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EDUCATION M.F.A.  Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1996 B.F.A.   Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1993 City College of San Francisco, 1989-1991 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009   SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Artforum Excavations 2008   The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Alterations           Seamans Library, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA, Womans Art, Womans Vision           Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas, AR, Iraqi Casualty Series 2005   Art Institute of Portland, Portland, OR, Cutout 2002   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curtain cloud water 2000   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Shades 1999   James Harris Gallery,  Seattle, WA, Francesca Pastine: Paintings and Drawings 1997   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Feminine Inscriptions SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009   Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, NEXT Art Fair, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill           Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, Front + Center           The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 25th Anniversary Silent and Live Auction 2008   Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Big Bang, Small Bucks           Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Art of Democracy: War and Empire at , curated by Anne Brodsky, Dewitt Cheng,    and Art Hazelwood           Art Walk NY, New York, NY, Auction for the Coalition for the Homeless           Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, You Know How I Feel           San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Fall Auction 2007   The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Annual Auction           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Ripples           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2x2           Temporary Autonomous Museum(s), San Francisco, CA, Artist Go Lightly           San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Annual Auction 2006   Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Drawn           301 Bocana gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gift           San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, Ca, Monoprint Marathon 2005   San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Ornament, the Art of Desire, curated by Cathy Kimbal           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Photoo, curated by Nina Zurier and Pamela Wilson           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Small Works Auction 2004   Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, Art in the New US Embassy           Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Small Work           SOMART, San Francisco, CA, Big Deal, Benefit for Visual Aid           San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Art Institute Auction            Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA, Contemporary Perspectives           San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Monoprints 2003  Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellinghan, WA, Surface Tension           Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, The Big Tree Project 2002   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Abstraction           Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, Surface Tension: Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting 2001  Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL, Serendipity           Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Showtime           San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Art Institute Auction 2000   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Paper Cuts 1999   Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Beholding Beauty, Bay Area Curators Explore Modern and Post-Modern Beauty, chosen by Connie Lewellen           Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Eye Candy 1998   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spread, Works on Paper           Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Painting Show           Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Refiguring Decoration, curated by Lance Scott 1997   Richmond Art Center,  Richmond, CA, Holiday Show 1996   Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Sample Show           San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition           Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA, Nine Artists           Murray Feldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts, the Hyper-Feminine Position in Painting 1995  Victoria Room and PUSH! Galleries, San Francisco, CA, Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts, the Hyper-Feminine Position in Painting            Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Continuing M.F.A. Exhibition            Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Three Artists            Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Olga Dollar 1994  Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA,  North American Works , curated by Phil Linears            Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Object 1993  Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Three Peas and a Cod PUBLIC ART PROJECTS 2004  Library, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Artifacts, San Francisco Artists Committee 2000  Courtyard, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Day Without Art , San Francisco Artists Committee PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION 2007   Curator, Hyper Ordinary: the poetics of the familiar, Gallery K2Y, San Francisco, CA 2006   Pierogi Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, 177 North 9th Street, New York, NY 2005   White Columns Curated Artists Registry, White Columns, New York, NY 2005  Curator, Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa CA Curator 2003  Co-juror, Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Artists Committee 2002  Co-curator, Sight Unseen, Annual 2001,  Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2000- 2004  Artists Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2000  Juror, Woman's Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999  Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1998  Curator, Overeasy, Savoring the Feminine, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA 1992- 1993  Art Installation, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 1992  Founder and Editor of The Philistine , the student journal, San Francisco Art Institute AWARDS 1999  SECA Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 1995  Spring Show Award, San Francisco Art Institute, Jurors: James Harris and Michael Damm 1992  Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2008              California College of the Arts: Senior Lecturer, Abstraction Workshop 2008              California College of the Arts: Instructor, Figure Painting 2006-present  Diablo Valley College: Adjunct Professor, Drawing, Design and Color Theory, Figure Drawing 2004-2005      California college of Art: Graduate Directed Study 2003-2006      San Francisco Art Institute: Visiting Faculty,  MFA Tutorial, Pre-College Painting, Color Theory, Graduate Tutorial, Graduate Seminar, Directed Study 2001-1995      San Francisco Art Institute Continuing Education: Painting I and II, Drawing Workshop, Color Theory, Portraiture 2003-2007      San Francisco City College, Adult Education: Painting BIBLIOGRAPHY Christine Brenneman, “Working Artist: Pastine Focuses on Physicality of Objects, Marin Independent Journal, January 10, 2009 Matt Sussman, “Front+Center,” Flavor Pill, http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2009/1/18/front-center Jennine Scarboro, "Art of Democracy: War and Empire," http://www.kqed.org/arts, October 12, 2008 Kenneth Baker, “Pastine Makes ArtForum Readable,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2008 Hiya Swanhuyser, “Ripping it Up,” San Francisco Weekley, May 28, 2008 David Buuck, “Ornamentation at the SJCA” Artweek, March 2006, Issue 2, Vol. 37 Jack Fisher, “It’s the Flourish That Matters,” The Mercury News, January 6, 2006 Kenneth Baker, “Sometimes We Wish,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2005 Debra Koppman, “The Big Tree Project,” Artweek, July/August 2003, Vol 34, Issue 6 Amy Berk, “Abstraction and New Work,” Stretcher, www.stretcher.org, Spring 2003 Laura Richard Janku, “Abstraction,” Artweek, February 2003 Sandy Thompson, “Surface Tension: Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting at Mills College,” Artweek, April 2002, (photo reproduction) Monique Beeler, “Pattern Painting Gains Respect,” The Oakland Tribune, February 22, 2002 Michelle Grabner, “Serendipity,” New Art Examiner, Vol. 29, No. 2, November/December 2001 “Francesca Pastine: curtain cloud water, S.F. Gate,” Stretch, Stretcher, www.stretcher.org/, Issue 1.5, Fall, 2001December 7-12, 2001 Eric Fredericksen, “Domestic Minimalism, Kustom Kitchen Kulture, Francesca Pastine,” The Stranger, Vol. 9, No. 5, October 21-27, 1999 Jennifer Asche, “Beauty Takes many Shapes,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 1999 Mark Van Proyen, “Beholding Beauty,” Artweek, April 1999 Kay Marie Jacobson, “Butterflies are Beautiful,” S.F. Gate, February 1999 Anita Amirrezvani, “Beauty in the Eye,” The Contra Costa Times, February 1999 Kate Rothrock, “In the Eye of the Beholder,” Diablo Arts, January-March, 1999 Kimberly Bolander, “Savor the Feminine and Celebrate Women,” The Orion, October 14, 1998 Rena Jana, “Spread,” Flash Arts, Vol. XXXI, October, 1998 Harry Roche, “Henry Turmon and Francesca Pastine,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 18-24, 1997 strappy sandals and skinny belts,  (photo reproduction), Harry Roche, The San Francisco Bay Guardian

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