Curriculum
Vitae
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Knox College 1977; Master of Fine Arts, UC-Davis 1992
Selected Grants and Awards
The Artist For Artists Project (Simsbury, CT --- Juror: Fred Wessel): Williams Prize in Drawing, Juror’s Choice Award (2014)
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, NY) (2012): Acquisition of the artist’s charcoal and conte drawing, “Thronebone”
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Jeanne Lorenz, Natalie Nelson, and Harold Beaulieu): 49th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2012):
-----Third Place Award
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto , CA --- Juror: Elizabeth Mitchell, Burton Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at
-----the-Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University): "Works on/of Paper" Juried Exhibition (2011): Awarded Third Prize
Horticulture Magazine (Cincinnati, OH): Volume 108, Issue 1, p. 37: 1st Annual Garden Art Competition (2010): Awarded Second Place
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 18. Feature article (2010): Bronze Award, Professional Fine Arts Division
Still Point Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Christine Cote, Gallery Director): “The Serious and Playful Sides of Light” Juried Exhibition (2009):
-----Named Artist of Distinction
BareBrush.com (Online --- Juror: Marina Hadley, Director of Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery (Chelsea, NYC, NY)): “Nude of the Month
-----December” Juried Exhibition (2009): Curator’s Choice
Visual Overture Magazine (Atlanta, GA): Issue 2. Feature article (2009): Editor’s Choice
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Mary Felton and Ralph Levesque): 98th Annual Exhibition (2009):
-----Awarded the Barbara Fay Mishler Memorial Award for Originality in Graphics
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Ferdinanda Florence, Professor of Art History, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA;
-----Tony Natsoulas, B.A., M.F.A., Sculptor, represented in the collections of the Crocker Museum (Sacramento, CA) and the Shigaraki
-----(Shiga, Japan), and others; Shelly Willis, Director, Art in Public Places Program, City of Sacramento):
-----46th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2009): Received Third Place Award
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 13. Feature article (2009): Best in Show, Professional Fine Arts Division
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY --- Juror: Tina Kukielski, Whitney Museum of American Art,
-----Manhattan, NYC, NY): Juried Fine Arts Competition (2008): Second Place Award
International Society of Acrylic Painters (Online --- Juror: John Cogan, western landscape painter): Online International (2008):
-----Award of Merit
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA --- Juror: Jean Stern, Director, Irvine Museum): "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape
-----Painters of California" 78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008): Best in Show and Honorable Mention awarded
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Diana Daniels, Assistant Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA;
-----Matt McKinley, Curator, ARTwork SF, San Francisco, CA; and Marc Lancet, ceramic artist and Professor, Solano College, Fairfield, CA):
-----45th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2008): Received Juror's Choice award, as well as First and Second Place in the
-----Drawing Division,-and a Merit Award in Oil/Acrylic Division
Art Interview (Berlin, Germany): 8th International Online Artist Competition (2007): Awarded First Place
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Mark Eanes, artist and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts,
-----Oakland, CA; Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator, City of Berkeley, CA; and Louise Siddons, Assistant Curator,
-----Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA): 44th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2007):
-----Awarded First Place, Second Place, and Merit in Oil/Acrylic Division
Art of California Magazine Discovery Gold Award
University of California, Davis (Davis, CA): Graduate Research Award
Union League Club (Chicago, IL): Union League Club Award
Complete Exhibition Record: (1987 to present – in chronological order from bottom to the top. Contact artist directly.)
