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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

2015     ELEANOR HARWOOD GALLERY, San Francisco, CA "Totem"
2012     ELEANOR HARWOOD GALLERY, San Francisco, CA "Unsolicited"
2013     PENTIMENTI GALLERY, Philadelphia, PENN, "Unsolicited: Works on paper"
2009     SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
2008     THE LAB, San Francisco, CA, "Alterations"
         FOOTHILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Los Altos Hills, CA, "Woman with a View"
         FINE ARTS CENTER GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Fayetteville, AR, "Iraqi Casualties"
2005     ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND, Portland, Oregon, Cutout
2002     RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, "curtain cloud water"
2000     RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Francesca Pastine: "Shades"
1999     JAMES HARRIS GALLERY, Seattle, Washington, "Francesca Pastine: Paintings"
1997     RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, "Feminine Inscriptions"

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014
         INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, Relics
                 
    BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek, The Skull Show
                     J. JOHNSON GALLERY, Jacksonville Beach, FL, Alibris

        MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN, San Francisco, CA, "Obsessive Reductive,"
Drew Daly, Brian Dettmer, Jim Dingilian, Adam Feibelman,
        Theresa Ganz , Cal Lane, Bovey Lee, Chris Natrop, Aric Obrosey, Francesca Pastine, Lyndi Sales,  Jill Silva, Leigh Salgado,
        Farnaz Shadravan , Kako Ueda, Annie Vought, Elise Wehle, and Jared Yamanhua.

        CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Santa Fe, NM, "All the News That's Fit to Print,"
A.J. Bocchino, Adam Simon, Donna Ruff, Elissa Levy,
        Francesca Pastine, Fred Tomaselli, Guy Richards Smit, Lauren DiCioccio, Pat Boas, and Shanti Grumbine.

        PALO ALTO ART CENTER, Palo Alto, CA "Pencils Down"
2013    HALSEY INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Charlotte, NC, "Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Art, Francesca Pastine,
        Brian Dettmer, Long-Bin Chen, Guy Laramee and Doug Beube"
        WATERMILL CENTER, Watermill, NY, "Devils Heaven" 20th Anniversary Benefit, Curated by
Daneyal Mahmood
2012    FELLOWS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles, CA, "Finds! The Unusual Object," Curated by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster
        RADIATOR GALLERY, Long Island City, NY, "This is How My Brain Works," curated by Michael Lee
        KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley, CA, Kala "Fellowship Award Exhibition"
2011    ELEANOR HARWOOD GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, "In the Dark: Three Considerations," Three Person Show
        SCOPE NEW YORK, New York, NY
2010    KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley, CA, "Fresh Work"
        SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, San Francisco, CA, Shadow$hop, part of an installation by Stephanie Syjuco in the exhibition
        "All Things Must Change"
        ARTWALK NY, Benefit for the Coalition for the homeless, New York, NY
        MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, "Guidebook"
        BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek, CA, "Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art"
        CONSULADO GENEREAL DE MEXICO, San Francisco, CA, "Independencia | Interdependence",
 Francesca Pastine, Theodora Varney Jones and Marta Sanchez
        DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, Group Show
        FINE ARTS GALLERY, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, "Depth of Surface"
        THE LAB, San Francisco, CA, Annual Art Auction, live Auction
        SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Monoprint Marathon
2009    Y2Y GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, "non*mart"
        DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, NEXT 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"
        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    THOREAU CENTER ART GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, The Salon Show
        OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland CA, "Ripples"
        OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, 2 x 2
        TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS MUSEUM (S), San Francisco, CA, "Artist Go Lightly"
2006         301 BOCANA GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, "Gift"
        OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, Drawn
        SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Monoprint Marathon
        SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, Annual Auction
2005    SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, San Jose, CA, "Ornament: The Art of Desire," curated by Cathy Kimball
        OAKLAND ART GALLERY, "Photoo," curated by Nina Zurier and Pamela Wilson
2004    SOFIA CITY ART GALLERY, Sofia, Bulgaria, "Art in the New US Embassy"
        OAKLAND ART GALLERY, Oakland, CA, Small Works Auction
        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, Monoprint Marathon
2003    WESTERN GALLERY, WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Bellingham, WA, "Surface Tension, Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting"
        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"
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/Silent Auction
1996    RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Sample Show
        SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, FORT MASON, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition    
        CAPP STREET PROJECT, San Francisco, CA, Nine Artist/65 Capp Street
        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 MFA Exhibition
        DIEGO RIVERA GALLERY, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Three Artists
        GALLERY ROUTE ONE, Point Reyes, CA, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Olga Dollar
1994    MATRIX GALLERY, Sacramento, CA, North American Works
        INTERSECTION GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Object
        DIEGO RIVERA GALLERY, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Three Peas and a Cod

