March 7 - 28, 2015
Curator’s Statement
The 4th Annual “Life Live” assembles five amazing practitioners of life drawing. Arc Fine Arts Consulting will be exhibiting their work in the Project Gallery. On Saturday, March 21st, the artists will be showcasing their skills “live” in figure drawing sessions open to the public in the main gallery. The gestural drawings will be ripped from their sketchbooks & displayed where they will be immediately for sale at $75 each. Arc Fine Arts Consulting is established as a natural extension of the mission of Arc Gallery and Studios. Arc is dedicated to showcasing and promoting emerging and established artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here we are blessed with some of the most prestigious art schools in the country. On a per capita basis San Francisco boasts a higher percentage of working artists than any other city in the country. The opportunity for local collectors and businesses to build collections which tap into and support these communities is unparalleled. Arc Fine Arts is singularly dedicated to fostering those connections.
Curator: Michael Yochum is the author of SF Art News, which maintains an exhaustive list of art events and openings in San Francisco. Michael is a co-founder of Arc Gallery & Studios, along with Matthew Frederick, Stephen C. Wagner and Priscilla Otani.
Catalog designed by Michael Yochum Arc Gallery © 2015
Featured Artists
Arlene Diehl Phillip Dvorak Diane Olivier Jean Oppermann Alex Rosmarin
LIFE LIVE Live Drawing Event Saturday, March 21st, 7-10 PM
Arlene Diehl
My work has evolved from a lifelong love for, fascination with, and sense of reverence for the human form. I have also been deeply committed over the years to the process of drawing, finding in it time and again an emotional and visceral immediacy that has served my deeper purposes. I am working now exclusively with live models and with a great deal of speed. I like working with a living, breathing human being because, by definition, the subject is not a static one but a dynamic one, moment by moment in a process of change. My aim is to transmit something of the power of that dynamism to the viewer. This process requires of me a very deep letting off of the brakes of any preconceived notions I may have had for the drawing. By responding freshly to a particular moment the work can move in many different directions, sometimes more abstractly, sometimes more representationally. My best work often includes elements of both, and can be further layered with a sense of transition, emotional nuance and some measure of mystery.�
415-221-1672
adiehl@sonic.net
http://www.arlenediehl.com/
ARLENE DIEHL was born in and spent most of her early years in Massachusetts. She currently lives and works in San Francisco. She has exhibited her work continuously since her adolescence, in Boston, parts of New England, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Australia and had her first solo show in Europe (July 2013); in the Netherlands. Early Recognition: At 16, Arlene received the prestigious Strathmore Award in Drawing awarded annually to one high school student nationwide. (Exhibition/Competition N.Y. NY 1973) At 17, her self-portrait appeared on the cover of Senior Scholastic Magazine, her work was favorably noted in New York Magazine and she received a Merit Scholarship to Boston University School for the Arts(1974) She later transferred to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School.(75-79) Select Solo Exhibitions: 2013 2012 2006 2004 2002
Mensielijk Lichaam (Human Bodies, Gallery 0-68, Velp, The Netherlands Drawings: Arlene Diehl, Emac & Lawton PTY LTD, Botany, Australia Figuration: Nineteen Drawings and One Bronze, Anderson Smith North, San Rafael, CA XY-zy: The Male Nude, Klein’s Exhibition Space, San Francisco, CA Recent Drawings, Reverie Gallery Cafe, San Francisco, CA Speaking Figuratively, Klein’s Exhibition Space, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions: “Life Live IV” Exhibition and Live Demonstration Arc Gallery San Francisco, CA 2014 “Art Auction XV” Curated Exhibition Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, CA 2013 “The Figure Now 2011” Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery St. Loius, MO 2011 “Blake Collects: Living With Art” Martha Bennett Gallery Minneapolis, MN 2010 “Articulating Art” Left Coast Galleries Studio City, CA 2008 “One Night Stand: Nude, Sensual and Erotic Work” ARTworkSF Gallery SF CA 2008 “Ancient and Modern Tattoo Art” Expressions Gallery Berkeley, CA 2007 “GESTURES IN AND ON PAPER: ORIGINAL WORKS BY ARLENE DIEHL, DAVID EINSTEIN AND MINJUNG KIM” Modern Masters Fine Art Palm Desert, CA 2006 COMMISSIONS: Arlene was commissioned to do a large (5 ft by 6 ½ ft.) charcoal drawing of ballroom dancers, interpreted from a 1950’s Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph (1999) and also more recently to do a series of charcoal nudes of writer and poet Jewelle Gomez. COMMUNITY: Arlene is on the Board of Directors (and former acting president) of Red Umbrellas, a juried non-profit artists’ exhibition group based in San Francisco. PUBLICATIONS: Cover art: “Godin, held” by novelist Gustaf Peek (published in Dutch, 2014) Original drawings for “Tussen Malaise en Magie; Theater in het leven, Leven in het theater” 2011 Thomas de Neve ( published in Dutch and German, 2012) REPRESENTATION: Arlene is being represented by Art Gallery 0-68, in Velp, The Netherlands, Left Coast Galleries in Studio City, CA., by Emac & Lawton PTY LTD, Botany, Australia and later this year by the soon to be opened Rachelle Ryan Gallery in Portland, Oregon. COLLECTIONS: Arlene’s work is included in private collections across the United States and Canada, as well as in Great Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Austria, The Netherlands, Hungary, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Mexico and Brazil.
Untitled charcoal on paper 20.25” x 36.25” $1050
Arlene Diehl
Untitled charcoal on paper 22” x 37.25” $1100
Untitled charcoal on paper 24” x 34.75” $950
Arlene Diehl
Untitled charcoal on paper 23.25” x 34.25” $1000
Phillip Dvorak
I’m a visual artist (mainly drawing, painting, photography, and printmaking) who lives and works in San Francisco and Maine.
phillip.dvorak@yahoo.com www.phillipdvorak.tumblr.com
Phillip Dvorak was born in Los Angeles. He lives and works in San Francisco and Maine. Select Solo Exhibitions 2009 2008 2005 2003 2003
Voluptuary, Pioneer Gallery, Provincetown, MA Better than Beautiful, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA The Delirious Line, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA Soul and Senses, Dharma Studio Contemporary Art, Miami, FL The Bone Garden, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004
Decadence, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Winter Show, Vaughan Christopher Gallery, Houston, TX Swell, Nyehaus, Metro Pictures, and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY Realism to Abstraction, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME Lust and Desire, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME LAPS 20th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, LA, CA Coming Attractions, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica, CA The Body in Motion and Emotion, Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME Who’s Afraid of San Francisco, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL The Constant Line, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME Point/Counterpoint, Dharma Studio Contemporary Art, Miami, FL artLA, Santa Monica, CA artLA, Santa Monica, CA Re-presenting Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY Life on Paper, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY Songs from Unspoken Gardens, Calix Fine Art, Seattle, WA Naked, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Select Awards 2007 2006 2005
Residency Grant, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL Residency Grant, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA Residency Grant, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Select Publications
The New York Times, Art in America, ARTnews, Artweek, Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Miami Herald
Education
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA San Diego State University, BFA
Imortelle etching hand-colored with gouache and watercolor 8” x 6” image $350
Natural History (Part 1) etching hand-colored with gouache and watercolor 9” x 6” image $350
Phillip Dvorak
Pretty Baby (Maine) etching hand-colored with gouache and watercolor 9” x 6” image $350
Voluptuary etching hand-colored with gouache and watercolor 9” x 6” image $350
Phillip Dvorak
Diane Olivier
Drawing has always been my primary media, working with both traditional and nontraditional materials on scales ranging from small book size to mural size. My subject matter ranges from figurative, landscape and cityscapes to non-representational. The media ranges from charcoal to graphite, to full color pastels to nontraditional mixed media. The sense of touch between the tools and the paper and the immediacy of the mark are important element in my process. It is a dance between the eyes, the hand and the soul.
diane olivier@me.com
http://www.dianeolivier.com/
Diane Olivier lives and works in San Francisco with her daughter, Olivia and son Henry as well as their big black dog Bosco. Born in Rhode Island, she has been a resident of California since 1990 and on full time staff at City College of San Francisco since 1991. She teaches Basic, Intermediate and Figure drawing every semester and hosts a South of France Drawing Workshop for two weeks each June, a one week workshop in Morocco as well as weekend workshops in the Bay Area. Select Solo Exhibitions Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA. San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA. Select Group Exhibitions Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. Palo Alto Center, Palo Alto, CA. Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. PS 1, Long Island City, N.Y. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Education BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. MA, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. MFA, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Teaching
City College of San Francisco, 1991 - present San Francisco Art Institute SF, CA. summer 1990 San Jose State University, 1983-19 University of Cincinnati, 1986-1991 Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA. 1984-1986
Frontal charcoal and pastel on paper 18� x 24� $425
Diane Olivier
Cap charcoal and pastel on paper 12” x 15” $325
Open Robe charcoal and pastel on paper 15” x 22” $375
Diane Olivier
Jean Oppermann
If you want to see how an artist thinks look at her drawings. I believe in the craft and trust the ingenious expression of drawing. Fascination with the human condition as shown in the everyday movement, weight, tension, ease and torque of the body is my constant and continuing inspiration. All the art I make is an exploration of how the spirit inhabits the body. What does it mean to be human? Can I portray it with a few strokes in only a few minutes? My exploration with brush and ink is endless, captivating, challenging. A life’s work.
jeanoppermannstudio@gmail.com http://jeanoppermannstudio.com/
Jean Oppermann has lived and worked in San Francisco for the past 41 years.painting and drawing from the figure. She has taught drawing in the San Francisco Bay for 30 years, the last 20 years at California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) where she is a full time professor in the Illustration Program.
Select Exhibitions: 2015 2013 2011 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Auction to Benefit the Artist – Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA Collage Show – A. Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA Auction to Benefit the Artist – Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA Group Show – Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA Ekstasis – Group Show – West Side Art House, San Francisco, CA Shop – Group Show - Underline Gallery, New York, NY CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco CCA Faculty Exhibition, California College of Arts, San Francisco
Select Juried Exhibition 2011 Drawing - Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA Nude Nite - – Juried Show - Warehouse Gallery, Orlando FL 2010 Real People - Old Courthouse Gallery, Woodstock, I Publications
Serious Drawing: A Basic Manual, Fitzsimons, Casey, Prentice Hall, 1989 Fashion Designer, Sandra Burke, Burke Publishing, TBP Sept 2010
Back Pose ink wash on paper 11” x 15” $395
Striped Socks ink wash on paper 15” x 20” $585
Jean Oppermann
Little Black Chair ink wash on paper 11” x 15” $395
Titania in White ink wash on paper 13” x 17” $475
Jean Oppermann
Alex Rosmarin
Drawing from life has been a constant in my life for the past twenty years, as regular as food, sleep, and exercise, and as beneficial. Unlike my other art practices, it isn’t a game in which I make up the rules. Life, reality, the model, impose on me. I go to draw with ideas, hopes, of what I might accomplish, but I know the reality of the situation will exceed my expectations. The model, the poses, the lighting, the time constraints (rarely more than 20 minutes!) become my collaborators. Sometimes I feel a sense of accomplishment: an occasional drawing satisfies, skill sharpens, insight homes, progress is made. Then I see more, and the horizon recedes, and I keep moving.
81 Glen Ave. #100 Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 290-3365 alexmarin@gmail.com http://alexrosmarin.org/
Education
B.F.A. (Painting) 2001, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Solo Exhibitions 1998 2006 2008 2009 2010
BFA Senior Show, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA Artbeat Salon & Gallery, Berkeley CA Artbeat Salon & Gallery, Berkeley CA Zza’s, Oakland CA Cricket Engine, Oakland CA Sweet(t)Art Drawing Gallery, Oakland CA Artbeat Salon & Gallery, Berkeley CA
Selected Group Exhibitions 2001 2002 2004 2005 I 2006 2007 2009
Namenlosen, Anno Domini, San Jose,CA Ten, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Tribute to the Artist’s Model, Berkeley, CA Paper! Awesome!, Mimi Barr Gallery, San Francisco, CA More Often Than Not, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA Insomnia, Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA Sketchbook Show, Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA Third Collective Show, Fake Cake Gallery, Oakland, CA Overhung 2: Hungover, Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA Postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA Overhung 3: Well Hung, Boontling Gallery, Oakland CA Swee(t)Art, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA Living City, Manifesto, Oakland, CA Red & White, Zza’s, Oakland, CA
Visiting Artist/Teaching 2006-15 Visiting Artist, CCA Young Artist Studio Program (YASP) and undergraduate program 2009 Teacher, School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bridget crayon on paper 11” x 14” $300
Marie crayon on paper 11” x 14” $300
Alex Rosmarin
Carolyn & Cow Skull crayon on paper 14” x 11” $300
Carolyn crayon on paper 14” x 11” $300
Alex Rosmarin
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