lives and works in Oakland, CA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions / Projects
Which Craft? CDCP Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA curated by David Williams (2021) curated by Casey Droege and David Williams
Nothing’s so important that it doesn’t fall into the sea, Sunny’s, Brooklyn, NY (2018) curated by Erin Treacy
Feast of Fools, cloyingPARLOR, Brooklyn, New York (2016)
the spaces between seconds, Chain Gallery, Queens, NY (2014)
This is repetitive/But nothing has changed, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY (2013)
Straddling the 49th, O’Born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada (2013) *
A Feminist Tea Party, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (2012)*
At Home Tea, Pomona College Museum of Art, with Pacific Standard Time, Pomona, CA (2011)*
Low Tea, Scripps College, Pomona, CA (2011)*
Masquerade Tea, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA (2011)*
A Feminist Tea Party, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY (2010)*
Relics, Brooklyn Artillery, Brooklyn, NY (2009)
Selected Group Exhibitions / Projects
2025
Zero Art Fair, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY organized by Jen Dalton and William Powhida
Play & Flow, Studio One Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024
NEBULA, CCA PLAySPACE Gallery, Oakland, CA
Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2023
New Beginnings, Studio One Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021
Seven Visitors, C202 Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Soaring Gardens: The Second Decade, Hope Horn Gallery, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
2020
Survey 2.20, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
This is Just to Say, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
Residency Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Krista Scenna
2019
In between Pilgrim, Space Debris Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey curated by Seyhan Musaoglu
Here are Lions, Diane’s Circus/cloyingPARLOR, Brooklyn, NY curated by Diane Dwyer and Macy Rodman
Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA curated by Amy Owen
On Site, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by 3walls
Seas, Trees, Birds & Bees, Rainforest Art Foundation, Queens, NY curated by Nancy Gesimondo
Pairings, Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY Curated by Nancy Gesimondo
2018
Printed, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Mixed Media, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ingenuity, Marin Society of Artists Gallery, San Rafael, CA
small: MIGHTY, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
re:re: Patterns, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Sharon Louden
A Gathering, Spaceworks Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY curated by Erin Treacy
Introductions 2018, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Enrico Gomez
2017
Vitamin C, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Seeking Space, Beyond Studios, Brooklyn, NY
BLVD Projects, Rockaway Beach, NY (mural)
2016
Seeking Space: Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair with Space Debris Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
4heads Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany / Galerie ARTQ13, Rome, Italy
Performing Animals, Etc. MINY Media Center, Brooklyn, NY collaboration with Diane Dwyer
2014
Hippie Priest, Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY curated by Nikita Vishnevskiy
In Exile, Space Debris Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Reuse Remixed, Materials for the Arts Gallery, Queens, NY
2013
Nu Age Hustle: Shak-Tea Party, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Superstar Frontier Land, Diane’s Circus, Brooklyn, NY*
Goddess Clap Back, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY collaboration with Damali Abrams
Never Underestimate a Monochrome, Wignall Museum of Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2012
Girl Show, ArtScape, Baltimore, MD*
Alter Minimal, Parallel Art Space, Queens, NY
Illegitimate And Herstorical, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Emily Roysdon *
2011
Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds, LegalArt, Miami, FL
You are here forever…, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Folles D’hiver , SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY
The Tea Dance , Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA *
Lady Parlour Games, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY. collaboration with Jennifer Dalton, Mikki Halpin and Caitlin Rueter*
Intersecting Identities, Campbell Soady Gallery, LGBT Center, New York, NY *
This room is not so tidy as the other…,Zora Art Space, Brooklyn, NY curated by Anthony Allen
2010
