ABOUT

Michelle Nye is a Bay Area artist, curator, arts administrator and advocate whose professional work has supported a thriving regional arts community for over twenty years. Her own art explores themes of home, abandonment, memory, relationship and the environment while her curatorial work touches on those topics and additional themes as well, from women’s rights to diverse expressions of diasporas. A Bay Area native, she received her BA studying studio art, art history and Italian at UCSC, the Università di Bologna, Italia and L’Academia degli Belli Arti di Bologna, Italia, with continuing studies in alternative processes in photography at CCA and the philosophy of art at Stanford.

CONTACT

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RESUME

EDUCATION

2022     Stanford Continuing Studies, Stanford - Philosophy of Art
2001      CCAC Continuing Studies, Oakland - Alternative Processes in Photography
2000     University of California, Santa Cruz - BA, Emphasis in Painting and Photography
1999      Università di Bologna, Academia di Belle Arti, Italy - Fine Art, Art History, Italian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022      San Francisco, CA - Guest Portfolio Review: Root Division
2021       San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Interim Director (2000-2021 total)
2020      San Francisco, CA - Guest Juror: Startup Art Fair                          
2019       Alameda, CA - Curator: Diaspora Voiced - A Bay Area Juried Exhibition, Rhythmix Cultural Works
2019      San Francisco, CA - Guest Portfolio Review: Arc Portfolio Review
2018      San Francisco, CA - Guest Portfolio Review: Arc Portfolio Review
2018      Alameda, CA - Guest Lecturer: Alameda High School Art Education
2017      San Francisco, CA - Arc Gallery: Guest Lecturer: State of the Art: A Panel Discussion with Joan McLaughlin, Michelle Nye and DeWitt Cheng
2016      San Jose, CA - Guest Juror: Vision: An Artists Perspective, curated by Gutfreund & Cornett Art, Kaleid Gallery
2016      San Francisco, CA - Guest Juror: San Francisco Academy of Art, BFA Exhibiton
2016      San Francisco, CA - Guest Juror: APA SF Annual Something Personal Exhibition
2014      Berkeley, CA - Curator: Art at Colorflow (2012-2014 total)
2012      San Francisco, CA - Curator: SFMOMA Last Call Art Show, Staff Art Exhibition
2007      San Francisco, CA - Guest Lecturer: San Francisco State, Photography Lecture Series
2005      Santa Cruz, CA - Guest Lecturer: UC Santa Cruz, Alternative Processes in Photography Class (2001-2005 annually)
2003      Fremont, CA - Artist’s Panel Lecture: Ohlone College: California Landscapes 10 Visions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008      San Francisco, CA - Balboa Theater
2007      Berkeley, CA - The LightRoom
2007      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery at the Caffé Museo
2007      Berkeley, CA - Photolab Gallery, Wall Writings
2005      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery at the Caffé Museo
2004      San Francisco, CA - Jackson Place Salon
2004      San Francisco, CA - Fort Mason Center
2003      Alameda, CA - US Bank, Alameda Art Commission
2001       Hayward, CA - Synapse Computer Solutions, Inc.
2000      Santa Cruz, CA - UC Santa Cruz, Stevenson College Interpretations of the Fragmented Figure - Works in Photography

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017      San Francisco, CA - Arc Gallery: A Series of Fragments of Moments, Curated by Karen Gutfreund
2012      Berkeley, CA - Art at Colorflow
2012      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Last Call Art Show, Staff Art Exhibition
2011       Lafayette, CA - Bank of Commerce, Habitat: Explorations of Home + Shelter in Contemporary Art, Curated by Carrie Lederer + Steve Pon
2011       San Francisco, CA - 901 Market Street: Holgas
2008      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery: Interiors
2007      Berkeley, CA - The LightRoom: Fresh Focus: An Afternoon of Art
2005      San Francisco, CA - SF State, The Art Gallery: Ut Pictura Poesis
2005      San Francisco, CA - ArtSFest Arts Expo Gala: Emerging Arts Showcase
2004      Oakland, CA - Pro Arts: New Visions, Intro ’04 Juried by Rene di Rosa
2004      Fremont, CA - Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone: California Landscapes: 10 Visions
2003      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery: 25th Anniversary Show
2003      Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Art Center: Juried Annual: Works on Paper
2003      Alameda, CA - Frank Bette Center for the Arts: Three Perspectives
2003      San Francisco, CA - CityArt Gallery: March Exhibition
2002      Oakland, CA - Pro Arts: Juried Annual Exhibition 2002-2003, Juried by Rene di Rosa
2002      San Francisco, CA - Focus Gallery: Open Studios Exhibition
2002      San Rafael, CA - Marin County Civic Center: Marin County Fair
2002      San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Artists Gallery: New Photography
1999      Santa Cruz, CA - UCSC Senior Gallery: Alien Invasion - Work From Abroad
1999      Bologna, Italy - Academia di Belle Arti
1998      Santa Cruz, CA - UCSC Stevenson College: Women’s art Work
1995      Oakland, CA - Civic Center Youth in Art Competition

AWARDS

2002     Marin County Fair - Honorable Mention in Fine Art Photography
1995      Congressional Recognition for Achievement in Fine Art (Youth in Art)