Jenifer K Wofford

Bio

Jenifer K Wofford is a San Francisco artist and educator whose work is informed by hybridity, history, and calamity. She is also 1/3 of the Filipina-American artist trio MOB. 

She has exhibited at venues including SFMOMA, the Asian Art Museum, Frieze Los Angeles, YBCA, BAMPFA, Oakland Museum of California, and the San Jose Museum of Art (all California), as well as at Asia Society (Houston), Wing Luke Museum (Seattle), DePaul Museum (Chicago), Osage (Hong Kong), Chengdu Biennale (Chengdu) and Silverlens (Manila + NY). She is currently working on several large public art projects in California.

Wofford is a 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Awardee, a 2025 Artpower Awardee, and a 2017 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her awards include the 2023 YBCA 100 list, the Eureka Fellowship, and grants from Art Matters, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. She has been Artist-in-Residence at Montalvo/Lucas Artist Residency (Saratoga), Liguria Study Center (Italy) and KinoKino (Norway).

Born/based in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Dubai, Malaysia and the Bay Area, Wofford is full-time faculty in Fine Arts and Philippine Studies at the University of San Francisco. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA) and UC Berkeley (MFA).

Jenifer K Wofford is a San Francisco artist and educator whose work is informed by hybridity, history, and calamity. She is also 1/3 of the Filipina-American artist trio MOB. 

She has exhibited at venues including SFMOMA, the Asian Art Museum, Frieze Los Angeles, YBCA, BAMPFA, Oakland Museum of California, and the San Jose Museum of Art (all California), as well as at Asia Society (Houston), Wing Luke Museum (Seattle), DePaul Museum (Chicago), Osage (Hong Kong), Chengdu Biennale (Chengdu) and Silverlens (Manila + NY). She is currently working on several large public art projects in California.

Wofford is a 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Awardee, a 2025 Artpower Awardee, and a 2017 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her awards include the 2023 YBCA 100 list, the Eureka Fellowship, and grants from Art Matters, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. She has been Artist-in-Residence at Montalvo/Lucas Artist Residency (Saratoga), Liguria Study Center (Italy) and KinoKino (Norway).

Born/based in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Dubai, Malaysia and the Bay Area, Wofford is full-time faculty in Fine Arts and Philippine Studies at the University of San Francisco. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA) and UC Berkeley (MFA).

Empire (Morro Bay)
2025
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36 x 30 in 91.4 x 76.2 cm
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Battlefield VI
2025
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Portal IV: Protection (Spell)
2022
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Portal III: The Power (Spell)
2022
17424
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76h x 60w in • 193.04h x 152.40w cm (unframed) 78h x 62w in • 198.12h x 157.48w cm (framed)
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Selected Exhibitions

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