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Catherine Courtenaye Selective Biography |
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Born Madrid, Spain, 1957 Solo Exhibitions Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York City, February 2009 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008 Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, 2007 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, "Ghostwriters," New York City, 2007 Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona, 2005 Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, 2004 Lobby Gallery at 455 Market, San Francisco, California, 2003 Oakland Museum of California at Latham Square Building, "Sampler," Oakland, California, 2002 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, 2000 Shaker Museum, South Union, Kentucky, 2000 LIMN, "Paintings of Shaker Objects," San Francisco, California, 1999 Grover/Thurston Gallery, "The Colors of the Soul: Paintings of Shaker Objects," Seattle, Washington, 1997 Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1994 Hartnell College, Salinas, California, 1994 DesignWorks, Berkeley, California, 1993 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, 1992 Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1990 Kouros Gallery, New York, New York, 1989 Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1988 Selected Group Exhibitions "Inscribere," Chandra Cerrrito Contemporary, Oakland, California, 2007 "Chroma," Gensler San Francisco, curated by Chandra Cerrito, 2007 San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, "Cali/Graffi," A California Calligraphy Summit, 2006 "Firecrackers: Artists to Watch," Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California, 2006 LIMN Collection Rugs, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2006 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i, "Contemporarities," 2006 "Freefall: Contemporary Painting in the '00's," online exhibition curated by Chandra Cerrito, 2005 Michelle Bello Fine Art, "Handpicked," San Francisco, California, 2003 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, California, 2003 Stremmel Gallery, "30 Years/30 Artists," Reno, Nevada, 2003 Kala Art Institute, "Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint," Berkeley, California, 2002 Yellowstone Art Museum, 34th Annual Art Auction, Billings, Montana, 2002 LIMN Gallery, "Wrap Up," San Francisco, California, 2001 Michelle Bello Fine Art, "Black and White and Read All Over," San Francisco, California, 2001 Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, "Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined," Walnut Creek, California, 2000 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Gallery Artists Summer Show, Santa Monica, California, 2000 Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, Regional Drawing Exhibition, November 1999–February 2000 Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, New York, 1999 Jan Baum Gallery, "Precious," Los Angeles, California, 1998 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, "Pharmacopoeia," San Francisco, California, 1998 The Jewish Museum, "L’Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational," San Francisco, California, 1997 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 1996 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, "Refound," San Francisco, California, 1996 Richmond Art Center, "Anonymous Arrangement," Richmond, California, 1995 Gallery Concord, "What’s in a Word?" Concord, California, 1995 Schneider Museum of Art, "Art Faculty Exhibition," Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, 1993 Vladimir/Emeryville Cultural Exchange, Vladimir, Russia, 1992 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1991 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1991 "Art: the Other Industry," Emeryville, California; John Caldwell, juror, 1990 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, 1990 Galleria San Benigno, "America, Italia, Spagna," Genoa, Italy, 1989 The Fourth International LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, California, 1989 ProArts Annual, Oakland, California; Graham Beale, juror, 1988 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, "Chain Reaction," San Francisco, California, 1988 Los Medanos College, "Ten Women Artists of the Bay Area," Pittsburg, California, 1987 Richmond Art Center, "Bay Area Drawing," Richmond, California, 1987 Oakland Museum Collectors' Gallery, "Small Treasures," Oakland, California, 1987 ProArts Annual, Oakland, California; David Ireland, juror, 1987 "Art: The Other Industry," Emeryville, California; Sidra Stich, curator, 1987 University of Iowa Museum of Art, M.F.A. exhibition, Iowa City, 1984 Awards National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, 1989 Ford Foundation Grants, 1982, 1983, 1984 Phi Beta Kappa, 1979 Education University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.F.A. in painting and drawing, 1984 University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.A. in painting and drawing, 1983 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 1980 Colby College, Waterville, Maine, B.A. magna cum laude in English, 1979 University of Bath, England, 1977 Teaching Experience California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco/Oakland, Guest Artist, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2002 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Instructor, 2002 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Guest Artist, 2000 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Panelist, "Drawing as a Major Medium of Expression," 1999 Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, Guest Artist, 1999 Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, Instructor (full time), 1993 Emeryville Youth Art Program, Emeryville, California, Instructor, 1985–86 Dominican College, San Rafael, California, Guest Artist, 1985 University of Iowa, Graduate Teaching Assistant in painting, 1982–84 Residencies Experimental Workshop, monotypes, Emeryville, California 2001 Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, 1991 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, 1985 Reviews "Ghostly Cursive on Jay," Arts Advocate, Battery Park City Broadsheet, March 2007 "Catherine Courtenaye at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art," Charlene Roth, Artweek, January 2001 "Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined at the Bedford Gallery," Juan Rodriguez, Artweek, October 2000 "Driven to Abstraction," Sarah Lavender Smith, Diablo Magazine, August 2000 "The Inner Lives of Things: Catherine Courtenaye’s Paintings of Shaker Objects," Bruce Nixon, in conjunction with the Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky, January 1999 "Nostalgic," Rick Deragon, Monterey County Herald, November 1994 "Art as a Civic Virtue," Jennifer Crohn, The East Bay Guardian, November 1991 "A Promising Quartet," Kenneth Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1990 "Drawn to Richmond," Jim Jordan, Express, July 10, 1987 "Richmond’s B.A.D. Show is g-o-o-d," Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, July 7, 1987 "Drawing Conclusions," Phyllis Bragdon, Marin Independent Journal, July 6, 1987 "Direct Marks and Layers of Mystery," Dan Nadaner, Artweek , May 30, 1987 Selected Collections Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Bank of America Frontier Adjusters of America Folger, Levin & Kahn, LLP Hyatt Hotels Matsushita Investment & Development Co., Osaka, Japan Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP Silk, Adler & Colvin |