Serena Cole
Born in San Jose, CA 1979

Education

BFA 2006 California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2008

Golden: Serena Cole and Tahiti Pehrson, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists’ Ball, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Optical Illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
The Thin Ice Collective, Anne Bonny Gallery, Seattle, WA
Universal Grammar, Gallery Homeland, Portland, Oregon

2007

Bliss, Roberts and Tilton Gallery at Domestic, Los Angeles, CA
There is No Light Without Darkness, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany
Recent Work: Serena Cole and Grant Barnhart, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Association of California Independent Colleges and Universities, Sacramento, CA

2006

Oakland East Side Story, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Currents 2006, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Untitled 5, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Beast Epic, Ego Park, Oakland, CA


2005

All College Honors, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Best of Junior Review, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

Awards

2006

BFA with High Distinction, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, Juror's Mention, All College Honors, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Best of Show Runner-Up, Juried Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2005

Best of Junior Review, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, All College Honors, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography

Juxtapoz Magazine, New York, NY August 2008
Umbigo Magazine, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2008
California College of the Arts Undergraduate Catalog, San Francisco, CA 2008-2011
"The Downy Bird Art Kingdom", (cover image), Matthew Bowers, 2007
"Inspiration: Serena Cole", thecoveted.blogspot.com, May 2007
"Oakland East Side Story: Serena Cole", Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Interview, youtube.com, December 2006
"Bay Area Currents 2006", Petra Bibeau, Shotgun Review, June 2006