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Jon Kuzmich
Born in Louisville, KY in 1977
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
2011
Master of Fine Arts, with Honors
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. USA.
2002
Bachelor of Architecture
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. USA.
2001
Student Exchange Program
Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.
1998
Architecture Transfer Program
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS. USA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
"Language"
Cumberland Auditorium - Stanford University, Stanford, CA: April 2013.
2012
"The Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History", web (online exhibition), launching: Sept 2012.
"Left to Chance: The Accidental Book Art"
SF Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA: Feb - May 2012.
"Artopia"
Public Works, San Francisco, CA: Feb 2012.
"Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance"
SOMArts, San Francisco, CA: Dec 2011 - Jan 2012.
2011
"Run-Off"
MacArthur B Arthur, Oakland, CA: October 2011.
"BAN6 Slideslam"
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA: September 2011.
"6th Annual Juried Exhibition"
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA: August 2011.
"MFA Graduate Show"
Winery SF Building, San Francisco, CA: May 2011.
"Mondo Tondo"
Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA: May 2011.
"Chromophilia"
Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA: April 2011.
"(un)set"
Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA: March 2011.
2010
"Under 100 Show"
Treehouse Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Dec 4, 2010
"Traces of Systems"
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA: November 2010.
"Provisionally"
TreeHouse Gallery, San Francisco, CA: October-November 2010.
"Sketch"
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA: October 2010.
"Emergence"
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA: September 2010.
"Spare + Austere: Art Mirrors Time"
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA: May 2010.
San Francisco City Hall: June-August 2010.
2009
"When we are old we will call our show 'Manifestation of Time' but for now we will call it 'Teenage Dirtbike'"
Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA: November 2009.
AWARDS and NOMINATIONS
2012
SECA Award nominee, SFMOMA.
Tournesol Award Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts.
Masterminds 2012 Award Finalist, SF Weekly.
2011
Tournesol Award Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts.
2009-2011
Fine Arts Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute.
2001
Marion-Doberman Traveling scholarship.
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
On the Horizon. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Arts Commission, 2012. Print.
"Artist of the Week: Jon Kuzmich", GR8 Project, Web. 20 Feb, 2012.
Bamberger, Alan. "Public Works", Art Business. Web. 16 Feb, 2012.
Perez, Ruby. "Meet Our Masterminds: Lisa Alonzo and Jon Kuzmich" SF Weekly. Web. 15 Feb, 2012.
Curiel, Jonathan. "Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists" SF Weekly. 8 Feb, 2012.
Baker, Kenneth. "John Cage's influence explored in 'Get Lucky'" San Francisco Chronicle. 7 Jan, 2012.
Bamberger, Alan. "SOMArts Gallery", Art Business. Web. 6 Jan. 2012.
"Ethos", MAAAASTER, Web. 9 November 2011.
Haas, Maggie. "Run Off" Art Practical. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
Haas, Maggie. "The Take-Away: Run Off at MacArthur B Arthur" Daily Serving. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
Dalkey, Victoria. "Stars of Tomorrow Get to Shine in Juried Exhibit" The Sacramento Bee. 23 Aug. 2011.
"Pinpoint Pointillism", tackad, Web. 2 June 2011.
Bamberger, Alan. "SFAI MFA", Art Business, Web. 12 May 2011.
Vernissage, MFA Graduate Exhibition Catalog, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
MacKenzie, Meredith. "A Tree Grows in the Dogpatch" Dwell Magazine, Web. 11 April 2011.
Oggel, Hayley, "Art Madness", Infinity Turbo, Web. 14 May 2011.
"Jon Kuzmich", Imaging Energy, Web. 2 December 2010.
Bamberger, Alan. "Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi: June Quarterly Art Party", Art Business, Web. 18 June 2010.
PRESENTATIONS
2009
"The Reconstituted World", The State of Painting in the 21st Century Conference, San Francisco Art Institute.