LIZ KOERNER
liz.koerner@gmail.com www.liz-koerner.com EDUCATION Current MFA Candidate, Furniture Design/Woodworking, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 2009
BFA Furniture Design, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS 2017
2016 2011 2009 2008
Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA SDSU Art Council Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Aztec Shops Purchase Award, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Windgate Foundation Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA San Diego Creative Weaver's Guild Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Work/Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Scholarship participant, American Craft Council Conference, Minneapolis, MN Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
RESIDENCIES 2018 Invitational Participant, Emma International Collaboration, Saskatchewan, Canada (forthcoming) Visiting Artist in Collaboration with Kathy Lam, Herekeke Arts Center, Questa, NM (forthcoming) 2017 Visiting Artist in Collaboration with Kathy Lam, Herekeke Arts Center, Questa, NM 2016 Visiting Artist in Collaboration with Kathy Lam, Herekeke Arts Center, Questa, NM 2015-16 Fine Art/Craft Fellowship, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 2012-14 Core Fellowship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2012 Collaborative Residency, Herekeke Arts Center, Questa, NM 2011 Artist, Studios Program, Root Division Art Center, San Francisco, CA EXHIBITIONS 2017
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
As Above, So Below, Franco Moragrega Gallery, San Diego, CA Wiggleroom, University Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC (forthcoming) 19th Annual Student Award Exhibition, University Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA 15th Annual SDSU Art Council Scholarship Exhibition, The Athenaeum, San Diego, CA Every Which Way, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA XIV Graduate Exhibition, University Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA Via Materia, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC Schooled, Caldwell County Arts Council, Lenoir, NC Home, The Furniture Society Members' Show, Crowe Gallery, Durham, NC 29th Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Eighteen Hands, Gorelick Social Hall, Penland, NC Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC Core Show 2012, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC Woven Through Time, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA Evident Flow, ODC Theatre Lobby, San Francisco, CA Featured artist, Aldea Home Store, San Francisco, CA Subastral Luminations, Heart Wine Bar and Gallery, San Francisco, CA Craft Forward Exhibition, Craft Forward Symposium, San Francisco, CA Family Tree: 65 Years of Woodworking in Northern California, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma,
EXHIBITIONS cont. 2010 2009 2008
Double Dip, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA Conflation, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA Un-Hinged, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Furniture Collective Show, Bruce Galleries, CCA, San Francisco, CA Show and Tell, Design Within Reach Store, San Francisco, CA Conceptual Object, FiveTen Studio, Oakland, CA CCA Math and Science Fair, Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland. CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2017 2014 2013 2011
Monica Moses, “Your Art Here” Collective Unconscious section, American Craft Magazine, April/May issue Penland School of Crafts 29th Annual Benefit Auction Catalog, Penland, NC Yoav Liberman, Liz Koerner's "Dash" Coffee Table, American Woodworker blog, April 28, 10 Year Anniversary Publication and Alumni Exhibition Catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, CA Gloria Balderas, Decor by Liz Koerner, Synchronized Chaos blog, January 8, 2011
COLLECTIONS Work held in private collections in the following locations: Berkeley, CA - Hamburg, Germany - Charlotte, NC - Raleigh, NC - Hillsborough, NC – Asheville, NC - Penland, NC - Los Angeles, CA WORK EXPERIENCE 2017
2016-17 2016 2015 2014 2012-14 2011 2010-11 2010 2009-10 2009 2006-09 2008
Instructor of Record, Art 103: 3D Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (fall) On-call substitute instructor, Woodworking, Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA Woodworking Instructor, Summer Session, Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA Teaching Assistant to Adam Manley, Intro. to Woodworking, SDSU, San Diego, CA (spring/fall) Assistant to Christine Lee for World Wood Day Installation, Kathmandu, Nepal. March 7-28 Studio Assistant, Robert Winkler Sculpture, Asheville, NC Interim Wood Studio Coordinator, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Core Fellowship work (kitchen, dining), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Youth Carpentry Instructor, Rosie's Girls Summer Program, Richmond, CA Youth Carpentry Instructor, Root Division, San Francisco, CA Fabricator, 3D Studios, Inc. Oakland, CA Carpenter, Gizmo Art Production, San Francisco, CA Design Intern, Ted Boerner, Inc. San Francisco, CA Apprentice, Debey Zito Fine Furniture & Design, San Francisco, CA Volunteer Exhibit Fabricator, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA Woodshop Monitor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Teaching Assistant to Walter Kitundu, Atelier Class, CCA, San Francisco, CA
SKILLS Design and fabrication of furniture and sculpture; teaching youth and adults; custom commissions for clients; collaboration with other artists and non-profits. Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign. Sketchup, Rhino, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Hands-on: Sketching, drafting, modelmaking, prototyping, woodworking, metalworking, photography, graphic design.