Jenifer K. Wofford

Jenifer K. Wofford is an artist and educator whose work plays with notions of hybridity, history, and global culture, often with a humorous bent. She is also 1/3 of the Filipina-American artist trio M.O.B. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Dubai, Malaysia, and the Bay Area, Wofford lives and works in San Francisco.

Her work has been exhibited at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, YBCA, SJMA, and Southern Exposure. She has also shown at Frieze LA and New Image Art (Los Angeles), Wing Luke Museum (Seattle), Asia Society (Houston), DePaul Museum (Chicago), Silverlens Galleries (Philippines), VWFA (Malaysia), and Osage Gallery (Hong Kong).

Wofford was a 2023 YBCA 100 Honoree and a recent recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her other awards include the Eureka Fellowship, the Murphy Fellowship, and grants from the SFAC, Art Matters, and CCI. She has also been artist-in-residence at The Living Room (Philippines), Liguria Study Center (Italy) and KinoKino (Norway).

Wofford teaches in the Fine Arts and Philippine Studies programs of the University of San Francisco. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA) and UC Berkeley (MFA).

Member:

• Mail Order Brides (M. O. B.)

Programs:

• P L A C E: Reckonings by Asian American Artists
• P L A C E Closing Symposium