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EDUCATION
California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA. MFA
Penland School. Penland, NC. CORE Fellowship.
The University of the Arts. Philadelphia, PA. BFA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Skyline College Gallery. Homebound. Curated by Kathy Zarur. San Bruno, CA
2023
Penland Northlight Gallery. Winter Residency Exhibition. Penland, NC
2022
San Francisco Art Book Fair. San Francisco, CA
Otis Art Book Fair. Los Angeles, CA
Center for the Arts. Grass Valley, CA. Rarefaction. Solo Exhibition.
Miossi Gallery. San Luis Obispo, CA. Alloy: Ideas and Influence.
2021
Miossi Gallery. San Luis Obispo, CA. Alloy: Ideas and Influence.
2020
Brooklyn Art Book Fair. Brooklyn, NY
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair. The Classroom. Video Presentations for This Is Not A Gun.
2019
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair. Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Los Angeles, CA.
St. Joseph’s Cultural Center. Grass Valley, CA. Group Exhibition.
2018
Brand Library & Art Center. Glendale, CA. Itinerant Architectures: The Library. Solo Exhibition.
Work Program Architects Gallery. Norfolk, VA. Itinerant Architectures: The Arcade. Solo Exhibition.
Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA. Odyssey II.
2017
Unspeakable Projects NY. Devils, Decoys, Disguises. Solo Exhibition.
LACDA. Los Angeles, CA. Ten Artists to Watch.
2016
Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA. MAS Attack.
Palm Springs Art Museum. Palm Springs, CA. Open Desert.
Urban Art & Media Organization. Munich, Germany. Fortress.
SF Camerawork. San Francisco, CA. Zones of Representation: Photographing Contested Landscapes
2015
The Hatchery. Badger, CA. Fortress.
Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA. Studio System.
Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY. Respond.
2014
The Lab. San Francisco, CA. 24-Hour Telethon.
2013
Unspeakable Projects at the Phoenix Hotel. Artpad San Francisco.
Memphis Social. Memphis, TN. Curated by Beautiful Fields/Apexart NY
Unspeakable Projects. San Francisco, CA. In the Event of My Death.
2012
dOCUMENTA(13). Kassel, Germany. Itinerant Structures: Traveling Medicine Show.
G11 Galerie. Berlin, Germany. Itinerant Architectures. Solo Exhibition.
Unspeakable Projects. San Francisco, CA. Occult Land: Glamour Terroir. Solo Exhibition.
Unspeakable Projects at the Phoenix Hotel. ArtPad San Francisco.
2011
Track 16 Gallery. Santa Monica, CA. Occupy Track 16.
Unspeakable Projects. San Francisco, CA. Unspeakable Holiday Art Party.
The Hatchery Art Spaces. Badger, CA. East of Fresno.
Odd Sunday Dinners with Chez Panisse chefs. Berkeley, CA. Elizabeth Dorbad & Ann Schnake.
Wolfe Contemporary at the Phoenix Hotel. San Francisco, CA. ArtPad San Francisco.
California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA. Stay Away, Come Closer.
Wattis Apartment. San Francisco, CA. (Odds Are) 13:1. Curated by Jessica Brier.
Playspace Gallery. San Francisco, CA. Fem Salon: Domesticity Unhinged.
The Wattis Institute. San Francisco, CA. Hammarby!
Inhabit Gallery. Oakland, CA. Cohabit. Curated by Anne M. Klint.
2010
Mark Wolfe Contemporary. San Francisco, CA. Winter Exhibition. Curated by Ryan Martin.
FishSpace Gallery. San Francisco, CA. BARN.
California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA. Prepare to Stop.
Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum. Some Assembly Required: Race, Gender and Globalization.
Factory Outlet Gallery. Mokelumne Hill, CA. Wild Thing.
2009
UCSC Sesnon Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA. Some Assembly Required: Race, Gender and Globalization.
2008
Druid Temple Gallery. Guadalupe, CA. Are You Building an Ark? Artist/Curator
2007
UNAM Museo de Larazaro Cardenas. Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico. Plasticas y Organicas.
2006
Julie Baker Fine Art. Nevada City, CA. Homegrown.
Druid Temple Gallery. Guadalupe, CA. Moda 3.
2005
Sierra Mar/Post Ranch Inn. Big Sur, CA. Found Object Art: Sculpture of Discard.
DiRosa Preserve. Napa, CA. All in the Family.
Gallery Twenty-Four. Berlin, Germany. International Assemblage Artists.
Any Way Galerie. Berlin, Germany. Elizabeth Dorbad and Pablo Von Lichtenberg.
Gallery Twenty-Four. Berlin, Germany. Sommerwende International Exhibition.
