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Upcoming Events
December 2011
Queer Comics Project, group show with Burton Clarke (Gay Comix), Jaime Cortez (Sexile), Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf),
Jon Macy (Teleny and Camille), MariNaomi (Kiss & Tell), Trina Robbins (Wimmen's Comix), Joey Alison Sayers
(Just So You Know), Christine Smith (The Princess), Mary Wings (Come Out Comix) and Rick Worley
(A Waste of Time),
curated by the students of the Engage: Queer Comics Project class at the California College of the Arts
Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
February 13, 2012
LOVE HURTS: Litquake preps you for Valentine's Day
Litquake commemorates the year's most overrated holiday with readings from some of the most wretched
passages on love and lust ever written. Authors Justin Chin, Daphne Gottlieb, Brock Keeling, MariNaomi,
Kirk Read, Michelle Richmond, Ellen Sussman, Michelle Tea and Malena Watrous tackle their favorite
overwrought passages. Emceed by the brilliant Cassie J. Sneider.
Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA, $10
February 16, 2012 (evening)
Reading at Matcha at the
Asian Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Matcha goest from 5 to 9. The reading will be at 7-ish.
Details TBA
February 17, 2012
San Francisco Writers Conference
Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Panel about graphic novels with Trina Robbins
Details TBA
February 18, 2012, 8 p.m.
Pre-LAZF reading
Los Angeles, CA
Details TBA
February 19, 2012, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Los Angeles Zine Fest
Spring Arts Tower, 453 S. Spring St., 2nd Floor (just upstairs from The Last Bookstore), Los Angeles, CA
Free!
March 3-4, 2012, Sat. 11 a.m., Sun. 12 noon
STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo
Marchesa Hall and Theater in the Lincoln Village Shopping Center, 6406 North IH-35, Suite 3100, Austin, TX
$10/day or $15/weekend pass (cash only)
April 21-22, 2012, Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SPACE, Ramada Plaza Hotel Conference Center
4900 Sinclair Rd., Columbus, OH
$5/day or $8/weekend pass
April 28-29, 2012, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MOCCA Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Ave.,
New York, NY
May 5-6, 2012
Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada
August 1 to September 30, 2012 (Reception on August 3, times TBA)
Solo art exhibit at Cykel
Union Street, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
and Events
(Recent Dates First)
2011 December 10, 2011—East Bay Alternative Book Fair at Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St., Berkeley, CA November 5-6, 2011—Minneapolis Indie Expo at the Soap Factory, 518 Second St., SE, Minneapolis, MN Photos / Illustrated journal October 22, 2011—RADAR presents the 20th Anniversary of the Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Intersection of the Arts, 925 Mission St., San Francisco, CA. Reading with Jewelle Gomez, Justin Chin, Annie Danger, MariNaomi, Juba Kalamka, Miranda Mellis and Kevin Seaman, hosted by Michelle Tea. October 15, 2011—Litquake reading, Mission: Comics and Art, 3520 20th St., San Francisco, CA. Reading with Kane Lynch, Nomi Kane, Justin Hall and Rick Worley. October 14, 2011—Litquake panel: When Pictures Speak Louder Than Words, Z Space, 450 Florida St., San Francisco, CA. Visual reading and panel, moderated by Scott Hewicker, with Sean Chiki, Jory John, Dorian Katz, MariNaomi, Jon Macy, Roman Muradov, Leland Myrick, Thien Pham, Christine Shields, Dan V and Gene Luen Yang. October, 2011—The Dirty Comics Erotic Art Show,
The Center for Sex and Culture, 1349 Mission St., San Francisco, CA.
