ART VITAE / Terry Acebo Davis
Credo “ Bahala na! ” - TAD
Quotes “I leave it to the other people to say what I did” - Miu Miu Prada / “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” - Andy Warhol / 1968 Stockholm exhibition
Exhibitions
2024 “In the Presence of - Collective Histories of the Asian American Women Artists Association” Curated by Christina Hiromi-Hobbs, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA PDF catalog
2023 “Resilience” a permanent exhibition of artwork on display at Contra Costa County Hospital in Martinez, CA / Curated by Ann Schnake and Chandra Cerritos Art Advisors / Group exhibition
“Palo Alto Studios Celebrates 20 years” / Palo Alto Art Studios / September Open Studios group exhibition
“Art in the Garden” Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA / Group exhibition
2022 “Begin Again” Studio D / Palo Alto Art Studios / December Open Studios group exhibition
2021 “An Art Affair” - Curated by Terry Acebo Davis & Thai Bui /Palo Alto Art Studios Gallery / Palo Alto Art Studio Artists Group
2020 “COVID Times” - Curated by Terry Acebo Davis at Palo Alto Studios Gallery /Palo Alto Art Studio Artists Group
2015 Wing Luke Museum, Seattle WA "Constructs" Artists: Terry Acebo Davis, Yong Soon Min, Lynne Yamamoto, Kaili Chun, Tamiko Thiel with Midori Kono - Curated by Stacie Uradomo-Barre / Catalog
"Books" Smith Anderson Editions Palo Alto, CA - Curated by Paula Kirkeby / Group Exhibition
2014 "Anniversary of South Bay Area Artists" at Artik San Jose, CA - Curated by Kathryn Funk / Group
2012 "Gender Specific" Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA - including Artists Hung Liu, Terry Acebo Davis, Judy Dater, Kira Walker, Helen Frankenthaler, Ashlie Benton, Miriam Shapiro, Niki de Saint Phalle, Lucy Traeger/, Kara Maria / Curated by Paula Kirkeby
2010 Bill Gould Design and Architecture, San Jose, CA "Print Retrospective with Artists: Terry Acebo Davis, Don Fritz, Roert Ortbal, Margaret Rinkovsky & Shelby Smith" / Curated by Kathryn Funk & Bill Gould
2009 Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA "Tri-age" - Curated by Preston Metcalf & George Rivera / Solo Exhibition
De Young Museum's Kimball Gallery San Francisco, CA "A Space of Her Own" with Asian American Women in Art / Group Exhibition Juried
2008 Krause Center for Innovation Gallery at Foothill College, Los Altos, CA "Tortilla Curtain Project" - Invited Guest Artist - Curated by Kent Manske / Group Exhibition
2007 Ayala Foundation, Redwood City, CA "Gawa sa Belgium" / Solo Exhibition
University of San Francisco Thatcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA "From Hedonopolis to Melancolony" - Curated by Rico Reyes / Group Exhibition
SOMA San Francisco, CA "Overmapped" Curated by Carlos Villa / Group Exhibition
Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA "Dealer's Choice" - Curated by Paula Kirkeby / Group Exhibition
2006 Contemporary Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI "Contemporary Filipino American Artists" Curated by Allison Wong / Group Exhbition
National Academy Museum, New York, NY "181st Invitational of Contemporary Art" / Group Exhbition - Juried
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA "Out of the Box" - Curated by Linda Craighead / Group Exhibition
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA "Pacific Prints” Juried by Joseph Zirker
2005 Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA "Tracing Rituals" - Curated by Tobin Keller & Rose Sellery/ Solo Exhibition
2004 Asian Art Museum Samsung Hall, San Francisco, CA "Tabing Rising"- Curated by Julina Togonon / Solo Exhibition
Stanford University - Institute on Women & Gender, Stanford, CA "Anatomy of Spirit" Solo Exhibition -
Curated by Sarah Ratchye
2003 Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, CA "Diwata" - Curated by Malou Babilonia & Julina Togonon/ Solo Exhibition
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship Awardee Exhibition
2002 Antwerp Center, Antwerp, Belgium "Global Dialogue"- Curated by Veerle Rooms / Group Exhibition
2001 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Pinoy / Pinay" with Artists Terry Acebo Davis, Minerva Amistoso and Fred Lagapa
Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Nepal and Back" / Solo Exhibition
2000 Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA "Bae" - Curated by Carlos Villa / Group Exhibtion
