REBECCA HERMAN & MARK SHOFFNER
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Education (Rebecca Herman)
1998 |
MFA Sculpture |
Parsons School of Design |
New York, NY |
1993 |
BA Studio Arts |
Macalester College |
St. Paul, MN |
Education (Mark Shoffner)
2000 |
MFA Painting |
Queens College, CUNY |
Flushing, NY |
1995 |
BA Studio Arts |
Macalester College |
St. Paul, MN |
All projects below are collaborations, unless otherwise noted.
2023 |
Apicoltore Borghese |
La Storta Exhibition Space |
Venice, Italy |
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2022 |
Tree of Knowledge |
San Francisco Public Library (Main) |
San Francisco, CA |
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2021 |
Artist in Residence Exhibition |
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles |
San Jose, CA |
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2018 |
Personal Shrine |
Lacawac Sanctuary |
Lake Ariel, PA |
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2017 |
Soft Targets |
Lacawac Sanctuary |
Lake Ariel, PA |
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2007 |
Nature’s Revenge |
Black & White Gallery |
Brooklyn, NY |
2022 |
Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival* |
San Francisco Center for the Book |
San Francisco, CA |
2022 |
Pulp: Book & Paper Arts |
Sebastopol Center for the Arts |
Sebastopol, CA |
2022 |
45th Anniversary Exhibition: New Directions |
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles |
San Jose, CA |
2019 |
Sapporo Tenjinyama Arts Festival |
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio |
Sapporo, Japan |
2018 |
ArtSpan exhibition |
StARTup Fair, Hotel del Sol |
San Francisco, CA |
2015 |
MÁS ¡PICANTE! |
Centro de Arte Poblenou |
Barcelona, Spain |
2015 |
Security Question |
The David Brower Center |
Berkeley, CA |
2013 |
SexEd: Chapter 1 |
Cuchifritos Gallery |
New York, NY |
2012 |
Monolith |
IV Soldiers Gallery |
Brooklyn, NY |
2011 |
Distance |
Grady Alexis Gallery |
New York, NY |
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On Our Minds and In Our Lenses |
Gallery Aferro |
Newark, NJ |
2010 |
Wet Summer Arts Festival |
McCarren Park |
Brooklyn, NY |
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School of the Future |
Sgt. Dougherty Park |
Brooklyn, NY |
2009 |
19th Nervous Breakdown |
Norte Maar Gallery |
Brooklyn, NY |
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People Traps |
Flushing Meadows |
Flushing, NY |
2008 |
Sculpture at Evergreen [catalog] |
Johns Hopkins University |
Baltimore, Maryland |
2007 |
Open Skies |
Golden Gate Park |
San Francisco, CA |
2006 |
Platte Clove A-I-R Exhibition |
Catskill Center for Conservation |
Arkville, NY |
2005 |
NewFilmmakers (screening) |
Anthology Film Archives |
New York, NY |
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DUMBO art under the bridge |
Brooklyn Bridge Park |
Brooklyn, NY |
2004 |
Sculptfest: Site/Counter-site |
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center |
West Rutland, VT |
2003 |
In Practice |
Sculpture Center |
Long Island City, NY |
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Expace Video Screening |
The Knitting Factory |
New York, NY |
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Street Selections [catalog]* |
The Drawing Center |
New York, NY |
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Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction |
Exit Art |
New York, NY |
Selected Residencies
2023 |
La Storta Artist Residency |
Venezia Contemporanea |
Venice, Italy |
2022-24 |
SFArtsEd Artist in Residence** |
San Francisco Arts Education Project |
San Francisco, CA |
2021 |
Artists in Residence |
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles |
San Jose, CA |
2019-20 |
ProjectArt Resident Artist* |
San Francisco Public Library |
San Francisco, CA |
2019 |
Artist Residency |
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio |
Sapporo, Japan |
2016-18 |
Lacawac Artists’ Residency |
Lacawac Sanctuary |
Lake Ariel, PA |
2012 |
Artist in Residence Program |
Contemporary Artists Center |
Troy, NY |
2005-06 |
Platte Clove Artist Residencies |
Catskill Center for Conservation |
Platte Clove, NY |
2004-05 |
Workspace Program |
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council |
New York, NY |
Selected Bibliography
Hamed, Amani |
“A Stitch in Time” |
Metro |
Feb. 16, 2022 |
Garcia, Daniel |
“Rebecca Herman & Mark Shoffner” |
November 2021 |
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Spotswood, Beth |
“Comfort zones take a hit at ‘Security’” (Security Question) |
San Francisco Chronicle |
May 31, 2015 |
Burke, Sarah |
Top Weekend Events (Security Question) |
East Bay Express |
May 31, 2015 |
Hoffman, Barbara |
“WET Art Show Makes Moist of Season” |
New York Post |
Aug. 27, 2010 |
Zimmer, Amy |
“Easy-to-draw dictators and other courses for all ages” |
Metro |
July 30, 2010 |
Pappalardo, Sarah |
“By the Seats of Their Pants” (19th Nervous Breakdown) |
BushwiskBK.com |
Dec. 14th, 2009 |
Yee, Marilynn |
“Lens” (photo of People Traps) |
The New York Times |
Aug. 5, 2009 |
O’Sullivan, Michael |
“Nature Pushes Back Against Man” (Sculpture at Evergreen) |
Washington Post |
Aug. 15, 2008 |
McLeod, Deborah |
Sculpture at Evergreen |
Baltimore City Paper |
July 16, 2008 |
Giuiliano, Mike |
Letting the Land Lend a Hand at Evergreen |
Baltimore Messenger |
June 5, 2008 |
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Open Skies (interview) |
KTUV San Francisco |
Oct. 19, 2007 |
Boothby, Sheilah |
“News” |
San Francisco Art Magazine |
Sept. 5, 2007 |
Barna, Ed |
“From Marble to Metal to Mountains” (Sculptfest) |
Rutland Daily Herald |
Sept. 10, 2004 |
Dollar, Steve |
Building Sculptures With...Construction Paper |
Newsday |
Aug. 31, 2003
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Smith, Roberta |
“A Space Reborn, With a Show That’s Never Finished” |
The New York Times |
April 4, 2003 |
Johnson, Ken |
“Newcomers Ready for Marketing, Accounting...” * |
The New York Times |
Aug. 10, 2001 |
Selected Publications (print and online)
2020 |
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles |
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2012 |
Architectural Inventions, Visionary Drawings |
Matt Bua and Maximilian Goldfarb, Editors |
2008 |
Sculpture at Evergreen catalogue |
Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University |
2003 |
Street Selections catalogue* |
The Drawing Center |
2000 |
AIM 21 catalogue * |
Bronx Museum of the Arts |
*Rebecca Herman only
**Mark Shoffner only