ROY TOMLINSON SOLO EXHIBITIONS 21 Grand, Oakland, CA, Home Cafe Museo, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
1999
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
Three ViewsOakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Photoo: The Subvention and Subversion of Photography
Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Contemporary Abstracts, juror: Kenneth Baker, SF ChronicleFriesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
The Plane TruthGallery 16, Pier 92, New York City
AAF Contemporary Art Fair
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Surface Tension2003
Gensler Architecture, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, Curated by: Andrea Schwartz Gallery SF2003
SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Four Painters, Four Friends2003
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Being There: 45 Oakland Artists2002
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Surface Tension: Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting2002
BACCA 1010, Berkeley, CA
Landscape2001
Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Pattern, Curated by: Artsource SF2001
Latham Square, Oakland, CA
Fresh Paint at Latham Square, Curated by: The Oakland Museum2001
Okeanos Press, Berkeley, CA
The Alphabet Show1994
Okeanos Press, Berkeley, CA
Visual Alchemy1994
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawing First, Curated by: The Drawing Center NYC1993
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
M.F.A. Exhibition1991
Worth Ryder Gallery, U.C. Berkeley, CA
Eisner Prize Exhibition1991
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Other Face1988
3735 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA
Small Works1986
A.R.E. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition1986
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Artists1986
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA
Chain Reaction1985
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Six from San Francisco1985
1708 East Main Gallery, Richmond, VA
Six from San Francisco1984
SELECTED BENEFIT ART AUCTIONS San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOakland Art Gallery
Sanoma State University
University of California at Berkeley
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa RosaHONORS & GRANTS CCA Faulty Development Grant Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant 1995
Eisner Prize, University of California, Berkeley 1991
EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley, California
MFA 1991
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
BFA 1979
TEACHING École cantonale d'art du Valais, Sierre Switerland
Interdisciplinary Intensive in Switzerland
California College of the Arts, Oakland and San Francisco
Senior Adjunct ProfessorSan Francisco School of Art, San Francisco, CA
Drawing and Painting FacultySELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Tanchelev, Gloria, "Roy Tomlinson @ SFMOMA Artist Gallery"
Stretcher, October, 2006, www.stretcher.orgZolton Zavos, "Roy Tomlinson"
Lost At E Minor, October 31, 2006, wwwlostateminor.comNagle, Daria, "Three Views - Three Artists Make One Great Exhibit "
The Echo Times, The College of Marin, November 28, 2005Baker, Kenneth, "Photoo in Oakland"
San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2005, p.E10Eleven Eleven, Journal of Literature & Art, Spring 2005, Volume 2, pp. 78-83 ZYZZYVA, the last word: west coast writers and artists, Winter 2004, Volume XX3,
pp. 140 & 143Jannku, Laura Richard, "Four Painters, Four Friends at SomArts Gallery"
Artweek, March 2003, p. 15Thompson, Sandy, "Surface Tension at Mills College Art Museum"
Artweek, April 2002, pp. 18-19Bonitti, David, "There is a 'There' at Oakland Show"
San Francisco Chronicle, March 27, 2002, p. D4Monique Beeler, "Pattern Painting Gains Respect, Retrospective"
The Oakland Tribune, February 22, 2002Imquiring Mind, Spring 2001, Volume 17, No.2, pp. 26-27 Scherr, Apollinaire, Review Gallery 16
Express, April 23, 1999, p. 44Krasne, Alexandra, "The Hybrid Artist: Berkeley's Roy Tomlinson"
Micro Publishing News, June 1999, Vol. 10, No.6, pp. NC6-NC9Smolen , Marguerite, "The Printmaking Partnership"
Digital Fine Arts Magazine, Summer 1999, pp. 42-47RELATED EXPERIENCE Artsource, San Francisco, California
Public Exhibitions Consultant, Designer and Installation FabricatorSan Francisco Zen Hospice Project, San Francisco, CA
Installation Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant for Art ExhibitionsSan Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, California
Art Installations CoordinatorArtspace, San Francisco, California
Art Installation TechnicianMuseo Italo Americano, San Francisco, California
Art Installation CoordinatorSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Assistant Supervisor of Art InstallationsSan Francisco Art Institute Gallery, San Francisco, California
Art Installation TechnicianDouglas Elliott Gallery, San Francisco, California
Frame shop ManagerSELECTED PROJECTS Liz Phillips: Graphite Ground, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Consultant and On Site Art Fabricator1987
Howard Fried: Works from 1969 -1983, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Consultant and On Site Art Fabricator1983
California Counterpoint: Architecture 1992, National Academy Of Design,
New York, NY. Design Consultant, Installation Coordinator and Fabricator1982
Venice Biennale Exhibition: Architecture 1980, Pier 2 Fort Mason Center,
San Francisco, CA. Construction Contractor, Site ForemanVito Acconci, San Francisco Art Institute Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Consultant, Technical Engineer, and On Site Art FabricatorCraig Langager: Catwalk for Myths and Legends, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
Consultant and On Site Art Fabricator1981
Alice Aycock: Flights of Fancy, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
On Site Art Fabrication Technician
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