1999 WORKS Art and Performance, San Jose, CA "To Be..." Installation Artists Collaboration: Terry Acebo Davis and Gwen Wilson
1998 Bronx Museum of Art NYC, NY “ 1898- Critical Points” Diwa Arts: Balikbayan Box: Tracing a Strain -- Curated by Edwin Tangonan Ramoran / Monograph
Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, CA "Destiny Manifesting" with DIWA Arts Collective - Curated by Rene Yanez
Museo ng Maynila, Manila Philippines and San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Sister City Sisters: San Francisco Babaylan, Contemporary Art Installations: Art by eight San Francisco Women Artists” Terry Acebo Davis, Eliza Barrios, Reanne Estrada, Johanna Poethig Stephanie Syjuco, Lucille Tenazas, Catherine Wagner & Jennifer Wofford - Curated by Carlos Villa, Mark Johnson & Trisha Legaso
Washington Square Gallery “Re-Orientation” San Francisco, CA / Group Exhibition
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University “Prints” - Curated by Marilyn Grossman / Group Exhibition
1997 Oakland Asian Cultural Center “A Message to the Next Generation” - Reanne Estrada, Project Coordinator / Collaboration between Mary Alisangco-Acebo & Grandaughter Terry Acebo Davis / Group Exhition
1996 Boom Gallery, Honolulu, HI "Of the Body" / Art Directors: Charles Villaroso & Maria Medua / Solo Exhibition
East-West Gallery at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI "Kayumanggi Presence 1996" Curated by Jeff Baysa / Group Exhibition / Catalog
UC Irvine Fine Arts Gallery to Plugin Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba "Memories of Overdevelpment: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary Visual Art" with DIWA Arts Group Exhibition - Curated by Vince Golveo & Crilio Domine / Catalog
Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA "Art in the Urban Landscape - Bayanihan Transition" with DIWA Arts Collective
Euphrat Museum of Art “Families Rebuilding, Reinventibg, Recreating” Group Exhibition - Curated by Jan Rindfliesch & Flo Oy Wong / Group Exhibition
1995 Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, CA "Cantho into Haarlem" / Solo Exhibition
MACLA, San Jose, CA "Artists Respond to Proposition 187" Group Exhbition
Philippine Consulate, Honolulu, HI "Filipinas" / Curated by Jeff Baysa / Group Exhibition / Catalog
Loyola University Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angles, CA "LA Printmaking" / Catalog
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA "The Dresden Exchange" Curated by Katherine Levin-Lau / Gallerie Adlergasse, Dresden, Germany "Bay Area Artists" Curated by Stefan Voight / Group Exhibition / Catalog
Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA "Black and White" / Group Exhibition
1994 Reese Bullen Gallery at Humboldt State University Arcata, CA "Summer Artists Residency Exhibition" / Group Exhibition
1993 C.N. Gorman Gallery at University of California Davis, Davis, CA "Time Echoes" - Curated by Theresa Harlan / Group Exhibition with Asian American Women Artists Association
Academy of Art Linekona, Honolulu, HI "Kayumanggi Presence 1993" - Curated by Jeff Baysa and Charles Valoroso / Group Exhibition
Stuttgart International Airport, Stuttgart, Germany "An American" / Group Exhibition
Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany "Printmakers" / Group Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA "Works on Paper" / Juried
1992 Simon and Schuster Publishers, Santa Clara, CA "San Jose State University Art Faculty"
Market Street Alternative Space, San Jose, CA "The Fourth Floor" - Organized by Stan Welsh
1991 California State University Long Beach Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA "New Printmakers Invitational" / Group Exhibition Juried
Awards, Commissions, Residencies
2007 WORKS San Jose Euphrat Museum Juror's Award
2003 Arts Council Silicon Valley - Arts Laureate -Fellowship Award in Printmaking, Painting and Drawing
2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 Frans Masereel Centrum - International Artist in Residence Kasterlee, Belgium
2002 Community Foundation Silicon Valley Artist in Residence Grant for documentary film: "Mabuhay with Equity, Filipino War Veterans of WWII"
2002 Richmond Health Care Center:, Quilt of Many Colors Project Artist in Residence for Site Installation “Filipino Health Care Workers and their Immigration Experience to the United States” in collaboration with Ann Schnake, Artist/Curator
