Terri Hughes-Oelrich is an artist residing in San Diego and an Associate Professor of Art at San Diego City College. She received her MFA degree from San Diego State University and a BA in Art Studio from University of California, Santa Barbara.
EDUCATION
MFA, San Diego State University, CA, 1996
BA, Art Studio, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1989
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-Present Professor, Fine Arts, Sculpture, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
1999-2007 Instructor, San Diego State University, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Oilwhelmed, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
2003 Sugar in all its Glory, Art Gallery, Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale
Sweet Tooth, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont Community College
2001 Laboratory / Library, The Athenaeum Music and Art Library, SD, CA
2000 Sugar, San Diego Ceramic Connection Gallery, San Diego, CA
If sugar was too beautiful to be eaten…., Huntington Beach Library and Cultural Center, Huntington Beach, CA
1999 The Natural History Museum of Sugar, San Diego Ceramic Connection Gallery,San Diego, CA
1998 Halfway Between Food and Science, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, CA
Breakfast Cereal, Sushi Performance Art and Gallery, San Diego, CA
Alimento para el Pensamiento, La Casa de la Culture, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
1997 Alimento para el Pensamiento, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California,Mexicali, B.C.,
1996 I eat, therefore I am. I am what I eat. Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus
I eat, therefore I am. I am what I eat. Everett G. Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2021 Cooler Room, Artist Residency, Art Produce Gallery
2021 Sowing Seeds of Universal Language, Mesa Art Gallery, San Diego
2021 Nevertheless, Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego
2021 Marking Time, Athenaeum, La Jolla
2019-21 Forces of Nature, Temporary Exhibitions, San Diego International Airport
Collaboration with Lori Lipsman, Install April/May, Terminal 2
2018 Fifty Fish, Japanese Museum, Balboa Park,
Feminism Now, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles and
Grafiska Sallskepet, Stockholm, Sweden
Mind the Gap, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA
2017 Don’t Shut Up, Feminist Image Group Exhibit, City Gallery, SDCC
2015 Women at War, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, San Diego
2014 Fence/La Barda, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego
Sanctuary, The Front Gallery, Juror Award, Established Artist, 2014
2013 Green Art Parade, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Gift, Fig Group Exhibition, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego
2011 H20, The Art of Water Conservation, Cuyamaca Water Conservation Gardens, San Diego
Twins in Twain, a Binational Project, The Front Gallery, San Ysidro and La Casa del Tunel, Tijuana
What Women Want? Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, CA
2010 XIX Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum, San Diego, CA
Eat Your Peas, Alchemy, San Diego, CA
Vacancy 3, Yard Appreciation, APT Gallery, San Diego CA
2009 Trade Show, 100 Artists from California and 100 Artists from Turkey
Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA,
Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Isik University Gallery, Maslak, Istanbul
2008 Foodish, Eclipse Chocolat Café, San Diego, CA
2007 A Sense of Taste, Eclipse Chocolat Café, San Diego, CA
2005 OMA Regional Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art
Fire Truck Bench, Bonita Museum, Permanent Public Artwork
Urban Tree, Public Art Project on the San Diego Waterfront, collaborated with Anna Stump
Triumphs, Tributes, and Trickery: Sugar Sculpture Past and Present, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
2004 Home Sweet Home: Gingerbread Houses by Contemporary Artists, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
2003 Contemporary Ceramics: Conceptual Approach, San Diego City College Gallery, San Diego, CA
2002 Life Stage at Sushi, Performance with Anna Stump, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA
2001 The Food Show, Juried Exhibition, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA
Sugar, 6 Artists, Flor Y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
OMA Regional 2, Juried Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2000 The Culinary Art National Exhibition, Juror’s Cash Award, 2nd Place, Shippensburg University, PA
1999 43rd Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute
1998 Fin De Milenio, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Invitational,
Mexicali, B.C., Mexico
1997 OUTsite 97 1/2, Invitational, La Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
The Last Supper, Installation, The Paladion, San Diego, CA
Mixed Result - Collected Data, Invitational, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University,
REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
2005 San Diego Union Tribune, February 13, by John Wilkens Review of exhibition
The North County Times, San Diego, January 27, Review of exhibition
2003 Channel 7, Channel 9, San Diego Union Tribune, December 5th,
Interviews and Live Coverage of The Cuccagna, A Monument to Sugar Project
2001 Artweek, Terri Hughes at the Atheneaum, July/August 2001, Neil Kendricks.
La Jolla Village News, Sugar fills laboratory/library, June 6, 2001, Dawna Bratten.
1998 Channel 3, Mexicali, Mexico, aired Sept. 4, 1998.
Channel 19, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Mexicali,
Occasionally aired on the Arts and Culture channel after Sept. 10, 1998.
1997 The Best of New Ceramic Art. Toni Sikes; The Guild, Madison, Wisconson, Channel 3, Mexicali, Mexico, aired Dec. 2,
1996 Imperial Valley Press, Hughes Exhibit at SDSU Gallery, Nov. 14, 1997; Calexico, CA.