INFORMATION:

Growing up in Oakland in the 1970s, my understanding of the world was influenced by social and economic difference, but also by the city's incredibly rich history and strong sense of community. Being excluded created inclusion, and this dynamic informs my work today.

I am interested in understanding the present by examining history; how etymology and mythology reveal the origins of power structures.

Sham Saenz
Born: 1972 in Oakland, CA
Lives in San Francisco, CA
Works in Oakland, CA

Residence with the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, CA
www.luggagestoregallery.org

Member of the Thin Ice Collective
www.thinicecollective.com

Former Co-Director of Onsix Gallery in San Francisco, CA
onsix at wikipedia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008

2007
Aqua at Miami Art Basel
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
December

Benefit Group Show.
Park Life, San Francisco, CA
November

Domestic Bliss.
Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
October

Swan Songs.
Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA
July

Panopticon.
Mama Buzz Gallery, Oakland, CA
June

There's No Light Without Darkness.
Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany
June

When More Is Less.
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
April

Beast Epic.
Hide Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
March

Time Lines.
Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
February

2006
111@111.
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
December

Deluge & Deliverance.
Trace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
October

Big Bawlers.
Auto 3321 Gallery, Oakland, CA
July

2004
Affordable Art Show
RX Gallery, San Francisco, CA
December

Murder.
Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
February

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
Downy Bird Art Kingdom: Contemporary West Coast Art, Edited by Matthew Bowers

Ethsix, Volume One, Issue Two, Edited by Eve Ekman

Ethsix, Volume One, Issue One, Edited by Eve Ekman