Chester Arnold
EDUCATION
1987 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
CA
1970-1974 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1966-1969 Private Teachers, Munich, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Catharine Clark Gallery, "Reconstruction", San Francisco,
CA
2003 " A Soul's Geography", Dominican University, San Rafael,
CA
2003 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA "Destinies Manifest"
2002 Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
San Jose Museum of Art, "In Memorium", San Jose, CA
Rockford College Art Center, Rockford, IL
Western Washington State University, Bellingham,
WA
Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma, WA
2001 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2000 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley. CA
1999 George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1997 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1995 DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1994 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1993 San Jose State University Gallery, San Jose,
CA
1992 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1990 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1989 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Pasadena Museum of Art, "A Not So Still Life: 100 Years of
California Still Life Painting"
2003-04 San Jose Museum of Art, "A Not So Still Life: 100 years of
California Still Life Painting"
2003 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA "Collection Highlights"
2003 Catharine Clark Gallery, "Sprout: An Exhibition Celebrating New
Growth," San Francisco, CA
2003 Palo Alto Cultural Center , "Cabinets of Wonder/Redux", Palo Alto,
CA
Off The Preserve, "Nature Remains", Napa, CA
2001 Associacao Alumni, "Underfoot", Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000 Palo Alto Cultural Center, "The Great Novel", Palo Alto, CA
Bruce Museum, "The Art of Time", Greenwich, Connecticut
Susan Cummins Gallery, "Resting on the Spirit", Mill Valley, CA
1999 International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tamarind Gallery, University of New Mexico, "Route 66", Albuquerque,
NM
San Jose Museum of Art, "The Industrial Landscape", San Jose, CA
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
San Jose Museum of Art, "Into the 21st Century", San Jose, CA
Hempel Fine Arts, "Our Good Earth", Washington D.C.
Sonoma State University Gallery, "Art from the Open Space", Rohnert
Park, CA
1998 Seafirst Gallery, "Springs Eternal", Seattle, WA
Tamarind Institute Gallery, "Recent Prints", Albuquerque, NM
Palo Alto Cultural Center, "Construct for thought", Palo Alto, CA
1997 George Adams Gallery, "Show of Hands", New York, NY
California Museum of art, "A Thought Intercepted", Santa Rosa, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, "New Acquisitions: Permanent Collection", San
Jose, CA
1997 Benecia Arts, "Occupied Territories", Benecia, CA
1996 Palo Alto Cultural Center, "Narrative Landscape", Palo Alto, CA
Susan Cummins Gallery, "Fire and Light", Mill Valley, CA
1995 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Susan Cummins Gallery,"Heroic Influences", Mill Valley, CA
1994 Galleria Milan,"USA Within Limits", San Paulo, Brazil
Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, WA
Frumkin Adams Gallery, New york, NY
Palo Alto Cultural Center, "Lyricism & Light", Palo alto, CA
1993 William Sawyer Gallery, "Tribute", San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, "Northwest Landscape", Portland, OR
Edith Caldwell Gallery, "Artists: Self Portrait", San Francisco, CA
1992 Charles Wustum Museum of Art,"Just Plain Screwy", Racine, WA
Contemporary Realist Gallery, "Landscapes by Bay Area Artists", San
Francisco, CA
1991 Security Pacific Gallery, "Structure Transformed", San Francisco,
CA
AWARDS
1998 Milley Award
1997 Artist in Residence, Tamarind Institute Lithography
Center
1996 Westaf/NEA foundation Grant
1990 Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-Present College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Drawing,
Painting, Design,
Color Theory
1993-1999 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park,
CA, Drawing, Painting
1998 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
CA, Painting
1988-1996 Private Classes, Plein -Air Painting
1995-1997 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
CA, Painting,
Graduate Advisor
1991 San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
CA, Drawing,
Painting
1990 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
CA, Drawing, Painting
1989 San Francisco community College, San Francisco,
CA , Painting
1987 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
CA, Drawing, Painting
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 Baker, Kenneth,"Art as a Spectator to our Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, Datebook, p.10 May 22, 2004
Bing, Alison, "Reconstruction", SFGate.com, May 25, 2004
Bamberger, Alan, "Catharine Clark Gallery: Reconstruciton;Chester
Arnold, Artbusiness.com, May 13, 2004
2002 Wagonfeld, Judy, Seattle Post-intellgencer,
February 1, 2002, p.20
2001 Baker, kenneth, "The Best of 2001", San Francisco Chronicle, December
30, 2001, Pink Section, p.43.
Graves, Jen, "Realism Revival", The News Tribune, December 9, 2001,
SoundLife, p.1
2001 Fischer, Jack, San Jose Mercury News, August
5, 2001, 5E.
Baker, Kenneth, "Urban Despair and Desolation", San Francisco
Chronicle, August 22, 2001, E5.
Whittiker, Richard, Works and conversations,
No.4, p.46 & 47.
2000 Baker, Kenneth, "Paintable Feast", San Francisco Chronicle, Pink
Section, July 9, 2000, p.35. English, Bill, "Sonoma Painter Finds Beauty
in Disturbing Vision", San Francisco Chronicle, November 3, 2000,
Friday, Section, p.5.
1999 Kienzle, Karen, "Into the 21st Century", San Jose Museum, p.15
1998 Baker, Kenneth, "Guilty Culture Wastes and Wants", San Francisco
Chronicle, November 14, 1998, E1.
1997 Elrick, Krista and Kirsten Gerdes, Parallaxis,
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1995
1995 McMorran, Megan, The Oregonian, October 20, 1995, p.7.
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January 27, 1995, p.37.
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Baker, Kenneth, "Painting on the Sly in Marin", San Francisco
Chronicle, November 21, 1993, p. E4.
1992 Jenkins, Steven, "Autumnal Dilemmas", ARTWEEK, December 3, 1992,
p.14.
Sprinkle, Susan, "Chester Arnold", North Coast Home & Garden",
January 1992, p.34.
Baker, Kenneth, "Why and How of Painting", San Francisco Chronicle,
March 14, 1992, p.34.
1990 Baker, Kenneth, ARTFORUM, February 1990, p.146.
Prints by Chester Arnold
Allegory of the Artist's Life (hand colored)