RESUME

Education
MFA, California College of the Arts
BA, Simon’s Rock at Bard College

Public Collections
Portland Art Museum
Berkeley Art Museum
Kala Art Institute
International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Solo Exhibitions 
2022 Some Women, Nine Gallery, Portland
2018 State Dinner, Anytime Dept., Cincinnati
2017 Trouble at Home, Stroboskop Gallery, Warsaw
     Soft Actor, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara
2014 An Exhibition That Might Exist, Feldman Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
2012 La Borinqueña (collaboration with A. Will Brown), Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
2009 Assembly, line, image, system, Miller Gallery at Linfield College, Linfield
     Like Magic, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City
2006 Bean Gilsdorf & Dan Gilsdorf, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
     A Change of Scenery, Portland Modern, Portland

Selected Recent Group Exhibitions 
2024 Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland
2023 The Rose, lumber room, Portland
2022 New Open Letters, Broodthaers Society of America, New York
2021 Time Being, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland
2020 Born to Be Alive, Season, Seattle
     Fashion-Conscious, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga
2019 DEAR LUCY, Upfor Gallery, Portland
2018 Between Here and the Machine, Carnation Contemporary, Portland 
     Facsimile, Ace Hotel, Chicago 
     Companion Pieces, Anytime Dept., Cincinnati
     Reliant Objects, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland
     Spirited Probabilities, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2017 Takeover, Alter Space, San Francisco
     Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven
     xoxoxo, Salon Akademii, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
2016 Rocky Landscape, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
     Rocky Landscape, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
     Rocky Landscape, Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
     Transforming Milk Into Milk, RedLine Center for Contemporary Art, Denver
     Thinking of You: Bean Gilsdorf & Ray Mack, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco
     Mistaken Impressions, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Triple Take, Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco
     Make Things (Happen), Interface Gallery, Oakland
2014 Strange Bedfellows, Kaplan Gallery at VisArts, Rockland
     Social in Practice: The Art of Collaboration, New York University, New York
     Social in Practice: The Art of Collaboration, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York
     Dead Ringer, Fowler Project Space, Brooklyn

Recent Awards, Fellowships, and Residencies
2024 Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon
   Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, New York
2023 Ford Family Foundation Fellowship Residency, Ucross, Sheridan, Wyoming
   Regional Arts and Culture Council Arts3C Grant, Portland, Oregon
2022 Lower Cavity Artist Residency, Holyoke, Massachusetts
   Oregon Arts Commission Grant, Salem, Oregon
2021 Regional Arts and Culture Council Make Grant, Portland, Oregon
2020 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, New York, New York
   Oregon Arts Commission Grant, Salem, Oregon
2019 Pine Meadow Ranch Artist Residency, Sisters, Oregon
2018 SPACES Art Writer in Residence, Cleveland, Ohio
   18th Street Arts Center Artist Residency, Santa Monica, California
2016 Fulbright Fellowship to Warsaw, Poland (2016–17)
2015 Fulbright Fellowship to Warsaw, Poland (2015–16)
2014 Artist Residency, Little Paper Planes, San Francisco, California
   Visiting Artist Residency, Oolite Arts, Miami, Florida
2013 Artist Residency, Sou'wester Lodge, Seaview, Washington
2012 Thematic Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada 
   Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
2011 Graduate Fellowship Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2009 Graduate Full Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California

Selected Bibliography
2023
Sasha Archibald, “The Rose,” 4 Columns, September 15, 2023
Claudia LaRocco, "A Bowl with Holes in It," Contemporary Art Stavanger, June 19, 2023
Editorial, “Bean Gilsdorf: Some Women,” Full Bleed Journal, issue 6, June 2023
Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller, “Bean Gilsdorf,” Beyond the Studio Podcast, April 2023
2022
Lindsay Costello, “VizArts Monthly: Photographs in a New Light,” Oregon Artswatch, July 5, 2022
2021
Connor Reed, “The Best Oregon-Made Movies, Books, Music & Art of 2021,” Portland Monthly, December 8, 2021    
Craft & the Hyperobject (book), Center for Arts Research, University of Oregon, April 2021
2020    
Amelia Rina, "Studio Visit: Bean Gilsdorf," BOMB Magazine, December 16, 2020
Elizaveta A. Shneyderman, "Love Letter to Bean Gilsdorf," Variable West, October 20, 2020
2018    
Editorial, "Between Here and the Machine," JOURNAL.FYI, December 5, 2019         
Will Brown, “Bean Gilsdorf: Arts Writing + Cleveland,” Arthopper, October 17, 2018
Editorial, "Resource: Bean Gilsdorf, State Dinner," The Rib, September 18, 2018
Roula Seikaly, “Soft Power,” Humble Arts Foundation, September 6, 2018  
Hrag Vartanian, "Required Reading," Hyperallergic, March 18, 2018
Carolina Miranda, "Essential Arts & Culture," Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2018
2017     
Stephen Grant, “A Contemporary Art Gallery in New Haven Invites Artists to Reflect on the 
American Flag,” Huffington Post, June 14, 2017
Karolina Plinta, “Zombie internet atakuje,” Szum, May 26, 2017
Michael Paglia, “Transforming Milk Into Milk at RedLine,” Denver Westword, September 21, 2017
2016     
Mark Taylor, “Past, Present, No Future,” emptypictures.net, June 6, 2016
Kimberly Chun, “Local artists take a look at American identity,” SF Chronicle,  May 18, 2016
2015    
Sean J. Patrick Carney, "Site-Specific Comedy," Art in America, May 29, 2015