BORN

New York , New York

 

EDUCATION

1984 MFA,        Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland , California

1980 BFA,          Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland , California

1972 BA,           Fine Arts, Long Island University (CW Post College), New York , New York

 

TEACHING

2006- current     San Jose State University , School of Art and Design, Associate Professor

2002-2006          San Jose State University, School of Art and Design, Assistant Professor

1986-2002          San Jose State University, School of Art and Design, Lecturer 

1990-1991          San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Faculty

1981-1984          California College of Arts and Crafts , Teaching Assistant

1976-1978          Lehrhaus Institute, Berkeley, Ca. Instructor 

1972-1973          American College in Jerusalem , Instructor

 

AWARDS

2005 Dean's Award for Distinguished Artistic Achievement,

         San Jose State University , San Jose , California

1991 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship

1985 Roselyn Swig Artsource Purchase Award, San Francisco Arts Festival

1984 Drawing Division, " California Works" California State Fair, Sacramento , California

1982 First Place , Fine Arts, San Francisco Arts Festival

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 “The Messengers” Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

2005 "We Are So Lightly Here" Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

2004 “We Are So Lightly Here” Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , California

2001 Blumenstock   Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

2000 Past Accounts Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California  

1999 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , California

1998 Recent Drawings, Weintraub-Thomas Gallery, Sacramento , California

1997 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , California

1997 Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

1996 The Four Worlds, Weintraub - Thomas Gallery . Sacramento , California

1991 100 Pots, Untitled: A Gallery, San Francisco , California

1989 Sun Gallery, Hayward , California

1986 Pro Arts, Oakland , California

1984 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco , California

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2007 Stop - Pause - Forward, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , California

2007 Figuratively Speaking, The Heritage Bank of Commerce, San Jose , California

2006 Group Show, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

2005 Group Show Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

2004 Group Show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery

2004 Group Show, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , CA

2003 Faculty Show, San Jose State University , San Jose , CA

2002 Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, CA

2002 Orange , Hey! Gallery, Oakland , California

2002 Quiet Traces, Mt. St. Antonio College , Walnut, CA

1999 Gallery Artists, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , CA

1999 Faculty Show, San Jose State University , San Jose , California

1998 Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , California

1998 CCAC Alumni Exhibition, Mills Building , San Francisco , California

1998 Gallery Artists, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , California

1998 Illusion: Tromp L'oeil & Sleight of Hand, Riverside Museum , Riverside , California

1997 Alumni Exhibition, Hillwood Art Museum , Long Island University , Brookville , New York

1996 Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum , Riverside California

1994 Slice of Life: Contemporary Still Life, Riverside Art Museum , Riverside California

1994 Faculty Show, San Jose State University , San Jose California

1992 Recent Work, Untitled, San Francisco , CA .

1991 Free Hand: Drawing Loosely Defined, Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino , California

1990 Faculty Exhibition, San Jose State University

1989 Waterborne: Swimmers and Other Bodies of Water, Simon James Gallery , Berkeley , CA

1989 Faculty Show, San Jose State University , San Jose , California

1989 CSU Faculty Artists, California State University , Long Beach , CA ,

1987 Faculty Draw, San Jose State University , San Jose , California

 

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

Davis , Wright and Tremaine, Attys. San Francisco

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Los Altos , CA

Yamanouchi Pharma Technologies, Inc. Palo Alto, CA       

Heller, Erman, White and McAuliffe Attys., San Francisco , CA

Brobeck, Phlager and Harrison Attys. San Francisco , CA     

Munger, Tolles and Olson, Attys. San Francisco , CA

MacDonalds Corporation, San Jose , CA

Roll International, Los Angeles , CA

The Dentists Insurance Group, Sacramento , CA

The Four Seasons Hotel, Dubai , United Arab Emirates

 

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Crocker Art Museum , Sacramento , CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“We Are So Lightly Here” Exhibition catalog. Introduction by Craig Buckwald and Laura Janku. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , CA 2004

ZYZZYVA, Volume XXI, Number 1, Literary Catalog Spring 2005

Moments that aren’t so fleeting, Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2005

Gale Antokal, Suvan Geer, ArtScene of Southern California March 2005

Picture This: Jessica Holt, The Daily Bruin, UCLA. March 10, 2000

Gale Antokal/Mari Andrews, Art Pick, Sarah Coleman, San Francisco Bay Guardian April 21, 1999

Multileveled Beauty , Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee June 16, 1996

Drawings with Spice, Sculpture with Exuberance, Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News

November 15, 1991

Drawings with the Look of Paintings, Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, March 1986

Critics Choice, Pam O'Connell, East Bay Express, March 21, 1986

Gallery Roundup, Charles Shere, The Oakland Tribune, October 27, 1984

Local Artists at Their Best, Suzaan Boettger, San Francisco , Chronicle, June 26, 1982