Joni Marie Theodorsen

Solo Exhibitions 

2024 Forthcoming Exhibition, GearBox Gallery, May 30-June 28, Oakland CA

2015  LCA Award Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

2010  Proximity, Fountain Studios, Brooklyn, NY

2002  Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

2000  Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA,


Selected Exhibitions 

2023 Members Group Show, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, Ca

2023  Letters, Hayward Public Library, Hayward, CA

2021  ConVERGEnce Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

2020  DeYoung Open, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA

2020  Four Artists, Alley Cat Books Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019  Black & White and a hint of color, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2019  Nocturne, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018  Exquisite Little Things, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017  Beyond Landscapes, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA

2016  San Francisco Art Show, San Francisco, CA

2016  Summer National Juried Exhibition Marin MOCA, Novato, CA 

2016  Abstraction, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

2016  Heart Is Oakland, Classic Cars West, Oakland, CA

2015  Trap the Line, Bunny Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015  Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

2015  ICA Annual Exhibition and Auction, San Jose, CA

2014  Dark,  ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014  Left Coast Annual , Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

2014  Sky, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

2013  Read All Over, Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, CA

2013  October Skies, Flax Art & Design, San Francisco, CA

2013  Not Just Landscapes, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2012  Transport: Where We Go From Here…Pro Arts, Oakland, CA

2012  After Hours, Part Deux, Flax Art & Design, San Francisco, CA

2011  After Hours, FLAX Art & Design, San Francisco, CA

2009  Fountain Studios Shoebox Benefit, Fountain Studios, Brooklyn, NY

2007  SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fundraiser, San Francisco, CA  

2006  Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2005  NOVA, Chicago, IL

2004  Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003  Drawings, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

2001  Four Walls, Suitable Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000  Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2000  Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA


Public Collections 

University of Washington Permanent Collection


Awards and Honors

Juror’s Award, 2015 Summer National Juried Exhibition,  Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

Left Coast Annual, Juror's Award, Sanchez Art Center

CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Art Council, IL

Artist Residency, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA

Change Inc. Grant

Parnassus Scholarship, School of Art, UW 


Reviews and Publications 

Theories on the Horizon, Joni Marie Theodorsen at Contemporary Art Workshop, Fred Camper, Chicago Reader, April 26, 2002

Untitled, ZYZZYVA, XVI, 1, Spring 2000

COCA Northwest Annual, Kristian Kofoed, Art Access, February 2000, Volume 9

Northwest Annual, What’s Happening, Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 14, 2000

Words as Image, Visual Edge, Alec Clayton, Tacoma City Paper, September 30, 1999


Education 

1998 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, University of WA, Seattle

1997 UW Fine Art Studio Rome Program, Rome, Italy   

1991 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art and Art History, UC Santa Cruz, CA

1989 Associate of Art, College of San Mateo, CA

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