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EDUCATION
 
MFA PAINTING, SAN FRANCISCO ART INTSTITUTE, 1996
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, BFA PAINTING, 1993
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1989-1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
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
 
2010                         MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Guidebook
CONSULADO GENEREAL DE MEXICO, San Francisco, CA, Independencia | Interdependence,
  Francesca Pastine, Theodora Varney Jones and Marta Sanchez
                                 DEAN JENSEN GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI, Big Bang/Small Bucks
 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
 
 
2009                          POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT
1999                          SECA NOMINATION, 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
 
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
 
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
 
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
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 2001 December 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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