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Val Britton
Born 1977 in Livingston, NJ.
Lives in Portland, OR.
Education
2006
MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco / Oakland, CA
1999
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1997-98
French Coursework, Brown University, Providence, RI
1996
Study Abroad, Edinburgh College of Art / Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Scotland
Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
2021
(Online) Impressions of Time, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2020
UNTITLED ART, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2018
The Shape of Change, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2016
Navigator, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Transmissions, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2014
Passage, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2013
Cosmology, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Terra Incognita, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA
Intimate Immensity, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2012
The Continental Interior, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kala Art Institute: Val Britton, Addison Street Window Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Infinite Loop: Art + Sound by Val Britton and John Colpitts, Secret Project Robot Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Index to Selected Stars: Recology Artist-in-Residence Program, Recology, San Francisco, CA
2009
The Echo Fields: Val Britton + Michael Meyers, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2007
Near and Far: New Work by Val Britton, 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH; Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO (upcoming)
2025
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI (upcoming)
2024
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Irving Archives and Museum, Irving, TX; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT; Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA (upcoming)
2023-2024
Encode/Store/Retrieve, San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
Holographic Sky, The San Francisco Arts Education Project, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, KS
2023
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
GLEAN Portland Annual Artist in Residence Exhibition, Parallax Art Center, Portland, OR
2021-2022
Counter Mapping, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
2021
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2019
The Art of Recology, San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco, CA
The Sheltering Sky, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2018
Group Hang: Print Edition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Wanderlust, Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Dakar, Senegal
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Threads of Memory: One Thousand Ways of Saying Goodbye, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
Group Hang: Facebook AIR 5th Anniversary Exhibition, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Detritus, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Seeking Civilization: Art and Cartography, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2016
Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Architecture and the City, American Institute of Architecture (AIASF), San Francisco, CA
Made in Paint, Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, NY
Demarcate: Territorial Shift in Personal and Societal Mapping, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2015
Work in Progress: Investigations South of Market, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Front Yard/Backstreet, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Djerassi: A Legacy, Ascent Private Capital Management, San Francisco, CA
Group Hang, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
Make Art, Not Landfill: The 25th Anniversary of the Recology Artist in Residence Program, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA
2014
Cosmic Needs, Dossier Outpost Gallery, New York, NY
Make Art, Not Landfill, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
Deciphering the Print, California College of the Arts, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA
2013
Reduce, Reuse, Re-imagine, The de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Journey Forth, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
Journey Forth: Contemporary Landscape Between Technology and Tradition, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
Mapping the Terrain, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
Kala-fornia: State of the Art 3, Kala Art Institute and Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Quadrivium, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA
Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
The Art of Recology: The Artist in Residence Program 1990-2012, SFO Museum, Terminal 3, Gallery F2, San Francisco, CA
Are We Where Yet? A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Clique, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA
Continue to Continue, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA
Disposable Culture, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC
Inked Surfaces, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Art from the Dump, 1045 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
2011
SLASH: An International Survey of Contemporary Collage, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA
The Collage Show, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Here Be Dragons: Mapping Information and Imagination, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Topophilia, work-detroit gallery, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
Kala Art Institute, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
Life of the World to Come: Chase the Tear, National Institute of Art and Disabilities (NIAD) Art Center, Richmond, CA
Ucross Retrospective Exhibition, Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, Wyoming
2010
Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Ucross, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming
Constructed Territory, Wright State University, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH
OCAC Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Residency Projects I, Kala Art Institute and Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2009
GeoMorph: New Currents in Geometric and Biomorphic Abstraction, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Salon No. 2: Works 030-065, Marine, Santa Monica, CA
LA to OC - Emphasis: Extreme, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
My Certain Fate, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
All Over the Map, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Collective Compulsions, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2008
Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Raw Boundaries, KN Gallery, Chicago, IL
Amidst the Ruins, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Out of the Fog: Artists from Headlands, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Close Calls: 2008, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2007
There's No Place Like Here, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Excavations, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Time Lines, Mina Dresden, San Francisco, California
2006
Dowser’s Delight: Divining the Inner Cartographic Impulse, The Front Gallery, Oakland, CA
