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CCA Faculty/Alumna Receive SECA Awards from SFMOMA
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009, by Chris Bliss
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art recently announced the recipients of the 2008 SECA Art Award, administered by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art. Two of the four winners are CCA faculty members: Jordan Kantor (associate professor, Painting/Drawing Program) and Desirée Holman (lecturer, First Year Program, Media Arts, and Interdisciplinary Studies). Tauba Auerbach and Trevor Paglen are the other recipients.
The biennial award honors local artists of exceptional promise with an exhibition at SFMOMA and an accompanying catalog. The 2008 SECA Art Award exhibition, featuring the work of all four artists, will be on view at SFMOMA from February 12 through May 10, 2009. For more information visit SFMOMA.
About the Award
Administered by SECA, an SFMOMA art interest group, this biennial award honors local artists of exceptional promise. This year the museum considered more than 200 artists working in a broad range of media who were nominated by Bay Area art professionals, including museum and alternative space curators, art school instructors, gallery owners, critics, SECA members, and former recipients of the SECA award. After visiting the studios of 31 finalists, the winners were selected by SFMOMA Assistant Curators of Painting and Sculpture Apsara DiQuinzio and Alison Gass.
Since 1967 SECA has honored more than 50 Bay Area artists with its award program. Among these are several CCA-affiliated artists, including Rebecca Bollinger, Kota Ezawa, Chris Finley, Amy Franceschini, Shaun O'Dell, Mitzi Pederson, Maria Porges, Laurie Reid, Leslie Shows, and Mary Snowden.
About the Award Recipients
Jordan Kantor joined the CCA faculty in fall 2005. He teaches in the undergraduate Painting/Drawing Program and the Graduate Program in Fine Arts. In addition to teaching artistic practice and theory Kantor writes extensively on contemporary art subjects and is a frequent contributor to Artforum magazine. His paintings have been shown both in the United States and internationally.
Desirée Holman received her BFA in Sculpture from CCA in 1999. Following graduation, she was accepted into the residency program of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Oakland, California. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, as well as internationally. She is currently represented by San Francisco's Silverman Gallery. To see additional work, visit the artist's website.