PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born 1947, Santa Monica, California
EDUCATION
MFA University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971
BA College of Creative Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2006 Gourmand Award from France, Author of Best Illustrated Wine Book in America
2006 Professor Emeritus, Sonoma State University, California
2001 U.S. State Department Cultural Exchange Grant, São Paulo, Brazil
1994 Research Grant, São Paulo, Brazil; California State University
1990 Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council
Artist Fellowship, Sonoma County Foundation/NEA Grant
Research Grant, Matto Grosso, Brazil; Sonoma State University
1986 Fulbright Foundation Travel Grant; Brazil
1985 Selected as Distinguished Artist, California State University System
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
COMMISSIONS
2008 Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, Saudi Arabia
2007 Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
2004-2007 Label Design, Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, California
2002-2005 Cave Drawings, Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen, California
2001 Wine Country Film Festival, Sonoma, California
Label Design, Imagery Estate winery
2000 Label Design, Benziger Family Winery
Label Design, Imagery Estate Winery
1999 Hyatt Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona
Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
Label Designs, Benziger Family Winery
1997 Sonoma Mountain Brewery, Glen Ellen, California
1993-96 Label Designs, Benziger Family Winery
1992 "Amazonas", Metropolis Hotel, San Francisco, California
1988 Label Design, Glen Ellen Winery Imagery Series
1987 "Iquitos", Kaiser Hospital, Santa Rosa, California
1986 "Aichi I" and "Aichi II" Print Edition, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco,
California and Chicago, Illinois
1985 "Serie Dos Jardins", (22 Wall Sections) Kirkland/Ellis Project for Skidmore/Owings/Merrill, Denver, Colorado
1984 Flying Colors, Flag Design for City of Oakland
1983 "Obara Variation", Meridian Hotel, San Francisco, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2008 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
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 455 Market St., San Francisco, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California
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 Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
Galleria Anita Schwartz, Rio de Janeiro
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Ventura College, Ventura, California
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
1997 Dan Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Blue River Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1996 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Claudia Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Manwaring Gallery, Connecticut College, New London
1995 Sunspot Gallery, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls
Herrett Museum, Twin Falls, Idaho
1994 Alexa Lee Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Tavern Club, Chicago, Illinois
1993 Documenta, São Paulo, Brazil
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
1993 Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1991 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Rodney Strong, Healdsburg, California
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California
1990 Simon James Gallery, Berkeley, California
1989 Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, California
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1988 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
1987 Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
Robert L. Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1986 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California
Galeria Saramenha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1985 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Robert L. Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan
University of Redlands, Redlands, California
1984 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1982 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, California
1981 Galleria Futura, Stockholm, Sweden
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Fresno City College, Fresno, California
College of the Siskiyous, Weed, California
1980 Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York
1979 Artiscope, Brussels, Belgium
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, California
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Gallerie Cammille, Brussels, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1978 Dartington College of Arts, Devon, England
Galleria Del Cavillino, Venice, Italy
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York
Quadragonarte, Treviso, Italy
1977 Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, California
1976 El Camino College, Via Torrance, California
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho
Lonny Gans Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1975 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Western Montana College, Dillon, Montana
1974 Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California
1974 Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1972 Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1971 University of California, Santa Barbara, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2008 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 Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
JR Kortman Gallery, Rockford, Illinois
D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Washington
California State University, Chico, California
2006 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Pegasus Gallery, Quechee, Vermont
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
The Bolinas Museum, Marin County, California
2005 Art Fair, São Paulo, Brazil
Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gallery Dan, São Paulo, Brazil
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Erickson Fine Art, Healdsburg, California
2004 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
AVA Gallery and Art Center. Lebanon, New Hampshire
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
2003 Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Jersey
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Associacão Alumni, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arts Benicia, Benicia, California (two-person)
Elins/Eagle-Smith, San Francisco, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2003 Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Erickson Fine Art, Healdsburg, California
Off The Preserve, DiRosa Foundation, Napa, California
2002 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia Binational Center, Brasilia, Brazil
Instituto Cultural Brasileiro Norte-Americano, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Associacão Brazil America, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Associacão Alumni, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Off The Preserve, DiRosa Foundation, Napa, California
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
2001 Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
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
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
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 Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois
1998 Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
1998 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Claudia Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Dan Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
1997 California State University, Bakersfield, California
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Fresh Paint, Culver City, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1997 Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois
Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
1996 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, California
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, California
Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois
Art Fair, Seattle, Washington
California State University, Long Beach, California
1995 Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Alexa Lee Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
1994 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Indiana
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
1993 Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Center for the Book Arts, São Paulo, Brazil
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
Patti Gilford Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Northern California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California
1992 International Print Fair, New York, New York
Southern Nevada Community College, Las Vegas, Nevada
Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Napa Valley College, Napa, California
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California
Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1991 R.L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Meto Arts Commission, Nashville, Tennessee
California State University, Los Angeles
Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
California State University, Hayward
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
1990 Nordjyllands Kuntsmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
Simon James Gallery, Berkeley, California
Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
1989 Joy Emery Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, New York
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan
California State University, Long Beach, California
Associated American Artists, New York, New York
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, California
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
Harleen & Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, California
Simon James Gallery, Berkeley, California
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1988 Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, New York
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Triangle Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
The Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, California
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
University of California Santa Barbara, California
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
College of Creative Studies, University of California
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
Moreau Gallery, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1988 Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, Wisconsin
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana
1987 Solar Grandjean De Montigny, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington
Centro Cultural da PUC/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Gallery of The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Thomas Smith Fine Arts, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Palo Alto Cultural Arts Center, Palo Alto, California
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, New York
Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Cumberland Galle