Born 1971 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Lives and works in Easthampton, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
2002 Master of Fine Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1995 Bachelor of Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Formal Wonders and Wandering Forms, with Skirmantis Pipas, GrizzlyGrizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Waver, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francico, CA
Wayward, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 c2c Projects, with Gary Petersen, c2c Project Space, San Francisco, CA
30's in the 40's, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Beyond a Shadow, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2010 Narwhellian, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 A Thin Line, Jackson St. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Station to Station, with Mel Prest, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2008 Needle Pulling Thread, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
Ellipsis, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 around the corner, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Red Thread, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
True North, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
The Nature Lab, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2017 Delicate Creatures, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 Summer Group Show, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Delicate Creatures, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Simplest Means, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Decade, Celebrating 10 Years, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residency Projects, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2010 The Rule of Typical Things, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Contemporary 2009: Sculpture, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2008 Expanding, Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2007 Hyper-ordinary, Y2Y Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Von Jedem Etwas, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
Nancy Boy, University Art Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
ZusammenKunst, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
Microcosm, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Art LA, Project Booth, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Take Shape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Material Matters, curated by Michael Schoolnik, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Nancy Boy, L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Nancy Boy, curated by Nancy Mizuno Elliot, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Microcosm, curated by Victoria Wagner, Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2004 and now they aren’t. but they are., Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Intersections, curated Talia Greene, Chela Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Spring Fever, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003 Closer Than You Think, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Threads, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2002 Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread, Gregory Lind Gallery,San Francisco, CA
The Tiny Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
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Knot Quite, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA
The Milhaud Chair in collaboration with Alvin Curran, Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland, CA
34th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
The Art of Collecting, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship Recipients, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco
1997 Invitational Show, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
National Juried Show of Small Work, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
1995 Thesis Show, Johnson Library Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kabat, Jennifer, "Simplest Means," Frieze, March 17, 2014
Johnson, Ken. "Simplest Means," The New York Times, January 23, 2014
Morris, Barbara. "Seth Koen: Narwhellian at Gregory Lind Gallery," Art Ltd., January 2011
Roth, David M. “Seth Koen @ Gregory Lind Gallery,” SquareCylinder.com, November 18, 2010
Sussman, Matt. “Thar She Blows,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 26, 2010
Stark, Marianna. “Witty Whittled Punctuation,” starkguide.com, February 2008
American Craft, Portfolio Section. August/September 2006, p. 56
Cash, Stephanie. "Report From San Francisco II: New and Now," Art In America, January 2006, p.62
Olson, Marisa. “Take Shape at Rena Bransten Gallery," Artweek, October 2005, p. 12
Bing, Alsion. “Around the Corner, crocheted sculpture,” sfgate.com, September 2005
Berry, Colin. “Material Matters at The LAB,” Artweek, September 2005, Vol. 36, Issue 7, p. 14
Bing, Alsion. “Take Shape,” ePick-Art, sfgate.com, August 12-18, 2005
Morris, Barbara. “Nancy Boy at Richmond Art Center,” Artweek, May 2005, Vol. 36, Issue 4, p. 15
Wennermark, Erik. “Intersections,” Radar, Baltimore Arts & Culture 11, June 2004
Janku, Laura. Review, Sculpture Magazine, May 2004
Allen, Steven Robert. "High Brow Seamstresses Threads at Richard Levy Gallery," Alibi, December 25-31, 2003, Vol. 12, no. 52, p. 20
Nataraj, Nirmala. “Closer Than You Think,” sfstation.com, December 2003
Rufus, Anneli. “City Focus: San Francisco,” ARTnews, June 2003
Bing, Alison. “The Art of Abbreviation,” ePick-Art, sfgate.com, June 2003
Bing, Alison. “Sewn Together,” ePick-Art, sfgate.com, April 10-16, 2003
Westbrook, Lindsey. “Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread,” Critic’s Choice: Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 2, 2003, p.77
Koppman, Debra. “Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread,” Previews, Artweek, March 2003, Vol. 34, Issue 2, p.25
Laura Richard Janku. “Sewn Together,” Catalogue essay, Gregory Lind Gallery, 2003
Crump, Anne. “For Art’s Sake,” Ex Files, San Francisco Examiner, August 21, 2001
AWARDS and HONORS
Visiting Artist, Mt. Holyoke College, South Haley, MA, 2016
Kala Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2011
Nominated for the Painters and Sculptors Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, 2009
Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2008
Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2007
Juror, Annual Art Exhibition, St. Francis Catholic High School, Sacramento, CA, 2006
Visiting Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2006
Visiting Artist, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, 2006
Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2006
Nominated for the SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2006
Visiting Artist, University of California, Davis, 2005
Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2005
Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Visiting Artist, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2003
Jay DeFeo Prize, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2002
Graduate Research Grant, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2002
Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2002
Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2001
Trefethen Fellowship for Merit, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2001
Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 2001
Nominated to the Dedalus Foundation Masters of FIne Arts Fellowship, 2001