edition portfolio of all the posters created throughout the project; 3) A series of multimedia performances; and 4) A 250-page, full-color bilingual book documenting the project and including essays by participants and cultural critics from both countries.
2020
Bangkit/Arise: Solidaritas! Yogyakarta: Co-directing International exchange & residency project between Yogyakarta, Indonesia & San Francisco, CA with Christopher Statton, and Nano Warsono.
Phase two of Bangkit/Arise Yogyakarta will follow a similar format as phase one (2018) as we continue to work with the village of Panggungharjo. Bangkit/Arise is designed to foster discussions, understanding, and action on critical social/political issues facing our global and local communities today using art as a point of departure. Subjects being addressed include:
Community development and the role of art in supporting Civic Design through:
Creating a culture of creativity;
Placemaking;
Community building and networking;
The engagement of residents and visitors/tourists; and
Economic growth and livelihood – the creative economy;
2. The role of the public commons;
3. Environmentalism and the critical need for a call to action;
4. Current geopolitical divisions, xenophobia and how we envision a world rooted in social justice, equity, and collaboration;
5. The need for radical inclusion and understanding differences and similarities as a means of strength and the goal of collectively dismantling local and global inequities/oppression.
Additionally a 250-page, full-color bilingual book that documents the project and will include essays by participants and cultural critics from both countries is being underwritten by the Asian Art Museum and published in 2021.
2018
End Apartheid BDS, public mural, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA
Bangkit/Palestina, poster project, Bangkit/Arise cultural exchange, San Francisco, CA.
Urip Iku Urup, public mural, Bangkit/Arise cultural exchange, Pangunggharjo, Indonesia.
Bangkit/Arise: Gotong Royong! San Francisco: Co-directed International exchange & residency project between Yogyakarta, Indonesia & San Francisco, CA with Christopher Statton and Nano Warsono, in collaboration with Allison Wyckoff, Associate Director, Public + Community Programs, Asian Art Museum.
In September 2018 six Yogyakarta artists – Nano Warsono, Bambang Toko, Ucup, Wedhar Riyadi, Vina Puspita and Harind Ndarvati arrived in San Francisco to spend 8 weeks working collectively with communities there, including:
Collaborations with CAMP's institutional and community partners: the Asian Art Museum, Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN), Poster Syndicate, Art Forces, and Coalition On Homelessness;
Live printing posters with the Poster Syndicate for the national climate march and with the Coalition On Homelessness;
Three new murals on Clarion Alley;
Six new mural panels at the Asian Art Museum;
Painting a new mural with the SoMa Filipino community;
Public presentations at: 1) the Asian Art Museum; 2) San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), and UC Berkeley;
Visiting Facebook's headquarters for a tour of its arts program;
Participating in Indigenous People's Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz;
Lots of time celebrating and sharing experiences with new and old friends, artists, and partnering arts and cultural organizations and their communities.
Bangkit/Arise: Gotong Royong! Yogyakarta: Co-directed International exchange & residency project between Yogyakarta, Indonesia & San Francisco, CA with Christopher Statton and Nano Warsono.
In July/August 2018 five artists from San Francisco – Kelly Ording, Jet Martinez, Jose Awe, Christopher Statton and Megan Wilson traveled to Yogyakarta for a 5-7 week residency. Unfortunately because of geopolitical circumstances, two artists – Shaghayegh Cyrous and Keyvan Shovir (Iranian political refugees) were unable to travel. However, they now have U.S. citizenship and will participate in 2020. Allison Wyckoff, Associate Director, Public + Community Programs, Asian Art Museum also joined the project there. The Yogyakarta residency of Bangkit/Arise is working with Panggungharjo, a village south of Yogyakarta. The outcomes included: 1) the creation of twelve new murals throughout Panggungharjo; 2) the production of a shadow puppet performance in collaboration with Diff-Com (the differently-abled and friends community), Wayang Polah that used one of the interactive murals created in collaboration with members of Diff-Com as a backdrop for the performance; and 3) workshop on social/political public messaging at the Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) campus. In addition, the San Francisco artists had the opportunity to meet with community arts collectives Taring Padi, Kampung Dolanan; Ketjil Bergerak, KUNCI Study Forum & Collective, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society, ACE House Collective to learn more about their work and share their experiences. The residency also included cultural discussions, celebrations, and outings together every week.
2017
Flower Interruption, 5-month residency with the Asian Art Museum that included: 1) the production of an onsite mural, 2) a 3-month community engagement project to paint a 2-block intstallation of flowers directly on the sidewalks around the Museum; 3) a public performance through which Wilson installed and gave away over 300 painted flowers she had created out of paper over her 5-month residency ; and 4) a limited edition silk-screened broadside letter, presented to city planners and leaders, addressing the Civic Center Commons Initiative based on Wilson’s experiences spending 5 months directly in the public space, connecting with residents (housed and unhoused), passersby, and visitors/tourists everyday, San Francisco, CA. www.FlowerInterruption.com
2016
Housing Is A Human Right 2, public mural, collaboration with Christopher Statton, Clarion Alley Mural Project, SF,CA.
2015
Menjamin Kesejahteraan Untuk Semua, public mural, part of Geneng Street Art Project #3,Geneng, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Stop The Corporatocracy, public mural, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
Eviction = Death, series of public performances with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, San Francisco, CA.
Housing Is A Human Right 1, public mural, collaboration with Christopher Statton, Clarion Alley Mural Project, SF, CA.
2014
Wall of Shame & Solutions, public mural, collaboration with Christopher Statton, & Mike Reger, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
2013
Viva La Tamale Lady!, public mural, collaboration with Jet Martinez, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
TAX THE RICH, public mural, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
2012
99%, public project, international.
99% Roxie Theater, Window Installation, San Francisco, CA.
2011
Solutions, Luggage Store Gallery Public Projection, San Francisco, CA.
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, public mural, Clarion Alley Mural Project, SF, CA.
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, billboard, Waffle Shop, Pittsburgh, PA.
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, performance, installation, event series, and Website created with Amy Berk, Andy Cox, Eliza Barrios, Cheryl Meeker, and Maw Shein Win, Bay Area, CA. www.CAPITALISMISOVER.com.
2010
This Little Piggy Went to Market, public performance series, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Richmond CA.
Home, public stencil series calling attention to homes served with Ellis Evictions, SF, CA.
Another Victim of the U.S. Recession, public sticker series, San Francisco, CA.
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, performance, installation, event series created with Amy Berk, Andy Cox, Eliza Barrios, Cheryl Meeker, and Maw Shein Win, Bay Area, CA.
2008
Home 1996 – 2008 Projection Series, public window projection series as part of project Home 1996-2008, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Logos: Born Again In The USA, public poster project, San Francisco, CA.
Logos: Born Again In The USA, public mural collaboration, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2005
Bikes, public project, painting on bicycles and scooters, Jaipur, India.
2004
Becaks, public project, painting on becaks, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2003
Bunga Bunga, public mural, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Flower Interruption, public project, San Francisco, CA.
2002
Flower Interruption, public project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Ubud Bali, Indonesia, Tokyo Japan.
2001
Home: Market Street Art In Transit, public poster project, San Francisco, CA.
2000
We Lose Space, You Lose Culture, public window installation, San Francisco Art Commission Grove Street Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Art Strike’s Back, public performance series, Mission District, San Francisco, CA.
Home/Casa, public murals, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
Better Homes and Gardens, public sign and performance series, San Francisco, CA.
SOLO GALLERY/MUSUEM EXHIBITIONS
2017
1967 Summer of Love -> Summer of Rage & Resistance, window installation, Artists Television Access (ATA), SF, CA.
2011
Solutions!, Luggage Store, Projection Series, San Francisco, CA.
2009
Home Sectional, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA.
The Grass Is Always Greener, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID.
2008
Home 1996 – 2008, site specific installation and events, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Morning Glory, Tin Lark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Patio, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2006
Night Bloom, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
You’re Not A Wave, You’re The Water, Meridian Gallery, CA.
Spring, &ersand international arts, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Sunset, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Artists Books retrospective, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Filly, & ampersand international arts, San Francisco, CA.
The Irresistible Terror of Loveliness, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Home, ATA, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Loopy, gallery3, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Bawdice, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA.
Feminine Protection, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
TWO-PERSON GALLEY/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2015
Better Homes & Gardens Today, window installation with Christopher Statton, Artists Television Access (ATA), San Francisco, CA (second installation).
Better Homes & Gardens Today, window installation with Christopher Statton, Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Better Homes & Gardens Today, window installation with Christopher Statton, Artists Television Access (ATA), San Francisco, CA (first installation).
2008
This Fever I Can't Resist, site-specific installation with Carolyn Castaño, thirtyninehotel gallery, Honolulu, HI.
2002
Andrew J. Schoultz and Megan Wilson, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Wall Flowers, Geleran Gallery, site-specific installation with Carolyn Castaño, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
GROUP GALLERY/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2019
Women of the Resistance Poster Portfolio: Lara Kiswani, created poster as part of screenprint portfolio, featuring 38 women, Poster Syndicate, San Francisco, CA.
Women of the Resistance Poster Portfolio, Alley Cat Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2018
Push It Forward 3, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2017
Sixties Revisited, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI.
2013
Changemaker Social, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2012
Occupy Bay Area, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Broadside Attractions, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2011
Private=Public, Skyline Gallery, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
Buffet Flats, Tenderloin National Forest/ Luggage Store Annex, San Francisco, CA.
Shadowshop, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
2010
Private=Public, Skyline Gallery, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
Projection Series Sampler, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco.
Barcelona III, Limited Edition Project, Print It! Gallery, Barcelona Spain.
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, The Luggage Store Gallery Storefront Window, San Francisco.
2009
Tribute to David Ireland, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Open Space, SF, CA.
Home is something I carry with me, 3352 24th St. & 951 Shotwell St., San Francisco, CA.
Art on Market Street San Francisco Arts Commission Kiosk Poster Project, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
2008
Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Galleon Trade, Green Papaya Gallery, Manila, Philippines.
Wall Works 3, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA.
2006
Swell! Ten Years Later, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Material Matters, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2004
State of the Nation, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Nuit Blanche / Lost in Translation, & ampersand international arts, San Francisco, Espace Hyphenate in Paris, France.
Needle Art, traveling exhibition: Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX, Milton Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey PA, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge IA.
2003
In The Street, presented by the Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA.
Makeshift World, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Needle Art, traveling exhibition: J Wayne Stark University Galleries, College Station, TX.
Sama-sama/Together, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Sama-sama/Together, French Cultural Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2002
Richard Heller’s Desk, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Artadia Awards Show, Limn, San Francisco, CA.
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Synesthesia, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Miracle Chamber, ODC Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Needle Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
1998
Body and Technology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
Retroperspective, Gallery Site, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Women Represent Women in Method and Concept, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA.
Stirred Not Shaken, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Confess, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
snacks: a yummy treat, ACME, San Francisco, CA.
