Professionalizing your Network: Artist Residencies in the Bay

Moderated by Christine Wang

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Christine Wang, Chair, Graduate Fine Arts Program, Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing Program, California College of the Arts (CCA), Moderator

Christine Tien Wang received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA in painting from UCLA. Wang completed residencies at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, VCUQatar, Chashama North, and Skowhegan. Solo exhibition venues include Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne, Berlin, Night Gallery in Los Angeles, The Hole Bowery and Ever Gold [Projects] in San Francisco. Selected group exhibition venues include Kunsthaus Zürich, Frans Hals Museum, M Leblanc Gallery, Arsenal Gallery, 56 Henry, Foxy Productions, Rachel Uffner, Magenta Plains, Blum and Poe, and The Prince Street Gallery. Wang is in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Groeninghe Art Collection in Belgium. Wang is represented by Night Gallery in Los Angeles and Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne and Berlin. Wang is currently Chair of Graduate Fine Arts at California College of Art and lives and works in San Francisco.

Kelly Sicat, Director, Lucas Artists Program, Montalvo Arts Center 

 

Jonathan Carver Moore, Founder and director of Jonathan Carver Moore 

Jonathan Carver Moore is the founder and director of Jonathan Carver Moore, a contemporary art gallery that specializes in working with emerging and established artists who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women. As the only openly gay Black male gallerist in San Francisco, Jonathan is dedicated to advocating for the arts and is an active member in the Bay Area’s creative community. One year after opening his gallery, Jonathan launched an artist-in-residency program in downtown San Francisco. To date he has hosted artists from Ghana, New York, Texas, New Orleans and from the Bay Area. Both Jonathan and the gallery have been featured in Cultured Magazine, The New York Times, The Observer, Art News, The San Francisco Chronicle, Travel + Leisure and more. Jonathan has written for Frieze Magazine, Juxtapoz and the Nob Hill Gazette. 

Mushi Wooseong James, Creative Director, Djerassi Resident Artists Program 

Mushi Wooseong James is a conceptual artist and cultural leader based in the San Francisco. He is the Creative Director of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, where he shapes interdisciplinary residency initiatives supporting artists and scientists working across visual art, performance, sound, writing, and social practice. Mushi brings a practitioner-led approach to residency leadership, centering process, experimentation, and sustained creative inquiry. Grounded in his artistic practice and experience working with institutions across the U.S., Asia, and Europe, he fosters meaningful exchange between artists, institutions, and the public. 

Matthew McTire, Director of Operations, Community Arts Stabilization Trust