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Born 1975 Princeton, New Jersey

EDUCATION

2005 B.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute

1997 B.A. in Art History and Studio Art, Wellesley College

1997 Senior Sculpture Thesis: Transposing Time and Cultures: Personal and Abstract Interpretations of Inca and Pre-Inca Art.

AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2024-2025, Site Specific Sculpture Art Residency & Installation, Art in Residence, Antelope Valley, CA

2023 Award Recipient for OPEN CALL, Salon Acme, Curatorial Council: Bruno Alves de Almeida (Curator, Jan van Eyck Academie) / Tania Candiani (Artist) / Marielsa Castro (Associate curator, Museo Jumex) / Dorothée Dupuis (Curator and founder of Terremoto) / Gabriel Rico (Artist) / Doreen Ríos (Independent curator), Mexico City, Mexico

2020 Award Recipient for Bay Area Current(ly), PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA

2020 Visiting Artist In Residence, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Woman Artist Grant, New York, NY

2018 Semi-Finalist in Photography for Headlands AIR 2019 Residency, Sausalito, CA

2018 Artist in Residence, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA

2018 Artist in Residence at Edition Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2018 Artist in Residence in the Electronic Media Center, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA

2018 Artist Residency Award, PLAYA, Summer Lake, OR

2017 Parent Artist Residency Award, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA

2017 Juror Award, "Intersections No. 4", Art Tasting SOMArts Gallery, Vince Meyer & Rachel Murray Meyer, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016 Honorable Mention, “City of Sillar No. 7”, AMERICAN LANDSCAPES, Circle Gallery, Annapolis Maryland, Juror Liz Key Strelka, Manager of Exhibitions, The Phillips Collection

2014 “Top Ten SF Open Studios Artists”, ArtSpan, Ethan Appleby of Vango

2011 ArtSlant, Showcase Winner in Round #2 of the 2011 Showcase competition cycle

2006 Accepted as Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts with Resident Master Steve Badanes

2005 Individual Art Grant for ALTERNATIVE VISITORS CENTER OF SONOMA, Public Art Project, Sonoma, CA: Puffin Foundation Ltd., Teaneck, NJ

2004 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Sculpture Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1997 Studio Art Honors recipient for successful completion of Studio Art Thesis: Transposing Time and Cultures: Personal and Abstract Interpretations of Inca and Pre-Inca Art, Wellesley College Art Department

1997 Art History Italy Scholarship Award, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 (Upcoming), Solo Exhibition, San Marco Gallery, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

2024 SITES & NONSITES | Beth Davila Waldman, Stanford University’s National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Palo Alto, CA

2023 Salon Acme, DIVISIONS, Juarez, Mexico City, MX

2022 INEVITABLE ENTAILS, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles

2021 CONFLUENCE: Beth Davila Waldman & Collaborative Project of Day+Waldman, Chung | Namont Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021 INTERMITTENT MOMENTS, Mill Valley Community Center Art Gallery, Mill Valley Arts Commission, Mill Valley, CA

2007 ALTERNATIVE VISITORS CENTER OF SONOMA, Site-Specific Public Art Project, Historic Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma, CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 (Upcoming), Our River: Floodplain and Future | Los Angeles, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024 NAVIGATION II: Solitude, Organized by Alex H Nichols, Djerassi, Woodside, CA

2024 LANDSCAPES OF ILLUSIONS AND POSSIBILITIES | MAPS, MATERIALS & THE LENS: Alicia Pillar | Beth Davila Waldman | Naomi White, Keystone Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024 THE SUMMER DISASTER SHOW 2, Private Public Gallery, Hudson, NY

2024 TROUBLED KINSHIPS | Monte Vista/Espacio Union/Scotty’s Space, Berlin, Germany

2024 FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA | IdolWild/Glue Space, Berlin, Germany

2024 IN FLUX, Museum of Northern California, Chico, CA

2023 THE DE YOUNG OPEN, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2023 DEVOLUTION | MUTATION | EXCAVATION, Studio C6, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA

2023 ALTER EGO, California College of the Arts Exhibitions Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023 DEVOLUTION/MUTATION/EXCAVATION, Keystone Art Space | C6 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