Swell, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
CURATORIAL
2020/21
Bangkit/Arise: Solidaritas! International exchange & residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2018
Bangkit/Arise: Gotong Royong! International exchange & residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia & San Francisco, CA.
2012
Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains, co-curated with Maw Shein Win, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2010 - Present
Clarion Alley Mural Project, ongoing curation with project organizers, San Francisco, CA.
2010
CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It, co-curation with Amy Berk, Andy Cox, Eliza Barrios, Cheryl Meeker, and Maw Shein Win, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2004/05 Exhibitions
2003
Sama-Sama/Together, International exchange & residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2001 - 2005
Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Market Street Art In Transit, member of selection panel, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2001/02 Exhibitions, SF, CA.
Art Strike’s Back, co-directed/organized with Lise Swenson.
1997
Bridges, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
HONORS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / RECOGNITIONS / RESIDENCIES
2020
Bangkit/Arise: Solidaritas! International exchange & 2-month residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2019
$6,000 Grant, Zellerbach Family Foundation for Clarion Alley Mural Project.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Mentor, Oakland, CA.
Center for the Study of Political Graphics Collection, Bangkit Palestina, Los Angeles, CA.
Palestine Poster Project Archives, Bangkit Palestina, Women of the Resistance: Lara Kiswani, Georgetown University.
2018
Bangkit/Arise: Gotong Royong! International exchange & 2-month residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2017
Flower Interruption, Asian Art Museum, 5-month residency, San Francisco, CA.
2015
Geneng Street Art Project #3, 3-month residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011
Finalist, Creative Capital, Visual Arts Grant
$3,500 Grant, Zellerbach Family Foundation for Clarion Alley Mural Project.
Nominee, Eben Demarest Award.
2010
Finalist to design 18,000 sq. ft. floor for Boarding Area E, Terminal 3, San Francisco International Airport.
2009
Residency, The Living Room, 2-month residency with Carlos Celdran, Manila Philippines.
Residency, Prambanan, 1-month residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Residency, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 1-month residency, Hailey, ID.
2008
Nominee, United States Artists Fellowship/Grant
Residency, thirtyninehotel, 3-week residency, Honolulu, HI.
2007
Residency, The Living Room, Galleon Trade, 1-month residency, Manila Philippines.
2006
$5,000 Individual Artist Grant awarded by the SF Art Commission, San Francisco, CA.
Nominee, SECA award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
2004
S.F. Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay 2004 for “PUBLIC ART: Best Transnational Art Undertaking,”
2003
Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitors Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visiting artist.
$10,000 Grant awarded by the San Francisco Foundation for Sama-sama/Together.
$15,000 Grant awarded by the Ford Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia, for Sama-sama/Together.
$10,000 Grant awarded by the Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY, for Sama-sama/Together.
Residency, Clarion Alley Mural Project, Sama-sama/Together, 7-week residency, Yogyakarta Indonesia.
2002
$ 8,500 Grant awarded by the San Francisco Art Commission for the Market Street Art In Transit Program, SF, CA.
Nominee, Fleishhacker Eureka Award, San Francisco.
Nominee, SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2001
$ 10,000 Grant awarded by Artadia, San Francisco, CA.
2000
$ 2,000 Grant awarded by the Gunk Foundation, New York, NY.
Member of team selected to execute Sol Lewitt wall drawings at SFMoMA.
1999
Nominee, Altoids Curiously Strong Art Collection.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Megan Wilson’s work is included in the following book publications:
2020
Capitalism On Edge by Albena Azmenova, Columbia University Press.
2019
Urban Scrawl: The Written Word in Street Art by Lou Chamberlin, Hardie Grant.
2017
Flower Power: The Meaning of Flowers in Asian Art by Dany Chan with forward by Jay Xu, Asian Art Museum.
The Mission by Dick Evans, Heyday Press.
2015
Street Messages by Nicholas Ganz, forward by James Prigoff, Dokument Press.
Public Works: Artists’ Interventions 1970s – Now edited by Christian L. Frock and Tanya Zimbardo, Mill College Art Museum.
2011
FRESH 1: Cutting Edge Illustrations in 3D, edited by Slanted, Daab Press.
FRESH 2: Cutting Edge Illustrations in Public, edited by Slanted, Daab Press.
2010
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 75 Years of Looking Forward, edited by Janet Bishop, Corey Keller, Sarah Roberts; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2009
Street Art San Francisco Mission Muralismo, edited by Annice Jacoby, forward by Carlos Santana, Harry N. Abrams.
2008
Mural Art: Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World by Kiriakos losifidis, Publikat Verlags-und Handels GmBH & Co. KG, Mainaschaff.
2007
Illustration: Play - Craving for the Extraordinary, Published by Victionary.
2006
Swell, 10 Years Later, by Anne Brodsky and Anthony Williams, Meridian Gallery.
Sama-sama/Together: An International Exchange Project Between Yogyakarta and San Francisco, Published by Jam Karet.
2001
The Gallery at Villa Montalvo: Selected Exhibitions from 1996-2000, edited by Theres Rohan, Montalvo.
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
2019
Anthro Magazine, Palo Alto High School’s Social Activism Magazine, Street Artivisim, BY Michela Seah, Anya Lassila, Karlene Salas
San Francisco Travel Agency, The Arts of San Francisco: Freedom To Create.
MJ Lifestyle, Made In The City: The Social Justice Issue, Summer/Fall.
El Tecolote, Palestine Solidarity Art Censored After Political Pressure, by Paisley Trent, July 5.
