Education
| 1990 | M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland, CA |
| 1977 | B.A., San Francisco State University, CA |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Winters’ Bloom; Bill Russell & Kerry Vander Meer, Sofie Contemporary Gallery, Calistoga, CA |
| 2022 | Breakout, MOCAS Group Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2019 | Duet: Collaboration with Kathleen King, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2018 | The Shape of It, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Kerry Vander Meer: Mixed Media, Shige Sushi, Cotati, CA | |
| 2017 | Constructing the Plate, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2015 | Kerry Vander Meer New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2014 | Syzygy, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland CA |
| 2013 | In the Grid, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2012 | Kerry Vander Meer, San Francisco Museum of Art Café, San Francisco, CA |
| Red in the Interlude, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| 2011 | The Space Between, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2010 | Traces: New Works by Kerry Vander Meer, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA |
| Kerry Vander Meer: Recent Paintings, 550 California Street, San Francisco, CA | |
| Kerry Vander Meer: Works on Paper, 199 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2009 | Kerry Vander Meer: New Work, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA |
| Clusters, Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA | |
| 2007 | Kerry Vander Meer, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA |
| 2005 | Kerry Vander Meer: New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Cafe, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 | Bones of Eire, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Hardly There, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA |
| Kerry Vander Meer: New Work, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1999 | Hardly There, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 | Ultimately Perfect II, performance, The Oliver Art Center, CA College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1993 | Ultimately Perfect, California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1991 | Installation, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA |
| 1990 | Kerry Vander Meer, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1986 | Openings, Judith Litvich Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 1985 | Atlantillian Images, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1981 | En Pointe, Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA |
| The Dance, Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA. N.E.A. Project Grant Recipient |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | The deYoung Open 2023!, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| Shape Shifters, Garvey/Simon Gallery, San Anselmo, CA | |
| 2021 | M-20 15th year Anniversary Show, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2019 | Subject Object, Roving Venue, Healdsburg, CA |
| 2018 | It's Complicated, NIAD gallery, Richmond CA. curated by Kathleen King |
| Connect & Collect, ICA /San Jose 38th Annual Art Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, CA | |
| 2017 | Pressing On: Contemporary Printmaking, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA |
| 2016 | The Map is Not the Territor: Parallel Patterns-Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish, Arab, American National Museum, Dearborn, MI |
| Forma Natura, Arts Benecia Gallery, Benica, CA | |
| Glass Slipper to Glass Ceiling, 20th Reunion Exhibit of The Beauty Project, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| A Common Thread OAKLAND, A Collaboration with Robert Strati & Valerie Garry, M20 Gallery, Oakland CA | |
| Winter Group Exhibition, Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA | |
| 2015 | ICA Art Exhibit and Auction, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA |
| 2014 | Flora and Fauna, San Ramon Valley Conference Center, San Ramon, CA |
| Upstairs Gallery Group Show, Hammerfriar, Healdsburg, CA | |
| Art From the Heart, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA | |
| Transformation of Connectivity, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| 2013 | Cullowhee Mountain Arts Faculty Invitational, Fine Art Museum Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC |
| The Map is not the Territory: Parallel Patterns-Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish, The Jerusaleum Fund Gallery, Washington D.C | |
| Small Works: Delectable and Collectable, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| 2012 | XX: Women, Art & Science, Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA |
| The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, Saint Mary's College Museum of Art, Morage, CA | |
| The Back Room, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA | |
| Michigan, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Terrain, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Kalassal, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2011 | Less than Large, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| You Can't Make Art by Making Art, Chandra Cerritos Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| 2010 | Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY |
| Introductions 2010, Seattle Arts Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Exploring Contemporary Printmaking, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, San Rafael, CA Juried by Karin Breuer, Curator, Achenback Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. |
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| ICA Monotype Marathon 2010, ICA, San Jose, CA | |
| Collect, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2009 | Art That Embraces an Ecological Ethic, Work by Four Eco Artists: Erica Fielder, Robin Lasser, Virginia Stears, & Kerry Vander Meer, Partners Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA |
| 2008 | Winter Exhibition, Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA |
| Red Dot Art Fair, London, England | |
| Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
| The Affordable Art Fair, New York, New York | |
| The Veil: Visible & Invisible Spaces, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado; Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; University of Connecticut-Groton; East Indiana University-Richmond; California State University-Dominguez Hills. | |
| May Show, Soho Myriad, Altanta Georgia | |
| 2007 | Three Dimensions: Eight Sculptors, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Common Threads, Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Material Culture Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA | |
| Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY | |
| Inaugural Group Exhibition, Issa Galleria, Houma, LA | |
| 2 x 2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| ICA's 27th Annual Fall Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA | |
| 2006 | Hair Dialogue - An Installation Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
| Hair Raising, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA | |
| New Lines: Drawn, Stitched and Sculpted, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA | |
| Happiness for all the Artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA | |
| Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Spring Gallery, The New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation, Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2005 | Lines & Curves, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Eco-visions, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2004 | Day of the Dead, Museum of Art, Mazatlan, Mexico |
| Vital Visionaries: Artists Respond to the Environmental Crisis, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio | |
| Inner Workings, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
| Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA | |
| Revealing Influences: Conversations with Bay Area Artists, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, J. Wayne Stark University Ctr. Galleries, College Station, TX | |
| 2002 | Being There: 45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
| Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY | |
| 2001 | The Art of Collecting, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Woven Vessels and Sculptures from the Collection of Karen and Robert Duncan, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE |
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| WEAD Eco-Art=eco-activism, John F. Kennedy University Arts Annex, Berkeley, CA | |
| An Art Odyssey, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| 2000 | Now What? Reflections on the past 100 years, Eyre/Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Four Montalvo Artists Reflect on Organic Forms, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA | |
| Fall Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA juried by Todd Hosfelt | |
| 1999 | Natural Selection, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Needle Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA | |
| Eccentric Structures, Works, San Jose, CA (4 person exhibit) | |
| In Time and Eye, Society for Ecological Restoration International Conference, S. F., CA | |
| 1998 | Labyrinth: A Day of the Dead, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| Bay Area Sculptors IV: Abstraction, Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA | |
| 1997 | Scene-Unseen, Eastern New Mexico Univ., Portales, NM Juried by Lucy Lippard Award |
| Yosemite Renaissance XII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA & traveling Award | |
| 1996 | Translucency, Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1995 | Old Growth, Raw Space Gallery, ARC, Chicago, Illinois |
| Apartment Store, Exit Art, New York, NY | |
| 1994 | Mirror, Mirror. Gender Roles and Historical Significance of Beauty, The Oliver Art Center, C. C. A. C., Oakland, CA |
| Measuring Up, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA | |
| Art As a Forum For Social Change, Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco State University | |
| 1993 | 1920 The Subtlety of Subversion, The Continuitey of Intervention, Exit Art, New York, NY |
| Beauty, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, NM | |
| 1992 | Regeneration, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| Marin Arts Council Sculpture Grantees, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA | |
| 1991 | Art & Trends, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., juried by Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney Museum: Award |
| 1990 | M.F.A. Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
Grants & Residencies
| 2014 | Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant Recipient, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, |
| 2001 | Artist in Residence, Foundation Valpariso, Spain |
| 2000 | Artist in Residence, Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York |
| 1997 | Artist in Residence, Cill Railaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland |
| 1995 | Artist in Residence, Villa Montalvo, Santa Clara, CA |
| 1991 | Visual Arts Grant in Sculpture, Marin Arts Council, Marin County, CA |
| 1990 | Departmental Assistantship & Residence Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
Related Experience
| 2012 | Moos, Kristi. Poecology Online Magazine Issue 2, Featured Cover Artist, August |
| Cheng, DeWitt. Artillery Magazine, You Can't Make Art by Making Art, March | |
| 2011 | Cheng, DeWitt. The East Bay Express, Co-Options: Compare and Contrast at Mercury 20, November |
| Cheng, DeWitt. The East Bay Express, Co-Options, October 19-35 | |
| 2006 | NBC Channel 11, News interview by Bob Redell on Hair Raising show at San Jose ICA, January 23 |
| KGO, Channel 7 (ABC), What's Hot, film on Hair Raising Show, February | |
| Gant, Michael S. Metro Active, Threads of Memory: Human Hair Connects the Generations at SJICA | |
| Hendrix, Anastasia. San Francisco Chronicle, Tressed Out: Art of the top of our Heads, January 15 | |
| 2003 | Cash, Stephanie. Art in America, Report From San Francisco: Surviving and Thriving, November |
| Bing, Alison. Artweek, Craft: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? November | |
| A Report Revealing Influences, Museum of Craft and Folk Art Conversations with Bay Area Artists, October | |
| 2002 | Thompson, Sandy. Artweek, Mary Mountcastle Eubank, Zea Morvita and Kerry Vander Meer... June |
| 2001 | Rohan, Theres. The Gallery at Villa Montalvo: Selected Exhibitions from 1996 through 2000 |
| 1999 | Cebulski, Frank. Artweek, Essential Structures at Works/San Jose |
| Thym, Jolene. The Oakland Tribune, Come Visit Frog Pad at Hang Gallery, July 16 | |
| Ruttenberg, Danya. The Express, Over There, July 2 | |
| San Francisco Focus, Happenings, July | |
| 1998 | Thym, Jolene Oakland Tribune, Sculpture Court Shows off its Eclectic Collection, July |
| 1997 | Spotlight Sentinel, Beneath the Surface 'Translucency' Explores the Unknown, March |
| 1996 | Hull Webster, Mary. Artweek, Manipulated Desires, July 21 |
| Ginley, Jacqueline. West County Times, Art in Pursuit of Beauty, September 27 | |
| 1993 | Cotter, Holland. The New York Times, Group Show with Feminist Message, April 16 |
| 1991 | Conway, R. Diablo Valley College Enquirer, Vander Meer Art Fluid in Form |
| 1990 | The New Fillmore, On the Wall and Off the Wall, July |
| 1989 | Talley, Charles. Artweek, Plateaus of Invention, March 18 |
| 1985 | Fiberarts Magazine, Public Fiber: Looking at the Logistics, interview by J. Koplos, January |
Collections & Corporate Commissions
| YouTube, San Francisco, CA |
| San Francisco Art Commission Collection, San Francisco, CA, 2011 and 2012 |
| Alameda County Art Collection, Alameda County, CA |
| Oakland Museum Permanent Collection, Oakland, CA |
| BankAmerica Corporation Art Collection, San Francisco, CA |
| Imagery Winery, Glen Allen, CA |
| Cill Railaig Art Collection, Ballenskelligs, Ireland |
| San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| Baltimore Federal Savings &Loan Association, Baltimore, MD |
| nextmonet. com, San Francisco, CA |
| e-Bay, San Jose, CA |
| Cindy Sherman, New York, N.Y. |
| Neiman-Marcus, Copley Place, Boston, MA |
| Foundation Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain |
| Kaiser Permanenta, Oakland (multiple hospitals), Santa Rosa, Sacramento, CA |