Symbol Pleasures: Squeak Carnwath, Walter Robinson, and Orlando Leyba October 4, 2016 through October 25, 2016 *Opening Reception: Friday, October 7, 2016 from 5pm to 7pm Squeak Carnwath, Walter Robinson, and Orlando Leyba all create abstract works of art that employ highly personalized symbolism. Yet, each of these artists has massive appeal in the art world at large. Their works are included in such impressive collections as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Museum, Carnegie-Mellon University Art Collection, and San Jose Museum of Art. This exhibition at Turner Carroll will be the first time their works have been shown together, though their shared use of symbolic visual communication is undeniable. Carnwath has become known as a quasi-philosopher of contemporary culture and society. She paints elements of mundane, everyday life, such as grocery lists or scribbled down quotations from the radio news, juxtaposed with remnants from high culture, such as the Etruscan urn or candelabra. This exhibition features multi-sensory work from her most recent body of work: the Shuffle series. Carnwath paints a playlist that includes songs that reflect the grit of our lives. From “Crazy” to “Rehab,” “Respect,” and “Take Me to the River,” these songs symbolize the longing, distress, and determination we all share. Via the accompanying ipod that hangs next to the painting and plays the playlist for the viewer as they view it, the symbolism in this painting moves us through not only our visual sense, but also our auditory sense. Walter Robinson uses socio-political symbolism in his sculpture. His “Promise” serves as a symbol of artistic endeavors. It is a larger than life paint brush, with the brush made of human hair. The human hair brush bristles symbolize not only the highly personal nature of revealing oneself by making art, but also the sacrifice, by virtue of giving up adornment/body part for his art. In his “Pencil Box,” Robinson creates 3 foot tall colored pencils as an homage to his mother, who recently passed away. The pencils symbolize different aspects of her personality. They are each different colors, with specific words relating to her life, written on each pencil. Rather than being perfectly the same size and condition, each of these aspects is flawed in some way, as is any aspect of a human being. Orlando Leyba’s paintings employ symbols that remind us of images from reality. They seem so familiar, yet it’s hard to put our finger on what they actually represent. Leyba’s symbols are personal and cultural. He describes his work as a “result of overlapping cultures (and) languages.” Leyba grew up in Chimayo, New Mexico, in a household that spoke a different language at every meal of the day. Consequently, Leyba became quite interested in researching his ancestral history. He travelled throughout areas of Spanish influence, such as Morocco and Latin America; the resulting symbolism is apparent in his work. “These influences and experiences are distilled into shape, color, emotion and movement,” he explains. “At times, they are neither solid or fluid; they are ephemeral and rooted in human experiences – well intentioned, cyclical and inherently flawed.” Certain areas of his paintings remind us of Spanish tile; other areas remind us of mathematical geometry, derived from his math teacher father. Yet other areas contain fluid, serpentine, diasphoric symbolism, as in his “Vibora”. In the lower left portion of the painting, the black form is unidentifiable, yet evokes a symbol of comfort such as a cast iron tea kettle. Such nurturing, cultural symbolism is undeniably compelling to us all.
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Squeak Carnwath Flawless intaglio, lithography, woodblock, digital print on paper 39.38 x 39.13" unframed $3300 unframed 3/24 2006 19524
Squeak Carnwath Good Ideas intaglio on paper 19.25 x 16.25" approx framed $1800 framed 16/24 2006 19525
Squeak Carnwath Memorial intaglio, lithography on paper 16.88 x 16.88" unframed $1500 unframed 9/24 2006 19526
Squeak Carnwath Perfect Studio relief, intaglio and lithography on paper 39.38 x 39.13" framed $3300 framed 11/24 2006 19529
Squeak Carnwath Catch Light 2 oil and alkyd on canvas over panel 24 x 24" finished size $25000 finished size 2012 21390
Squeak Carnwath Short Shuffle oil and alkyd on canvas over panel 30 x 30" finished size $25000 finished size 2014 22031
Squeak Carnwath Trip oil and alkyd on canvas over panel 70 x 70" finished size $46000 finished size 2012 22781
Walter Robinson Brillo Giraffe wood, epoxy, metalflake, hair 37 x 22 x 7" sculpture $3400 sculpture 2015 22817
Walter Robinson Buffalo Cookie (Chocolate) MDF, wood, epoxy 16.5 x 23.25 x 2.5" finished size $2800 finished size 2016 22878
Walter Robinson Toll wood, steel, bronze paint 28 x 11.5 x 11.5" sculpture $7000 sculpture 2015 23117
Walter Robinson Witness wood, doll eyes, horse hair 60 x 20 x 10" sculpture $6200 sculpture 2009 23118
Walter Robinson Promise MDF, wood, and human hair 57 x 27 x 2" finished size $7200 finished size 2009 22728
Walter Robinson Desert Storm collage on wood panel 38 x 24 x 2.25" unframed $4500 unframed 2016 23119
Walter Robinson Mine leather, wood, plastic, cotton, glass 43 x 38 x 11" sculpture $12000 sculpture 23120
Walter Robinson Red Cross Purpose mdf, wood, epoxy 48 x 48 x 5" sculpture $7500 sculpture 2008 23121
Walter Robinson Braille Eye Chart mdf, wood, epoxy 49 x 32 x 2.75" sculpture $5500 sculpture 2010 23122
Walter Robinson Finger Bench, Black wood, epoxy 17 x 36 x 16" sculpture $3200 sculpture 2003 23123
Orlando Leyba Perico Zumbido y Mastodonte mixed media and diamond dust on panel 47 x 60" finished size $9500 finished size 2016 23005