San Francisco Travel, “GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO’S MISSION DISTRICT MURALS”, by Karen Lau, May 21.
Atlas Obscura, “Clarion Alley”.
National Geographic, “21 ways to have a perfect day in San Francisco”, by Chris Flink, February 14.
Stop Digging, “Tax the Rich? New Polling — and Colorado History — Suggests It’s Possible”, by The Colorado Fiscal Institute and The Bell Policy Center, February 11.
2018
SF Weekly, “Clarion Alley Muralists Won’t Let Anybody Deface Their Work”, by Jonathan Curiel, November 1.
San Francisco Chronicle, “Annual Clarion Alley Block Party celebrates murals, activism, inclusion”, by Ryan Kost, October 23.
KQED, “Restoration Underway After Murals Defaced in Mission's Clarion Alley”, by Bianca Hernandez, Tiffany Camhi, Sara Hossaini, October 14.
San Francisco Examiner, “Clarion Alley murals defaced with MAGA hats, pro-Kavanaugh graffiti”, by Joe Fitzgerald, October 14.
SF Curbed, “Clarion Alley murals vandalized with pro-Trump imagery”, by Adam Brinklow, October 15.
The Guardian, “'It feels like hate': vandals deface San Francisco murals with Trump hats”, Julia Carrie Wong, October 16.
NBC Bay Area, “Clarion Alley Murals Defaced With Right-Wing Graffiti in SF” by Stephen Ellison, October 14.
SuaraMerdeka, “Seniman Jogja dan Amerika Kolaborasi Lukis Mural”, July 27.
HarianMerapi, “Seniman Mural AS Warnai Desa Panggungharjo”, July 29.
Creative Resistance, Tax The Rich, July 23.
SF Weekly, “Behind Clarion Alley Hides The Lesser-Known Balmy Alley” by Nuala Sawyer, July 5.
Outrage, “And art speaks the truth…”, by Michael David dela Cruz Tan, May 29.
Mouvement, “Silicon Ideology” by Chrystelle Desbordes, May 11.
Bitch, “There Goes the Neighborhood”, by s.e. smith, March 19.
2017
Mission Local, Clarion Alley Mural Project 25th Anniversary Block Party by Luis Hernandez, October.
Canadian Dimension, “Seattle wants to tax the rich so the poor can afford to live there”, by Daphne Bramham, July 17.
SFist, “Clarion Alley Mural Project Turns 25: A Historical Primer”, by Joe Kukura, October 20.
7x7, “Artist Megan Wilson Interrupted Sunday With Hundreds of Hand-Painted Flowers at Asian Art Museum” by Jen Woo, September 25.
NBC Bay Area, “Flower Interruption Artist Unveils 'Summer of Rage and Resistance' Exhibit in San Francisco”, by Rebecca Greenway, September 7.
Street Sheet, Bay Area Artists in the Movement - Megan Wilson & Christopher Statton by Jamie Andan, September 1.
Peninsula Press, “Art, politics and Instagram backdrops in San Francisco’s Clarion Alley”, by Lila Thulin, July 14.
NBC Bay Area, “The Asian Art Museum's ‘Flower Power’ pt 3”, Robert Handa, July 13.
San Francisco Chronicle, “SF painter’s flowery tribute to Summer of Love”, by Sam Whiting, May 24.
American Way, “IS SAN FRANCISCO AMERICA’S NEW ART CAPITAL?” by Jonathan Curiel, March/April.
Tucson Weekly, Dare to Say, 'Tax the Rich', by David Safier, Tuesday, April 18.
The New York Times, “California Today: Why Does It Cost So Much to Live in California?”, by Mike McPhate, February 15.
The Stanford Daily, “Taking Art to the Streets”, by Clarissa Gutierrez, February 6.
2016
SFWeekly, “Revolution Lane” by Peter Lawrence Kane, November 17.
Beyond Chron, “WILL $400 MILLION IN HOUSING FUNDS DISAPPEAR?” by Randy Shaw, August 15.
70 Magazine, “San Francisco’s Mission District street art”, by Janet Gyenes, May 26.
SFGate, “San Francisco's most colorful street has a very quirky history”, by Bob Bragman, August 1.
Austin Sun, “Looking Down Clarion Alley”, by Dan Hubig, June 29, 2016
San Francisco Magazine, “Clarion Alley’s Long-Vanished Street Art Lives On in New Web Archive”, by Caitlin Harrington, June 16.
CurbedSF, “See 23 Years Worth of Clarion Alley Art” by Caitlin Harrington, June 16.
KQED, Clarion Alley Mural Project’s Decades of Dissident Artwork Now Online, by Sarah Hotchkiss, June 15.
Triple Dog Dare, “Talking Walls: A Conversation with Megan Wilson”, by Marie Tollon, May 31.
Dazed, “This tech bro wants to see homeless people ‘vanish’”, February 18.
2015
Peninsula Peach & Justice Center, “The Illusion of Freedom,” by Chris Hedges, December 26.
Satu Harapan.com, “Festival Geneng Street Art Project # 3: Gemah Ripah Loh Jinawi” by by Moh. Jauhar al-Hakimi, Friday, November 27.
Brillo “30 Artworks Geneng Street Art Project on the walls of houses, cool!” by Nafilah, 26 November 20.
SFGate, “Street Art San Francisco - Clarion Alley kaleidoscopic explosion of color“ by Bob Bragman, November 24.
CBS Arts & Culture, “Best Street Art In The Bay Area”, October 19.
