Whitney Joanne Payne Humphreys
Artist CV
Whitney Humphreys
WhitneyHumphreys.com | WhitneyJPH@gmail.com | (714) 345-5741
Education
Residencies & Gallery Representation
Awards
Public Lectures and Presentations
Selected Print Archives
Selected Exhibitions & Publication
Solo Exhibition --- 2014 – 2022
Publication
Curation Experience
Select Collaborative Show Participation --- 2015 - 2021
Directorship & Membership
Board of Directors, Graduate Student Trustee, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2019 - 2020
Board member representing the student interests in institutional decision making affecting graduate cohort, acting as liaison between the BOD and the Legion of Graduate Students
Guest Juror, LAB MFA Jurors Panel, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, April 2020
Selected for team of artists and curators reviewing applications to residency for emerging artists completing large-scale sculptural installations
San Francisco Poster Syndicate Member, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - Present
Printmaker and Muralist as a part of artist and activist collective, executing collaborative projects around the Bay Area, such as political murals and live screen printing events
Co-Director, Legion of Graduate Student, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA 2018
One of two co-directors tasked with coordinating meetings and events, managing budgets, and acting as liaison in correspondence between all other SFAI governing bodies
Board of Directors, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2015 - 2017
Board member representing young, local artists, working closely with other members and administrators of non-profit association in organizational decision making, event planning, and exhibition curation
Co-Founder, Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA 2014 - 17
Lead Project Manager, Event Organizer, and Exhibitions Curator, and one of two founding members of community artist collective
Teaching Experience
Printmaking Instructor, Studio Arts Department - 2023 - Present
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Instructor, Graphic Arts Department - 2022 - 2023
Laney College, Oakland, CA
Instructor, Women in Art History - Fall 2022
Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
Teaching Faculty, Introduction to Visual Art - 2021-2022
George Washington High School, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Printmaking & Mixed Media Collage Courses - 2021 - Present
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Instructor, Printmaking Courses, Spring & Summer 2021
Printmaking at Home Sessions, San Francisco, CA
Printmaking Studio Monitor, 2013 – Present
Tiny Splendor Press, Berkeley CA & UCSC Printmaking Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Academic Tutor, 2017 - 2020
SFAI Academic Resource Center (ARC), San Francisco, CA
Assistant Instructor, CA - 2018 - 2020
SFAI Printmaking Department, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Studio Art Classes, 2015 - 2017
Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA
Other Work Experience
Studio Manager, The Aesthetic Union, San Francisco, CA - Present
Managing the workflow of the letterpress print shop, overseeing all in-house and commissioned projects from estimate to completion, while maintaining records, communications, and schedules.
Assistant Facilities Manager, SFAI Facilities Department, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - 2019
Supported the Facilities and Graduate Operations offices with monitoring material use, maintaining shared spaces and equipment, and assisting in exhibition installation in support of student experience.
Administrative Support Lead, SFAI Exhibitions Office, San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2018
Worked in Walter and McBean Galleries office, managing administrative duties involving scheduling, organization, and cataloging, as well as the management of promotional materials.
Lead Project Manager & Event Coordinator, NT Artist Collective, SC and SF, CA - 2014 - 2017
Coordinated and managed all aspects of collaborative projects and events from proposal stage through completion including large-scale murals, recurring artist showcases, art fairs, and workshops.
Assistant Exhibitions Curator and Prepartor, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz - 2015 - 2017
Responsible for designing, installing, and de-installing bimonthly art exhibitions showcasing emerging local artists, as well as the management of promotional materials and opening event coordination
WhitneyHumphreys.com | WhitneyJPH@gmail.com | (714) 345-5741
Education
- MFA in Studio Art with emphasis in Print Media and Sculptural Installation - SF Art Institute, 2020
- MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art - San Francisco Art Institute, 2020
- BFA in Studio Arts with emphasis in Sculpture and Print Media - University of CA, Santa Cruz, 2014
Residencies & Gallery Representation
- Artist in Residence, Kolaj Institute, February 2024
- Represented Artist, Vanitas Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, 2021 - 2022
- Artist in Residence, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA - July 2020
- Represented Artist, Art Attack Gallery, San Francisco, 2019 - 2020
- Artist in Residence, LAB MFA, Locust Projects, Miami, FL - July 2019
- Resident Artist, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA - 2013-16
- Resident Artist, ArtMill, near Horazdovice, Czech Republic - July 2014
Awards
- Bronze Roller Printmaking Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2020
- Master of Arts Thesis Achievement Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2020
- H. Wiener Metal Sculpture Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2019
- 2nd Place Juror’s Choice Award, Panoply of Prints, Santa Cruz Art League, 2017
Public Lectures and Presentations
- Southern Sociology Society Annual Conference, SSS Atlanta Georgia, April 2021
- Gendered Machines, Master of Arts Thesis Symposium, San Francisco Art Institute, May 2020
Selected Print Archives
- Center for the Study of Political Graphics
- Turner Print Museum
- San Francisco Public Library Collections
- UC Berkeley Bancroft Library
- San Francisco State University Archives
Selected Exhibitions & Publication
Solo Exhibition --- 2014 – 2022
- Heavenly Bodies, Vanitas Contemporary, San Francisco, CA, October 2022
- Command Center, LAB MFA Showcase, Locust Projects, Miami, July 2019
- Phase Queens, Miss Mae’s, Santa Cruz CA, September-November 2016
- She Reigns, Pergolesi, Santa Cruz CA, 2016
- Creatress: Earth Mother Prints, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz CA, June 2016
- Just ladies Celebrating Ladies, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz CA, April 2015
