Resume

Sonia Gill
1025 Carleton St # 6
Berkeley, CA 94710
soniagill.com

Expanded Resume July 2022

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:

2022 Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA,

2021 Solo Show, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2020 Solo Show, Artifact Gallery, NY, NY, (August)
2019 Intimate Portraits, Chocmat Halev, Berkeley, CA
2018 Friends and Family, Paper Collages, Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA
2018 Orchard Oils, Yorkville Market, Yorkville, CA
2017 Yorkville Cellars, Yorkville, CA
2017 MoJoe Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2015 Highwire Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2015 Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2014 The Garage Gallery, Orchard Intimacy, Berkeley, CA
2014 Handley Winery, Philo, CA
2013 Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2013 The Good Life Chiropractic, Berkeley, CA
2013 Boontberry Farm, Boonville, CA
2012 Rookie-To Gallery, Boonville, CA
2012 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
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
2003 Homemade Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2002 Lauren’s Cafe, Boonville, CA
2001 The Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA

Selected Juried and Group Shows:

2022 Botanical Show, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Vanessa Indies

2022 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

2021 Blue, O’Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juror: Jen Tough

2021 Small Works, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror, Jack Fischer

2021 #Collagebiennial, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Virtual ExhibitionNY, NY

2020 12th Annual 50/50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, Juror: Patricia Sweetow
2020 Member’s Show, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA
2020 Member’s Show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2020 Spring Group Show, Gallery 621, Benicia CA
2019 “Table Testaments”, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Juror: Juan Miguel Santiago
2019 “Microcosmos”, Small Works Show, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA, Juror: Chester Arnold
2018 “Small Works Show”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Juror: Phil Linhares
2018 “Persistence”, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
2017 Small Works Show, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Julie Zener
2017 Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
2017 Sightings On Land, Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2017 In The Garden, Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2017 The Golden State, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Susan Taylor
2017  9th Annual 50/50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: Jack Fischer
2017 Flora and Fauna, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Suzanne Gray
2017 Figures & Faces, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2017 Honoring The Legacy Of David Park, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2016 North Berkeley Investment Galleries, Berkeley, CA
2016 Berkeley Art Center, Invitational Auction, Berkeley, CA
2016 Falkirk Art Center, San Rafael, CA
2016 Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 Gray Loft Gallery (Oakland) at Alain Pinel Realty, Alameda, CA
2016 Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2015 Berkeley Civic Arts Gallery, Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
2015 Berkeley Art Center, Member Show, Berkeley, CA
2015 Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2014 Flora and Form, The Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 There is a There There, The Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 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
2011 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
2010 The Artist-Xchange, “Best in Show”, San Francisco, CA
2010 The Artists-Xchange, “Realism”, San Francisco, CA
2010 California College of the Arts Alumni Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: P. Linhares
2010 ProArts Open Studio, Emeryville, CA
2010 Anderson Valley Artists Open Studio, Yorkville, CA
2010 Arts on Fire XIV, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: P. Linhares
2010 Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino
2009 ProArts Open Studio, Berkeley, CA
2009 Arts On Fire XIII, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Juror: J. Pilar
2009 Anderson Valley Artists & Friends, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino
2009 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:

2022 Still Life Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Award of Merit

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
1988 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:

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:

1968-2015 Art, French, and English
K-Adult
Michigan, Indiana, Maryland and California