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Shannon Amidon
shannon@shannonamidon.com
www.shannonamidon.com
Residencies
2011
Herhúsid Artist Residency, Siglufjördur, Iceland
2010
Julia and David White Artist Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
Awards
2011
Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Fellowship Grant in Photography
Healthy Art Program Eco Studio Makeover
In House Artist
Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
The Usuals, San Jose, CA
Gallery 1603, Surf City, NJ
Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Solo / Two Person Exhibitions
2011
Efflorescence Series, Saratoga Library, Saratoga, CA
Kanji Garden, Phantom Galleries, San Jose, CA
Phosphene Series, Good Karma, San Jose, CA
Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
2010
Efflorescence Series, Featured Artist, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Efflorescence Series, Earth & Sky Urban Oasis, San Francisco, CA
Cats Night Out, The Museum of Los Gatos & Black Swan Boutique, Los Gatos, CA
2007
Into Pieces/Introspections, with Lucy Liew - Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2006
Art in the Air - Public Art Project, Santa Clara, CA
Subtle Meditations - Saratoga Library, Saratoga, CA
Subtle Meditations - SFSU Cesar Chavez Art Gallery, San Francisco CA
2005
Inner Sunset Art Walk - Cybelle’s Frontroom, San Francisco, CA
Arts Alive - Cottage Green, Los Altos, CA
Hot Latin Nights, with Silvia Giebitz - The Red Dragonfly Gallery, San Jose, CA
Lucid Series - Paddy's, Union City, CA
2003
Lucid Series - Amber, San Francisco, CA
Therapy - Phantom Galleries, San Jose, CA
2002
Prelude to Chaos - The Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA
The Emotions of Color, with Margaux Ryder- Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, Ca
Formication Blues - The Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA
Silicon Valley Open Studios - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Group Exhibitions
2011
South First Fridays Street Mrkt, San Jose, CA
Memento Mori, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Made, Pop-Up Art & Vendor Show, San Jose, CA
SubZERO Festival, San Jose, CA
The Sketchbook Project Tour, Madrone Studios, San Francisco, CA
2010
My Favorite Nightmares, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Resolutions and Dissolutions, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Gallery, San Jose, CA
Landfill Art Project, Traveling Exhibit
Anti-Valentine's Show , Works Gallery, San Jose CA
Axis Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2009
The Puzzle Show, Black and Brown, San Jose, CA
Halloween and Day of the Dead, Phantom Galleries, Redwood City, CA
All for One - Members Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Gods Good Earth, L. Frank James Gallery, Roseville, CA
Faculty & Staff Art Exhibit - SJSU, College of Business, San Jose, CA
2008
Got Art Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Art - Math - Science - A Different Day Gallery, Solano, CA
Intersections - San Jose State University, College of Business, San Jose, CA
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Show - Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2007
Members Exhibition - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
50 - Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
XOXO - Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
The Absence of Presence - Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
Blue - San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA
Flux - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2005
pureAbstraction, Flash Gallery, Lakewood, CO
About-From-For-Nature, Korean Nature Artists Association, South Korea
The Human Form - A Story, Impromptu - A Gallery For Fine Art , Huntington, NY
Peek - San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Translation - Fly Trap Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2004
Postcards from the Edge - Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
Autumn, Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos - Art of the Sun Gallery, San Jose, CA
SVOS Collection 2004 - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2002
Ladyfest Los Angeles -The Spring Tower Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
New Art From a Renewed Movement - Spanganga gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ag: Works 25 - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Just Bazaar - 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Silent Night - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Heaven and Hell - Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, Ca
Masquerade - Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, Ca
Public and Community Contributions
2011
Photo Weaving demonstration, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Encaustic demonstration, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2010
Lumen printing demonstration and workshop, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Touch my HeART - Benefit Gala for Museums of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
08-10
Biennial Art in The Air exhibit, Santa Clara City Council, Santa Clara, CA
2008
Birds and Blooms, Environmental Volunteers, San Jose, CA
Family Art Day, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Media
Content Magazine, Featured Artist Article, October 2011
Silicon Valley Metro, Feature Story - Complex Nature, April 2011
Silicon Valley Metro, Best of Silicon Valley - Best Bullet Shell Earrings, March 2011
Silicon Valley Talk Art - Televised Talk Show, Insects, Plants and Puzzles, February 2011
Rose Garden Resident, Cover story, May 2006
Rose Garden Resident, May 2005
Santa Clara Review, May 2005
SVOS "In the Studio", March 2004
San Jose Mercury News, Our Art, Ourselves, July 2002
SF Weekly, Night Crawler, Beetle Mania, May 2002
Reviews
"There is something about the fleeting nature of the Xerox transfer that makes it feel as fragile as the creature the original photograph captured—ghost-like, semi-transparent and abstract. Flower Hat Jelly is an extraordinary image—phantom spirit of the ocean, dissolving, coalescing, and riding a current, morphing and alive."
-- Dan Keegan, Executive Director of the San Jose Museum of Art
Memberships
South Bay Woman Caucasus for the Arts
Works Gallery San Jose
Los Gatos Art Association
San Jose Museum of Art
Bay Area Book Arts Association