Libby Black
1976 Born in Toledo, Ohio
Lives and works in Berkeley, California
Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University
EDUCATION
1999 – 2001
California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
1994 – 1999
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
“The Way Things Also Are,” The David Ireland House, San Francisco, CA
“Returning to this Moment,” Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2018
“Little Girl Blue,” Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
“A Light That Never Goes Out,” Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2015
“There's No Place Like Home,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2012
“Nothing Lasts Forever,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2010
“Be Here Now,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
“If Nothing Else Matters,” PEEL, Houston, TX
“Work Out,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2009
“Timeless,” Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
“In Between Things,” University of Georgia, Broad Street Gallery, Athens, GA
2007
“The Past is Never Where You Think You Left It,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
“Caught Up In The Moment,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
“Louis Vuitton,” Manolo Garcia Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“BENZ,” Grove street windows, San Francisco Arts Commission,
San Francisco, CA
2001
“The Best of the Best,” a.o.v., San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
“What’s That About,” Anthony Meier, Mill Valley, CA curated by Saif Azzuz
“Fight and Flight: Crafting A Bay Area Life,” The Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2022
“Ways of Seeing: Sports and Games,” Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
“Codes of Silence,” /, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Leila Weefur
2021
“Chronicles 3 Group Show,” Galerie Droste, KPM Berlin, Germany
2021 Installation of The Bunker Artspace: Collection of Beth DeWoody, West Palm Beach, FL
“Seconds,” curated by Griff Williams at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
“As Far as You Can, Tell the Truth,” Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, CA
2020
“SF State School of Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition,” Fine Art Gallery San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
“Art Is Where The Heart is Vol. 7,” Paris (online due to COVID) Galerie Droste, Wuppertal, Germany
“Fashion-Conscious,” Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2019
“Art Is Where The Heart Is Vol. 6,” 7 rue des Gravilliers, Paris, France, Galerie Droste
“Copycat,” Fine Arts Gallery at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
“Picturing Philanthropy: Selections from the Sonoma State Art Collection,” The University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
“Closer Look: Intimate-Scale Sculpture from the Permanent Collection,” Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
“EPOCH” Libby Black, Josephine Taylor, and Taravat Talepasand, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2018
“Reinterpretation,” Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose, CA
“Queer Voices,“ The LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA
“California Love,” Galerie Droste, Wuppertal, Germany
“Vanity of Earthly Achievements,” Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma
“No Turns,” Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston ,Texas
“Superset,” Fused, San Francisco CA, Curated by Jessica Silverman and Glen Helfand
“Post 11/9 The New Now [NOW].” Connect Gallery, Chicago, Il
“Ten Year Anniversary Show,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
“Art Is Where The Heart Is,” Curated by Galerie Droste, Galerie LJ, Paris, France
2017
“With Liberty and Justice for Some,” Berkeley, Art Center, Berkeley, CA
“Detritus,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
“Summer Breaks,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
“San Escobar,” Gildar Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some,” SFAC Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“With Liberty and Justice for Some,” Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Pulped Fictions,” The Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA
“GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2016
“After Pop Life,” Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
“Non Non Violence,” Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Quiet Please: The Mental Game of Art and Tennis,” The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
“Safe at Home: A Short Survey of Baseball Art,” The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2015
“Summer Mixer,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
“JUG LIFE: New Contemporary Still Life,” Curated by Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“That’s My Trip,” curated by Andrew Schoultz, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
“Left Coast: California Political Art,” The James Gallery, New York, NY
“Misappropriations: New Acquisitions,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2014
“The Stuff of Legends,” Grey Matter, Dallas, TX
