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Town and Country: Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie
June 2 - August 12, 2007
The Hearst Art Gallery has paired two of the most intriguing, unusual and gifted contemporary California landscape painters for "Town and Country: Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie," on view from June 2 to August 12. Dunne's dramatic, expansive and atmospheric urbanscapes are presented alongside LaBrie's meticulously painted, often tiny and jewel-like vistas in one of the most visually beguiling summer landscape exhibitions ever presented by the Saint Mary's College art museum. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
Jessica Dunne biography
BORN
1952 Santa Monica, CA
EDUCATION
1971-73 Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Studio, Florence, Italy 1974 University of California, Santa Cruz. Studies with Hardy Hanson, Kathryn Metz and Jack Zajac 1974-75 University of California, Los Angeles. Studies with William Brice, James Doolin and Samuel Amato 1976-77 San Francisco State University, B.A. in Fine Arts. Studies with Robert Bechtle 1978-79 Stanford University. Graduate tutorial studies with Nathan Oliveira 1986-93 Fort Mason Printmakers, San Francisco. Studies with Eleanor Rappe
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
1993 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL 1994 The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY 1995 The Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 1996 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY 1997 The Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA Centrum, Port Townsend, WA The Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 1998 Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium Dorland Mountain Artists' Colony, Temecula, CA 1999 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 2000 The Dodge Foundation and the Print Council of New Jersey Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT 2002 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT 2003 Djerassi Resident Artists Program Woodside, CA, Winter Session Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY 2004 Fundación Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Spain The Robert MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME
AWARDS
1986 Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento. Award (also 1991, 1992, 1993)
1991 The San Francisco Foundation and Kala Institute. The James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. September Competition, Juror's Merit Award 1992 The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Brooklyn, NY. Foundation Grant Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Best of Show 1993 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA. Printmaking Fellowship Harper College, Palatine, IL. 17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Award of Excellence University of Oklahoma, Stillwater. Cimarron National Works on Paper, Honorable Mention University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, Purchase Award San Jose Downtown Art League, San Jose, CA. 2-D Annual, Honorable Mention 1994 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Crown Point Press Best of Show, and Timothy Duran Purchase Award San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA. Bay Arts 1994, San Mateo Arts Council Award University of Hawai`i, Hilo. Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Juror's Award Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. The 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Third Place Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales. Scene Unseen III, Honorable Mention 1995 The Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY. Foundation Grant The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. 10th Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Award of Merit Brand Library, Pasadena, CA. Brand XXV Special 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Patron's Award 1996 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Honorable Mention 1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. Foundation Grant 1997-98 1998 Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY. Printworks '98: Works on Paper, Award Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Purchase Award 1999 Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Great Plains National, Juror's Award Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Purchase Award 2001 The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. 75th Annual Competition, Graphic Chemical and Ink Company Purchase Award 2003 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sixty Square Inches North American Small Print Exhibition, Purchase Award Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, Unbounbded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape, Purchase Award
COMMISSIONS
1992 Macy's, San Francisco, CA, The Great Highway I, Commissioned painting 1999-2002 Trillium Graphics, Brisbane, CA, Commissioned series of monotypes 2001-02 Eastside Editions, Sonoma, CA, Commissioned series of aquatint etchings
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1984 Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Modern Living 1987 LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Teddy Series 1989 Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Paintings and Monotypes 1992 School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Cityscapes 1993 California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA, Outer Sunset Ventura College Gallery, Ventura, CA, The Highway Stanwood Gallery, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA, Paintings, Monotypes and Etchings Cabrillo College Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, The Great Highway 1996 Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, Freeway Paintings Merced College, Merced, CA, Paintings, Monotypes and Etchings 1997 Weber State University, Ogden, UT, Urban Landscapes 1998 The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Jessica Dunne-Monotypes and Aquatints. Catalogue Brand Art Center Galleries, Glendale, CA, Paintings 1999 Bradford Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Towards San Francisco Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, New Work Studio 1109, Sacramento, CA, Lighting the Modern Landscape McAllen Museum, McAllen, TX, City Paintings 2000 Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, Works on Paper Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Paintings and Prints 2001 The Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oil Paintings Commonweal, Bolinas, CA 2002 The Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA 2003 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Jessica Dunne: Paintings and Prints. Catalogue Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA The Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 2004 The Spartanburg County Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 Fredrick Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, Un-degreed Undergraduate Student Show 1977 UC Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Watercolors 1978 UC Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Watercolors 1984 Swope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Drawing the Line on '83 1985 LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, New Work 1986 Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Artists Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, Functional Aesthetics. Award 1987 Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Three Bay Area Artists 1990 San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA, Bay Arts '90 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Exhibition 1990, Part I 1991 KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA, Winners of the James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA, Interior Motives San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, 1991 National Juried Exhibition Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, September Competition. Award Western Montana College Gallery and Museum, Dillion, MT, Of Times and Places Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Catalogue Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Matrix International '91 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Bedford Biennial Juried Exhibition Stanwood Gallery, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA, From the Heart San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, CA, Whose Choice? Both Sides of the Abortion Issue Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA, Juried Exhibition '91 1992 Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Drawing Group Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, New American Talent (venues at the University of Houston, Downtown, and the Museums of Abilene). Catalogue Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Exemplary Contemporary