Kelly Detweiler

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Education

Grossmont College, 1971-1973, A.A.  

California State University at Hayward, 1973-1975, B.A. 

University of California at Davis, 1975-1977, M.F.A 

Skowhegan School, Summer 1976 

Teaching Experience

2002-03
Gonzaga University in Florence , adjunct faculty

1982-present
Santa Clara University  Professor of Art

1979-80
Diablo Valley College , adjunct  faculty

1978
American River College , adjunct faculty

Solo Exhibits

2009
Kelly Detweiler, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

2008
Kelly Detweiler & Don Fritz, Gallery Godo, Seoul, Korea

2008
Kelly & Don Exhibit, Banasil Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2008
Kelly Detweiler & Don Fritz, Yeoungchun City Art Studio, Yeoungchun City, Korea

2008 Folio Winery, Napa, California

2007 Folio Winery, Napa, California

2005 Kelly Detweiler, Paintings, 49 Fremont Building, San Francisco, CA.

2004 Kelly Detweiler, Hunting and Gathering, The Art of the Still Life, Bank of America Building, Concourse Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2004 Kelly Detweiler, Imaginary Landscapes, Plaza Gallery, Bank of America Building, San Francisco, CA.

2003 Kelly Detweiler, Centre D’art en L’ile, Geneva, Switzerland

2002 Kelly Detweiler, Collage Work, Art Department Gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.

2000 Kelly Detweiler, New Work, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

1999 Kelly Detweiler, Selections from the Bau Wau Haus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.

1998 "Kelly Detweiler," Language Pacifica, Student Lounge, Palo Alto, CA 

1997 "Kelly Detweiler, New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan 

1996 "Kelly Detweiler," D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose CA 

1995 "Kelly Detweiler, New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan 

1994 "Kelly Detweiler New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan  

1993 "Kelly Detweiler New Work," Art Amon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 

1991 "Kelly Detweiler,"  Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 

1991 "Kelly Detweiler New Work by California Artists," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara  

1991 "Kelly Detweiler," Braunstein-Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1991 "Kelly Detweiler, Paintings and Assemblage," Eulipia Restaurant, San Jose, CA 

1990 "Kelly Detweiler: People, Places, and Things," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA  

1989 "Kelly Detweiler," L’Helium, Paris, France 

1988 "Kelly Detweiler," American Center, Sapporo, Japan 

1988 "Kelly Detweiler," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA 

1987 "Kelly Detweiler: Sea Hunt," Works San Jose, San Jose, CA 

1987 "Kelly Detweiler," Natsoulous-Novelozzo Gallery, Davis, CA 

1986 "Kelly Detweiler: Bowls," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 

1986 "Kelly Detweiler," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA 

1983 "Kelly Detweiler," Works San Jose, San Jose, CA 

1983 "Kelly Detweiler," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

1982 "Kelly Detweiler," Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA 

1981 "Kelly Detweiler," Postcard Palace, San Francisco, CA 

1979 "Kelly Detweiler," Siegfried Gallery, Athens, OH 

1978 "Kelly Detweiler: Introductions ’78,"  Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1977 "Kelly Detweiler," Master’s Exhibit, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA 

1976 "Kelly Detweiler," Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA 

Group Exhibits

2008 Heritage Bank, San Jose, Faculty for Art, group faculty exhibit, San Jose, CA.

2008 DeSaisset Museum, Experience Teaches, Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibit, Santa Clara, Calif.

2007 Art Object Gallery, group exhibit, San Jose, Calif.

2007 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Group Exhibit 14th annual warehouse sale, San Francisco, Calif.

2007 SJICA, Annual Art Auction, group exhibit, San Jose, Calif.

2006 "Beyond the Likeness, Self-Portraits by California Artists", Triton museum Santa Clara, CA.

2006 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA.

2006 San Francisco museum of modern Art, Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco ,CA

2005 Over the Edge, Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA

2005
"Faculty for Art" Heritage Bank, San Jose, Calif.

2005
Faculty Art Exhibit, Santa Clara University , Art  Department Gallery

2004
"Depth of Field", Art Object Gallery, San Jose, Calif.

2004
James F. Byrnes Institute, The Art of Exchange, Stuttgart, Germany

2003 
Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan 

2003 
Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan 

2003 
"Pacific Rim Art Now, 2003," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan 

2003 
"Cut, Copy, Paste," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

2002 
"Art and Flowers," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

2002 
"Annual Art Auction," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 

2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist’s Gallery, Eighth Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

2000 
"Kelly Detweiler, Don Fritz, David Huffman Luke Bartels, Kan Shimada, Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan 

1998 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

1998 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Valentine’s Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, Luke Bartels, Kan Shimada, Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan 

2000 
"Pacific Rim Art Now, 2000," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan 

2000 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA 

2001 
San Jose Downtown Association, "Shark Attack," Collaborative piece with Sean Boyles, Sponsored by IBM, Assisted by Downtown College Prep Students, San Jose, CA 

2000 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction and Exhibit, juried, invitation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist’s Gallery, CA 

1999 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA  Otaru, Japan 

1997 
"Pacific Rim Art Now, 1997," Otaru City Museum, Seventh
Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

1997 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

1997 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Valentine’s Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, CA 

1995
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA 

1995 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

1994 
"Pacific Rim Art Now, 1994," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan 

1994 
"Spirited Canvases," D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA 

1990 
"California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 

1990 
"Art Document 1990," Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan 
Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA 

1989  
"California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Organized through Allegra Gallery. 

