Sonia Gill

Résumé

Education

1981

Teaching Credential, Art. California State University, Hayward

1980

BFA, Painting. California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland

1970

MA, French. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

1968

Teaching Credential, French & English. Michigan State U.

1967

BA, French. Michigan State University

1963-66

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2010

Mosswood Market & Cafe, Anderson Valley Artwalk, July 1-31, Boonville, CA

2009

Homemade Café, Berkeley, CA

2008

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

2008-9

1947 Center St., Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley

2006

Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA

2005

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

2003

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

Homemade Cafe, Berkeley, CA

2002

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

2001

The Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA

2000

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

1999

Red Oak Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1996

Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA

1995

Scharffenberger Cellars, Philo, CA

The Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA

1992

Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1988

Cafe Mimosa, Oakland, CA

Vulcan Cafe, Oakland, CA

1986

Studio One, Oakland, CA

1984

First Federal Savings and Loan, Oakland, CA

1981

Stairway Gallery, Piedmont, CA

Selected Juried and Group Shows

2010

The Artists-Xchange, Spring Flowers, San Francisco, CA, March 9- April 9, 2010

Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino, CA, April 1-26, 2010

Arts On Fire XIV, Sanchez Art Center, Juried Show, Pacifica, CA, April 9-May 9, 2010. Juror: Phil Linhares.

Anderson Valley Art Guild Open Studio Art Tour, May 29, 30, & 31, 2010

East Bay Open Studios Art Tour, June 6 & 7, 13th & 14th, 2010

Projected Show: 8 members of the Anderson Valley Art Guild at Scharffenberger Cellars, Philo CA, December-January

2009

Irreplaceable Places: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California, 79th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Juried show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA 5/30- 6/28, 2009. Juror: K. MacPherson.

ProArts Open Studio

Anderson Valley Artists Open Studio

Arts on Fire XIII, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: J. Pilar

Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall,

Mendocino, CA, April 2009

2008

Berkeley H.S. Art Faculty, Berkeley Civic Arts, Addison Windows, Berkeley, CA

2004

46th Annual Art Guild of Pacifica, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: T. Smith

2003

Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Member Exhibition

1997

Watercolors, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Jurors: K. Russell, A. Switzer

1st Open Juried Art Exhibition, North County Society of Fine Arts, Poway, CA, Juror, S. Sowinski

1996

35th Annual Art-In-The-Redwoods, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA, Jurors: J. Bennett, M. Gray, R. Taylor

1995

Expressions of Anderson Valley, Handley Cellars, Philo, CA

1993

The Garden: A Sense of Place, Village Theatre Gallery, Danville, CA, Jurors, I. Ulstad, P. Soto

Annual Juried Show, Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg, CA

Northern California Watercolor Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Juror: M. Adams

1st Biennial Watercolor Competition, Triton Museum of Art, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Juror: S. Freckelton

1991

7th Annual Juried Annual, Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, CA Jurors: A. Horsting, N. Oliveira, L. Rinder

ProArts Open Studio

ProArts Invitational Exhibition, Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, CA

Earth’s Alive, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA

1989

10th Annual Bay Arts, Belmont, CA, Jurors: R. Braunstein, J. Caldwell

Salute to Arts and Flowers, Arts Commission of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Juror, C. Chapline

Crocker-Kingsley 64th Annual Exhibition, Crocker-Kingsley Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Juror: K. Baker

5th Annual Juried National, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Jurors: M. Adams, S. Phillips, R. F. Johnson

1988

Floral Extravaganza, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA, Juror, C. Chapline

26th Annual Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA Jurors: G. Rivera, M. Levy, J. Slayton

1987

Bay Arts ‘87, Belmont, CA, Jurors: M. Bell, E. Benvenuto

Works on Paper ’87, Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA Jurors: J. De Feo, P. Linhares

Exhibition ’87, National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA, Jurors: K. Baker, R. Braunstein, M. Parmenter

1986

24th Annual Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA, Jurors: R. Moore, S. Richardson, M. Kohn

1985

ProArts Annual Juried Competition, Oakland, CA, Jurors: K. Baker, E. Bischoff, C. Lewallen

1984

California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, Jurors: J. De Feo, M. Ramos, M. Wortz

23rd Annual Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA, Jurors: J. De Feo, B. Geis

1983

Bay Arts ‘83, Belmont, CA, Jurors: J. De Feo, S. Locks

22nd Annual Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA, Jurors: L. Elliott, G. Neubert, G. Miyasaki

Beyond Words 3, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Arts, San San Jose, CA, Jurors: R. Braunstein, R. McDonald

30th Annual Juried Competition: Painting, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Juror: R. DeForest

1980

The End, Made on Earth Galleries, San Francisco, CA

Awards

1996

Art-in-the-Redwoods, Gualala Art Center, Best of Show

1993

Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Annual, 1st Prize, Hon. Mention

1992

Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society, Special Award

1991

Mendocino County Fair, Boonville, CA, 2nd & 3rd Place, Painting

1990

Mendocino County Fair, Boonville, CA 1st Place, Painting

1989

Berkeley Art Center Juried National, Award of Distinction

1988

Floral Extravaganza, Arts Commission of San Francisco, Purchase Award

Mendocino County Fair, Boonville, CA, 2nd Place, Painting

1986

Mendocino County Fair, Boonville, CA, 3rd Place, Painting

1984

California State Fair, Honorable Mention

Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, 3rd Place, Painting

1983

Bay Arts ‘83, Honorable Mention

Bibliography

1991

The Sacramento Union, Sunday, January 13, 1991, Part C, pp.1-2, “Mendocino Dreaming”

1989

The Sacramento Union, Sunday, May 7, 1989, Showcase and Travel, pp. 1-2, “We Are What We Art”

1988

East Bay Express, November, 1988, Billboard: “Mimosa Café”

In Collections of:

San Francisco Arts Commissiion

Tamson and Larry Ely, Amherst, MA

Toby Furash and David Shadduck, Berkeley, CA

Rod Gill, Forest Hills, NY

Barbara and Gerald Hiken, Palo Alto, CA

Michael Salveson and Dr. Georgette Delveaux, Berkeley, CA

Annie Stenerson, Philo, CA

Melissa and Sayre Yates, Sebastopol, CA