Cia Foreman is an experimental and conceptual artist exploring perception and ambiguity using photography as her primary medium. Her work ranges from still images to film installation and her practice spans numerous decades. She received a BA in Art from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MA in Art from California State University, Sacramento, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, and Graduate Analytic Training at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. Her education in psychoanalysis continues to inform her artistic practice.
Her work has been featured in group and solo exhibition including Arte Fiera in Bologna, Italy, in national museums and galleries, and is held in public collections. Her photographs have been featured in a variety of publications including ArtWeek and the San Francisco Chronicle and she has been the recipient of numerous grants.
Foreman has taught and lectured at Stanford University's, Anderson Ranch Art Center, San Francisco Jun Institute, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, Pace Gallery San Antonio, UC Berkeley, and California College of the Arts. She lives ad works in Los Angeles, California.
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2016 “MAS Attack.” Suspension 18. Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA
2003 “Un/Familiar Territory,” Forgotten Ancestors: Shadows and Memories. San Jose Museum of Art, CA
1967 Portrait, 3D. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach. Juried by Peter Selz
GRANTS & AWARDS
2000 Grant from The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. New York
1979 “Perception, Field of View.” Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies
1978 California State University, Sacramento
1969 American Association of Woman’s Award. Long Beach Museum of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Conditions of Light. Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Markers/Intimations. San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco CA
1978 Projection Installation/2 Parts. 80 Langton Street, San Francisco CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Auction. Bedcovers. Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Remembrance Eli Weisel.” Even in Darkness…, BLAM Projects, Los Angeles, CA
“FAUX::Dada.” Sophie Taueber-Arp and You. Muzeumm Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“LA Artcore 2nd Annual Exhibition.” Lost Beast #1. Los Angeles, CA
1995 Photographers Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1994 The Bath/The Steam. Women’s Gallery, San Francisco CA
1979 “Perception, Field of View.” Camus Prairie. California State University, Los Angeles CA
1978 “False Face.” N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago IL
1978 California Artists’ Exhibit, Camus Prairie. Bologna, Italy
1968 Art Rental Gallery Long Beach Museum of Art, Portrait 3D. Long Beach CA
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Vasari 21. Cia Foreman, "What If? An Inquiry," October 8
2018 Art and Cake. Genie Davis, "Artist Profile: Cia Foreman, Works that
Explore Ambiguity and Perception," July 3
1981 Artweek. Hal Fisher, “Levels of Content and Perception,” Vol. 12, No.8, pp.15
1981 San Francisco Chronicle. Thomas Albright, “From Satire to Biography,” March 4
1979 80 Langton Street, The Third Year
1978 Visual Dialogue. Vol. 4, No.1, pp.21
1967 Fifth Annual Southern California Exhibition. Long Beach Museum of Art
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto CA
Christ Griffiths Building, Palo Alto, CA
Numerous private collections
TEACHING & LECTURE POSITIONS
2005 "Perception and Process in Art and Analysis." San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
1999 “Mirroring Ourselves, Mirroring Each Other: A Women’s Photographic Retreat.”
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Colorado; Pace Gallery, San Antonio, Texas;
University of California, Berkeley, Extension
1998 Workshop instructor “Dreams.” Palo Alto, California
1995 Guest Lecturer. “Transforming the Dark.” Stanford University
1995 Guest Speaker. Women’s Caucus for Art, San Jose, California
1995 Lecturer. Conference: “Heat of the Soul” at Fort Mason, San Francisco
1994 Lecturer. “Into the Fire, Emerging Whole.” University of California, Santa Cruz
1994 Workshop instructor. “Into the Fire, Emerging Whole.” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
1978 Guest instructor (4 courses) California State University, Sacramento
1978 Teaching Assistant (2 studio courses). California State University, Sacramento
1977 Guest instructor (2 courses). California State University, Sacramento
1977 Guest Lecturer. San Francisco Art Institute, extension
1977 Guest Lecturer. “Creativity in Relation to Dreams.” Academy of Art College, San Francisco
1977 Guest Lecturer. “Sensing and Seeing.” California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1977-1978 Instructor of Design. California College of Arts and Crafts, extension. Oakland
1976 Instructor of Design. Academy of Art College
EDUCATION
B.A. Art, UCLA
M.A. Art, California State University, Sacramento
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Graduate Analytic Training, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis