Selected Available Works
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Night Cactus
Night Cactus, 2002
Oil, mixed media, and collage on ragboard; 20-1/4 x 16-3/4 inches
Green Tree

Green Tree, 2003
Mixed media collage on ragboard; 10 x 7-1/4 inches

Grace Munakata
Biography

Born

1957         Monterey, CA

Education
1985         University of California, Davis, MFA, Studio Art
1984         Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1980         University of California, Davis, BA, Studio Art

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions
2008         New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2007         Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2005         Near at Hand, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2003         Branching Out, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2002         Grace Munakata | Paintings & Collages, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
                              (and '99, '97, '94)

Solo Exhibitions

2009         b. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2008         New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005         Near at Hand, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                              (and 2002, '99, '97, '94)
2003         A Thousand Layers of Self, James Kaneko Gallery,
                              Sacramento, CA           
2000         Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College,
                              Sacramento, CA           
1999         Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA -- two person
                               show with Michael Tompkins
1992         Recent Artists Paintings and Drawings Contemporary
                               Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1991         Mixed Media on Paper, Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1989         Recent Work, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988         Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986         Introductions '86, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Landscape Drawings, Shackelford & Sears, Davis, CA
1985         MFA Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, UCD
                  Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
1984         Davis Art Center, Davis, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007         Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003         The Miniature Show, Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Branching Out, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Cut, Copy, Paste: The Art of Contemporary Collage, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, CA
2001         A Private Need: Manual Neri’s art collection, Arts Benicia Gallery, CA
                  Invitational Exhibition, Richard Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
2000         Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, CSU Hayward, CA
                  Self Portraits, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
                  Selected Recent Acquisitions, Richard Nelson Gallery, Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis, CA
                  Simply Drawing, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
                  Artists in Embassies Program (AIEP) Exhibition, Lima Peru (catalog)
1999         New Space, New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis
                  They hold up half the sky, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1998         Inaugural Exhibition, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
                  San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
                  Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (and 1997)
                  Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, CSU, Hayward, CA
                  Invitational, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
                  Off the Wall, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997         Invitational Valentine Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA (and 1996, '95)
                  Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, CSU Hayward, CA
1994        Spring Exhibition, Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA,             
                  SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA           
                  North by Northeast 2 (catalog) Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA             
                  Landscapes and Still Lifes of the Sacramento Valley School, John Natsoulas Gallery, CA           
                  Off the Wall, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
                  Artists for Amnesty, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1993         Contemporary Artists of the California Landscape, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
                  Diverse Expressions, Nestle's Corporation, San Francisco, CA                                   
                  Off the Wall, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992         East is East, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA                       
                  Northern California to Northern Italy, Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA 
                  Looking Out/Looking In, Selections of Bay Area Drawings, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (catalog)
                  Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA(catalog)
1991         Kingsley Centennial, Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
1990         Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Artists of Contra Costa County, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College of CA
                  Artists for Amnesty, Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA             
1989         Landscape Visions, California State University, Long Beach, CA,
                  Landscapes 14 California Artists, Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA 
1988         The Contemporary Romantic Landscape, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
                  West Coast Collage, Travelling Exhibition, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
                  Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
                  Shackelford and Sears, Davis, CA
1986         All California 86, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
                  Faculty Show, Sierra College, Winstead Gallery, Rocklin, CA
1985         A Place Apart, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
                  Crocker-Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Davis at Berkeley, Heller Gallery, Univ. of CA, Berkeley,                   Post 84 Show, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
                  4th Annual Cowtown, Chann Elliott Gallery, Sacramento, CA
                  Collage, Winstead Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
1984         American Works on Paper, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
                  Crocker-Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (and 1983, '82))            
1982         Hayward Area Forum for the Arts, Hayward, CA 
                  Northern California Art Association, Sacramento, CA
1981         Five from Davis, White Gallery, Sacramento, CA

Awards

1992         Affirmative Action Faculty Development Award, CSU
1985         Graduate Teaching Award, University of California, Davis
1984         Regents Fellowship, University of California, Davis
                  Andy Warhol Scholarship, Art Dept., University of CA, Davis
1984         Skowhegan Summer School Scholarship
                  Humanities Research Grant, UCD
                  Graduate Travel Grant, Art Dept., UCD
1983         Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, UCD
                  Humanities Research Grant, UCD
1980         Member, Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Davis Chapter

Collections

Price Amerson, Dir., Nelson Gallery, UCD
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Charles Campbell and Glenna Putt, San Francisco, CA
Jess (Collins), San Francisco, CA
Hewlett-Packard Co., Roseville, CA
Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
Manuel Neri, Benicia, CA
Nancy and Paul Pelosi, Washington, D.C.
Marvin Schenck, Curator, Hearst Gallery, St. Mary's College
San Francisco Federal Savings, San Francisco, CA
Silicon Valley Bank, San Jose, CA
Telesis Technology Lab, San Ramon
Paul L. Thiebaud, San Francisco, CA
Thom W. Weisel, Montgomery Securities, San Francisco, CA
Over 60 Health Center & Center for Elders Independence, Berkley, CA

Selected Bibliography

Allen, Julie, Art Programming Producer, PBS, KRCB, Rohnert Park, CA, "Expressions
            1994", video profiles of five Bay Area artist, 1994.
Baker, Kenneth, "Painters Attack Images form Different Angles", San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 1, 1989.
Chan, Tony, "Another Day in America", video of three Asian American artists, 1989.
Dalkey, Victoria, "Critic's Pick, James Kaneko Gallery." Sacramento Bee, Dec. 7, 2003
Dalkey, Victoria, Rich Study in Contradictions...”, Sacramento Bee, November 5, 2000
Dalkey, Victoria, exhibition essay, Shasta College, Redding, CA, 1999.
Dalkey, Victoria, "Varying Visions", Sacramento Bee, March 20, 1987.
Dalkey, Victoria, "Meetings by the Bay", Sacramento Bee, July 6, 1986.
Dalkey, Victoria, "Memories Sifted", Sacramento Bee, Oct. 5, 1986.
Dreher, Warren, Martin Linker, and Carol Fowler, "Rodeo, A Studio Community",
            Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, 1992.
Fowler, Carol, "Artists' Enclave", West County Times, Aug. 4, 1991.
Gordon, Alan M., "Flatlanders: Sacramento Valley School", Artweek, Feb. 3, 1994.
Gordon, Alan M., “Flatlanders: Sacramento Valley School”, Artweek February 3,1994
Hays, Joanne Burstein, "Visions from Special Places", Artweek, May 1985.           
Jenkins, Steven, “2000 Faculty Exhibition”, Artweek, March 2000
McColm, Del, review, Davis Enterprise, Feb. 19, 1987.
McColm, Del, "Rare Landscape Exhibits", Davis Enterprise, Sept. 25, 1986.
Moyle, Marilyn, review, Davis Enterprise, March 24, 1991
Schlesinger, Ellen, "Basking in Basics: Exhibits of Hard-won Mastery in Davis", Sacramento Bee, June, 1985.
Steel, Nancy, "Strait Reflections", Diablo Arts Magazine, May 1992.

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