Sondra Schwetman
Web page: www.sondraschwetmanart.com
Education
MFA - The University of Houston, Houston, TX.
Major areas: Sculpture and Metalsmithing.
BFA - The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Major: Art - Visual Communications.
Teaching Experience
Current: Cal-Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA
Position: Associate Professor - Sculpture.
Exhibitions and Dissemination (*solo exhibition, + collaborative “Metal Pin Cushion” exhibition)
2026
July 25 - August 26, Green, ARC Gallery San Francisco, CA, Juror: JD Beltran, Cofounder, ART + WATER, San Francisco, CA.
March 3 – April 4, FEM-minis, Arc Gallery, Jurors: Sawyer Rose, Sandra Yagi, Madi Toloui, San Francisco, CA. This is a regional exhibition, NCWCA.
2025
Sept 24, 2025 Bold Journey, https://boldjourney.com/an-inspired-chat-with-sondra-schwetman-of-close-to-the-university-highlight
June 12 – July 26, Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI, Juror: Jaleesa Johnson - interdisciplinary artist, educator and curator, currently living and working in the Pacific Northwest. This exhibition was intended for a national audience.
June 14 – July 12, Mendings and Marvels, Laura Abrams, Marguerite Elliot, Anne Giancola, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery, San Fransisco, CA. This is a regional exhibition.
April 14 – June 15, Pain Points: Bearing Witness in the Present Tense, Women’s Caucus for Art. Virtual Exhibition. This exhibition was intended for a national audience.
2024
August 15 – October 5, Women Create Space, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont CA.
Jurors: Leah Andrews, Curator, Olive Hyde Gallery, Elizabeth Addison MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator, Curator, Karen M. Gutfreund, Independent Curator, Consultant, Artist, this exhibition was intended for a national audience.
June 15 - July 14, Access: An Ordinary Notion, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. This exhibition was chosen from a pool of hundreds of applicants. Intended for a national audience.
April 9, 5th Annual Teaching Excellence Symposium: Charting the Future of Teaching & Learning: Defining Excellence, Embracing Change. Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA. Project presentation: Backward Design.
February 15 – April 6, 6000 Circles, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. This work is intended for a national audience.
January 20 – March 3, Drops and Tints, Morris Graves Museum of Art , Eureka, CA. This exhibition included ten works by me and was intended for a regional audience. +
2023
November 15 – December 12, Beyond the Page, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA. This exhibition is intended for a local audience.
August 18 – September 22, FEMINIST TO THE CORE, SalonIb., Chicago, IL. Invitational. My work was chosen by Curators Gone Rogue for this international exhibition, intended for an international audience.
June 7 – August 12, Portals, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror Karen Gutfreund artist and independent curator. This exhibition is intended for a regional audience.
April, CanvasRebel.com, Stories and Insights, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-sondra-schwetman. Intended for a national audience.
March 8 – April 8, Woman, Exhibitizone, online exhibition, Ontario Canada. This exhibition is intended for an international audience.
March 8 - April 8, Femina, Gallerium Art, online exhibition. This exhibition is intended for an international audience.
January 28 – March 4, Roe 2.0 – It Ain’t Over Yet, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror – WMG Programming Committee. This piece was chosen for the in Gallery portion of the exhibition. This exhibition is intended for a national audience.
2022
July 27 – Aug 6, Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA. Juror: Joan Gold is a Brooklyn-born abstract painter/educator, retired Associate Professor of the Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas. This exhibition was intended for a regional audience.
June 18 – Aug 13, The Wild Side, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Cynthia Brannvall is an art historian and a multi-media artist who teaches art history as a full time faculty member of Foothill Community College. This exhibition is intended for a national audience.
May 15 – June 1, Solo Exhibit, Gallery 2, Redwood Arts Association, Eureka, CA. This exhibition was intended for a regional audience.*
May 31 – June 28, The Figure, SITE: Brooklyn Gallery online exhibit. Juror Andi Campognone – California based curator, author and film producer. Intended for an International audience.
May - Artistonish Magazine Issue #22 May 2022, International Contemporary Art Magazine. Intended for an international audience.
January 27 – March 13, Best of Women, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. This exhibition was intended for a national audience.
January 21 – Feb 27, Occupy the Moment, Intersect History with Impact, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, juror: Dr. Maura Reilly the Founding Curator of the Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. This exhibition was intended for a national audience.
2021
December 3 – January 14, 21/22, Composing the Future II, DiNapoli Gallery, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, SJSU, Juror: Elizabeth Addison, Exhibitions Chair NCWCA. This exhibition featured one of my works and was intended for a regional audience.
August 28 - September 25, Four Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. This invitational exhibition featured 16 of my works and was intended for a national audience. Invitational.
July 10 – August 7, Containment: Stories of Art in Isolation, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror, Dasha Matsuura, director at Hashimoto Contemporary Art Gallery.
This exhibition featured one of my works and intended for a national audience.
May 7 – June 4, Black and White, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA, virtual exhibition. This Exhibition featured one of my works and was intended for a national audience.
May 1 – June 30, Composing the Future, Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley
Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA. This exhibition featured one of my works and was intended for a regional audience. Jurors: Marianne McGrath, an independent art curator and art historian lead juror, Elizabeth Addison and Anne Giancola.
April 16 – May 2, A Thousand Words, Core New Art Space, Lake Wood, CO, Juror: Richard Chamberlain, artist, Denver, CO. This exhibition featured one of my works and was intended for a national audience.
March 15 – April 22 @CSU, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA,
virtual exhibition. This exhibition featured two of my works and was intended for a national audience.
March 4 – March 27, 2021, Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna CA,
virtual exhibition. This exhibition featured one of my works and was intended for a national audience.