2023 NAVIGATION, Organized by Alex H Nichols, Djerassi, Woodside, CA

2023 HOW SWIFT, HOW FAR, Curated by Lawrence Gipe, Wonzinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023 THE 36th PARALLEL, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA

2023 THE SUMMER DISASTER SHOW, Private Public Gallery, Hudson, NY

2023 MATERNAL WATERS: EMBRACING MEMORY, MATERIAL, & POLITICS, IDOLWILD Los Angeles, CA

2023 BY DEGREES: ART AND OUR CHANGING ECOLOGY, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

2023 IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN, Triangle Loft, New York, NY

2022 THE TIME RETURNS, Curated by Caroline Yarnell, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

2022 MINE: IN THE WAKE OF EXTRACTION, Curated by Patsy Craig and Organized by SFAA, Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022 KARPA de NEPANTLA | A Two Person Exhibition Featuring Georgina Reskala and Beth Davila Waldman, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA

2022 MAPPING THE SUBLIME: REFRAMING LANDSCAPE IN THE 21st CENTURY, Co-curated by Lawrence Gipe and Beth Davila Waldman, The Brand Library & Arts Center, Glendale, CA

2022 TERRAIN Two-Person Show with Alkaid Ramirez, Irvine Center for the Arts, Irvine, CA

2021 THREE TURNS MIAMI, Special Project Organized by SF Artists Alumni, Untitled Art Miami Beach, Curated by Tony Labat, Miami Beach, FL

2021 ALL MEDIA, Irvine Center for the Arts, Irvine, CA

2021-2020 FACING DARKNESS, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

2020 The de Young OPEN, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2020 NYC Times Square | Partnership with SFAI Alumni Association & ZAZ10TS, New York, NY

2020 INTO THE IMMENSE DESIGN OF THINGS, George Lawson Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

2019-20 ANNUAL ARTIST EXHIBITION, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2019 ECHOES: From There to Here | A Group Exhibition of 43 SFAI Alum curated by SFAI faculty Jeremy Morgan and Tim Berry, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 Curated Group Exhibition of Kala Artists by ArcSource Inc., The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA

2019 COLLATION, Descendants Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

2019 New Currencies, JPG@the Bank, Lafayette, CA

2019 ANNUAL ARTIST EXHIBITION, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2018 BAY AREA CURRENTS, Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA

2018 NEXO, Group Exhibition resulting from Edition Basel Printmaking Residency, Exhibition, Kaskadenkondensator Basel Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2018 Group Exhibition curated by StARTup Art Fair, Jeff King & Company, San Francisco, CA

2018 ANNUAL ARTIST EXHIBITION, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2017 MACRO|MICRO - Site to Psyche, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 NATURAL SELECTION, Galerié Protégé, New York, NY

2017 48 PILLARS, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 MANUAL DIGITAL, Curated by WaldmanArts, Space151, San Francisco, CA

2016 URBANSCAPES, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA

2016 20th ANNUAL NO DEAD ARTISTS, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2016 AMERICAN LANDSCAPES, Maryland Federation of Art: Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2016 OUR TOWN, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2016 SELECTIONS, Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 NO DEAD ARTISTS, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2013 STRUCTURE, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009-2012 SpaceCraft, CELLspace Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005 SENIOR SHOW, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005 BOOK ART SHOW, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA ?2005 UC Davis: Ceramic Symposium, Davis, CA

2004 Playshop Artech Occupation, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2002 CHILL, 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002 SOLO MUJUERES, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

2000 LATINA WOMEN, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

1997 RESONANT HIVE Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, MA

1997 SHIFTING GROUND: A DIALOGUE IN PRINT, Boston University Fuller Building Gallery, Boston, MA

PRESS

2024 II-Redaktion, June 12, 2024, “Troubled Kinships”, Deeds, Berlin, Germany https://deeds.news/2024/06/b-la-m-festivals-in-berlin-troubled-kinships-scotty-27-06-14-07-2024/?lang=en

2024 IN FLUX Catalog, SF Artists Alumni, Museum of Northern California, Chico, CA

2022 “Mapping the Sublime at the Brand”, ArtNOWLA, Los Angeles, CA https://artnowla.com/2022/04/13/mapping-the-sublime-at-the-brand/

