SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2005 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, HI
2000 The San Francisco Museum of Art Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Arlene Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1990 Andrea Ross Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Both-Up Gallery, Berkeley, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Bay Area Abstraction:  A Current View, The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

The Contemporary Museum at the First Hawaiian Center, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Honolulu, HI

2005 San Francisco International Art Expo, Fort Mason. San Francisco, CA , January
2004 Contempo, Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI, benefit for
Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, HI
Showcase 2004, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2003 Mixed Media Miniature VI (MMM) Invitational, Kapi’olani Community College, Honolulu, HI.
25th Anniversary Invitational, SFMOMA Artists Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2003 Commitment to Excellence, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, HI
2003 The Curatorial Eye: Fifteen Perspectives,
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA
2002 Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai’i,
Hawai’i State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
Mixed Media Miniature V Invitational, Koa Gallery,
Kapi’olani Community College, Honolulu, HI
Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2001 Drawn: Drawings by Artists of Hawaii,
The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
1998 Archetypes & Architecture, 455 Market, San Francisco, CA
1998 Commitment to Excellence, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of
Commerce Annual Art Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
1997 Artists of Hawaii, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1996 ASOWB SAONPT, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
1996 Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1996 Spirit and Ritual, Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Selected Works, Horwitch Lew Allen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Selected Works, Carolyn J. Roy Gallery, New York, NY
1993 The Spiritual in Art, sponsored by The Parliament of Worlds' Religions, Chicago, IL
1993 Diverse Expressions, Nestle Corporation, San Francisco, CA
1991 Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 355 Bryant, McKenzie, Rose & Holiday Development,
San Francisco, CA
1991 ZUNI CAFE, San Francisco, CA, September - December
1990 Selected Acquisitions/Recent Works, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Bathers: Contemporary Images of the Summer Idyll,
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
1988-1989 Small Works, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Contra Costa Contemporary Collections,
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
1988 Twelve Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1987 Charles Shere: A Berkeley Humanist and His Collection, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1987 The Right Foot Show, San Francisco International Airport, Exhibits Program, San Francisco, CA
1987 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Jewish ThemesINorthern California Artists, Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
1986 Bay Area Contemporary Art: A Jewish Perspective, The Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, CA
1986 Shelter, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1986 American Heart, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1986 On Paper, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1984 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1982 Critics' Choice, Eaton/Schoen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Both-Up Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1978 M.F.A. Exhibition, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1978 Invitational Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA
1978 Stuart Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1975 Surface and Image, Walnut Creek Civic Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1975 Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA
1975 Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA

TEACHING & LECTURING

2006 Instructor, Outreach College, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Visiting Artitst, The Athenaeum School of the Arts, La Jolla, CA
Instructor, University of California at San Diego Extension, La Jolla, CA
2005 Visiting Artist, The Oxbow School, Napa, CA
Guest Lecturer, Copia, Napa, CA
Instructor, Outreach College, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2001 Guest Lecturer, Museum of Contemporary Art at First Hawaiian, Honolulu, HI
1999 -2005 Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1996-1999 Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1999 Workshop, Hui No’Eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, HI
1996 Visiting Faculty, Holy Names College, Oakland, CA
1995 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1995 Guest Lecturer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
1992 Guest Lecturer, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1991-1995 Visiting Faculty, Holy Names College, Oakland, CA
1990-1991 Visiting Faculty, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
1988 Guest Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Art Class, sponsored by AT&T, Oakland, CA
1988 Guest Lecturer, Graduate Seminar, CCAC, Oakland, CA
1986 Guest Lecturer, Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institution of Religion, Los Angeles, CA - Trustee Group
1983 Instructor, Drawing & Painting, Berkeley Child Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1978 Instructor, Beginning Drawing & Painting, ASUC, University of California, Berkeley
1977 Guest Lecturer, University Art Museum, Universityof California, Berkeley
1975-1976 Teaching Assistant for Elmer Bischoff, Advanced Painting & Drawing, University of California, Berkeley
1975 Instructor, Drawing & Painting, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA

AWARDS

1977-1978 Regent's Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
1976 Eisner Prize, University of California, Berkeley
1972 The Leo Marchutz School of Vision, Aiz-en-Province, France, Scholarship for Summer Study

PIA STERN BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BOOKS

Beckett, Wendy. Meditations on Peace, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, England, 1995. Pages 34-35

Beckett, Wendy. Art and The Sacred, Rider Books, London, England, 1992. Pages 142-43.

Beckett, Wendy. Contemporary Women Artists, Phaedon Press, Oxford, England and Universe Books, New York, NY, 1988. Pages 110-11.

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TELEVISION APPEARANCES

KHON TV Morning Show. May 16, 2001, Local broadcast, Honolulu, HI

PBS - “Egg: The Arts Show”. July 13, 2001

GUEST JUROR

The National League of American Pen Women, 41st. Biennial Art Show, 2001 Honolulu, HI

Art Maui 1999, 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, Maui, HI