Jonathan Barcan

Biography

For the past 12 years Jonathan has been immersed in the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area creative scene, where he has both participated in and curated arts/music events in a variety of locations. Jonathan earned a BFA from San Francisco State University in 2007 and recently in 2011, MFA from SUNY Buffalo. As a dedicated Painter/Printmaker/Installation Artist he has exhibited internationally, including shows in Oakland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Beijing, Montreal, Toronto, and Florence, Italy. Solo Exhibitions 2011, “Things Fragment, Things Merge,” Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, Ny 2011, “Supervenience,” The Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, Ny Group Exhibitions 2012, “Translation,” The Today Museum, Beijing, China (Scheduled) 2011, “The Guerilla Show,” Arc Studios, San Francisco, Ca 2011, “Translation,” SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 2010, “Crossing Borders,” Concordia University, Montreal, QC 2010, “Crossing Borders,” Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON 2010, “Flooded”, # The Vault Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2010 “mART Collaborative Exhibition,” Artspace Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2010, “Mini mART,” Basement Gallery, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 2010, “Zoetrope”, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 2010, “Dream Day Drawing,” University of Texas, Benton, TX 2010, “Dream Day Drawing”, University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009, “Members Show”, Big Orbit, Buffalo, Ny 2009, “More Please”, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, Ny 2009, “Image vs. Text”, El Rio, San Francisco, Ca 2008, “Art Clash”*, California State University, Florence, IT 2007, “The Giving Tree,” Burning Man, Blackrock City, NV (Artist Foundation Grant) 2007, “Stillwell”*, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Ca 2007, “In Praise of Beauty and Disorder”, Ex-chiesa di San Barnabiti, Florence, IT 2006, “Great Distance”, Luka’s, Oakland, Ca 2006, “Stillwell”*, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Ca 2005, “Intermission”, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, Ca 2005, “Inside Out”, The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, Ca 2005, “Wouldn’t You Rather Stay At Home?”, The Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, Ca 2005, “Document,” 40th Street Warehouse, Oakland, Ca