EDUCATION
1990 M.F.A., Mills College,
Oakland, CA
1977 B.A., San Francisco State University, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | Kerry Vander Meer, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA |
| 2005 | Kerry Vander Meer: New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Cafe, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 | Bones of Eire, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Hardly There, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA |
| Kerry Vander Meer: New Work,van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1999 | Hardly There, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 | Ultimately Perfect II, performance, The Oliver Art Center, CA College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1993 | Ultimately Perfect, California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1991 | Installation, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA |
| 1990 | Kerry Vander Meer, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Introductions 1990, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1986 | Openings,Judith Litvich Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 1985 | Atlantillian Images, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1981 | En Pointe, Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA |
| The Dance, Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA. N.E.A. Project Grant Recipient |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
| 2008 | The Veil: Visible & Invisible Spaces, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado; University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; University of Connecticut-Groton; East Indiana University-Richmond; California State University-Dominguez Hills. |
| May Show , Soho Myriad, Altanta Georgia | |
| 2007 | Three Dimensions: Eight Sculptors, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
Common Threads, Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA
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| Material Culture Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA u | |
| Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY | |
| Inaugural Group Exhibition, Issa Galleria, Houma, LA | |
| 2x 2 Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| ICA's 27th Annual Fall Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA | |
| 2006 | Hair Dialogue - An Installation Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
| Hair Raising, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA | |
| New Lines: Drawn, Stitched and Sculpted, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA | |
| Happiness for all the Artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA | |
| Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Spring Gallery, The New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation, Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2005 | Lines & Curves, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Eco-visions, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2004 | Day of the Dead, Museum of Art, Mazatlan, Mexico |
| Vital Visionaries: Artists Respond to the Environmental Crisis, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio | |
| Inner Workings, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA | |
| 2003 | Revealing Influences: Conversations with Bay Area Artists, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, J. Wayne Stark University Ctr. Galleries, College Station, TX | |
| 2002 | Being There: 45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
| Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY | |
| 2001 | The Art of Collecting, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Woven Vessels and Sculptures from
the Collection of Karen and Robert Duncan, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE |
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| WEAD Eco-Art=eco-activism, John F. Kennedy University Arts Annex, Berkeley, CA | |
| An Art Odyssey, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| 2000 | Now What? Reflections on the past 100 years, Eyre/Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Four Montalvo Artists Reflect on Organic Forms, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA | |
| Fall Auction,San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA juried by Todd Hosfelt | |
| 1999 | Natural Selection, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Needle Art , Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA | |
| Eccentric Structures,Works, San Jose, CA (4 person exhibit) | |
| In Time and Eye, Society for Ecological Restoration International Conference, S. F., CA | |
| 1998 | Labyrinth: A Day of the Dead, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| Bay Area Sculptors IV: Abstraction, Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA | |
| 1997 | Scene-Unseen, Eastern New Mexico Univ., Portales, NM Juried by Lucy Lippard Award |
| Yosemite Renaissance XII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA & traveling Award | |
| 1996 | Translucency, Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1995 | Old Growth, Raw Space Gallery, ARC, Chicago, Illinois |
| Apartment Store, Exit Art, New York, NY | |
| 1994 | Mirror, Mirror. Gender Roles and
Historical Significance of Beauty,The Oliver Art Center,
C. C. A. C., Oakland, CA |
| Measuring Up, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA | |
| Art As a Forum For Social Change, Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco State University | |
| 1993 | 1920 The Subtlety of Subversion, The Continuitey of Intervention, Exit Art, New York, NY |
| Beauty, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, NM | |
| 1992 | Regeneration, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| Marin Arts Council Sculpture Grantees, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA | |
| 1991 | Art & Trends,Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., juried by Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney Museum: Award |
| 1990 | M.F.A. Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2001 Artist
in Residence, Foundation Valpariso, Spain
2000 Artist in Residence, Millay Colony,
Austerlitz, New York
1997 Artist in Residence, Cill Railaig
Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland
1995 Artist in Residence, Villa Montalvo,
Santa Clara, CA
1991 Visual Arts Grant in Sculpture,
Marin Arts Council, Marin County, CA
1990 Departmental Assistantship &
Residence Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1993-present Instructor, Creative
Growth Art Center, Pleasant Valley Adult School, Oakland, CA
2001-present Board Member, WEAD
Women's Environmental Art Directory
1996-00 Artist in Residence,
Community Economic Development Agency, City of Oakland,CA
1998
Panelist, "Art and Environment", W.C.A. Conference, San Francisco Art
Institute, CA
1993-97 Board Member, Secession
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995-96 Instructor, California
Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, Valencia,CA
1991-95 Instructor, Sonoma
State University, Rohnert Park, CA
1991
Instructor, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.
1990
Instructor, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1980-83 Co-Founder & Executive
Director, Public Art Works, San Rafael, CA
REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA (selected)
2006 NBC Channel 11, News interview
by Bob Redell on "Hair Raising" show at San Jose ICA Jan 23 COLLECTIONS/CORPORATE COMMISSIONS (selected)
Oakland Museum Permanent Collection, Oakland, CA
KGO,
Channel 7 (ABC) "What's Hot", film on Hair Raising Show, Feb.
Michael
S. Gant, Metro Active, "Threads of Memory: Human Hair Connects the Generations
at SJICA"
Anastasia
Hendrix, S.F. Chronicle, "Tressed Out: Art of the top of our Heads",
Jan. 15
2003 Cash, Stephanie, Art in America, "Report From San Francisco:
Surviving and Thriving", November
Alison
Bing, Artweek, “Craft: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?” November
A
Report “Revealing Influences, Museum of Craft and Folk Art Conversations
with Bay Area Artists”, October
2002 Thompson, Sandy, Artweek, "Mary Mountcastle Eubank, Zea Morvita
and Kerry Vander Meer...," June
2001 Rohan, Theres, "The Gallery at Villa Montalvo: Selected Exhibitions
from 1996 through 2000
1999 Cebulski, Frank, Artweek, "Essential Structures at Works/San
Jose"
Thym,
Jolene, The Oakland Tribune, "Come Visit Frog Pad at Hang Gallery", July
16
Ruttenberg, Danya, The Express, "Over There", July 2
San
Francisco Focus, "Happenings", July
1998 Thym, Jolene, Oakland Tribune, "Sculpture Court Shows off its
Eclectic Collection", July 3
1997 Spotlight Sentinel, "Beneath the Surface "Translucency" Explores
the Unknown", March
1996 Hull Webster, Mary, Artweek, "Manipulated Desires", July
21
Ginley,
Jacqueline, West County Times, "Art in Pursuit of Beauty", Sept. 27
1993 Cotter, Holland, The New York Times "Group Show
with Feminist Message", April. 16
1991 Conway, R., Diablo Valley College Enquirer "Vander Meer
Art Fluid in Form",
1990 The New Fillmore "On the Wall and Off the Wall ", July
1989 Talley, Charles, Artweek "Plateaus of Invention",
March 18
1985 Fiberarts Magazine "Public Fiber: Looking at the Logistics",
interview by J. Koplos, Jan.
BankAmerica Corporation Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
Cill Railaig Art Collection, Ballenskelligs, Ireland
San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Baltimore Federal Savings &Loan Association, Baltimore, MD
nextmonet. com, San Francisco, CA
e-Bay, San Jose, CA
Cindy Sherman, New York, N.Y.
Neiman-Marcus, Copley Place, Boston, MA
Foundation Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
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