Over thirty artists, including Dame Darcy, Patrick Fillion, Justin Hall, Michael Manning, October 1-2, 2011—Alternative Press Expo, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA (Oct. 2 panel: Coast to Coast moderated by Andrew Farago. Speakers: Jason Shiga, MariNaomi, Matthew Thurber, Kate Beaton, Eric Drooker and Adrian Tomine) September 2-3, 2011—San Francisco Zine Fest, SF County Fair Building, San Francisco, CA May 18, 2011—Guest reading with The Business at The Dark Room, San Francisco, CA May 14, 2011—Book signing at The Comix Experience, San Francisco, CA April 29, 2011—Reading at Escapist Comics, Berkeley, CA April 26, 2011—Reading at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA 2010 November–December 2010—STUDIO Gallery, “tiny”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA October 2010—Comic Relief, “Cartoonists in the Mist”—Visual comics reading with Tessa Brunton, Susie Cagle, Kane Lynch, Jason Martin, Justin Hall and Julia Wertz, Berkeley, CA October 2010–February 2011—JT’s Cafe—Group exhibit with Taiko Fujimura and Junko Maegawa, San Francisco, CA September–October 2010—Driftwood Salon, “A Place of Her Own”—AAWAA group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September 2010—The Soap Factory, “The $99 Sale”—Group exhibit, Minneapolis, MN July–August 2010—STUDIO Gallery, “Mischief”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February–April 2010—Pork Store Cafe—Solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA February 2010—Artist Xchange, love-themed art show—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA January 2010—SOMArts, “Into the Ring, Sumo-style” (curator)—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA 2009 August 22–23, 2009—SF County Fair Building, “Zine Fest,” San Francisco, CA August 21, 2009—Cartoon Art Museum, “Look at me!”—Visual comics reading with Jason Martin, Joey Sayers, Melaina, Ric Carrasquillo and Tessa Brunton, San Francisco, CA July–September 2009—Cartoon Art Museum, Small Press Spotlight: MariNaomi, San Francisco, CA July 2009—Radar Reading with Rhianna Argo and Yiyun Li, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, San Francisco, CA March 2009—Cartoon Art Museum, Cartoonist-in-residence, San Francisco, CA March–April 2009—STUDIO Gallery, “Delicious”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA March 2009—Kimo’s, “Papercuts”—Cartoonist readings with visuals, San Francisco, CA February 2009—Project One, “Artopia”—SF Weekly sponsored group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February 2009—Artist-Xchange, “For My Valentine”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February 2009—SOMArts, “Hybridity”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA January 2009—Femina Potens, “SIZZLE!”—Readings by Michelle Tea, Annie Danger, MariNaomi, Christy Road, San Francisco, CA 2008 November 2008—de Young Museum, “AAWAA Family Day”—Group exhibit and live art, San Francisco, CA November 2008—STUDIO Gallery, “tiny”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA November 2008—SF Concourse, “Alternative Press Expo”—San Francisco, CA October 2008—SF Public Library, Koret Auditorium, “Show & Tell: Where Grammar and Graphics Meet”—A Litquake comics reading, San Francisco, CA July 2008—Cartoon Art Museum, “From the Horse’s Mouth: Comics Read by their Creators”—Comics read by : Andy Hartzell, Calvin Wong, Lark Pien, Joey Sayers,
Justin Hall, MariNaomi, Minty Lewis, Peter Conrad, Rina Ayuyang and Renee French, San Francisco, CA April 2008—“Stumptown”—An independent press book fair, Portland, OR February 2008—WonderCon, “Panel: Bay Area Cartoonists”—Panel moderated by Andrew Farago, San Francisco, CA 2007 December 2007—Kearny Street Workshop, “KSW’s 35th Annual Holiday Party & Art Auction”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA October–November 2007—Secret Project Robot, “Box Social Underground Comics Exhibition”—Group exhibit, Brooklyn, NY October 2007—Womens Building, “Zine Fest,” San Francisco, CA September 2007—Rock Paper Scissors Gallery, “Dirty Drawings by Dirty Drawers”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September 2007—Kearny St. Workshop’s Space180, “APAture”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA August–November 2007—SF Park Branch Library, “40 Summers of Love ’n’ Haight”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July–August 2007—STUDIO Gallery, “Mischief”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA June 2007—Market Street Gallery, “ReArt”—Juried group exhibit, San Francisco, CA June 2007—Mezzanine, “Chillin’ Anniversary Party”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2007—Pegasus Books Downtown, “Comics Out Loud”—A/V comic book reading, Berkeley, CA April 2007—SF MART/Red Ink Studios, “Ink