Orlando Leyba Compuerta (Flood Gate) mixed media on panel 40 x 30" finished size $6500 finished size 2016 23009
Orlando Leyba Garcilaso (Spanish Poet) oil and mixed media on panel 40 x 36" finished size $5900 finished size 22999
Orlando Leyba Corrido de los Gallos (Running of the Roosters-Sal Scarpitta) mixed media on panel 44 x 46" finished size $7100 finished size 2016 23007
Orlando Leyba Shepherd's Crook mixed media on panel 16 x 20" finished size $2900 finished size 2016 23003
Orlando Leyba Majorelle's Ghost #3 mixed media on panel 16 x 12" finished size $1900 finished size 23014
Orlando Leyba Posito (Holy Dirt) mixed media on panel 24 x 18" finished size $3200 finished size 2016 23006
Orlando Leyba Curandera/ Curandero (Healer) mixed media on panel 36 x 40" finished size $5500 finished size 22998
Orlando Leyba Taxcali (Tortillas) mixed media on panel 40 x 30" finished size $4900 finished size 2016 23002
Orlando Leyba Cuadrilla Codex (New Mexico Square Dance) oil on canvas 18 x 24" finished size $2800 finished size 2016 23015
Squeak Carnwath
9/29/2016
Personal Born in Abington, PA in 1947, Squeak received her MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1977. Education 1977-77 California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA, Oakland, CA 1970-71 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1968-69 Goddard College, Plainfield, VT 1966-68 Monticello Junior College for Women, AA, Godfrey, IL Awards and Honors 2008 National Academy Museum, Emil and Dimes Carlsen Award, 183rd Annual: An Inivitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New York, NY 2006 University of California, Berkeley, Research Enabling Grant, Berkeley, CA 2005 University of California, Berkeley, Research Enabling Grant, Berkeley, CA University of California, Berkeley, Teaching Mini Grant, Berkeley, CA 2004 University of California, Berkeley, Research Enabling Grant, Berkeley, CA University of California, Berkeley, Teaching Mini Grant, Berkeley, CA 2003 University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Research Award, Berkeley, CA 2002 Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists, Pasadena, CA University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Research Award, Berkeley, CA 2001 Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc., Special Recognition Award for the SFO Art Enrichment project, Fly, Flight, Fugit, San Francisco, CA 1998 Modern Master, Museum of Art and the Environment, Marin, CA 1996 Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency for a Woman Painter, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY Hometown Heroes, Oakland Artists Who Have Made a Difference,� Office of the Mayor, Oakland, CA 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship 1992 Rosenkranz Family Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA 1990 Alice Baber Art Award University of California, Davis, Faculty Research Award 1989 University of California, Davis, Faculty Research Award 1987 University of California, Davis, Faculty Research Award University of California, Davis, Faculty Summer Fellowship 1986 University of California, Davis, Faculty Research Award 1985 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship University of California, Davis, Faculty Research Award 1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship 1980 Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art of the San Francisco MoMA Award in Art continued
Selected Public Collections
Selected Public Collections AirTouch Communications Collections American Academy of Arts and Letters Applied Materials Arkansas Art Center BankAmerica Corporation Art Collection Barkley and Evergreen Benziger Family Winery Berkeley Art Museum, University of California Bowdoin College Art Museum Brooklyn Museum Capital Group Chase Manhattan Bank City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission The Contemporary Museum First Bank of Minneapolis Hallmark Collection Jewish Museum San Francisco The Metropolitan Museum of Art Microsoft Corporation M.I.T., List Visual Art Center Museum of Fine Arts Richard L. Nelson Gallery and The Fine Arts Collection, University of California Norton Museum of Art Oakland Museum of California Palm Springs Desert Museum Persis Corporation Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Principal Financial Group Quad Graphics Rene and Veronica di Rosa Collection Richmond Memorial Civic Center Robertson, Stephens & Company The Rutgers University Fine Arts Collection San Francisco Fine Arts Museums San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Jose Museum of Art The Collection of Sheppard Pratt Yale University Art Gallery
San Francisco, CA New York, NY Austin, TX Little Rock, AR San Francisco, CA Kansas City, MO Glen Allen, CA Berkeley, CA Brunswick, ME Brooklyn, NY Los Angeles, CA New York, NY San Francisco, CA Honolulu, HI Minneapolis, MN Kansas City, MO San Francisco, CA New York, NY Redmond, WA Boston, MA Boston, MA Davis, CA West Palm Beach, FL Oakland, CA Palm Springs, CA Honolulu, HI New York, NY Des Moines, IA Sussex, WI Napa, CA Richmond, CA San Francisco, CA Brunswick, NJ San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Towson, MD New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions 2015 "Lucky Dog" Tayloe Piggott Gallery "Songs" James Harris Gallery "Squeak Carnwath" Lux Art Institute "Collection in Focus: Squeak Carnwath" Di Rosa 2014 "Squeak Carnwath," Peter Mendenhall Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Works on Paper," College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: State of Mind" Fremond Center Lobby "Squeak Carnwath: Recent and Now" Clark Gallery "Legends of the Bay Area: Squeak Carnwath" Marin MOCA 2012 "Squeak Carnwath: Here Is," James Harris Gallery
