Education | |
| 1996 | M.F.A. Mills College, Oakland, CA
Fine Arts Practice |
| 1984 | B.A. New York University W.S.U. C.
History of Fine Art, computer sciences |
Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2016 | Untitled with Pamela Murphy
Chase Young Gallery Boston |
| 2014 | Katagami series
Chase Young Gallery Boston a group of original works inspired by antique Japanese textile stencils |
| 2014 | nothing comes from nothing
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco solo exhbition of new works with skeleton shadows |
| 2012 | Goldberg Variations
Chase Young Gallery Boston, MA a solo exhibition of drawings of glass shadows composed according to Bach's Goldberg Variations |
| 2011 | Big Noise
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco |
| 2010 | Shadow Drawings, Katina Huston
Chase Young Gallery Boston |
| 2008 | Mechanical Repeat
Davidson Contemporary Seattle, WA |
| 2008 | Katina Huston
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID |
| 2008 | Mechanical Repeat
Davidson Contemporary Seattle, WA |
| 2008 | Field of Vision
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | Cyclone
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco, CA |
| 2005 | Shadow Series
Bryan Ohno Gallery Seattle, WA |
| 2004 | Tre Donne
Flatfile Galleries Chicago, IL |
| 2002 | "Katina Huston"
Art Resources Group Santa Monica, CA |
| 2002 | Politically Incorrect
Flatfile Galleries Chicago, IL |
| 2001 | Inadequacy of Words
University of St Thomas Gallery St Paul, MN |
| 2001 | Katina Huston
Tor Gallery Kobe Japan |
| 2001 | Botanica
Flatfile Contemporary Chicago, IL |
| 1997 | small works of little importance
Danville Fine Arts Daniville, CA |
| 1997 | Petals
Lynn House Gallery Pittsburgh, CA |
| 1995 | Katina Huston
Second Street Gallery Charlottesville, VA |
Group Exhibitions | |
| 2016 | Winter Group Show
Chase Young Gallery Boston |
| 2015-2016 | "Lightening Strikes"
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco |
| 2014 | Hello Goodbye
Dolby Chadwick Gallery San Francisco |
| 2013 | The Weight of Light
Bryan Ohno Inc Seattle a two person exhibition focusing on transparency |
| 2011 | Small Works
Chase Young Gallery Boston, MA |
| 2011 | Blue
Chase Young Gallery Boston, MA |
| 2011 | Geared
Sun Vallery Art Center Ketchum, ID |
| 2010 | Inagural Exhibition
Prographica Seattle |
| 2010 | Content
Jacana Gallery Vancouver |
| 2009 | West Coast Drawings VIII
Koplin del Rio Culver City |
| 2009 | Opening Exhibition
Edith Caldwell, Inc Rockport, ME |
| 2009 | On Paper
Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York, NY |
| 2009 | New to the Gallery
Jacana Gallery Vancouver BC Canada |
| 2009 | Entwined
Jancar McCorkle Projects Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Drawing
Francine Seders Gallery Seattle, WA |
| 2008 | Narratives of the Perverse" at Jancar Gallery
Jancar Gallery Los Angeles, CA |
| 2006 | Inaugural Exhibition
Donna Seager Gallery San Rafael, CA |
| 2005 | Alchemy II
Oakland Art Gallery Oakland,CA |
| 2005 | The Other Voice
So MArts San Francisco, CA |
| 2005 | Nu Pink's EBay Art Project
Works San Jose |
| 2005 | Narrative Ceramic
Virginia Breier Gallery San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | Group Show
Bryan Ohno Gallery Seattle, WA |
| 2002 | Operating Systems
Susan Cummins Gallery Mill Valley, CA |
| 2002 | North American Sculpture
Foothill Art Center Boulder, CO |
| 2002 | Each Other
Flatfile Chicago, IL |
| 2002 | Concept to Object
Cade Museum of Fine Arts Arnold, MD |
| 2002 | Refuse,Reuse,Redux
Museum of Art at MacPherson Center Santa Cruz, CA |
| 2001 | Contemporary Collage
Nexus Gallery New York, NY |
| 2001 | 23rd Annual National Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA |
| 2001 | Order of Energy, wih Kikuko Sakota
Tor Gallery, Kobe, Japan |
| 2001 | Botanica
Flatfile Chicago, IL |
| 2000 | Needle Art
Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts Walnut Creek, CA |
| 2000 | inadequacy of words
Benedicta Art Center St Joseph, MN |
| 2000 | Faculty Exhibition
Museum at California State University Hayward, CA |
| Shoebox Sculpture
University of Hawaii Hilo, HI, travelling | |
Articles, Reviews | |
| Kenneth Baker. Huston nails death in optical vividness,San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco California May 10, 2014. | |
| Reviews: national Katina Huston Dolby Chadwick San Francisco. May 2011,Artnews, . | |
| Seeing into the Shadows. The Boston Globe, Boston, MA. | |
