JENNY SHARAF
B. 1985 Los Angeles, CA
Based in San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2013
BFA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, 2009

EXHIBITION OF WORK (solo + two-person)

It’s All Flowers, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2023
Right About Nowish, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Solo Exhibition, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MI, 2019
California Promises, Air Project Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019
Painted Portals, Portal Point, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Pre-Fall, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Mural and Pop-Up Exhibition, Freda Salvador Flagship Store, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Jean on Jean, with Amber Jean Young, The Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, CA, 2016
CA Girl in Tokyo, Portal Point, Tokyo, Japan, 2016
New Paintings at The Shipping Container Project, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, 2016
New Work by Jenny Sharaf, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
For Your Love, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2015
Two-Person Exhibition with Alicia McCarthy, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA, 2014
Daughters of the Summer, with Gina Tuzzi, Truesilver Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Designed Identity, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Femme-Gestures: New Paintings, Henry Hudson Studios, Hudson, NY, 2013
Blonde Ambition, Backstock Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2013

EXHIBITION OF WORK (group + art fairs)

Benefit Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2025
Benefit Auction, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2025
Benefit Auction, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2024
DOG, Landscape Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2023
Annual Live Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Benefit Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Benefit Auction, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2022
Annual Live Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2022
Benefit Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA, 2022
FOG Art + Design, Berggruen Gallery booth, San Francisco, CA, 2021
Contemporary Painting, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Group Exhibition, Faultline Gallery, Marin, CA, 2020
FOG Art + Design, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
UNTITLED Art Fair, For-Site Foundation via Cheryl Haines, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Winter Group Exhibition, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Beirut Art Fair, WIP Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2019
Major Contemporary Works, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Group Exhibition, Faultline Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
CHROMA, WIP Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2019
Dallas Art Fair, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Selected Contemporary Paintings and Works on Paper, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Annual Live Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Nordic Group Show, Heron Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Plant Show, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Group Display at FOG, Park Life, San Francisco, CA, 2018
2nd Annual Art Show for SF Skate Club, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017
What’s Your Name / Who’s Your Daddy?, The Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, CA, 2017
Women’s Day Fundraiser for Oasis Girls, Three Eight, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Spectral Hues, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, 2017
Luggage Store & Adobe Books Annual Auction, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Her Room, Junior High Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
I Look For Clues in Your Dreams, curated by Heather Marx, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Between the Lines, curated by Rom Levy, The Mine Gallery, Al Quoz District, Dubai, 2016
Local II: A Group Show, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Welcome to the Left Coast, curated by Andres Guerrero and Matt Gonzalez, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Hawaii Swim 5.0, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
springsummer, The Battery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Locals Only Show, RVCA, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Going Green, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, 2016
Miscellaneous Press Edition Launch, Art Bandini Art Fair & LAABF, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Barry McGee L. Quan Healing Arts Centre, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Gatherings and Conversations, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Tomorrow, Hashimoto Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Art Night SF, UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Babe Decor, as part of the Triennial, New Museum, New York, NY, 2015
The 4%s, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Coasting, Gerson Zevi Gallery, Hamptons, NY, 2015
On Silent Haunches, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Swim 1, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Younger Than George, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Bitch, Please, N.B.D. Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Parking Lot Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Super Contemporary, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA, 2015
The Duck Show, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
UNICEF Fundraiser, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Group Show, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015
SOEX Annual Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Art Auction to Benefit Artists, curated by Matt Gonzales, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Tappan Collective Pop-Up, SOHO House, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Herradura Barrel Pop-Up, Public Works, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Coach Art Non-Profit, Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Anniversary Show, Backstock Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2014
Burst, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Mas Attack, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA, 2014
This Will Never Work, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Image Search, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, 2013
Holiday Pop-Up, Park Life, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Absolut Open Canvas, Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Surface, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA, 2013
Future Tense, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA, 2013
MFA Thesis Show, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, 2013
Art Auction to Benefit the Artists, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Free Gallery, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2013
An Art Auction, MacArthur B Arthur, Oakland, CA, 2012
Film and Video Screenings, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2012
Spookfest Film Festival, with Mike Kuchar, 2012
A.T.O. (A Temporary Offering), San Francisco, CA, 2012
Beauty, curated by Glen Helfand and Katrina Traywick, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2012
Rio Grande Installation, A.T.O. (A Temporary Offering), San Francisco, CA, 2012
Fortnight, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2012

PUBLIC ART + SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS

Entrance Installation, FOG Art + Design, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Site-Specific Mural, Ratio via Landscape, Emeryville, CA, 2022
Site-Specific Mural, Google HQ, Mountain View, CA, 2018
Site-Specific Installation, Bonobos, Walnut Creek, CA, 2018
Site-Specific Installation, Vans HQ, Costa Mesa, CA, 2018
Site-Specific Installation for Cultured Magazine, FOG Art + Design, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Featured Artist / Painted Chevrolet, Headlands Art Center, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Installation for Sign All Day Cafe, Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan, 2017
Mural Sponsored by TOKYU, Nake-Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, 2017
Printed Wallpaper for Lobby and Outdoor Installations, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Mural and Installations for Desert Gold & Coachella Events, The Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, CA, 2016
Site-Specific Triptych, Google HQ, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Installation with Charles de Lisle and Cultured Magazine, FOG Art + Design, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Site-Specific Mural and Installation, Capital One SF Offices, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Mural on Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 2015

COLLABORATIONS + PERFORMANCES

Ceramics Collaboration and Dinner, Udatsu, Tokyo, Japan, 2023
Basel Paris Art Dinner, La Buvette, Paris, France, 2022
Live Projection Performance with KOAK, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Installation and Art Direction for La Pac Summer Soirée, La Pac HQ, Paris, France, 2016

RESIDENCIES

The Space Program, San Francisco, CA 2020 VR Artist in Residence, Google, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Artist in Residence, Google HQ, Mountain View, CA, 2018

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Public Art Tour, Rincon Hill District, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Founded Art Night SF, UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Parking Lot Art Fair — Year 2, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Art Night SF, UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Bitch, Please, N.B.D. Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Super Contemporary, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Parking Lot Art Fair (P.L.A.F.), San Francisco, CA, 2015
The Psychedelia Show, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA, August 2015
Touch the Screen: A Digital Art Exhibition, Depict, San Francisco, CA, 2014
24-Hour Telethon, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2014
#InternetFlirt Online Exhibit, NewHive.com, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Way Out West, Art City Project, San Francisco, CA, 2014
New New New Abstraction, Toomey Tourell Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Mega Pop-Up & Salon, Kiip Offices, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Image Search, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, 2013
Femmescapes, The Niles Residence, San Francisco, CA, 2013