LENA WOLFF
2308 Jefferson Avenue Berkeley, CA 94703
www.lenawolff.com

EDUCATION
2003 MFA Printmaking, San Francisco State University, CA
1995 BA English/Creative Writing, Mills College, CA

AWARDS
2006 Semi-finalist, SECA Award, SFMOMA, CA
2006 Artist Grant, The John Anson Kittredge Fund
2006 Artist-in-Residence, Blue Mountain Center, NY
2004 Artist-in-Residence (curatorial residency), The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2004 Exhibition Support Grant, The National Endowment for the Arts for Inside of Inside at the Lab, San Francisco
2003 Artist in Residence, Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, VT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Gatherings, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2004 I Can See the Truth Shining in the Eyes of Every Misfit, The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Bedrooms and Forests, The Lexington Club, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 New Work, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Wynwood, Traywick Contemporary, Miami, FL
2008 Small Wonders, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Splash, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Optic Illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 3, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2007 New Work, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Wynwood, Traywick Contemporary, Miami, FL
2007 New Work, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2006 New Work, Aqua Art Miami, Traywick Contemporary, Miami, FL
2006 Paper, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2006 Biophilia, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
2006 Momentum, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2006 Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2005 The Zebra Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2005 Nonetheless, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
2005 Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2004 Conjure#1, The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Drawing Box, The Street Theater Festival, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2004 New Work, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Supernatural, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2002 Open H-art, The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2000 San Francisco Drawing Show, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2009-2014 Artwork Purchase and Site-Specific Permanent Artwork Commission, SF General Hospital/San Francisco Arts Commission
2009 Small Scale Artwork Purchase, The Alameda County Arts Commission
2006 Passage to the Netherworlds, mural (in collaboration with Carolyn Ryder Cooley), Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose
2005 The End Will Come, mural (in collaboration with Carolyn Ryder Cooley), Clarion Alley/Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2011 The Paper Quilt Project: Collaborations in Contemporary Craft (exhibition-in-progress) Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2005 Forest for the Trees a benefit art auction for the film, Forest for the Trees, by Bernadine Mellis, Counterpulse, San Francisco
2004 Inside of Inside, The Big Ballyhoo, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2004 Inside of Inside Benefit Art Auction a benefit auction for the exhibition Inside of Inside, The Lab, San Francisco

PUBLICATIONS
2007 Artweek 'Paper' at Traywick Contemporary
2007 East Bay Express (Emeryville, CA), Paper Trail
2007 The San Francisco Bay Guardian
2006 The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Animal Charm

RELATED EXPERIENCE
2009 Arts Learning Galleries Coordinator, Alameda County Office of Education, Hayward, CA
2007 Curriculum Writer, SPARK, KQED, San Francisco, CA
2007 Art IS Education Assistant, The Alameda County Office of Education, Hayward, CA
2007 Artist-in-Residence, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2005 Teaching Artist, Mission Voices, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2005 Drawing Instructor, Adult Education, The San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2004 Lecturer and Lead Teacher, San Francisco State University College of Extended Learning San Francisco, CA and Colima, El Salvador
2003 Artist/Teacher, The Teen Visionaries Program, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2003 Lead Teacher, Community Works at San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center, San Francisco, CA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Traywick Contemporary