C.V.

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute 1987-1991 Photography And Painting Major

SELECTED LECTURES AND PANELS

-Tate Modern, Tate Lates: Celebrating Pride! June 2022, “Rebel Dykes” Exhibition for Panel Discussion

-Curve Foundation, April 2025, Beyond the Rainbow: Capturing Dyke Culture: Photographers in Dialogue

-Cornell University, April 2022, “Making A Lesbian Sex Magazine In The Age Of Feminist Sex Wars” Panelist And Speaker

-Late Night With Joan Jett Blakk, June 2021, “Jerome & Joan” Anglim/Trimble Gallery at the Minnesota Street Project

-San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, August 2017, Jerome Caja & The Bubbles Lounge Panel

-SF LGBT Community Center, June 2003, ”Queer Photo Salon” Curated by Chloe Atkins

-Evergreen State College, April 1992, “Queer Bodies” Panelist and speaker. Curated by Huey Lenz and Kate Cummings.

COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES

-Jessica Tanzer papers, #7866. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

-Boy/Girl With Arms Akimbo, Centre Pompidou Permanent Collection

-Rebel Dykes History Project, Bishopsgate Institute, London, UK

-Voices Of The Oral History Project Of GLHSNC, Interview with Jessica Tanzer By Interviewer Susie Bright, January 30, 1994. GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

-The Evergreen State College Archives Digital Collection

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

-Centre Pompidou, Paris “Over The Rainbow” Boy/Girl With Arms Akimbo 2023

-Group Exhibition, “Proud” AFPA Gallery, Orlando, FL July, 2022

-Tate Modern Lates, London UK “Rebel Dykes” June 24, 2022

-Cornell University “Jessica Tanzer's San Francisco, 1987–1996” Kroch Library's Sillerman '68 Rotunda. February 2022-September, 2022

-Group Exhibition, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Ireland, “Outburst Arts Festival: The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show. November, 2021

-Group Exhibition, Space Station Sixty-Five, London, UK “The Rebel Dykes Art And Archive Show” Summer, 2021 Curated by Atalanta Kernick and Kat Hudson. Additional artists included Lola Flash, Jill Posener, Phyllis Christopher, Del La Grace Volcano, Siân A, Williams, Siobhan Fahey and Sadie Lee.

-Group Exhibition, Harvey Milk Photo Center, Art + Pride 2020, additional artists included Daniel Nicoletta, Ruth Bernhard, Rick Gerharter, Michael Johnstone.

-Group Exhibition, Radclyffe Hall, Glasgow UK, “Deep Down Body Thirst” 2018 Curated by Dr. Laura Guy

-Solo Exhibition, Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA “Jessica Tanzer Photography” June 2018 Curated by Alexx Conroy, Ken Woodard and Nic Shurring

-Group Exhibition, Cornell University Library’s Human Sexuality Collection’s 25th Anniversary, Ithaca, NY, “Speaking Of Sex” 2014

-Group Exhibition, Gray Area Gallery. San Francisco, CA April, 2007

-Group Exhibition, 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.

-Solo Exhibition, In Collaboration Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Without Warning” 1995

-Group Exhibition, 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 Exhibition, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA June, 1992 Curated by David Seibold

-“Shovel” Group benefit for ACTUP/SF Prison Issues Working Committee, June 1992 with Nayland Blake, Jerome Caja, Bret Reichman, Divianna Ingravallo among others.

-Group Exhibition, Evergreen State College, April 1992, “Queer Bodies” Curated by Huey Lenz and Kate Cummings.

-2 Person Exhibition with J.B. Higgins, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA September, 1991 Curated by David Seibold 

-Group Exhibition, In Collaboration Gallery, Akron, OH “Five Americans” August, 1991

-Group Exhibition, Art Lick Gallery, San Francisco, CA June, 1990 Additional artists included Jerome Caja, Rex Ray, Daniel Nicoletta and Michael Blue. Curated by David Seibold.

DOCUMENTARIES

-Rebel Dykes, 2021

-VH1 Behind The Music: Linda Perry, 2014

PRESS 

-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”,

-Dazed - June 30th 2021 “Celebrating Dyke Culture With Drag Kings And DIY Smut”, Naomi Attwood

-SFAI Featured Artist Alumni - June 2020 -    “PRIDE! Jessica Tanzer, The Box, Act-Up, Bad Cop No Donut”, Jeff Gunderson

-Bay Area Reporter - April 26, 2016 “Art Lick Gallery”, Michael Flannigan

-The Akron Beacon Journal - April 24, 1994 “Exhibit A Postmodern Clinic”, Dorothy Shinn

-Bay Area Reporter - January 27, 1994 “Oh Danny Boy”, Mark Freeman

-Bay Area Reporter - June 11, 1992 “Options Galore”, Justin Bond

-Los Angeles Times - August 2, 1992 “Work Of 14, bare essentials; The Nude In Photography” Nancy Kapitanoff

-Deneuve Magazine - July/August 1992 “Jessica Tanzer”, Michele Fisher. Publication now part of The Curve Foundation

-The Cooper Point Journal - April, 1992 ““Queer Bodies”” Challenges Universal Heterosexuality”, Stephanie Zero and Seth “Skippy” Long

-Bay Area Reporter - January 23, 1992 “Return Of The Cruel Goddess”, Justin Bond

-Bay Area Reporter - November 14, 1991 “New Faces And New Places”, Justin Bond

-Bay Area Reporter - September 26, 1991 “Fresh, Fierce & Feisty”, Rachel Pepper

-The Akron Beacon Journal - August 4, 1991  “Portraits Of The American Spirit”, 

-Bay Area Reporter - May 30, 1991 “Cops And Rockers”, Justin Bond

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

-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

-On Our Backs, Contributor 1989-1995 As Jessica Tanzer and as Jessica Fisher.

-Quim Magazine. For Dykes Of All Persuasions. London, Winter 1991. Publisher, Lulu Belliveau