Jann Nunn
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1992.....San Francisco Art Institute .....Master of Fine Arts (with Distinction)
1991.....Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1988.....University of Alaska Anchorage .....Bachelor of Fine Arts (cum laude)
Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances: ..(* indicates solo)
2010.....The Seduction of Duchamp. ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California.
........................Hanna Regev and Steven Lopez, curators
.............The Ides of March 7th Biennial Exhibition. ABC No Rio, New York, NY
2009.....*Erna and Arthur Salm Holocaust & Genocide Memorial Grove. Permanently Site Public Sculpture.
..................Commissioned by the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide,
..................Sonoma State University,Rohnert Park, California
............. Concepts and Processes in Public Sculpture. Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery,
..................Santa Rosa, California. Michael McGinnis, curator
.............The Seduction of Duchamp. Slaughterhouse Gallery, Healdsburg, California. Hanna Regev, curator
2008 ......Making Room for Wonder. SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California. Tirza Latimer, curator
...............Faculty Art Exhibition. University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2007 .....*Border. Temporary Public Sculpture. Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, California.
........................Shelly Willis, curator
................Alumni Juried Art Exhibition. Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage
2006 ......The Ides of March 5th Biennial Exhibition. ABC No Rio, New York, NY (catalogue)
...............Communication Engineer: Ken Gray Retrospective. Anchorage Museum of History & Art,
......................Anchorage, Alaska
................Epicenter. Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California
................Recent Acquisitions, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California. Michael Schwager, curator
2005 .......Nacht Foyer. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
................ANTI*STAR Coloring Book. ABC No Rio, New York, NY
............... Magnificent Seven: Sonoma County Sculptors. University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University
............... Born of Fire. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2004 .......The Ides of March. ABC No Rio, New York, NY (catalogue)
.................Four Sculptors. Schulz Library Art Gallery, Sonoma State University
.................Reversing Vandalism. James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library,
...............................San Francisco, CA
.................Artist As Activist, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2003 ........Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre. Official Selection, Documentaries. Gibara, Cuba
.................99 Bottles. Build, San Francisco, California
.................25 Rhinos Benefit Auction. San Francisco GLBT Center, San Francisco, CA (benefit)
2002.........The Ides of March. ABC No Rio, New York, NY (catalog)
..................International Sculpture Exhibition. International Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
.............................Traveled to Ulsan Art Center, Ulsan Korea
..................Vermont International Film Festival. Images and Issues for Social Change. Burlington, VT
..................Icon 2002. GLBT Historical Society, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
..................Director's Cut. Di Rosa Preserve, Napa. California
2001 .........*As She Seems. Space 743, San Francisco, California
..................*The Bradfords Tour America. Garren Auditorium, University of California San Diego
...................Ban/Ban. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
...................Burning Man Festival 2001. “The Cradle”, Interactive Sculpture,
.............................Commissioned Theme Art Installation,
...................Black Rock Arts Foundation. Collaboration with Deidre DeFranceaux. Black Rock City, Nevada
...................Aspen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado
...................MixMexico. National Film Archives and Cinematografo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
...................Seeing Queerly: The Mountain States Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Tivoli Theater, Denver, Colorado
..................14th Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Cinestudio, Hartford, Connecticut
...................Labour Fest; Pride at Work. Artist's Television Access (ATA) and Koret Auditorium,
.............................San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
..................The Fingernail Art Show. The Art Guys Museum of Art, Houston, Texas
..................Build and Destroy: A Night of Performance Art. BUILD, San Francisco, California
2000...........Korean Sculpture-Worldwide Sculpture. 38th Nak Woo Sculptor's Society International
........................Invitational Exhibition. Moran Museum of Art, Gyunggi-do, Korea (catalog)
...................London Biennale 2000. “LOOK LONDON” collaborative performance
.................................San Francisco, California and London, England
................... Seoul Queer Film and Video Festival. Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
...................Install @ the Presidio, Nika Gallery. San Francisco, California
...................The Ides of March. ABC No Rio, New York, NY (catalog)
...................The New Festival. NYU Cantor Center, New York, NY
...................London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. National Film Theatre, London, England
...................*The Bradfords Tour America. George Coates Performance Works, San Francisco, CA
...................Melbourne Queer Film & Video Festival. Treasury Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
...................California Small Works. Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
...................Faculty Art Exhibition. University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, California
...................Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA
..................Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Dublin's Irish Film Centre, Dublin, Ireland
..................Image & Nation. Cinema le Parisien, Montreal, Canada
..................Image Out. Little Theater, Rochester, New York
..................Cork International Film Festival. Triskel Art Centre, Cork, Ireland
..................Blue Print. Benefit Art Auction for TILT (Teaching Intermedia Literacy Tools).
