JOSIE ISELIN
622 29th Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
e-mail: josieiselin@lovingblind.com
website: www.josieiselin.com
EDUCATION
1994 MFA San Francisco State University1984 BA Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude, Visual and Environmental Studies
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2026 *The Alluring World of The Olympia Oyster*, web-based book, Above/Below, San Francisco, CA (03/01/2026)2026 The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest, hard-cover book, Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA (03/17/2026))
2024 The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp, web-based book, Above/Below, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Secret Life of Seaweed, 2nd Edition, OSU Press, 144 page, 7” x 7” softcover,
2021 The Curious World of Seaweed, Audible audio book, as read by the author.
2019 The Curious World of Seaweed, Heyday Books, Berkeley CA, 7” x 9” hardcover 258 pages, written, photographed and designed by J. Iselin.
Reviewed in: The NY Review of Books, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Nature Magazine, Nature, Portland Press Herald
2014 An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed, 144 page, 7” x 7” hardcover, written, photographed and designed by J. Iselin.
Reviewed in: The New York Times Science Times, The Wall Street Journal Review, SF Chronicle, Smithsonian, Audubon and Discover Magazine.
2010 Beach: A Book of Treasure, Chronicle Books, San Francisco CA. 144 page, 7” x 11” hardcover, written, photographed and designed by J. Iselin.
2008 Heart Stones, Abrams, New York, NY. 96 page, 6” x6” hardcover.
2007 Seashells, Abrams, New York, NY. 144 page, 7” x7” hardcover, photography and design by J. Iselin, text by Sandy Carlson
2006 Leaves & Pods, Abrams, New York, NY. 144 page, 7” x7” hardcover, photography and design by J. Iselin, text by Mary Ellen Hannibal
2006 Beach Stones, Abrams, New York, NY. 144 page, 7” x7” hardcover, photography and design by J. Iselin, text by Margaret Carruthers
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS & PODCASTS (Selected)
2020 Future Ecologies (podcast contributor),Journal of Alta California, *Josie Iselin - Portfolio*
Sonoma Magazine, *Bounty at the Shore*
World Wildlife Magazine, *featured Gallery artist*
Whole Earth Journal, *1000 Words*
2019 Catamaran Literary Magazine, *Bull kelp, sea otter and our California coast*
Soundings Magazine, *Mixing: new on old and east goes west*
2018 UCDA Magazine, *Everything is an Experiment*, 6-page interview with images, cover.
2015 Bay Nature Magazine, *The Fine Art of Seaweed*
2014 Maine Boats Homes & Harbors, *The Hidden Life of Seaweed: how a Rockland factory helped create the processed foods we know and love today*. P. 44-48
2013 Orion Magazine, May/June issue. Feature photography
2011 Island Journal, Rockland ME, 9-page folio: *Zen and the Art of Beachcombing*
2007 O Magazine, photography illustration of Mary Oliver poem
ART RESUME
Solo Exhibitions (Selected):2025 Science and Engineering Innovation Center, Five Foundational Kelp, Mural 117" x 336"
