Faculty

Agathe Bennich, M.F.A.

Education

• M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
• B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
  
  

Areas of Interest

• Painting and Painters
• Sculpture and Performance Art
• Women's role through Art History
• General Art History
• Travel
  
  

Current Courses

• Painting
• Art 108: Women Through Art History
  
  

Exhibitions

• Bay Area, Chicago, New York, Wales, Italy, Malta
  
  

Biography

Agathe Bennich was born in Sweden and went to boarding school in England. She lived in France for two years and Austria and Italy half a year each in order to acquire languages.

Agathe started her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1966 and received the B.F.A. in 1969 and the M.F.A. in 1972. Her teaching started as a teacher's assistant while in school, as well as teaching at the YWCA. Since then she taught studio classes in painting, figure drawing, drawing and design at the College of Marin, San Francisco Art Institute, and University of Hawaii.

Agathe started teaching "Modern Art History" in 1988. In 1991 she developed a new course for City College, "Women through Art History". There was an interest, as well as a great deal of information coming into this field, as feminists as well as male historians were researching and putting forth books and papers re-evaluating women's exclusion.

When not teaching, most of the time is spent in the studio. Every year there is a trip back to Europe to see archeological sites, painting, and sculpture, as well as many family members. Her son lives in Italy making instruments, cellos and violins, a good reason to visit.