Education
2014 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
2023-24 Manager of Public + Educational Programs, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022-23 Manager of Community Partnerships, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016-23 Instructor, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2019-22 Senior Teaching Artist, de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2015-22 Instructor, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2021 Instructor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017-20 Guest Lecturer, City College of San Francisco Extension, San Francisco, CA
2014-15 Teaching Artist Mentor, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2012-14 Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Awards/Fellowships/Residency
2022 API Artist Futures Fund, Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Multidisciplinary Arts Grant (in Partnership with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco), National Endowment for the Arts
2020 Alternative Exposure Grant, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2019 Hidden Gems II Award, Wildflowers Institute, San Francisco, CA
Alumni Studio Artist, Studios Program, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 APAture Visual Arts Featured Artist, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Filipina Teaching Artist Fellowship, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2014-16 Studio Artist, Studios Program, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2014 Mixed-media 6th Round Showcase Juried Winner, ArtSlant
2012-14 Dean's Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 Frederick Fursman & Lalla Anne Critz Zanzi Merit Scholarships, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2012 Sausalito Art Festival Foundation Scholarship Award, Sausalito, CA
2011 Blick's August 2011 Featured Artist of the Month
2007-09 Partnership Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2009 BFA Spring Show Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Schmidt Community Arts Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2008 Ivan Majdrakoff Painting Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition Record
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Reimagined Landscapes, The Refugee’s Art Gallery, North Fork Arts Projects, Saint Helena, CA
2019 Reconstructed, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
2017 TL Dreams, Tenderloin Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 Fabric Fragments, SOMA Grand, San Francisco, CA
Remnants, Jack London Square Realty, Oakland, CA
2014 Dalikmata (Goddess with many eyes), SUGs Projects, LeRoy Neiman Center Window Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Two-Person Exhibition
2016 Cut from the Same Cloth, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Prismatic, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2022 Grow Our Souls, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Power On, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
20 Year Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2021 11th Anniversary Show, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shape Shift, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA
RePurposeful: The Art of Collage and Assemblage, SCRAP SF, Randall Museum, San Francisco, CA
Shine Together, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2020 See How Beautiful I Am, SF Camerawork partnered with Artsy, Minnesota Street Fine Arts Services, & Sterling Art Services
Wander Woman 2, Virtual Show, Co-presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center & SF Camerawork
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Pinay Visionaries, District 6 Supervisor’s Office, City Hall, San Francisco, CA
Deconstructed Pidgin Hole, Warehouse 416, Oakland, CA
Progress, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2018 Sister City Prints: An International Collaboration, The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Consumed, Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
50 Shades of Kayumanggi, San Marco Gallery, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA
Betweenscapes, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hospitality House Annual Art Auction, Minnesota Street Project Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sister City Prints: An International Collaboration, West Gallery Thebarton, SA, Australia
A Reckoning: Botanicals and Beyond, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Unravel, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
(De)Centered, Westwood Art Studio Gallery, Washington D.C.
EmPOWERing PEACE, JUSTICE, & LOVE, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Hospitality House Annual Art Auction, Minnesota Street Project Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Root Division at StARTup Art Fair SF, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, CA
Excuse me, can I see your ID?, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
Women on Abstraction, Georgia Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Burnt Rice, Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
2016 Social Constructs, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Burnt Rice, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
Hospitality House Annual Art Auction, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Resistance, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Celebrating our Community, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Root Division at StARTup Art Fair SF, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, CA
Translations, Nandalal Bose Gallery, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata, India
New Year Group Exhibition, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Contexture: Interpreting Texture through Medium, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Now is it, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
Against All Odds, Gallery 1317, San Francisco, CA
Future Tense, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Connect & Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Endless Summer, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
14 Rapid: Transit and Transition, Citizen Fox, San Francisco, CA
HeART of the City, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Hospitality House Annual Art Auction, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Root Division at StARTup Art Fair SF, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, CA
2014 Holiday Magic, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Hillbruner Fellowship Artists' Books Exhibition, Flaxman Special Collections, Chicago, IL
2013 MFA Printmedia Show, Sullivan Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
First Year MFA Show, Sullivan Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SAIC @ AU, The Schingoethe Art Gallery, Aurora, IL
2012 Beyond Print, Sullivan Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Zero, AIADO Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 BFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Locality, Mission Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2008 5(1+1)+6=>>16, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Commissions
2023 Artwork Commission, Civic Design Studio, Vinyl mural (6 x 10 ft.), Midpen Housing - Midway Village, Daly City, CA
Public Art Commission, SOMCAN SoMa Slow Streets, Ground Murals (12 x 9 ft.), Lapu Lapu, Rizal, & Tandang Sora Streets, San Francisco, CA
Selected Bibliography
Print Media
“The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies,” SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, Oct. 2022, 1031.
