C.V.
EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute 1987-1991 Photography And Painting Major
PARTIAL LIST OF:
LECTURES AND PANELS
Evergreen State College, April 1992, “Queer Bodies” Panelist and speaker. Curated by Huey Lenz and Kate Cummings.
SF LGBT Community Center, June 2003, ”Queer Photo Salon” Curated by Chloe Atkins
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, August 2017, Jerome Caja & The Bubbles Lounge Panel
Tate Modern, Tate Lates: Celebrating Pride! June 2022, “Rebel Dykes” Exhibition for Panel Discussion
EXHIBITIONS
-Group Exhibit, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA June, 1990 Additional artists included Jerome Caja, Rex Ray, Daniel Nicoletta and Michael Blue. Curated by David Seibold.
-Group Show, In Collaboration Gallery, Akron, OH “Five Americans” August, 1991
-2 Person Exhibit with J.B. Higgins, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA September, 1991 Curated by David Seibold
-Group Show, Evergreen State College, April 1992, “Queer Bodies” Curated by Huey Lenz and Kate Cummings.
-Solo Exhibit, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA June, 1992 Curated by David Seibold
-Group Show, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August 1992 “bare essentials: The Nude In Photography” Additional artists included Tom Bianchi, Elliott Erwitt and Blake Little Curated by Darrel Couturier
-Solo Exhibit, In Collaboration Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Without Warning” 1995
-Group Exhibit, The New Black, Scott Owens and Steven Miller present “The Uranus Show” September 28, 2002 Hosted by Michael Blue and Lewis Walden, additional artists included Marc Geller, Diana Coopersmith and Daniel Nicoletta. Curated by Ken Woodard.
-Group Exhibit, Gray Area Gallery. San Francisco, CA April, 2007
-Group Exhibit, Cornell University Library’s Human Sexuality Collection’s 25th Anniversary, Ithaca, NY, “Speaking Of Sex” 2014
-Solo Exhibit, Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA “Jessica Tanzer Photography” June 2018 Curated by Alexx Conroy, Ken Woodard and Nic Shurring
-Group Exhibit, Radclyffe Hall, Glasgow UK, “Deep Down Body Thirst” 2018 Curated by Dr. Laura Guy
-Group Exhibit, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Ireland, “Outburst Arts Festival: The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show. November, 2021
-Tate Modern Lates, London UK “Rebel Dykes” June 24, 2022
-Group Exhibit, “Proud” AFPA Gallery, Orlando, FL July, 2022
PRESS
Bay Area Reporter - May 30, 1991 “Cops And Rockers”, Justin Bond
The Akron Beacon Journal - August 4, 1991 “Portraits Of The American Spirit”,
Bay Area Reporter - September 26, 1991 “Fresh, Fierce & Feisty”, Rachel Pepper
Bay Area Reporter - November 14, 1991 “New Faces And New Places”, Justin Bond
Bay Area Reporter - January 23, 1992 “Reurn Of The Cruel Goddess”, Justin Bond
Bay Area Reporter - June 11, 1992 “Options Galore”, Justin Bond
Bay Area Reporter - January 27, 1994 “Oh Danny Boy”, Mark Freeman
The Akron Beacon Journal - April 24, 1994 “Exhibit A Postmodern Clinic”, Dorothy Shinn
Bay Area Reporter - April 26, 2016 “Art Lick Gallery”, Michael Flannigan
Dazed - June 30th 2021 “Celebrating Dyke Culture With Drag Kings And DIY Smut”, Naomi Attwood
A&U America’s AIDS Magazine - August 17, 2021 “Jessica Tanzer: Artist”, Chael Needle
Polyester Zine - Summer 2021 “Shoving From All Sides: Putting Dykes Front And Centre”,
PUBLICATIONS
On Our Backs, Contributor 1989-1995 As Jessica Tanzer and as Jessica Fisher.
Blue Engagement Calendar, 1992, with Rex Ray, Daniel Nicoletta among others.
Quim Magazine. For Dykes Of All Persuasions. London, Winter 1991. Publisher, Lulu Belliveau
Nothing But The Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image : A Portfolio Of Lesbian Erotic Photography. Susie Bright and Jill Posener. New York, NY: Freedom Editions 1996
BENEFITS
“Shovel” Group benefit for ACTUP/SF Prison Issues Working Committee, June 1992 with Nayland Blake, Jerome Caja, Bret Reichman, Divianna Ingravallo among others.
COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES
The Evergreen State College Archives Digital Collection
Rebel Dykes History Project, Bishopsgate Institute, London, UK