The exhibition at Lake Gallery has come down and I'm directing my attention to new projects. I have a feeling that I'll be announcing a local group show soon, so check back or drop me an email to get added to my new publicity list.

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My work will be on display at Orange Coast College beginning in February. If you're in the area, drop in see a selection of photographs from my glass-plate negatives. Also check out the stellar student work and facilities.

On display February 1- March 8, 2010

Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, California 92626


There are plenty of other exhibitions and projects in the works for 2010. Since many shows get confirmed just weeks before opening, check back for details. You can also join my new email list for updates and exhibitions. Simply drop me a note at vanderkindren@gmail.com.

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The reception at Lake was a blast! Thanks to all who came out for the big night and especially, Ssleeping desiresS (who rocked the house!) and all the fine folks over at Lake for being such gracious hosts. If you missed the event, the work will be on display/sale through February.

PARAMNESIA runs from January 8th through February 14th

LAKEGALLERY
661 Divisadero Street @ Grove
San Francisco CA 94117
Entrance on Grove Street
11am - 5pm Monday thru Sunday

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At Lake Gallery, I will exhibit recent photographs from my ongoing series, Paramnesia. I often consider these images to be autobiographical fictions, which use the suggestive power of photography to combine factual experience, memory and fantasy. The series is titled after the memory disorder that produces a similar confusion between fact and fiction. The exhibited work utilizes dry-plate glass negatives, which are hand prepared from previously used glass.

Musical guest, Ssleeping desiresS will provide entertainment at the reception.

PARAMNESIA runs from January 8th through February 14th
Opening reception January 8th, 7 - 9:30pm

LAKEGALLERY
661 Divisadero Street @ Grove
San Francisco CA 94117
Entrance on Grove Street
11am - 5pm Monday thru Sunday

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I am very excited to participate in Non*Mart. Please join me at the opening reception, where I will be installing pockets. There are several other super fun activities for opening night, so be sure to check the website for details.

Non*Mart is a design studio, shop and art show that offers a platform for exploring a more relational, less commercial means of economic exchange. Stop by the opening event to find out how you can participate. Opening night special events include a book swap, style swap (clothing exchange), logo removal service, pocket tailoring and more.

Opening:
Friday November 6th
Y2Y Gallery
251 Balboa Street, SF 94118
6 to 8pm.

Non*Mart Contributors: (partial list)
Lauren Davies
Miriam Dym
Benoit Gasnier
Kathryn Kenworth
Francesca Pastine
Alison Pebworth
Sasha Petrenko
Stephanie Syjuco
Claudia Tennyson
Naomi Vanderkindren


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ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday July 2009: Family Pictures
Curated by Michelle Townsend, new mother of Nolan William Balocki, born May 25, 2009

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11th, 7–10 pm

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When curator Michelle Townsend first proposed the exhibition Family Pictures, she was not yet expecting what would became a baby boy, born at the precise time she was to review submissions. Just as baby Nolan chose to be born outside the confines of a typical 9-month gestation, so to the 33 artists in Family Pictures have chosen to defy orthodox definitions of family. Bay Area artists (and curators) are shaking off the trappings of gender, age, and bloodline.

In order to best visualize the collective insight born of this exhibition, we need but to borrow one thing from the past – Technicolor. We, a most strange and adaptive species, are looking for, and finding, fresh ways to experience belonging. The age of the nuclear family was, in retrospect, sterile and pale.

Art has always been a form of protest and Family Pictures does not digress. There is an underlying fever in the work, a pie-in-the-face aimed at any formula for genealogical harmony. Perhaps one should not be surprised, bearing in mind the recent politicization and subsequent disallowance of something as integral to family life as marriage.

Featured Artists:
Laura Ball
Elizabeth Bernstein
Jan Blythe
Colby Claycomb
Adele Crawford
Melissa Day
Chris Fraser
Michael Hession
Rachael Jablo*
Audrey Jones
Heike Liss
Jessamyn Lovell
Cathy Lu
Dan Lydersen
Carolyn Mason & Susannah Slocum
Masako Miki
Shelley Monahan
Camilla Newhagen
Mary Parisi
S. Patricia Patterson
Jana Rumberger
Julie Shustack
Jim Sienkiewicz
Andrea Slattery*
Marta Spurgeon
Kirk Stoller
Lien Troung
Marie Van Elder
Naomi Vanderkindren
Serena Wellen
Carmen Winant
David Yun
* Root Division Resident Artist

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11th, 7–10 pm
Sliding Scale Suggested Donation: $2-$20

Exhibition Dates: June 8th–28th, 2009
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays- Saturdays, 2–6 pm (or by appointment)

http://www.rootdivision.org
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Root Division is hosting a juried exhibition on the theme of Family Pictures. Join me for the reception on Saturday July 11th and check out the show.

