Barbara Nilsson






Artist's Statement

Resume

SOLO EXHIBITS
2007
* Circles & Squares, An Exploration, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2005 * Painting & Sculpture, Axis Gallery, Sacramento.
1995 * San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo.
1994 * Prints, Manor House Gallery,San Mateo County Arts Council , Belmont.
1991 * Stanford University, School of Education, Palo Alto.
         * Studio B, Burlingame
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
* Personal Impressions, California Society of Printmakers, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California.
2007 *
Annual Membership Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento.
2006 * California Society of Printmakers 92nd Annual Membership Exhibition, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco.
2004 * California Society of Printmakers 90th Annual Member's Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose.
2003 * Sacramento State University Union Gallery California Society of Printmakers
2002 * El Dorado Gallery, Diamond Springs.
2001 * The Spirit of Handmade Prints, California Society of Printmakers, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara.
2000 * Red Door Gallery, Oil Painting, Placerville.
1999 * The View From Here 10 Years of Art from the Street Sheet, 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco.
         * Street Sheet10 Year Anniversary, Coalition on Homelessness, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco.
1998 * Tradition and Transition in the 90’s, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco.
         * Millenium Art, Gallery Theater, Skyline College, San Bruno.
         * California Society of Printmakers 85th Anniversary Exhibition, Academy of Art College Gallery, San Francisco.
1997 * Natural Connections: Personal Views,The Collectors Rental Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland.
1996 * Look at the World Through Women’s Eyes, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1994 * California Society of Printmakers-A Selection of Works, Malaspina Gallery, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
         * Diversity and Vision of the Printed Image, California Society of Printmakers,Trition Museum of Art, Santa Clara.
         * Group Exhibit Four Gallery Artists, Ebert Gallery, San Francisco.
1993 * Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1992 * Appletree Press-Coming of Age- 20 Years, Studio B, Burlingame,
1991 * Women Artists, Ebert Gallery, San Francisco.
1990
* 13th Anniversary Show, Studio B, Burlingame.
         * Summer Festival of Prints, Artworks, Sacramento.
         * New Work-Four Women, Ebert Gallery, San Francisco.
1989 * Ebert Gallery, San Francisco.
         * Spring Festival of Prints, Slant Gallery, Davis.
1987 * Graphics Against War, Warner Roberts Gallery, Palo Alto.
1986 * E. J. Michaels Gallery, San Francisco.
1985 * Printmakers Gallery, San Francisco.

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS
2008
* Works of Art on Paper 2008, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
2002 * Magnun Opus XIV, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael.
2001 * Magnum Opus XIII, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento.
         * 4th Annual Juries Show Ash-Can Gallery, Sacramento.
1998 * A Tradition Continued: Relief Prints, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo.
1997 * 2nd Biennial Janet Turner National Print Competition, Janet Turner Print Gallery, Chico California State Unitversity, Chico.
1995 * Global Focus: Women In Art & Culture, National Museum of Women in th Arts, Washington, D.C. and Fourth World Conference On Women, Beijing, China.
        * 19th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College,
            Palatine, Illinois and Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
1994 * California Works, California State Fair, California Works, Sacramento.
1993 * Avenue of the Arts, Manor House Gallery, Belmont.
         * Works on Paper ‘93, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto.
1992 * Works on Paper, Manor House Gallery, Belmont.
1991 * Eleventh Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Connecticut.
1978 * All Woman’s Etching Show. Traveling exhibition to Mexico organized by Appletree Press and the College of San Mateo.

AWARDS, HONORS
1996 * Artist Grant, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Oakland, California.
1994
* Studio visit and woodcut demonstration organized by the Graphics Arts Council for its membership.
         * Award of Merit, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, California.
1993 * Artist Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation, San Mateo, California.
1991 * 2 Bronze Awards. Mixed Media, Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards, Napa, California.
         * Artist Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation, San Mateo, California.
1989 * Honorable Mention. Works on Paper. San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, California.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Ronald Wornick Collection, Hillsborough, California.
Andrew Stevens Collection, Yountville, California
Mervyn.M. Peterson, Ben Lomand, California.

PUBLICATIONS
2005 - American Art Collector, Vol.2, Alcove Books, Oakland, California.
2004 - American Art Collector, Vol. 1, Alcove Books, Oakland, California.
            Cover of Bliss, a Book of Poetry, Sacramento, California.
2003 - Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Oakland, California
2002 - Cover Vine Times, July issue, Flight Media,Woodside, California
2001 - Guide to the Arts, Promoting the Arts of the Sierra & Sacramento Region.
1997 - Cover of - Diario De Suzanne - by Helene Monferrand, Barcelona, Spain.
1996 - Street Sheet,numerous editions, San Francisco, California.
1995 - Women in Art Calendar, Pommegranate Publications.
1994 - Note cards, 5 images, Pommegranate Publications.

COMMISSIONS
2002 - Painted and Designed wine labels for Procissi Cellars.
1998 - Designed Etched three glass installations, 77” high and 30” wide, consisting of 8 panels each for Mills-Peninsula Hospitals, San Mateo, California.
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