Resume
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Born 1947 Santa Monica, California
BA College of Creative Studies; University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969
MFA University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971
1981-2005 Professor of Art, Sonoma State University
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2006 Gourmand Award from France, Best Illustrated Wine Book in America
2001 U.S. State Department Cultural Exchange Grant, São Paulo, Brazil
1994 Research Grant, São Paulo, Brazil; California State University
1990 Artist Fellowship, Sonoma County Foundation/NEA Grant
1990 Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council
1990 Research Grant, Matto Grosso, Brazil; CSU Grant
1986 Fulbright Foundation Travel Grant; Brazil
1984 Travel Grant, São Paulo, Brazil; California State University
1983 Travel Grant, Kyoto, Japan; California State University
1979 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship
1977 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship
1972 Tyrus Wong Award for Painting
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2008 Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, Saudi Arabia
2007 Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
2002-05 Cave Drawings, Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen, California
2001 Wine Country Film Festival, Sonoma, California
2001 Label Design, Imagery Estate Winery
2000 Label Design, Benziger Family Winery
2000 Label Design, Imagery Estate Winery
1999 Hyatt Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona
1999 Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
1999 Label Design, Benziger Family Winery
OVER 100 SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND 550 GROUP EXHIBITIONS
RECENT SOLO EHIBITIONS
2009
Art Foundry, Sacramento, California
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
InstitutoTomie Othake, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
199 Fremont, San Francisco, California,
Herrett Museum, Twin Falls, Idaho
Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, California
Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Shasta College, Redding, California
2007
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Elins/Eagles-Smith, San Francisco, California
Erickson Fine Art, Healdsburg, California
2006
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
2005 Elins/Eagles-Smith, San Francisco, California
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
2002
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001
Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
Erickson and Elins, San Francisco, California
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California
2000
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, California
1999
Dan Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Galeria Anita Schwartz, Rio de Janeiro
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Elins/Eagles-Smith, San Francisco, California
2008
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Landfall Press “Small Paintings”, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona
The Gallery of Sea and Heaven, Santa Rosa, California
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2007
Santa Cruz County Bank, Santa Cruz, California
Janet Turner Print Collection, Chico State, California
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
JR Kortman Gallery, Rockford, Illinois
D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2006
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2005
Art Fair, São Paulo, Brazil
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2004
AVA Gallery and Art Center. Lebanon, New Hampshire
Erickson Fine Art, Healdsburg, California
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Associacão Alumni, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Off The Preserve, DiRosa Foundation, Napa, California
2002
Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia Binational Center, Brasilia, Brazil
Off the Preserve, DiRosa Foundation, Napa, CA
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
2001
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Alumni Headquarters, São Paulo, Brazil
William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
Robert L. Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan
2000
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Dan Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Scuola Internationalze di Graphica, Venice, Italy
1999
Galerie Felixe Jeneweina Mêsta Kutné Hory, Czech Republic
Dan Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
MAJOR COLLECTIONS
Oakland Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
International Telephone and Telegraph
International Paper Corporation
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bank of America
Banco Sudameris, Brazil
J.P. Morgan
Coca Cola Corporation
McDonald’s Corporation
Fairmont Hotels Inc.
Washington State Collection
Museum of American Samoa
Arizona State University
Valley Bank of Nevada
Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cerritos College
Connecticut College, New London
University of California, Santa Barbara
Air France Airlines
Western Electric, New York
Kemper Insurance, Chicago
Catallactics Corporation, Chicago
Santa Barbara City College
La Jolla Museum of Art
Macrovision, San Jose
Kaiser Permanente
Ventura College
Hyatt Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona
Westin Hotel, Indianapolis
Indiana University
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco City Collection
Hyatt Regency, Cologne, Germany
3M Corporation
Pepperdine University
Northern California Museum of Art
General Mills Corporation
Sonoma State University
Benziger Imagery Series Collection
Art Museum of Santa Cruz County
California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa
Center for Book Arts, São Paulo, Brazil
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Manufacturers Bank, Chicago
Globo Television, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil
Amerada Hess Oil Company
