Exhibitions (select)
Solo Exhibition
2009
Hollowed - exhibition by Shada/Jahn at MIT Museum (Cambridge, MA)
2004
Imprint (a Shada/Jahn collaborative) - Backroom Gallery, Adobe Books (San Francisco, CA)
Group Exhibitions (select)
2007
Medium As Message - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco) – organized by Joseph Del Pesco/Collective Foundation,
curated by Berin Golonu
101 Dresses - Artspace (New Haven, CT) – curated by Deinse Markonish & Linda Lindroth
2006
Interactive City - ISEA / Zero One Symposium – curator: Steve Dietz, Cynthia Taylor, Beau Takahara
Hybrid Fields - Sonoma County Museum of Art – curator: Patricia Watts
Metro Pictures - The Moore Space (Miami, FL) – curator: Silvia Karman Cubina
Metro Pictures Part 2 - Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (FL) – curator: Silvia Karman Cubina
Seamless 2 - Museum of Science (Boston, MA) – curator: Christine Liu, Nick Knouf
Food + Art – Greenmuseum.org – curator: Greenmuseum
2005
Istanbul Fragmented - Istanbul Fragmented/Biennale(Istanbul, Turkey) – curator: Otto von Busch, Evren Uzer
Bay Area Now 4: SF Bay Area Biennial - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – curator: Rene Guzman, Berin Golonu
2004
Connect the Dots - LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University (NYC) – curator: Basekamp
The Bay Area Show - Tangent Gallery (Detroit, MI)
gAMe - 21 Grand (Oakland, CA)
2003
War & Silence - Kearny St. Workshop (San Francisco, CA) – curator: Claire Light
Making Ends Meet - Lucky Tackle (Oakland, CA) – curator: Adam Driggs-Rompel
Element of Temporary - New Langton Arts (San Francisco, CA) – curator: Evelyn Funes
2002
Shit Hot - Lucky Tackle (Oakland, CA)
One Night Stand - Ego Park (Oakland, CA) – curator: Adam Driggs-Rompel
2001
Monster Drawing Rally - Southern Exposure (San Francisco, CA)
Curatorial Projects
selected from 25 exhibitions curated for Pond, a nonprofit organization I co-founded in 2000
Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags. Locations: Pond, San Francisco (2004); Galerii Y, Tartu (2005), Estonia; Katlamaja/Kulturitehaas, Talinn, Estonia (2006)
Shopdropping: Experiments in the Aisle. Locations: Pond, San Francisco (2005), The New Gallery, Calgary (2006), Canada; Western Front, Vancouver (2006)
Invisible 5: an experimental audio tour of the I-5. Location: Southern Exposure, San Francisco (2006)
This Way Please. Location: Pond, San Francisco (2004), The San Francisco Asian Art Museum (2004)
Natalie Jeremijenko: Plant: the Propagation Phase. Location: Pond (2003) ; Sanchez Art Center (2004), presentation at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2003)
Air Portugual 2. Location: Pond, San Francisco with support from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2001)
Additional exhibitions at Pond, San Francisco from 2001-5 include: Free Mattress, Sculptures (Sean Bluechel), Face 2 Face II Face, Seeing is Believing, Out of the Ground Into the Sky, Out of the Sky Into the Ground, etc.
Summary of Artists Featured:
United Victorian Workers, Shannon Spanhake, Amy Franceschini, Natalie Jeremijenko, Institute for Advanced Architecture, Conrad Bakker, Anti-Advertising Agency, Packard Jennings, Zoe Sheehan Saldana, Trina Robbins, Zeljko Blace, Sue Costabile, Amy Balkin with Tim Halbur, Kim Stringfellow, Rigo, Terri Cohn, Kevin Radley, Veronica de Jesus, Randall Sinner, Deric Carner, Twin Heart Collective, Jackie Sumell, David Rudolph, Tim Martinez, Cheryl Coon, Nathan Burazer, Kevin Greisch, Marijke Jorritsma, Will Yackulic & Dave Larsen, Amy Lockhart, Marc Bell, Erase Errata, Troll, the Numbers, Scott Pagano, Chris Musgrave, Seed, Joao Simoes, Joao dos Santos, Shirley Tze, Kate Grinnan, Alice Konitz, Violet hopkins, Nicolau Vergueiro, Christopher Russell, Mark Flores, Desiree Holman, Geof Oppenheimer, Ricardo Rivera, SchetherShmizu, Kent Manske, Larnie Fox, San Francisco Bureau of Urban Secrets, Matt Volla, Basekamp, Kate Pocrass, Ricardo Rivera, Isis Rodriguez & Nicole Repack, It Can Change, Sutekh, Chris Musgrave, Phoenix Perry, Permi Gill, Sean Bluechel, Robert Ortbal, Dame Darcy.
Bibliography
Reviews for Artwork (select)
Gopalarithinam, Ranjani. 'Musical Couplets.' Fader (9/2005) p. 62
Hansen, Heiko. 'Contemporary Vehicle Design in Istanbul', Cluster, Italy. (1/2006) pp.11-15.