“Pencils Down,” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto Art Center, CA
2013
“Faux Real,” The Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Norwood and Underline Present,” Underline Gallery, New York, NY
2012
“Simulacrum,” Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH (curated by Michael Goodson) “SHOP II” Underline Gallery, New York, NY
“Outfitters: The Contemporary Art of Clothing,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“Cut, Drawn, Painted: Works on Paper,” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
“The Haberdashery,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY “Portrait of a Generation,” The Hole, New York, NY
2011
“Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
“Queer States,” Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
“SHOP: Like You Mean It,” Underline Gallery, New York, NY
“The Elegance of Refusal,” Gensler Architecture Design & Planning, San Francisco, CA (curated by Jessica Silverman)
“New Image Sculpture,” McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
“Fabrications,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2010
“New Art for a New Century: Contemporary Acquisitions 2000-2010,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2009
“I Want You to Want Me,” Marx & Zavattero
“Tigersprung: Obscure Couture,” The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX (Curated by Dr. Charissa Terranova)
“Figuratively Speaking,” Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by David Lyle)
“Oh, Maybe,” OFF-Space, Emeryville, CA
2008
“Belle du Jour,” Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY
“Art on Paper” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
“These Are the People in Your Neighborhood,” Fifteenth Anniversary Group Show, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
“Critics’ Pix2,” The University of Texas, Dallas Texas
“Grandma,” AfterModern, San Francisco, CA
2007
“Glass Love: Contemporary Art and Surf,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
“Artist of Invention: A Century of CCA,” Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
“Don’t Mess With,” Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
“Guns and Ammo,” 40000, Chicago, IL
“From Here to Infinity and The Big Bang,” SPACES, Cleveland, OH
“GRAPHIC: New Bay Area Drawing,” di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2006
“Luxury Goods,” Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY (Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody)
“Smoke and Mirrors: Deception in Contemporary Art,” Visual Arts Gallery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
“Strictly Graphite,” College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA (Curated by Andrea Antonaccio and Amy Charles)
2005
“Bay Area Now 4,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“The Superfly Effect,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
“The Real World,” Kala Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Paper Beats Rock,” Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2004
“2004 California Biennial,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
“The Hunt: Ritual and Narrative,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
“California Dreamin’,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
“Hovering,” Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
“Make Shift World,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Mark,” Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
“An Uncertain Line,” Spanganga, San Francisco, CA
“Saving Face,” Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2002
“I Hate Being a Girl,” Spanganga, San Francisco, CA
“Emerge,” GenArtSF, San Francisco, CA (Curated by Heather Marx, Arnold Kemp, James Bewley, and Stephanie Syjuco) Bay Area Award Show,
“Rolex,” Musee D'Honneur Minuscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Openings,” San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2001
“Memory and History of Place,” Euphart Museum of Art, Los Altos, CA
“Belief System,” The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
“These Things I Know for Sure,” Gallery 69a, San Francisco, CA (curated by Harrell Fletcher)
“Never Underestimate the Power of a Drawing,” Refusalon, (Drawing in Residence at Marcy Freedman's House), San Francisco, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021
Artist in Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020
Marcus Early Career Research Award, SF State University
LCA Mini Grant, SF State University
2018
Dean's Travel Grant, School of Art, SF State University
2007
Artist in Residence, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2005
Artist in Residence, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2003
Cultural Equity Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2002
The Goldie Award, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
2001
MFA Headlands Studio Awardee, Sausalito, CA
2000
Richard K. Price Scholar Award All College Honors, Honorable Mention, CCAC, San Francisco, CA
SELECT PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
The McEvoy Family Collection, San Francisco, CA
Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