HUFFINGTON POST, ”21 Best Things To Do In The San Francisco Bay Area, As Explained By Locals”, October 15.
Philippine Daily Inquirer, “Vibrant Street Art in San Francisco, by Nicole Go Thorp, August 29th.
HUCK, “Five Postcapitalist Projects That Offer a Blueprint for a New World Postcapitalism:
A Guide To Our Future”, by Alex King, August 15.
The Guardian, “Street talk: graffiti slogans around the world - in pictures”, June 1.
KQED, “Why Don’t Murals Get Covered By Graffiti in the Mission?”, by Olivia Allen-Price, May 19.
AlJazeera America, “Hotel workers’ union sees threat in Airbnb” by Ned Resnikoff, May 8.
SFist, “The 12 Best Public Art and Street Art Works in San Francisco”, by Joe Kukura, April 15.
KQED, “A Neighborhood Thing: The Mission Art Scene in the '90s” by Kristin Farr, April 3.
Código, “15 propuestas económicas imaginadas por el arte”, March 2.
48 Hills, “The Crappie Awards Highlight the Worst in Tech” by Calinda Revier, February 6.
SFist, “Angry Cab Drivers And Eviction Protesters Descend On Crunchies Awards Ceremony”, by Jay Barmann, February 6.
Vox, “Startups and Self-Loathing at the 8th Annual Crunchies Awards” by Nellie Bowles, February 6.
2014
SFGate, “As Tourism Rises, So Do Mural Turf Clashes,” by Daniel Hirsch for Mission Local, May 19.
Hazed Magazine, “Encounters: Clarion Alley Murals in the Mission District,” by Netsanet Tekeda Alemu, May 18.
KQED, Beyond The Studio: What Artists/Writers/Curators Need,” by Christian L. Frock, May 12.
California Homes, “House of Orange,” by Kendra Boutell, photography by David Duncan Livingston, Spring.
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center (PPJC), “Right Scrambles Over Red-Hot Indictment of Inequality and Capitalism,” by John Queally, April 25.
OZY, “Gentrification and It’s Discontents,” by Jared Frazer, April 17.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Housing round-up: LGBT tenants, a singing protest, and a very sad mural,” by Rebecca Bowe, March 11.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Writing On The Wall,” March 5.
SFGate, “Clarion Alley mural lists city’s ‘Wall of Shame,’” by Ellen Hunt, March 4.
Gawker, “Wall of Shame & Solutions,” by Nitasha Tiku, March 3.
Uptown Almanac, “Clarion Alley Creates ‘Wall of Shame’ to Greet Valencia Passerby,” by Kevin Montgomery, February 25.
MissionLocal, “Entries Wrap Tech Buses Humor, Anger, Art & Politics and the Winner is .. Updated,” by Lydia Chavez, February 8.
SFGate, “Artists: We’ve been thrown under the tech buses,” by Ellen Huet, February 7.
Gizmodo, “Why A Trompe L’Oeil Tech Bus Is Upsetting San Franciscans,” by Jordon Kushins, February 7.
The Bold Italic, “These Artists Wanted Nothing To Do With Tech Buses,” by Jennier Maerz, February 7.
KQED, “Mission Local Announces Tech Bus Design Contest Winner,” by Christian L. Frock, February 7.
SFist, “Plan To Brighten Up Corporate Shuttle Bus Backfires, Pisses Off Mission Artists,” by Andrew Dalton, February 6, 2014
Uptown Almanac, “Clarion Alley Artists Claim ‘Vengeful’ Copyright Infringement in Tech Shuttle Art Contest,” by Kevin Montgomery, February 6.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, “New York Times Covers for Obama’s Move to the Right, by Margaret Sullivan, February 4.
2013
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “The Tamale Lady Finds a New Home,” by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, December 30.
We Blog The World, “San Francisco’s Murals, A Bit Like an Outside Art Gallery,” by Jessica Festa, November 29.
MissionLocal, “Viva La Tamale Lady,” November 28.
Epicure & Culture, “Colorful Culture: Exploring The Mission Murals In San Francisco, by Sam Reynolds, November 14.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “The Performant: Alley Up!” by Nicole Gluckstern, October 28.
XPress Magazine, “Painting The Town: Street Artists Struggle To Share Their Work In The Face Of Detractors” by Dani Hutton, October.
Uptown Almanac, “Feast Your Eyes on the Tamale Lady’s Mural,” by Kevin Montgomery, August 22.
Uptown Almanac, “Behold The Creation of The Tamale Lady Mural,” by Kevin Montgomery, August 20.
MissionLocal, “Tamale Lady Mural in Progress!” by Molly Oleson, August 20.
MissionMission, “Tamale Lady The Mural,” by Allan Hough, August 19.
2012
Art Wall Zine, "Murals in San Francisco" by Leigh Cuen, May 20.
San Francisco Chronicle, "Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains," by Stephanie Wright Hession, May 9.
CatSynth, “Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains at Intersection for the Arts,” May 4.
Art Beat, “Broadside Attractions: Vanquished Terrains at Intersection for the Arts,” May 1.
Dewitt Cheng, “Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains @ Intersection for the Arts, SF,” April 22.
ArtBusiness, “Intersection for the Arts,” April 11.
SF Weekly, “Broadside Attractions/Vanquished Terrains” Analog Rules by Silke Tudor, April 4.
Veterans Today, "The “Global Crises of Capitalism”; Whose Crises, Who Profits?" by James Petras, February 19.
2011
KUSF in Exile, Roll Call with DJ Margaret Tedesco, October 29.
