GEORGE PFAU
EDUCATION:
- MFA, California College of the Arts, 2010
- B.S. Studio Art. New York University. 2005
- Marko Lulic Class, Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst, Salzburg, Austria, 2010.
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
- Daisy Soros Fine Art Prize, 2010
- Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artist Grant, 2010.
- The Wassaic Project Residency, 2010
- The Dennis Leon Award, 2010
- Martin Wong Scholarship, NYU, 2004
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- The Last Supper Festival. 3rd Ward. Brooklyn, NY, 2010
- Short Term Deviation, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 2010
- The Big Screen Project, Sixth Ave. New York,
- Space and Body, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg, Austria, 2010.
- Wondrous Strange: A 21st Century Cabinet of Curiosities. SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, 2010
- The Wassaic Project Summer Festival, Maxon Mill, Wassaic, New York, 2010.
- The 10th Annual T-10 Video Festival. 21 Grand, Oakland, 2010.
- California College of the Arts MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, 2010.
- Tip of the Blade. SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, 2010
- Obstinate Flesh. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, 2010
- Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s, S.F. City Hall Art Show, San Francisco, 2009-10
- Super Pop-Up Shop. Curated by Glen Helfand and Rebeca Bollinger. Alameda, CA 2009.
- A Universe We Can Believe In. Tecoah Bruce Gallery. Oliver Art Center. Oakland, CA 2009.
- Wonderland. Curated by Lance Fung. Tender Transmission Collaboration, San Francisco, 2009
- George Pfau. Curated by David Huff. Pro Arts at Latham Square. Oakland, CA, 2009.
- A Dry Run. Charlie Horse Gallery. Brooklyn, NY 2009
- ScreenLab at Studio for Urban Project[ion]s San Francisco, 2009
- War! And Pictures. Space Gallery, San Francisco, 2009
- Unwasting Space. 99 East 4th St. New York, 2009
- Conflation. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, 2009
- Post-Bling: Profit on the Burning Shore. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, 2009
- Ersatz, SF CameraWork, San Francisco, 2009
- Reality. Ohlone College Louis Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA 2008
- New Visions 2008. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, 2008
- Watchword Press: Whole Story. Intersection for the Arts, and the LAB, San Francisco, 2007 and 2008
- Hare and the Hounds. 18 Reasons, San Francisco, 2008 and 2009
- 20 x 20, Sketch Tuesdays, and Eyes on the Bay Area. 111 Minna Gallery. San Francisco, 2007-2008.
- Conditions are Perfect. Michelle O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco. 2007
- VOXXOXO. Vox Populi, Philadelphia, 2007
- Monster Drawing Rally. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, 2007, 2009, and 2010.
- Fresh Produce. Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA, 2006.
- George Pfau…2006. (Solo show) Bluespace, San Francisco, 2006.
- League of Young Voters Group Exhibition” On Six Gallery, San Francisco, 2006
- Seeing is Believing. Bronx River Art Center, New York, 2006
- Brush with Greatness. Neo Studios, New York, 2005
- F’Now. Zone Chelsea, New York, 2005.
- Storefront Forefront. At the old Tower Video/Books on Lafayette, New York, 2005.
- 29th Annual Student Exhibition. The National Arts Club, New York, 2005.
- Le Petit Prince: 5 Young Male Artists. AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2005.
- NYU Awards Recipients Exhibition. Martin Wong Scholorship, New York, 2005
CURATION:
- Sentence Drawing Sentence. MG Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2008.
- Free Willy and Long John Hooper’s Red Lobster Club. A two-part response to Moby Dick at the Wattis Institute, in Playspace and Fishspace Galleries, San Francisco, 2009.
WEB
www.gpfau.com
www.sentencedrawingsentence.com
www.tendertransmissions.com
BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESS:
- Zombies, identified. By George Pfau CCA MFA Thesis. 2010.
- “Wondrous Strange @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery” by David M. Roth, in Square Cylinder, 14 Aug 2010.
- “Jordan Kantor, Shotgun Review.” By George Pfau, Art Practical Issue 15, 2010
- “George Pfau” New American Paintings “MFA Edition” 2010.
- ArtSlant: CCA Open Studios by Franklin Melendez, 2010. http://www.artslant.com/sf/articles/show/15708
- Artifacts by Britta Austin, featured art: http://watchwordpress.org/artifacts.html 2010.
- “Picks: George Pfau at Latham Square” by DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Dec 9-15, 2009
- “MG Gallery and Sentence Drawing Sentence” by Claire Light. KQED Arts Blog.
- George Pfau…2006 Art book, Prepress, San Francisco
- “Crocky” Zine by George Pfau and Chilly Culver, 2005. Reviewed in Zine World.
- “True Eye” issue 3. May 2007. www.true-eye.net
- Juxtapoz Magazine, Profile, Nov Issue, 2007
- “Seeing is Believing at The Bronx River Art Center” Bronx Times, January 12, 2006
- “Exit Zine”, and “The Dumpster Diver’s Cookbook”, by Devin Carberry
- artbusiness.com, Michelle O’Connor, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, and Bluespace reviews