Jackson Hole, WY Seattle, WA Encinitas, CA Napa, CA Los Angeles, CA Kentfield, CA San Francisco, CA Lincoln, MA Novato, CA Seattle, WA continued
Solo Exhibitions continued 2011 2010 2009
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"Squeak Carnwath," Shasta CollegeArt Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Sylvia Whitel Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: A Little Light," Turner Carroll Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Recent Paintings," Shasta College of Art "Squeak Carnwath," Triton Museum of Art "Squeak Carnwath: Spare Change," Turner Carroll Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Painting is No Ordinary Object," Oakland Museum of California "Squeak Carnwath: New Work," John Berggruen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Loose Change," JH Muse Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Peter Mendenhall Gallery "Squeak Carnwath New Paintings and Prints," Cuesta College Art Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," James Harris Gallery "Mixing It Up: A Survey of Prints Organized by Tracy Bosche," Slugfest Gallery "Squeak Carnwath Short Stories," JCM Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," University of California Berkeley, The Townsend Center "Squeak Carnwath A Matter of Record," Gail Severn Gallery "Squeak Carnwath What Goes Around," Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Byron Cohen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Muse Gallery, "Squeak Carnwath, Off the Record," Nielsen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath Guilt Free Zone," Paulson Press "Squeak Carnwath Primary Research," James Harris Gallery "Squeak Carnwath" Oakland Art Gallery "Squeak Carnwath Being Human: Paintings and Prints," Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College "Squeak Carnwath: Paper Trail," John Berggruen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Still Happy," City of Oakland Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, State Building "Squeak Carnwath: New Color Etchings," Paulson Press "Squeak Carnwath: Selections From The Studio," Allene Lapides Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: selected paintings," Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia "Squeak Carnwath: Life Line," John Berggruen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath,"James Harris Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Byron Cohen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," David Beitzel Gallery "Squeak Carnwath," Sweeney Art Gallery, U.C. "Squeak Carnwath: The Am-ness of Things," Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art "Squeak Carnwath: Paintings," Gallery A "Squeak Carnwath: Stories," Byron Cohen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: New Color Etchings," Paulson Press "Squeak Carnwath," Allene Lapides Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Tamarind Collector’s Club Print,"
Santa Clara, CA Ventura,CA Santa Fe, NM Redding, CA Santa Clara, CA Santa Fe, NM Oakland, CA San Francisco, CA Jackson, WY Los Angeles, CA San Luis Obispo, CA Seattle, WA Austin, TX San Marcos, TX Berkeley, CA Ketchum, ID Pasadena, CA Kansas City, MO Jackson, WY Boston, MA Berkeley, CA Seattle, WA Oakland, CA Gambier, OH San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA Berkeley, CA Santa Fe, NM Charlottesville, VA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Kansas City, MO New York, NY Riverside, CA Lake Worth, FL Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO Emeryville, CA Santa Fe, NM Albuquerque, NM continued
Solo Exhibitions continued 1998 "Squeak Carnwath," David Beitzel Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Seeing in the Dark," California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts "Squeak Carnwath: Undraped Human Being," John Berggruen Gallery 1997 "Squeak Carnwath: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper," Cohen Berkowitz Gallery 1996 "Squeak Carnwath: Relative," John Berggruen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Recent Paintings," David Beitzel Gallery 1995 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery "Equations: The Paintings of Squeak Carnwath," Bank of America World Headquarters Ohio University Art Gallery 1995 "Squeak Carnwath: Eden In The Studio," University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus 1994 Chrysler Museum O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery San Jose Museum of Art Dorothy Goldeen Gallery John Berggruen Gallery Cohen Berkowitz Gallery The Contemporary Museum 1993 LedisFlam Gallery 1992 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery "Squeak Carnwath: Recent Work," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art 1991 "Squeak Carnwath: Works on Paper and Prints," Shea & Beker John Berggruen Gallery Dorothy Goldeen Gallery 1990 "Squeak Carnwath," Shea & Beker "Squeak Carnwath: Nature's Alchemy," San Diego State University Gallery 1989 John Berggruen Gallery Dorothy Goldeen Gallery Marilyn Butler Fine Art 1988 Fuller Gross Gallery 1987 Gloria Luria Gallery Marilyn Butler Fine Art Davis Art Center 1986 Van Straaten Gallery Fuller Goldeen Gallery 1985 Nelson Gallery, University of California Van Straaten Gallery 1984 Getler/Pall/Saper Gallery 1984 Fuller Goldeen Gallery 1983 Palo Alto Cultural Center Brentwood Gallery 1982 Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery 1980 Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Award 1980 Museum of Modern Art 1978 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery 1975 Richmond Art Center 1971 Salon D'Art
