Val Britton

Born in Livingston, NJ
Lives and works in Berkeley, CA

Education

2006	MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco / Oakland, CA
1999	BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI French Courses, Brown University, Providence, RI Study Abroad, Edinburgh College of Art / Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Scotland

Exhibitions

2010	I’m Sure : artists’ charms for sale, the SHOP at blankspace, Oakland, 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 The Echo Fields: Val Britton + Michael Meyers, Johansson Projects, Oakland, 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 SFMOMA Art Auction 2008, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA Optic Illusion: Southern Exposure's Annual Art Auction, SomArts, San Francisco, CA Amidst the Ruins: New Work by Val Britton, Michael Damm, and Zachary Scholz, 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 Near and Far: New Work by Val Britton 301 Bocana Gallery, San Francisco, CA Time Lines, Mina Dresden, San Francisco, California
2006	1st Annual Gift Show and Sale, 301 Bocana Gallery, SF, CA 26th Annual Fall Auction San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA Dowser’s Delight: Divining the Inner Cartographic Impulse The Front Gallery, Oakland, CA New California Masters, Works/San José, San José, CA Graduate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, 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 Go. #2: Space/Time, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005-2006	People, Places & Things, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY
2005	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 Ocean Crossing: Osaka University of Arts + CCA Print Exchange, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2004-2006	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
2004	Postcards from the Edge Visual AIDS Benefit Brent Sikkema, New York, NY Pattern & Decorations, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Make It Pretty: work by Theresa Bloise, Val Britton, and Amy Lombardo, 60 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY The 4th National Minnesota Print Biennial, The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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
2002	Artists Talk on Art 2002 Curator’s Choice Show The 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY September 11th, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY

Awards and Honors

2010	The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY Grant The Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY Artist Residency Recology (formerly SF Recycling & Disposal), San Francisco, CA Artist Residency
2009	Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Fellowship Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Artist Residency Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming Artist Residency
2008	Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Honorable Mention Award for 2008 Fellowship
2007-current	The Drawing Center, New York, NY Viewing Program
2006-2008	Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA Affiliate Artist Program
2006	Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Honorable Mention Award for 2006 Fellowship
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
1995-1999	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, awarded by the Printmaking Department
1995	Totowa Education Association, Totowa, New Jersey Totowa Education Association Scholarship

Collections

Print Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Print Collection, The New York Public Library, New York, NY

The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY

National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York, NY

Visa Inc., Foster City, CA

Alameda County Art Collection, Oakland, CA

The Ellington, Oakland, CA