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- Born
- 1960
- Baden Baden, Germany
- Education
- 1986
- MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
- 1983
- BFA, Arizona State University, Tempe
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2023
- Diluvia, Brian Gross Fine Art
- 2017
- Submergence, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- 2009
- Babylon: The Buried Language Series, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- 2007
- Silent Language, Gallery Twenty-Four, Brooklyn, New York
- 2006
- Destinations, Outdoor Projection of Revenant, Art in Odd Places, Lower East Side, New York, New York, curated by Jeremy Helton
- 2005
- Angels in Dust, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- 2004
- Revenant, Simultaneous Projections, DUMBO Arts Center, “Art under the Bridges Festival,” Brooklyn, New York
- 2003
- Echo: Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- 2002
- Paintings/ Assemblages, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Plaza, San Francisco, California
- 2000
- Robert Lowery Gallery, Athens, Georgia
- 1999
- New Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- Permanent floor installation, Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- 1998
- S(o)UND, Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, San Jose University, San Jose, California
- 1994
- S(P)OO(o)R, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- It’s Kinda Like a Ratatouille, A La Carte Restaurant, Berkeley, California
- 1993
- Performance and reading for Beyond the Written Word, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
- Oakland Drawers, Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, California
- 1992
- New Sculpture, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- 1991
- Turn of the Century Fine Art, Berkeley, California
- Utland, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
- Laguna Art Museum Satellite at South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California
- Monoprints, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- Davis Art Center, Davis, California
- 1989
- Innojo Eard Onacna, Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco, California
- New Work, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- 1986
- New Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
- 1985
- California College of Art and Craft Graduate Gallery, Oakland
- 1982
- Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- 2014
- The Right Amount of Wrong, Curated by Lovina Purple, ISE Foundation, New York, New York
- Traces, Presented by Armchair/Shotgun, 7 Dunham, Brooklyn, New York
- 2013
- A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, Radiator Arts, New York, New York
- 2011
- Piece of Mind, Elga Wimmer, New York, New York
- 2010
- Summer Collage Show, ACA Galleries, New York, New York
- 2008
- 33 Washington: A Retrospective, Rabbithole Studios, Brooklyn, New York
- Art Auction for Louisiana ArtWorks, Louisana Artworks, New Orleans
- Beauty’s Burden, The Ernest Rubinstein Gallery at the Educational Alliance, New York, New York
- 2007
- CCA(C) at di Rosa Preserve: Celebration of CCA’s Centennial with Prominent Alumni in the Collection, Napa, Cailfornia
- Honoring CCA at 100: Works by Arneson, De Forest, Fleming, Osato and Solomon, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California
- Tuttavia Povera, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey
- 2006
- 2006 International Assemblage Artists Exhibition, GALLERY twenty-four, Berlin
- Egg Drop Soup, Salon on South Second, Brooklyn, New York
- Impromptu, DAC (Dumbo Art Center), Brooklyn, New York
- Remnants, Lemmons Contemporary, New York, New York
- Three Person Show (with Tatiana Parcero & osCAr Munoz), Gaviria-Lorduy Fine Arts, Brooklyn, New York
- Winter Auction, DAC, Brooklyn, New York
- 2005
- Winter Auction, DAC, Brooklyn, New York
- 2004
- Winter Auction, DAC, Brooklyn, New York
- 2000
- Metamorphosis, Fifth Season Gallery, Tracy, California
- Time CApsule, Refusalon, San Francisco, California
- 1999
- Recent Works by Alumni, California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland
- Faculty Show, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
- Meaning and Message: Contemporary Art from the Museum Collection, The Oakland Museum, California
- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Refusalon, San Francisco, California
- Raymond Lawrence Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
- Requiem: Living Artists Eulogize a Dying Century, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Living Legend of Fluxus, Spokane Falls Community Center, Spokane, Washington
- 1998
- Secrets of Nature, Paradise Wood Sculpturegrove, Santa Rosa, California
- 1997
- The Art Orchestra (A Sculptor’s Ensemble), performed at Florence Gould Theater. Written and directed by Tom Marioni.
- 1996
- Sculpture Walk, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California
- Trace, The Dead Space Gallery, Portland, Maine
- CCAC: Past, Present, and Future, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California
- Re-In-CAR-Nation, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- Samplings, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 1995
- Roots in Asia (two person show with Joe Sugayam), Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
- Public Art/Public Space/Public Process, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
- Pulling the Weight, Works, San Jose, California
- 1994
- Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 1993
- Filler, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- Trash, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 1992
- The Ecology Show, The Gap, Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, California
- 1991
- Woman Image Now Honor Exhibition Series, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, Tempe
- 11 at 1111: New California Sculpture, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- 1990
- Wall Sculpture: The Art Found Objects, Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California
- Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum, California
- Chain Reaction, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California
- 1989
- Fresh Views, San Joe Museum of Art, San Jose, California
- Eye Sores, curated by Nayland Blake, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California
- 1988
- From Ashes to Veiled Beatitudes, Terrain, San Francisco, California
- 1987
- Elementary My Dear, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 1986
- Master’s Exhibition, CCAC, Oakland, California
- 1985
- New Art in the West, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
- 1983
- Another Exhibition of Paintings, The Lyceum, Arizona State University, Tempe, curator and participant
- 1982
- An Exhibition of Paintings, The Lyceum, Arizona State University, Tempe, curator and participant
- Public Collections
- Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
- di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
- Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
- The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- Awards
- 2008
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 2000
- Change, Inc. Grant
- 1999
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 1997
- Djerassi Foundation Artist in Residency, Smip Ranch, Woodside, California
- 1995
- Contemporary Art Center of Herblay, Artist in Residence, Pontoise, France
- 1994
- Art Matters Inc. Grant
- 1989
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 1988
- Djerassi Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, Ridge Vineyard
- Loci, Award Exhibition, “Best of Show,” 1988 Pro Arts Annual
- Djerassi Foundation Artist in Residency, Smip Ranch, Woodside, California
- Speaking
- 2000
- Guest Speaker, University of California, Berkeley
- 1999
- Interview on Video, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- Guest Speaker, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado
- Guest Speaker, University of California, Berkeley
- 1998
- Guest Speaker, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- 1996
- Interview, Women in the Arts, KALX, Berkeley, California
- Panelist, All Else…Being Equal?, CCAC, San Francisco, California
- 1995
- Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar with Bette Borgoine, San Francisco Art Institute
- 1994
- Guest Speaker, Sonoma State University, California
- Guest Speaker, University of California, Berkeley
- 1992
- Excerpts from Stone Soup, broadcast on Word and Image, KPFA 94FM Public Radio, Berkeley, California
- Stone Soup, producer and hostess of private reading and performance series
- Panelist, Asian American Arts Conference, University of California, Berkeley
- 1991
- Guest Speaker, Pro Arts Open Studios: Collecting Art in the Bay Area, Pro Arts
- Guest Speaker, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- Guest Speaker, University of California, Davis
- Guest Speaker, Davis Arts Center, Davis, California
- 1990
- Guest Speaker, Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
- Panelist, Culture Under Fire, Greater Kansas City Coalition Against Censorship, KCAI
- Guest Speaker, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar with John Roloff, Mills College, Oakland, California
- 1989
- Panelist, N. California Sculpture Symposia, The Art of Place, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California
- Guest Speaker, Arizona State University, Tempe
- Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar with Raymond Saunders, California College of Arts and Crafts
- Interview, State of the Arts, KUSP 89 FM Public Radio, Santa Cruz, California
- 1987
- Guest Speaker, Art Talks, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
- Teaching
- 2001
- Intermediate Painting & Foundation 2-D, University of Georgia, Athens
- 2000
- Intermediate Painting & Foundation 2-D, University of Georgia, Athens
- Independent Graduate Studies, California College of Arts, Oakland, California
- 1999
- Open Seminar, Graduate Studies, California College of Arts, Oakland, California
- Through the Body; Paint as Substance, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado
- 1996
- The Circle as Paradigm, Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar, California College of Arts
- 1995
- Interdisciplinary Critique, Film, Video, Performance, team taught with William Farley, California College of Arts, Oakland
- 1994
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar, California College of Arts, Oakland, California
- 1993
- Graduate Seminar-New Genre, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
- 1992
- Interdisciplinary Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
- Beginning Drawing, Mills College, Oakland, California
- 1990
- Beginning Drawing and Advanced Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
- Bibliography
- 2005
- Baker, Kenneth. “Sono Osato-‘Angels in Dust.’” San Francisco Chronicle, April 2.
- 2003
- Baker, Kenneth. “Objects Speak a Private Code in ‘Silent Language.’” San Francisco Chronicle, April 9.
- 2002
- Baker, Kenneth. “Critic’s Picks.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 7.
- 2000
- Porges, Maria. ArtForum, March.
- Bonetti, David. “Charting 35 Years of California Art.” San Francisco Examiner, January 6.
- 1999
- Baker, Kenneth. “Bearable Weightlessness of Being.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 18.
- Bonetti, David. “Gallery Watch.” San Francisco Examiner, December 10.
- Sherman, Ann Elliot. “Second Impressions, Meaning and Message in Contemporary Art.” The Museum of California, Fall.
- Cullum, Jerry. “What’s on the Surface isn’t the Whole Story.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 16.
- Fox, Catherine. “Apocalypse Wow.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 29.
- 1998
- Miller, Alicia. “The Secrets of Nature at Paradise Wood Sculpturegrove.” Artweek, July/August.
- 1997
- Meeker, Cheryl. “Beer Drinking Sonata is the Highest Form of Art.” Art Papers, November/December.
- 1996
- Baker, Kenneth. “A Stroll in the Garden.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 4.
- 1994
- Bonetti, David. “Gallery Watch: Revview of Show at Terrain.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 31.
- 1993
- Bonetti, David. “Lazy Gazing at Some Worthy Shows.” San Francisco Examiner, September 2.
- Litfin, Katy. “Profile: Sono Osato.” City Life Magazine, July/August.
- Carey, Lynn. “Exhibit Invites You to Browse Through Oakland’s Drawers.” Contra Costa Times, June 18.
