Leo Bersamina

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Born: San Francisco, CA


Education:  

2000        Yale School of Art, M.F.A.  

1993        B.F.A., Honors, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

1986        Liberal Arts Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

1986        A.A., Liberal Arts and Fine Arts Studies, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA



Solo Exhibitions:


2018        Capture and Flow, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

2016        Grow, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2015        The Land Scorched, Bilpen International Ground for Creative Incentives, NSW, Australia 

                Artist Resident Exhibition, Bilpin International Ground for Creative Incentives, Victoria, Australia

2013        The Sea Within Me, DIG, The Seagram Building, New York, NY


2010        “Sunshiny Day…” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2008        “It’s Kind of Complicated…” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2006        Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2002        Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA  

1997        "Next to Nature," Weintraub/Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1995        "Slide Gallery Show," Terrain, San Francisco, CA



Selected Group Exhibitions:


2018        Untitled Art Fair, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 

2017        Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Jose, CA
                We Can Be Heroes, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
                Private Collections, Bretbart/Simon Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
                Benefit Art, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
                Spectral Hues, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

2016        Spectral Hues: artists + color, Palo Alto Art Center, CA

                David Huffman and Leo Bersamina, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, SF, CA

                Searching For Clues, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

2015        Retrospective, Paule Anglim, Gilbert Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                Benefit, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

                We Will All Live Under the Sea, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                Coastal Wood II, Oceana Gallery Pacifica, CA

                Equlux, SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, San Francisco, CA 

2014        Everybody's Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

                Coastal Wood, Oceana Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013        Lure, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                Faculty Exhibition, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

                B.O.P, Oceana Gallery, Pacifica, CA

                Miami Art Fair, Gallery Paule Anglim, Miami, FL

2012        The Silver Era, SoEX, San Francisco, CA

                Spring Studios, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

                Artist Exhibition, ARTmrkt, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2011        “Walking on Thin Ice,” Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA

2007        “To Hedonopolis, from Melancolony: Current Topography of Filipino Visual Arts,” Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2006        “Forest Alchemy,” fulcrumProjects, Woodacre, CA

                “Faculty Exhibition,” UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

                “Surf Art Experience: Surfboard Art Auction & Party,” Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA

2005        “Artifactual Fictions,” Urban Art, Berkeley, CA

                “Faculty Exhibition,” UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2004        “Place,” Yoo Projects, New York, NY

                “Ordinary World,” Yoo Projects, New York, NY

                “Nuit Blanche, Lost in Translation,” Ampersand International Arts, Paris, France

                “2 1/2,” San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

               “Scope Los Angeles,” Los Angeles, CA 

                “REBUS,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2003        “Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition,” SFMOMA Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                “Cut, Copy, and Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

                “Surf Culture,” San Jose Museum of Art,” San Jose, CA

                “Close Calls: 2003,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 

                “Artists at the Edge,” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

               “Solid Gold,” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002         “Attack: Attraction,” Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                “Looming Large: Contemporary Weavers of the Vanguard,” Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

                “California Dreamin’,” Davis-Keil Fine Art, Naples, FL

2001        “Blue Room” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2000        “Surf Trip,” Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                “Surf Trip,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

                “Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

1999        “Painting Show,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

                “Norfolk M.F.A. Exhibition”, Norfolk,  CT

                “Shiny,” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998        "1898," The Bronx Museum, New York, NY

               "Fall Grad Student Exhibition," Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

                "tenses", Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                “6 Painters”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

1997        “Splash and Burn,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                "Big Deal," Visual Aid, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                "Art for the Holidays," Bedford Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

                "Switchstance," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                "Out of Order," Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                "Gallery Artist Show," SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                “On the Rim,” Transamerica Building Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Crystal Ball,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

                “Spring Show,” San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, CA

                “Two Year Anniversary Auction,” Four Walls, San Francisco, CA

                “Arts on Fire,” Art Center, Pacifica, CA

1996        “Christmas Show,” Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                "Visual Aid," Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Expressions of Love,” San Francisco, CA

               “Miniatures,” California Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

               “Three Person Show,” SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Glean,” Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Third Annual Warehouse Sale,” SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Luscious,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

               “Cozy,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

               “Oscar Wilde: A Man of Great Importance,” Terrain, San Francisco, CA

1995       “Neighbors,” Boom Gallery, Honolulu Hawaii 

               “Window Series,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

               “Second Annual Warehouse Sale,” SFMOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               “Status Report: Seven Years of Artists’ Projects,” Terrain, San Francisco, CA

1994       “Homage to the Bard,” Terrain, San Francisco, CA

               “6 x 6,” Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA

1993       “Christmas Show,” Terrain, San Francisco, CA

               “Filler,” Terrain, San Francisco, CA

1992       “Digital Arts Show,” Camera Works, San Francisco, CA

               “Artists from the West,” Newport Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island

1991       “Student Spring Show,” SF State University, San Francisco, CA



Selected Bibliography:

       Colin Berry, Artweek, May 2004

        Colin Berry, ‘’San Francisco in Napa? Yes!,”  Artweek, July/August 2003

        Kenneth Baker, San Franicsco Chronicle, 1/9/2003

        Victoria Alba, Fiberarts, March/April 2003

        Demian Bulwa, San Francisco Chronicle, 8/22/2002

        Anne Crump, “Some Kind of Blue: Artspeak with Leo Bersamina,” 

        San Francisco Examiner, August 22, 2002

        Heidi Benson, San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, 1/3/2001

        Ellen Tobias, ReviewWest 1/5/2001

        Zero Net, July 2000

        Art Surfer’s Journal, July 2000

        Arts Monthly, May 2000

        Reena Jenna, Asian Art News, March 1998

        West Art, October 1997

        Jory Finkel, "Over There," East Bay Express, Oct. 10, 1997

        Glen Helfand, "Bay Beat," San Francisco Focus, October 1997

        Harry Roche, San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 1997, Vol. 31, no.37

        Steven Jenkins, Artweek, July 1996, Vol, 28, no.6

        Cheryl White,”Reviews,” Artweek, July 1996, Vol. 27, No. 7

        Harry  Roche,”Critiques Choice,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 22- 28, 1996, Vol. 30, No.34

        David Bonetti, “Gallery Watch,” San Francisco Examiner, Weekend January 5, 1996


Galleries and Affiliations:

        Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

        SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

        Southern Exposure Curatorial Committee 1997-2000, San Francisco, CA

        Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA


Awards: 

2000        Phelps Berdan Memorial Award for Distinguish in Painting, Yale University.

1994        DIWA, (Wallace Alexander Gerbode Award 1994) “Art in an Urban Landscape,” 1994-1996 Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA


Selected Collections:

        Microsoft

        Swiss RE Bank

        The Oakland Museum

        JP Morgan Chase