Huston, Johnny Ray. ‘Better Homes & Galleries’ SF Bay Guardian (5/2004)
Rodriguez, Juan. ‘Orange.’ Artweek (5/02)
Sirp (Estonia daily news), Aug 5, 2005
?oher, ?ebnem. ?stanbul Fragmented Kapsam?nda, Arkitera.com (7/2005)
Reviews for Curatorial Work (select)
Baker, Kenneth. San Francisco Chronicle: Arts & Leisure. (3/22/2002)
Bonnetti, David. ‘Air Portugal II’ featured review in The San Francisco Chronicle (11/2001)
Bonetti, David. ‘Industrial-Strength Art.’ San Francisco Chronicle (1/2001)
Buucke, David. ‘Inside View’. Artweek (3/2002)
Cantrell, Andrea. “Artists Drop While they Shop”, CNNMoney.com(7/20/05)
Cash, Stephanie. 'Bay Area Then and Now.' Art in America. (1/2006)
Chronin, Neva. ‘Doin It For Themselves: Feminist Arts and Activism Infuse Bay Area Ladyfest’. Featured article, SF Chronicle’s Datebook, (7/23/02)‘
Clone Rangers.’ The Independent (4/8/03)
Cohn, Terri. ‘Emerging Alternatives for the Twenty-First Century.’ ArtWeek (7/4/04)
Cohn, Terri. ‘Unfurled.’ ArtWeek (7/04)
Del Pesco, Joseph. “Beware of Subversion in Your Supermaket.” Fast Forward, Calgary, 6/8/06
Garchik, Leah. 'OneTrees.' San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook. (3/11/2003)
Han, Sarah. ‘Drop While You Shop’ San Francisco Bay Guardian: Night & Day. (3/10/2005)
Helstrop, Anjee. ‘Las Dos Rok Starz.’ Zero (4/2001)
Huston, Johnny Ray. ‘Correspondence School’ (featured review) SF Bay Guardian (10/15/03)
‘Night & Day’ – SF Weekly Calendar Pick for Free Mattress. (9/24/03)
McVeigh, Jennifer. 'Shop Till you Drop: The Art of Shopping Takes on Nnew Meaning.' Calgary Herald. 06/2006
Meeker, Cheryl. ‘Seeing is Believing’. Stretcher.org (4/2001)
Meyer, Julien. ‘Air Portugal II at Pond.’ Frieze. (2/2001)
Nijima, Kanya. ‘Form 8 / Air Portugal II’ Shift JP (2/02)
Roche, Harry. A Dip in the Pond’ SF Weekly (1/10/01)
Slaton, Joyce. ‘We’re Sold’ San Francisco Weekly: Weekend Calendar. (3/10, 2004)
Slaton, Joyce. ‘Merrily We Roll Along.’ SF Weekly (7/4/04)
Stout, Christopher. Sean Bluechel. SF Art Magazine (3/2001)
Suwwan, Leila. “Artistas subvertem consume com copias”, Folha de Sao Paulo (2/10/2005)
'Unfurled.' Posttimes, Aug 5, 2005
Westbrook, Lindsey. SF Guardian (July 31, 02)
Wilson, Megan. ‘Critic’s Choice: Grand Opening.’ SF Bay Guardian (01/2001)
Zassenhaus, Eric. ‘Las Dos Rok Starz.’ Punk Planet. (11/2001)
Zassenhaus, Eric. ‘Air Portugal II.’ Clamor. (2/2001)
Catalogues of Personal Artwork
Metro Pictures, Moore Space & Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami, 6/2006
Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 6/2005
PostSovkhoz, MOKS (Estonia), 2006
VROOM, VROOM (Evren Uzer & Otto von Busch, Editors), 2006
Performances & Workshops
'Original Reproductions' (with Marisa Jahn), Monster Drawing Rally (curator: Courtney Fink), 2004
'Handshake Drawing' (with Marisa Jahn), Oakland City Art Gallery (curator: Kerry Johnson), 2004
'Drawing in the West' (with Marisa Jahn), Curformers, (curator: Margaret Tedesco), New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2004
'A La Carte', San Francisco Asian Art Museum (curator: Pauline Yao), 2004
'Handshake Drawing' (with Marisa Jahn), Monster Drawing Rally, (curator: Courtney Fink), San Francisco, CA 2003
Lectures & Presentations
'Natural Systems', Hybrid Fields, Sonoma County Museum, (curator: Patricia Watts), 10/16/2006
'Interventions and Art in Daily Life', Western Front Gallery (Vancouver, BC), (curator: Joanne Bristol) 10/21/2006
Visiting Artist and Curator, San Francisco Art Institute, (for Terri Cohn), 2004
Visiting Artist, University of California Berkeley, (curator: Kevin Radley), 2003
Visiting Artist and Curator, Mama (Croatia Zagreb) (curator: Zeljko Blace) 2003
'Writing Art History', Visiting Artist and Curator, San Francisco Art Institute (for Bill Berkson), 2003
'Writing Art History 2', Visiting Artist and Curator, San Francisco Art Institute (for Bill Berkson), 2002
Visiting Curator, Gen Arts Panel Discussion, 2002
Interviews (radio, print, tv)
Smith, Caroline. 'Shopdropping.' BBC 1 Radio (Canada), 06/01/06
Brydie McGuire (producer), 'Wearable Technology', Beyond Tomorrow, Discovery Channel (6/2006)
Kettenjian, Tania. (radio interview) KALW 91.7 FM (2005)
Wilson, Josh. 'Air Portugal.' KUSF Radio Segue (San Francisco) (11/2001)
Berry, Colin. KPFA. (6/2004)
Cumbria, Melissa. Clamor. (June/July, 2005)
Zassenhaus, Erik. 'Art Pics: Pond.' Punk Planet (2001)
Residencies
Headlands Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Summer/2008
CAMAC (France), 3/2008
Awards, Distinctions, Grants (select)
Tenoit Bursaire (Grant Awarded for residency at CAMAC (2008)
Best Art Space of the Year, Punk Planet (2001)
Nominee, *surface magazine’s ‘Avant-Garde Picks of the Year
Published Essays & Books
Jahn, Marisa & Steve Shada. Burn, Another Publication, (Fall 2007)
Jahn, Marisa & Steve Shada. Shopdropping: Experiments in the Aisle , published by The Collective Foundation, reception: Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco (4/2007)
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