Brian Gross Fine Art: Artists: Nellie King Solomon

Born: 1971; San Francisco, CA
Education: 2001; MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco; 1995; BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; 1995; Allan Chadwick Farm and Garden Program (Sustainable Agriculture), Santa Cruz, CA; 1993; International Honors Program (Sustainable Development), Travel and Study; 1992; The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (School of Architecture), New York, NY
Selected Awards: 2007; SECA SFMOMA award (nomination); 2001; SECA/In Site SFMOMA award (nomination); 2000; Murphy Cadagon, San Francisco Foundation; 1999; Sunspot Laboratory, Cal State LA Exhibition
Solo Exhibitions: 2011; Knock Out, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA; 2010; Diamond Rings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2009; Shasta College, Redding, CA; 2007; Folded Pours, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2005; Superball: Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; New Work, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; Liquid Spaces' One Union, San Francisco, CA; 2004; New Work, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI; 2003; Organic, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL; 2002; New Paintings, New Years Show, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; Blindsided, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA; 2001; Introductions: Shooting Pool in Public, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA; New Paintings. New Talent, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; The Economics Series, Neo, San Francisco, CA; 2000; Cars and Wilds, CCAC Nave, San Francisco, CA; Place Maker, CCAC Graduate Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 1999; Rock Scissors Paper, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 1995; The Ultimate Triumph, University of California, Santa Cruz
Group Exhibitions: 2020; 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog; 2011–2012; New Works: Molly Larkey & Nellie King Solomon, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; 2010; Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2009; Paper / Mylar / Vellum, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; MMFA Loft Exhibition #1, Los Angeles, CA; Inaugural Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA; 2008; Uncharted: Imaginary Landscapes, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA; 2007; Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois; Art Miami, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, Florida; CCA Centennial Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; FADA LACMA Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA; Wynn Macao Grand Concourse Entry, Steve Wynn, China; 2006; Art 4 Auction, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV; Au Courant: Introducing 16 Artists New to Bentley, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ; Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; NYC 212 Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY; The Village at Squaw, Remoteviewing 3, Squaw Valley, CA; Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn, Las Vegas, NV; 2005; Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; Emerging Artists ’05… tomorrows masters, Julie Baker Fine Art, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZ; LA Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA; Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Monteray Museum of Art, Monterey, CA; San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; Splat, Sabina Lee Gallery, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA; The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY; 2004; San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2003; The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY; Chicago Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago IL; San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2002; A New World Trade Center, Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY; Baker's Dozen, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA; Cream, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA; The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY; unDRAWN, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA; 2001; Introductions South, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA; 2000; Tails of the City, Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA; Works on Paper, Exchange Show: China and American Artists, China; 1999; Construction Paper, Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA; Sunspot Laboratory Show, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles; 1998; ConCurrents, Design Studio 8A, New York, NY; 1996; Dibujos y Suenos, Del Sol, Barcelona, Spain; 1995; Hunters Point Installation, 5th year Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
Collections: Barker Block Lofts, Los Angeles, CA; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco; Marriot, Desert Springs, CA; Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, NV; Turnberry Ocean Colony, Sunny Isles, FL; Turnberry Towers, Las Vegas, NV; Wynn Las Vegas, NV; Wynn Macau
Selected Publications: Sue Ferguson Gussow, Architects Draw, New York 2008.; Nellie King Solomon Paintings, notcot.org, (July 15th, 2008); Nellie King Solomon Paintings, roadsidescholar, (July 14th, 2008); Feature on Yves Behar and Nellie King Solomon by Samsung, Wallpaper Magazine, London, England.; Allan Ginsberg, “Thinks I’ll Not Do (Nostalgia) & Peter Glaser, Die Rechtung, That’s it, you’re all set,” Der Greund, (July 2006, Nr 8): 6 & 67-70.; Michael Ennis, “Steeling Beauty,” Western Interiors, (April-June 2006): 167.; Art Hop: Exploring San Francisco’s 49 Geary, Sunset Magazine, (March 2006) p. 46; Stephanie Cash, “Report from San Francisco: New and Now,” Art in America W (January, 2006): 6.; Kenneth Baker, “Fissures Unite Stone, Solomon at Gross,” San Francisco Chronicle (Sat October 29, 2005): Date Book E 12.; Alan Hess, “It Takes a Village,” Architectural Digest (June 2005): 140.; Cherie Louise Turner, “'Neo Mod' at the Crocker Art Museum”, ArtWeek (March 2005): 17.; Howard Junker: Senior Editor, Unspun and me. Zyzzyva, (Spring 2005): cover.; Lucas Programs Opens at Montalvo, ArtWeek, (Dec. 2004): 22.; Kenneth Baker, “Splitting perceptions of Ellsworth Kelly; Painter discovers an artist true to form,” San Francisco Chronicle, (Oct 1,2002): D1.; Victoria Dalkey, “Going with the flow,” The Sacramento Bee (June 9,2002): Encore 8.; Debra Koppman, “Previews,” Art Week (May 2002): 6.; Anne Crump, “ArtSpeak: Climbing To New Heights, Nellie King Solomon Bridges Architecture and Art,” San Francisco Examiner (Jan 31, 2002): C2.; Victoria Dalkey, “Things looking up in new Grass Valley gallery,” The Sacramento Bee (Dec 2, 2001): 29.; Carol Feineman, “New GV Fine Arts Gallery Opens,” The Union (Nov 19, 2001); A2.; Rachelle McKinney, “A Perfect Circle,” San Francisco Art Magazine.com (Sep 2001): 1.; Kenneth Baker, “Pleasures in rich pools of color,“ San Francisco Chronicle (July 28 2001): C1& C5.; Anne Crump, “A Change of Art,” San Francisco Examiner (July 10 2001): C1& C6.
