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.

 

Solo Exhibitions & Temporary Public Art

2023

Apicoltore Borghese

La Storta Exhibition Space

Venice, Italy

2022

Tree of Knowledge

San Francisco Public Library (Main)

San Francisco, CA

2021

Artist in Residence Exhibition

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

San Jose, CA

2018

Personal Shrine

Lacawac Sanctuary

Lake Ariel, PA

2017

Soft Targets

Lacawac Sanctuary

Lake Ariel, PA

2007             

Nature’s Revenge

Black & White Gallery

Brooklyn, NY

 

Group Exhibitions & Festivals

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

 

On Our Minds and In Our Lenses

Gallery Aferro

Newark, NJ

2010

Wet Summer Arts Festival

McCarren Park

Brooklyn, NY

 

School of the Future

Sgt. Dougherty Park

Brooklyn, NY

2009              

19th Nervous Breakdown

Norte Maar Gallery

Brooklyn, NY

 

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

 

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

 

Expace Video Screening

The Knitting Factory

New York, NY

 

Street Selections [catalog]*

The Drawing Center

New York, NY

 

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”

Content Magazine Podcast

November 2021

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

 

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

 

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

Artist Spotlight Interview

2012

Architectural Inventions, Visionary Drawings

Matt Bua and Maximilian Goldfarb, Editors

Laurence King, Publisher

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

 

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