“Liwanag Volume 3,” SOMA Pilipinas, San Francisco, CA, 2021. 13, 119.
“PAGPAG: The Dictator’s Aftermath in the Diaspora,” Paloma Press, Cover Art on Eileen R. Tabios’ Book. San Francisco, CA, March 2020.
“48 Pillars 2020,” Exhibition Catalog, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February 2020.
“Locus,” Omnidawn Publishing, Inc., Cover Art on Jason Bayani’s Book. Oakland, CA, April 2019.
“Wander Woman,” Exhibition Catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, March 2019. 7-11.
Jonathan Curiel, "Betweenscapes at SOMArts," SF Weekly, May 17, 2018. 26.
Filipino American Artist Directory 2018 Edition, Calamansi Press, St. Louis, MO, March 2018. 50.
“Sister city prints: an intercontinental collaborative project,” Sister City Prints Exhibition Catalog, West Gallery Thebarton, Thebarton, Australia, March 2018. 26-27.
"Immigration Narratives: Advancing our Movement," Listen to the Silence Zine, Stanford University, CA, January 20, 2018. 8.
"Root Division 15 Year Box Set of Prints," Electric Works, San Francisco, CA January 13, 2018.
"15 Years Anniversary Catalogue," Root Division, San Francisco, CA, January 13, 2018. 55.
“APAture 2017, Rea Lynn de Guzman,” The San Francisco Examiner, September 29, 2017. 2.
Ryan Kost, “Asian Pacific American artists unravel identity,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, 2017. E6.
Malou Liwanag-Bledsoe, “Rea Lynn de Guzman: Reconnecting with her heritage and history through her art,” Asian Journal Magazine, January 13, 2017. SF2 Cover Story.
"Fil-Am," Filipino American Artist Directory Inaugural Yearly Publication, 2017. 28-29.
"Cut from the Same Cloth," Commodity Culture Exhibition Catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 2016. 34-53.
"Translations Kolkata," International Exhibition Catalog, Emergent Art Space, Kolkata, India, February 2016. 37.
"SAIC Printmedia," MFA Exhibition Catalog, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2014. 03.
Podcast/Television
“Abstract Landscape Drawing,” de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, YouTube Channel, Jan. 21, 2022.
“Expressive Portrait Inspired by an Old Photograph,” de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, YouTube Channel, Nov. 19, 2021.
“Nature-Inspired Abstractions,” de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, YouTube Channel, Aug. 5, 2021.
Rob Goodman, Episode 39: Rea Lynn de Guzman, Sculptor, Painter, Artist, Making Ways, San Francisco, CA, January 19, 2018.
Robert Handa, Rea Lynn de Guzman on Asian Pacific America, NBC Bay Area, San Jose, CA, October 8, 2017.
Online Periodicals
Carrie Sisto, “Tenderloin Museum offers outlet to quarantined artists with virtual group show,” Hoodline, May 1, 2020.
Deena ElGenaidi, “A View from the Easel,” Hyperallergic, March 8, 2019.
Wilfred Galila, “APAture puts spotlight on Asian Pacific American artists,” Inquirer USA, October 16, 2017.
Priscilla Frank, “Dismantling Stereotypes About Asian-American Identity Through Art,” Huffington Post Arts & Culture, April 20, 2017.