The Artist For Artists Project (Simsbury, CT --- Juror: Fred Wessel): Williams Prize in Drawing, Juror’s Choice Award (2014)
Sidetracks Art Gallery (New Hope, PA): Sixth Annual "Naked in New Hope" Group Exhibition (2012)
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, NY) (2012): Acquisition of the artist’s charcoal and conte drawing, “Thronebone”
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): "Naked Men" Solo exhibition (2012)
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts Gallery (Mill Valley, CA --- Jurors: Painter, Toni Littlejohn): "Red" Exhibition (2012)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Jeanne Lorenz, Natalie Nelson, and Harold Beaulieu): 49th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2012):
-----Third Place Award
City of Brea Art Gallery (Brea, CA): "In the Light of Day" Plein Air Invitational Exhibition (2011)
Studio Montclair (Montclair, NJ --- Juror: Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Associate Curator, Special Projects, El Museo del Barrio, NYC):
-----2011 Annual Open Juried Exhibition, "ViewPoints" (2011)
-----Davide Antolini, Antonio Cossu, Orietta Berlanda,
Carlo Tombola, Massimo Balestrini, Elisabetta Bovo, Tedesco Anna,
Daniele Nalin):
-----First Annual Juried Prize Exhibition (2011)
Sanchez Art Center ( Pacifica , CA --- Juror: Alison Gass, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA, San Francisco , CA):
-----“Arts on Fire XV” Juried Exhibition
(2011)
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA --- Juror: Elizabeth Mitchell, Burton Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints, Drawings and
-----Photographs a the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor
Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University): "Works on/of
Paper" Juried Exhibition
-----(2011): Awarded Third Prize
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----26th Annual Juried Show (2011)
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): Group exhibition (Gallery II) (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA --- Juror: Philip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----"Imagine California" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Frank Bette Center for the Arts (Alameda, CA): "Insight" (2010)
Art Kudos (Online --- Juror: Mitchell Albala, Professor, Gage Academy of Art (Seattle, WA): International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition (2010)
London International Creative Competition (London, UK --- Jurors: Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy; Saffet Kaya Bekiroglu,
-----Architect, zaha hadid, London, -UK; Robert Berman, Director, Berman and B-1 galleries, Los Angeles, CA;
-----Marcia Fortes, Director, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hossein Farmani, Farmani Gallery, New York, NY;
-----Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium; Pam Kent, New York Times, London Bureau; Sarah Kent, Critic, London, UK;
-----Vera Monro, Galerie Vera Monro, Hamburg, Germany; Knut Ormhaug, Senior Curator, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway;
-----Stathis Panagoulis and George Vamvakidis, Directors, The Breeder, Athens, Greece; Barbara Polla, Owner/Director,
-----Analix Forever Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland; Rebecca McClelland, Photo Director, Art World Magazine and
-----Associated Newspapers, London, UK; Ben Tomlinson, Director, Alma Enterprises, London, UK;
-----Jesper Thomsen, Director of Mews 42 Gallery, London, UK; Lisa Wells, Art Appraiser and Advisor, Los Angeles, CA): Short List, 2010 (2010)
Pleiades Gallery (New York, NY --- Juror: M. Stephen Doherty, Editor of American Artist magazine): 28th Annual Juried Show (2010)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Douglas Gillette and Diane Marinaro): 99th Annual Exhibition (2010)
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): Solo exhibition (Gallery I) (2010)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Chester Arnold): "Still Life" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (Brooklyn, NYC, NY --- Jurors: Anne Strauss (Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY),
-----Nicholas -Baume (Director & Chief Curator, Public Art Fund, NYC, NY), Mark Hughes (Director, Galerie Lelong, Chelsea, NYC, NY),
-----Bill Murphy (Associate Professor & Gallery Director, Printmaker & Painter, Wagner College, NYC, NY)): "Wide Open" Juried Art Show (2010)
Barebrush.com (Online --- Juror: Beth DeTal, of Rogue Space|Chelsea, NYC, NY): Nude of the Month, March (2010)
Art Scene Today (Online --- Juror: Anders Knutsson): "My Personal Best" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA): Group Exhibition (2010)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Maleonn Liang): “Whimsy” Juried Competition (2010)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle): 25th Annual Juried Show (2010)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Jurors: Joseph Krawczyk (Landscape / Still Life), Kim Mosley (Figurative), and Rakar West (Abstract)):
-----Winter Juried Competition (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA): Group Exhibition (2009)
Still Point Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Christine Cote, Gallery Director): “The Serious and Playful Sides of Light” Juried Exhibition (2009):
-----Named Artist of Distinction
BareBrush.com (Online --- Juror: Marina Hadley, Director of Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery (Chelsea, NYC, NY)): “Nude of the Month
-----December” Juried Exhibition (2009): Curator’s Choice