2024 Post Ranch Gallery, Big Sur, CA Bull Kelp!
2022 Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, CA The Curious World of Seaweeds
2021 **Beaty Museum of Biodiversity**, Vancouver, BC Canada *The Curious World of the Pacific Coast Seaweeds*
**Hopkins Wharf Gallery**, North Haven Maine, *See Weed*
2020 **The Great Highway Gallery**, San Francisco, CA, *Wrack Line in a Box*
2019 **The Bay Model Visitor’s Center**, Sausalito, CA *A Seaweed Sanctuary* with Ellen Litwiller
**Inclusions Gallery**, San Francisco, CA, *Algal Dreams*
2018 **Inclusions Gallery**, San Francisco, CA, *Oceans Deep* with Sharon Beals
**Seton Gallery** at University of New Haven, CT
**Artisans Gallery**, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 **Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Center**, Alameda, CA, *Happenstance* with Ginny Parsons
2016 **Hopkins Wharf Gallery**, North Haven Maine, *Josie Iselin's Ocean Treasure*
2015 **San Luis Obispo Museum of Art**, SLO, CA *An Ocean Garden*
2014 **The Bay Model, Visitor’s Center**, Sausalito, CA *Intertidal Heroes*
**Sotheby’s TeedHaze showroom**, Union Steet, SF CA
**William Tell Coleman Library**, Monterey Institute of International Studies
**Middlebury College, David Family Library**, Middlebury, VT
**Inclusions Gallery**, San Francisco, CA. *The Secret Life of Seaweed*
**San Francisco State Alumni Hall**: *An Ocean Garden*
2013 **Bolinas Museum**, Bolinas CA, *The Secret Life of Seaweed*
Group Exhibitions (Selected):
2025 San Juan Islands Museum of Art, Kelp! Reverberations
2022 836M Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Kelp!
2021 **Above/Below**, Sausalito, CA
2020 **Center for Photographic Arts**, Carmel, WA, *Juried Members Exhibition*
**Vashon Center for the Arts**, Vashon Island, WA, *Interconnected*
2019 **Bolinas Museum**, Bolinas, CA, *Changing California: Historical Ecology of The Bay Area*
**Gray Loft Gallery**, Oakland, CA, *Something Blue*
**K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Center**, Alameda, CA, *Mother*
**Love Our Island Artwalk**, Alameda, CA
**ARTIST/AUTHOR Residencies, Grants, Awards**
2022 Named to class of *Explorers 50* by The Explorers Club, NYC
2021 Tiffany Award by Phycological Society of America (PSA) for *The Curious World of Seaweed*
SF Arts Commission, Individual Artist’s Grant for *Chasing Kelp*
Drexel University innovators grant for work on *The Specimens of Lewis & Clark*
EarthShot Prize documentary film subject: *Revive Our Oceans*
2020 Mesa Refuge Residency, Point Reyes Station, CA,
2019 Ocean Conservancy, Santa Cruz, CA, artist-in-residence
Kelp Ambassador to The Pacific Beach Coalition, Pacifica, CA
2018 Furthermore, grants in publishing, J.M Kaplan Fund.
2017 Tiffany Award, granted by the Phycological Society of America to *An Ocean Garden*
2017 SF Art Commission, Individual Artists Commission, Literary Commission
LECTURES (Selected)
2022
Marin Art & Garden Center
836M Gallery, keynote speaker for kelp art & science programming
Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver, BC
2021
Elakha Alliance, Oregon
Bay Visions, Garden Clubs of the Bay Area
Phycological Society of America (PSA) national conference, keynote speaker
Herring Gut Marine Science Learning Center, Port Clyde, ME
2020
San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Noyo Center for Marine Science, Fort Bragg, CA Our Kelp
2019
San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Noyo Center for Marine Science, Fort Bragg, CA Our Kelp
Pacific Beach Coalition Eco-Fest/Earthday, Pacifica, CA keynote speaker
2018
Ocean & Estuary Science Center/SFSU, Tiburon CA
North Eastern Algal Society, Broaden Your Impact, New Haven, CT
ARTWORK IN THE COLLECTIONS OF:
**Sutter Health Medical Office Building****UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay**
**UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay**
**Zuckerberg San Francisco General Acute Care and Trauma Center**
**Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Mission Bay Medical Center**
**Kaiser Permanente, Pleasanton CA**
COMMISSIONED WORK:
2020 **Eckstein-Strobel House**, architectural feature: seaweed fabric panels installed in stairway.2017 **Dear Old Bruce: A Correspondence**, Edition One Books, Berkeley, CA. 9”x12” 285-page hardcover, limited edition.Commissioned book from archival material.
2015 **William Jay Iselin: A Life Discovered**, Edition One Books, Berkeley, CA. 8”x8” 156-page hardcover, limited edition.Commissioned book from archival material