Victoria Heilweil

Victoria Mara Heilweil
3270 20th Street San Francisco, CA  94110
(510) 918-4631; victoriaheilweil@gmail.com
www.victoriaheilweil.com

EDUCATION

1995        MFA PHOTOGRAPHY California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1987        BFA FILM AND VIDEO New York University, New York, NY
              
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014       

75 YEARS: SELECTIONS FROM THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, group exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA  Jurors: Sandra S. Philips, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA; Norman Maslov, Agent International; Richard    Koci Hernandez, Assistant Professor of New Media at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
SISYPHUS, one person installation, Mutiny Radio, San Francisco, CA

2013        

NON REPRESENTATIONAL, two-person exhibition, wall space gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
47 YEARS, solo exhibition, University Art Gallery California State University, Chico, CA  Curator: Jason Tannen
HOME: WHERE WE LIVE, group exhibition, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN                                                                   LENS 2013, group exhibition, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL  Juror: Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

2012        

EMERGE, group exhibition, Midwest Photo Center, Wichita, KS
 

2011        

EVER AFTER, group exhibition, Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA
WHEREAS: A DECLARATION OF PLACE, group exhibition (as part of Storylab with Rene Yung), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2010      

ROLL CALL, group exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

2009      

IT’S STILL LIFE, group exhibition, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA  
CCA STUDIO FACULTY EXHIBITION, group exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
NATIONAL EXHIBITION, MARIN SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, group exhibition, Marin Art and Garden
Center, Ross, CA  Juror: Scott Shields, Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

2008        

VIVIDWILD, group exhibition, Fort Gallery, Oakland, CA
DIVAS, group exhibition, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA  Curator: Thomas McGovern
PICTURES OF THINGS, group exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA
UNDER 100, group exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2007        

VESSEL, group exhibition, Triton Hotel Mezzanine Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MINUTIAE, group exhibition, ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006        

FLING: GETTING IT ON FOR ART, group exhibition, Somarts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
29TH SMALL WORKS, group exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY  Juror: Jack Shainman, Director, Jack Shainman Gallery             
FOR SHAME, group exhibition, BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2005        

LOVE, solo exhibition, Studio e, San Francisco, CA

2004        

VULNERABILITY, group exhibition, Gravity Feed, Berkeley, CA
LOVE, solo exhibition, Sierra Gallery, Modesto, CA

2003        

GIMME POLAROID IV, group exhibition, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
SEX IN THE CITY, group exhibition, SF Black & White Gallery, San Francisco, CA        

2001        

CORPUS OPTICS, three person exhibition, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000    

COLLEGE OF MARIN ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, group exhibition, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
RAMAPO COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, group exhibition, Berrie Center For Performing And Visual Arts, Mahwah, NJ

1999    

RVCC ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, group exhibition, Raritan Valley Community College Gallery, Somerville, NJ

1998        

CORPOREAL POLITICS, two-person exhibition, Luna Sea, San Francisco, CA

1997        

EQUIVALENTS, solo exhibition, Build, San Francisco, CA

1996        

DEFINITIVE EROTICA II, group exhibition, Suspect Photography, Seattle, WA
4TH ANNUAL JURIED LUGGAGE SHOW, group exhibition, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA    

1995        

NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, group exhibition, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA  Juror: Sandra Phillips, Curator of Photography - SFMOMA

1994        

HER – SELF, solo exhibition, Everywoman's Fitness Center, Emeryville, CA
CCAC PHOTO COMPETITION, group exhibition, Irwin Student Center Galleries, Oakland, CA Juror: Rupert Jenkins, Associate Director - San Francisco Camerawork            

1989         

SENSUALITY AND ROMANCE, group exhibition, Points of Departure Gallery, New York, NY

1988        

IMAGES, solo exhibition, Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2013        

COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS WITH SWAP/MEET, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA

2012        

REACHING FOR THE TOP, ZERO1 Biennial, Touchstone Climbing Studio, San Jose, CA
CIRCUIT DANCERS, Friends and Family Music Festival, Saratoga Springs, CA

CURATORIAL
            
2014        

WABI-SABI (with MicroClimate Collective), Alterspace, San Francisco, CA

2013        

WINTERFEST, SF Bike Coalition Annual Fundraiser, San Francisco, CA
CORPORATE CURATION, Bonfire Labs, San Francisco, CA
EDIBLE EPHEMERA, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2012        

X LIBRIS (with MicroClimate Collective), Root Division, San Francisco, CA
A.D.D. (with MicroClimate Collective), The Emerald Tablet, San Francisco, CA
NIGHT LIGHT: A MULTIMEDIA GARDEN PARTY (with MicroClimate Collective), Somarts, San     Francisco, CA

2011        

PERFECT PLACE/NO PLACE: RE-IMAGINING UTOPIA (with MicroClimate Collective), Million Fishes,         San Francisco, CA

2010        

EIDOLON: ILLUSION/DELUSION/ALLUSION (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San         Francisco, CA

2009        

EVERYTHING MUST GO (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
HYPNAGOGIA: BETWEEN  SLEEPING AND WAKING (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater,     San Francisco, CA
UNSEEN/UNSAID (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
MICROCLIMATE PROJECT SPACE (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA

2008        

CHANCE OPERATIONS (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
NIGHT LIGHT: AN EVENING OF LUMINOUS ENVIRONMENTS (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate     Theater, San Francisco, CA
MICROCLIMATE PROJECT SPACE (with MicroClimate Collective), Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
COLLABORATIVE VISIONS II, Gallery Obscura, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2007        

COLLABORATIVE VISIONS, Gallery Obscura, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2001-5        

GALLERY OBSCURA, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

1997        

HANGING FROM THE HIGHWIRE: ART BY AND ABOUT FEMMES, Build, San Francisco, CA

1988-9        

POINTS OF DEPARTURE GALLERY, New York, NY

AWARDS

2011    

ALTERNATIVE EXPOSURE GRANT, Southern Exposure (San Francisco, CA) Jurors: Julie Lazar, Director International Contemporary Arts Network; Jasmine Moorhead, Owner and Director, Krowswork; and Rosten Woo, co-founder of the Center for Urban Pedagogy

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2013        

FRESH PHOTOS TAKE ON ABSTRACTION: WIT AND BEAUTY MEET IN HARD-TO-PLACE IMAGES, Review of Non-Representational, Santa Barbara Independent
X LIBRIS, Exhibition Catalog
A.D.D., Exhibition Zine with DVD
EAT YOUR ART OUT: EDIBLE ARTWORK RUMINATES ON CORPOREAL AND VISUAL CONSUMPTION AT ROOT DIVISION IN SF, Review of Edible Ephemera, The Daily Californian

2012      

“X LIBRIS” AT ROOT DIVISION, Review, SF Art Enthusiast

2011        

"PERFECT PLACE/NO PLACE" IS IDEAL IN ITS CONTRADICTORY CONCEPTIONS OF UTOPIA, Review, Exhibitionist, SF Weekly

2008        

DIVAS: A GROUP EXHIBITION OF IMMODEST PHOTOGRAPHY, Review, The Magazine of and for the Arts, Los Angeles

2006        

FOR SHAME, Review, OC Weekly,  Squeeze OC, OC Metro