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA --- Jurors: Jane Gregorius and Lynda Watson): National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibit (2009)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Geometric Sequence: Random or Otherwise" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Dorothy Herger Gallery and Fairfield Center Gallery (Fairfield, CA --- Curator: Janene Whitesell, Solano College Gallery):
-----"A Condition of the Spirit: Artists and the Landscape" Group Show (2009)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA --- Juror: Philip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----"Imagine California" Juried Exhibition (2009)
ArtPrize (Grand Rapids, MI): First Annual ArtPrize Exhibition (2009)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections,
-----Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA): "Portraits" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Stamford Art Association (Stamford, CT --- Juror: Paulina Pobocha, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture,
-----Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan): 29th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show (2009)
South Australian Museum (Adelaide, South Australia --- Jurors: Gary Shead, winner of both the Archibald and Dobell prizes,
-----with work represented in the National Gallery of Australia, as well as all State Galleries in Australia, and other national
-----and international galleries and collections; Barry Pearce, Head Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of
-----New South Wales (Sydney, Australia); Zoe D’Arcy, Director of Public Programs at the National Archives of Australia; and
-----Suzanne Miller, Director of the South Australian Museum): Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (2009)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Patric Baylis-Andre): Inaugural Juried Competition (2009)
Art Kudos (Online --- Juror: Scott Canty, Art Curator (City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department), Senior Curator for
-----Exhibition Programs (Los Angeles and Ontario Airports), Curator (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park,
-----and at the City Hall Bridge Gallery), Director for the L.A. Cultural Affairs Department Slide Registry, and Director of Exhibitions
-----(Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA): International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition (2009)
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA --- Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director and Senior Curator of the Triton Museum
-----of Art): "Figures & Faces" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Gesture, Action, Expression" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Marin Society of Artists (Ross, CA --- Juror: Scott Shields, Associate Director and Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA):
-----National Juried Show (2009)
Lancaster County Art Association (Strasburg, PA --- Juror: Bruce Samuelson, professor of painting, drawing and critique,
-----Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA): National Juried Exhibition (2009)
ArtHouse Lounge (Harrisburg, PA --- Juror: Dr. Robert Toyakazu Troxell, ceramicist and print-maker): Ultimate Artist of the
-----United States Competition (2009)
Turchin Center for Visual Arts (Boone, NC --- Juror: Jeffrey Grove, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at
-----The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA): Halpert Biennial (2009)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Mary Felton and Ralph Levesque): 98th Annual Exhibition (2009):
-----Awarded the Barbara Fay Mishler Memorial Award for Originality in Graphics
Napa Valley Museum (Napa, CA --- Jurors: Ms. Alex Phillips (Trustee, DiRosa Preserve), Ms. Daphne Araujo (Araujo Winery Collection),
-----and Mr. Robert Ceballos (Curator, the Hess Collection): Biennial Juried Plein Air Painting Exhibition (2009)
Academic Artists Association (Springfield, MA --- Jurors: Barbara S. Groff, P.S.A., C.P.S.; and Donald Allen Mosher):
-----59th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art (2009)
San Diego Art Institute (San Diego, CA --- Juror: Julia Marciari Alexander, PhD., History of Art, Yale University;
-----Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, San Diego Museum of Art): 50th International Award Exhibition (2009)
Naval and Historical Museum (Vallejo, CA): "Celebrating Vallejo's Urban Forest" (2009)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Ferdinanda Florence, Professor of Art History, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA;-
-----Tony Natsoulas, B.A., M.F.A., Sculptor, represented in the collections of the Crocker Museum (Sacramento, CA) and the Shigaraki-
-----(Shiga, Japan), and others; Shelly Willis, Director, Art in Public Places Program, City of Sacramento):
-----46th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2009): Received Third Place Award
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts Gallery (Mill Valley, CA --- Jurors: Mill Valley artists, Kris Gordon, Brett Hopper and Jeremy Thornton):
-----“Twins and Triplets" Exhibition (2009)
Gallery West (Alexandria, VA --- Juror: Ms. Joey P. Mánlapaz, Professor, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC):
-----12th Annual National Juried Show (2009)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Jeremy Morgan, Professor, San Francisco Art Institute): 24th Annual Juried Show (2009)
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY): Winners' Showcase Exhibition (2009)
Berkeley Art Center (Berkeley, CA): Members' Showcase Exhibition (2008)
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY --- Juror: Tina Kukielski, Whitney Museum of American Art,-
-----Manhattan, NYC, NY): Juried Fine Arts Competition (2008): Second Place Award
