Vanesa Gingold
Born in Ukiah, CA
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
2016 MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara
2007 BA, Art and Psychology, University of California, Davis
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 “Milkweed”, /(room), San Francisco, CA
2019 “Hanging Garden”, Painting & Sculpture Outpost, Marysville, CA
2018 “Everything and All at Once”, @leiminspace, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “Volupté”, with Mary Button Durrell, Space 151, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Desire Trails”, with Theresa Knopf Morgan, Open Mind Art Space, Santa Monica, CA
2016 “Tying Loose Ends”, with George Sanders, Napa Gallery, CSU Channel Islands, CA
2016 “Private Viewing” Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 “The Space Between”, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 “This is All There is, part 1”, Window Treat, San Francisco, CA
2012 “Flowers” Artists’s Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Dreams on Market”, SFAC Art in Storefronts, 1066 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2011 “You Can Never Go Back, CELLspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024, “Maybe it’s about bodies?” Et. Al co-organized with Bibeau Krueger, San Francisco, CA
2024, “Foundations Winter 2024”, Open Mind Art Space, Artsy.net
2023, “Pyramid Scheme”, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA
2020 “The Printed Realm”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2018 “Incendiary Devices”, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Ink”, Open Mind Art Space, Santa Monica, CA
2017 “Somewhere or Nowhere at All”, Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 “Lo_Wave II”, NOH/WAVE, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “GIFC Worldwide”, Athens, Greece; Copenhagen, Denmark; with 0-0 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “USCB 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition”, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 “Corps”, Parking Lot Art Fair 2016, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Unexpected Opening”, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 “Sinking, Sinking, Sinking”, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2015 “Unintended Consequences”, The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 “G.L.A.M.F.A.”, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2015 “Current Focus”, Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 “U.C.F.Z.”, Gone Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 “Likewise”, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 “Bodies”, The Atrium, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 “Pardon My Condition”, Raymond Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2014 “The Cradle Project”, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
2013 “IRL”, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
Artist Lectures
1/25/24, Artist Talk at “Maybe it’s about bodies?” with Julia Goodman’s papermaking class, CCA, San Francisco, CA
9/5/23, Visiting Artist with Lisa Rybovich Crallé’s sculpture class, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
8/5/23, “In Conversation: Vanesa Gingold and Jenni Sorkin”, online, presented by / (slash) in San Francisco
9/5/18, “Volupté Artist Talk”, Space 151, San Francisco, CA
2/15/17, “Thinking about Drawing”, with Melanie Treuhaft’s drawing class, California State University, Chico, CA
9/8/16, “Tying Loose Ends Artist Talk”, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
6/2/15, “Way Finding”, Visual Literacy Artist Lecture Series, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
4/2/15, “Way Finding”, Colloquium Artist Lecture Series, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
11/16/13, “IRL Artist Talk”, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
6/15/11, “Art in Storefronts Artist Talk”, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco CA
5/24/11, “SPUR Mid Market Art Walk”, Market Street, San Francisco CA
Curatorial Experience
2016 “Conversation Space”, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, UCSB, Santa Barbara CA
2016 “Always a Body”, group show of Southern California MFA students, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara CA, with Emily Baker
2014 “The Next Big Thing”, Bay Area Now 7 triennial at YBCA, San Francisco, CA, with Grace Rosario Perkins
2013 “IRL”, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
2010-11 “SpaceCraft”, CellSpace, monthly pop-up exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Beginning Printmaking, University of California, Davis, Winter 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020
Instructor, Beginning Printmaking, University of California, Berkeley Extension, Spring 2021
Public Education Faculty, Suspended Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, Fall 2018
Instructor, Mobiles and Suspended Sculpture, Soft Sculpture, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Painting Workshop: Flowers, The Painter's Studio, Printmaking, Continuing Education, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Fall 2016-Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Visual Arts Instructor, Creativity Explored, March 2012 - August 2014
Assistant Printmaking Studio Tech and Wood Shop/Metal Shop Studio Tech, UC Davis Art Department, April 2007-June 2010
Press
1/17/24, Sophie Lee, “In San Francisco for Fog? Don’t miss these seven exhibitions around the city.”, Cultured Magazine
6/20/17, "Vanesa Gingold & Theresa Knopf at Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles", Blouin ARTINFO
March 16-23, 2017, Joanne A. Calitri, “Pazderka Curates Group Showcase.” Montecito Journal
8/24/16, “'Tying Loose Ends' exhibit at CI celebrates the process of creation”, CSU Channel Islands
5/24/16, Charles Donelan, "UCSB MFA Exhibition 2016", Santa Barbara Independent
5/27/16, Josef Woodard, "Forging New Pathways", Scene Magazine
5/26/16, Gabriel Lazo, "Grads Present Theses at AD&A”, The Daily Nexus
2/2/16, Sonia Fernandez, "Always a Body", The UCSB Santa Barbara Current
12/13/15, Josef Woodard, “Rough, Ready, and Meditative”, Scene Magazine
11/25/15, Maureen Foley, “‘Unintended Consequences’ Yields Delightful Results”, Santa Barbara Independent
November 19-26, 2015, Joanna A. Calitri, “Unintended Consequences”, Montecito Journal
11/13/15, Shelly Leachman, "Watch Creativity at Work at UCSB's MFA Open Studios Event", Noozhawk
11/11/14, Nathaniel Vonk, "Review: UCSB MFA Open Studios Annual Group Show Offers a Backstage Pass to the Creative Process", Santa Barbara Independent
7/24/14, Ashton Cooper, “Bay Area Now” Proposes a Refreshing Biennial Model", Blouin ARTINFO
September/October, 2014, DeWitt Cheng, "“Bay Area Now 7” casts a spotlight on young San Francisco area talents—and the smaller, non-profit arts organizations that have nurtured them.", art ltd.
8/19/14, Sura Wood, "Bay Area Now 7: Multidisciplinary Showcase", San Francisco Travel
11/13/13, Jorge Garcia, “Interview with “IRL” curator and artist, Vanesa Gingold”, Alter Space
7/14/11, Shannon Jackson, “Social Materials: Storefront Art in Central Market”, Art Practical
6/30/11, Lisa Andersen, “Childhood Memories of San Francisco's Central Market community as art i installation”, Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia
6/2/11, Jessica Kwong, “Art in Storefronts spruces up S.F.'s Mid-Market”, San Francisco Chronicle
Publications
2018, Speculative City, edition one ,"Grotesque"
2017, Spectrum, anthology edition, UCSB College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara
2016, Spectrum, UCSB College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara
2016, Sweet and Sour, Imaginary Collective, Pasadena
Grants and Awards
2017 San Francisco Artist Award Nominee, San Francisco Arts Dealers Association
2015 Levitan Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2015 Art Department Lead Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
2014 Block Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara
2013 2013/2014 SFAC Prequalified Artist Pool, The San Francisco Arts Commission
2011 Public Art Commission, Art in Storefronts, Market Street, The San Francisco Arts Commission