...........................Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California (benefit)
1999..........Reel Affirmations IX. World Premier, The Bradfords Tour America. JCC Goldman Theatre,
...............................Washington, DC
..................Ban/Ban.Korean Culture and Art Center Foundation, Seoul, Korea. (catalog)
1998 ....... *New Sculptural Installations. Space 743, San Francisco, California
...................A Skowhegan Decade. David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
...................pFORMative ACTS. San Francisco Art Institute Faculty Exhibition, Walter/McBean Gallery,
..................................San Francisco, CA, John Killacky, curator
...................The Ides of March. ABC NoRio, New York, NY (catalog)
...................Work In Progress. Second Space Gallery, San Francisco, California
.................. Skulpturen Ertasten und Nachformen, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
1997 ........*Vanity Not Protection. Atelier Höherweg, Düsseldorf, Germany
................... 87x 55x 22. Kunsthalle/Kunstverein für die Rheinland und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalog)
............................Tuchfühlung. Kunsthaus Langenberg, e.V., Velbert-Langenberg, Germany
...................it's raining (wo/men). Terrain, San Francisco, California
...................Patriotism. The LAB, San Francisco, California
...................Group Exhibition. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1996 .........Reproducing NATURE. Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
..................Glean. Curated by Reny Pritikin, Four Walls, San Francisco, California
..................University of Alaska Alumni Exhibition. UAA Fine Arts Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
..................Three Person Exhibition. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1995 ..........Gray Matter. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska.
..................Traveled to Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska. (catalog)
..................June Bride (...the bride strips bare). Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
..................Discards. Secession at Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (Benefit)
..................The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: The Art of Repetition.
..................Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1994 ....... *The Next Perfect Step. Davis Art Center, Davis, California
.................*The Next Perfect Step. Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
.................*A Fearfully Honest Appraisal of My Work. Performance, Focal Point Series,
............................San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
................. Addressing Herself. The LAB, San Francisco, California (catalog)
..................Dancing on the Continuum: A Survey of Bay Area Contemporary Sculpture. Works, San Jose, CA
..................North American Works. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
..................SITE OF CRISIS: Artists Look at Women's Health Issues. Works, San Jose, California
1993.......*Accouterments and Other Allusive Bodies. Union Gallery, San Jose State University, CA
............... Objects and Images 1993. ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California
................Orange Crush. Performance, Anti-Matter, San Francisco, California
1992 .......Women Artists '92. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
................Pool. Performance, Secession Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 .....*Promises Are Prisons. Performance, Skowhegan, Maine
..............*Vis Vitae. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 .... *FLOW: Conflux/Efflux. 300 Beale Street, San Francisco, California
..............*Blood and Honey. Gallery X, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
..............*Eight Transformations. Ephemeral Landscape Sculpture. Sites in California and Nevada.
...............Collaboration with Ken Gray
1989 .....It Makes Sense. Greenwich Citizen's Gallery, London, England (catalog in English and Braille)
..............*Tempus of the Kore. Prema Arts Centre, Gloucestershire, England
..............*Fertile Bed. Performance, Taut Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland, Dorset, England
..............*Growing Panes; Artificial Insemination. Sonic Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
..............Freeing of Eros. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
..............Twist of Fate. Performance with Ken Gray, Sonic Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1988.....*Dynamic Harmony. Solo exhibition/performance UAA Fine Arts Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
..............*Arcana XIII. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
..............Second Nature: Art in the Land. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1987 .....*Transitions. Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset, England
..............*The Rising. Taut Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland, Dorset, England
..............*The Sun, The Moon and Eye. Outdoor Sculpture for Common Ground's New Milestones Project,
..............Portland, Dorset, England
..............Thirty-nine Works. Three Person Exhibition and Performance, Chesil Gallery, Portland, England
..............Out of Order. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
..............SKY ART. Outdoor Sculpture Festival Sponsored by MIT and Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage
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Corporate and Public Collections
..............Sonoma State University
..............Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
..............Common Ground, The New Milestone Project, London, England
..............Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland, Dorset, England
..............Stadt-Sparkasse, Düsseldorf, Germany
........................Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf
Artist-in-Residence
1997 .........Atelier Höherweg, e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
1996 .........Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California
1989 .........Prema Arts Centre, Uley, Gloucestershire, England
1987 .........Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland, Dorset, England
1987 .........Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset, England
Grants, Awards, and Commissions
2006-2009 Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide. Commission for permanent outdoor
...................Holocaust & genocide memorial , Sonoma State University
2007...........Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Program Grant. Sonoma State University
2007,2008 Summer Research Grant, School of Social Sciences, Sonoma State University
2007...........Sonoma Community Center. Border, site specific outdoor sculpture
2001...........Black Rock Foundation. The Cradle, major theme art installation for Burning Man Festival 2001
1989...........Greenwich Citizen's Gallery, London, England. Conversation Peace, an interactive sculptural
...................installation (with Ken Gray) for the exhibition It Makes Sense, curated by Barbara Hunt
Current Employment
Professor of Sculpture, Sonoma State University