Lives and works in Oakland, California
Est. 2012
sfbonanza@gmail.com
www.bonanzaart.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2022
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. (forthcoming)
Untitled Solo Show, Lane Meyers Projects, Denver, CO (forthcoming, solo)
2021
Mode Brut (in collaboration with Creativity Explored), Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA.
Little Ritual, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA.
2020
Art/Community/Sustainability: The Recology Artist in Residence Programs’ 30th Anniversary and the Legacy of Jo Hanson, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2019
RAD Craft + Design, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
L👀K B👀K 4 endless teenagers: (Bonanza Fashun Angst), Interwoven, SFMoMA Open Space Magazine, San Francisco, CA
The Young & the Restless, UNTITLED ART FAIR, San Francisco, CA
Charmed: A Bonanza Retrospective, Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY
ThunderCoat, Telematic Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
The Young & the Restless, Recology, San Francisco, CA
Arrangements, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
UNTITLED ART FAIR, Interface Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Virgin’s Virgining, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
Dyke, Ginger, Mexican, Interface Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sooner or Later, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2016
After Pop Life, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
No Holds Bar, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Soft Remove, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2015
they know better, Body Talk, di Rosa Gatehouse Gallery, Napa, CA
New Normal 3, Guerrero Gallery (Off Site), Oakland, CA
WEEKEND WARRIORS, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Tech-orcism, 100% Gallery, San Francisco, CA
What's going on (Feat. 4 non-blondes), Tmoro Projects, Santa Clara, CA
2014
eighteencharacters, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Something Completely Different, City Limits Gallery Oakland, CA
Glue & Screw, S.H.E.D. Projects, Oakland, CA
2013
dress for this, n/a, Oakland, CA
Windows Stay Gold, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Bonanza II Thin Mints, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
2012
Bonanza, The Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PRODUCTION, SCREENINGS AND RESIDENCIES
2021
Sewn by Spiders. Fashion Show. Museum of Craft and Design. San Francisco, CA.
Artist Talk. Mills College. Oakland, CA.
Curated Window Display. Saks Fifth Avenue. San Francisco, CA.
2020
Creative Work Fund Grant. In collaboration with Creativity Explored.
2019
KQED Represent, Video Feature
Living & Working, Bonanza at El Rio, Artist Interview, Art Practical Magazine
Artist Talk, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Mills College, Oakland, CA
CIVIC TV (Volume 5), screening and edition, Colpa Press, SF Art Book Fair, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk and Screening, Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY
2018
Artists-in-Residence, Recology, San Francisco, CA. (June-September 2018)
Artist Talk, Living Room Light Exchange, Oakland, CA
2017
More Things in Film Presentation, San Francisco International Film Festival, CA
SFAC Passport Event, San Francisco, CA
Planet Bonanza: SFAI’s Gala, Performance with bar, stage, and lighting installation, SFAI, CA
Future 4Ever Beta, a short film, Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
2016
Royal Nonesuch Gallery Film Residency, Oakland, CA
The Drought, The Roxie, San Francisco, CA
Momentum: di Rosa’s Gala, painting installation and lighting design, di Rosa, Napa, CA.
BNNZA ‘17 select runway presentation: Main Cabin Select, The Thing Quarterly, San Francisco, CA
BNNZA ‘17 runway presentation: Cabin Pressure, Alterspace, San Francisco, CA
2015
Bonanza No Walls Gallery: Home for the Holidaze, Washington D.C., Little Rock, AR, Charleston, SC
LPP+ Residency, San Francisco, CA
BNNZA ‘16 runway presentation, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SCRNS screening event, El Rio, San Francisco CA
Heavy Breathing: Session Three - The Pleasure Principle, Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA
Artist Talk, Painting Salon, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Collaborative Practices, San Francisco Art Institute. CA
2014
SOEX XL: 40th Birthday Dance Party, lighting design, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Singing/Signing Book Release Party, lighting design, THE THING QUARTERLY, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Painting Salon, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Collaborative Practices, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2013
Windows Stay Gold, screening event, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Bonanza 5: i’m just being honest, screening event, n/a, Oakland, CA
Bonanza 4: some type of way, publication in collaboration with n/a gallery, Oakland, CA
MADEA, Poster design commissioned by Colpa Press, Pasolini Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
PRESS
Hi-Fructose Magazine, November 2021
San Francisco Chronicle, September 2021
Art Practical Video Feature, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle, January, 2019
East Bay Express, December 2016
San Francisco Art Institute, August 2016
Congratulations Pine Tree, May 2016
Congratulations Pine Tree, December 2015
Curiously Direct, September 2015
Curiously Direct, December 2014