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Light and Air: The Landscape Revisited" Juried Exhibition (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI --- Juror: Terry Howell Stanley, PSA, Director, Richeson Gallery): Landscape Competition (2008)
International Society of Acrylic Painters (Online --- Juror: John Cogan, western landscape painter): Online International (2008):
-----Award of Merit
Allegany Arts Council (Cumberland, MD --- Juror: Sarah Newman, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Museum,
-----Washington, DC): 9th Annual Will's Creek Survey (2008)
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA --- Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle): “Realities
-----and Illusions” Fall National Exhibition (2008)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Jennifer Sturgil, Master Printer Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA):
-----"Works on Paper" Juried Exhibition (2008)
Santa Cruz Art League ( Santa Cruz , CA ): Catalog, "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California"
-----78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008): Best in Show and Honorable Mention awarded
Bellevue Club (Oakland, CA): Solo show and retrospective (2008)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Plant Life" Juried Exhibition (2008)
PIE Studio (Jacksonville, FL --- Juror: Ethan Karp, Director, OK Harris Gallery, SOHO, New York City): "Art on a Pedestal"
-----Art Competition & Exhibition (2008)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Diana Daniels, Assistant Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA;
-----Matt McKinley, Curator, ARTwork SF, San Francisco, CA; and Marc Lancet, ceramic artist and Professor, Solano College,
-----Fairfield, CA): 45th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2008): Jurors’ Choice, First Second and Merit Awards
Wichita Center for the Arts (Wichita, KS --- Juror: G. Daniel Massad, Artist): Pastel National (2008)
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (Summit, NJ --- Juror: Carter Foster, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City):
-----22nd International Juried Show (2008)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Donna Seager, Owner, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA): 23rd Annual Juried Show (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI --- Juror: Terry Howell Stanley, PSA, Director, Richeson Gallery): Artist's Choice Competition (2008)
Art Interview (Berlin, Germany): 8th International Online Artist Competition (2007): First Place
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Mark Eanes, artist and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA;
-----Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator, City of Berkeley, CA; and Louise Siddons, Assistant Curator, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic
-----Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA): 44th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2007):
-----First Place, Second Place and Merit Awards
Napa Valley Art Museum, Yountville, CA
diRosa Collection, Napa, CA
Napa Valley Wine Auction, Saint Helena, CA
Napa Valley Art Museum, Yountville, CA
Sonoma Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Stanczyk Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
George Shaffer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA (Annual exhibits)
Henry Joseph Gallery, Napa, CA
Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Swanson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Youncey-Reiger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Agnes Bourne Design, San Francisco, CA
Robert Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA
Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Expo International, Los Angeles, CA
Iannetti Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Rasdall Gallery, Lexington, KY
Publications
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA): Catalog, "Works on/of Paper" Juried Exhibition (2011): Awarded Third Prize
Horticulture Magazine (Cincinnati, OH): Volume 108, Issue 1, p. 37: 1st Annual Garden Art Competition (2010): Awarded Second Place
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 18. Feature article (2010): Bronze Award, Professional Fine Arts Division
Visual Overture Magazine (Atlanta, GA): Issue 2. Feature article (2009): Editor’s Choice
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (Adelaide, South Australia): Catalog (2009)
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA): Catalog, "Figures & Faces" Juried Exhibition (2009)
City Trees, Journal of the Society of Municipal Arborists: Volume 45, No. 5, p. 34 (2009)
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 13. Feature article (2009): Best in Show, Professional Fine Arts Division
East Bay Express: January 7, 2009
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI): Catalog, Landscape Competition (2008)
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA): Catalog, "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California"
-----78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI): Catalog, Artist's Choice Competition (2008)
The Daily Republic: February 8, 2008
The Reporter: February 8, 2008
Pearl Necklace Magazine
Vallejo Times Herald: September 17, 2003 and May 21, 2006
The Sophisticate: Art Deco Society of California, Featured Artist
Also Featured in:
American Artist: Issue 618
Two issues of Forum, Journal of the Academic Senate of the California Community College System
Art of California Magazine: Vol. 6, Number 5
Adventures in Reading (Textbook images), Holt Rinehart & Winston, Austin, TX
Book Cover Design for Baskerville Publishers, Dallas, TX
Work in the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, and in Private Collections in Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand and U.S.
Fin
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Knox College 1977; Master of Fine Arts, UC-Davis 1992
Selected Grants and Awards
The Artist For Artists Project (Simsbury, CT --- Juror: Fred Wessel): Williams Prize in Drawing, Juror’s Choice Award (2014)
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, NY) (2012): Acquisition of the artist’s charcoal and conte drawing, “Thronebone”
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Jeanne Lorenz, Natalie Nelson, and Harold Beaulieu): 49th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2012):
-----Third Place Award
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto , CA --- Juror: Elizabeth Mitchell, Burton Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at
-----the-Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University): "Works on/of Paper" Juried Exhibition (2011): Awarded Third Prize
Horticulture Magazine (Cincinnati, OH): Volume 108, Issue 1, p. 37: 1st Annual Garden Art Competition (2010): Awarded Second Place
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 18. Feature article (2010): Bronze Award, Professional Fine Arts Division
Still Point Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Christine Cote, Gallery Director): “The Serious and Playful Sides of Light” Juried Exhibition (2009):
-----Named Artist of Distinction
BareBrush.com (Online --- Juror: Marina Hadley, Director of Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery (Chelsea, NYC, NY)): “Nude of the Month
-----December” Juried Exhibition (2009): Curator’s Choice
Visual Overture Magazine (Atlanta, GA): Issue 2. Feature article (2009): Editor’s Choice
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Mary Felton and Ralph Levesque): 98th Annual Exhibition (2009):
-----Awarded the Barbara Fay Mishler Memorial Award for Originality in Graphics
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Ferdinanda Florence, Professor of Art History, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA;
-----Tony Natsoulas, B.A., M.F.A., Sculptor, represented in the collections of the Crocker Museum (Sacramento, CA) and the Shigaraki
-----(Shiga, Japan), and others; Shelly Willis, Director, Art in Public Places Program, City of Sacramento):
-----46th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2009): Received Third Place Award
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 13. Feature article (2009): Best in Show, Professional Fine Arts Division
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY --- Juror: Tina Kukielski, Whitney Museum of American Art,
-----Manhattan, NYC, NY): Juried Fine Arts Competition (2008): Second Place Award
International Society of Acrylic Painters (Online --- Juror: John Cogan, western landscape painter): Online International (2008):
-----Award of Merit
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA --- Juror: Jean Stern, Director, Irvine Museum): "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape
-----Painters of California" 78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008): Best in Show and Honorable Mention awarded
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Diana Daniels, Assistant Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA;
-----Matt McKinley, Curator, ARTwork SF, San Francisco, CA; and Marc Lancet, ceramic artist and Professor, Solano College, Fairfield, CA):
-----45th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2008): Received Juror's Choice award, as well as First and Second Place in the
-----Drawing Division,-and a Merit Award in Oil/Acrylic Division
Art Interview (Berlin, Germany): 8th International Online Artist Competition (2007): Awarded First Place
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Mark Eanes, artist and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts,
-----Oakland, CA; Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator, City of Berkeley, CA; and Louise Siddons, Assistant Curator,
-----Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA): 44th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2007):
-----Awarded First Place, Second Place, and Merit in Oil/Acrylic Division
Art of California Magazine Discovery Gold Award
University of California, Davis (Davis, CA): Graduate Research Award
Union League Club (Chicago, IL): Union League Club Award
Complete Exhibition Record: (1987 to present – in chronological order from bottom to the top. Contact artist directly.)
