biography

EDUCATION:
1990 M.F.A., California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, Ca.
1975 B.A., Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
1973 A.A., Sacramento City College, California

EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Volcão dos Capelinhos: História, Geografia, e Migração, Centro Do Mar, Horta, Faial, Azores, Portugal. UMAR. Opening July 25.

2007 Obsessive Nature, Heritage Bank’s 2007-08 winter exhibition;
Nas Asas da Igualdade, Centro de Cultura de Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.

2006 Faculty Exhibition, Natalie&James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, Ca;
"Paintings" Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

2005 "Women in Portugal and the Diaspora" Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, Ca.

2004 "Monumental" (Film/Video), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, Ca.
“CCA See,” Oliver Art Center, Oakland, Ca.

2003 Faculty Exhibition, Natalie&James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, Ca.
“23rd Annual Fall Auction,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Ca.

2002 "Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, Ca.
"22nd Annual Fall Auction," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Ca.

2001 "Talking to Myself: Culture, Fantasy and the Domestic Condition," Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, Ca.
“I/O a public video program,” Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, Flower Show "Spring

2000 Group Exhibition," Porter Troupe Gallery
California College of Arts & Crafts Alumni Exhibition, Oakland, Ca.

1999 "12 Attitudes: A Multimedia Exhibit of Women Artists," Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, Ca.

1998 Faculty Exhibition, Natalie&James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, Ca.
"Art in City Hall," Veteran's Building, San Francisco, Ca.

1996 "Confess," Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, San Francisco, Ca.
"Introduction," Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, Ca. (now Harlem Art Salon, New York)
"Marlene Angeja & Hifumi Ogawa," Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.

1995 "About Drawing," Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
"American Color," Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. and Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, Ca.
Embarcadero "Window Series," curated by Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Ca.

1994 "Odun De Odun De," Oliver Art Center, Oakland, Ca.
"Bay Arts 1994," San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, Ca.
"Alumni Art Exhibit," University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, Ca.

1992 "9," Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco,Ca.
"Telling Stories," Preito Gallery at Mills College, Oakland, Ca.

1991 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco Ca.
"Wet Paint," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
B.A.C.A. Seventh Annual, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca.
"A Mulher de Portugal aos Estados Unidos," Portuguese Historical and Cultural Society, Sacramento, Ca.

1990 "The Yellow Wallpaper" Installation, The Alice Hotel, Oakland, Ca.
California College of Arts & Crafts Third Annual Awards Exhibition, Barclay Simpson Gallery, Lafayette, Ca.;
M.F.A Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, Ca. Cassandra Kirsting Gallery, Oakland, Ca.

1989 Art Store Gallery, Oakland, Ca.

1988 Twenty Sixth Annual H.A.F.A. Exhibition, Hayward, Ca.

1986 "Site Plan" Collaborative Installation with Kathleen Jesse, University Gallery, California State University, Hayward, Ca

TEACHING:
1997-present Lecturer: San Jose State University, School of Art & Design, San Jose, Ca.

2000-2001 Lecturer: California College of Arts & Crafts

1997-2000 Instructor: California College of Arts & Crafts, Extended Education, Oakland, Ca.

CONFERENCES:
2005: Panelist: "The Voice and Choice of Women in Portugal and in the Diaspora," University of California, Berkeley Invited Artist: "The Mythical Colours of the Island," Terceira, Azores Islands, Portugal

2000 Artist in Residence: California College of Arts & Crafts Semester Abroad, ENSCI/Les Ateliér, Paris, France.

1999 Artist in Residence: Summer Workshop in France, California College of Arts & Crafts and Raymond Saunders. Ecole de Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France.

1996 Lecture: Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, Ca., Feb. 10.

1994 Lecture/Workshop: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, October 27.

1993 Panelist: The Portuguese Historical & Cultural Society, Sacramento, Ca., "A Mulher de Portugal aos Estados Unidos" (Portuguese Women in the United States), April 28.

1988/90 Teaching Assistantship: California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, Ca.,

ARTICLES/ESSAYS:
2003 Simas, Rosa, ed. Women in the Azores and the Immigrant Communities (Empresa Grafica Acoriana:Ponta Delgada). Essay: “Two Landscapes: The Vision of a Portuguese-American Artist”

1994 Angeja, Marlene. "Showcase: Kathleen Jesse," VISIONS, Spring 1994, pp.59-60.

1992 Baker, Kenneth. "Art Institute's Topical Turn," SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 9/9/92, p.4D.
Friedman, Robert. "Female Culture," SAN FRANCISCO SENTINEL, September 24, 1992.
Davidson, Patricia. "9" (exhibition catalog), San Francisco Art Institute, September 1992.

1991 Simas, Rosa. "A Mulher: de Portugal aos Estados Unidos," THE PORTUGUESE TRIBUNE, 6/27/91, 14-15.

1990 Fowler, Carol. CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 6/2/90, p.7D.

AWARDS:
1990 Barclay Simpson Graduate Award
1988, 1989 California State Fellowship
1973, 1974 California State Scholarship