| Brieanna Radford, April 29, 2009. Wontons and Hipsters,Downtownster, Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Aimee C. Reed. "Katina Huston at Dolby Chadwick Gallery" ,Artweek, San Jose, CA. | |
| Kenneth Baker. "Galleries, Huston Wheels Up",San Francisco Chronicle , San Francisco, CA, Saturday 3.29.2008. | |
| Sabina Dana Plasse. "Gallery Walks ",Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID Wed May 21, 2008. | |
| Karen Bossick. "Anne Reed Gallery "Twister"',Wood River Journal, Sun Valley, ID May 24, 2008. | |
| Kenneth Baker. "Letting Go of the Handlebars",San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA June 10, 2006. | |
| Hiya Swanhuyser. "Wheelism",SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA June 2006. | |
| "Narrative Ceramic",Ceramics Monthly, Kansas City, MO November 2005. | |
| "eBay Art Project",Artweek, San Jose, CA. | |
| Andrew Engleston. "Katina Huston at Bryan Ohno",ArtNews, June 2005 vol4, Number 6. | |
| Kenneth Baker. "Painter's Eye Ponders Science...",San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA. | |
| "Visual Arts: Katina Huston",Seattle Weekly, Seattle, WA March 23, 2005. | |
| Judy Wagonfeld. "San Francisco Artist on Spiritual Migration",Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA March 29, 2005. | |
| 'Shadow Drawing "x4"',Harper's Review, December 2004. | |
| Cassidy. "Prarie Smoke",ArtNet, New York, NY May 2004. | |
| "Katina Huston",Asahi Shimbun, Kobe Japan. | |
| "Katina Huston",Kobe Shimbum, Kobe Japan, July 17, 2001. | |
| Richard Whittaker. "Katina Huston Portfolio",Works and Conversations, Berkeley, CA February 2001. | |
| Richard Whittaker. "Katina Huston Portfolio",Works and Conversations, Berkeley, CA February 2001. | |
| "Improvisation for the Future",Businessweek Newsletter, New York, NY May 13, 1998. | |
| "Small Things of Little Importance",Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa, CA August 1997. | |
| Judith James. "The Evolution of Trust and Distrust",Sgraffitto, Marina del Rey CA Summer 1997. | |
| "Petals, Lynn House Plants a New Exhibit",Antioch Times, Antioch, CA May 1997. | |
| "Invitation to Enter..",Press Express, San Bernardino, CA August 1996. | |
| "Creative Process Explored",Victor Valley Press, San Bernardino, CA August 1996. | |
| Judith James, Editor. "Conversation with Huston and Stroud",Sgraffitto, Marina Del Rey, CA Summer 1996. | |
| "Day and Night",SFWeekly, San Francisco, CA December 28, 1996. | |
Grants, Awards, Affiliations | |
| 2013 | Artist's Grant
Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont |
| 2010 | Artists Fellowship
Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont |
| 1995 | Alumnae Award
Mills College Oakland, CA |
| 1995 | Juror's Award
Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA |
| 1992 | General Mills Arts Residency Award
St Paul, MN |
| 1992 | Barbara Deming Award
Brooklyn, NY |
| 1992 | Recology San Francisco
Artist in Residence |
| 1989 | Arts Recovery Grant
San Francisco, CA |
Collections | |
| Charles Schwab Collection. San Francisco. | |
| Steve Wynn Collection. Las Vegas. | |
| San Francisco Fine Art Museums, California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Achenbach Collection,San Francisco. | |
| Dolby Collection. San Francisco. | |
| Chase International. New York. | |
| Clay Museum of Art and Science. Charleston, WV. | |
| Address Dubai. Dubai. | |
| Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. | |
Teaching History | |
| 2011-2014 | Senior Lecturer
California College of the Arts, Graduate Fine Arts San Francisco California |
| 2005, 2006 | California College of Arts
teaching courses in traditional and new media sculptore for the pre college program and graduate studio mentor. Oakland and San Francisco, CA |
| 2004-1007 | John F Kennedy University
Lecturer, teaching courses in Contemporary Art History for graduate students in art and advanced undergraduates. Berkeley, CA |
| 2001-2005 | St Mary's College
teaching courses in Art paractice and Art HIstory, Great Books and critical thinking in BA and Masters Programs. Moraga, CA |
| 2001 | St, John's University and College of St Benedict
Visiting Artist teaching advanced sculpture and ceramic St John, MN |
| 1999-2001 | Callifornia State University, East Bay
Lecturer,Head of Ceramics, teaching courses in beginning intermediate and advanced Ceramics and Sculpture, Creative Process, and drawings. Hayward, CA |
| 1995-1996 | San Francisco School of Art
Lecturer, teaching courses in mixed media and sculpture San Francisco, CA |
