JOHANNA POETHIG
Biographical Information
Raised in the Philippines, Poethig [b. 1956] studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the University of California, Santa Cruz (BFA, 1980), and Mills College (MFA, 1992). A resident of San Francisco, she has painted more than 30 murals in the Bay Area. In 1994 she received the Bay Area's Master Muralist Award. Poethig teaches at California State University, Monterey Bay, in the Visual and Public Art Institute. She is artistic director of the San Francisco Inner City Public Art Project for Youth. Her most recent mural (1998) is in Santiago de Cuba, created as part of Inter-Nos, an International Mural Painting Project.
Mural Credits
Gabrielino Nation: Spirit of the Sage (with Roberto Salas)
Stamps of Victory (photo)
Street of Eternity (Calle de Eternidad) (photo)
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