EcoLocalizer, "CAPITALISM IS OVER! AND Living Without Money," by Rhonda Winter, September 27.
New York Times, "Clarion Alley," by Louise Rafkin, September 24.
MissionLocal, "CAPITALISM IS OVER! on Clarion Alley," by Heather Smith, August 17.
MissionLocal, "CAPITALISM IS OVER! at ATA," by Heather Smith, September 21.
Black Boots Ink: Pageantry, Issue 3, Summer.
2010
EcoLocalizer, "Capitalism Is Over! (if you want it)," by Rhonda Winter, July 31.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Artists Attack Capitalism In Streets of San Francisco," by Steven T. Jones, July 26.
NowPublic, "Capitalism Is Over If You Want It," by YankeeJim, July 22.
2009
Open Space, SFMOMA, "Home is a four letter word," by Adrienne Skye Roberts, August 14.
Art Practical, Issue 2 Nomads and Residents: "Home 1996-2008," by Megan Wilson, September, 2009.
art ltd., “Inside/Outside: Artist Environments” at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art,” by Kristen Evangalista, May.
Golden Gate XPress, “Salvage Gardens,” by Lydia Kim, May 14.
7x7, Inside/Outside: Artist Environments, Mike Shine and Megan Wilson, by Ert O’Hara, March.
PlumTV, “Sun Valley Center for the Arts: Domestic Life,” by Sabina Dana Plasse, March 4.
Idaho Mountain Express, “Domestic Life,” January 21.
2008
San Francisco Examiner, “Megan Wilson, hostess extraordinaire, opens her home,” November 24.
San Francisco Chronicle, “Home: artist puts out the welcome mat” by Jesse Hamlin, November 18.
KQED, "Megan Wilson: Home: 1996-2008" By Claire Light, Nov 11.
One Eighty, "Casa Groovy" by Nicole Askeland, fall.
The Honolulu Advertiser. "It's a fever you can't resist " by Lacy Matsumoto, July 20.
2007
Inquirer express, "Galleon Trade, 'Fil-Am exodus back to the motherland," by Pedro Dumancas, August 06.
PhilipineStar.com, "Modern-Day Galleon Trade Sets Sail," by Cheeko Ruiz, August 19.
Craft Magazine, "Megan Wilson's Morning Glory Exhibit at Tinlark Gallery in Hollywood through June 30th," by Natalie Zee Drieu, June.
2006
Artweek, "Swell at Meridian Gallery" by David Buuck, October.
The Messenger 9.16.06, Logos: Born Again in the U.S.A. by Megan Wilson, September, 2006.
SFGate, "Swell: New work by Amy Berk, Carolyn Castaño and Megan Wilson" by Jordan Essoe , July 27.
artUS, "Megan Wilson" by Laura Richard Janku, May - June.trulyjogja.com, "Jogja Mural Forum, Manusiawikan Tembok Kota" May 5.Artweek, “Albert Reyes and Megan Wilson at Ampersand,” by Allison Bing, April.San Francisco Chronicle, "ON THE TOWN With Heather Bradley, A taste of S.F. nightlife and beyond," by Heather Bradley, January 8.
2005
Planet, 'Sama-Sama/Together' by TerryHwang, Winter.
Artweek, “Material Matters,” by Colin Berry, September.
2004
SFGate,' Raising Cash and Consciousness ' by Alison Bing, August 18.
S.F. Bay Guardian, Best of the Bay 2004, "PUBLIC ART: Best Transnational Art Undertaking," August.
Artweek, "D.I.Y. Public Art and Cultural Exchange," by Lindsey Westbrook, February.
S.F. Bay Guardian, “Nuit Blanche (Lost in Translation),” by Lindsey Westbrook, January 21.
Art Papers, "San Francisco, California," by Robyn Wise, January/February 2004.
Giant Robot, "Art Invasion," Issue31: Kreators, Spring 20.
2003
SF Examiner, “Writing On The Wall,” by Bruce Bellingham, October 1.
KQED Pacific Time, “One-Way Cultural Exchange Between U.S. and Indonesia” produced and hosted by Nguyen Qui Duc, September 11.
S.F. Bay Guardian, “Future tense: Politics' and art's intersections become surreal,” by Glen Helfand, August 27.
7 x 7 Magazine, “Hot Picks,” September.
Bernas, “Cinta Keindahan,” August 6.
Jakarta Post, “Collaboration, key to mutual understanding,” by Ade Tanesia, August 2.
Jakarta Post, “Artists work together on city mural project,” by Sri Wahyuni, August 2.
Bernas, “Pertanyakan Stigma Lewat Seni Mural,” July 26.
Bernas, “Lukisan Mural Kota,” July 25.
Radar Jogya, “Bersaing dengan Pembuat Iklan,” July 18.
Kedaulatan Rakyat, “Mural Kota 2003 Sama-sama/You Are Welcome, Kolaborasi Seniman Amerika-Indonesia,” July 18.
Radar Jogya, “Enam Bule Mural Jogja,” July 16.
Kompas, Mural Kota, July 12.
Kedaulatan Rakyat, “Artis San Francisco Ramaikan Mural Kota,” by (Fia)-z, July 8.
2002
withitgirl.com, Features, “Andrew J. Schoultz and Megan Wilson.”
Public Art Review, History Lesson, Recent Projects – Random Acts of Beauty and Sama-sama, Issue #27.
SF Station, “The Clarion Alley Mural Project,” by Amy Larkin Gelbach, November 24.
Stretcher.org, “What’s Left of Theory? The art of everyday life” by Amy Berk and Andy Cox.
SF Gate, “Megan Wilson and Andrew Schoultz” by Alison Bing, November 1.
S.F. Bay Guardian, “Wall Space” by Lynn Rapoport, October 23.
SF Examiner, ArtSpeak by Anne Crump, September 29.
SF Gate, “SoExquisite,” by Alison Bing, May 3.
2001
Public Art Review, Nuts and Bolts, “Shoptalk” by Ricardo Barreto, Issue #25.
S.F. Bay Guardian, “Parking Lot Living” by Katharine Mieszkowski, October 17.
S.F. Bay Guardian, “Superfund Site” by Glen Helfand, September 19.
KQED Bay Window, “Home Front” by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, September 7th and 9th.
Drop: Representation and Desecration of the Urban Environment, a publication produced by Pond gallery, ‘Counterforms and Citizneships: Some Remarks on the Semiotics of Icon-Display and Megan Wilson’s ‘Better Homes and Gardens,’ by Marisa Jahn, Fall.
Artweek, ‘Stanley Chan & Christopher Duncan, Tucker Schwarz, Anna Von Mertens and Megan Wilson at Southern Exposure’ by David Spalding, April.
Artweek, ‘Are People More Important than Art? A look community-based public art projects’ by Amy Berk, April.
Bang!, ‘Bang!’s Best Bets - Art: Southern Exposure, March.
Comet Magazine, Spring.
San Francisco Chronicle, ‘A City Being Hollowed Out’ by Adair Lara, February 27.
De Groene Amsterdammer, ‘Dotcomjaloezie wordt dotcomleedvermaak’ by Jim Schilder, February 12.
San Francisco Business Times, ‘Anti-dot comers alive and making ugly faces’ by James Temple, February 9.
Artweek, ‘Viewpoint’ by Berin Golonu, January.
2000
KUSF, RadioSegue, part-two of interview with Josh Wilson, December 21.
New York Times, ‘Artists vs. Dot-Coms’ by Yoshie Furuhashi, December 14.
L.A. Weekly, ‘Yuppie Dread’ by Sandra Ross, December 1.
Salon.com, ‘Is the Internet a bad, bad boy?’ by Damien Cave, November 6.
KUSF, RadioSegue, one-hour interview with Josh Wilson, October 26.
San Francisco Chronicle, ‘No Room for the Arts / The Economic Boom Threatens to Kill Off S.F.'S Cutting-Edge Culture’ by Neva Chonin and Dan Levy, October 17.
Art Minimal & Conceptual Only, October 7.
London Telegraph, ‘San Francisco 'dot-commies' hire guards to stop art attacks’ by Simon Davis, October 7.
Drudge Report, October 7.
L.A. Times, ‘Dot-Com Explosion Makes San Francisco a War Zone’ by John M. Glionna, October 3.
All Things Considered, NPR, September 10.
California Report, NPR, September 1.
Rethinking Marxism, ‘Fuck You Dot Com’ by Sharla Sava, September.
San Francisco Weekly, ‘Make Room for Art’ by Michael Scott Moore, August 23.
San Francisco Chronicle, ‘Art on the Streets’ by Mark Martin, August 5.
1999
San Francisco Art Institute Magazine, Campus Notes, Summer.
S.F. Bay Guardian, ‘Megan Wilson’ by Glen Helfand, March 3.
1998
Golden Gater, ‘Art for thought’ by Chandler Harris, Septermber 17.
1997
Los Gatos Weekly Times, ‘Women’s art reflects many influences’, by Shari Kaplan, Sept. 24
Bay Area Reporter, ‘For your eyes only’ by Steven Jenkins, March 27.
S.F. Bay Guardian, ‘Stirred Not Shaken’ by Glen Helfand, March 19.
1996
S.F. Bay Guardian, ‘Confess’ by Harry Roche, November 27.
Sculpture Magazine, ‘San Francisco, California,’ by Maria Porges, July/August.
S.F. Bay Guardian, Critic’s Choice “Swell, “ by Harry Roche, March 20.
S.F. Bay Guardian, 8 Days A Week “Snacks,” by Harry Roche, March 20.
ARTIST TALKS / PRESENTATIONS / PANELS
2019
Public Art – Controversy, Neglect, Restoration, Shaping San Francisco, 518 Valencia, San Francisco, CA.
Children of the Jacaranda Tree: In Conversation with Sahar Delijani, ATA, San Francisco, CA.
California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), guest lecturer – three classes, Hayward, CA.
2018
Bangkit/Arise, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.
Bangkit/Arise, UC Berkeley, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Berkeley, CA.
CSUEB, guest lecturer – two classes, Hayward, CA.
2017
Flower Power, Gallery talk, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco State University, Guest lecturer – one class, San Francisco, CA.
2016
Stanford University, guest lecturer – one class, Palo Alto, CA.
2015
Geneng Street Art Project #3, Panelist, Bantul, Indonesia.
2014
In Conversation with Christian Frock and Aimee Le Duc, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
2012
The Murals of the Mission, Shaping San Francisco, 518 Valencia, San Francisco, CA.
2010
Mission Muralismo presents Clarion Alley, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
2009
In Conversation with Natasha Boas, San Francisco Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco, CA.
In Conversation with Courtney Gilbert, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
2008
In Conversation with Trisha Lagaso, thirtyninehotel gallery, Honolulu, HI.
