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- Born
- Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
- Education
- Diploma (Painting and Drawing), L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
- BA (French and Liberal Studies), California State University, Sonoma
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2014
- From Here to Timbuktu: 25 Years of Painting, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA
- 2013
- From India to the Planet Mars, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2009
- Vacilando, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA
- 2007
- New Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2006
- Ricochet: New Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- The Weatherhead Series, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2003
- Suspended Passage, Foyer exhibit, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
- 1992
- Paramour, Turn of the Century Fine Arts, Berkeley, CA
- 1991
- Amy Trachtenberg, Show N Tell, San Francisco, CA
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2015
- Possibilities of Paper: Select Works by Lucas Artists Fellows (2005-2015), Project Space Gallery at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
- 2014
- The Possible, "Minimum Dwelling : Making and Remaking the Body" with Jerome Waag, BAM/PFA Berkeley, CA, curated by Larry Rinder and David Wilson
- 2013
- Unruly, BAM/PFA Berkeley, CA
- 2012–13
- Making Place Public, Sculpture on the Grounds, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA with landscape architect Jeffrey Miller
- Local Color, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- 2010–11
- Factor XX, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
- 2010
- Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Breathing Room, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
- 2009
- Art on Market Street, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
- 2008
- Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post St, San Francisco, CA
- 2007
- In the Fullness of Time, 20th Anniversary Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Gallery Artists, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2006
- Black and White, Holland Tunnel Art, Brooklyn, NY
- 2004
- Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions 1954-2004, California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA
- 2002
- NoWar Show, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Adriane Colburn, Laurie Lazer and Darrel Smith
- The Atrium Project, permanent installation at Children’s Hospital, Outpatient Clinic/Public Art, Oakland, CA
- 2001
- Iluminance, permanent commissioned installation at Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA
- 2000
- Bodies Changed; The Natural History of Market Street, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA, Public art project
- 1998
- Body of Memory, Downtown Artists Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Three Artists/New Work: Derek Torres, Amy Trachtenberg and Arngunur Yr, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Laurie Lazer and Darrel Smith
- Towards the Millennium, New Painting from N. California, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
- 1997
- Anti-Pesszimizmus, Gallery Jozsef Nador, Budapest, Hungary
- 1996
- Fifth Annual, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA (juried exhibition)
- 1994
- Alphabet Show, Okeanos Fine Arts Press, Berkeley, CA
- Third Annual, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA (juried exhibition)
- Visual Alchemy, Okeanos Fine Arts Press, Berkeley, CA
- 1993
- Group Show, Show N Tell, San Francisco, CA
- 1992
- Residue Immortalized, Security Pacific Bank, San Francisco, CA
- Telling Stories/Artists Books, Mills College, Oakland, CA
- One Hundred Years of California Painting, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
- New Work, Show N Tell, San Francisco, CA
- 1990
- New Decade New Space, Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1989
- Line and Form, Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Robert Johnson
- 1988
- National Invitational Collage Show, Santa Rosa Jr. College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
- 1985
- San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA (juried exhibition)
- 1984
- Celebration of Form, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Michael Bell
- 1983
- Tendances de la Peinture Abstraite, European Invitational; Paris, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse, France; curated by Gerard Xurigeura.
- Salon Des Jeunes Artistes Francais, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Public/Private: Permanent Installations and Commissions
- 2013
- Clearing, Ashland Youth Center, Alameda County, CA with architect Mallory Cusenbery
- 2012
- Counterpoint: Creekside Studio, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA with landscape architect Jeffrey Miller
- Sleeping Beauty II, Neiman Marcus, Walnut Creek, CA
- 2010
- 4 Songs of Motion, UCLA Olive View Urgent Care, Sylmar, CA
- 2008-16
- Ecstatic Voyaging, Milpitas BART Station, Milpitas, CA
- Transfer station BART Extension, Santa Clara Valley, CA
- 2008-2010
- UCLA Olive View Urgent Care Mental Health Center Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- Groundwork, Hillview Library, San Jose Public Art Program, San Jose, CA
- 2004
- Residence, Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA
- 2002
- The Atrium Project, Children's Hospital Oakland Outpatient Clinic, Oakland, CA
- 2001
- Iluminance, Pixar Studios, Emeryville, CA
- 1999
- Bodies Changed; The Natural History of Market Street, San Francisco Art Commission, Art in Transit at the Millennium
- 1997
- Monnens-Addis Group, Berkeley, CA
- Selected Collections
- The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
- Addis Group, Berkeley, CA
- Allergan Corp. Irvine, CA
- Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
- Cody’s Books, Berkeley, CA
- Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- De Menil Collection, New York and Paris
- Goods Inc. Heidelberg, Germany
- Haitian Embassy, Paris, France
- Howe-Lewis International, Palo Alto, CA
- Long Meadow Ranch and Winery, Saint Helena, CA
- Los Angeles County Civic Art Collection, Los Angeles, CA
- Neiman Marcus Group, Dallas, TX
- Pixar Studios, Emeryville, CA
- San Francisco Arts Commission
- City of San Jose, San Jose, CA
- Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
- Grants and Awards
- 2008 Year in Review, Americans for the Arts, New York, NY
- AiA Award of Honor, Santa Clara Valley, CA
- Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes, CA
- California Arts Council, CA
- Cultural Equity Grant, San Francisco, CA
- Marin County Arts Guild, CA
- Montalvo Arts Center, Lucas Arts Residency, Saratoga, CA
- The Nichols Foundation, NY
- Opera America, NY
- Peter S. Reed Foundation, NY
- Prix Albert Rocheron, Paris, France
- Third International Symposium of Contemporary Art, Angouleme, France
- Salon des Jeunes Artistes Francais, Paris, France
- San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
- Artist Residencies / Teaching
- 2008
- School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA — artist in residence
- 2005
- Hellenic International Studies in the Arts, Mass College of Art, Paros, Greece
- Drawing, Painting and Art Theory
- 2000
- Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes, California residency
- 1998-2005
- VALA /Visual Arts Literary Arts, East Bay schools, arts curriculum development
- 1993
- Artist in Residence, I.O.U. Poet's Theater, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- Selected Visual Design for Theater/Opera/ Dance
- 2007
- Artifact, Graphic score and projection, performed by Rovate ODC, San Francisco
- 2005
- Bertha, Queen of Sweden, play by Kenneth Koch directed by Mac McGinnes for Poet’s Theater, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- Very Rainy Night & Lexington Avenue, two plays by Frank O'Hara, directed by Mac McGinnes for Poet’s Theater, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, CA Pamela Z Voci ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
- 2003
- Performing Objects Stationed in the SubWorld, play by Carla Harryman, directed by Jim Cave 25th Anniversary, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
- 2000
- A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, opera by Erling Wold/Max Ernst, directed by Jim Cave, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA, produced by Opera America and Paul Dresher Ensemble
- 1997
- The Butterfly by Bijan Mofid, directed and translated from Farsi by Zara Houshmand with Darvag Iranian Theater Company, Randall Museum Theater, San Francisco, CA
- 1996
- The Breasts of Tiresias, opera by Poulenc/Apollinaire, directed by Marvin Klebe, Cinnabar Opera Theatre, Petaluma, CA
- 1995
- Goya's L.A., by Leslie Scalapino, directed by Carla Harryman, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 1995
- A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, opera premiere by Erling Wold/Max Ernst, directed by Jim Cave, The Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, ODC Dance Company, choreography by KT Nelson, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 1992
- Thicket, by Susan Griffin, directed by Mary Forcade, Life on the Water and Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
- Private Eye, by Nightletter Theater, directed by Jim Cave, Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
- 1991
- Hunger, by Peter Mattei, directed by Mary Forcade, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
- The Magic Flute, Mozart, Spreckels Performing Arts Theater, Rohnert Park, CA
- 1990
- Gianni Schicchi, Puccini, directed by Marvin Klebe, Cinnabar Theatre, Petaluma, CA
- Bluebeard's Castle, Bartok, directed by Marvin Klebe, Cinnabar Theatre, Petaluma, CA
- Emperor of Atlantis, opera by Victor Ullman, originated in Terezin Concentration Camp, directed by Ann Woodhead, Cinnabar Opera Theatre, Petaluma, CA
- 1978
- Summer Festival of Opera & Contemporary Music, Chartres, Dijon, Vezelay, France
- Selected Bibliography / Catalogues
- 2011
- O'Malley, Susan, Factor XX catalogue, Los Gatos Museum of Art
- 2009
- Solnit, Rebecca and Burger, Mary Groundwork ORO Editions
- 2007
- Baker, Kenneth, “Amy Trachtenberg at Brian Gross,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 15.
- Cheng, Dewitt, “Amy Trachtenberg at Brian Gross,” Art Ltd. West Coast Art and Design, October.
- Hamilton, Roxanne Power, ed., Viz. Inter-Arts: Event, A Trans-Genre Anthology
- Solnit, Rebecca, Groundwork, San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs Catalogue.
- 2006
- Howard, Ezra Claire, “A Tropical Street for Healing Children,” D4 Dusseldorf.
- 2004
- Baker, Kenneth, “Amy Trachtenberg at Brian Gross,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 17.
- 2000
- Kosman, Joshua, “Fevered Dreams,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 14.
- 1998
- Cseko, Kristina, “Art From S.F. to Budapest,” Budapest News, February.
- 1997
- Garcia, Chris, “Breasts of Tiresias,” Press Democrat, April 18.
- 1995
- Chang, Ching, “Ernst Opera,” San Francisco Bay Times, January 9.
- Harvey, Dennis, ”A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 15.
- Sizenski, Liz, “Ecstasy's Revolution,” San Francisco Weekly, January 18.
- Kosman, Joshua, “Surrealist Ernst Novel Inspires Dreamy Opera,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 28.
- Boone, Charles, “Max Ernst Opera,” P – Form, Spring.
- 1991
- Brady, Lee, “A Grim Fairy Tale,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October.
- Fleming, Eileen, “Director Has Appetite for Gloom,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 27.
- Rosenberg, Scott. “Hunger Leaves Audience Hungry,” San Francisco Examiner, October 30.
- Win, Steven, “Playwright Puts It All Out on the Table,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 31.
- 1990
- Bammer, Richard, ”Perrault, Ravel, Bartok,” Courrier, January 19.
- Fish, Tim, “Bluebeard, Not For Everyone,” The Press Democrat, February 2.
- Schiller, Karla, “Season Begins on Sublime Note,” Argus Courrier, February 2.
- Bammer, Richard, “Rousing Centerpiece for the Summer Music Festival,” Argus Courrier, August.
- 1989
- Reveaux, Tony, “Amy Trachtenberg at Show N Tell,” Artweek, November 29.
- Butterfields, “Art Against AIDS” catalogue
- “Line and Form,” Hatley Martin Gallery, catalogue by Robert F. Johnson
- 1988
- “National Invitational Collage Show,” Santa Rosa Jr. College Gallery, catalogue
- 1984
- “Celebration of Form,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, catalogue by Michael Bell
- 1982
- “Tendances de la Peinture Abstraite, European Invitational”; Paris, Grenoble, Sens, Montpellier, Toulouse, France; catalogue by Gerard Xuriguera
- Selected Work and Collaborations / Literary Publications
- Harvard Review 33, Harvard University edited by Christina Thompson 2007
- Viz. Inter-Arts: Event, A Trans- Genre Anthology edited by Roxanne Power Hamilton 2007
- Zzyzzyva 10th anniversary, We Address, with poet Norma Cole
- Mirage edited by Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy 2003
- Aerial 8 / Barrett Watten
- Five Fingers Review, SKIN edited by Patricia Dienstfrey, Natural History of Market Street 2002
- VOLT edited by Gillian Conoley 1996
- Markzine, Deb Marks, image text The Games with poet Carla Harryman 1999
- Chain image text The Games with poet Carla Harryman 1999
- avec edited by Norma Cole, image text with poet Carla Harryman 1999
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