Gabrielle Berens
gabriellesberens@gmail.com
www.gberensart.com
@g.s.berens


Education/Certifications

2025    MFA San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2023    SDSU Graduate Certificate in College Teaching
2018    CA Teaching Credential: Single Subject K-12, Art
2014    TX Teaching Credential: Single Subject K-12, Art
2009    BFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX


Awards & Distinctions

2025     
  • Art Produce Award, Solo Show Recipient, San Diego, CA
  • SDSU Arts and Letters, Permanent Collection
2024    
  • West Coast Textile Arts Exhibition, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, CA, Honorable Mention
  • SDSU Art Council Award, Juried exhibition, San Diego, CA, Scholarship
  • Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship, SDSU, CA
  • Brea Gallery, Made in California Juried Exhibition, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA, Honorable Mention 
  • SDSU College of Sciences, Permanent Collection
  • SDSU Provost, Permenent Collection
  • Prebys Creative and Performing Arts Scholar, SDSU, Scholarship
  • SDSU Windgate Scholar, SDSU, Scholarship
2023   
  • CSU William and Janet Lahey Visual Arts Education Scholarship
  • Reborder International Arts Conference - Tijuana, MX, Award Recipient
  • SDSU Fowler School of Business, Permanent Collection
  • SDSU Provost, Permenent Collection
  • SDSU International Campus Permament Collection,
    Country of Georgia
  • Prebys Creative and Performing Arts Scholar, San Diego State University, Scholarship 
2022   
  • SDSU Windgate Scholar, SDSU, Scholarship 

Professional Experience

2024    
  • City of SD Public Arts/Public Sphere -  Participant
  • Reborder Sculpture Project Manager, Tijuana/San Diego
  • Designed and Taught Visual Arts K-12 workshops, Oaxaca, MX
2023        
  • SDSU Student Research Symposium, Oral Presenter
  • Teaching Assistant, SDSU Printmaking 210 & 410
2022      
  • SDSU Ceramics Studio/Facility Technician
2022-24   
  • Studio Assistant, Eva Struble, San Diego, CA
2018    
  • Professional Development Leader, Exhibition Planning for Project Based Learning
2017  
  • State of California Disability Rights Training

Exhibitions

2025/Forthcoming
  • Access, Group Exhibition, Bonita Museum and Cultural Center, Bonita, CA
  • Emergence, Solo Exhibition, Get Nice Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Untitled, Solo Exhibition, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
2025
  • Familiar Mysteries, Thesis Exhibition, SDSU University Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • SDSU Art Awards, Juried Exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, CA
2024
  • Some Kind of Feeling, Juried Exhibition, ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX
  • Dreamscape: Juried Exhibition, San Diego Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • West Coast Textile Arts Exhibition: Juried Exhibition, Escondido Arts Partnership,                                                   Escondido, CA
  • ARTventure; Juried Exhibition, Norma Hertzog Community Center, Costa Mesa, CA
  • New Voices for the Twenties III; Juried Exhibition, Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
  • Permanent Installation of “Reborder” Sculpture, Main Stage Theatre SDSU, San Diego, CA
  • Art Council Exhibition: Juried Show, Athenaeum at Bread and Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • Made in California; Juried Exhibition, Brea Gallery, Brea CA
  • Student Award Exhibition; Juried Exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
  • Santa Barbara Clay National 2024: Juried Exhibition, Clay Studio Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
2023   
  • The Last Group Show, Bread and Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • Conjunto; MFA Graduate Review Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
  • Now Trending; Juried Group Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
  • Student Award Exhibition; Juried Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2022
  • Still Nice; Juried Exhibition, Get Nice Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • The Sixteen; MFA Graduate Review Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
  • Memories, Group Painting Exhibition, Installation Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA

Teaching Experience

2024        
SDSU Graduate Teaching Associate, San Diego, CA
-Drawing 100; Fundamentals of Observational and Subjective Drawing

2018-22   
High Tech Middle Chula Vista, Chula Vista, CA
-Project Based Learning Visual Arts Teacher 

2020-21 
California Department of Education via High Tech High, Chula Vista, CA                                            
-Statewide Project Based Learning Leadership Academy, Teaching Mentor

2017       
St.Madeleine Sophie’s Center, El Cajon, CA
-Ceramics Instructor, Ceramics Facilities Manager

2014 -17
Bertha Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Austin Independent School District, Austin, TX
-Visual Arts Teacher
-Appointed Visual Arts Representative for AISD

2015      
Austin Community College, Summer At Risk Youth Student Program, Austin, TX,
-Visual Arts Instructor

2013    
Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School (LASA), Austin Independent School District, Austin, TX
-Visual Arts Teacher (long term special subjects substitute)

2013-17
Texas State Hospital, Austin, TX       
-Volunteer, Project Leader, Member of Visual Arts Committee
-Exhibition Curator