Education
MA Visual & Critical Studies, The California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
MFA Fine Art, The California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
BFA Photography, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Exhibitions
2019
No Cure for Mourning, September 4 - November 12, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
red.37.32-122, September 28, 2019, HERE, San Francisco, CA
ALMA MATER: Methods, June 15 - July 26, the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Red Gold, After Hailstones, a collaborative project with Justin Robinson and F U Z Z press, January 3-30, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Midnight, a group show curated by Rose Nestler, July 14-August 25, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
CCA Staff Show, February 13-22, the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017
Make Art/Work 2017, January 17-21, the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016
Méconnaissance, September 2 - October 30, Central, Philadelphia, PA
2015
CCA MFA Exhibition, May 14 - 23, the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Glass, Cinder & Thorns III, a group show curated by April Segedi, March 20 - April 25, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI
2013
Scope Basel, Modernbook Gallery Booth, June 10 - 16, Basel, Switzerland
Coalesce, featuring Sienna Freeman, Matt R. Phillips, Allison Sommers, March 1 - April 19, Gallery 309, Philadelphia, PA
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Modernbook Gallery Booth, March 7 – 10, London, England
2012
Glass, Cinder & Thorns II, a group show curated by April Segedi. November 2012, 323 East Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Art Platform Los Angeles, Modernbook Gallery Booth, September 28 - 30, Los Angeles, CA
Perception Shift, featuring Wade Aaron, Sienna Freeman, John Langdon, Bovey Lee, Kristen Neville-Taylor, Ryan Livingstone, Michelle Vitale Loughlin, Mat Ollig, with a short film by the Quay Brothers, curated by Heather Gibson, September 5 - December 12, 2012, Stockton College Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
Constructing the Figure, featuring Jeff Wallin, Rogelio Manzo, & Sienna Freeman. February 25, Art Loft PA, Philadelphia PA
2011
Spirit Board, group show curated by JL Schnabel, November 5 - December 2, 2011, Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Birds of a Feather, group show featuring work by Sienna Freeman, Frank Gonzales, Darla Teagarden, & Edith Lebeau, November 5 - December, 2011, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Sienna Freeman Rencontre Thierry Tillier / Thierry Tillier meets Sienna Freeman, September 9 - October 29, LeVecteur, two person show, Galerie V2, Charleroi, Belgium
Approaching the Unreal, featuring Maggie Taylor, Jerry Uelsmann, Jamie Baldridge, Brian Taylor, Susan kae Grant, Brent Townshend, Sara Friedlander, Tom Chambers, Holly Roberts, Mary Daniel Hobson, Julieanne Kost, Sienna Freeman, and Jenny Honnert Abell, April 7 - May 28, Modernbook Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sienna Freeman & Becky Schmidt: Monsters inside Me, April 8 – July 7, two person show, Chapterhouse, Philadelphia, PA
Sienna Freeman: Broken Mirror, solo show, March 4 – 27, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Art Miami 2010, Modernbook Gallery Booth, December 1 - 5, Miami, FL
Art Toronto 2010, Modernbook Gallery Booth, October 28 - November 1, Toronto, Canada
Sienna Freeman: Mirror Mirror, September 11 - October 4, solo show, Sweet Jane, Philadelphia, PA
Playmate: Darla Jackson, Gretchen Diehl, and Sienna Freeman, February 26 - March 23, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sienna Freeman: Equinophobia, December 10 - January 7, solo show, B2, Philadelphia, PA
2009
In Your Dreams, May 18 – September 11, juried exhibition, Art at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Life on the Spectrum: A Love Story, June 11 – 13, group show, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