AWARDS
2014                      EUREKA FELLOWSHIP AWARD, Fleishhacker Foundation
2011        KALA ART INSTITUTE, Fellowship Award
2010        KALA INSTITUTE, Kala Fellowship Honorable Mention
2009        POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT
1999        SECA FINALIST, SFMOMA
1995        SPRING SHOW AWARD, San Francisco Art Institute
1992        MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, San Francisco Art Institute        

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2004    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, ANNE BREMER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Artists Committee, Artifacts
2003    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Artists Committee, Retrospection, A site-specific installation  throughout the SFAI campus
2000    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Artists Committee, Reflection, Day Without Art: 2000, a site-specific installation in the SFAI courtyard


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMITTEE WORK

2012        Artist Lecture, Sonoma State University
            Interview,
KUSF IN EXILE with Margaret Tedesco
2008        Artist Talk, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA
            Artist Talk, Foothill Community College in conjunction with solo exhibition
            Senior Review Committee, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007        Curator, Hyper-Ordinary | The Poetics of the Familiar, Gallery Y2Y, San Francisco, CA
            Curator, Belcher Street Studios Open Studio Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2006 - Present    White Columns, The Curated Artists Registry, New York, NY, www.whitecolumns.org
            Pierogi Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2005        Curator, Contemporary Perspective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
            Graduate Review Committee, San Francisco Art Institute

2003        Co-juror, Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Artists Committee
            Spring Show Curatorial Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2002        Co-curator, Sight Unseen, Annual 2001, Walter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000-2001   Artists Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2001        Board of Directors, Artist Committee Representative, San Francisco Art Institute
            Public Programs Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
            Curriculum Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
2000        Juror, Woman’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999        Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
1998        Curator, Over Easy, Savoring the Feminine, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
            Artist Lecture, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, in conjunction with exhibiiton
1992-1993   Art Installer, Walter McBean Gallery
1992        Founder and Editor of The Philistine, the student journal, San Francisco Art Institute


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010-Present DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, San Raphael, CA, Visiting Faculty
2006-2009    DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE, Pleasant Hill, CA, Adjunct Professor
2007-2008    CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, San Francisco, CA, Senior Lecturer
             CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS EXTENSION PROGRAM, San Francisco, CA
2003-2006    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Artist
1994-1996    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, Teaching Assistant
2004         CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ART, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Artist
1995-2001    SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE EXTENSION PROGRAM, San Francisco, CA
1999-2009    SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE, ADULT EDUCATION, San Francisco, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Meier, Allison, Hyperallergic, "Art on Paper Joins the Armory Week Fold"
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Newhall, Edith, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Galleries: ‘Outside of Time,’ Beautifully and Myseriously, November 25, 2011
Dell, Allison, Phladelphia Citypaper, Re-View, November 17, 2012
Otterbein, Holly, Philadelphia Citypaper, First Friday Focus, November 1, 2012
Schwartz, Chip, Knights Art Blog, Francesca Pastine and Jackie Tileston at Pentimenti, November, 2012
Kimberley Chun, "Visual Arts," San Francisco Chronicle 96 Hours, May 24-27, 2012
DeWitt Cheng, "Critics Picks'" Art Ltd., May 2012
Amir, "Francesca Pastine's Artforum Excavation,"Beautiful Decay," May 11, 2012
June Beltran, "A Super Abundance of Art, and Even More," San Francisco Chronicle, SF Gate, May 19, 2012
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"Eleanor Harwood Gallery, In the Dark: Three Considerations," San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2011
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGSS, PACIFIC COAST, December 2010, Issue #91 (Editor’s Choice), curated by Larry Rinder
Christine Brenneman, “Working Artist: Pastine Focuses on Physicality of Objects," Marin Independent Journal, January 10, 2009
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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
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strappy sandals and skinny belts,  (photo reproduction), Harry Roche, The San Francisco Bay Guardian






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