Irene Pijoan
Irene Pijoan - Resume
EDUCATION
1969 Certificat d'Etudes, College de l'Elysee, Lausanne,
Switzerland
1978 Bachelor of Arts, The University of California, Davis
1980 Master of Fine Arts, The University of California, Davis
TEACHING
1983-2003: Associate Professor: The San Francisco Art Institute, San
Francisco, CA,
Beginning and Advanced Drawing, Beginning and Advanced Painting, Figure Drawing,
Figure Painting, Descriptive Drawing, Undergraduate Seminars, Graduate Seminar
1981 Instructor: The University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy, Summer Beginning
Drawing
GRANTS AND HONORS
1998 Artist-in-Residence, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1996 Individual Artist Grant, Art Matters, New York, NY
1993 Faculty Travel Grant, SFAI, travel to Barcelona
1990 Djerassi Foundation Residency for 1991
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1981-82 Artist in Residence, The Roswell Museum and Art Center Roswell, NM
1980-81 Artist in Residence, Ford Foundation Grant, The University of Georgia,
Athens
1981 SECCA Southeast VII Fellowship Award, Winston-Salem, NC
1980 Inter-Campus Research Grant, The University of California, Davis
1979-80 Regents' Graduate Fellowship, The University of California, Davis
1979 Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME,
Purchase Award
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2002 "?," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 "A Mid-Career Retrospective, 1980-2000," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2001 "Irene Pijoan: Non-Space Elements," Institute of Contemporary Art, San
Jose, CA
1998 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Works on Paper, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California,
Davis, CA
1995 Abracadabra, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, Installation
1990 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA, Vena Cava, Installation
1988 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 California State University, Sacramento, The Body Visited, Installation
1984 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California, De Saisset Museum, Santa
1984 Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
1983 American River College, Sacramento, CA
1982 The Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
1982 Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1981 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1979 Maurice's, Sacramento, CA
1978 HCD/Artspace, Sacramento, CA
1977 Acme Gallery, Sacramento, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 "Show Time," Rena Bransten Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
2000 "Paper Cuts," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "Give and Take - Project with the San Francisco Schools," Mills
Bldg., San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
1997 "A Thought Intercepted," California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1997 "Pulse," No B.I.A.S. Gallery, Bennington, Vermont
1996 "Approaching the New Millennium," University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1996 "Passages," Hotel Belmont, Montreux, Switzerland, Installation
1995 Experience into Art: Crocker Invitational, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento,
CA
1995 Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Projet lac," Montreux, Geneva, Switzerland; Evian, France (Catalogue)
1994 "Invitational," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1993 "Fast Forward: Six Years of Collecting for a New Museum," Samuel P. Harn
Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1993 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 "Robert Arneson Commemorative Exhibition," Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA
1992 "From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture by 20 California Artists,"
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1992 "Encaustic," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1992 "Why Painting?," Susan Cummings Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1992 "Allusion," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1991 "42nd Biennial," Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York, NY
1991 "Artists," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
1990 "California A to Z and Return," Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
1990 "Contra Costa Artist," Saint Mary's College, CA (Catalogue)
1989 "Works on Paper '89," Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Salena
Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1989 "Art Against Aids," Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA
(Catalogue)
1988 "Matrix of Time: Figures on Fragments," The Art Corridor at Sacred Heart,
Menlo Park, CA
1988 "Director's Invitational," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (Catalogue)
1988 "The Garden," University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward,
CA
1987 "San Francisco in Berlin 1987," Raab Gallery, West Berlin, Germany,
Traveled to Raab Gallery, London, England
1987 "Concours Bourses," Palais des Congres, Montreux, Switzerland
1987 "Portrait/Self-Portrait," Artspace, San Francisco, CA
1987 "Skowhegan Ten Year Retrospective," Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY,
Traveled (Catalogue)
1986 "Paravent," San Francisco Art Space, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
1986 "New Horizons 9 Artists," Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 "Foundry-Process, St. Johns College, Santa Fe, NM, traveled to
1986 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
1985 "Sculptural Paintings," Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga,
CA
1985 "New Horizons in American Art: 1985 Exxon National Exhibition," The Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Catalogue)
1984 "San Francisco Bay Area Painting," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Catalogue)
1984 "Rockefeller Retrospective: Visiting Artists," Wake Forest University,
Winston Salem, NC (Catalogue)
1984 "SF - LA," Gille Mansillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 "Works by Faculty," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1982 "Soraban Gallery," Wellfleet, MA
1982 "SECCA VII," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC;
Greenville County Museum, Greenville, NC; Clemson University, Clemson, SC
(Catalogue)
1982 Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1981 "Talent," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1981 "Faculty Exhibition," The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1980 "New Affirmations," The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1980 The Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
1980 "Thesis Exhibition," The Nelson Gallery, The University of California,
Davis, CA
1980 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1980 Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA (Two person exhibition)
1980 "Rocks," Collaborative Installation with Liz Jennings, Davis, CA
1979 "Earthworks," Invitational, Davis, CA
1979 "Wearable Art," Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1978 "Sculpture Invitational," Artists' Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1978 "Bus Bench Show," City of Sacramento, CA
1977 "Collaborative Installation with Manuel Neri and Martha Cain," Stockton
Community College, Stockton, CA
1977 "California State Annual," Sacramento, CA (First Prize)
Irene Pijoan - Images (courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery)
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