Jan Blythe, Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo shows

Domestic goddess, Cornaro Art Institute, Limassol, Cyprus, 2019

Reach, Aurobora gallery, Ketchum, ID, 2017

Reach, A Starck Project, Berkeley, CA, 2016

Thematic Cartography, Cornaro Art Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013

MOPA, Jan Blythe Invitational, Multiple cities, 2010

Smoke and Mirrors, Soap gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2009

About time, Arthaus, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Jan Blythe, New Work, Ebert gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2002

 

Juried shows

Bay Area Arts & Craft Exhibition, Group show, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA , 2024

A Question of Balance, Group show, juried by Jeff Nathanson, Executive Director and Curator, Museum of Sonoma County and Kate Eilertsen, Executive Director/Chief Curator, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA, 2024

She/They: Pacific Rim Sculptors, Group show, juried by Lauren Baines Interim Director of the Saisset Museum, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, 2024

Art of a Community, artsbenicia gallery, Benicia, CA, 2023

Finding The Form, Bay Area Sculpture, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2023

Eco-Sculpt, Group show, juried by Ann Hazels, Radius gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2022

Onward 2022, sfartistsalumni, online group show, 2022

Weave, Cut, Bundle and Layer: Artists with Material Instincts, curated by Lisa McCutcheon, Root Division, San Francisco, CA 2021

Crocker Kingsley national juried competition, juried by Carrie Lederer, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2021

Truth or Beauty, Group show, juried by Chandra Cerrito, Artworksdowntown, San Rafael, CA, 2021

Fresh Art 2020, Group show, juried by Jen Tough, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, 2020

Fragments, Group show, juried by Jen Tough, Arc gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020

Bird, Nest, Nature, Group show juried by Jeffrey De Bois, Assistant Curator, ICI Boston and Rebecca Lowery, Assistant Curator, MOCA, Los Angeles, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2020

Tunnels of the mind, curated by Orit Ben Shitrit, ZAZ10TS, Times Square, New York, NY, 2020

Alchemy, Group show, juried by Jenny Gheith, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Arts Guild of Sonoma Gallery, Sonoma, CA, 2019

Annual Juried Show, Group show, juried by Amy Owens, Curator at the di Rosa Center for contemporary Art, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2019

Red, Group show, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, NY, 2019

Contemporary photography 2008-2018, Group show, juried by Kristen Gaylord, Site-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, NY, 2018

Altered, Group show curated by OFFspace, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2018

National Juried Show, Group show, juried by Jane Panetta, Associate Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, New Jersey, NJ, 2017

Group show, Fresh Hell Gallery, Brighton, England, 2016

Delivering Views, Group show, phaneromenis gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2016

2014 Invitational, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014

Benefit for BalletX 2014, Group show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2014

Annual Juried Show, Group show, juried by Jenny Gheith, Assistant curator of painting and sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014

Three Artists, Three Views, Group show, Apotheka Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013

Bread and Roses, Group show, Cornaro Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013

Shifting Margins, Group show, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA, 2012

Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century, Group show, juried by Ingrid Fassbender, Woman made Gallery, Chicago, Il, 2011

The Museum of Pocket Art Retrospective, Group show, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis, MO, 2011

Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Group show, juried by Alison Gas, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2011

Local Arts 4 Healthy Hearts, Group show, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2011

The “UN” show: Unusual Materials, Unconventional Methods, Solano College, CA, 2010

The Domestic-Garde, Group show, The ap-art-ment, San Francisco, CA, 2010

MOPA at the Lab, Group show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Root Division’s Eight Annual Auction, Group show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Retractions, Group show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Think before you pink, Group show, ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Family Pictures, Group show, juried by Michelle Townsend, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Negotiations, Group show, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Intimate Cartography, Group show, Museum of Pocket Art, multiple locations, 2008

Code Switchers, Group show, juried by Steven Dye and Stephanie Syjuco, The Lab, San Francisco, CA. 2008

Annual Juried Show, Group show, juried by Catherine Clark and JoAnne Northup, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2008

Local Voice, Group show, juried by Phil E. Linares, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2008

On, Of, And About Paper, Group show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, 2008

WAM, Group show, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Home, Group show, Gallery 3175, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2007

I Often Shoot Myself, Group show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Continuing MFA Group Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Guts, Group show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2007

Between Code and Desire, Group show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Recent Works, Group show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006

Habitation, Group show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2006

Nine Square Grid, New Meanings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006

20th Annual Juried Show, juried by Phil E. Linares, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2005

New Visions, Introductions 99, Group show, juried by Rupert Garcia, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1999

New Visions, Introductions 98, Group show, juried by Phil E. Linares, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1998

Wonder Women, ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA, 1998

The Art of the Craft, Group show, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 1993

Best of New Designers Show, Group show, Business Center, London, England, 1992

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Cycladic Art Center, resident artist, Paros, Greece 2023

Crocker Kingsley National Art Competition, catalog, Roseville, CA 2021

Fragments catalog, Arc gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020

Cornaro Institute of Cyprus, resident artist, Limassol, Cyprus, 2019

Shortlisted for the Wapping Project, Berlin 2015

Juried Winner in sculpture category 4th showcase competition, Artslant Prize, 2015

Cornaro Institute of Cyprus, resident artist, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2013.

Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded John D and Susan P Diekman Fellowship, Woodside, CA, 2012

Jurors’ Cash Award, Bedford Gallery Guild and Docent Councils, Walnut Creek, CA, 2011

Retractions at Root Division, Artweek, review by David Buuck, March 2009

Ways and Means: SFAI Group show, SF Weekly.com, review by Traci Vogel, 2008

Mixed messages, East Bay Express, review by DeWitt Cheng, 2008

On, Of and About Paper catalog, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA, 2008

WAM catalog, San Francisco, 2008

Home catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, 2007

Best of New Designers, Financial Times, London, 1992

EDUCATION

MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2008

B.A (Honors) Degree Textile Design (Print), Loughborough College of Art and Design, England, 1992

Certificate of Art and Design, Loughborough College of Art and Design, England, 1989

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