GWEN CLARDY / GWEN SYLVESTER

Education

1988 BA  in Studio Art, University of California, Davis

additional art instruction at University of North Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Women's
University and Chico State University.

Instructors include: Robert Arneson, Julie Bozzi, Squeak Carnwath, Gillian Hodge, David Hollowell, Roland Petersen, Cornelia Schulz, Wayne
Thiebaud, Michael Tomkins, Peter Voulkos

Job Positions have included:

Art in Public Places Director
Art Instructor: Public School Programs
Art Instructor: Neighborhood Centor of the Arts -day program for for adults with psychiatric and developmental disabilities
Art Rep
Illustrator
Gallery and Public Art Installations


AWARDS           

1993 Vesta Chaistan Memorial Award        

43rd Artcetera Competitlon.,Auburn,CA.     
Juror:Phillip Linhares, Curator, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA..

1993 Award of Merit

California Works: California State Fair

1993 Award of Merit

41st Artcetera Competition:
Juror: John Fitzgibbon, professor SSU,  art critic

1992 Purchase Award

Sierra Visuals '92,  for "Tlckle Monster", "Landscape 1" and "Landscape 2"
Juror:Sylvia Tessore, Director, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA.

1991 Honorable Mention

40th Artcetera
Juror: Janet Dreisbach, Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.

1989 Second Place Award

Northern California Arts. Inc.  50th Anniversary Exhibition, Nevada City, CA.

1989 Nominee

Dewar's Young Artist Award, Los Angeles, CA.

1989 Second Place Award

Auburn Arts :
Juror, Janet Dreisbach, Curator, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA.

1989 Best in Show

Sierra Visuals '89 , Nevada City, CA 


Scholarship Awards won:

Tarrant County Annual High School Art Scholarship Competition sponsored by the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce, exhibited at the First  National Bank, Ft. Worth, TX:

1976  Best in Show for portfolio

 including 1st place for ceramics, 2nd place for jewery and metalsmithing, second place for printmaking,  honorable mention for drawing

 
OTHER JURIED EXHIBITIONS

1992 Callfornla Small Works, Santa Rosa Art Museum, Santa Rosa,
Ca. "Digging Beneath My Feet", oil on canvas

1991 Women Artists '91, Matrix Gallerv 'Ghost Lover" Guache on
Paper

1989 Women Artists '89, Barbara Macdonald Gallery, Sacramento
Ca., "Affair at Valdez", 0il and Collage on Board.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS. ONE AND TWO PERSON SHOWS

1997 "The Home Show", Carol Henderson Gallery, Ft. Worth, Tx.

1995 "A Relative Show", Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Fort Worth, Texas,  group show.

1995 "Death and Rebirth" Phantom Gallery. Sacramento, Ca..

1995 Templeton Art Center Annual Group Show, Ft. Worth, Tx.

1994 "Exploring Heart's Desire" Vitae Gallery,
Nevada City, Ca. , One Person Show

1993 "Tweaked People, Twisted Places", Auburn Arts Center,
Auburn, Ca.. two person show

1993 "Reflecting Diversity", Upstairs Gallery, Nevada Clty, Ca.

1991 "Haute Trash", Performance. Fashions Designs using
discarded materials, Nevada Theatre, Nevada City, Ca.

1990 St. Joseph's Cultural Center, Grass Valley, Ca., one
person show

1990 Vitae Gallery, Nevada City, CA. one person show

1989, 1990 "The Rlver Show" : Tofanelli's Restaurant, Grass
Vallev, Ca. group show

1989 "Two Women", Microgallery, Nevada County Art's Council,
Nevada City, Ca., two person show

1989 Third Floor Gallery, Group Exhibitlon, Grass Valley, Ca.

1988, "Inns and Arts Show", Murphy's Inn, Grass Valley, Ca.

1988 "Paintings and Monoprints" Sierra Mountain Coffee
Roasters, Nevada City, Ca., one person show

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