ART RESUME
NAME: Sharon Leong (aka the "Queen of B-Paintings")
PRIMARY MEDIA: Acrylic on stretched canvas; b/w photography
ART EDUCATION:
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
L'École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
L'École du Louvre, Paris, France
L'Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France
EXHIBITIONS:
Music Conservatory Gallery - Spring Group Show, Paris, France (May 1990)
Day of the Dead Show - Produced by Ghia Gallery at Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco (November 1992)
111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco – "Pop Tarts", group show (August 1998)
Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle - "Dangerous Dolls" group show (May 1999)
111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco – "Pop Tarts II": group show (September 1999)
Jezebel’s Joint Upstairs Gallery, San Francisco – "A Taste of Sin" solo exhibition (June 2000)
Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles - "Best of the West" group show (August 2, 2000)
DeeDee TV’s Gala Opening, San Francisco – solo exhibition (August 9, 2000)
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles - "Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists" group show (March 2001)
111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco - "7-11" Group Show (April 19-June 2, 2001)
Key Club, VIP Room, West Hollywood, CA - "Put Out or Else" solo exhibition (May 10-July 10, 2001)
L.A. Friends of Tibet Auction (at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, L.A.), TBA
Well Hung Gallery, San Francisco - "Dangers of Sex" solo show(October 19-Nov. 11, 2001)
Optical Artistry Gallery, San Francisco - "Fortune Cookie Show" (August 9-August 25, 2002)
Blah Blah Gallery, Online Gallery - www.blahblahgallery.com - Guest Artist (September 1-30, 2002)
Ne Plus Ultra Project Space, Toronto, Canada - "Vicious Delicious" (October 17-November 3, 2002)
The Tart Gallery, Vancouver, Canada - "Vicious Delicious" (November 23, 2002)
CoproNason Gallery, Los Angeles - "Vicious Delicious" (December 14, 2002- February 2003)
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles - "Ladies of Low Brow Art" (January 4, 2003)
Perihelion Arts, Phoenix - "Vicious Delicious" (May 2003)
Fuse Gallery, New York - "Vicious Delicious" (June-August, 2003)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "The Erotic Show" (July-August, 2003)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "The Gun Show" (August-Sept. 2003)
The Lab, San Francisco - "Post Post Card 7" (Nov. 21-23, 2003)
C-Pop Gallery, Detroit - "Girls, Girls, Girls" (March 6-April 2004)
Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco - "Skin Deep" (March 25-April 18, 2004)
The Tangent Gallery, Detroit - "The Bay Area Show" (April 3-May 16, 2004)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "The Tokyo Monster Show" (May 4-June 3, 2004)
SomArts Main Gallery, San Francisco - "(S)kinship: African American & Asian American Connections" (May 5-May 26, 2004)
New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles - "San Francisco Show" (June 19-July 19, 2003)
NWSA Art Exhbition, Milwaukee "Electronic Exhibition (June 17-20, 2004)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "The 2nd Annual Erotic Show" (June-July, 2004)
UCSF Art for Aids, San Francisco - Silent and Live Auction at Bonham & Butterfield's (July 16, 2004)
LitQuake Fundraiser, San Francisco - "The MagPo Show" at Mighty Club (July 28, 2004)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "Tiki Art Now!" (Sept.-Oct., 2004)
Perihelion Arts, Phoenix - Group Benefit Show for the "West Memphis Three" (October 2004)
CoproNason Gallery, Los Angeles - "Krampus Show" (December 4, 2004 - January 2005)
CoproNason Gallery, Los Angeles - "Cannibalflower Group Exhibition" (January 2005- February 2005)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "Day in the Life of a Painting" Group Show (May 2005)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "The Third Annual Erotic Show" (June-July 2005)
C-Pop Gallery, Detroit - "Static Cinema" (August 6-September 6, 2005)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "Portrait of Artist" Group Show (January-February 2006)
Sneaker Pimps World Tour 2006 Kick-off, San Diego - World's largest touring sneaker art group exhibition kicks off at The Agenda Trade Show at the San Diego Concourse (Jan. 21-22, 2006). From San Diego, the show will tour Asia and Europe.
The Commerce Gallery, Witchita, KS - "Cheesecake Cover, An Exhibition-ISM" (April 28-29, 2006)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "4th Annual Erotica Show" (June 8-July 1, 2006)
The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco - "Lady Like" (July 6-August 3, 2006)
The Living Room Gallery, Berkeley, CA - "Tuff Love" Benefit for Bad Rap (August 18-20, 2006)
Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - "Bootleg Art" (October 2006)
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco - "111 @ 111" (December 2006)
JEM Gallery, Vancouver, BC - "Ladies Only" in honor of International Women's Day (March 2007)
The Crybaby Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ - "Ladies Only" (April 2007)
Chinese Culture Center Gallery, San Francisco - "Cheers to Muses" (June 1-August 25, 2007)
Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA - "8 Painters" (August 25-December 2007)
Nucleus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - "Grafuck 3" (December 8-30, 2007)
Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco - "5-Year Anniversary Show" (April 5-May 2008)
Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA - "Critters" (August 26-December 2008)
WORKS ABOUT MY WORK:
Featured in "Killing of a Chinese Cookie", a documentary film by Derek Shimoda (March 2008)
Four-part interview in my studio, aired weekly on San Francisco cable show, DeeDee TV (August 2000)
Short documentary ("Real Conversations") by filmmaker, Marian Wallace, interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search Publications (June 2000)
Featured in "Vicious, Delicious and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists" by Sherri Cullison (Schiffer Publisher) (Oct. 2002)
Guest on "Tranny Talk", San Francisco cable show hosted by Miss Kitty Kastro (November 2, 2003)
PUBLICATIONS:
My artwork and photographs have also appeared in Carbon 14, Erotica (including a nine-page feature in No. 7), Juxtapoz, Me!Dea, and Bust magazines; McSweeneys Journal; Tiki Art Now!, and in the Magic Whistle comic book
OTHER MEDIA - MIXED MEDIA/FILM/GRAPHICS/DESIGNS:
"Art" Vending Machines (dispense artwork from 10 cents to 50 cents)
Animated short film, "Dougboy’s Nightmare" – premiered December 9, 2000, in San Francisco, CA, at the Café International; Zeitgeist 2001 Film Festival, August 26, 2001, San Francisco, CA
"Raw Flesh on the Streets of San Francisco" - Performance piece from enacted from the corner of Pine and Mason Streets, to Powell Street cable car line, to San Francisco Art Institute (Spring 1982)
Gift cards (animal penis bones, animal scrotal sacs and cloacae) for natural science stores (Paxton Gate, S.F.; Maxilla and Mandible, N.Y.)
Fabric and fashion designs for Josef Illouz (prèt-a-porter), Paris, France
Appliqué designs for t-shirts, handbags and accessories for Paul Smith, London & Paris
