Born
1940 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1971 Moved to California
Education
1964 B.A. in Psychology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
1973-77 Art Studio Courses, University of California, Davis
1978-79 Postgraduate Studies in Art Studio, Maryland Institute, College
of Art, Baltimore
1981 M.A. in Art Studio, California State University, Sacramento
Solo Exhibitions
2006 JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California
2005 Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Oregon
2003 “Three Ways, New Abstractions”, JayJay
Gallery, Sacramento, California
1998 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
"Paintings and Works on Paper", at 333 Bush, San Francisco,
California
1995 “The Adventure Series”, Cannon Beach
Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
1994 “Paintings, Drawings, Monotypes 1979-1994”,
Weintraub Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, California
1992 Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, California
1991 Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, California
1990 American River College Gallery, Sacramento, California
Sierra College Gallery, Rocklin, California
1989 Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, California
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988 City Gallery, Sacramento, California
1986 Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1984 Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1983 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery
Chan Elliot Gallery, Sacramento, California
1982 Works, San Jose, California
1981 "Three Artists-Three Media", Anna Gardner
Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1979 Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1977 Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1976 Sandpiper Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Group Exhibitions
2006 “Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup”, Richard
L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
JayJay @ Old Sugar Mill, Clarksburg, California
2005 Work included in “Hidden in Plain Sight: Stellar
Art from Area
Collections”, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
2004 “Mini Mystery Masterpieces”, Art Foundry
Gallery, Sacramento
2002 “Artists’ Valentines”, Richard
L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
2001 “Studio Visit”, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento,
California
“Artists’ Valentines”, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
2000 Two person show, “Recent Studies”, 750
Gallery, Sacramento, California
“Selected Recent Acquisitions: In Memory of Price Amerson”,
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
“Two Decades of Art at the John Natsoulas Gallery”, Davis,
California
"Invitational 2000", 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
"Artists' Valentines", Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
"Women's Work", Woodland Community College, Woodland, California
1999 "Artists' Valentines", Richard L. Nelson
Gallery, University of California, Davis
1998 "Art for Tibet", 750 Gallery, Sacramento,
California
"All Creatures Great and Small", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis,
California
"Cuentistas: Visual Stories by Women Artists", Yuba College
Library Gallery, Woodland, California
Work included in "Artists Collecting Artists", Davis Art Center,
Davis, California
"Artists' Valentines", Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
1997 "Monotypes", an invitational exhibition
curated by Elizabeth Leach Gallery, at the Heathman Hotel, Portland, Oregon
“New Views From The North Coast”, Cannon Beach Arts Association
Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
“Artists’ Valentines”, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
1996 White Gallery Reunion Show, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento,
California
Stockton National Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
(Juror: Janet Bishop)
“Cannon Beach Collects Cannon Beach II”, Cannon Beach Arts
Association Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
“Artists’ Valentines”, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1995 Focus: The Fine Arts Collection, “speaking
abstractly”, Richard L Nelson Gallery, University of California,
Davis
Review Show, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
“The Monotype Forum”, Amador County Arts Council Gallery,
Sutter Creek, California
“Monotype Forum II”, Arts Council of Placer County, Auburn
Arts Center, Auburn, California
“Monotype Forum III”, Walter A.Buehler Alumni and Visitor
Center, University of California, Davis
“Cannon Beach Collects Cannon Beach”, Cannon Beach Arts Association
Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
“Artists’ Valentines”, Basement Gallery, Art Department,
University of California, Davis