Pushers Ball”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA April 2007—Concourse Exhibition Center, “Alternative Press Expo”—San Francisco, CA April–May 2007—Olive Hyde Art Gallery, “Funny Papers”—Group exhibit, Fremont, CA April 2007—San Francisco Public Library, Pet Noir book reading & signing, San Francisco, CA March–April 2007—Whiskey Thieves—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA March 2007—Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, “TV of Tomorrow”—Juried group show, San Francisco, CA February 2007—Village Books, Pet Noir book reading & signing, Bellingham, WA February 2007—The Press Club, Pet Noir book reading & signing, Portland, OR January–February 2007—Encantada Gallery, “Scents and Sensuality: Art to Scintillate Your Senses”—AAWAA group exhibit, San Francisco, CA January 2007—111 Minna Gallery, “The International Strawberries and Bacon Festival”—Live art and group exhibit, San Francisco, CA 2006 December 2006–February 2007—Hotel des Arts, “Women’s Art Festival”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA December 2006—Cartoon Art Museum, Pet Noir release party, San Francisco, CA December 2006–February 2007—STUDIO Gallery, “Tiny”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September–October 2006—De Young Museum, “Illusion 5 ”—Live art and group exhibit, San Francisco, CA Photo September–October 2006—STUDIO Gallery, “Salvaged”—Group exhibit,
San Francisco, CA July 2006—New Orangeland Atelier—Estrus 4 release party and open studios, San Francisco, CA June–July 2006—Lobot Gallery, “A show to show how a show is not only a show”—Group exhibit, Oakland, CA June–July 2006—Femina Potens, “Betty Does Veronica ”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2006—Queen’s Nails Annex Gallery, “Mission Creek Comics Art Show”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA April 2006—Mezzanine, “Chillin’”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA April–July 2006—Backstage Salon and Gallery, “Queen of Polk Street”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA April–May 2006—Luka’s Taproom, “Museum of Children’s Art Benefit”—Group exhibit, Oakland, CA April
2006—Whitney
Young Cultural Center, “The Wedding Show”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA March 2006—ArtSF, “Illustrious”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA |
2005
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November–December
2005—STUDIO Gallery, “Tiny”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September
2005—Artist-Xchange, “Katrina Fundraiser”—Group
exhibit, San Francisco, CA September 2005—66balmy Gallery, “Katrina Disaster Fundraiser”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA August 2005—Adobe Books, “Pet Noir at Adobe”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July–August 2005—Bayennale—Group exhibit, Oakland, CA July–August 2005—66balmy Gallery, “Broken Heart Series”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA July 2005—Bonhams & Butterfields, “Art for AIDS”—Benefit and fundraiser, San Francisco, CA June
2005—Artist-Xchange, “June Art Exhibit”—Group
exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2005—Chameleon Café, “Faces”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA March–April 2005—Inferno Gallery, “Under the Influence of Anime”—Group exhibit, Oakland, CA April–May 2005—Artemis Gallery, “Bohemian Chicks”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA March–April
2005—Balazo Gallery, “Pet
Noir”—Group exhibit and fundraiser curated by MariNaomi,
San Francisco, CA March–April 2005—Off-Market Gallery, “She Creates”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February 2005—Pirate Tattoo, “The Cat Show”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February
2005—Sublounge, “Uplift”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February 2005—UC Berkeley, “Soulstice”—Group exhibit, Berkeley, CA February 2005—Terra, “Turning the Tide”—A STARTsoma fundraiser for Tsunami victims, San Francisco, CA January 2005—Cellspace, “Espionage”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA |
2004
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December 2004—SomArts Gallery, “Naughty Santa’s Black Market”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA December 2004—Oakland Museum of California, “Not Your Mother’s”—Group exhibit, Oakland, CA December 2004—Artist Xchange, “Artist Xchange Holiday Gift Fair”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA December 2004–January 2005—Off-Market Gallery, “SoMa Holiday Mixed-Media Exhibition”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA December 2004–January 2005—Village Shoes—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA November 2004—Studio Z, “Chillin’”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA—view photos by andy maluche October
