February 6 - March 19, 2016
Curator’s Statement
The 5th 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, February 20th, 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 © 2016
Featured Artists
Jason Avery Arlene Diehl Mark Eanes Stephen Namara Jean Oppermann
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, February 7th, 7-9 PM LIFE LIVE Live Drawing Event Saturday, February 20th, 7-10 PM CLOSING RECEPTION Saturday, March19th, 12-3 PM
Jason Avery
I make paintings that are protean in nature. They are aware of, and tell a story of their own construction while reflecting my personal human experience. I use direct observation and photographic reference as a springboard to tell a story about markmaking, impermanence and perceptual imitations. Walking a line between representation and abstraction, surface and illusory space, these paintings do not attempt to freeze a moment in time, but attempt at a glimpse of a chaotic, complex, mutable universe. - Jason Avery - January 2016, California
jasonaverykelch@gmail.com http://www.markeanes.com/
EDUCATION 1995-98 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Undergraduate Fine Arts SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 1997
LifeLive, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Ca The Los Angeles International Art Show, Los Angeles, Ca The Line-up, JAG Modern, San Francisco, Ca Smash Gallery, L.A. Art Show Preview, San Francisco, Ca Smash Gallery, San Francisco, Ca The Edge of Realism, Abend Gallery, Denver, Co Totems, solo exhibition, J2 Gallery San Francisco The Vinyl Show, WonderlandSF, San Francisco, Ca Sonoma State University Santa Rosa, Ca Figure works, Chroma Gallery, Santa Rosa, Ca Annual Group Show, J2 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, Ca Non-Corporeal, solo exhibition, J2 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca Flying Goat, Healdsburg, Ca Richard Ragan Gallery, Healdsburg, Ca Lounge Arts Gallery, Jackson, Ms Gumps, San Francisco, Ca Locals, Geyserville, Ca Flying Goat, Healdsburg, Ca Lounge Arts Gallery, Jackson, Ms Flying Goat, Healdsburg, Ca Undergraduate Fine Art Exhibition, Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, Wi
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS 2014
Artist in residence, Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg, California
PRESS
American Art Collector Magazine, August 2015 : The Edge of Realism at Abend Gallery Studio: 50 Sonoma County Artists photo essay by Bob Cornellis 2013, Color Folio Press Studio Visit Magazine Issue #27 June 2014 open studios press
AWARDS 2014 2013 2012 1997
Grant Recipient: Chalk Hill Artist Residency Community Foundation Discovered awards nominee finalist Arts Council Sonoma County Emerging Visual Artist Award nominee Arts Council Sonoma County Emerging Visual Artist Award nominee Chancellors award for best in show, undergraduate fine art exhibition, Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin
COLLECTIONS Forth Vineyards, Healdsburg CA; The Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg CA; Private Collections
You who build these altars now... oil on panel 48” x 24” $2250
Jason Avery
Bedroom Landscape 2. oil on canvas 30” x 30” $2250
Jason Avery
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 born in Massachusetts and raised in New England. Since 1990, she has lived here in San Francisco She has exhibited her work continuously since her adolescence, in Boston, on Cape Cod, in 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: 2011-16 2015 2013 2011 2010 2008 2007
Life Live I - V, exhibition and live life drawing, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA The LGBT Show, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles CA Art Auction XV, curated exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA The Figure Now, Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis MO Blake Collects: Living With Art, Martha Bennett Gallery, Minneapolis MN Articulating Art, Left Coast Galleries, Studio City CA One Night Stand: Nude, Sensual and Erotic Work, ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco CA Ancient and Modern Tattoo Art, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley CA
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 21“ x 34” $1150 Arlene Diehl
Untitled charcoal on paper 20” x 37” $1200
Arlene Diehl
Untitled charcoal on paper 21.50” x 34” $1150
Mark Eanes
“Drawing is to me a blessed ‘yes’ to many things which call me, count on me, hold me, and believe in me...” Rico Lebrun A seminal moment in my development as a young artist occurred as an undergraduate student, while studying under my mentor, Howard Warshaw, who himself, was a disciple of Rico Lebrun. It was my first week of working from the figure under Howard’s watchful eyes. While attempting to polish a kneecap into submission, Howard came up from behind and scolded me...” Mr. Eanes, we are not here to make pretty pictures.” Those words have resonated with me for over the last forty years. I draw to make sense of things. I draw to remember. I draw to forget. I draw to imagine the unimaginable.
mark@markeanes.com
http://www.markeanes.com/
MARK EANES EDUCATION 1987 1974 1972
M.F.A. B.F.A. A.A.
Mills College, Oakland, CA U.C. Santa Barbara, CA Canada College, Redwood City, CA
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 2013 2011 2008 2007
Shige Gallery, Cotati, CA Recent Work, 621 Gallery, Benicia, CA All About Seeing A Thirty Year Survey, Marcellus Gallery Hanford, CA Mark Eanes - Selection From Private Collections, King’s Gallery - Unitarian Church, San Francisco, CA Sacred + Profane Master Studies, Parsons School Of Design, Paris, France
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Drought: CA Illustration Faculty Exhibition, California College Of The Arts, San Francisco, CA Fragments The Art Of Collage + Assemblage, Arts Bencia, Benicia, CA Self: Beyond The Face, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA Variations On Abstraction, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA Art Of Community Arts, Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA Achromats: The Art Of Black + White, Solano College, Solano CA Rovinj Annual Art Fair, Rovinj, Croatia Human Voice, Human Presence, In Art Gallery 2110, Sacramento, CA Art Of The Community Arts, Benicia, Benicia, CA Faculty Show, Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA Abstract: 2000-2010, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, CA Art Of The Community Arts, Benicia, Benicia, CA Faculty Show, Tecoah Bruce Gallery ,Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA Visiting Artist, CalArts, Valencia, CA
AWARDS & COMMISSIONS 2013 2012 2010 2006
Imagery Estate Winery Pairing Art + Wine Label Design Mural Worked With Children To Create Mural At Fellowship Church, Vallejo, CA Orchestra Historical Large Scale Multi-Media Installation Kaiser Hospital, Vallejo, CA CCA Faculty Development Grant, Residency At Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop In New York
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1988-present 2002- 2003 1997-2000 1996-1996 1993-1996 1991-2003 1988-1999 1985-1987
Associate Professor of Painting + Illustration, CCA, San Francisco, CA Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, AK San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Dominican College, San Rafael, CA Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Valencia, CA College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA Mills College, Oakland, CA (TA for Jay DeFeo, Ron Nagle, John Roloff)
Untitled I charcoal and conte on paper 18“ x 24” $250
Mark Eanes
Untitled II charcoal and conte on paper 18“ x 24” $250
Untitled III charcoal and conte on paper 18“ x 24” $250
Mark Eanes
Untitled IV charcoal and conte on paper 18“ x 24” $250
Stephen Namara
Not only do I find it hard to find the appropriate words to describe one’s own work, I also prefer to let my work speak for itself. I may add though that if you believe culture is political, then my drawings are political pictures. But with more than one interpretation. Drawing for me is the challenge of taking an elusive and transitory moment and making it tangible. In almost all my drawings, I use the sparest of materials ; heavy drawing paper, dry pigment and a kneadable eraser.
stephen@stephennamara.com
http://www.stephennamara.com/
STEPHEN NAMARA was born in then British East Africa (Kenya), 1953. Lives and works in San Francisco, California. Education University of Missouri San Francisco Art Institute California State University/San Francisco California State University,East Bay Selected solo exhibitions: 2009 2007 2003 2002 1999 1997 1995
Paintings and Drawings, Skyline College, San Bruno CA New Work on Paper, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA Allusions and Variatiions, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood CA New Work on Paper, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA New Work, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis MO New Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles CA New Work on Paper, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA New Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles CA New Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles CA New Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2014 Life Live IV, exhibition and live life drawing, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA 2011 Contemporary Artist’s Responses to African Art, San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society, SF CA An Exhibit honoring Jacques Terzian, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco CA Thinning, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2008 Visions, Surfaces and Beyond, Trition Museum, Santa Clara CA 2007 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Koplin Del Rio, Culver City CA 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA 2004 Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2002 The Perception of Appearance, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
The Bones of Art - Homage to JR dry pigment and Conté crayon on paper 40“ x 60” $6900
Stephen Namara
No Title dry pigment on paper 15“ x 30” $5500
Stephen Namara
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: 2016 2015 2015 2013 2011 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Figure It Out, solo exhibition, Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento CA Life Live VI, exhibition and live life drawing, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Life Live V, exhibition and live life drawing, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Auction to Benefit the Artist – Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA Two-Person Exhibit, Conservatory of Music, 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 2010
Drawing - Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA Nude Nite - – Juried Show - Warehouse Gallery, Orlando FL 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
Little Orange Dress watercolor on paper 13” x 15” $390
Pink Hat watercolor on paper 15” x 20” $495
Jean Oppermann
Black Pants, Big Hair ink wash on paper 10” x 15” $320
Frothy Robe, Black Stockings ink wash on paper 10” x 15” $320
Jean Oppermann
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