Billy Shire Fine Arts



			Don Fritz EDUCATION 1978 M.F.A., Sculpture/Ceramics, University of California, Davis 1976 B.F.A., Printmaking, Sculpture, University of California, Santa Cruz 1975 B.A., Painting, University of California, Santa Cruz SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS 2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Artists’ Grant, $15,000 1997 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Artists’ Grant, $10,000 1993 Japanese Cultural Exchange Grant EMPLOYMENT 2007-09 Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University, ceramics 1993-06 Lecturer, Santa Clara University, painting, drawing, ceramics 1990-01 Lecturer (beginning, intermediate and advanced drawing; painting; 2-D mixed media, design basics; ceramic sculpture) University of California Santa Cruz 2002 Instructor, Guest artist, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass, Colorado 1990-99 Instructor (drawing; mixed media painting; ceramic sculpture; visual fundamentals), Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California 1988-98 Instructor (ceramic sculpture, drawing and painting), Children’s Art Foundation 1986-96 Instructor (painting, drawing), Santa Cruz Public Schools (S.P.E.C.T.R.A.), Santa Cruz, California SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS 2009 C.C.A.C.A Ceramics conference, Natsoulas Gallery,Davis, CA. “Show mi Min-Wa Festival”, Seoul, Korea. “Nostalgic Art” Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008 New Ceramics, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City California Yeongcheon City, Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibit Recuerdos, Mazatlan Museum, Sinaloa Mexico 2006 “Selected Works’ Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, California 2005 Wonderland, Billy Shire Fine Art 2004 Circa, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley California 2003 Transparency, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan Allegories, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle Washington 2000 Little Cowboy, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California 1999 Souvenirs, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California 1997 Apple Pie, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California California Art, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan 1994 New York Series, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California 1993 Fresh, Art Amon, Tokyo, Japan SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 Kelly and Don Exhibition, Gallery Godo, Seoul ,Korea Faculty Exhibition, Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA Eccentric Images, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA Show & Tell, The Art Of Vision, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California Consumption, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa Arizona Everything But The Kitschen Sync, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California Art For Art Sake, Hyde Gallery, Santa Cruz, California 2007 Experience Teaches: Santa Clara University Art Faculty, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California Northern California Ceramics, Freight Door Gallery, Santa Clara University Show & Tell: The Art Of Harmony, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles California Time And Place, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Drawings: Visions, Surfaces, and Beyond, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California Arcadia, Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, California 2006 ART LA, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, California International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California Inaugural Group Exhibition, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, California Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass, Colorado Funnel Cake Fantasy, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California Emerging Artist’s Exhibition, Julie Baker Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona International Art Expo, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California 2004 Scope, Julie Baker Gallery Los Angeles, California International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California 50 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California Group Show, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois Deep Focus, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, California 2003 Faculty Works, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, Francisco, California Group Show, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California Pacific Rim Art Now, Otaru Museum, Japan New Ceramics, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California 2002 In Toon With Time, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California Play Ground, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California International Art Exposition, Robert Berman Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California 2001 Chicago International Art Fair, Catharine Clark Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Faculty Works, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California This Is Not A Book, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose 2000 Pacific Rim Art Now, Otaru Museum, Otaru, Japan Luck of the Draw, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California Piecing It Together, A Visual Journal, San Jose Museum, San Jose, California 1999 Bob Arneson and Friends, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California S.O.F.A., Navy Pier, Kumer/Winfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois California Drawing, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica 1998 San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California Small Works, Hayward Community College, Hayward, California Tweakville, Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California 1997 Grins, Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, California Pacific Rim ‘97, Otaru Municipal Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan 1996 21 Century Tiki, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California Screen Memories, K and E Gallery, New York, New York Consumption, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2008 “Wonderland” (Drawing), Good Times: Art Entertainment News, article, June Assorted Paintings along with “Mom”, Childhood Deceptions, ARTSHIFT San José, Article, May Assorted Painting, Drawings and Ceramics, Yeongcheon City, Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibition, Catalog, May “Red Phone” (raku fired ceramic), Yeongchen City, Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibition, Poster, May 2007 Drawings: Visions, Surfaces, and Beyond, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California, (pastel drawing Garden) 2006 “Dick And Jane Re-Cast”, Mountain View Voice, article, April 2005 “Propriety”, Art Forum, October Issue, reproduction “Propriety”, Art In America, Summer Issue, reproduction “Propriety”, Nostalgia With A Twist, article, Lifescapes Magazine, October 2004 “Art Contemporaries Magazine” Circa 1950, Space Cowboy “Edging Back” Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey, Article 2003 “Juxtapose Magazine” , Roshambo Gallery, “Toll Saw”, Ground Zero”, “Seattle Gallery Exhibitions Guide, “Red Phone”, “Green Tent” 2002 “In ‘Toon With Time”, (catalog), Palo Alto Art Center 2001 “Picture This” Faculty Works, Revue, Santa Cruz Metro, (February) “This Is Not A Book” Art Week, Revue, (March) 2000 “Piecing It Together, A Visual Journal” News letter, San Jose Museum, San Jose, California 1999 “On The Fritz” San Jose Metro, Article, (October) 1998 “New American Painting” Open Studios Press (catalog), fourteenth edition, Wellsey, Massachusetts (December) 1997 “Rocket ships and Roller skates” (drawing), reproduced in Art Issues, Catherine Clark Gallery, California, (September)