Mission Statement

Raising awareness and educating the public through high fashion made from recyclable materials.

Artist Resume

                                                        ELISE CHEVAL
www.elisecheval.com                                                                                  
elisecheval@gmail.com


Education:


College of Marin, 2012, Associates Degree in Art
College of Marin, 2005, Associates Degree in Music
                              Present, Art Student in Painting and Printmaking
Feldenkrais Guild, 1999, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
University of Illinois, 1989, Masters Degree in Biology

EXHIBITIONS

2013

      ·   GARB-age, Solo Show, 1111 Broadway, Oakland CA, Curated by Alexander Lee

          Cefalo, San Francisco, CA
      ·   GARB-age, Solo Show, Gymboree Corporation, San Francisco, CA, Curated by

          Alexander Lee Cefalo, San Francisco, CA
      ·   Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Out of Order, Member's Show, Novato, CA
      ·   O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, "My Favorite Myth", Mill Valley, CA
      ·   GARB-age, Solo Show, Union Bank and Corporate Headquarters, Curated by

          Alexander Lee Cefalo, San Francisco, CA
      ·   Healdsburg Center For the Arts, "Everything Equine",  Healdsburg, CA
      ·   Healdsburg Center For the Arts, "Seeing Red",  Healdsburg, CA
      ·   Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Member's Show, "State of Mind",

          Honorable Mention, Novato, CA
      ·   O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Member's Show, Mill Valley, CA
2012
      ·     Solo Exhibit, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
      ·     Marin Sanitary Service, Educational Facility, Debut Projet GREEN Runway  

           Trashion Show, San Rafael, CA
      ·     Bekris Gallery, San Francisco, Hats Stand 4 Hope, breast cancer research
           fund-raiser for Roni Mentzer
      ·    Sonoma Trashion Show, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA
      ·    The Elements Show, O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley 
      ·    The Momentum Show, Women's Caucus For the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
      ·    Solo Show: "A Woman For All Seasons", O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill
           Valley
2011
     ·     Animalia Show, O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·     Alphabet Soup, O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·     Bay Area Women's Artists Show, O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·     Collective Actions Show, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
     ·     Fine Arts & Crafts Competition and Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
     ·     Re:Value, Plexus Art Group, at Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
     ·     Pop Art, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
     ·     Artfully Reclaimed V, National Juried Competition, MOCA, Novato, CA
     ·     Members Show, "A Sense of Place", Northern California Women's Caucus of 
           the Arts, at the ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
     ·     Members Show, Marin Arts Council, at the Marin Civic Center, in San Rafael,
          CA
     ·     Whole Foods Market, Creative ReUse Contest, Special Recognition Award
          "Nickel For Non-Profit", for O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. 
          Awards Ceremony, June 7, 2011.
     ·    Annual Student Show, Last Call, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
     ·    Social Networks and Alternate Realities, O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill
          Valley
     ·    Sweethearts Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

2010
     ·    Elise Cheval:WORKS (solo show),O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·    Art of the Spirit:Duality, (juried), O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·    Small Works, ( juried), Artworks Downtown, San Raphael, CA
     ·    Fiber Innovations, (juried), Sebastopol Center For the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
     ·   Speaking of Solitude, 6th Annual National Fall Show, (juried), MOCA, Novato, CA
     ·   You, Me, Us and Them: Contemporary Art Portraits, (juried), O'Hanlon Center for
         the  Arts, San Rafael, CA
     ·   40th Annual Marin County Fair, Fine Arts and Crafts, (juried), Award: Honorable
         Mention, San Rafael, CA
     ·   17th Annual Italian Street Painting Festival, San Rafael, CA
     ·   Memory and Transition (juried), O’Hanlon Center for the  Arts, San Rafael, CA
     ·   Student Exhibition, the SweetheARTs Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

2009

     ·   Bay Area Women’s Artists (juried), O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·   Take Two: Refuse Rescued and Recreated (juried), Honorable Mention in the
         Marin Independent Journal, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
     ·   Student Exhibition, College of Marin

2008
     ·   Art of the Spirit” (juried), O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·   For the Love of Fiber (juried), O’Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
     ·   Plexus Art Group, “The Prison Project: 1 in 100”, Art Works Downtown, San
         Rafael

Affiliations:
 
Founding Member, Plexus Art Group, San Rafael, CA www.plexusartgroup.com/
Member of Marin MOCA, Novato,CA
Member of Healdsburg Art Center, Healdsburg, CA
Member of O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

Publications:

Marin Independent Journal, Marin, "Project Green Runway stages fantastic plastic "trashion" show,  June 17, 2012
Point Reyes Light, June 12, 2012
Marin Independent Journal, Marin, "Dressed to Kill",  February 2, 2012
PatchNews, Mill Valley, July, 12, 2011
Marin Independent Journal, Plus Section, The Art of Social Media, March 10, 2011
Marin IJ, September 9, 2009
Marin IJ, Plus Section, March 10, 2010
PatchNews, July 12, 2011
 
Awards:

Marin MOCA, "State of Mind", Honorable Mention, Novato, CA
Marin County Fair, Best Mention Ribbon, "Best Mention",  2010
Whole Foods Market, "Nickel For Non-Profit", Creative Reuse Contest, for O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, San Rafael, CA, June 7, 2011