Sean Howe                                

howesean@gmail.com

Born in Tacoma, WA

Lives and works in Oakland, CA

Education

2018      Masters of Fine Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2010      Urban Permaculture Designer, Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco, CA

2007      BFA: Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Inhabitants, Qualia Contemporary Art, Palo Alto

Spillways, Koplin del Rio, Seattle, WA

2018      Resilience in Letters and Numbers, Unveiling, May View Community Health  Center, Mountain View, CA

2015      Respite from Summer Landscaping, Gettis Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010      So Fertile, 685 Haight St, Apt.12, San Francisco, CA

2007      Tunnel Vision, BFA Exhibition, Ceramics and Metal Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA

     You, Animal, Parnassus Cafe and Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003      Instruments, Christopher Mathie Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA

Group Exhibitions, Events

2020 Monster Drawing Rally, Hosted by Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Art Kala 2020, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2019 Monster Drawing Rally, Hosted by Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2018 8th Anniversary Group Show, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Bay Area MFA, Curated by Artsource, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA 

Where here, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford, CA 

Rule No Rule, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

Resilience in Letters & Numbers, May View Community Health Center, Mountain View, CA

2017        Molten Menagerie, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

                 A Language of Prehistoric Sound, Gospel Flats Farm Stand, Bolinas, CA

                 Hi-5, Coulter Art Gallery, Stanford, CA

2016       Light Leaks, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco, CA

2014       Bay Area Now 7, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

                Affordable Care,  Rooz Cafe, Oakland, CA

2013       Staff Show, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

2012      Great North American Bird Dog, VAMP, Oakland, CA

2011      Breadth: A Cross Examination of Seattle Portraits, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

2010      Animal Board, T.R. Pollicita Middle School, Daly City, CA

               Survival Annex, The Curiosity Shoppe, San Francisco, CA

               Bivouac, Queens Nails, San Francisco, CA

2009      Orange Alley Murals, Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               Project Survival Benefit, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco. CA

               An Unfinished Edge, Vermillion Art Gallery, Seattle. WA

2008     Ceramics + Photography, BFA Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

              House, Tree, Sun, Yard, etc. , Contemporary Center for the Arts, Seattle, WA

              Clay? II, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2007     Time Based Works and Digital Video, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006     Mostra, Palazzo Pio Gallery, Rome, Italy

Awards/Fellowships/Publications

2020 “How to Look at Sean Howe’s Crawlers, Swimmers, Flyers,” by Jasmyne Keimig, The Stranger

2018 New American Paintings, No. 139, Pacific Coast Issue

Tournesol Award Finalist: Alternate, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2016-18 James Williams Borrelli Fellowship in Art (Provided from Stanford University), Stanford, CA

2007 Juror’s Award, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

Residencies

2019 Resident Artist, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA Session 2

Artist Talks

2020 Opening with Cate White and gallery director Dacia Xu, Qualia Contemporary, Palo Alto, CA

2019 Artist Talk with collaborator Jessica Baer, December 3rd, Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA