EDUCATION
1985 University of California, Davis, Emphasis-painting/drawing, MFA
1984 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1980 University of California, Davis, Studio Art, BA, Phi Beta Kappa
TEACHING
Professor Emerita, Painting & Drawing, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
RESIDENCY AWARDS
2020 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Cascade Head, OR
2019 Monson Arts Residency, Monson, Maine
2018 Skaftfell Artist Residency, Center for Visual Arts, Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland
2017 Lucid Art Residency, Inverness, CA
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
- Recent Paintings & Collages, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
- Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
- Paintings, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2012
- Habitation, St. Supery Estates Art Gallery, Rutherford, CA
2011
- It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, two person show
2009
- b. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2008
- New Work, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
- Near at Hand, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
- A Thousand Layers of Self, (2 person) James Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002
- New Work, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
- Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
1999
- Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA, two-person show with Michael Tompkins
- Recent Artists: Paintings and Drawings, Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997
- Recent Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
- New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
- Recent Paintings, Artists 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, University of California, Davis
- Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- Dancing with Charlie: Bay Area Art from the Campbell Collection, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
2021
- Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation, Manetti Shrem Museum, University of California, Davis, CA.
- Making Their Mark, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2019
- Three Views, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
- ArtMRKT, Fort Mason, SF, A
- Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2018
- Lucid Art Residency Annual Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017
- Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
- EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL - Paul Thiebaud Gallery
- ArtMRKT, Fort Mason, SF, CA- Paul Thiebaud Gallery
2016
- Celebrating Ruth, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
- Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University Gallery, CSUEB, Hayward, CA
2015
- Collage-New Directions, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2014
- artMRKT, San Francisco, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA (Paul Thiebaud Gallery)
- EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Paul Thiebaud Gallery)
- Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, San Mateo County Event Center, San Mateo, CA
2013
- artMRKT, San Francisco, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
- Art Miami, International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL
- EXPO Chicago, festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
- LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012
- artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center San Francisco, CA
- Transcendental Visions, The Independent, Sand City, CA. (catalog)
- A Selection of Gallery Artists, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco,CA
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
- Art Miami, International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL
- LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2011
- Crosscurrents, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Faculty Show, University Gallery, CSU East Bay
- Collage, Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
- Beyond Tradition:Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part 2, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2009
- Assemblage, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
- Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
- Balancing Perspectives: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art, JFK University Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Contemporary Drawings and Works on Paper, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2007
- Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
- Cut, copy, paste: the art of contemporary collage, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
- Branch Out, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- The Miniature Show, Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
- San Francisco International Art Exposition, Ft. Mason, SF, CA
- A private need; Manuel Neri's art collection, Arts Benicia Gallery
- Invitational Exhibition, Richard Nelson Gallery, UCD, Davis, CA
2000
- Self Portraits, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Selected Recent Acquisitions, Richard Nelson Gallery, UC Davis
- Review and Preview, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Artists in Embassies Program (AIEP) Exhibition, Lima Peru (catalog)
- Simply Drawing, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Artists Valentines, Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis
1999
- They hold up half the sky, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1998
- Inaugural Exhibition, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- ` Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, CSU Hayward
- Off the Wall, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997
- Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Invitational Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis
1996
- Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco,, CA
1994
- Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
- Good things come…, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Yellow Forest, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- North by Northeast 2, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (catalog)
- Landscapes & Still lifes of the Sacramento Valley.., Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
- Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento
l993
- Contemporary Artists of the California Landscape, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
- 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, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (catalog)
- Rodeo, a studio community, 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, Moraga, CA (catalog)
1989
- Landscape Visions, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1988
- The Contemporary Romantic Landscape, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
- West Coast Collage, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR (catalog)
- Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Shackleford & 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 (catalog)
- Davis at Berkeley, Heller Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
- Post 84 Show, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
- Chann Eliott Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Collage, Winstead Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
1984
- American Works on Paper, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY (catalog)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
- Chun, Kimberly, “Group show to honor gallery owner Ruth Braunstein”, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan, 27, 2016
2014
- Kenneth Baker, “Munakata’s Abstracts- At 1st Glance", San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2014.
2013
- Einspruch, Franklin, “Lil’ Older Sister Comes of Age: Miami before Basel”, Art Critical, Dec. 8
- Dalkey, Victoria, “Artist mixes abstraction, pattern, imagery”, Sacramento Bee, June 14, 2013
2012
- Ryce, Walter, “Trancendental Vision Inspires Ambiguity, Contemplation and Quiet”, Monterey County Weekly, January 26, 2012
2011
- Baker, Kenneth, “Simulations, substances and humor”, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2011
2009
- Victoria Dalkey, "A dogged search...for home", Sacramento Bee, April 10.
- David Roth, “Grace Munakata at b. sakata garo", www.squarecylinder.com, April 19.
2008
- Victoria Dalkey, “Mastery’s on the line…” Sacramento Bee, September 19
2005
- Jordan Essoe, “Grace Munakata at Braunstein/Quay Gallery”, cover image and review, Artweek, May
2003
- Barbara Morris, "Cut, Copy, Paste: The Art of Contemporary Collage" at the de Saisset Museum Artweek
- Victoria Dalkey, “Critic’s Pick, James Kaneko Gallery.” Sacramento Bee, December 7.
2000
- Victoria Dalkey, "Rich Study in Contradictions...” Sacramento Bee, November 5.
- Steven Jenkins, “2000 Faculty Exhibition”, Artweek, March.
1996
- Julie Allen, Arts Programming Producer, PBS, KRCB, Rohnert Park, CA
“Expressions l996”, video profiles of 5 Bay Area artists.
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- Alan M. Gordon, “Flatlanders: Sacramento Valley School”, Artweek, February 3.
1992
- Warren Dreher, Marti Klinkner & Carol Fowler, “Rodeo, A Studio Community”, essays published by the Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek.
- Nancy Steele, “Strait Reflections”. Diablo Arts Magazine, May.
1991
- Marilyn Moyle, Davis Enterprise, Art Review, March 24.
- Carol Fowler, “Artists’ Enclave”. West County Times, August 4.
1989
- Kenneth Baker. “Painters attack images from different angles.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 1.
- Bruce Nixon. “The Constant Light”. Artweek. July 1.
Page 8- Grace Munakata
- Tony Chan. “Another Day in America” Video
l988
- Victoria Dalkey. “Varying Visions”. Sacramento Bee, March 20.
1986
- David Winter. “Introductions ‘86. Artnews, October.
- Victoria Dalkey, “Memories sifted...” Sacramento Bee, October 5.
- Del McColm. “Rare Landscape Exhibits”. Davis Enterprise, September 25.
- Victoria Dalkey. “Meetings by the Bay”. Sacramento Bee, July.
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- Joanne Burstein Hays. “Visions from Special Places”. Artweek, May.
- Ellen Schlesinger. “Basking in Basics: Exhibits of Hard-won Mastery in Davis”. Sacramento Bee, June.