Any Way Galerie. Berlin, Germany. Night of Discovery.
Temple Gallery. Guadalupe, CA. Assemblage, Montage, Collage.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Unspeakable Projects. San Francisco/New York 2011-2021
Mark Wolfe Contemporary. SanFrancisco, CA 2010-2011
Julie Baker Fine Art. Nevada City, CA 2003-2006
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY
Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, CA
Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, MN
University College London. London, UK
Massey University Library. Palmerstown North, New Zealand
University of Southern California Library. Los Angeles, CA
The Claremont Colleges Library. Claremont, CA
University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA
University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA
University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA
Timberland Regional Library. Tumwater, WA
Seattle Public Library. Seattle, WA
Washington University. St. Louis, MO
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Urbana, IL
University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA
Colombia University. New York, NY
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA
Rhode Island School of Design Library. Providence, RI
Tufts University – Tisch Library. Medford, MA
Thuraya Al-Baqsami. Kuwait City, Kuwait
Madonna Ciccione. New York, NY
David Cooper. New York, NY
Brendan Davis. Berlin, Germany
Jack Huneke & Julie Harcos. Miramonte, CA
East Wind-Higashi Kaze. Traditional Japanese Architecture. Nevada City, CA
True Kelly Folk Art Museum. Penland, NC
Robin Williams. Napa, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS
Zasudil, Nancy, et al., The Best Art Books of 2023: This Is Not A Gun. Hyperallergic Magazine. December 20, 2023.
Dorbad, Elizabeth et al., Compiled by Cara Levine. This Is Not a Gun. Sming Sming Press, San Francisco. 2023, 2022, 2020.
Cole, Serena. Treasure Hunting: Elizabeth Dorbad Interviewed. Variable West. March 22, 2022
Beete, Paulette. This Is Not A Gun. Colossal. November 16, 2021
Cordova, Dushiko Petrovich. Independent Together. Art in America. July 26, 2021.
Miranda, Carolina A. Pizza or Gun? The Benign Objects at the Heart of Police Shootings. LA Times. May 29, 2021
Millsap, Taina. ‘This Is Not A Gun’ Project Raises Conversation About Racism. Flaunt. November 30, 2020
Dambrot, Shana Nys. Art Books That Belong On Everyone’s Wishlist. LA Weekly. November 25, 2020
Rozental. Rotem. This Is Not a Gun Review. Tohu Magazine. Tel Aviv. November 17, 2020.
Rina, Amelia. The Deliberate Rejection of Reality: Cara Levine Interview for TINAG. Bomb Magazine. August 21, 2020
Conner, Allison. 40 Artists and Writers Respond to 40 Objects “Mistaken” for Guns by the Police. Hyperallergic. July 29, 2020
Interjection Calendar 04: This Is Not a Gun. Elizabeth Dorbad contributor, Silver Padlock. London, Montez Press. 2018/2019.
Osberg, Annabel. Reviews: Pick of the Week. Artillery Magazine. August 1, 2018
Livingstone, Michael. Gallery Exhibit at Glendale Library Explores Themes of Mobility. Los Angeles Times. July 6, 2018
Art and Cake Los Angeles. What’s Hot in LA? June 13, 2018
Art and Cake Los Angeles. A MAS Attack: The End is Just the Beginning. November 20, 2016
Davis, Genie. MAS Attack Grand Finale. Diversions LA. November 19, 2016
Artillery Magazine. MAS Attack 13. October 25, 2016.
