EDUCATION
MFA, Stanford University, 2012
BFA, California College of the Arts, 2007
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2017 Assistant Professor Digital Media Arts, San Jose State University
2015 Lecturer, Stanford University
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Still Life, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco CA*
2016 Rhonda Holberton, ZONA MACO SUR, Mexico City, Curated by João Mourão and Luis Silva, Co-directors at Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon
2016 Rhonda Holberton, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco CA (forthcoming)
2016 Rhonda Holberton, Land & Sea, Oakland, CA (forthcoming)
2015 Rhonda Holberton & James Cordas, City Limits, Oakland, CA
2015 You Are Something That the Whole World is Doing, Berkeley Art Center
2014 The Italian Navigator has Landed in the New World, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland CA
2014 YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW, ProArts, Oakland CA*
2014 Rhonda Holberton, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco CA
2013 Two Otherwise Distant Points, Mesa, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Coming of Age, Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
2016 Third Party, CNTRL+SHFT, Oakland, CA
2016 Perhaps We Could Chat Through a Few Specifics, FIFI Projects, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 MESA Retrospective, The Age of Multiples, Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Battery, The Battery, San Francisco, CA
2013 SJICA Annual Juried Art Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2013 The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2013 NextNewCA, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2012 Introductions, Root Division, San Francisco CA
2012 Visible Horizons, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, SF CA*
2012 Never Odd or Even, Root Division, San Francisco CA*
2010 Heretical Hierarchy Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford, CA
*indicates catalog
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2016 Autodesk Artist in Residence (deferred)
2014-2015 Honorary Artist in Residence Kala, Berkeley
2014 Project Grant, ProArts, Oakland
2014 CAMAC, Artist in Residence, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2014 Fellowship, Fondation Ténot, Paris, France
2013 Project Grant, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2012 SFMoMA SECA Grant Nomination
2012 Project Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission
2000-2007 Presidential Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2007 Best of Junior Review, California College of the Arts
2006 Project Sponsorship, Design Out of the Box
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Biel, Kim. ‘Rhonda Holberton – Still Life.’ Paper Journal. May 2, 2017
2017 Sparks, Heather. ‘Rhonda Holberton: The Rendered Life.’ Plasma. Issue 03 p 146-147.
2017 Westin, Monica. ‘Post Photography and the Contemporary Economy: Ten Images.’ SFAQ.
2016 Stromberg, Zona MACO’s Curated Sections Bring a Welcome Coherence to the Art Fair Hyperallergic. Feb 5, 2016.
2016 Zona Maco Sur. Barnebys (Sweden)
2015 Moss, Ceci. ‘First Look: Rhonda Holberton.’ Art in America. April 2015 (Print & Online)
2015 Gross, Elena. ‘Cold Storage: James Cordas and Rhonda Holberton.’ Daily Serving.
2015 Lutz, Leora. ‘DISPARATE MEASURES.’ SFAQ.
2014 Haak-Frendscho, E. Maude. ‘Rhonda Holberton at Royal Nonesuch Gallery.’ Temporary Art Review.
2014 Lutz, Leora. ‘YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW.’ Exhibition Catalogue.
2014 Simons, Amanda N. ‘Rhonda Holberton: YOU BECAUSE FREE INSTANTLY NEW.’
2012 Hotchiss, Sarah. Subtle Explorations of Line in SFAC’s ‘Visible Horizons.‘ KQED.
2012 Shultz, Oliver. ‘Catastrophe and the Poetics of Mediation’, Never Odd or Even Exhibition Catalog. Stanford University Department of Art & Art History.
2012 Skelton Simon, Sydney. ‘To the Limit’, Never Odd or Even Exhibition Catalog, Stanford University Department of Art & Art History.
2006 Del Conte, Natali T.. ‘Yahoo Designers Lick Mice, Race Babies. PC Magazine.’
INVITED LECTURES
2017 Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous San Jose State University, CA
Public Lecture Series, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2016 Experimental Drawing (Faculty: Yulia Pinkusevich), Mills College, CA
Graduate Lecture Series, California State University, Hayward CA
Graduate Seminar (Faculty: Kim Anno), CCA San Francisco, CA
Senior Capstone (Faculty: Dana Hemenway), CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
2015 Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous UC Davis, CA
Intermediate Photography (Faculty: Jennifer Brandon), Mills College, CA
SFAI, San Francisco CA
2014 The Battery, San Francisco CA
2013 Art Lab (Faculty: Kim Anno) California College of the Arts
2012 SF MOMA SECA Public Tour, Root Division, San Francisco
2009 Lecture: Geopolitical Ruptures, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous USF, CA
MISC ACTIVITIES
2017 Panel Discussion, The Roles of Art and Technology in Shaping our Environment. SF Design
Week. Pier 27. San Francisco, CA.
2016 Panel Discussion,’Future Life Regression.’ Kadist Foundation. San Francisco, CA
Session Lead: Rigging & Motion Capture, Game Jam. California State University, Hayward, CA
Visiting Artist: Graduate Seminar (Faculty: Anthony Discenza) SFAI. San Francisco, CA
2014 Director: The Artist and the Scientist: A Journal of Post Anthropocenic Aesthetics
2012 Editor: Visible Horizons, Published with a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission
2012-2014 Project Manager/Mechanical Engineer for Jim Campbell, San Francisco CA
2009 Co-organizer, Web Designer, Archivist: Rising Tide Conference, CCA and Stanford
Panel Moderator: Geopolitics; John Zarobell, SFMOMA; Ignacio Valero, CCA; Jay Jasper
Pugao, Environmental Service Learning Initiative
COURSES TAUGHT
Stanford University
Embodied Interface (Fall 2016)
Advanced Interaction Design (Spring 2016, Spring 2017)
Sculpture I (Winter 2016)
Sculpture II (Winter 2016)
Art & Electronics (Winter 2016, Winter 2017)
Data as Material (Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Digital Printmaking (Spring 2015)
Interdisciplinary Art Junior Seminar (Winter 2012)
Independent Study, Painting/Drawing (3 students over Winter/Spring 2016), Design (Winter 2016)
Digital Printmaking (Spring 2015)
Mentor, Senior Capstone Projects (Spring 2015)
California College of the Arts
Programming and Electronics (Spring 2017)
Advanced Programming & Electronics (Spring 2017)
California State University, East Bay
Software Design for Multimedia (Graduate) (Spring 2016, Spring 2017)
Professional Practices for Design (Spring/Fall/Winter 2016)
Graphic Communication (Winter 2017, Spring 2017)
Graduate Thesis Advisor (Spring 2017)