SYNIVA WHITNEY
Chicago, IL
(415) 290 -7804 |synivawhitney@gmail.com || www.SynivaWhitney.net
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Syniva Whitney, Presence, Chicago, IL October 2008
Marks and Scars, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sharp Building, Chicago IL Fall 2008
63, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sharp Building, Chicago IL. Spring 2007
2007 The Dorothy Dandridge Machine/Screen Test, SMASH gallery, Des Moines, IA
The Dorothy Dandridge Machine, Mars Café, Des Moines, IA
2005 Paintings by Syniva Whitney, Bacchus Kirk Cafe, San Francisco, CA
2004 New Paintings from the Dorothy Dandridge Machine,Hipposchemes gallery and boutique, Seattle, WA
The Dorothy Dandridge Machine: A New Installation, Siberia Bar, NYC, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions/Screenings/Installations
2009 Technically, It's Art, Abryant Gallery, Chicago IL (November)
The Yield, Harold Arts Residency Group Show, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL (October 23-November 8)
Generously Odd: Craft Now, The Lexington Art League, Lexington KY (October 23-December)
The Ease of Oak, curated by Patrick Cunningham,Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago IL (October)
OPEN HOUSE, curated by the Curatorial Community, Chicago IL (August 28)
Women/Mujeres, curated by Analia Rodriguez, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Folklure, organized by Kristine Servia, 1213 Sharp Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Urban MFA Invitational, Reese and Berkshire Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis
2007 CALTRANS Pride Exhibit, Department of Transportation, Oakland, CA
2006 Chapter 4 (animation), Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, Iowa. Nominee: Best Animated Short Conversations and Explorations, Femme 2006 Conference, San Francisco, CA
2005 Fun+ Games, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
DD Meets MM, Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA
13 Artists and 2 Live Bands, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
Art Auction and Benefit for Larkin Street Youth Services, The Four Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Bohemian Chicks, Artemis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Dorothy Dandridge Machine/The Loveless Installation featuring the Wonderkids, Melt Cafe, San Francisco, CA
Publications and Web Design Projects
2009- current
The Party Syndrome: a free online web project, creator and designer.
www.thepartysyndrome.com
32 Up Gallery - A Roving Apartment Gallery
Gallery Representation
abryant gallery, Chicago IL
Residencies
Harold Arts, July 2009, www.haroldarts.org
Education
MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber and Material Studies, MFA Studio 2009
BA The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, Art Practice and Theory, 2003
Scholarships and Awards
2009 Merrill Golightly Scholarship
2007/2009 SAIC Incentive Scholarship
2007/2008 Harold/Virginia Haydon Scholarship
2007 Charlene Burningham Scholarship
Split Rock Participation Fund Award for Navajo Weaving Workshop
2000/2003 The Evergreen State College Full Tuition Scholarship
Teaching Experience and Arts Related Experience
2010 Artist in Action as a part of Anne WIlson's Wind/Rewind/Weave
- lecture and workshop with Michael Milano www.knoxart.org
2008-2009 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Teaching Assistant
- Hardcore Repeat with Christine Tarkowski, Spring 2009
- Woven Structures with Christy Matson Fall 2008
Winter 2008 Digital Jacquard Loom Workshop Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- designed intensive day long workshop to introduce students to the design, software and mechanical skills necessary to produce textile using the TC-1 digital jacquard loom, led weaving demonstration and assisted students in making samples on the loom
2003-2004 Administrative and Editorial Assistant, The City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA, Volunteer Study
- Assisted Barbara Goldstein with the publication of the text Public Art by the Book (University of Washington Press), general administrative tasks (data entry, mailings), assisted in jury process
1997 +1998 Writer’s Workshop in poetry, University of Iowa