2001 Arts Council of Silicon Valley Arts Builds Communities Artist in Residence Grant for Site Installations: Project: “The Filipino Migration to the Bay Area” Exhibitions at San Jose Northside and Eastside Community Centers, San Jose, CA
2000 Dr. Jose Rizal Community Heroes Award presented by the Filipino American Opportunities Development Center, San Jose, CA
1998 California Arts Council, Zellerbach Family Fund, Walter Alexander Gerbode Foundation Grants for publication of "Of Our Own Voice" for the Asian American Women Artists catalog, Co-Editors: Terry Acebo Davis and Dawn Nakanishi
1997 James D. Phelan Award & Fellowship in Printmaking / Awarded by the San Francisco Foundation and administered by Kala Art Institute Berkeley, CA /
Filipino American Arts Exposition Commission for "Walk in My Shoes" Yerba Buena Art Center Gardens, San Francisco, CA / Artists Collaboration: Terry Acebo Davis and Dawn Nakanishi
“ Radius Award and Exhibition” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA / Juried by Ruth Braunstein
1996 Eureka Award Nominee, San Francisco, CA
Capp Street Project: “Art in the Urban Landscape” with DIWA Arts San Francisco, CA / Gerbode Foundation and San Francisco Arts Commission Grants
1994 Artist in Residence California State Universities Summer Arts - Alternative Print Processes with Guest Artists: Mildred Howard & Todd Murphy - Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1993 Artist in Residence California State Universities Summer Arts - Printmaking and Beyond w/ Guest Artist: Elizabeth Murray and Art Critic Roland Reese - Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Review Articles / Publications Selected
2015 Construct/s: Installations by Asian Pacific American Artists Exhibition Catalog -Curatorial Essays by Dr. Stacie Uradomo-Barre Published by Wing Luke Museum Seattle, WA / 2009 Yuma Art Symposium - 3o Years After - Presenters Catalog /2007 Cheers for Muses Published by the Asian American Women Artists Association San Francisco, CA / 2006 "Journey through Time" in the Honolulu Advertiser Newspaper July 2 / 2005 Pinay Power Edited by Dr. Melinda de Jesus Rutledge Press / 2004 Sexual Naturalization by Susan Koshy Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA / 2005 "Layers of Expression" by Stephanie Loleng Philippine News / 2002 "Self Explored" by Marc Carig Flipinas Magazine / 1999 "Unfolding Identities" by Reena Jana Asian Art News Journal / 1999 Women Artists of Color: A Bio-critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas Edited by Phoebe Farris Greenwood Press, Westport, CN / 1998 "An Interview with Terry Acebo Davis" by Victoria Alba in Detail: Journal of Art Criticism South Bay Women Caucus for Art Publishers / 1995 "Richard Sumner Gallery Terry Acebo Davis" by Reena Jana Asian Art News 1
Collections
Achenbach Foundation of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA / Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium / Ministry of the Flemish Communities, Belgium / United States Embassy Manila, Philippines / Triton Museum of Arts Santa Clara, CA / Leland-Whitney & Associates San Francisco, CA / Sheila & Ralph Pickett Saratoga, CA / Dr. Lorry & Karen Frankel Stanford, CA / Malou Babilonia NYC, NY / Paulette Peterson Estate San Jose, CA / Dan Keegan Milwaukee, Wisconsin/ Dr. Gary & Susan Hartman Atherrton, CA / Patrick Surgalski Los Gatos, CA / Dr. Sharon Irving Philadelphia, PA / Dr. Alan & Edwina Bergano Virginia Beach, VA / Barbara DeGenevieve Estate Chicago, IL / Heinrick Groenland Eindhoven, Netherlands / Charles & Nadine VanGisbergen Berchem, Belgium / Jeffrey & Marie Moore Los Altos, CA / Minerva Amistoso Hayward, CA / Mel Orpilla Vallejo, CA // Kathryn Funk San Jose, CA / Laura Deem Portola Valley, CA / Other Private Collections upon request
Education
San Jose State University BFA, MFA with honors / University of California San Francisco - Graduate studies in Pediatric Oncology / California State University Hayward BSN Nursing / Stanford University - Art coursework
Art Affiliations
Asian American Women Artists Association - Member, Curator / City of Palo Alto Public Art Commission - Chair, Commissioner / WORKS San Jose Art and Performance - Board President, Curator, Advisor / / Arts Council Silicon Valley - Trustee / Yuma Art Symposium - Board Member, Guest Lecturer
