EDUCATION
2016
MFA, Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010
BFA, Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2021
Restoration Specialist, Claremont Rug Company, Oakland, CA
2016
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Low Budget, High Art [Alicia McCarthy], Spring 2016)
2015
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Contemporary Practice [Alicia McCarthy], Fall 2015)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Out of Hand, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Uncontained: Reimagining Basketry, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (upcoming)
Material Instinct, 120710, Berkeley, CA
2023
73rd A•ONE, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Intertwined, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco, CA
Shape / Form / Structure, Site:Brooklyn, online exhibition
Open Air 2023, The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
2022
INTRICACY: The 19th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Excellence in Fibers VII, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
In Tension, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
Ginga, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA
43rd Annual Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2020
The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Keep for Old Memoirs, Young Space, online exhibition
2019
Dysfunctional, RVCA, San Francisco, CA
Beyond the Warp and Weft: The Enduring Legacy of Bauhaus, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco, CA
2018
Introductions 2018, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
U.B.U., Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Simmer, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017
Two-Person Exhibition, Surface, Miranda Kuo Gallery, New York, NY
Le Salon de Diego, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Courtyard Alumni Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2016
SCHEMA, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
SF Art Show, FLAX Art & Design, San Francisco, CA
SFAI MFA Highlights, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Graduate Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA
2015
Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS / HONORS / RESIDENCIES
2023
Carole Eisner Sculpture Award, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2022
Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2020
Bay Area Arts Worker Relief Fund Grant, Independent Arts & Media, San Francisco, CA
2019
Senior Fellow, Emerging Artist Fellowship, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Artist in Residence, The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (May)
Artist in Residence, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (April)
2016
Ella King Torrey Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2015
Cadogan Scholarship, The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
SFAI Graduate Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2014
SFAI Graduate Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010
Dean’s List, (Fine Arts, Fall 2010), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS
2022
Visiting Artist talk and demonstration, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (Basic Studio Sculpture [Catherine Solari], Spring 2022).
Visiting Artist talk, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (MFA Project Seminar [Monica Bock], Spring 2022).
2020
Demonstration and critique, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA (Beginning Sculpture [Sahar Khoury], Fall 2020).
2018
Artist talk and demonstration, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA (Fiber Sculpture I-IV [Carole Beadle], Spring 2018).
2016
Artist talk, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Low Budget, High Art [Alicia McCarthy], Fall 2016).
Artist talk and demonstration, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (Introduction to Visual Thinking [Sahar Khoury], Spring 2016).
2015
Workshop Instructor, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (Wire Working).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Todd Larson, “Tension and Transformation on Valencia Street,” An//Other Blog, March 28, 2022. https://www.startupartfair.com/blog/tension-and-transformation-on-valencia-street
Beth Smith, Excellence in Fibers VII, Fiber Art Now 11, no. 2 (Spring 2022): 45.
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, A Vision and Beyond: Five Points Invites Us to View Art’s Tactility, Republican American, January 22, 2022. https://www.rep-am.com/featured/2022/01/22/a-vision-and-beyond-five-points-invites-us-to-view-arts-tactility/
Ricardo J. Reyes, PhD, Virtual Artist Talk, January 21, 2022. https://fivepointsarts.org/2022/01/22/artist-talk-wonderfully-tactile/
2021
Noelle Foye, Becca Barolli: Weaving with Wire, Basketry+ no. 82 (June 2021): 2-6.
Rachel Adams, “Artists to Watch,” ArtConnect, June 2021. https://www.magazine.artconnect.com/becca-barolli
Helen Adams, Tips for Photographing Textile Art by Becca Barolli, Textile Curator, May 27, 2021. https://www.textilecurator.com/tips-for-photographing-textile-art-by-becca-barolli/
Pamela Blotner with Gina Telcocci, Interview, Artists’ Exchange, Zoom, May 15, 2021.
2020
Shelley Rugg and Laura Natkins, Interview, Secret Sauce, KWMR Radio, Point Reyes Station, CA, February 29, 2020.
2019
Margherita Toso, “Astrattismo d’acciaio,” Artdefil, May 24, 2019. http://artdefil.altervista.org/beca-barolli/
2016
Alan Bamberger, “Andrea Schwartz – Rayko,” Art Business, Aug 03, 2016. http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/080316.html
Alan Bamberger, “San Francisco Art Institute: 2016 MFA Graduate Exhibition,” Art Business, May 11, 2016. http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/051116.html
Poppy Rooney, “Artfinder Meets: Becca Levine,” The Artfinder Blog: Inside the Studio, July 26, 2016. http://www.artfinder.com/blog/post/becca-levine
COLLECTIONS
Charlotte and Raul Herrera, Rochester, NY
Dale Cook, San Francisco, CA
George Massar and Doug Kinzley of Kneelder Fauchère, Sydney, Australia
Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA
Mike Krouse, San Francisco, CA
Rachel Leff-Kich, San Francisco, CA
Scott Heckes, Carmichael, CA
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