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Education

MFA    University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1995

BFA    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985

Exhibitions

6/9/18 Terra Infirma, Space 4 Art, San Diego, CA

5/11/18 50 Artists – 50 Fish, Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, CA

3/15/18 Mind the Gap, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA

5/12/17 Displacement / Replacement, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

3/17/17 WAKE, Ship in the Woods, Escondido, CA

11/3/16 Art San Diego, Balboa Park Activity Center, San Diego, CA

6/18/16 New Contemporaries, City Gallery, San Diego, CA

5/14/16 Looking Back Forward, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA2/21/15 Salty Linksoul Lab, Oceanside, CA

11/1/14 OneBeat ABQ The Rail Yards, Albuquerque, NM

7/12/14 Waving the Flag Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

5/17/14 Snakes in the Garden Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

6/30/13 Wavelength La Jolla La Jolla Library, La Jolla, CA

11/29/12 The Very Large Array Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA

10/4/12 Michelle Montjoy / William Feeney Fraker/Scott Gallery, Seattle, WA

6/2/11 Art Mafia Reunion Fraker/Scott Gallery, Seattle, WA

1/23/10 Eternal Return The Light Loft, Cardiff, CA

7/31/09 18^th Annual Juried Exhibition Athenaeum Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

7/12/09 Attempt To Raise Hell Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA

7/17/08 COCKED! The Possessed Male Luis de Jesus, San Diego, CA

2/15/08 Adapta Projects: Army of Icons Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA

5/20/07 CERCA SERIES: William Feeney MCA San Diego, CA

8/11/06 15^th Annual Juried Exhibition Athenaeum Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

12/11/05 Invitational Drawing Show Taylor Library, Pacific Beach, CA

8/6/05 14^th Annual Juried Exhibition Athenaeum Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

10/1/04 Imagine That La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, CA

9/1/04 William Feeney College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

12/15/02 4^th Annual Juried Exhibition Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

8/2/02 11^th Annual Juried Exhibition Athenaeum Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

4/6/02 Smile Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA

5/19/01 Art Mafia Price Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

2/10/01 OMA Regional 2 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA

4/30/00 Request Rochester Institute of Art, Rochester, NY

12/15/99, Coordinates Monte Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA

3/23/99 1 + 1 = 1  Monte Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA

1998-99 Pithecus Project  various locations, San Diego, CA

5/11/96 The Coastal Project  Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, CA

6/7/95 Some Thoughts on Leaving  Santa Barbara, CA

4/22/95 The Coastal Project  Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, CA

10/15/94 In The Face of AIDS VI  The Lightner Gallery, Keuka Park, NY

6/25/94 In The Face of AIDS V  12 Rms – 4 Gallery, Syracuse, NY

11/12/93 In The Face of AIDS IV  Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY

10/15/93 In The Face of AIDS III  Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY

9/26/93 The Coastal Project  Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, CA

12/1/92 Day Without Art  Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

10/1/92 William Feeney: New Paintings  La Mama Galleria, New York, NY

7/22/92 Kiss of the Mating Spiders  Herron Test-Site, Brooklyn, NY

6/18/92 Social Stigmas  Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY

3/19/92 1.5  Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY

1/24/90 Local Brooklyn Artists Show  Brand Name Damages, Brooklyn, NY

Community Art Projects

4/30/00, Request Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

12/15/99, Coordinates Monte Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA

3/23/99, 1 + 1 = 1  Monte Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA

Grants / Residencies

2014 Djerassi Resident Artist Program Woodside, CA

2007, stART Up Award Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

6/10/03, Artists Fellowship Award California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA

Teaching

8/03 – 12/03, Adjunct Faculty: Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

8/02 – 12/02, Adjunct Faculty: Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, CA

1/97 – 6/02, Adjunct Faculty: Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

4/95 – 6/96, Visiting Lecturer: University of California, Santa Barbara

Selected Reviews

“Michelle Montjoy and William Feeney at Hanson Scott Gallery”, SeattlePi.com, October 3, 2012

“Local Color”, Robert L. Pincus, The San Diego Union-Tribune: Night & Day, June 11, 2009

“William Feeney at the MCA San Diego”, Victoria Reed, Artweek, September 2007

“Thumbing their noses at pretension”, Robert L. Pincus, The San Diego Union-Tribune: Arts, June 17, 2007

“Sculptor’s works contain message in their mirth”, Marcia Manna, The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 19, 2007

“Witty Work”, The San Diego Union-Tribune: Night & Day, May 24, 2007

“’Smile’ Oceanside exhibit takes a not-so-serious look at art”, Patricia Morris Buckley, North County Times: Preview, April 11, 2002

“OMA exhibit a thought-provoking mix of local artists’ viewpoints”, Jeff Pack and Pam Kragen, North County Times: Preview, February 15, 2001

“Is that all there is?”, Joan Crowder, Santa Barbara News-Press: Scene, January 19, 1996

“Island Dreams”, Mike Eliason, Santa Barbara News-Press, page 1, June 9, 1995

“Kicking Art in Your Face”, Russ Spencer, The Independent, April 20, 1995

“Cityscape”, Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 26, 1995

“Coastal Project”, Dena Hawes, P-form Performance Art Magazine, #32,  Summer 1994

“Terror of AIDS Expressed in Show at 12 Rms-4 Gallery”, Sherry Chayat, Syracuse Herald American, July 3, 1994

“Personal Connections”, Carl Mellor, Syracuse News Times, July 13-20, 1995

 

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