California College of the Arts (CCA), guest lecturer – one class
2007
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), guest lecturer – two classes
2006
UC Berkeley, guest lecturer – one class
Duta Wacana University, guest lecturer, Yogyakarta Indonesia – two classes
Precita Eyes Mural Center, panel participant.
2005
California College of the Arts (CCA), guest lecturer – one class
2003
Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitors Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visiting artist.
Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, artists talk for Sama-sama/You’re Welcome, July 23.
San Francisco Art Institute, guest lecturer – three classes
CCAC, guest lecturer – one class
2002
UC Berkeley, guest lecturer – one class.
San Francisco Art Institute, guest lecturer, Worlds in Collision.
Geleran Gallery, Artists’ Talk, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2001
San Francisco Art Institute, guest lecturer – one class.
San Francisco State University, guest lecturer – one class
The Commonwealth Club, “Dot-Com Backlash: The Real Estate Crunch & the Future of San Francisco,” panel with Tom Ammiano, Mara Brazer, Gavin Newsom, and Andrew Sullivan moderated by Rebecca Roberts.
2000
California College of Arts and Crafts, guest lecturer – one class
1998
San Francisco State University, artist’s talk.
Southern Exposure, moderator, “Agents of Change.”
1997
Villa Montalvo, artist’s talk.
1996
Meridian Gallery, artist’s talk.
TEACHING / MENTORING
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Oakland, CA
Mentor, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (2019)
The Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program pairs immigrant artists from all disciplines with artist mentors who provide mentees with one-on-one support. The Program fosters a community, providing opportunities to connect with other immigrant artists through group meetings, peer learning, and informal gatherings with program alumni. Through access to other artists, arts professionals, and organizations the program offers immigrant artists the opportunity to focus on their creative practice, gain support and exposure for their work, while upholding their distinct identities.
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
Visiting Instructor, Independent Study (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
Individual meetings and dialogues with student. Through these critical conversations, students learn to better articulate their concepts and aesthetic goals while refining the formal languages within their work.
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
Visiting Professor, Painting Department (Spring 2004)
· Co-taught SOLID/ FLUID:Approaches to Painting in Public with Aaron Noble to undergraduate and graduate students.
· Course Description: The option of public art practice has enjoyed an explosive surge in the past decade, particularly in the Bay Area. Thanks in part to the lingering critical disrepute of community mural projects and the criminality and communal aesthetics of spraycan art, public painting remains an arena in which practice is ahead of theory. Following the first day of class, the class was held off campus. Each day began with a breakfast discussion at Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia Street in the Mission District), followed by on-site study, guest presentations and project work. The discussion portion of the course analyzed the formal openings created by the decision to move outside of the gallery system and reviewed strategies running the gamut from the autonomy of illegal or quasi-legal postering, stickering or stenciling to the complex social negotiation of permissioned projects operating with public funding. Following introductory readings and discussion the class chose a topic of common concern to respond to in two parts. Solid group created a semi-permanent public mural while Fluid group created a linked project utilizing ephemeral strategies.
California College of Arts San Francisco, CA
Visiting Instructor, Independent Study (Spring 2004)
Individual meetings and dialogues with student. Through these critical conversations, students learn to better articulate their concepts and aesthetic goals while refining the formal languages within their work.
Southern Exposure/San Francisco Conservation Corps San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Youth in Action (1999)
Taught program that combined painting, found object sculpture and installation to explore issues of community awareness, cultural identity, environmentalism, and recycling.
Meridian Interns Program San Francisco, CA
Co-Founder/Director, Instructor (1996-1997)
Developed and raised funds for program directed at low-income high school students.
Taught program that combined art education, art history, and arts administration. Curriculum included: art and design projects, gallery and museum visits, public relations experience, writing assignments and computer knowledge. Final project included an exhibition of the students’ work and forum discussion by students.
EXCEL at Amherst College Amherst, MA
Resident Instructor (Summer 1996, 1997)
Taught 3-D Sculpture and Painting/Drawing to students.
Helped plan and direct all extracurricular student activities in pre-college program.
Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
Guest Instructor (June, 1997)
Worked with third grade students on sculpture project that utilized recycled and reused materials in conjunction with exhibition Hello Again: A New Wave of Recycled Art and Design.
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
Instructor, undergraduate CORE Program (Fall, 1995)
Taught Introduction to Printmaking section of CORE Program with Professor Al Smith.
TRAVEL
Mexico: 3 months driving through the country to Guatemala in 1992.
Central America: 3 months in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Visited an FMLN camp in El Salvador and conducted interviews with camp members.
Central Europe: 2 months in Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria in 1994.
Indonesia: 2 months each year for 2001 – 2006. 1 month in 2009, 4 months in 2015, 1 month in 2017, and 2 months in 2018. Initiated, raised funds, co-curated, co-organized, and participated in two international exchange and residencies between Indonesian artists and San Francisco artists (2003, 2018). One month in 2009 for artists’ residency.
Tokyo, Japan: 3 days in Tokyo to create a public installation/performance.
India: 1 month in Northern India (Delhi and Rajasthan) in 2005.
Philippines: 5 weeks in Manila as a participant in the Galleon Trade international art exchange and residency in 2007. Two months in 2009 for artists’ residency at The Living Room.
Argentina & Brazil: 1 month in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 2007.
Thailand & Cambodia: 1 month traveling through Thailand and Cambodia, including Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Tonle Sap, 2009.
London, UK: 1 week, 2012; 2 weeks, 2015.
Paris, France: 3 weeks, 2012.
Vietnam: 3 weeks in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in 2015.
Morocco: 10 days in Marrakech in 2018.