Born in Virginia
Lives and works in Oakland, California
EDUCATION
MFA, Stanford University, 2012
BFA, California College of the Arts, 2007
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 You Are Something the Whole World is Doing, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
2014 The Italian Navigator Has Landed in the New World, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland CA
2014 YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW, ProArts, Oakland CA
2014 New Works: Rhonda Holberton, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco CA
2013 Two Otherwise Distant Points, Mesa, San Francisco, CA
2010 Geotronics, Basement Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007 Tercity Solo Exhibition South Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007 Do You Know the Way to Mokelumne? A21 Gallery, Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 The Battery, San Francisco, CA
2013 The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2013 NextNewCA, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2012 Introduction, Root Division, SF CA
2012 Visible Horizons, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, SF CA
2012 Never Odd or Even, Root Division, SF CA
2010 Heretical Hierarchy Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford, CA
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2014 Project Grant, ProArts, Oakland CA
2014 Honorary Artist in Residence Kala, Berkeley CA
2014 A1 Travel Grant, San Francisco CA
2014 CAMAC Artist in Residence, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2014 Fellowship, Fondation Ténot, Paris, France
2013 Project Grant, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
2012 SF MoMA SECA Grant Nomination
2012 Project Grant San Francisco Arts Commission
2011 Fellowship; Cantor Center for the Arts Committee for Art Fellowship Fund
2010 Edward McCormick Blair, Jr. and Frances De Bretteville Blair Fellowship in Art
2010 Margaret Kempenich Boothe Fellowship
2000-2007 Presidential Scholarship, California College of the Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 Instructor, Digital Printmaking, Stanford University
2012 Instructor, Interdisciplinary Art, Junior Seminar, Stanford University
2012 Teaching Assistant, Art & Biology, Experimental Media Arts. Stanford University
2012 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture I, Sculpture. Stanford University
2011 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture II, Sculpture. Stanford University
2011 Teaching Assistant, Art & Electronics, Experimental Media Arts. Stanford University
2010 Teaching Assistant, Ecology of Materials, Sculpture. Stanford University
LECTURES & MISC ACTIVITIES
2015 Guest Artist (Lecturer: Anthony Discenza) Graduate Critique Seminar SFAI
2015 Artist Lecture: Advanced Photogrpahy (Faculty: Jennifer Brandont) Art Dept. Mills College
2014 Artist Lecture: Digital Art (Faculty: Gail Wight) Art Dept. Stanford University
2014 Artist Presentation, The Battery, San Francisco
2014Designer/Co-Organizer: The Artist and the Scientist (http://theartistandscientist.com/)
2014 Artist Presentation: SECA Public Tour, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco
2012 Artist Presentation: SECA Public Tour, Root Division, San Francisco
2012 Public Lecture: Graduate Art Practice Studio Lecture Series, Stanford University
2012 Artist Lecture: Art and Electronics (Faculty: Gail Wight) Art Dept. Stanford University
2011 Artist Lecture: Art and Biology (Faculty: Gail Wight) Stanford University
2011 Artist Lecture: Sculpture II (Faculty: Gail Wight) Stanford University
2011 Artist Lecture: Art and Electronics (Faculty: Gail Wight) Stanford University
2010 Artist Lecture: Ecology of Material (Faculty: Terry Berlier) Stanford University
2009 Lecturer: Geopolitical Ruptures, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous USF San Francisco, CA
2009 Co-organizer: Rising Tide Conference, a joint effort between CCA and Stanford to bring together an international gathering of artists,
scientists, policy-makers, and business professionals to engage in conversations about the intersections of ethics, aesthetics, and environmentalism.
2009 Discussion Panel Moderator: Geopolitics; John Zarobell, SFMOMA; Ignacio Valero, CCA; Jay Jasper Pugao, Environmental Service Learning Initiative
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Moss, Ceci. ‘First Look: Rhonda Holberton’ Art in America. April 2015 (Print & Online) http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/first-look-rhonda-holberton-/
2014 Haak-Frendscho, E. Maude. ‘Rhonda Holberton: Rhonda Holberton at Royal NoneSuch Gallery.’ http://temporaryartreview.com/rhonda-holberton-at-royal-nonesuch-gallery/
2014 Simons, Amanda N. ‘Rhonda Holberton: YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW.’ https://www.artpractical.com/review/you-because-free-instantly-new/
2014 Lutz, Leora. ‘YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW.’ Pro Arts 2x2 Solo Exhibition Catalogue. http://www.leoralutz.com/you-because-instantly-new-catalog-essay-for-rhonda-holberton-solo-exhibition-pro-arts-2014.html
2012 Hotchiss, Sarah. Subtle Explorations of Line in SFAC's 'Visible Horizons.' http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=106114
2012 Oliver Shultz, Catastrophe and the Poetics of Mediation, Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog
2012 Sydney Skelton Simon, To the Limit, Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog
2006 Natali T. Del Conte. Yahoo Designers Lick Mice, Race Babies. PC Magazine. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1996950,00.asp
