LORRAINE BONNER
PO Box 10056 Oakland, CA 94610
lorrainbonnerartnews@gmail.com www.lorrainebonner.com
EDUCATION
2006 - 2012: Ceramic Sculpture with Susannah Israel, Merritt College, Oakland, CA,
1997 - 2010: Studies in figurative sculpture, with Zahava Sherez, Lourdan (Buddy) Kimbrell, Harriet
Moore and Carol Tarzier, Oakland, CA,
1997 - 2010: Stone carving with Amana Johnson, Oakland, CA,
1977: MD, Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, CA,
1970: BA in Biochemistry, with honors, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
1947-1964: Extensive childhood experience of victimization in incest, torture and pornography
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2009: “Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People”, The Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials)
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2019: “F213” Curated Exhibit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Civil Liberties United,” Curated Exhibit, San Francisco Public Library, CA
2018: “Art In The Key Of Life” Curated group exhibit at Laney College, Oakland, CA
2016: “Black Matters” an Afro Solo exhibit at the San Francisco Library,
San Francisco, CA
2014: “Art and Liberation”, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College,
Contra Costa, CA
2013: “Dreams, Hopes and Inspirations” Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA
“Hunger” USF School of Law Creative Justice Show
2011: “Cohabit” Inhabit Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Fostering Dreams of Equality” 7th Annual USF School of Law Creative Justice Show, USF School of Law
2010: “Yearning to Breathe Free” USF Equal Justice Society, USF School of Law
“Intersectionality: Transforming Movements” UCLA School of Law, Critical Race Studies Annual Symposium
2007: “Breaking Ice,” ARTworkSF, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials)
2004: "The Legacy of Slavery," June Steingart Memorial Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, CA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012: “Face Value” a two person show with James Gayles, CK Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009: “Landscapes of our Souls”, a two person exhibition with Susan Almazol at Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005: "Turn and Look," two woman exhibition with Amana Johnson, Addison St. Window Gallery, Berkeley, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2017: “Mygration” a group exhibition at Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016: “Iconic Black Panther” Sepia Arts Collective, at American Steel, Oakland, CA
2015: “Voices: An Artist’s Perspective” The NAWA Gallery, New York, NY
“Visaural: Sight, Sound and Action”, The Nave Annex Gallery, Somerville, MA
“Secret”, the Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014: “Art and Social Change” L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
2013: “Body Language: The Figure in Clay”, Skyline College, San Mateo, CA
“Rebirth Through Time”, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008: “Women on War” Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2006: “Unsing the Song,” Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA
2005: "No More Scapegoats: An Anne Frank Exhibition,” Marin City
2004: "No More Scapegoats," Hangar #5, Hamilton Field, Novato, CA
"(S)kinship," Asian American Women Artist Association, SoMart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RECURRING GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001-2019 (except 2018): “The Art Of Living Black”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2016-2018: “The Black Woman Is God” SoMarts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009, 2011, 2013: “Transformative Visions” One Life Institute, Oakland, CA (Image chosen for publicity materials in 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
2007: “Internalized Perpetration” chosen as cover art for Inquiring Mind, a Buddhist Journal
WEB EXHIBITIONS
Persimmontree www.persimmontree.org
Tikkun http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/art-gallery/lorraine-bonner/
The Heart of Medicine http://theheartofmedicine.org/
AWARDS
2015: The Jan Hart-Schuyer Award, The Art of Living Black, Richmond, CA
“Best in Show” for Scapegoat, Visaural, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2007: Best in Show, for Grandmother’s Elder Sister, Frank Bette Gallery, Alameda, CA
2003: The Jan Hart-Schuyer Award, The Art of Living Black, Richmond, CA