Heather Wilcoxon

Resumé                                        monoprint, Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, Ca.

EDUCATION

1986    BFA  San Francisco Art Institute, Painting
1988    MFA  San Francisco Art Institute, Painting

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/ RESIDENCIES:

2007-08 

Pollock/Krasner Foundation, Fellowship, New York, NY
Buck Foundation/Marin Arts Council, Artist Working Grant, Painting

2004    

Thomas P. Johnson Visiting Artist, Fellowship
Rollins College, Orlando, Fl.

2002    

Stonehouse Residencey Program, Fellowship, Miramonte, CA.

1999    

Pollock/Krasner Foundation, Fellowship, New York, NY.

1998    

Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA.
Buck Foundation/ Marin Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Painting

1995    

Trition Museum of Art, Purchase Award, Santa Clara, CA

1993    

Art of California, Bronze Discovery Award for Painting.

1991    

Buck Foundation/ Marin Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Painting

 

SELECTED SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2011

American University Museum, Washington DC 

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

2010

Being Heather Wilcoxon, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

Monotypes with Handwork, 15 St. Studio, Boulder, Colorado

2009

 The Surface and Beneath, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado

2008

Street Level, UC Berkeley Extention Campus, San Francisco, Ca.

2007
Off the Grid, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York ,NY

Back lot, Inez Storer & Heather Wilcoxon, Donna Seager Gallery, Ca. ( 2 person)

Kindred Spirits, Inez Storer & Heather Wilcoxon, Bank of America, Ca.San Francisco, Ca. (2 person)

       

2006   
Bing, Bang,Boom!!  Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.

Off-Bite,Toomey Tourell Gallery,  San Francisco, CA.

2005   
Greenwood- Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.

2003   

Commentaries,Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
New Paintings, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston TX.

2001
Paintings,  Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.

2000
Introductions Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO.
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.(2person)

1998  
Introductions, Jack Meier Gallery,” Houston TX.
Paintings and Works on Paper, Richmond Art Center, , Richmond, CA.

1995 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery
Mystical Fantasies,  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2010

On Site/In Site, Selections from the Permanent Collection, de Saisett Museum, Santa Clara, Ca.

2009

New Space, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

Gallery Artists, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY

The Artists of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

RECAL, Projects of the past year, Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, Ca.

The Harcos-Heneke Collection, Tracy Centert for the Arts, Tracy, Ca.

2008

Agua Art Fair, Miami, Florda, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

Show & Tell, The Art of Vision, The Zimmer Childrens Museum, Los Angeles, Ca. (catologue)   

Thomas Paul Fine Art, Los Angeles, Ca.

Red Dot Art Fair, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.

Black and White, Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, Ca.

Alba Art Fair, Anna Bondonio Art Gallery, Alba ,Italy

Book Show, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, Ca.

2007  

Red Dot Art Fair, New York,  Brenda Taylor Gallery NY,
Bridge Art Fair  London & Miami, Toomey Tourell Gallery
              
2006 

Surface,  Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
Hand Maid, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.
Books, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
1+1, Evri Kwong & Heather Wilcoxon”  Sacramento State University, Sacramento, Ca.
Sei Artisti Amereicani, Anna Bondonio Gallery, Alba, Italy 

2005 

Abstractions”  Bolinas Museum Bolinas, CA.
Trillium Prints”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Latin Spirit” SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
What Did Puck Say?”   Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY.
Scope Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Toomey-Tourell,  Heidi Cho Gallery
New Space, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
San Francisco International Art Fair, Trillium Prints

2004

Hard Candy, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Scope Art Fair, Toomey- Tourell, New York, Miami, Los Angeles
Big,  Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2003 
Legacy,  San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
Collections, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA.

2002 

Who We Are, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists Books,  Bank of America,” Trillium Prints, San Francisco

2001 

Artists Pages, Djerassi Artist Resident Program Collection, San
           Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2000 

Yellow the First Color, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional
           Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.

 

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS:

2010

Art LTD Magazine, review, Barbara Morris

Elephant Journal.com "Nature and Politics Blend in Graffiti-Inspired Art "

Southwest Art Magizane " Hope and the Human Condition " review

ZYZZYVA, Spring publication

2009  

Artnet Magazine Feature/ The Heather Wilcoxon Story, by Richard Polsky

Examiner.com, Abstractions at BMOCA , Michael Gladlin , review
2007  

My Art Space, Blog. Interview with Brain Shermin

ZYZZYVA, Winter publication    
2006  

November, Artweek , Heather Wilcoxon at Toomey-Tourell, Christine Brenneman, review
Septemer,  SFist.com   “SFist conquers 49 Geary”   review
April,  Sunset Magazine   “Wonder and Whimsy”   Abigail Peterson
2004  

November,  San Jose Mercury News, Jack Fisher,“A Teachers Legacy”  review
2003  

January,   Strecther.org “ First Thursday”  Meredith Tromble, review

2000  

February , San Francisco Chronicle “ Bedford Gallery Goes for
                the Gold With the Illuminating Show “ Yellow” Abby Cohn
August,  San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, Two Painters , review
March,   Review Magazine, Visual Arts, New York,
1999  

January, New American Painting, Volume 19

COLLECTIONS:
De Saiseet Museum, Sant Clara, Ca.
The Fine Arts Museums, Auchenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts,
Trition Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Rene Di Rosa Preserve , Napa, CA.

Carl Djerassi, San Francisco, CA.
Jack and Julie Huneke, Miramonte, CA.
Aurberge Du Solie, Napa, CA.
Paul and Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco, Ca.
Imagery Winery, Glen Ellen, CA.

Peter Stremmel, Reno, Nevada

Richard Polsky, Sausalito, Ca.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE :

2008-09             Kennedy University Graduate Mentor Program, Berkeley, Ca.
2007-present    Kala Instutite, Berkeley, Ca,  Monoprint Workshop
2005-present    UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, Experimental Monoprinting,  Fundamental Monorinting
2004                  San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Faculty, Painting,  Monoprinting
2003-present    San Francisco Center for the Book, Workshops
2002                  California College of Arts ,Graduate Mentor Program
1992-94             College of Marin, Beginning Painting 
1991-92             Richmond Art Center,  Drawing  
1990-91             National Institute of Art and Disabilities, Richmond Ca. Painting


LECTURES

2005   Graphic Arts Council, Fresno Art Museum, CA
2004   Rollins College of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Orlando FL
2003   Sonoma State Visiting Artist Series, Rohnard Park, Ca
1998   Kennedy University Visiting Artist Series