CHANDRA CERRITO
626 Costa Drive
Napa, CA 94558
(415) 577-7537
BORN: Warwick, RI 1969
EDUCATION
• Master of Fine Arts, emphasis in sculpture, 1994, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
• Bachelor of Arts, Art History; Certificate of Visual Arts, emphasis in printmaking; 1991
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Additional course work
City and Guilds of London Art School, London, England
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Explorations in Monochromatic Art,” juried by Leah Rosenberg, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2023-24 “The Landscape Re-imagined,” produced by Startup Curatorial, Maxville Winery, St. Helena, CA
2019 Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2017 Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2016 Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2015 “A Common Thread,” curated by Susan O’Malley, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2006-15 Flat files, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “Gems II,” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2012 “Keeping Time,” Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2011 “Welcome to my World,” 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
“Rearrangement: Art and Text,” Oregon Arts Alliance, Eugene, OR
“Small Miracles,” San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, CA
2010 “COLLECT!” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
“NIMBASH,” Nimbus Arts, St. Helena, CA
2009 “The One and the Many,” The Nest Gallery, Napa, CA
“Human Draw-In,” Brown Street Gallery, Napa, CA
2008 “Treading Lightly,” Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2007 “Sculpture Show,” Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Valentine Show,” Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Art Sale 11,” The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2006 “post-Postcard 10,” The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Inaugural show, Robert Tomlinson Studio and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005 “All in the Family,” juried exhibition, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
“Fruit Stand Collective,” collaborative installation, Napa, CA
2004 “All in the Family,” curated by Rene di Rosa and Jack Rasmussen, Off the Preserve Gallery, Napa, CA
2003 “CCAC Alumni Exhibition,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Spring Grass,” curated by Gay Dawson, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2002 “Reactions,” Exit Art, New York, NY and Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
“Witness and Response,” Library of Congress, Washington, DC
“Sight Site Cite,” curated by Mia Semingson & Andrea Wallace,
The Workspace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2001 “Sight Site Cite,” Sonnenchein Gallery, Durand Institute, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
“Sight Site Cite,” Meliton Rodriguez Photographic Art Gallery, Arts Institute of
Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, South America
2000-01 “Health Through Art,” traveling show, sponsored by The Health and Human
Resources Education Center, Oakland, CA
2000 “Velvet Paintings,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “What’s in Your Bag?” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Group show and benefit auction, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
“Working From the Body,” curated by Philip Buller, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
1995 MFA show, Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
“The Cookie Project,” collaborative performance, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“GTE Mobilenet Art Phone Project / Benefit Auction,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA;
KQED Headquarters, San Francisco, CA; and Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
“A Little Bit of Art,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Arte de la Strada,” collaborative chalk drawing, San Francisco, CA
1994 “At the Soft Edge of Experience” (solo), Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Sculpture,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Curated printmaking exhibition, Irwin Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Group show, Ceramics Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1991 “Paper Shadows” (solo), Lucas Gallery, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ COMMISSIONS
2009 “Sky Marker,” approved proposal for monumental sculpture, Centennial Towers South San Francisco, CA
(not realized due to property sale)
1999 Permanent sculpture installation, Padre Palou Community, San Francisco, CA
1998 Sculpture commission, Rossiter residence, Saratoga, CA
1997 Sculpture commission, Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA
1996 “Word Sculptures,” temporary public artwork, Market Street Art in Transit Program,
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
1989 Painting commission, Richard Fleury Law, Warwick, RI
PUBLICATIONS
Ascarelli, Brett, “Fresh-Squeezed Talent in New Fruit Stand Collective,” Napa Valley Register, September 28, 2005
Cotter, Holland, “Amid the Ashes, Creativity,” New York Times, February 1, 2002
“From Exit Art in New York to the Santa Fe Art Institute, Artists and Arts Organizations Create and Foster Art
about September 11; Work to Heal Wounded Spirits,”
Arts Wire CURRENT, Arts Wire, http://www.artswire.org, January 2002
“Reactions 9/11,” The Osgood File, CBS Radio Network, April 3, 2002
Westbrook, Lindsey, review, East Bay Express, August 18, 2000
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Special Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Photo Americas, Portland, OR
Special Collections, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
Meliton Rodriguez Photographic Art Gallery, Collections, Art Institute of Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, South America
Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA