		Elisabeth Oppenheimer
		lives in A(scona) and Z(ürich) -- and in San Francisco whenever ever possible



Education / Ausbildung	2007	MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, U.S.A.
	1999	BFA, Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Residencies / Awards	2007	Spazio Culturale Svizzero, Venezia (EDA)

Residencies / Awards	2005	San Francisco Arts Commission, Individual Artist Equity Grant with
Residenzen/Preise		Victor Cartagena for “Perpetual Motion / Movimiento Perpetuo” @ Intersection for the Arts
	2005	Swiss Consulate Artist Grant, San Francisco
	2004	Artist in Residence, De Young Art Center – Legion of Honor, SF
	2003	Artist in Residence, San Francisco Zoo
	2002	Honorable Mention, Plutonium Memorial Design Competition
	2001	San Francisco Art Commission - "Construct 1" Annual
		Installation Award and Exhibition
	1999	Isaac Walter Sculpture Award for Ceramics

Selected Solo Shows	2005	Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, “Perpetual Motion/Movimiento
Auserwählte Einzelshows		Perpetuo” with Victor Cartagena
	2004	De Young Art Center, San Francisco, “boat-people-boat-people-boat…”
		Build, San Francisco, “lifesavers”
	2003	Swissnex, San Francisco, CA, “SEA / SKY”,
		Ampersand Gallery, San Francisco "SEA / SKY"
	2002	456 Montgomery St, Swiss Consulate General, San Francisco
		tranquillo andante
		Exposition Jeune Creation, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris
	2001	San Francisco Art Commission Gallery - CONSTRUCT 1
		Annual Installation Award - Collaboration with Tania Vu,
		exhibition awarded by Toby Kamps, curator Contemporary Art Museum of San Diego and Marc Dion
	1998	Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, "Nunca Mas"

Selected Group Shows	2004	Swissnex, BIO 2004, San Francisco
Auserwählte Gruppenshows		La Greina Kultursommer, SAC, Piz Terri, Switzerland
		Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, “The Memory Project” Curated by Saralyn Reece-Hardy
	2003	Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “The Big Tree Project”
		Association Le Pays Ou le Ciel Est Toujours Bleu, Orleans, France
		& Residence d’artistes de la ville de Dompierre sur Besbre, Association
		AACE, Clermont-Ferrand, France, “Memoires”
	2002	Southern Exposure, San Francisco, "Repurpose", curated by Nicolas
		Bourriaud, co-director of Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
		Z Space Gallery, San Francisco, “Salts & Minerals” in conjunction with backdrop design
		for the play "Eyes of the Heart" by Catherine Filloux,
		Château de Nedde, Centre d’Art Limousin, France
		Art en dépôt / Catalogue
	2001	Southern Exposure, "Think Again", curated by Miwon Kwon, UCLA
		12th Annual California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis,
		juried by Yoshio Taylor
		Finley Community Center, Santa Rosa, "Moved by the Land", curated by
		Lisa Beerntsen & Bonnie Karlsen
		Academy of Art Sculpture Gallery, San Francisco, "The Scroll Installation
		Project", collaboration of 12 intern. artists in a project by Iren Jensen
		John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Tying us together, annual exhibition
		San Francisco Metreon "Tails of the city"
	2000	Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley,
		Annual Exhibition, curated by Clara Kim
		ArtLink@Sothebys Young Art 2000 Show in Chicago, Vienna (Austria)
		and Tel Aviv (Israel) with subsequent auction / Catalogue
	1999	“Look at what I’ve done, Mom”
		One Day Happening at Bakers' Beach, San Francisco
	1998	San Francisco Center for the Book, “Art Making Book Making, Art", curated by C. Hobson
		Crucible Steel Gallery@Cell Space, San Francisco, "Busted"
		Studio 939, San Francisco, "Cet obscur objet du desir"
		Speaking Words into the Wind --- on air, Performance with Georg Dietzler, Josefa Vaugham
		et al. commemorating the 50th year of the signing of the Charter of the U.N.
	1996	Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, “Confess”
		curated by Thelma Golden, Associate Curator of the Whitney Museum

Publications / Articles		Churner, Rachel; Artweek, Dec. 2001, “Construct 1: The First Annual Installation Award Show
Bibliographie
		Heger, Monica; Mission Dispatch, November 2005, “A city of Motion at the Intersection - Art Gallery exhibit is ghostly”

		Mizota, Sharon; SF Weekly, Art – Our critics Weigh In on local Exhibits, October 26, 2005, “Perpetual Motion / Movimiento Perpetuo”

		Shank, Will; Bay Area Reporter, November 15, 2001, Arts & Entertainment “Imaginary Landscapes”

		Strand, Michael; Salina Journal (Kansas), February 20, 2004, “The Artists’ Visions - Salina Art Center”

		Van Proyen, Mark; Art Issues, January 2002,
		Elizabeth Oppenheimer / Tania Vu at S.F. Arts Commission Gallery,
		Robert Linder, “Da Face” at Hosfelt Gallery
		Kyle Reicher at Braunstein/ Quay Gallery

		Westbrook, Lindsey; San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 21, 2001,
		Critic's choice: 'Construct 1: the First Annual Installation Award Show'"

Radio & TV Interviews		Radio Interview: Radio 2050, KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley, CA (Oct. 22, 2005)
		Television Broadcast: ‘Inside City Limits,’ Comcast SF, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 16 - 19, 2005)

Web Highlights		Jamie Lee, KQED Interactive Gallery Crawl, www.kqed.org, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 2005)
		http://www.kqed.org/topics/arts/gallery-crawl/

		Gloria Tanchelev, SFAI MFA 2007, San Francisco, CA (May 2007)
		http://www.stretcher.org/