2022 MAPPING THE SUBLIME: REFRAMING ARTWORK IN THE 21st CENTURY Catalog, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA

2021 “Meet Beth Davila Waldman, Visual Artist & Arts Educator”, ShoutOut LA, Los Angeles, CA

2021 HOME EXHIBITION Catalog, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020 EXTRACTION Catalog, Codex Foundation, Berkeley, CA

2018 Playa Anthology, Dec 2018

2018 BAY AREA CURRENTS, PDF Catalog

2017 Martin, Alison, “Natural Selection Comes Together at Galerie Protégé”, New York City: ArtNerdNewYork, September 21, 2017, http://art-nerd.com/newyork/natural-selection-comes-together-at-galerie-protege/

2017 Laluyan, Oscar, “Only The Naturally Selected Survive”, New York City: ARTEFUSE, September 14th, 2017, https://artefuse.com/2017/09/14/natural-selection-at-galerie-protege-125169/

2017 48 PILLARS Catalog, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 Curiel, Jonathan, “Manual Digital”, San Francisco: SF Weekly, March 23rd, 2017, http://www.sfweekly.com/culture/art/ghosts-and-goldfish-at-matisse-diebenkorn/

2017 Lambert, Audra & Zimmer, Lori, "MANUAL DIGITAL Curated by Beth Waldman at Space151”, New York City: ArtNerdNewYork, March 15, 2017, http://art-nerd.com/newyork/manual-digital-curated-by-beth-waldman-at-space-151/

2017 Martin, Alison. “Interview with Artist/Curator Beth Waldman”, New York City: ARTEFUSE, February 23rd, 2017, https://artefuse.com/2017/02/22/interview-with-artistcurator-beth-waldman-124955/

2017 Katz, Leslie. Feb. 23-24: Manual Digital, Robert C. Merton, Tara Velarde, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Tennyson, Hank Lazer, Andrew Maxwell, BadBadNotGood, Laugh for Lives Comedy Show”, SF Examiner, February 23rd, 2017, Page 2, http://pages.cdn.pagesuite.com/f/0/f0fcdfd3-5b78-4aa2-8b1f-0b5e859c60dc/page.pdf

2016 Bookhardt, Eric D., “20th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS Essay”, INSIDE NOLA, August 11, 2016 https://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/review-no-dead-artists-at-jonathan-ferrara-gallery/Content?oid=3021260

2015 MFA Never, RootDivision, San Francisco, CA

2015 Bookhardt, Eric D., “19th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS Essay”, Sept 3, 2015

2014 ArtforAIDS, ArtBusiness.com, Alan Bamberger

2013 Structure Exhibitions Catalog, Arc Studios & Gallery?2010 SF Chronicle: Artists Suffer For Their Work?2007 Sonoma Tribune: Putting art in public places?2007 The Column: Temporary Public Art Projects?2004 Eleven Eleven: Featuring sculpture DJ Draw

2003 Viv and A Movie: Artist Interview?2002 US Airways Attache Magazine, September Issue

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

2023 Artist Talk, NAVIGATION, Organized by Alex H Nichols, Djerassi, Woodside, CA

2023 Artist Talk, “The 36th Parallel”. Moderated Talk with 6 Exhibiting Artists, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Artist Panel Discussion Moderated by Curator Virginia Acre, BY DEGREES: ART AND OUR CHANGING ECOLOGY, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

2022 Artist Panel with Georgina Reskala and Beth Davila Waldman moderated by SF MOMA Assistant Curator of Photography Shana Lopes, In Conjunction with exhibition "Karpa de Nepantla", UpStart Modern, Saulsalito, CA

2022 "The Landscape Ahead: A Conversation", Introduction, "Mapping the Sublime: Reframing Landscape in the 21st Century", Co-Curator with Lawrence Gipe, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA

2021 “Vulnerability of Recent Times: Water, Ocean, Body, & Environment”, presented by SF Artist Alumni (SFAA) & Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach, Participants: Tony Labat, Mario Alejandro Ariza, Maria Theresa Barbist, Whitney Lynn, & Beth Davila Waldman, Miami Beach, FL

2021 Artist Talk, SFAA Global Alumni On-Line Meet Up

2021 Moderator and Co-Curator, LABOR & IMMIGRATION, SF Artist Alumni Exhibitions (SFAA)

2021 Talk, SFAA Global Alumni On-Line Meet Up

2021 Moderator and SFAA Exhibitions and Programs Lead for Project THREE TURNS, A Partnership Exhibition with SF Artist Alumni (SFAA) and San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2021 Artwork Introduction for Bay Area Current(ly)’s On-Line Exhibition Walk Thru, PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA

2019 Artist Lecture, 18th Annual Photo Alliance Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute Osher Lecture Hall, hosted by Photo Alliance in partnership with SFAI, San Francisco, CA

2019 Art Star Speaker, SFAI Graduate Studios, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

2019 Artist Talk, Bad Art Live, JPG @ The Bank, Lafayette, CA

2018 Artist Talk, Jeff King & Company, San Francisco, CA

2018 Juror for “Iconic” Exhibition, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 Panel Discussion, Start up Art Fair Event, Oakland, CA

2018 Artist Talk, MAK Design & Build, Davis, CA

2018-2017 Portfolio Reviewer, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2017 Artist Talk, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 PANEL DISCUSSION: “The Evolution of An Art Collector” with Ray Belder, Matt Gonzales and Emilie van der Hoorn, Organized and Moderated by Beth Waldman and co-sponsored by ArtSpan, Pacific Felt Factory Art Complex and WaldmanArts

2017 PANEL DISCUSSION: “Manual Digital”, Co-hosted by the San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Association, Space151 and WaldmanArts, Panelists: Meredith Tromble/ DC Spensley/ Maria Naula, Moderator: Beth Waldman.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024 (Upcoming) CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES, Art-In Residence, AIR:Cedar Lancaster, CA

2023 MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2021 CONSIDERING THE ANTHROPOCENE THRU PHOTOGRAPHY (ONLINE INTENSIVE), San Francisco Art Institute’s Public Education Program, San Francisco, CA

2020 CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY: INTERSECTIONS IN LANDSCAPE (ONLINE INTENSIVE), San Francisco Art Institute’s Public Education Program, San Francisco, CA

2020 GET EXPERIMENTAL WITH PHOTO TRANSFERS (ONLINE INTENSIVE), San Francisco Art Institute’s Public Education Program, San Francisco, CA

2020 A DIALOGUE: IMAGE & PAINT (ONLINE INTENSIVE), San Francisco Art Institute’s Public Education Program, San Francisco, CA

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023 THE 36th PARALLEL, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Mapping the Sublime, Brand Library and Art Gallery, Co-curated with Lawrence Gipe, Glendale, CA

2022 Co-organizer for MINE: WHAT IS OURS IN THE WAKE OF EXTRACTION, Midway SF, SFAA, Curated by Patsy Craig, San Francisco, CA

2021 Co-organizer for THREE TURNS Miami, Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach, SFAA , Curated by Tony Labat. Podcast Talk.

2021 LABOR & IMMIGRATION, SFAA, Co-Curated by Beth Waldman, Toban Nichols & Cristina Valequez, San Francisco, CA

2021 Co-organized THREE TURNS, SFAA in partnership with San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2017 CURATED EXHIBITION: “Manual Digital”, Curated by Beth Waldman including Waldman’s Work and the work of 8 other national contemporary artists, Space151 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 CURATION/PR/MARKETING Apocalyptic Narratives: Jon Glidden, Michael Martin Gallery Foundation, San Francisco, CA

2016 MACCA Fundraiser, Studio Gustavo Ramos Rivera including artists Inez Storer, Enrique Chagoya, Benito Rangel de Maria, Carlos Cartagena and Victor Cartagena, San Francisco, CA

2016 POP UP EXHIBITION, A celebratory inaugural California retrospective exhibition of Romeo Galdámez‘s brilliantly composed collage serigraphs and mixed media works from 1990-2010, Palo Alto, CA

2009-2012 SpaceCraft, CELLspace Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA