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Brian Novatny


BORN:
Los Angeles, CA, 1954


EDUCATION:

1976
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1976
Yale Summer School of Art and Music Fellowship
1972 - 1973
St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England
Tutorial with Martin Lubner, London, England


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008
The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts,UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles
2007
George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“Inside & Outside” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2000
“At A Glance,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
Carolyn J. Roy Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Shasta College, Redding, CA
1988
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982
Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
1977
College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2008 - 10
Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
2008
"(NEO) REALISM: Group Show"George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 15 - August 30, 2008
Narrative Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2007
Landscapes: Rural and Urban Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2006
Bottom of the Ninth: The Art of Baseball- George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, March 30 - April 29, 2006 Catalogue available
2005
"Go Figure," George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
More Than a Game: The Art of Baseball- George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, March 31 - April 30, 2005 Catalogue available
Industrial Beauty- George Billis Gallery, New York City, July 20- Aug 14, 2004
2004
Realism Now: Traditions & Departures, Mentors and Protégés, Vose Galleries, Boston, May 15 - July 17, 2004
Catalogue available
Art of the Game: The Art of Baseball - George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, April 8 - May 1, 2004
Catalogue available
2003
"Inaugural Exhibition," George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2001
"Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary California Works on Paper", California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
2000
Albright Knox Gallery - Buffalo, NY
Dealer's Choice - Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998
"California Landscapes: An Urban/Rural Dialogue," The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1997 - 1998
“Face to Face: Looking at You Looking at Me,” The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1995
"On the Waterfront," Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA
1994
“New Bay Area Painting,” Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993
“Contemporary Realism: Central and Northern California Landscapes,” Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
“Bay Area Painting,” Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Summer Show,” Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992
“A Day in the Country,” I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY (juried by Louis Finkelstein)
1991
Bowery Gallery, New York NY (juried by Nell Blaine)
1990
“Diverse Contemporary Landscapes,” One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA
“Contemporary Realist Painting: Reality and Perception,” Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
“Documenting a Moment: Contemporary Plein Air Landscape,” Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica
1989
“New Bay Area Painting,” Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
College of Creative Studies Gallery, US Santa Barbara, CA
Gallery K, Oakwood Alumni Show, Los Angeles, CA
1987, 1985
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Rental Gallery, CA
1979
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Rental Gallery, CA
1978 - 79
Santa Barbara Arts Festival, CA
1978
Park Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
Cabrillo Arts Center, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1979
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Rental Gallery, CA
1978 - 79
Santa Barbara Arts Festival, CA
1980
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Rental Gallery, CA
1977
“The Landscape,” Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA
“Small Images,” Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Rental Gallery


AWARD AND COMMISSIONS:

2001
"Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary California Works on Paper", California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
2000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s SECA Award Nomination
1989 - 1990
Mural Commission, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
1978
Mural Commission, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA
1977
Worked with a team of painters and sculptors on diorama for Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
1976
Yale Summer School of Art and Music Fellowship


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2006
Goodrich, John, “Stanley Goldstein: Inside and Outside, George Billis Gallery” NY Sun May 25, 2006
Arts and Lettersp. 16
2004
Mahler, Richard, “Pool Party” Southwest Art, July 2004 pgs. 130-131, illus.
2003
Cover image, Art and Antiques Magazine, June 2003
Masello, David, "Stanley Goldstein," Art and Antiques Magazine, June 2003, pgs. 44 - 47, illus.
2000
Thompson, Sandy, “Stanley Goldstein at Erickson & Elins Gallery,” Artweek, July 2000, pg. 19, illus.
1998
Maclay, Catherine, “Innocence and Angst in Landscape,” San Jose Mercury News, April 5, 1998
1998
Sherman, Ann Eliot, “Art California Dreaming,” Metro, March 3 - 12, 1998
1997
Maclay, Catherine, “Face and Figure,” San Jose Mercury News, December 14, 1997
1990
Enders, Alexandra, “Coming to Light,” Art and Antiques, February 1990, pg. 31, illus.
1989
Telford, Anne, “Stanley Goldstein,” Northern California Home and Garden, July 1989, pg. 31, illus.
1988
Kamin, Ira, “Painting as Theater,” Artweek, April 2, 1988, pg. 4, illus.
1988
Stone, Jeremy, “Bay Area’s Younger Collectors,” Focus on Arts and Culture,” February 22, 1988, pg 21, illus.
1988
“Galleries,” San Francisco Chronicle, March, 1988
1988
Baker, Kenneth, “The Beauty of Light and Color, Stanley Goldstein and the Women,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 1988
1986
Gevirtz, Susan and Adam Schnitzer, “Exhibitions,” Artweek, September 6, 1986, pg. 9, illus
1986
“Galleries,” San Francisco Chronicle (Datebook), August 17, 1986, illus.


TEACHING EXPERIENCES:

2000 - 02
San Francisco Art Institute, Instructor
1998 - 99
San Francisco Art Institute, Instructor
1998-02
Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, Instructor
1995
Central California Arts League, Juror
Indiana Valley Arts Association, Juror
1992 - 97
Private Instructor
1994 - 97
Indian Valley Arts Association, Instructor
1994
College of Marin, Visiting Instructor
Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
1992
Central California Arts League, Visiting Lecturer
1990
Forum on New Bay Area Painting, Contemporary Extension, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Chabot College, Hayward, CA, Visiting Lecturer
Shasta College, Redding, CA, Visiting Lecturer
1987
College of Creative Studios, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, Instructor



Represented by George Billis Gallery.