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Dorothy Nissen Exhibition History contact: dorothynissen@comcast.net
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Exhibitions
2009

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1998
1995
1992
Stalking the Feral Artist, a Series of Monoprints, Sponsored by the Dream Institute,
Fox Commons Gallery, Berkeley
Stalking the Feral Artist and Other Non-Parallel Texts, MFA Exhibition,
JFK University Arts & Consciousness Gallery
The Unfortunate Case of Dora P., JFKU A&C Gallery Annex, Berkeley, CA
Dear Remote Male Server (The Seaweed Letters), JFKU A&C Gallery Annex
My Name Is Ozymandias, JFKU A&C Gallery Annex
I Dream of Us, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley
MousePiece, JFKU A&C Gallery Annex, Berkeley
Deconstructing [Moi], California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco
Mars + Friends, CIIS, San Francisco
Confessions of My Inner Dog, C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco
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Gallery Route One 25th Annual Juried Show, Point Reyes Station
Women Artists on Immigration,
http://waoi.blobspot.com/
Deuces Wild,
Gallery Route One, Reyes Station
Balancing Perspectives; East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art,
JFKU A&C Gallery
Sometimes Books VII,
Point Reyes Station
Sit Down and Read, K Gallery, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda. Juror: Kathy Walkup, Mills College
WOW (Women on War), Mission Cultural Center, SF. Juror: Karen Tsujimoto, Oakland Museum
Wild Book Show, Point Reyes Books
I Dream of Us, I Dream of a Painting, and La Vida Pura at www.youtube.com/user/dotwiz
Sustain Our Environment Postcard Show, WCA + CAA, Fort Worth, TX. Curator: P. Otani
Alumni Show, JFKU A&C Gallery. Curator: Doreen Coyne
Sometimes Books VI, Point Reyes Station

Cutting Edge Books, PCBA Annual Juried Exhibition, Cal State Hayward. Juror: Tanya Wilkinson
Nordic Mysteries, Addison Street Windows, Berkeley. Curator: Elizabeth Stokebye
Sometimes Books V, Point Reyes Station
Graduate Exhibition 2007, JFKU A&C Gallery, Curator: D. Coyne
2X2, JFKU A&C Gallery
Sometimes Books III, Point Reyes Station

Dream Art (a Web-Exhibition), International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD).

Multiplicity/Simplicity, Alameda Art Center. Curator: Melissa Harmon
Chroma Collective, Giorgy Gallery, Berkeley
2x2, JFKU A&C Gallery
Sometimes Books II, Point Reyes Station.
CirCA NOW: What’s Hot in the Emerging Artist Scene, Oakland Museum Restaurant Gallery
Bound/Unbound, Sonoma County Arts Council, Santa Rosa
Dream Art 2005, IASD Conference, Berkeley.
Curator: Tomoko Murikami
From Escalante to the Ocean
(Artist’s Books), Cocono Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona
Nordic 5 Arts 2005, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley
Luminance, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Dreaming Mind/Conscious Mind, JFKU A&C Gallery (in collaboration with NIAD), Berkeley
Peripheral Vision; Lens -Based Art, JFKU Arts & Consciousness Gallery, Berkeley
Books 04, Noosa Regional Gallery, Australia
Paper Cuts, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo Community Arts Foundation
NIAD Invitational Print Exhibit,
Florence Ludin-Katz Gallery, NIAD Art Center, Richmond
Women Against Violence, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco
The Unfortunate Case of Dora P., (in joint show with John Saunders), JFKU A&C Gallery Annex
2x2, JFKU A&C Gallery
The Mediated Image, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
Under the Nails (New Prints), Ardency Gallery, Oakland
Women Against Violence, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley
Dear Thea (Handmade Books), JFKU A&C Gallery Annex, Berkeley
2x2, JFKU A&C Gallery
San Francisco Coalition for the Homeless Show, Somarts, San Francisco
The Heart of China, JFKU A&C Gallery
ProArts Open Studio Show, Oakland
Group Show, National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
National Women's Caucus for Arts Show, Goethe Institute, Kathmandu
2x 2, JFKU A&C Gallery
Live Stills (Digital Art), Communications Technology Cluster, Oakland
Serial Monogamy, Communications Technology Cluster, Oakland
Bay Area Figurative 2000: A Celebration of the Human Form, Somarts, San Francisco
The Female Gaze, Ohlone College
What Is Art For? William T. Wiley & Mary Webster + 100 Artists, Oakland Museum of California
Millennuim, City College of San Francisco
Working From the Figure, Arts Benecia
Doll Show, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Images and Objects, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California
Works on Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto
Books at Califia Gallery, San Francisco
Group Shows, Arts Way, Emeryville
Pacific Center for the Book Arts Exhibition, San Francisco Public Library
Telling Stories, Mills College

Awards
Publications
Video,
Performance,
Reading


"The Earth Is an Alembic," Jung Journal, Fall 2007.
See online: //caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/jung.2007.1.4.18.
Videos: I Dream of Us, I Dream of a Painting, and La Vida Pura at www.youtube.com/user/dotwiz
"Cutting Edge Books," Ampersand; Quarterly Journal of the Pacific Center
for the Book Arts,
Fall 2007, 25:1, 19.
ARTBEAT, Newsletter of NCWCA, Ed. Dorothy Nissen, Fall, 2007.

What Good Is Art? a Studio DotWiz book, Oakland Museum of California, 1999.
2 Awards of Distinction (design & illustration), CASE (Council for Advancement of Education), 1999.
Spread in Designer's Handbook of Booklets & Brochures, RC Publications, New York, 1997.
Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, 1996.
Confessions of My Inner Dog, Reading, ARAS, C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, 1992.
Art in Manchester Guardian, Ms. Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Review of Books, Yoga Journal, 1992 America, Ampersand, ArtBeat, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco Library Journal, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Jung Journal, Libera Magazine, Metis.
Agit Prop Street Theater under the direction of Richard Schechner, NYC.
Dance Performance choreographed by Deborah Hay, Whitney Museum, NYC.

Teaching
Hatha Yoga, Alameda Adult Schools; Drawing the Body From Within the Body, Collage and Drawing Process, Bookmaking & DTP, Art’s Way, Emeryville; Mentor, Antioch West; Art and Humanities (middle school), NYC inner city schools; Assistant Teacher, Operation Headstart, Brooklyn, NY.

Education
BA (honors freshman and senior years), Scripps College, Claremont, CA; MA, Claremont University, CA; Max Beckmann Scholarship, Brooklyn Museum School, N.Y.