2004—The Draw, Inc., “Fragments of Mass Experience”—Live
painting, San Francisco, CA September 2004—Upper Grant Avenue Fall Art Fair—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September–October 2004—Club Sportiva—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September 2004—Sublounge, “Cats Like Humans”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September 2004—Muddy Waters Café—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA August–October 2004—Place Pigalle, “Aquarius Rising”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA August 2004—Terra, “Art 415”—A STARTsoma fundraiser for the SFLNC, San Francisco, CA July–August 2004—Balazo Gallery, “Ladyfest Bay Area”—Group exhibit and live painting, San Francisco, CA July 2004—Studio Z, “Chillin’”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July 2004—Bonhams & Butterfields, “Art for AIDS”—Benefit and fundraiser, San Francisco, CA July 2004—Tongue and Groove—Live painting, San Francisco, CA June 2004—Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, “Illusion 2”—Live painting, San Francisco, CA June–July 2004—G Bar—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA June–July 2004—Mini’s Kids and Maternity, “Union Street Artwalk”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA June–July 2004—Sugar Shack, “Union Street Artwalk”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2004—Varnish Fine Art Gallery, “Furpatch Friday”—Live painting, San Francisco, CA May 2004—San Miguel Child Development Center, A Living Library, “A Celebration of Diversity”—Live painting, San Francisco, CA May 2004—Terra, “Shop”—Live painting and group exhibit, San Francisco, CA May–June 2004—The Tunnel Top—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2004—Planned Parenthood—Benefit and fundraiser, Burlington, VT April 2004—DNA Lounge, “Girl Powder”—Live painting and fundraiser, San Francisco, CA March–April 2004—Bohemia Lounge, “MariNaomi Takes Bohemia”—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA March 2004—Balazo Gallery, “Femina Potens’ Rock Out w/o Yr Cock Out”—Live painting and group exhibit, San Francisco, CA February 2004—ICan Gallery—Live painting, San Francisco, CA February 2004—Red Devil Lounge, “ViV and a Movie”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA January 2004—Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, “Porfilio Is Mission Arts Party”—Live painting, San Francisco, CA |
2003
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November–December 2003—Matt Gonzalez HQ—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA November 2003—Jupiter, “Jupiter Art Show and Street Fair—A Guerrilla Gallery-Approved Event”—Group exhibit, Berkeley, CA October 2003—Dragon Bar, “Seen Gallery”—Live painting and solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA October–December 2003—Schmidts Tobacco Trading & Pub—Solo show, Albany, CA September 2003—Red Devil Lounge, “ViV and a Movie”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July 2003—Varnish Fine Arts Gallery, “Unpopular Culture Street Fair”—Group exhibit and live painting, San Francisco, CA July 2003—Varnish Fine Arts Gallery, “Unpopular Culture Block Party ”—Group exhibit and live painting, San Francisco, CA June 2003—Red Devil Lounge, “ViV and a Movie”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA May 2003—Club Six, “Re:Vision”—Live painting, San Francisco, CA April–May 2003—Richmond Art Center, “Scenes and Zines”—Group exhibit, Richmond, CA April–May 2003—Rococo Harmony—Two-person exhibit with Randy Antin, San Francisco, CA January 2003—Rawhide, “The Identity Project”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA |
2002
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December 2002—SomArts Gallery, “Santa’s Black Market”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA November 2002—Red Devil Lounge, “ViV and a Movie”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September–December 2002—Alisa Hotel (Hotel des Arts), “Salon”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA September–November 2002—Femina Potens Gallery—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA August–October 2002—Villains—Solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA July 2002—Mission High School, “Ladyfest Bay Area Art Fair”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July 2002—Spanganga Gallery, “We’re Still Feminists: New Art from a Renewed Movement ”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA July–August 2002—Pond Gallery, “Pow!!! The Power of Women in Illustrative and Sequential Arts”—Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA |
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