The Artist For Artists Project (Simsbury, CT --- Juror: Fred Wessel): Williams Prize in Drawing, Juror’s Choice Award (2014)
Sidetracks Art Gallery (New Hope, PA): Sixth Annual "Naked in New Hope" Group Exhibition (2012)
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, NY) (2012): Acquisition of the artist’s charcoal and conte drawing, “Thronebone”
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): "Naked Men" Solo exhibition (2012)
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts Gallery (Mill Valley, CA --- Jurors: Painter, Toni Littlejohn): "Red" Exhibition (2012)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Jeanne Lorenz, Natalie Nelson, and Harold Beaulieu): 49th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2012):
-----Third Place Award
City of Brea Art Gallery (Brea, CA): "In the Light of Day" Plein Air Invitational Exhibition (2011)
Studio Montclair (Montclair, NJ --- Juror: Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Associate Curator, Special Projects, El Museo del Barrio, NYC):
-----2011 Annual Open Juried Exhibition, "ViewPoints" (2011)
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Art Prize (New York, London, Milan, Los Angeles --- Jurors: Andrea
Moratti, Andrea Pimazzoni, Cesare Delaini, Mauro
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-----First Annual Juried Prize Exhibition (2011)
Sanchez Art Center ( Pacifica , CA --- Juror: Alison Gass, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA, San Francisco , CA):
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA --- Juror: Elizabeth Mitchell, Burton Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints, Drawings and
-----(2011): Awarded Third Prize
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----26th Annual Juried Show (2011)
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): Group exhibition (Gallery II) (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA --- Juror: Philip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----"Imagine California" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Frank Bette Center for the Arts (Alameda, CA): "Insight" (2010)
Art Kudos (Online --- Juror: Mitchell Albala, Professor, Gage Academy of Art (Seattle, WA): International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition (2010)
London International Creative Competition (London, UK --- Jurors: Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy; Saffet Kaya Bekiroglu,
-----Architect, zaha hadid, London, -UK; Robert Berman, Director, Berman and B-1 galleries, Los Angeles, CA;
-----Marcia Fortes, Director, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hossein Farmani, Farmani Gallery, New York, NY;
-----Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium; Pam Kent, New York Times, London Bureau; Sarah Kent, Critic, London, UK;
-----Vera Monro, Galerie Vera Monro, Hamburg, Germany; Knut Ormhaug, Senior Curator, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway;
-----Stathis Panagoulis and George Vamvakidis, Directors, The Breeder, Athens, Greece; Barbara Polla, Owner/Director,
-----Analix Forever Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland; Rebecca McClelland, Photo Director, Art World Magazine and
-----Associated Newspapers, London, UK; Ben Tomlinson, Director, Alma Enterprises, London, UK;
-----Jesper Thomsen, Director of Mews 42 Gallery, London, UK; Lisa Wells, Art Appraiser and Advisor, Los Angeles, CA): Short List, 2010 (2010)
Pleiades Gallery (New York, NY --- Juror: M. Stephen Doherty, Editor of American Artist magazine): 28th Annual Juried Show (2010)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Douglas Gillette and Diane Marinaro): 99th Annual Exhibition (2010)
Phoenix Gallery (New York, NY): Solo exhibition (Gallery I) (2010)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Chester Arnold): "Still Life" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (Brooklyn, NYC, NY --- Jurors: Anne Strauss (Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY),
-----Nicholas -Baume (Director & Chief Curator, Public Art Fund, NYC, NY), Mark Hughes (Director, Galerie Lelong, Chelsea, NYC, NY),
-----Bill Murphy (Associate Professor & Gallery Director, Printmaker & Painter, Wagner College, NYC, NY)): "Wide Open" Juried Art Show (2010)
Barebrush.com (Online --- Juror: Beth DeTal, of Rogue Space|Chelsea, NYC, NY): Nude of the Month, March (2010)
Art Scene Today (Online --- Juror: Anders Knutsson): "My Personal Best" Juried Exhibition (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA): Group Exhibition (2010)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Maleonn Liang): “Whimsy” Juried Competition (2010)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle): 25th Annual Juried Show (2010)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Jurors: Joseph Krawczyk (Landscape / Still Life), Kim Mosley (Figurative), and Rakar West (Abstract)):
-----Winter Juried Competition (2010)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA): Group Exhibition (2009)
Still Point Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Christine Cote, Gallery Director): “The Serious and Playful Sides of Light” Juried Exhibition (2009):
-----Named Artist of Distinction
BareBrush.com (Online --- Juror: Marina Hadley, Director of Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery (Chelsea, NYC, NY)): “Nude of the Month
-----December” Juried Exhibition (2009): Curator’s Choice
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA --- Jurors: Jane Gregorius and Lynda Watson): National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibit (2009)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Geometric Sequence: Random or Otherwise" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Dorothy Herger Gallery and Fairfield Center Gallery (Fairfield, CA --- Curator: Janene Whitesell, Solano College Gallery):
