EDUCATION:

          Doctorate of Dentistry, University of Southern    California, Los Angeles, Ca  1982

                         Self–Taught Artist

Professional affliations

                         The Arts Council of the Napa Valley

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:

2011                  Villa Spankadellik, Napa, Ca 

2003                  Mondavi Winery, Rutherford, Ca

1997                  Wappo Bar and Bistro, Calistoga, Ca

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:

 2013                     The Chianciano International  Art Award 2012 in London Group Exposition, The Gagliardi Gallery

                              London , England

2012                     OpenArtCode, Salon des Artistes Independents, Art en Capital, Grand Palais , Paris France

                             Chianciano International Art Award, Art of The Mind , Museum D’Arte Di Chianciano, Chianciano Terme ,   

                             Italy

                             The Biennale of Chianciano in London Group Exposition , The Gagliardi Gallery, London ,Great Briitain

 2011                   The Sausalito Art Festival , Sausalito Ca

                            The Biennale of Chianciano, Museum D’Arte Di Chianciano, Chianciano Terme, Italy

 2010                   International Group Exhibition to celebrate the Biennale of Chianciano Terme, the Gagliardi

                            Gallery,  London, England

                             Little Treasures, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna , Italy

 2009                   Eternal Eve, Old Jaffa Museum of Antiquities, Old City,Tel Aviv, Israel

                            Biennale of Chianciano Terme, Museo D’Arte Di Chianciano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Italy

 2008                   Just The Two of Us, St. Supery Winery, Oakville, Ca

 2006                  Paradise Lost and Found, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, Ca

 2004                  Terra Infirma, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, Ca

 2003                  The American Flag As An Icon, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, Ca

 2000                  California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, Ca

                           Art of The VineInternational Exhibition, The Vorpal Gallery , San Francisco, Ca               

                           Napa Valley Artists Group Show, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, Ca

 1999                  Art 21 International Art Exposition, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv

                           Angels and Apparitions, Di Rosa Preserve Art Museum, Napa Ca           

                           Group Exhibition, Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, Ca                          

                           Group Exhibition, Henry Joseph Gallery, Napa, Ca

  1998                 Masque Macabre, Di Rosa Preserve, Art Museum, Napa, Ca

                           California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, Ca

                           Salute to The Arts, City of Sonoma, Ca

                           Group Exhibition, Dunn Mehler Gallery ,  Half Moon Bay, Ca

  1997                Mustard Festival Art Show, Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena, Ca

  1996                The Napa Valley Wine Auction, St. Helena, Ca 

AWARDS:

  2012           1^st Prize, The European Confederation of Art Critics Award, Chianciano International Art Award 2012,

                           Art of the Mind,  Museum D’Arte Di Chianciano, Chianciano Terme , Italy

  2011                 Award of MeritBiennale of Chianciano Terme, Museo D’Arte Di Chianciano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Italy

  2009                Award of MeritBiennale of Chianciano Terme, Museo D’Arte Di Chianciano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Italy

  2008                 1^st Prize Acrylic Painting, Professional, Napa Town and Country Fair, Napa, Ca  

  2000                 Award of Excellence- Painting- “California Works”, California State Fair, Sacramento Ca

  1999                 1^st Prize Painting, Professional, Napa Town and Country Fair, Napa, Ca

                2^nd Prize Printing, Professional, Napa Town and Country Fair, Napa Ca

  1998                 Award of Merit-Painting-“California Works”, California State Fair, Sacramento, Ca

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PUBLICATIONS:

                             North Bay Biz Magazine, Feburary 2013 Volume 38, number 3 , Artist at Heart

                             Catalogue Open ArtCode, Salon des Artistes Independents, Art en Capital 2012, The Grand Palais ,

                              Paris France

                             Catalogue The Chianciano International  Art Award 2012, Museum D’Arte Chianciano Terme ,

                                Chianciano Terme Italy

                             American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, Ca 2011 edition

                            American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, Ca 2010 edition

                            Catalogue, Biennale of Chianciano Terme, Museo D’Arte Di Chianciano Terme , Italy, Sept 2011

                            Catalogue, Biennale of Chianciano Terme, Museo D’Arte Di Chianciano Terme , Italy, Sept 2009                               

                            Catalogue Eternal Eve, Old Jaffa Museum of  Antiquities, Old City ,Tel Aviv, Israel, March 2010

                            Catalogue Little Treasures, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna , Italy

                            Napa Valley Life Magazine, June/July 2010, Villa Spankadellik……An Art Villa, Kari Ruel, Napa,  Ca 

                          “Around Town with Robert and Margerit Mondavi” Napa Sonoma Modern Luxury- Vol.6 , No.2

                            Spring Summer Issue 2007

                           Napa Valley Register  12/22/2011 1/20/00, 6/3/99, 10/28/99

                           Catalogue CaliforniaWorks, California State Fair 2000

                           Catalogue California Works, California State  Fair 1998

                           Catalogue Angels & Apparitions, Di Rosa Preserve, 1999

                           Catalogue Masque Macabre, Di Rosa Preserve, 1998