New York, NY Santa Rosa, CA San Francisco, CA Kansas City, MO San Francisco, CA New York, NY Santa Monica, CA San Francisco, CA Athens, OH Turlock, CA Norfolk, VA Birmingham, MI San Jose, CA Marina Del Rey, CA San Francisco, CA Kansas City, MO Honolulu, HI New York, NY Santa Monica, CA Monterey, CA New York, NY San Francisco, CA Santa Monica, CA New York, NY San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA Santa Monica, CA Scottsdale, AZ San Francisco, CA Miami, FL Scottsdale, AZ Davis, CA Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Davis, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY San Francisco, CA Palo Alto, CA St. Louis, MO San Francisco, CA San Francisco San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Richmond, CA Oakland, CA continued
Group Exhibitions 2015 "Community of Influence" "Napa Valley Collects" Napa Valley Museum 2014 "Paint by Numbers" Kondos Gallery "Woven" Turner Carroll Gallery "Building Forward, Looking Back" De Saisset Museum Santa Clara U. "Summer Shuffle: Contemporary Art at PFA Remix" PAOFA "In Passionate Pursuit: The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection and Legacy" Portland Art Museum "All in the Family: A Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists" Seager Gray Gallery "When Collecting Becomes a Collection - Sharing the Gifts of Wildred Davis Fletcher with the Community," Long Beach Museum 2013 "Pals: Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu, Katherine Sherwood," B. Sakata Garo "Interwoven: Contemporary Tapestries," SCAPE "The Female Gaze: Women Artist Making Their World," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts "Flora," Tayloe Piggott Gallery "Tandem Press: Twenty-five Years," Chazen Museum of Art 2012 "Blink- Organized by Turner Carroll Gallery," Stay ZaZa Art House & Social Gallery "Fifty Years of Bay Area Art-The SECA Awards," SFMOMA "I Am Not Animal," UD@ Crane "Heroes: Deborah Oropallo, Hung Liu and Squeak Carnwath," Turner Carroll Gallery "Digital Mixed Media," Petaluma Arts Center "Choose Paint! Choose Abstraction!," Museum of African Diaspora 2011 American Printmaking Now," Zhejiang Art Museum "West Coast Women," Turner Carroll Gallery "On View: New Work from Kala," Kala Art Institute "The Missing Piece- Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," San Antonio Museum of Art "Island Press: Three Decades of Printmaking, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum "For the Love of Paper: 13 Artists, Tayloe Piggott Gallery" "Marks and Conversations II," Gail Severn Gallery "Animal Logic," Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University "Hybrid," Kleinert/James Art Center at Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild "Marks and Conversations III," Gail Severn Gallery 2010 "Past Traces: Select Prints from Magnolia Editions," Pence Gallery "Figure," b. sakata garo "West Coast Contemporary," Turner Carroll Gallery
New York, NY Yountville, CA Sacramento City, CA Santa Fe, NM Santa Clara, CA Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR Mill Valley, CA Long Beach, CA Sacrament, CA Corona del Mar, CA Philadelphia, PA Jackson Hole, WY Madison, WI Dallas, TX San Francisco, CA Philadelphia, PA Santa Fe, NM Petaluma, CA San Francisco, CA Hangzhou, China Dallas, TX Berkeley, CA San Antonio, TX Saint Louis, MO Jackson, WY Ketchum, ID Kalamazoo, MI Woodstock, NY Ketchum, ID Davis, CA Sacramento, CA Santa Fe, NM continued
Group Exhibitions continued 2010 "Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists," Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA "Story Painters: Drawings, Paintings, Prints and Tapestries Walnut Creek, CA Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu, Ines Storer,"Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts "Impressions from the CCA(C) Print Shop," Studio Quercus Oakland, CA "Fine Art Photography: Beyond Digital," G.K. Hardt Gallery Petaluma, CA "Rock/Paper/Scissors," Clark Gallery Lincoln, MA 2009 "Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists," Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA "Unbound: A National Exhibition of Book Art," Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek, CA "A Child's World," Triton Museum of Art Santa Clara, CA "The Missing Peace- Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Nobel Museum Stockholm, Sweden "American Printmaking Now," Guan Shanyue Art Museum Shenzen, China "For the Love of Paper- 13 Artists," Tayloe Piggott Gallery Jackson, WY The Magnolia Tapestry Project, Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM "The Artist Eye," Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID "Up On The Wall: 6 Painters From The West," University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Prichard Art Gallery "Faculty Show 2009: UC Berkley Department of Art Practice," Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley, Worth Ryder Gallery "Figure," b. sakata garo Sacramento, CA 2008 "Prints from Tandem Press: Collaboration as Education," Lynchburg, VA Randolph College "Make the Art You Need: The UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA Department of Art Faculty Show," Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall "Women's Work Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Marylhurst, OR Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation," The Art Gym "Bay Area Ceramic Sculpture," di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, Napa, CA Gatehouse Gallery "UC Davis Artists from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer Oakville, CA and his Family Foundation," Robert Mondavi Winery "Muse Among the Vines Art from the North Bay Wine Country," Oakland, CA Organized by Oakland Museum of California, Oakland International Airport "To Infinity and Beyond Mathematics in Contemporary Art," Huntington, NY Hecksher Museum of Art "Opening Show", Peter Mendenhall Gallery Los Angeles, CA "Magnolia Tapestry Project," Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art Fort Collins, CO "The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary New York, NY American Art," The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts "The Tapestry Show," Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM "Vital Signs," Newcomb Art Gallery New Orleans, LA "Anderson Ranch at the Aspen Art Museum," Aspen Art Gallery Aspen, CO "The Missing Peace Artists Consider The Dalai Lama," Daikanyama, Tokyo 2007 "Parallel Visions," Nielson Gallery Boston, MA "Faculty Show," University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Department of Art Practice, Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall "The Missing Peace: Artists and the Dalai Lama," New York, NY Rubin Museum of Art (traveling) continued
Group Exhibitions continued 2007 "CCA[C] @ di Rosa Preserve," di Rosa Preserve Napa, CA "Summer Invitational," Nielsen Gallery Boston, MA "Celebrating a Centennial: Contemporary Printmakers at CCA," San Francisco, CA de Young Museum "Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA," Oakland Museum of California Oakland, CA "SJMA Collects CCA: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection," San Jose, CA San Jose Museum of Art "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, San Francisco, CA Yerba Buena Center for the Arts "Women's Work Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Salem, OR Collectons of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation," Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University 2006 "Faculty Show," University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Department of Art Practice, Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall "Tony Berlant, Squeak Carnwath, Chris Cox and Delos Van Earl," Ketchum, ID Gail Severn Gallery "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Los Angeles, CA Fowler Museum at UCLA (traveling) "Painting as Object," Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID "Limited Editions Intaglio Prints," Muse Gallery Jackson, WY "Summer," Nielsen Gallery Boston, MA "Summer Selections," John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco, CA 2005 "Magnolia Editions: Tapestries," JayJay Gallery Sacramento, CA "Paintings," John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco, CA "Artist/Teacher/Artist," Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Sonoma, CA "Faculty Show," University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Department of Art Practice, Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall "Draw," Dwight Hackett Projects Santa Fe, NM "Squeak Carnwath, Mildred Howard, Catherine Wagner: New Works," Napa, CA di Rosa Preserve "Highlights New Acquisitions," John Berggrun Gallery San Francisco, CA "Taperstries by Contemporary Artists," The Judson Gallery Los Angeles, CA "Beyond the Pour: Pairing Art and Wine Label Design," San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design San Francisco, CA "Majestic Tapestries of Magnolia Editions Woven Work by Contemporary Painters," Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts Walnut Creek, CA "The Collection of Sheppard Pratt: Challenges and Triumphs Townson, MD Over Mental Illness and Addiction," Sheppard Prat Hospital 2004 "Faculty Show," University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA additional information available by request
Walter Robinson
8/12/2016
Personal born 1950, San Francisco, California Education 1978 Master of Fine Arts, Lone Mountain College 1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Academy of Art 1971 San Francisco Art Institute 1968-70 California College of Arts and Crafts
San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Home Grown: Walter Robinson, Palo Alto Art Center 2014 Sic Gloria Transit Mundi, Catharine Clark Gallery 2012 Placebo, Zidoun Gallery 2011 Solo Exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery A Thousand Words, University of San Francisco School of Law 2009 [sic], Catharine Clark Gallery Transport, Charlie James Gallery 2007 Represent, Catharine Clark Gallery 2006 Greenhouse, Oakland Museum of California at City Center 2004 Pathetic Fallacy, Catharine Clark Gallery Random Encounters, San Jose Museum of Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery 2003 Walter Robinson, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery 2002 Animalism, Catharine Clark Gallery 1999 Walter Robinson: Sculpture, Villa Montalvo Un/Becoming, Catharine Clark Gallery 1997 Dystopia, Catharine Clark Gallery 1995 Quarantined Toys, Morphos Gallery 1992 Lumber Poems, Gallery Route One
Palo Alto, CA San Francisco, CA Luxembourg, Berlin New York, NY San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Saratoga, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Point Reyes, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Orlando Leyba and Walter Robinson: Symbol Pleasures, Turner Carroll Gallery I Love It! Turner Carroll Gallery Garble, Catharine Clark Gallery 2014 Late Harvest, Nevada Museum of Art (catalogue) 2013 Studio Quercus Faux Real, Laguna Art Museum 2012 Renegade Humor, San Jose Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe, NM San Francisco, CA Reno, Nevada Oakland, CA Laguna Beach, CA San Jose, CA continued
Selected Group Exhibitions continued 2012 All You Need Is Love, Museum of Art and History Myths of Progress: Utopic Dreams/Dystopic Realities, Kala Portraiture Post Facebook, Catharine Clark Gallery 2011 Cashing Out, Kala A Thousand Words, Koret Law Center WESTEND, Museum on the Seam Shadowshop, SFMOMA 2010 Messaging: Text and Visual Art, Chadron State College, travelled to McKinley Education Center Museum of High Plains Gallery 92 West/Fremont Area Art Association Columbus Art Gallery Cornerstone Bank Library & Arts Center, Stalder Gallery TXT, James Harris Gallery Secret Drawings, Palo Alto Art Center A Child’s World, Triton Museum of Art The Drawing Room, 14th Street Studio (Catharine Clark Gallery) 2009 That’s all Folks, Aeroplastics Contemporary Variations on a Theme, San Jose Museum of Art Ex Abstract! Charlie James Gallery, Next Invitational Art Fair 2008 30 Years, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Reality Check, Overtones Gallery The World’s Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery The Audacity of Hope, Catherine Clark Gallery 2007 The Painted Word, K Gallery Childish Things, 301 BOCANA Gallery Breaking Ground Breaking, Catharine Clark Gallery 2006 Acquisitions, di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature Refined!, Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary Playing Around: Toys by Artists, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College of California 2005 Walter Robinson, Chanel Playful Poetics, The Oakland Art Gallery The Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery Animal Magnetism, PVAC Arts Council and Gallery 2004 Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery 2003 Lost Frontier, with Tim Sharman/Tag Team, Spruce Street Forum San Francisco in Napa? YES! Off the Preserve Sprout, Catharine Clark Gallery Wood: 6 Artists, One Medium, Sonoma State University Comic Release, Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, curated by Vicky A. Clark and Barbara Bloemink, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University. Exhibition traveled to New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center University of North Texas Western Washington University 2002 Animals as Metaphor and Symbol in Art, Art Source Ball Point, Geoffrey Young Gallery Wild Frontier, Spruce Street Project 2001 Pulp Fictions, with Tim Sharman/Tag Team, Sonoma State University Art Gallery
Santa Cruz, CA Berkeley, CA San Francisco, CA Berkeley, CA San Francisco, CA Jerusalem, Israel San Francisco, CA Chadron, NE North Platte, NE McCook, NE Fremont, NE Columbus, NE York, NE Falls City, NE Seattle, WA Palo Alto, CA Santa Clara, CA New York, NY Bruges, Belgium San Jose, CA Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY San Francisco, CA Alameda, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Napa, CA New York, NY Moraga, CA San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA Memphis, TN Watsonville, CA San Francisco, CA San Diego, CA Napa, CA San Francisco, CA Rohnert Park, CA Pittsburgh, PA New Orleans, LA Denton, TX Bellingham, WA San Francisco, CA Great Barrington, MA San Diego, CA Sonoma, CA continued
Selected Group Exhibitions continued 2001 Tails of the City, Destination Foundation, Sony Metreon Center 2000 Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists, with Tim Sharman/ Tag Team, La Luz de Jesus Gallery Multiple Sensations, Pierogi Flat Files, traveling exhibition (Tag Team) 1999 Return to Splendor, with Tim Sharman/Tag Team, Geoffrey Young Gallery Spinal Epidural, Please! Catharine Clark Gallery 1998 Group Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery 1997 Tweakville, Catharine Clark Gallery The Shoe Show, Bedford Gallery Grins: Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Millard Sheets Gallery Group Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery 1996 Consumption, Catharine Clark Gallery Done Time, Catharine Clark Gallery 1994 Dream Riddle: Images From the Unconscious, Bedford Gallery (catalogue) Something for Everyone, Morphos Gallery Dancing on the Continuum: A Survey of Bay Area Sculpture, WORKS Group Show, B-1 Gallery Michael Knowlton, Evri Kwong and Walter Robinson, Morphos Gallery 1993 Object, Intersection for the Arts Group Show, Triangle Gallery Group Show, Morphos Gallery We’re Only Human, Gallery Concord Sculpture Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts 1992 Double Feature: Elana Chaitman & Walter Robinson, Gallery Route One 1991 Group Show, Suzanne Dey Gallery Images and Objects, ACCI Gallery Biennial, Bedford Gallery Juried National, Berkeley Arts Center Annual, Pro Arts (catalogue) 1990 Exhibition 90, Sun Gallery Shrine and Ritual, Alligator Gallery 1983 Group Show, Galeria Cataluna, Barcelona, Spain Construciones, Galeria Mantequilla Awards and Residencies 1998 Djerassi Artist in Residence 1993 Gold Discovery, Art of California Magazine 1992 Juror’s Selection, Double Feature, Gallery Route One 1991 Juror’s Selection, Annual, Pro Arts
San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Great Barrington, MA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Walnut Creek, CA Pomona, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Walnut Creek, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Santa Monica, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Concord, CA Sebastopol, CA Point Reyes, CA Menlo Park, CA Berkeley, CA Walnut Creek, CA Berkeley, CA Oakland, CA Hayward, CA San Francisco, CA Barcelona, Spain
Woodside, CA Pt. Reyes, CA Oakland, CA
Selected Publications Porges, Maria. “Shotgun Review: Walter Robinson, Sic Gloria Transit Mundi.” Art Practical, March 1, 2014 Baker, Kenneth. “96 Hours: Visual Arts, Walter Robinson: Artist has penchant for color, clowns,” SF Chronicle, March 20-23, 2014 Flood, Greg. “Post-mortem on artMRKT 2013.” San Francisco Examiner (online), June 24, 2013 <http://www.examiner.com/article/post-mortem-on-artmrkt-2013> Namaste, Nancy. “artMRKT & ArtPad SF opening this week.” Bay Area Artquake (online), May 15, 2013 <http://baartquake.blogspot.com/2013/05/artmrkt-artpadsf-opening-this-week.html> Quigg, Katy. “Not Your Average Art Fair.” San Francisco Magazine (online), May 17, 2013 <http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/not-your-average-art-fair> continued
Selected Publications continued Bigman, Alex. “artMRKT and ArtPadSF: The Must-See Booths.” 7x7 Magazine (online), May 15, 2013 <http://www.7x7.com/arts-culture/booths-visit-artmrkt-and-artpadsf> Ed. “SEVEN at the DC.” Paper City, April 2013 Ed. “Placebo.” City Magazine Luxembourg. March 1, 2012 Honey. “Walter Robinson.” Sweet Station (online), January 17, 2012 < http://sweet-station.com/blog/?s=walter+robinson> Dinsdag, Op. "DOLLARS, PUMA EN EEN DODE MICKEY MOUSE." Vormplatform (online), January 17, 2012 <http://vormplatform.blogspot.com/2012/01/dollars-puma-en-een-dode-mickey-mouse.html> The New Collectors Book. New York: Basak Malone LLC, 2012 Etgar, Raphie. WESTEND: Curator’s Introduction. Catalog for the exhibition at the Museum on the Seam. Jerusalem: Museum on the Seam, 2011 Ed. Klanten, R. Hübner, M. Bieber, A. Alonzo, P. Jansen, G. Art & Agenda (Political Art and Activism). Berlin: Gestalten Books, 2011 Graves, Jen. Found in Translation. thestranger.com, July 22, 2010 Feit, Sarah and Jorge Daniel Veneciano. Messaging: Text and Visual Art, 2010. Catalog for the exhibition at Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, travelled to: McKinley Education Center, North Platte; Museum of High Plains, McCook; Gallery 92 West/Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont; Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus; Cornerstone Bank, York; Library & Arts Center, Stalder Gallery, Falls City, NE Torr, Jolene. “A Candy Coated God and Other Strange Talismans.” ArtSlant (online), December 13, 2009 <http://www.artslant.com/sf/articles/show/12059> Walter Robinson, Published by Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. October 2009 Vogel, Traci. “Harpoons and Harbingers” SF Weekly, Volume 28, September, 2009 Dewilde, Michel and Jerome Jacobs.That’s All Folks! The Clash between reason and destiny. Stad Brugg, Brugge. 2009 Wolgamott, L. Kent. “Sheldon's Veneciano Facing the Future.” JournalStar (online), August 22, 2009 <http://www.journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/article_f8321586-8dc1-11de-9ac4 001cc4c002e0.html> Hennen, Leah. “House Voyeur: Art and Elegance in San Francisco.” www.morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com (online), July 21, 2008 <http://morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com/2008/07/house-voyeur-art-and-elegance-in-san.html> Ed. "Art Day Part II." www.napanest.typepad.com (online), July 2, 2008 <http://napanest.typepad.com/flourish/> Eastman, Dale. "A collector's guide to the exploding art market." San Francisco Magazine. January 2008 Cheng, DeWitt. “Walter Robinson: Represent.” Art Ltd., November 2007 Porges, Maria. “Walter Robinson.” Artforum, October 2007 Ed. “The Painted Word.” Alameda Magazine (online), September 10, 2007 <http://www.alamedamagazine.com/blog/index.php?blogId=2> Laemoa, Stephanie. “Last Chance.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 23, 2007 Feinstein, Lea. “Grand Opening.” SF Weekly, June 13, 2007 Frock, Christian L. Breaking Ground Breaking. San Francisco, CA. Catharine Clark Gallery: 2007 Speer, Richard. “A Fine Affair.” Williamette Week (online), October 4, 2006 <http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3248/8063> Martin, Lucy. “Walter Robinson at the Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court.” Artweek, June 2006 Fernández-Núñez, “Stitches in Time,” Art Review, May 2006 Ed. “The Art of Chanel.” Vanity Fair, April 2006 Leaverton, Michael. “Bombs Away! The future looks familiar.” SFWeekly, August 24-30, 2005 Baker, Kenneth. “Galleries.” The San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 2005 Ed. “Gallery Crawl.” KQED Arts & Literature, August, 2005 Baker, Kenneth. “Galleries.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2005 Ed. Cover Image. AAF Contemporary Art Fair Catalog, October 2004 Brunson, Jamie. “Walter Robinson.” www.stretcher.org, September 2004 Bing, Alison. “Finesse: An Exhibition About Drawing.” SF Gate, July 16, 2004 continued
Selected Publications continued Baker, Kenneth. “Galleries.” The San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2004 Auchincloss, Pamela. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation. New York, NY. Arts Management Services: February, 17 2004 Heinkel-Wolfe, Peggy. “Exhibit Takes ‘Toons to New Level.” Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 30, 2003 Art of Northern California. Oakland, CA. Alcove Books: 2003 Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation. Pittsburgh, PA. Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University: 2003 Berry, Colin. “San Francisco in Napa? Yes!” Artweek, July, 2003 Ed. “A Touch of Whimsy.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2003 Art of Northern California. Berkeley, CA. Alcove Books: 2003 Pincus, Robert L. “Lost Frontier.” The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 20, 2002 Bing, Alison. “Art ePicks.” SF Gate, February 2, 2002 Cotter, Holland. “Brooklyn: The Left Bank.” The New York Times, December 15, 2001 Ed. “Tag Team.” Pierogi Press, Fall/Winter 2001 Ed. “History Keeps Repeating on Me.” Shark Magazine, Winter 2001 Pierogi Press, Volume 6, Fall/Winter 2000 Shark 3: Historiography, Winter 2000 “Wood Artist.” Woodwork Magazine, August 1999 Thym, Jolene. ANG Newspapers (The Herald), October 16, 1998 Hunt, David. “Walter Robinson.” Sculpture Magazine, April 1998 Hunt, David. Tweakville. San Francisco, CA. Catharine Clark Gallery: 1997 Koppman, Debra. “The Shoe Show at Bedford Gallery.” Artweek, November 1997 Meyers, Randy. “A&E: The ‘A’ List.” The Contra Costa Sunday Times, September 14, 1997 Weigand, David. “Datebook: Coming Up.