L. A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, Wallworks Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Award; Catalogue Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR, Vessels San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1992 Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Award Forbidden Images Gallery, San Jose, CA, The Mask Show Alabama State University, Montgomery, Urban and Rural Landscapes by Four Artists 1993 Skyline College, San Bruno, CA, Landscape San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, All California Juried Exhibition Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, September Competition The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 9th Biennial Print and Drawing Competition Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Catalogue San Jose Downtown Art League, San Jose, CA, 2-D Annual. Award University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual. Award Koret Gallery, Albert Schultz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, Works on Paper '93 University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, 7th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Positive/Negative IX Exhibition Columbia College, Columbia, MO, 14th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition Harleen and Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Five Printmakers Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Cimarron National Works on Paper. Award Harper College, Palatine, IL, 17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition. Award; Catalogue 1994 Office of The Mayor, City Hall, San Francisco, CA, Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, The Contemporary Tea Bowl. Brochure The California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, Recent Acquisitions The University of California at Berkeley Museum at Blackhawk, Danville, CA, Printmaking Possibilities The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, California Printmakers The California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, Objects, However Humble Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, Five New Realities Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Twenty Year Anniversary Show Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, 1993 Fellowship Recipients San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA, California Women Artists University of Oregon, Eugene, Landscape/Cityscape Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, Scene-Unscene Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, The 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. Award; Catalogue Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Sixth Annual National Art Competition University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1994 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition Fairfield Civic Arts Center, Fairfield, CA, Jessica Dunne and Ethel Herst Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Four Printmakers One West Contemporary Center, Fort Collins, CO, Women Printmakers University of Hawai`i, Hilo, Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1994. Catalogue San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, CA, Bay Arts 1994 Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, Scene Unseen III. Award Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA, Small Extravagances 1995 University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1995 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 10th Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition. Award Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, Impressions: The Medium Extended Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, The Last Frontier University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Ninth Parkside National Print Exhibition South of Market Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1995 Koret Center, Palo Alto, CA, Works on Paper '95 J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Award Winners 1985-1995 Brand Library, Pasadena, CA, Brand XXV Special 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Award Bayfront Gallery, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA, California Dreaming Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA, Eleventh Annual Exhibition 1996 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Fellowship Recipients' Exhibition University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Tenth Parkside National Print Exhibition Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 25th Juried Show Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Award Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, All California, All Media Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, 1996 Exhibition Bank of America World Concourse, San Francisco, CA, Beyond Boundaries Preview Exhibition Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Printmaking Society 14th National Exhibition. Catalogue San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Masters of the Medium: Printmakers from Kala Institute 1997 Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Exemplary Contemporary San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Switchstance Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Beyond Boundaries Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Matrix International 1997 Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works 1998 Graphic Arts Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Agart World Print Festival Maryino Palace, Kursk, Russia, Vladimir Kizilov Foundation Annual Exhibition
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, California Landscapes-An Urban/Rural Dialogue. Brochure University of Hawai`i, Hilo, Pacific States Biennial Print Exhibition Academy of Art College Gallery, San Francisco, CA, California Printmakers South of Market Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Printmaking Possibilities Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, The Light is Different in California Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Ocean Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY, Printworks '98: Works on Paper. Award Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Award 1999 Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, Artists' Pages: Selections from the Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program Der Zaaijer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Faultlines/Watermarks: California/ Amsterdam (also with venues at Raadhuis te Heemstede, Amsterdam; The Atrium 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA; and Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA) Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA, 15th National Juried Exhibition-Works on Paper Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, Great Plains National. Award University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1999 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition. Catalogue Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Catalogue 2000 Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 2000 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Surf Trip Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, Point of View-Three Artists Look at the Landscape Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints 2000. Catalogue 2001 The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, ANA 2001 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Artists' Pages: Selections from the Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, Boston Printmakers' Society Juried Exhibition The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 75th Annual Competition. Award; Catalogue Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Anniversary Exhibition 2002 National Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus, Kala in Belarus Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, Bay Area Printmakers
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Award; Catalogue 2003 Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium La Estamperia of Quito, Quito, Ecuador Trillium Graphics, San Francisco International Art Fair at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape. Award Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sixty Square Inches: North American Small Print Exhibition. Award; Catalogue Washington Printmakers Association, Washington, DC 2004 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY, Industrial Beauty Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA, Printmakers of the Golden Gate Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
(above: Jessica Dunne, b. 1952, The Office)
(above: Jessica Dunne, b. 1952, Velocity)
(above: Jessica Dunne, b. 1952, Wet Pavement)
(above: Jessica Dunne, b. 1952, Littoral Life)
Louis LaBrie biography
(above: Louis LaBrie, b. 1950s, West Fork, Carson River)
(above: Louis LaBrie, b. 1950s, Hill)
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