Exhibitions
2008 There Is No Synonym For Hope, Smack Mellon, New York
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, 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
Constructions, 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 and Residencies
2008 Artist-in-Residence, CUE Art Foundation, 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
Lew, Christopher. “Sonya Blesofsky: Introduced by Christopher Y. Lew,” NYFA Current, January 9, 2008. http://www.nyfa.org
Cole, Lori. “Critics’ Picks,” Artforum online, February 11, 2008. artforum.com/archive/id=19471
Baker, Kenneth. Nice Surprises at This Years 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,
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Education
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 2003-May 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Community Studies & Studio Art, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 2000