Short Bio

My visual arts practice is fundamentally a multifaceted drawing project

Statement

Statement regarding 'Bad Actors': this title is a wonderfully versatile phrase. It may insinuate a subversive taking advantage of a situation.  If taken literally, it may mean bad at acting and perhaps capable only of sincerity.

Biography

Tena Kaplan was born in San Francisco and presently lives in the city of Alameda.

Resume / CV

    Tena Kaplan
    2810 San Jose Avenue
    Alameda, CA, 94501
    510-384-9894
    email: tenakaplan@comcast.net
    Website: tena-kaplan.squarespace.com

    Education
    U.C. Berkeley Extension, 1993-1996
    Drawing Workshops, Corcoran School of Art,
    Washington D.C., 1985-1988
    California State University, San Francisco,
    B.A., Creative Arts, 1974

    Resume
    2014 Sun Gallery, Hayward, California, "Science/Fiction" (2014)
    2010 “False Doors”, Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA
    2005 Local Voice: Defining Community Through Art
    Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
    Walnut Creek, CA
    2003 Inclusion in The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program
    35 Wooster Street, New York, NY
    2002 Annual Members Showcase, Berkeley Arts Center
    2001 National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Arts Center
    Recipient of Juror’s Award from Rupert Jenkins
    1999 Millennium – Juried Exhibition, City Arts Gallery,
    City College of San Francisco Renny Pritikin, Juror
    1987 Brutal Elegance, Anton Gallery, Washington D.C.

                       

                         

Website: tena-kaplan.squarespace.com