Resume
Sonia Gill
1025 Carleton St # 6
Berkeley, CA 94710
soniagill.com
Expanded Resume December 2024
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions :
2024
Reinventing Reality, Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Gallery,
Benicia Public Library
Marinwood Community Center Lobby, San Rafael, CA
2023
Gearbox Gallery, 2-person show, Oakland, CA
2022
Gearbox Gallery, 2-person show, Oakland, CA
2021
Solo Show, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2020
Solo Show, Artifact Gallery, NY, NY
2019
Intimate Portraits, Chocmat Halev, Berkeley, CA
2018
Friends and Family, Paper Collages, Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA
Orchard Oils, Yorkville Market, Yorkville, CA
2017
Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA
MoJoe Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2015
Highwire Cafe, Berkeley, CA
Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2014
The Garage Gallery, Orchard Intimacy, Berkeley, CA
Handley Winery, Philo, CA
2013
Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
The Good Life Chiropractic, Berkeley, CA
Boontberry Farm, Boonville, CA
2012
Rookie-To Gallery, Boonville, CA
Bink Winery, Philo, CA
2011
Mo’Joe Café, Berkeley, CA, January 21- March 31
2010
Mosswood Market, Boonville, CA, Anderson Valley Artwalk
2009
Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA, Anderson Valley Artwalk
Homemade Café, Berkeley, CA
2008-9
1947 Center St., Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley
2008
Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2006
Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA
2005
Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2003
Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2003
Homemade Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2002
Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2001
The Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA
Selected Juried and Group Shows:
2024
Marinwood Fall Art Show, Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael,
CA, Juror: Susan Press
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery,
Rhinelander, WI, Juror: Debra Brehmer
Small Works Group Show, Gallery Sausalito, Juror: Sue Averell
Pint Size, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, Juror: Ruth Santee
Marinwood Spring Art Show, Marinwood Community Center, San
Rafael, CA, Juror: Susan Press
Connected, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA, Juror: TaVee
McAllister Lee
A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Juror:
Susan Press
2023
Refusés of the Bay, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mixing It Up With Mixed Media, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael,
CA, Juror: Susan Press
Oakland Art Murmur, East Bay Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
Found Objects and Collage, E Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA,
Curator: Renée Marie
Monthly Showings Artist Member at Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Pop-up Show by Gearbox Gallery Members at Forma, Oakland, CA
2022
Botanical Show, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Vanessa
Indies
Still Life Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Juror:
Soon Y. Warren
2021
ConVERGEnce, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA,
Juror: Susan Snyder
Blue, O’Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juror: Jen
Tough
Small Works, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror, Jack
Fischer
#Collagebiennial, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Virtual Exhibition NY, NY
2020
12th Annual 50/50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, Juror:
Patricia Sweetow
Member’s Show, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA
Member’s Show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Spring Group Show, Gallery 621, Benicia CA
2019
“Table Testaments”, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Juror: Juan
Miguel Santiago
“Microcosmos”, Small Works Show, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, Juror:
Chester Arnold
2018
“Small Works Show”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Juror:
Phil Linhares
“Persistence”, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
2017
Small Works Show, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Julie
Zener
Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
Sightings On Land, Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
In The Garden, Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
The Golden State, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juror:
Susan Taylor
9th Annual 50/50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: Jack
Fischer
Flora and Fauna, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Suzanne Gray
Figures & Faces, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Honoring The Legacy Of David Park, Santa Clara University, Santa
Clara, CA
2016
North Berkeley Investment Galleries, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Invitational Auction, Berkeley, CA
Falkirk Art Center, San Rafael, CA
Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
Gray Loft Gallery (Oakland) at Alain Pinel Realty, Alameda, CA
Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2015
Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Member Show, Berkeley, CA
Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2014
Flora and Form, The Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
There is a There There, The Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
2013
Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
2012
The Buddy Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2011
UCB Faculty Club, Berkeley, CA, “A Teacher and Two Students”
Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, “Rhythm and Light”, Sonia Gill,
Ruth Koch, and Wendy Yoshimura, October-November Curator:
Sandra Hemsworth
2010
The Anderson Valley Art Guild Group Show, Scharffenberger Winery,
Philo, CA, December-March 17, 2011
The Artist-Xchange, “Best in Show”, San Francisco, CA
The Artists-Xchange, “Realism”, San Francisco, CA
California College of the Arts Alumni Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center,
Pacifica, CA, Juror: P. Linhares
ProArts Open Studio, Emeryville, CA
Anderson Valley Artists Open Studio, Yorkville, CA
Arts on Fire XIV, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: P. Linhares
Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino
2009
ProArts Open Studio, Berkeley, CA
Arts On Fire XIII, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: J. Pilar
Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino
Irreplaceable Places: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California,
79th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Juried Show, Santa Cruz Art
League, Santa Cruz, CA, Juror: K. MacPherson
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
Awards:
2024
Honorable Mention Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet
College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
2022
Award of Merit, Still Life Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 1996
1996
Art-in-the-Redwoods, Gualala Art Center, Best of Show
1993
Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Annual, 1st Prize and Honorable
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
1984
Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, 3rd Place, Painting
1983
Bay Arts ’83, Honorable Mention
Bibliography:
2022
48 Hills, “The Mundane To The Marvelous”, Interview with Mary
Corbin, 12/23/22
2016
American Art Collector Magazine
2015
Studio Visit Magazine, pp. 69-70 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”
Education:
1981 Teaching Credential, Art. California State University, Hayward
1980 BFA, Painting. California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1970 MA, French. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
1968 Teaching Credential, French and English. Michigan State U.
1967 BA, French. Michigan State University
1963-66 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Teaching:
1968-present
Art, French, and English
K-Adult
Michigan, Indiana, Maryland and California
Private classes