New California Masters, Works/San José, San José, CA
Ocean Crossing: Osaka University of Arts + CCA Print Exchange, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
New Prints 2006/Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY
2005
People, Places & Things, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY
Ocean Crossing: Osaka University of Arts + CCA Print Exchange, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, JAPAN
Entangled Orbits: You Could Be Me, PLAySPACE Gallery, SF, CA
Visual Scholars: New School, Up and Coming Southern California Artists, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2004
Pattern & Decorations, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
The 4th National Minnesota Print Biennial, The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Multiple Encounters: Indo – US Print Exhibition,
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, INDIA; Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, INDIA; Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademy & Jawahar Kalakendra, Jaipur, INDIA; Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2003
Manhattan Graphics Center 9/11 Portfolio, The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
New York Scenes and Dreams, The New York Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch, New York, NY
Grants & Awards
2019
Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency, Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts - Wellspring Fellowship
2016
Americans for the Arts, New York, NY - Public Art Network Year in Review Selection for Best in Public Art Projects
2015
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA- Public Art Commission for San Francisco International Airport
2014
Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA - Quick Grant Recipient
2013
Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA- Quick Grant Recipient
2010
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY - Grant Recipient
2007
The Drawing Center, New York, NY - Viewing Program
2006
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA - Affiliate Artist Program (2006-2008)
2004
California College of the Arts, Oakland, California Yozo Hamaguchi Teaching Assistantship
2001
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY - Fall 2001 Grant Recipient
1999
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR Emerging Artist Residency
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island School of Design Annual Tuition Scholarship
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Scholarship
G. W. Hodge Ritchie Award for Excellence in Printmaking
Fellowships & Residencies
2022
GLEAN Portland, Portland, Oregon - Artist Residency
2019
Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency, Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts - Artist Residency
2015
Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, California - Eureka Fellowship
The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, New York - Artist Residency
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Full Fellowship Artist Residency
2014
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California - The Kathryn Green Fellowship
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California - Artist Residency
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska - Artist Residency
2013
Facebook, Menlo Park, California – Facebook Analog Research Lab Residency
2012
Illinois State University School of Art, Normal, Illinois - Visiting Artist Residency
2011
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York - Artist Residency
Caldera, Sisters, Oregon - Artist Residency
2010
The Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming - Artist Residency
Recology, San Francisco, California - Artist Residency
2009
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California – Fellowship
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon - Artist Residency
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming - Artist Residency
Visiting Artist Lectures & Presentations
2023
Shed Talks: A Creative Reuse Series Panelist, ReBuilding Center, Portland, OR
2022
Visiting Critic, Vertical Lab, Portland State University, School of Art & Design, Portland, OR
Herringer Graduate Art Lecture Series Speaker, Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland, CA
Visiting Speaker Series, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2021
Guest Lecturer, Drawing, Reed College, Portland, OR
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, JumpstART Precollege Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2019
Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Seminar, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2016
Visiting Artist Lecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Visiting Artist Lecture, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Talking Art Panelist, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2015
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Seminar, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Juror’s Lecture, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina
Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014
Visiting Artist Lecture, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California Davis, Davis, California
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Art Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2013
Artist lecture for Journey Forth, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Talking Art Panelist, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
Guest Lecturer and Critic, Conceptual Cartography in Print, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Guest Critic, Graduate Studios, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Guest Critic, Graduate Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2012
Points of Departure: Trivial Pursuit Lecture Series, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland, California
Visiting Artist Residency, Illinois State University School of Art, Normal, Illinois
Advanced Drawing, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
2011
Distinguished Majors Program Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Caldera Artist-in-Residency Program, Sisters, Oregon
2010
Jentel Presents, the Jentel Artist Residency Program, Sheridan, Wyoming
Art at the Dump, Recology, San Francisco, California
Fellowship Lecture, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Advanced Drawing and Painting, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2009
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
Printmaking Department, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
2008
Painting Department, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art Docents, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Selected Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Alameda County Art Collection, Oakland, CA
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
The Cleveland Clinic Fine Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
The Ellington, Oakland, CA
Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA
Print Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York, NY
The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
Print Collection, the New York Public Library, New York, NY
Recology, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
U.S Department of State, Art in Embassies, Brussels, Belgium
U.S Department of State, Art in Embassies, Dakar, Senegal