EXHIBITIONS
2009
Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, New York
Get the Led Out, SHO Gallery, New York
X (10th Anniversary Exhibition), Mixed Greens, New York
New Work, Gallery Diet, Miami
2008
Treemendous, Islip Art Museum, Islip
Paper City, Mixed Greens, New York
Emerging Artists, Smack Mellon, New York
Rental Work!, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
Here and Now, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York
Site 92: Phase II, Smack Mellon, New York
2007
Workspace Program 2001-2007, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
On The Third Day, 3B Space, New York
Per Square Foot, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
Stop Pause Forward, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
Open Studio, Chashama Project Exhibition Studio, New York
2006
Open Studios, LMCC Workspace:120 Broadway, New York
2005
GenArt Emerge 2005, Warfield Building, San Francisco
Sonya Blesofsky, Plane Space, New York
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco
2004
Ephemeral Feminism, Crucible Steel Gallery, CELLspace, San Francisco
By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco
Unfurled, Pond Gallery, San Francisco
Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
2003
Memory/Loss, Lacunae Gallery, San Francisco
Assembly, Crucible Steel Gallery, CELLspace, San Francisco
2000
Playground, Senior Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2010
Resident Artist, The Nest, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
Studio Artist, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2008
Artist-in-Residence, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
2007
Smack Mellon Studio Artist, Brooklyn, NY
Chashama Project Exhibition Studio Grantee, New York, NY
2006
Workspace Artist in Residence, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace:120 Broadway, New York, NY
2005
Visiting Artist, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Artist in Residence, Plane Space, New York, NY
Teaching Assistantship, San Francisco Art Institute, Spring
2004
Teaching Assistantship, San Francisco Art Institute, Fall
2000
Robert Irwin & Susan Hyde Benteen Art Projects Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kriston Copps. “Here and Now,” Sculpture, January/February, 2009, Vol.28 No.1.
Maura Judkis, “Closed Call,” Washington City Paper, May 20, 2008.
Killeen, Michael. “Power-Hungry Guy, Crimson Landmarks, Paper Cavemen: Chelsea Art,” Bloomberg News, Aug. 5, 2008.
Baker, RC. “Best in Show,” The Village Voice, August 5, 2008.
Lew, Christopher. “Sonya Blesofsky: Introduced by Christopher Y. Lew,” NYFA Current, January 9, 2008.
Cole, Lori. “Critics’ Picks,” Artforum online, February 11, 2008.
Baker, Kenneth. “Nice Surprises at This Year’s ‘Emerge’ Show for New Talent,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 2005.
Baker, RC. “Short List/Voice Choices,” The Village Voice, Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2005, Vol. L No. 39.
EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute, Master of Fine Arts, Painting, 2005
University of California Santa Cruz, Bachelor of Arts, Community Studies & Studio Art, 2000