Nancy and Joachim Bechtle, San Francisco, CA
Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York, New York
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Chaney Family Collection, Houston, TX
The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, New York, NY
The Annette Bollag-Rothschild Collection, Kusnacht, Switzerland
The West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Fidelity Investments Corporate Contemporary Art Collection, Boston, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Wilson, Emily, “Feeling ‘What’s that about’ with curator Saif Azzuz,” 48 Hills, Aug. 7
2022
Murphree, Emma, “Libby Black on seductive objects, not-so-solo solo show at The David Ireland house,” The Daily Californian, Sept. 28
Hotchkiss, Sarah, “ In a Perfect World, This Show at 500 Capp Would Be Up For Months – See It While You Can,” To Do List, KQED, Sept. 27
Hotchkiss, Sarah, “Reports of Our Visual Art Scene’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated,” Fall Arts Guide, KQED, Sept 1
Bravo, Tony, “Libby Black: The Way Things Also Are,” Datebook Pick, Sept. 4th
Volpicelli, Anna, “The Way Things Also Are,” Bay Area Fall Arts and Culture Calendar, 7x7, Sept. 1
Porges, Maria, “Libby Black Processes the World Around Her By Recreating It,” Hyperallergic, May 15
Bravo, Tony, “Artist Libby Black brings “Returning to This Moment” to S.F.’s Gallery 16,” Datebook Pick, April 1
2021
Hotchkiss, Sarah, “In Final Show (For Now), Gallery 16 Works Take on New, Bittersweet Meanings,” KQED, January 12
2020
Rankinine, Claudia, “Citizenship An America Lyric (Fragment),” Revista de la Universidad de
Mexico, page 114
2019
Congdon, Lisa, “Find Your Artistic Voice,” Book Published by Chronicle Books, August, Pages 86-91
Frock, Christian, “Epoch: Libby Black, Taravat Talepasand, Josephine Taylor,” SF Arts, May 2019
“Much Love and Respect,” Book Published by Gallery 16, April 2019
Video, “Libby Black at the Berkeley Marina,” Living and Working Series, Art Practical, San Francisco, CA
2018
“Art Preview,” Houston Chronicle, July 20
Stuebner, Anton, “SuperSet at fused space,” Art Practical, May 22
Greene, Aislyn, “How to Explore the Dogpatch, San Francisco’s Artsiest Neighborhood,” New York Magazine Travel Section, April 9
Woo, Jen, “Little Girl Blue,” Live video, March 21, 1,608 views
Woo, Jen, “Berkeley artist Libby Black Channels Janis Joplin in Her Radically Wonderful New Show,” 7x7, March 14
Hajmiragha, Sholeh, “Issue 6” Work in Progress Publication” February 2018
Martinique, Elena, “Two Volumes of Street Art Take Over Paris, courtesy Galerie Droste,” Widewalls, January 21
Ross, Jessica, “Ten Year Anniversary Show at Joshua Liner,” Juxtapoz, January 19
2017
McCall, Christopher, “PhotoBook as Lineage,” The Photobook Review, Fall 2017
Ross, Jessica, “Summer Breaks: Joshua Liner Gallery’s Summer Group Show,” Juxtapoz, July 13
Edalatpour, Jeffrey, “Gone But Not Forgotten,” Metroactive, July 5
Anderson, Lamar, “Bay Artist Turns Portraits of Immigrants into an American Flag-shaped Middle Finger to Donald Trump,” San Francisco Magazine On-line, March 16
2016
Sussman, Matt, “Libby Black at Gallery 16,” Art in America, October
Porges, Maria, “Libby Black-Gallery 16,” Sculpture Magazine, October
Pangburn, DJ, “Prince Inspires a Sexy Purple Art Show,” Vice - Creators, October 3
Shi, Diana, “Artist Take a Swing at the Look & Legacy of Tennis,” The Creators Project, August 13
“Quiet Please: The Mental Game of Art and Tennis” Exhibition Catalog, Berkeley Art Center. Pages 1 – 20.
McClintock, Andrew, “Critic’s Pick: A Light That Never Goes Out at Gallery 16, San Francisco,” SFAQ, May 19
Greene, Josh, “Need to Know: Libby Black’s Faux-Mo World,” Out.com, May 16
Farr, Kristin, “Serena Cole and Libby Black at Gallery 16,” Juxtapoz, May 13
2015
Rosenfeld, Austen Leah, “Artist Libby Black Makes Paper Louis Vuitton Bags and Channel Roller Skates,” i-D Magazine, November 17
Dewberry, Chloe, “Libby Black’s New Exhibit is a Window to her Logo Obsessed Soul,” Opening Ceremony, October 16
2014
Rolon, Carlos Dzine, “Boxed: A Visual History and the Art of Boxing,” Book Published by Damiani/Paul Kasmin Gallery, March, pages 64-65.
2013
Barton, Dave, “Faux Real is an all Faux Show,” OC Weekly, June 27
Litt, Steven, “Timothy Callaghan’s new book on Learning to Paint is a Gem – and Point of Pride for Cleveland Art,” Cleveland.com, June 21.
Callaghan, Timothy, “One Painting a Day,” Book Published by Quarry Books, pages 36, 47, 70 & 71, 104 & 105, 108, 111, 119, 120 – 122.
Grattan, Nikki and Klea McKenna, “Libby Black,” In The Make: Studio Visits with West Coast Artists, http://inthemake.com/libby-black/ February
2012
Allison Gibson, “Envy,” Beautiful Decay, Book 9: The Seven Deadly Sins, October
Kluth, Mary Anne, “Nothing Lasts Forever,” Art Practical, Issue 3.15, May
Fellah, Nadia, "Libby Black: Nothing Lasts Forever," New American Paintings Blog, May 11
Frank, Priscilla, "Libby Black’s Objects of Desire Arrive at Marx & Zavattero," The Huffington Post, April 20
Chun, Kimberly, "Libby Black: Provocative Side of Looking, Being Good," San Francisco Chronicle (96 Hours section), April 12, p. 14
2011
“New Image Sculpture” Exhibition Catalog, McNay Art Museum, pages 32 – 39.