-----"A Condition of the Spirit: Artists and the Landscape" Group Show (2009)
Kevin Milligan Gallery (Danville, CA --- Juror: Philip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA):
-----"Imagine California" Juried Exhibition (2009)
ArtPrize (Grand Rapids, MI): First Annual ArtPrize Exhibition (2009)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections,
-----Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA): "Portraits" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Stamford Art Association (Stamford, CT --- Juror: Paulina Pobocha, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture,
-----Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan): 29th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show (2009)
South Australian Museum (Adelaide, South Australia --- Jurors: Gary Shead, winner of both the Archibald and Dobell prizes,
-----with work represented in the National Gallery of Australia, as well as all State Galleries in Australia, and other national
-----and international galleries and collections; Barry Pearce, Head Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of
-----New South Wales (Sydney, Australia); Zoe D’Arcy, Director of Public Programs at the National Archives of Australia; and
-----Suzanne Miller, Director of the South Australian Museum): Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (2009)
Infinity Art Gallery (Online --- Juror: Patric Baylis-Andre): Inaugural Juried Competition (2009)
Art Kudos (Online --- Juror: Scott Canty, Art Curator (City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department), Senior Curator for
-----Exhibition Programs (Los Angeles and Ontario Airports), Curator (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park,
-----and at the City Hall Bridge Gallery), Director for the L.A. Cultural Affairs Department Slide Registry, and Director of Exhibitions
-----(Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA): International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition (2009)
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA --- Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director and Senior Curator of the Triton Museum
-----of Art): "Figures & Faces" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Gesture, Action, Expression" Juried Exhibition (2009)
Marin Society of Artists (Ross, CA --- Juror: Scott Shields, Associate Director and Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA):
-----National Juried Show (2009)
Lancaster County Art Association (Strasburg, PA --- Juror: Bruce Samuelson, professor of painting, drawing and critique,
-----Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA): National Juried Exhibition (2009)
ArtHouse Lounge (Harrisburg, PA --- Juror: Dr. Robert Toyakazu Troxell, ceramicist and print-maker): Ultimate Artist of the
-----United States Competition (2009)
Turchin Center for Visual Arts (Boone, NC --- Juror: Jeffrey Grove, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at
-----The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA): Halpert Biennial (2009)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, CT --- Jurors: Mary Felton and Ralph Levesque): 98th Annual Exhibition (2009):
-----Awarded the Barbara Fay Mishler Memorial Award for Originality in Graphics
Napa Valley Museum (Napa, CA --- Jurors: Ms. Alex Phillips (Trustee, DiRosa Preserve), Ms. Daphne Araujo (Araujo Winery Collection),
-----and Mr. Robert Ceballos (Curator, the Hess Collection): Biennial Juried Plein Air Painting Exhibition (2009)
Academic Artists Association (Springfield, MA --- Jurors: Barbara S. Groff, P.S.A., C.P.S.; and Donald Allen Mosher):
-----59th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art (2009)
San Diego Art Institute (San Diego, CA --- Juror: Julia Marciari Alexander, PhD., History of Art, Yale University;
-----Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, San Diego Museum of Art): 50th International Award Exhibition (2009)
Naval and Historical Museum (Vallejo, CA): "Celebrating Vallejo's Urban Forest" (2009)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Ferdinanda Florence, Professor of Art History, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA;-
-----Tony Natsoulas, B.A., M.F.A., Sculptor, represented in the collections of the Crocker Museum (Sacramento, CA) and the Shigaraki-
-----(Shiga, Japan), and others; Shelly Willis, Director, Art in Public Places Program, City of Sacramento):
-----46th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2009): Received Third Place Award
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts Gallery (Mill Valley, CA --- Jurors: Mill Valley artists, Kris Gordon, Brett Hopper and Jeremy Thornton):
-----“Twins and Triplets" Exhibition (2009)
Gallery West (Alexandria, VA --- Juror: Ms. Joey P. Mánlapaz, Professor, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC):
-----12th Annual National Juried Show (2009)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Jeremy Morgan, Professor, San Francisco Art Institute): 24th Annual Juried Show (2009)
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY): Winners' Showcase Exhibition (2009)
Berkeley Art Center (Berkeley, CA): Members' Showcase Exhibition (2008)
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, NY --- Juror: Tina Kukielski, Whitney Museum of American Art,-
-----Manhattan, NYC, NY): Juried Fine Arts Competition (2008): Second Place Award
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Light and Air: The Landscape Revisited" Juried Exhibition (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI --- Juror: Terry Howell Stanley, PSA, Director, Richeson Gallery): Landscape Competition (2008)
