billy ocallaghan (currently residing in Anchor Bay, CA, USA)
education m.f.a., studio arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA (2012) -2011 Stillwell Scholarship -2010 Phelan, Murphy, & Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts -2010 Christine Tamblyn Memorial Scholarship j.d., magna cum laude, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, CA, USA (1995) b.a., cum laude, political science & philosophy, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, USA (1991)
art book fairs (exhibitor) PRINTED MATTER’S VIRTUAL ART BOOK FAIR (2021) TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR, Japan (2019, 2017, 2016) LA ART BOOK FAIR, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, LA (2017, 2015, 2014, 2013) NY ART BOOK FAIR, MoMA PS1, New York (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012) I NEVER READ, Basel, Switzerland (2013) Small Art Book Fair and Zine Release Party, Root Division, San Francisco (2016) *zines also featured in curated Let’s Queer section of Fruit Independent Art Book Fair, Bologna, Italy (2019, 2018) & collaborative projects with nif hodgson at CODEX Art Book Fair & Symposium, CA with Kala Gallery (2019, 2017)
public collections (mostly the special collections libraries of these institutions) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (pocket) Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA (cascading (collaboration with nif hodgson)) City University of New York, NY, NY (studio) Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA (pocketpocketpocketdarinkleinsboxofbooks) Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA (cascading (collaboration with nif hodgson)) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (cascading) Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (pocket) Metropolitan Museum, NY, NY (pocket) Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (pocket) Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY (cascadingpocket) Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (hardbackpocketpocket) New York Center for Book Arts, NY, NY (pocket pocket pocket pocket) New York Public Library, NY, NY (studio pocket) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (studiostudiostudiocascadingpocket & studio (collaboration with Craig Koozer)) Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (pocketpocketstudio) Queens College Libraries, Queens, NY (studio) Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (cascadingpocketdarinkleinsboxofbooks) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (cascadingpocket) Stanford University, CA (pocket) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (pocket) University of California, Berkeley, CA (pocket) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (studio) University of Pittsburg, PA (cascadingcascading) University of Santa Cruz, CA (hardbackpocketpocketpocketpocket) University of Texas, San Antonio, TX (cascadingcascadingcascadingpocket) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (pocket) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (studiocascadingcascadingcascadingpocketpocket) Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (studiopocketpocketpocket) Yale University, New Haven, CT (studiopocket)
selected bibliography Kimberly Chun, “Root Division show seeks out ‘Queer Gods,’” San Francisco Chronicle (& SF Gate) (June 2016) Robert McCamant, “A ‘fine’ pressman visits Printed Matter LA,” Fine Press Book Association blog (Feb. 2015) Josephine Livingstone, “What to see at the LA Art Book Fair,” Dazed Digital (Jan. 2015) (with video) Paddy Johnson & Corinna Kirsch, “Highlights from the New York Art Book Fair,” ArtFCity (Sept. 2014) Nina Varilla, “Pieces of identity,” The Ithacan (March 2014) Robert McCamant, “Notes from a Very Big ‘Book’ Fair,” Caxtonian (March 2014), pp.3-4 Amy Cancelmo, “Strange Bedfellows,” (Root Division catalog, 2013), intro & pp.28-29 Claire Sammons, “Owed to Plants [studio edition],” Journal of Artists’ Books, spring 2013 (JAB33), p.7 Claire Sammons, “Birds of America 2010 Supplement/Redacted,” Journal of Artists’ Books, spring 2013 (JAB33), p.7 Robin Cembalest, “In a Post-Audubon Era, Things Can Take a Nasty Tern,” artnews.com (2012) Richard Mann, “A Probing of the Limits,” SFSU MFA Catalog (2012)
selected group exhibitions THE GIFT: Queens College Collects, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, New York (2023) (featuring birds of america (studio edition)) Hope is the Thing with Feathers, Art of the Natural World, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, New York (2019) (featuring birds of america redacted and owed to plants original drawings/collages) On View: New Works, Kala Gallery, Berkeley (2017) (collaborative work with nif hodgson) 14 Rapid: Transit and Transition, Root Division, San Francisco (2015) (curated by Amy Cancelmo) Strange Bedfellows, Root Division, San Francisco (2013) (curated by Amy Cancelmo) [travelled to: Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (2013); Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL (2014); Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY (2014) & Miami Beach Urban Studios, Florida International University College of Architecture + the Arts, Miami, FL (2014)] 2012 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco (2012) MFA NOW 2012, Root Division, San Francisco (juror Kevin Chen) (2012) Student Scholarship Exhibition, Martin Wong Gallery (@ SFSU), San Francisco (2012) Shadowshop, Stephanie Syjuco’s project at SFMoMA, San Francisco (2010-2011) AT BAY II: Selections from 2010 Murphy, Cadogan & Phelan Awards, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, (@UCB) Berkeley (2011) Nothing To Say Here, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco (2011) New Generations Student Showcase, de Young Museum, San Francisco (2011) Boom!, Southern Exposure, San Francisco (juror Astria Suparak) (2010) Stillwell Student Art Show, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco (2010) Best of the Bay Area – A Juried Exhibition of Student Photography, CSU-East Bay/Hayward (2010) (juror Deborah Klochko) Roll Call, SF Camerawork, San Francisco (2010) Taste 2010: Garden of Earthly Delights, Root Division, San Francisco (2010) intro/duction, Martin Wong Gallery (@ SFSU), San Francisco (2010) Bay Area Currents, Pro Arts, Oakland (juror Kevin Chen) (2009) Ersatz Group Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco (2009) Grounded, Southern Exposure & Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco (juror Kristan Kennedy) (2007) Post-post card 10, The Lab, San Francisco (2006) Post-postcard 9, The Lab, San Francisco (2005) Flaneur, Punch Gallery, San Francisco (curated by Andrew Schoultz) (2005) Gimme Polaroid IV, New Langton Arts, San Francisco (2003) Gimme Polaroid III, Build Gallery, San Francisco (2002) Gimme Polaroid II, 440 Haight Street, San Francisco (2001)
art auctions/fundraisers for non-profit artspaces Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) The Lab, San Francisco (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Root Division, San Francisco (2010) SF Camerawork, San Francisco (2009) Southern Exposure, San Francisco (2008, 2009, 2014 (monster drawing rally))