Sarah Burke, “An Expanded Approach to Asian-Americannes at Vessel Gallery,” KQED Arts, republished by Juxtapoz Magazine, April 13, 2017.
Creo Noveno, "New to America, Raised in the Tenderloin," KQED Arts, January 13, 2017.
Rita Datta, “Found in translation,” The Telegraph India, March 12, 2016.
Website Publications
Rea Lynn de Guzman, “Abstract Landscape Drawing,” Art + Stories, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Jan. 21, 2022.
Rea Lynn de Guzman, “Expressive Portrait Inspired by an Old Photograph,” Art + Stories, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Nov. 11, 2021.
Rea Lynn de Guzman, “Nature-Inspired Abstractions,” Art + Stories, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, August 5, 2021.
Rea Lynn de Guzman, “Art Project: Nature-Inspired Collage,” Issue #10: Faith, A Story of Perseverance in Art, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Newsletter, May 22, 2020.
Rea Lynn de Guzman, “Art Project: Color in Rococo,” Issue #4: Influence, If These Artworks Could Talk, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Newsletter, April 10, 2020.
Eileen R. Tabios, “Jean Vengua and Rea Lynn de Guzman with Matt Manalo and Venancio Igarta,” North Fork Arts Projects, September 21, 2018.
Visual Art Feature, So to Speak Journal, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring 2018.
Mallory Valenzuela, “The Pinay Millennial Artist Challenging Stereotypes and Gender Roles,” Kubo, October 24, 2017.
Stephanie Gancayco, “Pinay Crush: Interdisciplinary Artist Rea Lynn de Guzman,” Hella Pinay, September 29, 2017.
“APAture Spotlight: Rea Lynn de Guzman,” Kearny Street Workshop, September 12, 2017.
Paola Loomis, “TL Dreams - Exhibition and Artist Lecture,” Emergent Art Space. March 16, 2017.
Paola Loomis, “Interview: Rea Lynn de Guzman,” Emergent Art Space, August 22, 2016.
Featured Art, ArtSlant, October 14, 2014.
Lectures/Presentations
2021 Artist Talk, SF Camerawork, May 26.
Shelter in Studio, Artist Talk, San Francisco Center for the Book, April 29.
Visiting Artist Lecture, DIVST-2000-4: Catalyst for Change: Asian American Narratives, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, February 16.
2020 Wander Woman 2 Livestream Artist Talk and Presentation, co-presented by Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center & SF Camerawork, June 5.
2019 Mental Health and Arts Workshop, BUS 682: Business and Society, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, April 2.
Mental Health and Arts Workshop, HED 290: Promoting Positive Health, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, February 15.
2018 Betweenscapes Artist Panel Discussion, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA, May 21.
2017 Image Transfers Demo, 14th Annual Roadworks Printing Festival, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, September 17.
Artist Talk, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA, May 13.
Artist Lecture, Tenderloin Museum, San Francisco, CA, February 23.
2016 Image Transfers Demo, 13th Annual Roadworks Printing Festival, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, September 18.
Resistance Artist Panel Discussion, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 26.
2015 APAture Artist Panel Discussion, Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 17.
Epekto Art Projects Artist Panel Discussion, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA, October 9.
2014 Artist Talk, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 13.
2013 Graduate Lecture Series, Printmedia Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 24 & March 12.
Collections
Emergent Art Space, San Francisco, CA
Georgia Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Jack London Square Realty, Oakland, CA
North Fork Arts Projects, Saint Helena, CA
Paolo Mejia Art Gallery & Design Studio, San Jose, CA
Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo, Philippines
Private Collections
Curatorial Projects
2024 Juror, FORECAST 2024, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2023 Curator, Wander Woman 3, Katz Snyder Gallery, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2020 Curator/Lead Producing Artist, Wander Woman 2, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2019 Curator, Wander Woman, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 Juror, Inaugural Juried Show, Georgia Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2015 Co-Curator, Future Tense, Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Foreign Language Spoken/Travel
Fluent in Tagalog. Traveled to Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand