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 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
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