Artist's Website: http://www.nelliekingsolomon.com/


		Born 1971 San Francisco, CA Education 2001 MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco 1995 BA, University of California, Santa Cruz 1995 Allan Chadwick Farm and Garden Program (Sustainable Agriculture), Santa Cruz, CA 1993 International Honors Program (Sustainable Development), Travel and Study 1992 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (School of Architecture), New York, NY Selected Awards 2007 SECA SFMOMA award (nomination) 2001 SECA/In Site SFMOMA award (nomination) 2000 Murphy Cadagon, San Francisco Foundation 1999 Sunspot Laboratory, Cal State LA Exhibition Solo Exhibitions 2011 Knock Out, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2010 Diamond Rings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2009 Shasta College, Redding, CA 2007 Folded Pours, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2005 Superball: Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA New Work, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID Liquid Spaces' One Union, San Francisco, CA 2004 New Work, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI 2003 Organic, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 New Paintings, New Years Show, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID Blindsided, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA 2001 Introductions: Shooting Pool in Public, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA New Paintings. New Talent, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID The Economics Series, Neo, San Francisco, CA 2000 Cars and Wilds, CCAC Nave, San Francisco, CA Place Maker, CCAC Graduate Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 Rock Scissors Paper, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995 The Ultimate Triumph, University of California, Santa Cruz Group Exhibitions 2020 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog 2011–2012 New Works: Molly Larkey & Nellie King Solomon, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2010 Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2009 Paper / Mylar / Vellum, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA MMFA Loft Exhibition #1, Los Angeles, CA Inaugural Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2008 Uncharted: Imaginary Landscapes, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA 2007 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois Art Miami, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, Florida CCA Centennial Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA FADA LACMA Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA Wynn Macao Grand Concourse Entry, Steve Wynn, China 2006 Art 4 Auction, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV Au Courant: Introducing 16 Artists New to Bentley, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA NYC 212 Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY The Village at Squaw, Remoteviewing 3, Squaw Valley, CA Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn, Las Vegas, NV 2005 Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA Emerging Artists ’05… tomorrows masters, Julie Baker Fine Art, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZ LA Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Monteray Museum of Art, Monterey, CA San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Splat, Sabina Lee Gallery, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY 2004 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2003 The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY Chicago Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago IL San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2002 A New World Trade Center, Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY Baker's Dozen, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA Cream, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY unDRAWN, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Introductions South, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 2000 Tails of the City, Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA Works on Paper, Exchange Show: China and American Artists, China 1999 Construction Paper, Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA Sunspot Laboratory Show, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles 1998 ConCurrents, Design Studio 8A, New York, NY 1996 Dibujos y Suenos, Del Sol, Barcelona, Spain 1995 Hunters Point Installation, 5th year Studios, Santa Cruz, CA Collections Barker Block Lofts, Los Angeles, CA Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco Marriot, Desert Springs, CA Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, NV Turnberry Ocean Colony, Sunny Isles, FL Turnberry Towers, Las Vegas, NV Wynn Las Vegas, NV Wynn Macau Selected Publications Sue Ferguson Gussow, Architects Draw, New York 2008. Nellie King Solomon Paintings, notcot.org, (July 15th, 2008) Nellie King Solomon Paintings, roadsidescholar, (July 14th, 2008) Feature on Yves Behar and Nellie King Solomon by Samsung, Wallpaper Magazine, London, England. Allan Ginsberg, “Thinks I’ll Not Do (Nostalgia) & Peter Glaser, Die Rechtung, That’s it, you’re all set,” Der Greund, (July 2006, Nr 8): 6 & 67-70. Michael Ennis, “Steeling Beauty,” Western Interiors, (April-June 2006): 167. Art Hop: Exploring San Francisco’s 49 Geary, Sunset Magazine, (March 2006) p. 46 Stephanie Cash, “Report from San Francisco: New and Now,” Art in America W (January, 2006): 6. Kenneth Baker, “Fissures Unite Stone, Solomon at Gross,” San Francisco Chronicle (Sat October 29, 2005): Date Book E 12. Alan Hess, “It Takes a Village,” Architectural Digest (June 2005): 140. Cherie Louise Turner, “'Neo Mod' at the Crocker Art Museum”, ArtWeek (March 2005): 17. Howard Junker: Senior Editor, Unspun and me. Zyzzyva, (Spring 2005): cover. Lucas Programs Opens at Montalvo, ArtWeek, (Dec. 2004): 22. Kenneth Baker, “Splitting perceptions of Ellsworth Kelly; Painter discovers an artist true to form,” San Francisco Chronicle, (Oct 1,2002): D1. Victoria Dalkey, “Going with the flow,” The Sacramento Bee (June 9,2002): Encore 8. Debra Koppman, “Previews,” Art Week (May 2002): 6. Anne Crump, “ArtSpeak: Climbing To New Heights, Nellie King Solomon Bridges Architecture and Art,” San Francisco Examiner (Jan 31, 2002): C2. Victoria Dalkey, “Things looking up in new Grass Valley gallery,” The Sacramento Bee (Dec 2, 2001): 29. Carol Feineman, “New GV Fine Arts Gallery Opens,” The Union (Nov 19, 2001); A2. Rachelle McKinney, “A Perfect Circle,” San Francisco Art Magazine.com (Sep 2001): 1. Kenneth Baker, “Pleasures in rich pools of color,“ San Francisco Chronicle (July 28 2001): C1& C5. Anne Crump, “A Change of Art,” San Francisco Examiner (July 10 2001): C1& C6. Artist's Website http://www.nelliekingsolomon.com/