| 1991 | St John's University and College of St Benedict
Artist in Residence, teaching courses in advanced sculpture and ceramic St. John, MN |
| 1987-88 | University of Iowa
Teacher's Assistant, assisting Hans Breder in the Multi media department in video and new media presentations and exhibitions Iowa City, IA 1987-88 |
Gallery Representation | |
| Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX. | |
| Chase Young Gallery. Boston, MA. | |
| Dolby Chadwick Gallery. San Francisco, CA. | |
| Edition Vulfovitch. litograph editions, Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| Bryan Ohno Gallery. gallery closed 2004,Seattle, WA. | |
| Flatfile Contemporary. gallery closed 2005,Chicago, IL. | |
| Susan Cummins Gallery. gallery closed 2002,Mill Valley CA. | |
Professional Activities | |
| 2013 | artist in residence
Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont |
| 2012 | Visiting Artist
American Academy in Rome Rome, Italy |
| 2007-2008 | Art Scout
seeking out contemporary artists and artworks for presentation and sale Big Pagoda San Francisco, CA |
| 2003-2008 | Public Art Advisory Commission, Chair
creating process and jurying public art projects for the % for art project in Alameda City of Alameda Alameda, CA |
| 2002-2008 | Contributing Editor
Works+Conversations Berkeley, CA |
| 2001 | Artist in Residence
collaborating with students to create an installation integrated with architecture and landscape St john's University Collegeville, MN |
| 2000-present | Curator and Collections Manager
managing a collection of Japanese paper antiquities for exhibition and sale. The collecition has been exhibited at the Chicago Institute of Art, Seattle Art Museum, etc. The John Huston Collection Alameda, CA |
| 2000-2002 | Art Director
Instructing teachers and coaches in creative process integral to a project based experimental non profit Alternatives in Action Alameda, CA |
| 1999-2000 | Curator
curated and produced a series of art exhibitions in neighborhoods. Exhibitions include site-specific installations and projects in which professional artists collaborated with citizens. The City of Fremont Fremont, CA |
| 1998-1999 | Art Director
The Idea Factory trained managers from multinational corporations in creative process promoting innovation in response to change The Idea Factory San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 | Artist in Residence
making artworks in a false tooth factory using the tools and materials of that industry East Bay Dental Arts Richmond, CA |
| 1993-1994 | Artist in Residence
maing art on site at the San Francisco dump from materials found there Nor-CAL, Sanitary Fill San Francisco, CA |
| 1991-2009 | Free-lance Journalist
writing reviews and art criticism for local and national publications Artweek, New Art Examiner, Sgraffitto, New Mission News, Ceramics Monthly, Visions Art Quarterly |
| 1991 | Artist in Residence
creating a series of lifesize portraits based on stories gathred from oral histories College of St Benedict, Benedicta Art Center St Joseph, MN |
| 1989 | Artist/Foundry Technician
ArtWorks Foundry Berkeley, CA |
| 1984-86 | Artist
visual art component of a four person team makin elements to be incorporated into works by conceptual artist Allan Chasanoff New York, NY |
Articles, Reviews (Authored) | |
| Smart Arts,works+conversations, Berkeley, CA Spring 2005. | |
| Fourty Years of Painting, Gerhard Richter,works+conversations, Berkeley, CA, Womter 2003 on line. | |
| Japan Journal,woeks+conversations, Berkeley, CA Fall 2002. | |
| Sister Dennis Frandrup,Ceramics Monthly, Kansas City, MO January 1995. | |
| Things Being What They Are,Visions, Art Quarterly, Los Angesles, CA Spring 1994. | |
| Obstacles to Seeing,Artweek, San Jose, CA March 18, 1993. | |
| Julie An O'Baoghil,New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL Winter 1993. | |
| Women's Work,New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL March 1993. | |
| Post Mortimism,Visions, Art Quarterly, Santa Monica, CA Spring 1993. | |
| The Mother of All Cafes,New Mission News, San Francisco, CA October 1992. | |
| Erotic Investigation,New Mission News, San Francisco, CA August 1992. | |
| Tribulation 99,New Mission News, San Francisco, CA June 1992. | |
| "Culture Clash",New Mission News, San Francisco, CA May 1992. | |
| "Coro Hispano",New Mission News, San Francisco, CA April 1992. | |
| "Understanding Chaos; Carrie Mae Weems and Capp Street Project",New Mission News, March 1992. | |
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