FAMILY PICTURES (JURIED EXHIBITION)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Exhibition Dates: July 8 - 25, 2008
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12- 4 pm
Juror/Guest Curator: Michelle Townsend

Location: Root Division
3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness)
415.863.7668
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12- 4 pm
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The installation (performance) of New Family Album is complete. The project was a complete success. If it wasn't for the scores of visitors and participants I wouldn't have been able to pull it off. I cannot express how grateful I am to all who supported the project and to the Headlands Center for the Arts.

If you missed seeing the project, a select number of portraits will be on display as part of the "Family Pictures" exhibition at Root Division.

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Back to the Picture SoMa is proud to celebrate its fourth year anniversary with its second annual 20/20 art show. This show brings together 20 local Bar Area Artists with 20 different visions, turning the gallery into an ambitious celebration of art and all the forms it can be created n.

Opening Reception: Tuesday June 11th, 2009 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Back to the Picture SOMA
1110 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Artists include: Brisa Aceves, Eirik Aswand, Matt Atkins, Balthazar, Loren Butcharte's, Krescent Carasso, Crystal Dent, Nizhoni Ellenwood, The Magnificent F., Maurincia Gandara, Trizy Grace, Jonathan Green, Jared Gutekunst, Daniel Lorenze, Andrew McPherson, Justin Morris, Roman Muradov, Pernilla Person, Ryan Sivertsen, and (me) Naomi Vanderkindren
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It's almost time for my mini-residency to begin. Don't forget to journey over the bridge and see me (afterwards, you can have a picnic by the sea or sign up for dinner in the mess hall - reservations required

My fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts will culminate with a two-week residency in the Project Space. The public is invited to visit the studio throughout this period and participate in my installation: New Family Album.

New Family Album is an interactive art installation that explores the family photo album, as well as the power of our own desires and dreams about familial history. Visitors will have the opportunity to sit for a portrait, share their dreams about family and become adopted into a fictitious family tree. The family will expand throughout the installation and visitors are encouraged to return often.

Join the family: June 1-14
Open: Tuesday-Friday & Sunday, 12-5PM
Artist talk: June 18, 7:30PM

Headlands Center for the Arts
3rd Floor, Building 944
For directions: visit
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Join me for Summer session at Diablo Valley College! During this course, students will explore low tech means of image making. Students will learn to construct and use pinhole cameras as well as to utilize the dreamy qualities of toy plastic cameras (like the Holga). Click here for class scheduling.
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Date: 4/19/2009 (Sunday)
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 944 Fort Barry
Find directions here.

Ticket Info: ADMISSION IS FREE!

Mess Hall Cafe Open from Noon - 4:30PM

Just three times per year Headlands Center for the Arts invites you behind the studio doors of its world renowned Artist in Residence program to witness the creative process of writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers and visual artists of all kinds. This Spring welcomes a diverse group of individuals from California, New York, Portugal and the UK, all of each of whom are deeply engaged with environmental, national, physical, cultural, communal and aesthetic issues. Join us for the first Open House of 2009!
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Open Houses open studio doors to you. Three times each year Headlands artists open their studios to the public to show works-in-progress. Open House showcases artists working in a breadth of disciplines including visual arts, performing arts, film, video, literature and poetry. Open House is free to the public.

Date: 7/13/2008 (Sunday)
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 944 Fort Barry

Mess Hall Cafe Open from Noon - 4:30PM

Link to directions: visit
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Eighteen Months: Taking the Pulse of Bay Area Photography - San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and PhotoAlliance are pleased to present Eighteen Months: Taking the Pulse of Bay Area Photography. This exhibition features over 100 photographs by local artists and was the result of an open call. 261 regional photographers submitted works to be considered and 22 outstanding artists were selected. Eighteen Months presents a broad survey of what local photographers have been pointing their cameras at over the last year and a half. The selected works celebrate the diversity of Bay Area photographic production while they also highlight the unique viewpoints of the exhibiting artists. The diversity of style, interest and creative approaches represented in this juried exhibition clearly illustrates how the photographic talent present in the Bay Area continues to grow with each passing year.

Exhibition: July 17 - September 19, 2008
Reception July 17, 5:30-7:30
Location: City Hall
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Cream – from the top - Arts Benicia

An exhibition introducing artists that have risen to the top of their classes in the following Bay Area graduate arts programs: California College of the Arts; Mills College; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco State University; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; and University of California, Davis.

Exhibition: July 19 - August 31
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 27, 3-5pm
Artists' forum: Sunday August 17, 3pm. Moderated by Kenneth Baker, SF Chronicle art critic

Location: ARTS BENICIA