“Large Format Artworks”, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, California
1994 “What’s My Line?”, Selected Drawings
and Prints from the Collection, Entry Gallery, The Fine Arts Collection,
The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
"Artists’ Valentines", Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University
of California, Davis
1993 "Holiday Group Show", Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
San Francisco, California
"Series", J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, California
1992 "Selected Recent Acquisitions", Richard
L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
Kingsley Art Club Centennial Exhibition, Crocker-Kingsley Annual, 1928-1991,
Crocker Art Museum and Sacramento Area Galleries, Judith Weintraub Gallery
1991 "22 Artists", Annual Juried Show, Center
for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California
"Sacramento Abstraction", Greg Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City
College, Sacramento, California
"Monotypes", Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1990 Los Angeles Printmakers Society 11th National Exhibition,
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
(Juror: Laddie John Dill)
1989 "Old Friends, New Faces: 1961-1988", Triangle
Gallery, San Francisco, California
I.D.E.A. Auction and Group Show Benefit, Paragary's, Sacramento, California
1988 "Women Artists of Yolo County", Yuba College
Library Gallery, Woodland, California
"Artists for Amnesty International", Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery,
Davis, California
1987 "Sacramento/Davis Influences I", City Gallery,
Sacramento, California
"Three Decades of Art in Davis", Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1986 "Introductions 1986", Triangle Gallery,
San Francisco, California
"Five Northern California Painters", Memorial Union Art Gallery,
University of California, Davis
Summer Group Show, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, California
1985 60th Crocker-Kingsley Annual Open Exhibition, Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento, California (Juror: Mary Livingstone Beebe)
"Cow Town", Chan Elliot Gallery, Sacramento, California
1984 "Night Games", Slant Gallery, Sacramento,
California
"California Women Artists 1984", juried exhibition sponsored
by Matrix Workshop of Women Artists, (Juror: Eleanor Dickinson), Sacramento
"Cow Town", Chan Elliot Gallery, Sacramento, California
1982 "Private Goes Plastic", Matrix Gallery,
Sacramento, California
1981 White Gallery, Sacramento, California
"Private Goes Plastic", Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1980 White Gallery, Sacramento, California
1978 Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
Open Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
"Your Show", California League of Women Artists, Sacramento
1976 California State Fair, Sacramento (Honorable Mention)
Awards/Commissions
1994 Finalist, General Services Administration Art-in-Architecture
Commission, new Courthouse, Sacramento, California
1986 MacDowell Colony Fellow
1980 Kingsley-Witt Scholarship Award, Best of Show Award,
Department of Art, California State University, Sacramento
Teaching/Art Related Employment
2004 Lecturer, Institute of Fine Art (summer), University
of California, Davis
2000-02 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, University
of California, Davis
1999-01 Portland State University, Summer Haystack Program
in the Arts and Sciences, Cannon Beach, Oregon
1998 Adjunct Faculty, Clatsop Community College, Astoria,
Oregon
1997 Adjunct Faculty, Fine and Applied Arts Division,
American River College, Sacramento, California
Juror, Department of Art, California State University, Sacramento, Graduate
and Undergraduate Awards and Exhibitions
1994-01 Chair, Artists’ Valentines, a benefit exhibition
and auction, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
1992-96 Member, Executive Board, NELSON ARTfriends, Richard
L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California,
Davis
1995 Juror, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon
Beach, Oregon
1994 Judge, Fine Arts Division, Marin County Fair, San
Rafael, California
1992 Juror, Student Exhibition, Art Gallery, Department
of Art, American River College, Sacramento, California
Panel, On Collecting in the '90's, Richard L. Nelson Gallery
and Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis
1990 Jury Panelist, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission,
Art in Public Places Program, Expansion of Downtown Library
1989 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, University of
California, Davis
1986 Guest Artist, lecture and workshop, San Jose Museum,
California, January
Illustrator for Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Processes,
Springer-Verlag publisher, 1987
1985 Chair, The Fox and the Hedgehog: A Theory About the
Gender Origins of Art, a panel presented at the Western Association of
Women Historians Conference, Mills College, Oakland, California May 10-12
1983 Instructor in drawing, Art Department, California
State University, Sacramento
Coordinator, West Coast Women's Conference, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon
Instructor in figure drawing, University of California Extension, Davis
1981-82 Associate Director, Lester Gallery, Inverness,
California
1980 Teaching Assistant (Advanced Painting) to Joan Moment,
Professor of Art, California State University, Sacramento
1978 Gallery Director, Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1976-78 Instructor in life drawing and painting, Davis
Art Center, Davis, California
Bibliography
Who’s Who in American Women
“Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup” 2006, The Richard L. Nelson
Gallery, University of California, Davis (Catalogue)
Victoria Dalkey – Sacramento Bee, February 5, 2006
Saunthy Nicholson-Singh, Sacramento News and Review, “Beyond Dynamic”,
February 9, 2006
Victoria Dalkey – Sacramento Bee, “A ‘Visit’ to
artists’ minds”, February 25, 2001
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee, "Exhibit drawing attention to plight
of Tibet", August 2, 1998
Robert Stephens, KMUN Public Radio, "Friday Magazine", Astoria,
Oregon, May 1, 1998
Marilyn Moyle - Davis Enterprise, "Personal tragedies illuminated
and explored in art", February 17, 1988
Who's Who in the West
Marilyn Moyle - Davis Enterprise, “Manifestations of Monotype”,
January 18, 1996
Sean Scott - The California Aggie, “Exhibit showcases underrated
artwork”, February 26, 1996
Marilyn Moyle - Davis Enterprise, "Nelson Collection Grows in New
Direction" - February 13, 1992
Marilyn Moyle - Davis Enterprise, "'Monotypes' at Pence" - May
23, 1991
"Los Angeles Printmaking Society's Eleventh National Exhibition",
1990,
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
(Catalogue)
"California Art Review", 2nd Edition, 1989, American References,
Inc. (Profile of the Artist)
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee, "Positions of Influence" -
December 31, 1989
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee, "Portals to the Abstract"
- October 30, 1988
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee , "Varying Visions" - March
20, l988
"Three Decades of Art in Davis", 1987, Davis Art Center, Davis,
California (Catalogue)Pat McConahay - KVIE Documentary, Arts Alive, "City
Gallery", Sacramento, California, December, 1987
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13, 1987
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee, "Carrying on the Struggle"
- September 21, l986
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, April 24, l986
Kenneth Baker - San Francisco Chronicle, "Painting with Some Sinister
Substance" - April, 1986
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, March 20, 1986
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Keizer Selected as MacDowell Fellow"
- April, 1986
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Sculptures Dominate" - March
22, l984
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, October 20, l983
Ellen Schlesinger - Sacramento Bee, "There's a New Wave in 80's Art"
- December 23, l98l
Julia Hawkins - Point Reyes Light, "A Review - Stinson Exhibits"
- August 27, 1981
Pat Grizzell - Suttertown News, "Eight-Piece Show" - June 12-19,
1981
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Keizer, Robb Art at Matrix"
- June 11, 1981
Victoria Dalkey - Sacramento Bee, March 4, 1980
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, October 1979
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Setting Up Show an Art in Itself"
- April 7, l978
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Running the Gallery Gauntlet"
- June, 1977
Charles Johnson - Sacramento Bee, "Younger is Different" - May
22, 1977
Del McColm - Davis Enterprise, "Drawing with pen, brush, charcoal
and sticks;
DAC life-drawing class by Susan Keizer" - June 3, 1976
Collections
Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California,
Davis
California State University, Sacramento
Wagner, Doxey, Williams, and Ramey, Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
Christofer Company, Sacramento
Anna Gardner
Deborah Born
Cinnamon, Casterton, and Hagedorn, Sacramento
Lillick and Charles, San Francisco
McDonnough, Holland, and Allen, Sacramento
Saks Fifth Avenue, Portland
Robyn and Jay Stewart
Zimrick Accountancy Corporation, Sacramento
Gary and Jill Leopold
Alan Pedersen
Price Waterhouse, Palo Alto
Trainor, Robertson, Smits and Wade, Sacramento
County of Sacramento, California
Graham and James, Sacramento
FamiliesFirst, Davis
Clarify Software, San Jose
Tim Grumbacher, York, Pennsylvania
Roy Powell, Folsom
Sprint, Santa Clara, California
Mogavero Notestine Assoc., Sacramento
Representation
JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California |