Solo Exhibitions
2025
New Botanica, Pinhole, San Francisco, CA
One Night Only, Zhuzh, San Francisco, CA
Our Bodies Tomorrow, Alchemy Film Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2024
The Modern Queer Tarot, Bona Vada, San Francisco, CA
2023
Seeing You Here, STRUT, San Francisco, CA
2022
Broad Daylight, Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2016
Future Acquaintance, Blackbird Bar, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, Artists Choice, San Francisco, CA
Rosebud Gallery, Frankenart, San Francisco, CA
Wave Collective, Outlandish 2 San Francisco CA
16th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, PA
New Acquisitions: Expanding the Vision of BMOA, Bakersfield Museum of Art, CA
Side Hustle, 3324 Adeline Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Showcase, Office of Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, SF City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2024
Forms, Flesh, Frame, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
Living Lesbian Legends, Queer Arts Featured, San Francisco, CA
The Queer Agenda, Clay Clubhouse, Oakland, CA
Resonantly Me: A Queer Artists Invitational, Bakersfield Museum of Art, CA
Outlandish: A Group of Perfectly Small Paintings (Curator), Wave Collective, San Francisco, CA
2023
Small Works Show, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Multimedia Exhibition, Wilson Arts Center, Wilson, NC
Celebrating Street & Mural Artists, The Academy, San Francisco, CA
Pride Pop-Up, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
Shapeshifters: Myth and Magic of the North, Think Round Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
Art & Community, Diving Swallow Tattoo, Oakland, CA
Trans Aware, Office of Senator Scott Wiener, State Building, San Francisco, CA
Queers Don’t Cry, Clay Clubhouse, Oakland, CA
Small Works Show (Honorable Mention), Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
The City Canvas: Paint the Void Retrospective, Pier 70, San Francisco, CA
Public Collections
2024 – Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2022 – San Francisco Arts Commission, 49 S. Van Ness, San Francisco, CA
2021 – Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Public Art & Commissions
Living Lesbian Legends Mural | Castro District, San Francisco, CA | 2025. Commissioned by the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.
14' × 14' public mural honoring the legacies of San Francisco’s lesbian cultural leaders; unveiled April 2025 in the heart of the Castro.
17 Reasons Athletic Club Mural | San Francisco, CA | 2024
27-foot figurative mural reimagining Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam with female athletes.
Modern Queer Tarot Deck | 2022–2025
Lead illustrator for a 78-card deck conceptualized by Bobby Barber; explores gender, identity, and queerness through classical archetypes.
Portrait Series | Sift Science | 2015–Present
Ongoing portrait series celebrating five-year employee anniversaries (1–2 portraits per month).
Clarion Alley Mural | San Francisco, CA | 2011–2022
Mural honoring Bay Area trans activists; displayed for over a decade in Clarion Alley.
Queer Tarot Mural | 18th & Sanchez, San Francisco, CA | 2020
Large-scale mural exploring Tarot through a queer lens; collaboration with Castro Art Project and Project Artivism.
Dolores O’Riordan, Roger Casement and Sinead O'Connor Mural | Casements Bar, San Francisco, CA | 2025
Commissioned portrait mural honoring Irish Heros.
Window Panel Series | Castro District, San Francisco, CA | 2020
Portraits honoring:
– Marsha P. Johnson
– Margot Antonetty
St. James Infirmary Mural | San Francisco, CA | 2009
Community-centered mural created for St. James Infirmary, celebrating sex-worker–led health care and harm-reduction advocacy.
Teaching & Workshops
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing
Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy — 2017
Taught beginning drawing for one academic year, introducing foundational techniques in classical drawing, including block-in method, value structure, and observational skills. Guided students through structured exercises designed to build confidence and accuracy.
Workshop Leader / Art Instructor
Washington High School, San Francisco — March 2024
Led a two-week experimental sketchbooking workshop for AP art students focused on reductive drawing, mark-making, and creative exploration. Provided supportive feedback and cultivated an encouraging studio environment for 18 high school students.
Arts & Crafts Program Coordinator
Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp — 2005
Designed and implemented arts and crafts programming for children aged 7–14, ensuring engaging, age-appropriate, hands-on artistic experiences.
Press & Publications (Selected)
2024
Bernal Connect – “Reading Between the Card: A Conversation with Tanya Wischerath”
2023
48 Hills – “In Tanya Wischerath’s Art, Bold Brushwork and a Sparkling Glorification of Gender Nonconformity”
SOMA West CBD – “Heron Arts & Leather LGBTQ Cultural District Celebrate Pride…”
2022
Artforum – “OFFICE POLITICS: A California State Senator Mounts an Exhibition Affirming Trans Lives”
2020
Hoodline – “Artists Continue to Paint Castro Murals with Focus on Diverse Voices”
2017
Peninsula Press – “Art, Politics & Instagram Backdrops in San Francisco’s Clarion Alley”
Awards & Recognition
2023 – Certificate of Honor, Board of Supervisors, City & County of San Francisco
2022 – Honorable Mention, Small Works Show, Main Street Arts, NY
2014–2016 – Best Tattoo Artist, SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay