Resume
Marina Shterenberg born Zhitomir, Ukraine
P.O. Box 40661, San Francisco, CA 94140
415.235.9644
marishart [at] yahoo.com | marinashterenberg.com
Education
M.F.A., Painting, San Francisco State University, SF, CA 2003-2006
B.F.A., Painting, Parsons School of Design, NY 1992-1996
International Exchange Residency, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1995
Pre-College Summer Program Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1991
Classical Studies, Zhitomir Art School, Zhitomir, Ukraine 1984-1989
Exhibitions
2006
Fine Arts Gallery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, Improbable Architecture, MFA Exhibition
2005
GenArt Emerge, The Warfield Building, San Francisco, CA
Blackbird Space, San Francisco, CA, Past Lives Personal Exorcisms
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Murphy and Cadogan Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Works on Paper
Pierogi 2000, New York, NY, Flat Files
Artists Space, New York, NY, Online Artists File
2004
RX Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Linc Real Art, San Francisco, CA, Moving Mountains
Fine Arts Gallery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, Stillwell Exhibition
Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY
The Artery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, Emergence
Terrapin Gallery, New York, NY
The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Benefit Auction
Fine Arts Gallery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, Out of the Black into the Red
Zedd Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003
Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, Marking Time
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA, Gimme Polaroid
The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Post Postcard 7
Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA, Peace Please
The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Benefit Auction
The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Drawing Show
Zedd Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2002
Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA, painting show
Build, San Francisco, CA, Gimme Polaroid
Zedd Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2001
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Soho Editions, Irvington, NY, Wall Drawings
Coben Gallery, Dallas, TX, paintings/ installation
Morton H. Meyerson Center, Dallas, TX
1999
Washington Heights Art Center, New York, NY, Transitions
1996
Atelier 14, New York, NY, paintings
Parsons Gallery, New York, NY, thesis exhibition
1995
Gerrit Rietveld Show Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Morton H. Meyerson Center, Dallas, TX, New American Artists
Residencies
2006-2007
Headlands Center For the Arts. One year studio residency. Sausalito, CA.
2003-2006
Romberg-Tiburon Center. Artist Residency, Tiburon, CA
1999-2001
PS 179, Brooklyn, NY. Artist-in-Residence. Working with students on a series of public works for the school and the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Grants and Fellowships
2005 Murphy Fellowship in the Fine Arts
Bill Graham Foundation Grant
2004 SFSU Graduate Fellowship Award
San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant
Martin Wong Scholarship in Painting
San Francisco State University Grant
Friends of Parks and Recreation Community Project Grant
San Francisco Women Artists Scholarship
2003 San Francisco Youth Fund Grant
1999 Empire State Partnership Grant
Reviews
Allison Bing. “’Past Lives and Personal Exorcisms’ at Blackbird Space.” Artweek, February 2006.
City Fanfare Art, “Edgy art to spark latest trend”, by Jamie Windborne, Dec.12, 2004.
Collections
Judith Zissman, San Francisco, CA
Phil Macias, Princeton, NJ
James Orlando, San Francisco, CA
Tom Davila, San Francisco, CA
Kara Nicols, Zedd Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Wes Connard, San Francisco, CA
Michael V. Collins, San Francisco, CA
David Gomez, San Francisco, CA
Beverly and Martin Coben, Dallas, TX
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2004-2005
Assisting in teaching intermediate-level figure painting class, leading live model sessions, critiques and slide presentations.
Founder and Director, Star Mountain Art, San Francisco, CA 2003-present
Creating an interactive community for artists, young people and families in which they engage in a learning process that involves creativity, exploration of new ideas and reflection. Facilitating summer programs, public art projects and family festivals and collaborating with community centers and programs.
Teaching Artist, Holy Family Day Center, San Francisco, CA 2003-2004
Designing and facilitating multi-medium projects through the ARTREACH program
Lead Teacher, Children’s Art Center, San Francisco, CA 2002-20003
Facilitating art experiences for children in innovative environment that fosters learning through exploration and self-expression.
Artistic Director, Marisha School For the Arts, New York, NY 2000-2002
Founding and managing after school art education center for youth, designing and implementing creative art projects.
Artist Facilitator, Artist Cares, New York, NY 2001-2002
Developing and leading Artist Preparation Workshops, promoting healing through creative expression in response to September 11.
Artist-in-Residence, Art Horizons, New York, NY 1998-2002
Designing and teaching visual arts programs through Project Arts
Teaching Artist, Marquis Studios, New York, NY 1996-2002
Designing and teaching painting, puppetry, mural, mask, printmaking and multimedia residencies in public schools in NYC, involving a collaborative approach between teachers and artists; conducting staff-development and parent workshops, participating in Arts-in-Education Roundtable
Art Consultant, Ocean Parkway Developmental Center, New York, N 1998-2000
Conducting hands-on art workshops for special education students, integrating creative arts and whole language
Conferences
Empire State Partnership Summer Conference, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 1999
Face-to-Face Roundtable Conference, New York, NY 1998