Child Bride Makes Friends with Her Shadow, A public installation piece for Urban Outfitters, January - February, University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Sienna Freeman: Recent Works, August 24 – October 5, solo show, Arcadia, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Works by Sienna Freeman, Chris Lawrence, & Kat Moran. August 1 – 23, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2008, Juried Show, June 29 – September 21, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Sienna Freeman: Re/member, January 12 - March 29, solo show, Yo Darkroom & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Space 1026: Never Forget! Do It Yourself with Other People (a survey of the cooperative's past 10 years), November 2 – December 20, Space1026 Gallery and Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Close to Home > 10, group show curated by Alida Fish, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Birds of Prey, Space1026 Gallery, group show, Philadelphia, PA
2003
University of the Arts Senior Photography Thesis Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Digital/Analog: Photo-Based Work, Group show, Siano Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flip Book Fest, Space1026 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Experience, Critiques, Lectures
Guest Speaker, Art Writing, Prof. Glen Helfand, California College of the Arts, February 28, 2023
Visiting Artist Talk and Guest Critic, Art Practice, Prof. Bec Imrich, UC Berkeley, February 8, 2023
Moderator, QCCA/VCS Alumni Panel Talk, “Queer Art/Queer Times,” California College of the Arts, May 8, 2019
Guest Critic, 3:1 Peer Critique, California College of the Arts, October 30, 2018
Eccentric Conversations with Sienna Freeman, Elena Gross, and Anthea Black. Moderated by Kim Anno. Presented by QCC’s Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) and KADIST SF, October 17, 2018
Guest Critic, 3:1 Peer Critique, California College of the Arts, April 3, 2018
Lead Discussant, ONE + TWO Critique Group, The American Industrial Building, San Francisco, CA June 10, 2017
Guest Critic, 3:1 Peer Critique, California College of the Arts, February 16, 2017
Teaching Assistant, Living Painters, professor Jordan Kantor, California College of the Arts, Fall 2015
Visiting Artist Talk, Painting 1, Prof. Victoria Wagner, California College of the Arts, Spring 2015
Teaching Assistant, CONTEMPORARY ART (SINCE 1945), professor Elizabeth Mangini, California College of the Arts, Fall 2014
Visiting Artist Talk, Surface Alteration in Photography, professor Alida Fish, the University of the Arts, Fall 2012
Juror for the Ted Cary Prize competition, the University of the Arts, 2011
Guest Speaker, Photography Alumni Panel, the University of the Arts, Spring 2008
Guest Critic, Senior Final Photography Critique, the University of the Arts, Spring 2011
Professional Experience
2021 - 2023
Chief of Staff, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA
2018 - 2021
Project Manager, Operations, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA
2017 - 2018
Senior Manager of Academic Programs, Humanities & Sciences Division, Graduate Program in Visual & Critical Studies, VCS Dual-Degree Option - The California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016 - 2017
Program Manager: Graduate Program in Visual & Critical Studies, VCS Dual-Degree Option, and Undergraduate Program in Visual Studies - The California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014 - 2016
Gallery Manager - Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
2010 – 2013
Director – Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 – 2010
Associate Director – Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 – 2007
Gallery Administrator – Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 – 2004
Resident Artist, Space 1026 Gallery & Studios, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - 2003
Gallery Intern & Artist Assistant, Space 1026 Gallery & Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Curatorial Experience
At the First Clear Word, an online exhibition, March 2018, NIAD Art Gallery, Richmond, CA.
WILD Nature: Christy Langer, Julie Anne Mann, Andy Paiko, and Jennifer Trask, May 4 – June 30, 2012, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Old Souls (Reincarnated Objects): Orly Cogan, Brian Dettmer, Flore Gardner, and Jessica Joslin, May 6 - June 25, 2011, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Self & Beyond: Kiki Smith, Dana Major Kanovitz, Monica Cook, and Melanie Bilenker, September 4 - October 31, 2009, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(In)Between: Contemporary Interpretations of Vanitas: Damien Hirst, Randall Sellers, Adelaide Paul, Tim Tate, Anne Siems, Dirk Staschke and Joe Boruchow, May 2 - June 28, 2008, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Birds of Prey: Erinn Hart, Lia Brennan, Sarah Christoph, Sienna Freeman and Adriane Dalton, July - August, 2004, Space 1026 Gallery & Studios, Philadelphia, PA