Is the Art Fair a Carnival or a County Fair?, SEVEN Art Fair, #rank with Winkleman Gallery, Miami, FL *
A Feminist Tea Party, 4heads Art Fair, Governors Island, New York, NY *
A Feminist Tea Party, #class with Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY *
2009
Hypothetical Landscapes, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Parsons MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Green Light Go, Gallery 151, New York, NY
Reading Room, Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
Curatorial Projects
Artificial Thrills, cloyingPARLOR, Brooklyn New York with SVA MFA Fine Arts Dept (2017)
Her History Dilemma (three-part series), cloyingPARLOR, Brooklyn, NY (2015)
Claustrophilia, HEREart Space, New York, NY (2010)
MATERIA, Cabinet Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY co-organized with Matthew C. Wilson (2010)
Implausible Structures, Brooklyn Artillery, Brooklyn, NY (2009)
Lectures / Presentations / Critiques
Artist Talk, Which Craft, CDCP Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA (2021)
Visiting Artist, BFA Final Critique, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY (2016)
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, MFA Professional Development Seminar, New York, NY (2016)
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, MFA Professional Development Seminar, New York, NY (2015)
Visiting Artist, Alfred University, BFA Department, Alfred, NY (2012)*
Visiting Artist, BFA Department, Scripps College, Los Angeles, California (2011)*
Visiting Artist Lecture, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA (2011)*
Visiting Artist, UNC-Pembroke BFA Department, Pembroke, NC (2010)
Visiting Artist, UNC-Greensboro BFA Department, Greensboro, NC (2010)
Visiting Artist, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Art Department, Concord, NC (2010)
Panels/ Symposia
Panelist, Art Practice, Activism, and Pedagogy: Some Feminist Views, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY organized by Mira Schor (2012)
Panelist, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Sacred Nipples: A Feminist Screening and Group Discussion*
Panelist, Ask me and I will tell, College Arts Association, New York, NY (2011)*
Panelist, Feminism Seduced, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY (2010)
Panelist, Recent MFA Graduates, Pratt Institute MFA Department, Brooklyn, NY (2010)
Residencies / Honors/ Awards
Apapacho PROArtes Artist Residency, Mexico City, Mexico (2025)
Openings Collective Artist Residency, Lake George, NY (2023)
Tri-Tryagain Workspace Artist Residency, Queens, NY (2019)
Artsy Representation, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2019-2020)
Openings Collective Artist Residency, Lake George, NY (2019)
Trestle Artist Residency (2019)
New Pacific Studio Artist Residency, Vallejo, CA (2018)
Openings Collective Artist Residency, Lake George, NY (2018)
Urban Glass Merit-Based Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY (2018)
Xochi Quetzal Artist Residency, Chapala, Mexico (2017)
Turkeyland Cove Foundation Artist Residency, Edgartown, MA (2016)
Distinguished Alumni, Fine Arts Department, University of California, Santa Cruz (2015)
Ora Lerman Trust Artist Residency, Laceyville, PA (2014)
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant (2013)
Ellen Hoffman Memorial Fellowship, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY (2012)
Graduate Dean’s Scholarship, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY (2008-2009)
Selected Press
“Nancy Gesimondo curates exhibition at Rainforest Art Foundation” Queens Times
“Local Teaching Artist Loves Rose Quartz and Sacred Geometry” Arts in Bushwick
Go!Push Pops, “Shak-Tea Party (An Experience Reviewed)” Posture Magazine
D’Agostino, Paul “Saturday Night Saunters in Hoods Begging Names” The L Magazine
Hybenova, Katarina “Some Parallels Drawn at Parallel Art Space” Bushwick Daily
Galloway, Jordan “Talk Flows at A Feminist Tea Party” Brooklyn Based
“Weekly Art Rx: Tea and Feminism” Hyperallergic
“Take Back the Tea Party!” Brooklyn Based
Miranda, Carolina A. “This Week: Must-See Arts in the City” WNYC Culture Blog
Kalm, James “Jennifer Dalton’s An Evening of Lady Parlour Games” Art Review
Haegele, Katie, “Female Gazing: A Day with the Young Women’s Caucus for Art,” Bitch Magazine
Ashraf, Anatole, “Claustrophila Review” NY Arts Magazine Fall 2011 Reviews
Schor, Mira, “A Feminist Tea Party,” The Huffington Post
Johnson, Paddy “The Week of Conferences: Event Picks” Art Fag City
Wiener, Mark and Linda DiGusta, “Conceptual Kitchens and Others,” The Huffington Post
Terry, Justin, “Hypothetical Landscapes at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery” Art Critical
Education
MFA in Fine Arts, Parsons the New School for Design
Single Subject Teaching Credential in Art (California)
BA in Drawing/Painting, University of California, Santa Cruz
* denotes A Feminist Tea Party collaboration with Caitlin Rueter