Winn, Steven, "The Fine Art of Baseball: Giants-tinged show,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, p. E1
Meehan, Margaret, “Out and About: New Image Sculpture at the McNay,” glasstire.com, March 28
"Exhibition Spotlight: Fabrications at Marx & Zavattero," The Huffington Post, February 4
Wood, Sura, "Coming Soon to an Art Gallery Near You," Bay Area Reporter, January 13, p. 23
Bowers, Keith, "The Horror, The Humor," SF Weekly (Night & Day section), January 5, p. 18
2010
Michel, Nadia, “Luxury Chicks,” 002 Houston, October p.22
Brobeck, Catherine, “Faking It: Luxuriating in Libby Black’s Paper Sculptures,” Paper, September, p. 128-9
Baker, Kenneth, “Black is Back,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, p. E3
Helfand, Glen, “Libby Black: Marx & Zavattero,” artforum.com (Critic’s Pick), April 16
Cuyler, Gibson, “Be Here Now,” Art Practical, Issue 13: Critical Mass
Eisenhart, Mary, “Don’t Miss: Be Here Now,” San Francisco Chronicle (96 Hours section), March 25, p. 15
Leaverton, Michael, “Go Back to Berkeley,” SF Weekly (Night & Day section), March 24, p. 22
Dailey, Courtney, “Libby Black: More than Fake,” The Queerist, March 18
2009
Zevitas, Steven T. (Editor), New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Boston MA; Number 85, December/January, p. 16-19 and back cover
2008
Lee, Linda, “Pulse Quickens on Day Two,” artinfo.com, December 4
Leung, Julie, “Wealth Inspires Artist’s Imitations,” The Red and Black, March 4
Skelton, April Moore, “Artist Renders Haute-couture in Humble Medium,” Athens Banner-Herald, March 9
Keats, Jonathon, “Designer Artwork,” San Francisco Magazine, February, p. 70-74
2007
Thomas, Dana, “Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster” (Book), Page 170.
Hall, Christopher, “Where ‘Art’ Has Met ‘Craft’ For 100 Years,” The New York Times (Arts and Leisure section), November 11, p.38
Fogarty, Lori & Hatch, Ann, “Artist of Invention: A Century of CCA” (catalogue), Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Stolz, Kit, “Everything’s Bigger in…Ojai? Texas Tricks Us Again This Time with Art,” VC Reporter, November 15
Bleecher, Darian, “Don’t Mess with Texas,” Santa Barbara Independent, November 8
Baker, Kenneth, “Libby Black Fakes Out the Marketing Impulse,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, p. E10
Leaverton, Michael, “Fitted for Travel,” SF Weekly (Night and Day section), September 5, p.26
“Libby Black Exhibit Looks Back to the Past,” San Francisco Examiner, September 4, p. 19
Janku, Laura Richard, ”A Century of CCA,” art ltd., September, p. 37-8
Helfand, Glen, “Visual Raids: We Place Our Bets on the Best Gallery and Museum Shows this Fall,” SF Bay Guardian, August 22
Baker, Kenneth, “America’s Artland: San Francisco,” Art+Auction, July, p. 60
Farman, Marie, “Art and Mode: Je T’Aime Moi Non Pluse,” Enjoy (France), No. 5, p. 29-31
Zevitas, Steven T. (Editor), New American Paintings, The Open Studio Press, Boston MA; Number 67, January, p. 22-25
2006
“Bay Area Now 4” Exhibition Catalog, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, pages 16 & 17.
Castillo, Arielle, “Alternative Art Fairs,” Art Basel Miami Beach 2006, December, p. 51B
Garnett, Adrienne, “Pulse Miami: Wynwood District Pioneer Returns for its Second Year,” Art of the Times, December, p. 124
Bean, Shawn, “Everything You Need to Know about Florida’s Art Fair Season,” Florida International Magazine, December, p. 124
Feldman, Melissa E., “Libby Black at Heather Marx,” Art in America, January, p. 129
Cash, Stephanie, “Report from San Francisco II: New and Now,” Art in America, January, p. 58, 62
Cernek, Susan, “Miami Vice,” Elle, March, No. 247, p. 124
Goe, Tara, “Libby Black: Just Like an Object,” Kitchen Sink, Vol. 3 Issue 4, p. 67
2005
Lee, Linda, and Cipriani, Christian, “Basel Brings the Buzz,” Art Basel Miami Beach 2005, December, p. 132
Baker, Kenneth, “Libby Black: Heather Marx,” ARTnews, December, p. 158
Helfand, Glen, “Libby Black: Heather Marx Gallery,” Artforum, November, p. 258-9
Paiement, Rebecca, “Black Label,” Zink Magazine, December, p. 36-37
Gordon, A.L., “New Yorkers Enjoy Sun, Parties – and Art, Too – at Art Basel Miami Beach,” The New York Sun, December 5, p. 13