Fabrik Magazine. Torrance Art Museum: MAS Attack. Spetember 26, 2016
Sensitive Skin Magazine. Elizabeth Dorbad: Itinerant Architectures. July 2016
Studio System. Torrance Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue. 2015
Davis, Genie. Studio System at Torrance Museum of Art. Diversions LA. September 4, 2015
Cotter, Holland. Raging at Racism, From Streets to Galleries. New York Times. January 23, 2015
Cooper, Melissa Rose. Artists Respond to Police Brutality. Voices of NY. January 21, 2015
Thrasher, Steven W. Respond: Artists Offer Bold, Urgent Take on #blacklivesmatter. The Guardian. January 20, 2015
Turcihin, Olya. Art That Responds To Our Troubled Times. Arte Fuse. January 20, 2015
RESPOND: Exhibit at Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Revolution Newspaper. January 19, 2015
Kuennen, Joel. Smack Mellon’s Respond and the New Imaginary. ArtSlant January 19, 2015
DUMBO Art Exhibit Inspired by Eric Garner Case. Television News 12 Brooklyn. January 19, 2015
Uphadye, Janet. Eric Garner Exhibit Features Work of 200 Artists. DNAinfo New York. January 9, 2015
Ramirez, Jeanine. Brooklyn’s Smack Melon Gallery Hosts Massive Exhibit on Injustice. Cable News NY1. January 9, 2015
Chaudhary, Amar. Art Fairs SF 2013. Stretcher. July 7, 2013
Koeppel, Frederic. ‘Memphis Social’ arts event one of city’s biggest. The Commercial Appeal. May 9, 2013
Davis, Chris. Social Eyes. Memphis Flyer. May 9, 2013
Bamberger, Alan. SF Art Galleries. Reviews: Unspeakable Projects-1/17/13. ArtBusiness.com
Tedford, M. Postcards from Kassel: Parks, Politics and Empanadas at documenta (13). CCA News August 6, 2012
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, et al. dOCUMENTA (13): Catalog I,II,III. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2012
Klint, Anne M. The Hatchery: East of Fresno. Exhibition Catalogue. September, 2012
Sullivan, Tim and Chris Corrente. ArtPad 2012 Day 3. What Is Art? Live! May, 2012
Bamberger, Alan. SF Art Galleries. Reviews: Unspeakable Projects -05/03/12-Part III. ArtBusiness.com
Munro, Donald. Recapping East of Fresno. fresnobeehive.com. September 28, 2011
Dorbad, Elizabeth. Itinerancy, Coyote and the Invention of Myth: A Fabulation in Three Parts. San Francisco: CCA, 2011
Moffett, Charles. Improved Odds. ArtSlant. May 2011
RWM. Review: Wolfe Contemporary Art. ArtBusiness.com. December 09, 2010
Davis, Brendan. Interview: Elizabeth Dorbad. Art Interview Magazine. Issue 13. Autumn 2009
Davidson, Maureen. Some Assembly Required at Sesnon Gallery. Artweek. May 2009. pp. 25, 22
Davidson, Maureen. Lost and Found: Construction Sites. Metro Santa Cruz. February 4, 2009. p.13
From Landfill to Gallery. Petaluma Post. January 2008
Parcel Journal. Featured artist. June-November 2007
Turner, Cherie Louise. Reviews: National. Homegrown. Julie Baker Fine Art. Art News. March 2007
Dalkey, Victoria. Mining a New Vein. Sacramento Bee. November 17, 2006
Mimosa Extra: Kunst and Kultur in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Summer 2005
Mimosa Extra: Kunst and Kultur in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Spring 2005
Ramsey, David. The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2004. p.68
Baker, Julie. Remade: Elizabeth Dorbad and Libby Hayes. Art Contemporaries. Summer 2004
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Penland Winter Residency. Penland, NC. 2017, 2023
The Alchemy. Los Angeles, CA. 2015
Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA. 2015
Wilbur Springs. Wilbur Springs, CA. 2012
The Stonehouse Residency. Miramonte, CA. 2011
The Hatchery Art Spaces. Badger, CA. 2011
Crow’s End. San Luis Obispo, CA. 2007-2009
Druid Dunes Studio. Guadalupe, CA. 2006-2007
Artline Berlin. Berlin, Germany. April-June 2005
Dorland Mountain Artist Colony. Temecula, CA. 2001
AWARDS
Penland Fellowship. Winter Residency. Penland, NC. 2023
Center for Cultural Innovation. Los Angeles, CA. Creative Capacities Grant. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022
Hemera Foundation. Artist Fellowship. 2017
ArtSlant Prize. 2016
California College of the Arts. Scholarship. 2009-2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation. MFA Grant in Sculpture. Nomination. 2011
Dedalus Foundation. MFA Fellowship Grant in Sculpture. Nomination. 2010
Art Interview. International Artists Competition. Berlin, Germany. First Place Award. 2008
Morro Bay Art Association. Morro Bay, CA. Scholarship Grant. 2008
Gallery Twenty-Four. Berlin, Germany. International Assemblage Artists Exhibition Award. 2003
Penland School. Penland, NC. Fellowship 1996-1997. Scholarship 1992, 1994
Haystack Mountain School. Deer Isle, ME. Scholarship 1993
The University of the Arts. Philadelphia, PA. Borowsky Belkin Award. 1992
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Elizabeth Dorbad Consulting. Working with artists, art works, archives. 2019-present
The Orations Project. Art for Civil Rights Nonprofit. Founding Director. 2015-present
University of California, Berkeley. Visiting Critic. 2016
The Alchemy Residency. Visual Arts Program Consultant. 2015-2016
Denali Foundation. Board of Directors, Curator. 2014-2017
Mel Henderson Archive. Consultant. 2015
Apexart NY. Franchise Exhibition Juror. 2014
California College of the Arts. Mentor. 2012