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• Resume
(Part 2)

• Fine Art Exhibitions (partial listing)

2008 • Visual Narrative - Curated by Ruth Waters - at the Caldwell Gallery in Redwood City County Government Center
2005 •

Roadmap - Modern Goddesses and Archetypes of the New Millennium - Painting and Collages, Artshare 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA

    Demolition of the Courthouse Annex - Main Street Coffee Roasting Co, Redwood City CA
  • Monte Mangia. Exhibit of Surreal Paintings and Collages. 2401 Broadway St, Redwood City CA
2002 •
Silver Anniversary - 1870 Studio & Gallery, 1870 Ralston, Belmont, CA.
  • The Glow of the Landscape - Vorpal Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
  • Beaux & Eros - Vorpal Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
  • Bay Arts - Award Winner - San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, CA.
2001 • Beaux & Eros - Vorpal Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
  • 'From an Undisclosed Location' - Solo show. San Mateo County Government Center, Redwood City, CA.
  • The World Around Us - Solo show. San Mateo Library, San Mateo, CA.
2000 • Paintings & Drawings - Solo show. La Galerie Internationale. Palo Alto, CA.
  • Repeat Performance - Paintings. St Michael Alley. Palo Alto, CA.
1999 • Different Horizons- Solo Show. Chemdex Corporation. Palo Alto, CA.
1997 • Visionary Landscapes - Solo show. Bechtel International Center, Stanford, CA.
1994 • Urban Visions - Bay Area Mural Artists. Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • Surreal Masters III - With Alonso Smith and Charles Ware, San Carlos City Hall, San Carlos, CA.
  • Ancient Myths, Legends, and Future Dreams - Ames Research Center, NASA, Mountain View. CA.
  • Space Scapes - Virginia Air & Space Museum, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

1993


• Urban Visions - Bay Area Mural Painters Group Show Celebrating Mural Awareness Week, Precita Eyes, Show & Tell Gallery, San Francisco. CA.
• Space Scapes - Astronomical Artists Group Show, Ames Research Center, NASA, Mountain View. CA.
1992 • Native Sons, Edge of the World - Curator, Exhibitor, San Francisco. CA.
  • Contact - Cultures of the Imagination, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz. CA.
1990 • Skylines - Landscapes of the West Bay. Solo exhibit, Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo. CA.
1986 • Public Artist's Private Work - UC Berkeley, Berkeley. CA.
1985 • 100 Vows of the Sun - Surrealist Show, San Francisco. CA.
1984 • Prismatic Color - Meridian Hotel, San Francisco. CA.
1982 • Natural Wonders - Merlins Gallery, Mill Valley. CA.
1981 • Worlds in Space - Illuminarium Gallery, Mill Valley. CA.
  • Mountain Scapes - Solo Exhibit, Hillbarn Theater, Foster City. CA.
1979 • Rings of Saturn - NASA-Ames Research Center, Mountain View. CA.
  • Eye of the Storm - Sundance Gallery, San Mateo. CA.
1976 • City of Light - Mural for the San Francisco Art Festival. San Francisco, CA.
  • Outer Worlds - Diablo Valley College Planetarium. Walnut Creek, CA.


• Publications

Grand Entrances Jazzy storefront in San Francisco. Book by Terry Hamburg. 2000.
Painting the town - Murals of California. Book by Robin Dunitz & Jim Prigoff. 1998.
Bay Area Murals. Book by Timothy Drescher. 1998.
Better Homes. Featured wall treatment.
Common Ground Magazine. Cover Art.
Deutche Bautzeitung . Mural art and Prigogine Disco. Germany.
Independent Newspaper Group. Interview about murals. San Francisco, CA.
Noe Valley Voice. Scenes from a rain forest. San Francisco, CA.
Palo Alto Times, 'Pub Art.' Palo Alto, CA.
Passionate Living. Cover Art. Santa Cruz, CA.
Redwood City Times. (Neighbors.) Personal Interview. CA.
San Mateo Times, Montage.
San Jose Mercury, Profiles.
West Art. Article with drawings.

Art Week, Article. Interview.
Art World Magazine. Featured artist.



• Television and Video
Collage. Burlingame Cable Arts Program. One-on-one interview about murals in the Bay Area. 1996.
Archangelides. Viacom—Art Around the Bay Area. 1995
Alonso Smith. Half-century of Social Surrealism. Documentary on Surrealist Art. 1995.
'Art as Science.' Ch. 38 cable. Cosmic Painting at NASA Ames Research Center. 1993.
Radio Luxemburg. Prigogine Discothek, Germany.
American Mural Painter. 1987.
Aspecta, Channel 1. Prigogine Discothek, West Germany. Preview. 1987.
Cable 38, Los Gatos. Interview on recent work. 1985.
KPIX, Channel 5, San Francisco. Featuring Los Altos Murals. 1983.
KCSM, Channel 60, San Mateo. PBS feature on recent work. 1982.
KEET, Channel 13, Eureka, California.
Space Art shown in conjunction with Outer Limits TV series. 1980.
KRON Channel 4, San Francisco.
Science Fiction Art at the St. Francis Hotel. Interview featuring paintings and sculptures. 1973.

• Teaching Experience
2005 • Orion Alternative School. Mural instructor. Redwood City CA.
2004 • Orion Alternative School. Mural instructor. Redwood City CA.
2002-2003 • Sequoia High School. Resident mural instructor. Redwood City CA.
1996 • Prometheus Gives Fire to Man Mural
1985-1995 • Various mural projects, technique and art. Instructor for apprentices and other artists.
1991 • Painting the Town, Guest Instructor, Fort Mason.
1982 • Printmaking, Guest Instructor, Cañada College.
1979 • Jefferson High School, Daly City. Resident Mural Instructor for Heritage: Past, Present Future. 40' x 100' interior.
  • Bayside Middle School, San Mateo. Summer School Instructor.
1978 • Coyote Point Animal Shelter. Mural Painting Technique Instructor, San Mateo. Our Oceans. 8' x 15'.
1977 • Fair Oaks Senior Center, Assistant Teacher.
   
 

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