andrea guskin
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Selected Exhibitions and Projects
2023 Murmurations, Mills College Art Museum
MFA thesis exhibition for Mills Collage at Northeastern University
Oakland, CA
Open up, Mercury 20 Back Room Gallery, Oakland, CA
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Roundtable Collaboration #12, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 De-centering the Archive: Migration of Memory, Tradition and Identity, curated by Zehra Shah
Slidespace Gallery, Mills College, Oakland
Social Practice Projects:
Blueprint Exchange, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Type/Tapestry, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Soft Futures, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA (Berkeley Commonplace)
Wish Loom, Cypress Memorial Park, Oakland, CA
2021 Overlap: Home, Immigration and Identity, Bayfair Center San Leandro
Co-curated with Project Art Together
Standard Parts Studios, Oakland, CA
2020 Hold me in the palm of your hand, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
Solo exhibition
December 2020 Virtual MAPP Art Event (Mission Arts Performance Project)
Red Poppy Art House
Founded the Virtual Art Connections Project:
a community project connecting performing artists with
virtual classrooms in the Bay Area
2019 Awarded artist grant from The City of San Leandro for the From Where to Here Project
Project locations: Station SL, San Leandro, CA, Community Impact Lab, San Leandro, CA
Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco
Thought Threads, Station SL, San Leandro, CA
Solo exhibition
2018 Fresh Works VII, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
Curated by Beverly Rayner
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2017 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
Co-curated by Monica Lundy and Walter Maciel
Nod to Mod, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
Curated by Yessica Torres of Dab Art
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A Temporary Collection (of an ordinary bloodline), Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Elena Mencarelli
Solo exhibition
2016 Here, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Our Town, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Curated by Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Gems III, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Curated by Ruth Santee of Transmission Gallery, Oakland
Fusion, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA Online Exhibition Curated by Olivia Ongpin
2014 Facing East, The Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA
Curated by Elayne Grossbard
2013 Handle with Care, The Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA
Curated by Elayne Grossbard
2010 ICM, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art,Las Vegas, NV
2007 The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA Curated by Svea Lin Soll
Professional Associations and Selected Work Experience:
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2019-present
Alameda County Art Commissioner, District 3.
2021-present
Member of the Board of Directors, Berkeley Commonplace
March 2013-July 2020
THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM
Education Programs Manager: Family and Studio Arts
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Co-led the creation of numerous collaborative art spaces within the museum,
including the Textile Lab, the Zim Zoom Family Room and Sukkah Studio.
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1998-1999 Selected artist with SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004-2009 Pro Arts Member: exhibited in annual Pro Arts events and exhibitions
Press:
Davidson, Lyn: ‘Facing East’ explores Mizrachi, Asian influences on art, modern Jewish culture,
J Weekly, May 2014
Education:
1993 B.A. in Visual Arts, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
2023 M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts, Mills College at Northeastern
University,Oakland, CA