Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
Into the Trees. Pence Gallery: Davis, CA. October 4 - 31, 2024
Passages. Colibri Gallery: Morgan Hill, CA. December 2, 2023 - February 3, 2024.
Shadows & Extractions. Analog Gallery: San Francisco, CA. May 13 - 28, 2022.
Mishka’s Cafe: Davis, CA. March 2 - 31, 2021.
Beauty Lies Between My Palm and Death. Throckmorton Theater: Mill Valley, CA. July 1 - 30, 2019.
Farley's: San Francisco, CA. February 2 - 28, 2018.
Cafe UB: San Francisco, CA. September 16 - October 28, 2016.
HeartZilla: San Francisco, CA. June 3 - June 30, 2016.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
A complete list of exhibitions can be viewed here.
Tiny Show. Pence Gallery: Davis, CA. May 2 - June 29, 2025.
From the Archives. Mini Mart: San Francisco, CA. May 1 - 23, 2025.
The Birds and the Bees. Arc Gallery: San Francisco, CA. April 11 - May 3, 2025.
Bay Area Fine Arts & Craft. Sausalito Center for the Arts: Sausalito, CA. February 26 - April 6, 2025.
Beyond Boundaries. Juror Demetri Broxton. Mercury 20 Gallery: Oakland, CA. February 7 - March 8, 2025.
52nd Annual Works on Paper. Juror Shana Nys Dambrot. Brand Library: Glendale, CA. June 15 - August 9, 2024.
Paper Trails. View Arts Center: Old Forge, NY. June 1 - July 21, 2024.
Women Making Their Mark. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts: Mill Valley, CA. Jurors Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray. View show. August 22 – October 3, 2023.
Art Market San Francisco. Colibri Gallery: Morgan Hill, CA. April 20 - 23, 2023.
Tiny Show. Studio Gallery: San Francisco, CA. November 4 – December 23, 2022.
Paperwork From the Soul. Launch LA: Los Angeles, CA. View show. October 15 - November 12, 2022.
Being Human: The Figurative Show. Juror Diane Olivier. SFWA: San Francisco, CA. August 2 - 26, 2022.
The Ties that Bind. The Drawing Room: San Francisco, CA. October 23 - November 27, 2021.
Extending a Hand. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA. October 14 - November 12, 2021.
49th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Brand Library: Glendale, CA. September 9 - October 29, 2021. View online.
Slice: Annual Juried Exhibit. Pence Gallery: Davis, CA. July 6 - August 15, 2021.
12th Annual Altered Book Exhibition & Fundraiser. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art: Novato, CA. April 24, 2021 - May 23, 2021.
BASL: Bay Art Seekers Lounge. Juried Group Exhibition. Juror Cecilia Chia. Voss Gallery: San Francisco, CA. December 2, 2020 - January 31, 2021.
Group Show. Adele Gilani Art Gallery: Sausalito, CA. October 10 - December 25, 2020.
Places in Paper. Gallery 3700: Arlington, VA. September 9 - December 8, 2019.
6 x 6: Be There, Be Square. Las Lagunas Gallery: Laguna Beach, CA. December 6 – 28, 2018.
Canon Episcopi. Fleet Wood: San Francisco, CA. October 4 - November 30, 2018.
Reimagine. SOMArts Cultural Center: San Francisco, CA. July 13, 2017.
La Valise Des Reves. Live Worms Gallery: San Francisco, CA. May 12 - 14, 2016.
Celebration. Guild of American Papercutters' National Museum: Somerset, PA. April 2016 - April 2017.
2016 Small Works Exhibit. Lemonade Stand Gallery: Key West, FL. March 18 - May 18, 2016.
Turning Cut Paper into Art. Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts: Fridley, MN. June 20 - July 18, 2015.
Honors:
2023 ArtSpan Amplify Juror’s Choice by Valerie Imus, Artistic Director and Co-Director of Southern Exposure
Awarded artist for 2023-2024 Ruby Creatives in Residence
Selected artist for San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) 2019/2020 Prequalified Artist Pool for public art projects
2019 ArtSpan Top 5 Jurors’ Pick List selected by both Alan Bamberger, Art Consultant & Appraiser of ArtBusiness.com, and Donna Seager, Founding Partner of Seager Gray Gallery
Curation:
Connecting Cuts. Olive Hyde Gallery: Fremont, CA. November 7 – Saturday, December 14, 2024.
Connecting Cuts is a papercut exhibition showcasing global cross-cultural and modern papercut artwork by local, national, and international artists. This show brings together 27 local, national and Chinese artists with 60 works of handcut paper, including a large-scale papel picado installation, 3D works, and more. In today's mainstream, papercutting can be perceived as a mass produced and solely decorative artwork; a perception that overlooks the rich history, and contemporary movements in this deeply expressive artform. This show shares both the multicultural roots of this ancient practice and the diverse branches of its evolution in today's world.
Salon de Refusés: A Celebration of de Young Open Rejects. Four Chicken Gallery: San Francisco, CA. August 21 - September 3, 2023.
"We are writing to let you know that your work, listed below, has not been selected to be featured in the exhibition." In 1863, a group of Paris Salon rejects—including future masters such as Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro—revolted. The result was a show that challenged the standards of the day and changed the course of contemporary art. Even now, a “Salon des Refusés,” or “exhibition of rejects,” remains a term of pride, signifying independence and boundary-pushing among artists whose work hasn’t been accepted by the establishment. This salon show featured over 145 works that were rejected from the 2023 de Young Open call. It was a flash art exhibition pulled together in the few days following rejection emails, and more importantly, an effort to bring artists together in good humored commiseration.
Me, Myself, and I. Organized by the Kids & Art Foundation. Analog Gallery: San Francisco, CA. September 18 - 25, 2021.
For the June 2021 virtual art workshop, Kids & Art brought together two dozen kids and their care circles, and paired them with nine professional artists from the Bay Area, New York and Los Angeles. The resulting body of work displayed here is collectively titled: “Me, Myself, and I.” Each teaching artist developed a unique project aimed at opening an opportunity for the child to share something about themselves. All the works, those of the artists and participants, were created simultaneously, and are here jointly displayed - affording the viewer a unique perspective on the linked bond between the individual pieces and their collective expression.
Residencies:
Estudio Corazon at Ghost Ranch: Abiquiu, NM. June 2025
South Porch Artists Residency: Summerville, SC. May 2024
Chalk Hill Residency: Healdsburg, CA. October 2021
Publications and Press:
Cuts Connect Cultures from Around the World. Tri-City Voice, November 2024.
Connecting Cuts. Moorpark Acorn, October 2024.
Meet Bianca Levan. Canvas Rebel, March 2024.
Rejected by San Francisco’s de Young Museum, These Artists Are Staging Their Own Shows. The San Francisco Standard, August 2023.
Interview on Beautiful Possibility Podcast with Gillian Jakob Kieser. Listen: Papercut artist Bianca Levan on processing life through art
Interview on Shootin’ the Sheet: Conversations with Paper People with Artist Michael Velliquette.
Meet Bianca Levan. VoyageDenver, March 2023.
Meet the Artist Feature. Shoutout Colorado, August 2022.
5 Things You Can’t Miss at ArtSpan. DoTheBay.com, October 2020.
10 Rising Stars of Art Explosion Studios. SF Station, October 2015.
Industrial Chic Wedding at Oakland Museum of California. Style Me Pretty, February 2014
FirstCut Quarterly Print Publication.
Membership:
2025 - Present. Board member for Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)
2017 - Present. Chair for Artist Committee and Lead Artist for the Kids & Art Foundation.
2018 - 2020. Board member for the Guild of American Papercutters