SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Forms of Forms of Forms, Local Language Art, Oakland, CA
2021 A Language for the Commons, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2019 Patterns & Spells, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2017 The Song Is Love, Artist Residency and Performance, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017 We'll Be Singing, Sweeney Kaye Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Shapes in Space, Needles & Pens, San Francisco, CA
2014 All for One for All, Dominican University, San Raphael, CA
2011 Another Country, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
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, CA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Radiant Windows, Kelly Ording & Lena Wolff, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2020 For Democracy, Michele Pred & Lena Wolff, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
2018 Radical Matriarchs, Miriam Klein Stahl & Lena Wolff, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2006 Biophilia, C. Ryder Cooley & Lena Wolff, Needles & Pens, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Speak Up!, UPCO, Otley, UK
2024 Eureka!, California Artists at the Governor's Mansion, Sacramento, CA
2024 Return Focus, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2024 CULT Turns 10, Anniversary Exhibition, CULT / Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2022 Hella Feminist, Oakland Museum of California, CA
2022 The Artist’s Eye, Berkeley Art Museum, CA
2022 Social Abstraction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Forever was Never Till Now, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2022 Processing Harmony, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2019 Midsummer Edit, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2018 Summer School, Johannson Projects, Oakland, CA
2018 Queer Communities in Print, Mathis Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI
2018 Religion & Resistance, Doug Adams Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA
2017 Piecework Collective, Independent Quilt Show, NYC
2017 Awake! Kala Art Institute / Addison Street Window Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2016 Immense Love, Sweeney Kaye Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 The Lesbian Lexicon, Tenderloin National Forest / Luggage Store Gallery, SanFrancisco, CA
2014 A Pattern Language, Cult / Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2014 Queer Communities in Print, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
2014 Queer Communities in Print, Airspace Gallery, Philadelphia, CA
2013 The Unusual Suspects, Alley Cat Books, San Francisco, CA
2013 10 Years of Needles & Pens, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Thinking Like the Universe, K Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 Thinking Like the Universe, Hatch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012 Strange Glue, Traditional and Avant-Garde Collage, Thompson Gallery, MA
2009 Small Wonders, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Optic Illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 3, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2007 New Work, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2006 Paper, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2006 Momentum, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2006 Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2005 Nonetheless, Needles & Pens, San Francisco, CA
2004 Dia de los Muertos, The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist Residency, Local Language Art, Oakland, CA
2022 Artist Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 Artist Grant, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, CA
2019 City Proclamation, ‘Lena Wolff & Miriam Klein Stahl Day’ named by Mayor Jesse Arreguin in Berkeley, CA
2018 Artist Grant, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, CA
2017 Artist Residency, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017 Master Artist Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015 Artist Residency, Facebook, Menlo Park, CA
2014 Artist Residency / Sustainability Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, CA
2013 Artist Grant, The Center for Cultural Innovation, CA
2013 Artist Residency, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2011 Exhibition Support Grant, The Paper Quilt Project, Zellerbach Foundation
2007 Artist Residency, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2006 Artist Grant, The John Anson Kittredge Fund.
2006 Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, NY
2004 Exhibition Support Grant, Inside of Inside / The Lab, The National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 Artist Residency, Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, VT
COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC ART
2024 VOTE for Democracy, self-initiated public art project (launching Spring 2024), in collaboration with Hope Meng, United States
2022 VOTE for Democracy, self-initiated public art project, in collaboration with Hope Meng, United States
2021 Mask On to Move On, a public initiative by the Alameda Health Consortium and the City of Berkeley, in collaboration with Masami Chin
2020 VOTE for Democracy, self-initiated public art project, in collaboration with Lexi Visco, United States
2018 VOTE for Democracy, self-initiated public art project, in collaboration with Lexi Visco, United States
2017 United Against Hate, self-initiated public art project, in collaboration with Lexi Visco, Bay Area
2015 Public Art Award, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco Arts Commission
2011 Public Art Collection Purchase, Alameda County Arts Commission
2009 Public Art Collection Purchase, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco Arts Commission
2010 Public Art Collection Purchase, Laguna Honda Hospital Artwork Purchase, San Francisco Arts Commission
2009 Public Art Collection Purchase, Alameda County Arts Commission.
2005 The End Will Come, mural, in collaboration with Carolyn Ryder Cooley, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA
COLLECTIONS
Alameda County Arts Commission
Berkeley Art Museum
Cleveland Clinic
Oakland Museum of California
ONE National Lesbian and Gay Archives
San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco History Collection / San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco State University
Stanford University / Stanford Health Care
University of Iowa Museum
Zuckerman Museum of Art
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020 Our Eyes Are On Fire, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
2011 The Paper Quilt Project, Berkeley Art Center, CA
2004 Inside of Inside, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
PERFORMANCE
2017-19 Future Chorus, Project Founder and Creative Director
2019 Future Chorus, performance, Women’s March, Oakland, CA
2018 Future Chorus, performance, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA
2018 The Portal (guest participant), performance by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Made in LA, Hammer Museum, CA
2018 Future Chorus, performance Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2017 Future Chorus / The Song is Love, performance, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017 Future Chorus, performance, The Chetwood, Oakland, CA
CD & RECORD COVERS
2007 Hey Willpower, Hey Willpower, Cochon Records.
2003 The Song is Love, the Quails, Mr. Lady Records
PUBLICATIONS, ARTIST TALKS, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
Review, ARTnews, Ahead of Midterm Elections, Artists Mount Pro-Abortion Billboard Campaign in Red States, by Angelica Villa (2022)
Guest Presenter, Color Council Chromatic Journey with Leah Rosenberg, SFMOMA (2022)
Guest Speaker, Painting & Drawing, California College for the Arts (2020)
Artist Talk, Visual Art Department, Sonoma State University (2020)
Interview, Lauren Schiller & Lena Wolff at Sarah Shepard Gallery (2019)
Interview, The Studio Work (2019)
Artist Feature, PPAPER Magazine, Taiwan (2014)
Review, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, ‘A Pattern Language,’ by Leora Lutz (2014)
Artist Feature, The Jealous Curator (2014)
Review, Artslant, ‘Threadless Patchworks and Seamy Fabrications,’ by Kara Q. Smith (2014)
Review, Art Practical, ‘A Pattern Language’ at CULT’ (2014)
Artist Feature, Lena Wolff + Erica Tanov, Design Sponge (2013)
Exhibition Pick, Another Country, Art Practical (2011)
Artist Feature, Design Sponge (2011)
Review, East Bay Express, ‘Piece Work,’ by DeWitt Chang, (2011)
Review, Visual Art Source, ‘Another Country’ at Traywick Contemporary, by Dewitt Chang (2011)
Artist Pages, Papercraft 2, edited by R. Klanten, B. Meyer, Gestallen (2011)
Artist Feature, Design Sponge (2010)
Interview, Way of Women, (2010)
Artist Pages, Street Art San Francisco, edited by Annice Jacoby, Abrams (2009)
Review, East Bay Monthly, ‘Wild Things’ (2009)
Artist Feature, Design Sponge (2007)
Artist Pages, Pocket Myths (Orpheus), edited by Andrea Lawlor (2007)
Review, Artweek, ‘Paper’ at Traywick Contemporary, by Dewitt Chang (2007)
Review, East Bay Express, ‘Paper Trail’ (2007)
Review, The San Francisco Bay Guardian (2007)
Review, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, ‘Animal Charm,’ by Johnny Ray Huston (2006)
Artist Pages, Angry Dog Midget Editions, edited by Noel Black, (2005)
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, Printmaking, San Francisco State University
1995 BA, English / Creative Writing, Mills College