International Society of Acrylic Painters (Online --- Juror: John Cogan, western landscape painter): Online International (2008):
-----Award of Merit
Allegany Arts Council (Cumberland, MD --- Juror: Sarah Newman, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Museum,
-----Washington, DC): 9th Annual Will's Creek Survey (2008)
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA --- Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle): “Realities
-----and Illusions” Fall National Exhibition (2008)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Sebastopol, CA --- Juror: Jennifer Sturgil, Master Printer Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA):
-----"Works on Paper" Juried Exhibition (2008)
Santa Cruz Art League ( Santa Cruz , CA ): Catalog, "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California"
-----78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008): Best in Show and Honorable Mention awarded
Bellevue Club (Oakland, CA): Solo show and retrospective (2008)
Caladan Gallery (Online): "Plant Life" Juried Exhibition (2008)
PIE Studio (Jacksonville, FL --- Juror: Ethan Karp, Director, OK Harris Gallery, SOHO, New York City): "Art on a Pedestal"
-----Art Competition & Exhibition (2008)
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Diana Daniels, Assistant Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA;
-----Matt McKinley, Curator, ARTwork SF, San Francisco, CA; and Marc Lancet, ceramic artist and Professor, Solano College,
-----Fairfield, CA): 45th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2008): Jurors’ Choice, First Second and Merit Awards
Wichita Center for the Arts (Wichita, KS --- Juror: G. Daniel Massad, Artist): Pastel National (2008)
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (Summit, NJ --- Juror: Carter Foster, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City):
-----22nd International Juried Show (2008)
Gallery Route One (Pt. Reyes Station, CA --- Juror: Donna Seager, Owner, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA): 23rd Annual Juried Show (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI --- Juror: Terry Howell Stanley, PSA, Director, Richeson Gallery): Artist's Choice Competition (2008)
Art Interview (Berlin, Germany): 8th International Online Artist Competition (2007): First Place
Fairfield Visual Arts Assn. (Fairfield, CA --- Jurors: Mark Eanes, artist and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA;
-----Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator, City of Berkeley, CA; and Louise Siddons, Assistant Curator, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic
-----Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA): 44th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (2007):
-----First Place, Second Place and Merit Awards
Napa Valley Art Museum, Yountville, CA
diRosa Collection, Napa, CA
Napa Valley Wine Auction, Saint Helena, CA
Napa Valley Art Museum, Yountville, CA
Sonoma Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Stanczyk Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
George Shaffer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA (Annual exhibits)
Henry Joseph Gallery, Napa, CA
Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Swanson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Youncey-Reiger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Agnes Bourne Design, San Francisco, CA
Robert Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA
Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Expo International, Los Angeles, CA
Iannetti Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Rasdall Gallery, Lexington, KY
Publications
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA): Catalog, "Works on/of Paper" Juried Exhibition (2011): Awarded Third Prize
Horticulture Magazine (Cincinnati, OH): Volume 108, Issue 1, p. 37: 1st Annual Garden Art Competition (2010): Awarded Second Place
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 18. Feature article (2010): Bronze Award, Professional Fine Arts Division
Visual Overture Magazine (Atlanta, GA): Issue 2. Feature article (2009): Editor’s Choice
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (Adelaide, South Australia): Catalog (2009)
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA): Catalog, "Figures & Faces" Juried Exhibition (2009)
City Trees, Journal of the Society of Municipal Arborists: Volume 45, No. 5, p. 34 (2009)
Creative Quarterly Magazine (New York City): Issue 13. Feature article (2009): Best in Show, Professional Fine Arts Division
East Bay Express: January 7, 2009
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI): Catalog, Landscape Competition (2008)
Santa Cruz Art League (Santa Cruz, CA): Catalog, "Poems Without Words: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California"
-----78th Annual Statewide Exhibit (2008)
The Richeson 75 (Kimberly WI): Catalog, Artist's Choice Competition (2008)
The Daily Republic: February 8, 2008
The Reporter: February 8, 2008
Pearl Necklace Magazine
Vallejo Times Herald: September 17, 2003 and May 21, 2006
The Sophisticate: Art Deco Society of California, Featured Artist
Also Featured in:
American Artist: Issue 618
Two issues of Forum, Journal of the Academic Senate of the California Community College System
Art of California Magazine: Vol. 6, Number 5
Adventures in Reading (Textbook images), Holt Rinehart & Winston, Austin, TX
Book Cover Design for Baskerville Publishers, Dallas, TX
Work in the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, and in Private Collections in Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand and U.S.
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