EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies, (CIIS), San Francisco, CA
2002 Certificate, Ceramics & Sculpture, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1989 MRP, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY
1987 BA, Barnard College, Columbia University, Urban Affairs, NYC, NY
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 *Not Grandma’s Glass: June,” Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, MI
2021 *Cash Crops” re.riddle, San Francisco, CA
2016 Ghosts/Ships, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2015 Meditations on Wealth: New Work Made at the Penland School of Crafts, Poplar Gallery, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Fragile Vessels, (with Nate Lewis) Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola Univ., Baltimore, MD
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2020 Public Art Video Show, Multiple Locations, San Francisco, CA (as part of Collective Genus)
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Collective Arising: The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artists, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
2020 The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2020 Art is Essential, Vessel Gallery On-Line, Oakland, CA
2020 Unbroken Legacies: Northern California Art Glass, The Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
Migration, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
SFMOMA Presents: Black Contemporary Artists, 2020, TPG, San Francisco, CA
2019 Ancestral Journeys, Euphrat Museum of Art, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
2018 Silence Out Loud: Contemporary African American Portraits, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
Let Me Be A Witness, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 Glass Currents, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Glass Art Society Member Juried Exhibition at Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, CA
Call for Beauty, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Protest Playlist, Root Division, SOMArts & StartUp Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2016 Disruptus, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Black Woman is God, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Burning Ice, Euphrat Museum of Art, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
2015 Experiments & Variations, Oasis Gallery, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
Where Silica Meets Silicon Valley, Higher Fire Gallery, San Jose, CA
Friends with Karma, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Black Lives: Art & Social Justice Matter, JanRae Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Landscape of Memories, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
HOME, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art & the Vietnamese Arts & Letters Assoc., Santa Ana, CA
2011 Washington Glass School, 10th Anniversary Show, Long View Gallery, DC
2010 Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, Smithsonian Museum, Natural History, DC
2009 24th Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University
A Cast of Characters, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Zenith Gallery Presents: Black Matter, ElevenEleven Sculpture Space, DC
2007 Moving Beyond Craft, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005/6 Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Glass Arts, SFO Museum, CA
2004 Terrestrial Forces, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee
2002 GlasSpiel, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC
HONORS & AWARDS
2022 Finalist, Transbay Block 3 Park and Alley, San Francisco, CA
2021 Grant, Osceola Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2021 Windgate Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 YBCA100 Fellow, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2020 Residency, Antenna Paper Machine, New Orleans, LA
2019 Individual Artist Award, San Francisco Arts Commission (CA)
Grant, The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Semi-Finalist, Maya Angelou Public Art, San Francisco Public Library
2018 Local Artist Honoree, Contemporary Vision Award Committee, SFMOMA
2017 Artist Fellowship, Hemera Foundation Tending Space Grant, Joshua Tree, CA
Val & Rick Beck Glass Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, NC
2016 Residency, Gardarev Center, Ferry Beach, ME
Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2015 Emerging Artist, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYC, NY
Finalist, 19th Street BART Public Art, Oakland, CA
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Visionary Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, NC
2014 Integral Teaching Fellowship, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Creative Capacity Fund Grant, CCI, San Francisco, CA
Best Documentary, CIIS Secret Spaces (with JK Parsons), Fast Film Festival, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, CA
2007 Scholarship, Pittsburgh Glass Center, PA
2005 Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA
2004 Small Projects Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities/NEA
Christy Wright Scholarship in Glass, Penland School of Crafts, NC
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022 Inaugural BIPOC Residency, The Studio at the Corning Museum, Corning, NY.
2022 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
2021 Residency, Black[space] Residency, San Francisco, CA
2020 Windgate Craft Artist Fellowship/Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 Residency, This Will Take Time, Oakland, CA
2020 Micro-Residency, HATCH Series, Villa San Francisco, French Consulate, CA
2019 Residency, Antenna Paper Machine, New Orleans, LA
2016 Residency, Gardarev Center, Ferry Beach, ME
COMMISSIONS
2021 Public Art Commission, Freedom’s Threshold, Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture, free-standing, 12 ft glass and metal sculptural tribute. Republic Urban Properties, Gateway at Millbrae Station.
2020 Public Art Commission, Along the Fence-Line, a billboard combining my photograph with text highlighting environmental racism in the US. SaveArtSpace, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Public Health Commission, Sound the Alarm, a culturally-appropriate facemask targeted to Black residents living in Bayview. San Francisco Emergency Command Center, CA
COLLECTIONS
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Museum of California
National Association of Homebuilders, Washington, DC
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
2022 *Abigail Peterson, “New Museum Exhibit Celebrates Black Artist Collectives.” SONOMA Magazine, July/Aug 2022 Lastgaspism, Anthony Romero, Daniel Tucker and Dan S. Wang, editors, Soberscove Press, Chicago, IL. March 2022
2021 *Tony Bravo, “San Francisco Artist Cheryl Derricotte Selected for Harriet Tubman Monument.” Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, August 3, 2021 *Jan Mabry, “Award-Winning Artist Cheryl Derricotte’s “The Wolf & the Wheat at Villa San Francisco, CBSN/KPIX Channel 5, October 21, 2020. *Peter Lawrence Kane, “George Floyd, Isolation & Zoom: Hundreds of Artists Fuel Pandemic Exhibition in San Francisco.” The Guardian, October 10, 2020 *Anne Marie, “Cheryl Derricotte @Villa SF: Roots Going Back to Jefferson?” Merci SF, October 5, 2020 *Jill Cowan, “A Pandemic Silver Lining for a San Francisco Institution.” California Today, New York Times, February 19, 2021
2017/8 *American Craft Magazine, December 2017/January 2018, “Photo Finish” 27.
2016 MG Roberts, Cheryl Derricotte, “Emplaced” Art Practical: Exploring Contemporary Art in the Bay Area, Issue 7.4/Moving Target, April 5, 2016.
*Dani Burleson, “Cheryl Derricotte Mines the Museum for Haunting Images of Slave Trade,” KQED Arts, February 17, 2016.
Kristi Myllenbeck, “DeAnza College: Euphrat’s ‘Burning Ice’ is a call to action on climate change. The Mercury News, February 17, 2016
2007 *F. Lennox Campello, “Washington Glass at Touchet Gallery,” DCArtNews, August 4, 2007.
2002 *Michael O’Sullivan, “GlasSpiel Handled with Flair,” Washington Post, On Exhibit, April 26, 2002.
*Nicole M. Miller, “Glass Class Offers A Clear Alternative,” Washington Post, Arts Beat, March 28, 2002.
LECTURES & TEACHING
2020 Guest Artist, "Quarantuned!” an online global music festival organized by musician Amelia Ray, during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.Quarantuned.com
2019 Guest Lecturer, "How to Get Grants, Residencies & Shows, California College of the Arts, Grad Fine Arts Programs
Panelist, “All Together Now: Artists’ Collectives Push & Pull.” College Art Associate Conference 2019, NYC, NY
2018 Guest Lecturer, “Ghosts/Ships.” Lecture & Artmaking Workshop, Berkeley Central Public Library, Berkeley, CA.
2017 Guest Lecturer, “Mighty Real: Writing the Histories of Black Artists in San Francisco.” San Francisco State University, CA
2016 Guest Lecturer, “Professional Practice”, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD
Guest Lecturer, “Copyright and Creativity,” Art Institute of San Francisco, CA
Adjunct Faculty, “Money Matters: Personal Finance for Creative Professionals,” California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Guest Lecturer, Secrets of Successful Nonprofits, The Anthropology & Social Change Program, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015/6 Guest Lecturer, Travel Course: “Art & Survival: Radical Creation at Burning Man,” California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015-Present
Guest Lecturer, “How To Get Grants, Residencies & Shows,” The Arts & MFA Program, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Assistant, Matthew Day Perez’s casting lecture/demo, (“lec-mo”), at the Glass Arts Society Conference, San Jose State University, CA.
Presenter, concurrent session, Dying While Black: Balancing Patient Privacy and Family Relationships, Association for Death Education and Counseling, Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, MI
re.riddle San Francisco, CA
Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Craft Council
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Glass Alliance of Northern California (GLANC)
Glass Arts Society (GAS)