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 7-13, 1997 Asche, Jennifer. “Tongues May Be Wagging Over Art Show With Sole.” San Francisco Chronicle (Contra Costa Edition), September 12, 1997 Hawthorne, Christopher. “Critic’s Choice: Visual Arts.” East Bay Express, September 12, 1997 Thym, Jolene. “A Really Big ‘Shoe’.” The Oakland Tribune, September 11, 1997 Gottschalk, Mary. “Style: The Shoe’s On Neither Foot in Walnut Creek Art Exhibit.” San Jose Mercury News, September 8, 1997 Chan, Vera H-C. “Time Out: Footprints of Identity.” The Contra Costa Times, September 3, 1997 Cook, Travis H. “Being Here: Collected Notes on Life in the West.” Alaska Airlines Magazine, September, 1997 Clairmont, Julie. “A Really Big Shoe at Bedford, and Quite a Few Small Ones, Too.” Walnut Creek Journal, August 28, 1997 CR Stecyk III. “Sign of the Cross.” Juxtapoz, Winter 1996 Ed. “Tales From the Wood.” Juxtapoz, Winter 1996 Huston, Johnny Ray. “Night & Day: Killer Playthings.” SF Weekly, October 18-24, 1995 Lederer, Carrie. Dream Riddle: Images from the Unconscious. Walnut Creek, CA. Bedford Gallery, Dean Leasher Regional Center for the Arts: 1994 Sherman, Ann Elliott. “3-D Explorations.” Metro, August 11, 1994 Ed. “Opening Shots.” SF Live, Jul/Aug 1994 Tannenbaum, Henry. “Barbie and Beyond.” KRON Television. July 18, 1994 Boko, Jasen. “Walter Brani Frisco.” Forum, (Croatia), 1994 Ed. “Discovery Awards: Art Stars of California.” Art of California Magazine, December, 1999 Ed. “Discovery Awards: Art Stars of California.” Art of California Magazine, December, 1993 Cebulski, Frank. “Quirky Continuity.” Artweek, March 21, 1991 Selected Permanent Collections John Berggruen, San Francisco, CA Chaney Family Collection, Houston, TX Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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Selected Permanent Collections continued Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY Jeffrey M. Dauber, San Francisco, CA Robert J. Hrebek, Wall, NJ di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV Carl Niendorff, Dallas, TX Deborah and Andy Rappaport, San Francisco, CA Theres Rohan, Atherton, CA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Orlando Leyba Education 1989 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Painting 1987 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Master of Art, Teaching 1982 University of New Mexico
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Selected Exhibitions 2015 April Price Projects Gallery Albuquerque, NM Public Selects, Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque, NM 2014 Harwood Art Center Albuquerque, NM Sara Smith Contemporary Corrales, NM 2013 Bernalillo County Recent Acquisitions Albuquerque, NM Cumulous Skies: The Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery 2012 Tafkaj Gallery Geneva, Switzerland Mariposa Gallery Albuquerque, NM 2010 Bright Rain Gallery Albuquerque, NM 2009 Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NOW Show Albuquerque, NM Union Center for the Arts/Brewery Annex, LA Artcore Los Angeles, CA 2008-12 Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM 2007 Ellis-West Gallery Durango, CO Gallery 516 Albuquerque, NM Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery Santa Fe, NM "Artistas Contemporaneos del Valle del Rio Grande, A Survey of Contemporary Art of New Mexico 2004-05 Thomas Ingerick Gallery Aspen, CO Shipley Gallery Taos, NM 2004 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM 2002 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM 1998 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM 1996 Barischofsky Gallery Sun Valley, ID Peyton Wright Gallery, Group Show Santa Fe, NM 1995 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM 1994 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM 1993 Gallery Per Tutti, National Painting Competition, Boston, MA juried by Carl Belz, Director of the Rose Art Museum Hand Artes Gallery Truchas, NM continued
Selected Exhibitions continued 1991 Space Gallery, “Day of the Dead” Main Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, “Zip-Locked Sanctuary” (installation) Main Gallery, Art Institute of Boston 1990 Carnegie-Mellon University, Cerise Group Show 1989 Fells Point Gallery, 7th Annual Regional Juried Show Havre de Grace Gallery, East Coast Artist's Cooperative Annual Juried Exhibition Academy of the Arts, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition curated by Howard Fox of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1988 Gallery 409, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, “19 Visions/Divisions” Collections 2013 Bernalillo County Public Art Collection 2012 Albuquerque Museum Permanent Collection 2007 New Mexico State Capitol Permanent Collection 2006 National Hispanic Cultural Center, Permanent Collection 2001 Albuquerque Sunport Permanent Collection 1998 Carnegie-Mellon University Permanent Collection 1989 Collection of Salvadore Scarpitta
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Publications Albuquerque Journal, Sept. 23, 2012, A Life Evolving The Magazine, September 1990, “New Abstractions: Chante Series,” review by David Clemmer Pasatiempo, August 1993, “A Bridge Between Cultures,” by Gussie Fauntleroy Shipment of Mute Fate, by L. Crutchfield, McDougal, Littell, & Co., 1993, “Echar Luz Sobre Mis Raices,” illustration Art in America, March 1992, review of “Zip-Locked Sanctuary” at Massachusetts College of Art by Ann Wilson Lloyd New Art, Harry Abrams Publishing, Inc, May 1990