Bohdanna Kesala (American)

Timeline

1990–1991
M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Ukrainian Studies curriculum: summers of 1990 and 1991
1993
B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1994–1995
The Ohio State University: Columbus, OH: Graduate course work in the College of Human Ecology
1999–2000
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Painting curriculum
2003
Teaching Assistant – Color Workshop:San Francisco State University
2003
Beginning Painting: San Francisco State University
2003
Leo D. Stillwell Jr. Scholarship, San Francisco State University
2004
M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement, San Francisco State University
2005
Introduction to Drawing: San Francisco Art Institute, Adult Continuing Education
2006
Honorable Mention, Alameda Art Center, Alameda CA. National Juried Show

Exhibitions

2011
Michelle O’Connor Gallery: San Francisco, CA “Reunion” (forthcoming)
2008–2011
Zorya Fine Art: Greenwich, CT
2010
Art House Co-op: Brooklyn, NY “The Sketchbook Project”
2010
Andrea Schwartz Gallery: San Francisco, CA “Flat Files”
2008
The Art Cell: Barcelona, Spain
2008
Alumni Hall Gallery, San Francisco State University: San Francisco, CA “Paper Thin: New Works on Paper” (solo)
2007
Stanford Art Spaces: Stanford, CA “Paintings”
2006
Alameda Art Center: Alameda, CA “2006 National Juried Show”
2005
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: Chicago, IL
2005
“Mossman, Mednick, Kesala, Conley, Schaller” Group Exhibition
2004
SFSU Fine Arts Gallery: San Francisco, CA “MFA Thesis Exhibition”
2004
Gallery At The Geary, American Conservatory Theater: San Francisco, CA “Paintings” (solo)
2003
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea: Florence Biennial, Florence, Italy
2003
Limner Gallery: New York, NY “Small Works”
2003
Limner Gallery: New York, NY “Spring Salon”
2002
SFSU Fine Arts Gallery: San Francisco, CA “Stillwell Exhibition”
2002
HANG Gallery: San Francisco & Palo Alto, CA
2000
California College of the Arts, Bruce Galleries: San Francisco, CA "New Paintings" (solo)
1999
California College of the Arts, Lily Pad Gallery: Oakland, CA "Painting Abstraction"
1996
Gallery 1633: Chicago, IL "Painting, Photography & Sculpture"
1996
Around The Coyote, Seventh Annual Arts Exposition: Chicago, IL

Public Collections

F&M Bank, Lodi California
Mainsail Partners, San Francisco, California
Perkins Coie Law Firm, San Francisco, California
United States Attorneys’ Office, San Francisco, California
Numerous Private Collections

Literature

“Reflections On Reading About The Vietnam War”, 1989, acrylic & glass on canvas: Published on the cover of "Teaching Hearts And Minds, College Students Reflect On The Vietnam War In Literature" by Barry M. Kroll. Southern Illinois University Press, 1992
“Empty Heads”, 1996, photograph: Around The Coyote 1996 Events Guide Catalog, Chicago, IL
“The Cafes of San Francisco”, tcb-café publishing, 2003 Pages 8 & 128
“Art of Northern California” Alcove Books, Oakland, CA
www.bohdanna.com, 2000-2004, web-site containing recent work and artist information