- Thym, Jolene. “Sculpture Offers Visitors to Peek Inside Oakland’s ‘Drawers,’” Oakland Tribune, June 7.
- Hull-Webster, Mary. “A Conversation with Sono Osato,” Artweek, May 20.
- Bonetti, David. “Down in the Dumps: Uplifting Art.” San Francisco Examiner, January 27.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Harlequin Fantasies.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 2.
- 1992
- Jan, Alfred. “Sono Osato at Terrain.” New Art Examiner, December 3.
- Cohn, Terri. “The Forgotten and the Familiar.” Artweek, October 22.
- Baker, Kenneth. Scavenged Material Becomes Sculpture.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 15.
- Fowler, Carol. “Something New Times Three at Recent Art Exhibit Openings.” Contra Costa County Times, September 12.
- Van Siclen, Bill. “Terrain at Newport ShowCAses Young Artists.” The Providence Journal, August 21.
- 1991
- Sherman, Ann Elliott. “Detritus and True.” The Metro, San Jose, November 7.
- Burkhart, Dorothy. “Poetry from Piles of Stuff.” San Jose Mercury News, November 1.
- Bonetti, David. “Sono Osato at Terrain Gallery.” ArtNews, October.
- Littlefield, Kinney. “Oakland Artist Explores a Deeper Shade of Black.” The Orange County Register, August 30.
- Curtis, Cathy. “There’s More than Meets the Eye at Offbeat Laguna Museum Exhibit.” Los Angeles Times, August 25.
- Doubin, Dan. “Come Out, Come Out, Where Ever you Art.” Los Angeles Times, August 15.
- Pantalone, John. “Terrain at Newport.” Newport This Week, August 15.
- Van Siclen, Bill. “Some New Terrain in Newport.” The Providence Journal, August 9.
- Floss, Michael. “Sono Osato at Terrain.” Artweek, April 11.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Osato’s Salvage Show at Terrain.” San Francisco Chronicle, April 4.
- Bonetti, David. “Artist with a Cinderalla Touch.” San Francisco Examiner, March 29.
- 1990
- Bonetti, David. “Art Show with Democratic Spirit.” San Francisco Examiner, May 25.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Vigor and Diversity in Oakland.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 13.
- Van Proyen, Mark. “Rampant Diversity.” Artweek, May 10.
- Santiago, Chiori. “Talk of the Town.” The Museum of California, Vol. 13, #5, March-April.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Chain Reaction at the Arts Commission.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 16.
- Ross, Jeanette. “Frosting on a Plain Cake.” Artweek, November 16.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Shapeless Smorgasbord of Bay Area Artist.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 12.
- Burkhart, Dorothy. “Summing Up the Eighties, ‘Fresh Views’ Looks at Ten Years of Bay Area Art, San Jose Mercury News, November 3.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Review of Fuller-Gross Exhibition.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 13.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Installation Explores ‘Art/Non Art’ Question.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2.
- Van Proyen, Mark. “A Fashionable Pluralism.” Artweek, February 15.
- 1989
- Baker, Kenneth. Judging the Art and the Jury.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2.
- 1988
- Paul, Jim. “Saying Everything and/or Nothing.” Artweek, October 2.
- Van Proyen, Mark. “Monumental Ideas.” Artweek, October 10.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Artists in Command- and Others.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 1.
- Van Proyen, Mark. “Diversity and Excellence.” Artweek, April 19.
- Cognati, Martina. “Vivere l’Arte A San Francisco.” La Dimensione Dell’a Vanguardia Globale.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Big Reach by Oakland Gallery, San Francisco Chronicle, March 10.
- 1987
- Solnit, Rebecca. “A Sense of Presence.” Artwork, July 25.
- Baker, Kenneth. “San Francisco Arts Commission Installs Installations.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 2.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Pro Arts Shows a Narrow View.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 20.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Different Kinds of Raw Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 17.
- 1986
- Shere, Charles. “New Art: a Refreshing Gallery Alternative.” The Oakland Tribune, September 2.
- Baker, Kenneth. “Sono Osato at New Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 4.
- 1983
- Coe, Kathleen. “Review of W.I.N. Show.” Scottsdale Daily Progress, February 11.
- 1982
- Trethewy. “ASU Undergraduate Students Find Location to ShowCAse Art.” Tempe Daily News, November 5.
- Publications
- 2012
- Featured Artist, Armchair/Shotgun, Volume 2
- 2006
- Review of “DUMBO: a photographic exhibition of David Krepfle.” Mimosa Extra.
- 2000
- “Home is Inside Me”. Stretcher.org, an online arts magazine.
- 1999
- Southern Exposure 25 Year Silver Anniversary Box Set.
- di-Rosa Preserve/Art & Nature, LoCAl Coloring Book, First Edition.
- 1996
- Facing Eden—100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area, edited by Stephen Nash.
- 1995
- The Circle as Paradigm Web Page, link
- 1991
- “Spirituality and the Avante-Garde”, Five Fingers Review.
- 1988
- “A Lot of People Just Don’t Get It”, Crack 3.
- 1982
- “Shifting Perspectives”, Win Journal, Arizona Women in Art, Vol. II.
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