1988 
"California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Organized through Allegra Gallery.  

1994 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA 

1993 
KTEH, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA 

1992 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA 

1991 
"TB-9 Show," Natsoulous Gallery, Davis, CA 

1988 
"The Art of Eating," Monterey Peninsula Museum, Monterey, CA 

1988 
"My Funny Valentine," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

1988 
"Works on Paper," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 

1988 
"A Faculty For Art," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

1988 
"Hokkaido Gendai Sakkaten," (Hokkaido Modern Artist Group), Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan 

1988 
"Come As You Art," De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA 

1987 
"Pro Arts Annual," Pro Arts Gallery, juried, Oakland, CA 

1987 
"Café Degli Artisti," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

1987 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA  

1987 
"Help I’m A Rock," Gregory Ghent Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1987 
Annual Art Auction, Creative Growth Center, Oakland, CA 

1986 
"California Painting," J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY 

1986 
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, invitational, San Jose, CA 

1986 
"Airport Café," San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 

1986 
"Jesuit Spirit in the Arts," St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA 

1986 
"Recent Drawings from Northern California," Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA 

1986 
"Anniversary Show," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA 

1986 
"San Jose Biennial," Works San Jose, CA  

1985 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1985
 "16th Annual 2-D Art Regional," juried, San Jose, CA 

1985 
"San Jose Museum Art & Wine Auction," invitational, San Jose, CA 

1985 
"New Work-New Look," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 

1985 
"Bay Arts ’85," Belmont, CA 

1985 
"West Coast Works On/Of Paper," Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA 

1985 
Art Auction, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA  

1984
Art Auction, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA 

1984 
"Café des Artistes," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 

1984 
"Portraits," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery,
San Francisco, CA 

1984 
"Reviewing the Figure," Hayward State University, invitational, Hayward, CA 

1984 
"Reviewing the Figure," Clorox Building, invitational, Oakland, CA 

1984 
"Crocker Kingsley Annual," Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA 

1984 
"Graduates of Davis, Works on Paper," Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA 

1984 
"Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, invitational, Santa Clara, CA 

1982 
"Alumni Show," Hayward State University, invitational, Hayward, CA 

1982 
" Miniatures 1982," Triton Museum, invitational, Santa Clara, CA 

1980 
"Paintings: Lucy Childs-Kelly Detweiler," A Fine Hand, San Francisco, CA 

1978 
"Ceramic Invitational Show," Hayward State University, Hayward, CA 

1977 
"Northern California Artists ’77," juried, Sacramento, CA 

Public Commissions

Mission Cemetery with Fr. Gerald Sullivan, four ceramic murals
Performing Arts Building, Santa Clara, Ceramic Detail
Jesuit Residence, Santa Clara, Ceramic Detail

Collections

Villa Heiss Museum, Zell, Germany
Microsoft, Mountain View, CA
Gerald Brett, Palo Alto, CA.
David O’Mara, Saratoga, CA.
DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
Skowhegan School, Skowhegan ,Maine
University of California at Davis, Nelson Gallery
Robert Arneson Estate
Asuka Kunimatsu, Sapporo, Japan
Arinori Ichihara, Otaru, Japan
Ralph and Sheila Pickett, Saratoga, CA.
David Pace and Diane Jonte-Pace, Los Altos Hills, CA.
Kathleen Maxwell and Paul Sullum, San Francisco
Brigid Barton and Rob Robinson, Palo Alto, CA
David Levin, Palo Alto, Calif.
Susan Felter and Bill Mastin
June Felter

Curatorial Experience 

2004
"Pacific Rim Art Now" Japanese Exchange Exhibit, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA.
This exhibit included the work of 14 Japanese artists as well as six American artists.

2000 
"Life From Clay," a contemporary ceramics exhibit including work from six ceramic artists Don Fritz, Lisa Marie Barber, Sun Koo Yuh, Arthur Gonzales, Monica Van Den Dool, and Lori Holland at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. 

1999 
"Northern Exposure: New Art From Japan." Applied Materials and the Institute of Contemporary Art collaborated to bring a multi-venue exhibit from Japan. Santa Clara University Art Department Gallery also exhibited a small selection of work from the artists in the exhibit.  

1993 
"Arinori Ichihara," Master Printmaker of Japan, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 

Workshops
2008
Kyoto Saga university of Art, Kyoto, Japan

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