Maxine Solomon
Solo Shows
2008 CIIS – Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA – Oct. 24 through Dec. 12
2008 ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA – Duality, October 2 – December 20
2008 Multicultural Art Center, Main Gallery, Merced, CA – June/July 2008
Jackson Place, San Francisco, CA – June/July/August 2008
2006 Peninsula Community Foundation Artist’s Grant Show
Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City, CA – November through December
Mill Valley Art Commission, Mill Valley, CA – July
2005 Truckee Meadows College, Reno, Nevada –- November
Peninsula Community Foundation Artist’s Grant Show
Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA – August through October
Mountain View City Hall, Mountain View, CA – August through October
Marilyn O’Rourke Gallery at Benicia Library, Benicia, CA – June
2004 – 2005 Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California “Verisimilitude”
2003 Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA , “San Francisco: Perception/Reality”
National Art Gallery of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, “Current Paintings”
2002 Manor House Gallery, Belmont Art Center, Belmont, CA, “San Francisco: Perception/Reality”
2001 Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, “Peering In/Peering Out” in the Main and Redwood Galleries
Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, Monterey, CA, “Common Ground”
1870 Art Center Gallery, Belmont, CA, “Common Ground, New Paintings”
2000 Kasama Museum of Art, Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia, “Paintings From the Bush”
1999 The Gallery at Stevenson Union, University of Southern Oregon, Ashland, Oregon, “Beyond Borders”
Armenian Art Center Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia, “Drawings of Armenia”
1998 Peninsula Exposure Gallery, San Mateo, CA “New Paintings”
San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA, “Urban Environments” Site Specific Installation
St. Marks Hall, Palo Alto, CA, “12 Early Paintings”
City Team Ministries, San Jose, CA, “Urban Environments”
Provincial capitals of 5 Zambian Provinces, Solo Exhibition in each province
1997 Henry Tayali Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia , “New Paintings”
Manor House Gallery, San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, CA, “No Borders, No Boundaries”
1996 Henry Tayali Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
Pamodzi Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia, “Paintings and Drawings of Zambia”
Art FX, Mountain View, CA, “New Paintings”
1995 Pamodzi Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia, Gouache Paintings and drawings from Africa
University Y, Berkeley, CA, Paintings and Drawings
Foster City Art Gallery, Foster City, CA, “Paintings and Drawings”
Featured Shows
2008 ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA – OutWard Appearances – Gallery Artists
2004 Hang Art, San Francisco, CA, “New Faces – 6 Introductions”
2001 SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, “Life/Force: The Actors and the Acted Upon”, 3 Person Show
2000 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, “Perception/Reality”, 2 Person Show
1999 CCDC/Juvenile Hall, San Leandro, CA, 20′ x 40′ Permanent Mural Project for Alameda County, CA
Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, “5 Perspectives on the Global Child”, 5 Person Show
Creative Arts Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA, “The Education of Four Artists”, 4 Person Show
1997 Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, “No Borders, No Boundaries”, 3 Person Show
1996 Borders Books, Palo Alto, CA, Featured Artist
Stanford University Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 2 Person Show
Selected Juried and Curated Group Shows
Triton Museum of Art – Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
San Diego Art Institute, 49th International Exhibition, San Diego, CA
San Francisco 2007 International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, CA Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Coastal Art Museum, Half Moon Bay, CA Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Raphael, CA, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA HangArt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Palo Alto Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
ArtWorkSF 49 Geary St. Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Red Poppy Art House, Blue Room Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Route One, PointReyes, CA
Selected Teaching, Lectures, Publications, and Awards
2006 Artist’s Talk – Peninsula Art Commission, Peninsula Museum of Art – Belmont, CA
Featured artist – Zyzzyva – West Coast Writers and Artists, Fall 2006, Volume XXII, 2
2005 – 2006 Curator, 6 group shows, Workspace Limited, San Francisco, CA
Guest Lecturer, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA “Introduction to Visual Arts”, Fall semester and Summer semester
2004 – 2005 Peninsula Community Foundation Artists Grant Recipient
2003 Featured Artist, Great International Writers Anthology, Published by Marshall Cavendish Publishers, NYC, NY
Painting workshop, National Gallery of Art, Accra, Ghana
Conducted 9 Workshops, Presentations and Lectures with Artisans and Visual Artists in 5 provinces of Ghana
2002 Guest Lecturer, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA “Introduction to Visual Arts”
2001 Television Interview and Presentations for Olive Hyde Gallery, and Slide Presentation for Docents, Fremont, CA
Featured Artist, Women Artist’s Date Book, Published by Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, NY
2000 Lectures, Demonstrations and Slide Presentations, Visual Arts Council, Kasama, Zambia & Lusaka, Zambia
Juror, Lecturer and Slide Presentation, Southern Oregon University School of Art, Ashland, Oregon
1999 Academy of Art College, Graduate Seminar
Lecture Series and Workshops, National University of Armenia and Yerevan Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Guest Lecturer, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA ”Women, Art and Society”
Juror, Peninsula Art League, Palo Alto, CA, “Self Portrait Show”
Moderator, panel discussion, “Five Perspectives on the Global Child, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1998 Featured Artist, New American Paintings 19th Edition, Published by Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA
Author, “The Force of Art – Catalyst for Change” (detail) A Journal of Art Criticism Published San Jose, CA
1997 Conducted Painting/Drawing Workshops in 5 Provinces of Zambia
1996 – 1995 Conducted Workshops, Lectures & Slide Presentations, Visual Arts Council & Tayali Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
1995 Conducted Workshops, Lectures & Slide Presentations in 5 Provinces of Zambia
Selected Reviews and Articles
2006 San Mateo County Times “Art in Developing Countries” and “Solo Show at Caldwell Gallery”
2005 San Mateo County Times and Mountain View Voice – Solo Show Reviews
Benicia Herald “BPL Artists Takes You on a World Tour”
2004 Half Moon Bay Review “Solomon Makes the World Her Art”
San Mateo County Times “Maxine Solomon’s Art Inspired by Travels”
2003 Half Moon Bay Review “Moss Beach Artist Captures the Soul of the Tenderloin”
2002 Pacifica Tribune, San Mateo County Times & Half Moon Bay Review – “San Francisco: Perception/Reality”
2001 San Francisco Chronicle, “A Painter Who Sits on Top of the World – View From the Tenderloin Inspires Artist”
ArtWeek “Preview, Maxine Solomon at the 1870 Art Center Gallery”
1999 Oakland Tribune, “Doubts Dispelled in Teen’s Creation” & Hayward Daily Journal “Vibrant Mural Helps Teens”
Siskiyou Journal “San Francisco Artist Brings Inner City Life to Campus: Review of Solo Show”
1998 San Jose Mercury News, “Faces of Poverty, Maxine Solomon”
Sunnyvale Sun, “Review – Solomon Show” & San Mateo Times, “Traveling Artists Captures Human Spirit”
1997 Metro Newspapers, San Mateo Times & Saratoga News, “No Borders, No Boundaries” Reviews
Stanford University Press, Institute for Women and Gender “Soul Surroundings”
1996 Saratoga News, “Painter Sees Through the Layers”
1995 Foster City Progress, ‘Solo Exhibition” & ArtistWriter, “Artist Takes a Plunge”
1994 San Jose Mercury News, “Image and Sound”
ArtWeek, “Visual Cymbals Review
(Collections, Awards, additional shows and review details available on request)