gabriellesberens@gmail.com
www.gberensart.com
@g.s.berens
Education/Certifications
2025 MFA San Diego State University, San Diego, CA2023 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
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West Coast Textile Arts Exhibition, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, CA, Honorable Mention
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SDSU Art Council Award, Juried exhibition, San Diego, CA, Scholarship
- Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship, SDSU, CA
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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
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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,
- Prebys Creative and Performing Arts Scholar, San Diego State University, Scholarship
- 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
- SDSU Student Research Symposium, Oral Presenter
- Teaching Assistant, SDSU Printmaking 210 & 410
- SDSU Ceramics Studio/Facility Technician
- Studio Assistant, Eva Struble, San Diego, CA
- Professional Development Leader, Exhibition Planning for Project Based Learning
- 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
- Familiar Mysteries, Thesis Exhibition, SDSU University Gallery, San Diego, CA
- SDSU Art Awards, Juried Exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 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
- The Last Group Show, Bread and Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
- Conjunto; MFA Graduate Review Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
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Now Trending; Juried Group Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
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Student Award Exhibition; Juried Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
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Still Nice; Juried Exhibition, Get Nice Gallery, Seattle, WA
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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
2024SDSU 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