- Solo Exhibition at The Tree House, Santa Cruz CA, February 2015
- First Friday Feature at Subrosa, Santa Cruz CA, November 2014
Publication
- Sixty Inches From Center Artist Interview, 2021
- Internet Archive Artist Showcase, 2021
- Root Division MFA Now catalog, 2019
- (im)material.com Artist Showcase, 2018
- Paper Darts Magazine Artists Showcase, 2017
- Cowell Fine Press Quarterly, 2014
- Inkblot OCHSA Art and Lit Magazine, 2010
Curation Experience
- Command Center, Locust Projects, Miami, ‘19
- Thesis Showcase, Schafer Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, April 2019
- Worlds Apart, Schafer Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, March 2019
- Print Sale Series, Tree House, Santa Cruz, December and April, 2015 & 20
Select Collaborative Show Participation --- 2015 - 2021
- Seamed Apparitions by Whitney Humphreys & Rebecca Mae Sexton, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, Mar 24
- The Art of Protest, Cesar Chavez Center Gallery, San Francisco State, Jan-Mar 2023
- Introductions 2021, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, Aug-Sept. 2021
- Stand Up Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, October 2020
- Another (Swell) Show, Art Attack Gallery, San Francisco, November 2019
- Lucid Labyrinth, Schafer Gallery, San Francisco, September, 2019
- Bay Area Printmakers, Compound Gallery, Berkeley, June 2019
- Bay Area MFA Show 2, Doug Adams Gallery, Center for Art and Religion, GTU, Berkeley June 2019
- Vernissage//MFA Exhibition, SFAI Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco, May 2019
- Memory Under Construction, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, April 2019
- Avatars II, Nave Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts, March-April 2019
- Worlds Apart, Schafer Gallery, San Francisco, March 2019
- Avatars, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, October 2018
- MAXIMAL, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, September 2018
- Serenade & Nocturne, Swell Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Ca, August 2018
- The Past Didn't Go Anywhere, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, June 2018
- Wise Wound, Swell Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Ca, March 2018
- Open Book Show #2 & #3, Diego Rivera Gallery &1890 Bryant Studios, San Francisco, March 2018
- First Impressions Print Exhibition/Exchange with SFAI & Osaka University of Art, Feb.-Jul., 2018
- Panoply of Prints, Santa Cruz Art League, March 2017
- Broken Halos, The Felix Kulpa Gallery, February 2015
Directorship & Membership
Board of Directors, Graduate Student Trustee, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2019 - 2020
Board member representing the student interests in institutional decision making affecting graduate cohort, acting as liaison between the BOD and the Legion of Graduate Students
Guest Juror, LAB MFA Jurors Panel, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, April 2020
Selected for team of artists and curators reviewing applications to residency for emerging artists completing large-scale sculptural installations
San Francisco Poster Syndicate Member, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - Present
Printmaker and Muralist as a part of artist and activist collective, executing collaborative projects around the Bay Area, such as political murals and live screen printing events
Co-Director, Legion of Graduate Student, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA 2018
One of two co-directors tasked with coordinating meetings and events, managing budgets, and acting as liaison in correspondence between all other SFAI governing bodies
Board of Directors, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2015 - 2017
Board member representing young, local artists, working closely with other members and administrators of non-profit association in organizational decision making, event planning, and exhibition curation
Co-Founder, Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA 2014 - 17
Lead Project Manager, Event Organizer, and Exhibitions Curator, and one of two founding members of community artist collective
Teaching Experience
Printmaking Instructor, Studio Arts Department - 2023 - Present
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Instructor, Graphic Arts Department - 2022 - 2023
Laney College, Oakland, CA
Instructor, Women in Art History - Fall 2022
Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
Teaching Faculty, Introduction to Visual Art - 2021-2022
George Washington High School, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Printmaking & Mixed Media Collage Courses - 2021 - Present
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Instructor, Printmaking Courses, Spring & Summer 2021
Printmaking at Home Sessions, San Francisco, CA
Printmaking Studio Monitor, 2013 – Present
Tiny Splendor Press, Berkeley CA & UCSC Printmaking Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Academic Tutor, 2017 - 2020
SFAI Academic Resource Center (ARC), San Francisco, CA
Assistant Instructor, CA - 2018 - 2020
SFAI Printmaking Department, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Studio Art Classes, 2015 - 2017
Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA
Other Work Experience
Studio Manager, The Aesthetic Union, San Francisco, CA - Present
Managing the workflow of the letterpress print shop, overseeing all in-house and commissioned projects from estimate to completion, while maintaining records, communications, and schedules.
Assistant Facilities Manager, SFAI Facilities Department, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - 2019
Supported the Facilities and Graduate Operations offices with monitoring material use, maintaining shared spaces and equipment, and assisting in exhibition installation in support of student experience.
Administrative Support Lead, SFAI Exhibitions Office, San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2018
Worked in Walter and McBean Galleries office, managing administrative duties involving scheduling, organization, and cataloging, as well as the management of promotional materials.
Lead Project Manager & Event Coordinator, NT Artist Collective, SC and SF, CA - 2014 - 2017
Coordinated and managed all aspects of collaborative projects and events from proposal stage through completion including large-scale murals, recurring artist showcases, art fairs, and workshops.
Assistant Exhibitions Curator and Prepartor, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz - 2015 - 2017
Responsible for designing, installing, and de-installing bimonthly art exhibitions showcasing emerging local artists, as well as the management of promotional materials and opening event coordination