Olson, Marisa S., “'Take Shape’ at Rena Bransten Gallery,” Artweek, October, p. 12
Baker, Kenneth, “Black on Geary,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, p. E10
Olson, Marisa S., “'Bay Area Now 4' at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,” Artweek, September, p. 13
Valentine, Christina, “'Paper Beats Rock' at cherrydelosreyes,” Artweek, September, p. 22-23
Nunn, Jennie, “Status Symbol: A Pseudo-shop Girl Makes High-end Fashion Artfully Attainable,” 7x7 Magazine, September, p. 65
Nataraj, Nirmala, “The Black Art: It's Only a Paper Purse,” SF Weekly (See/Be Seen section), September 7, p. 28
Labong, Leilani, “The Best in Art, Auctions and Gallery Openings,” California Home + Design ("City Living" issue), September, p. 76
Varnell, Elizabeth, and Sandoval, Myra, “Gotta Have It,” Papercity, September, p. 25
Baker, Kenneth, “Cross Section of Bay Area Artists' Work Highlights the Chasm Between Creators and Crowd,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, p. E1, E3
Helfand, Glen, “Community Drift: Looking for a Focus at 'Bay Area Now 4',” SF Bay Guardian, July 27-August 2, p. 206
Orden, Abraham, “Aperto San Francisco,” Flash Art, July-September, p. 71-72
Chun, Kimberly, “Lil' 'Now' Wow,” SF Bay Guardian, July 13, p. 38
Jones, Brent Foster, “Paper Doll: Rising Star Libby Black is Giving the Art World its Fashion Moment,” San Francisco Magazine, May, p. 34
Tunks, Jane, “Keep It Real,” SF Weekly (Urban Experience section), June 1
Boas, Natasha, “Art Within Reach,” domino, Spring/Summer, p. 113
Baker, Kenneth, “Art Notes: Bay Area Now 2005,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, p. E2
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Three Facets of a Jersey City Jewel,” The New York Times, February 6, p. 9
Bischoff, Dan, “Low Culture Writ Large at Hudson Museum,” The Star-Ledger, February 6, Sec. 4, p. 4
Tumlir, Jan, “California Biennial,” Artforum, February, p. 168
2004
Chattopadhyay, Collette, “'2004 California Biennial' at OCMA,” Artweek, December/January, Vol. 35 Issue 10, inside back cover
“In Stock,” Flaunt, No. 59 (Sixth Anniversary Collector's Issue), p. 36
von Gustorf, Oliver Koerner, “Wild Wild West: Young Art at the 2004 California Biennial,” db artmag, Issue 23, October 28
Helfand, Glen, “A Blue State,” SF Bay Guardian, November 10, p. 51
Pincus, Robert L., “Tuning in to the O.C.: 'Biennial' belly laughs,” San Diego Union-Tribune, November 7
Helfand, Glen, “Critic's Picks: 2004 California Biennial,” artforum.com, November
Sicha, Choire, “The Deal of the Art,” The New York Times, October 31, p. 35
Armstrong, Elizabeth, & Hofmann, Irene, 2004 California Biennial (catalogue), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Holl, Jess, “O.C. Museum Takes Flight,” Los Angeles Times, October 10, p. E45
Chang, Richard, “The Art of the New,” The Orange County Register,
October 10, Arts & Entertainment p. 5
“Burberry Skateboard,” San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Datebook, April 25, p. 57
Helfand, Glen, “Dream On: Three Artists Entertainingly Deflate Left Coast Mythologies,” SF Bay Guardian, April 21, p. 46
Greene, Josh, “Dare to Dream,” 7x7 Magazine, April, p. 32
“10 Days,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 1, p. D3
“Big Calendar,” Contra Costa Times, March 21
2003
Netburn, Deborah, “Migratory Patterns,” Elle Magazine, November, p. 256
Keats, Jonathon, “Bag Drag,” San Francisco Magazine, August
Helfand, Glen, “San Francisco Gallery Walk,” Art on Paper, May/June, p. 80-81
Olson, Marisa, “An Uncertain Line: Some Approaches to Drawing at Spanganga,” Artweek, May, p. 12
Rubin, Sylvia, “Vuitton Accessories, in the Latest Fabric,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, p. D2
Greene, Josh, “Spotlight: Artist Exposes Our Paper City,” 7x7 Magazine, April
Westbrook, Lindsey, “An Uncertain Line,” SF Bay Guardian, Critic's Choice: Art, March 5
Baker, Kenneth, “Drawing at Spanganga,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, p. D12
Bing, Alison, “Drawing Conclusions,” sfgate.com Art ePick
2002
Helfand, Glen, “Visual Art: Libby Black,” SF Bay Guardian, November 6, p. 43
Bing, Alison, “I Hate Being a Girl,” sfgate.com Art ePick
Crump, Anne, “To Have and Have Not,” San Francisco Examiner, July 25, p. 22A