Awards
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2022 |
Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Best Collection Award |
2021 |
Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Third Place, Oils |
2021 |
Telluride Plein Air |
2021 |
Sonoma Plein Air |
2019 |
Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Second Place, Oils |
2019 |
Sonoma Plein Air |
2014 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place |
2012 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place |
2012 |
57th Haggin Museum Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention |
2011 |
“Frank Bette Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda Award |
2011 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention |
2010 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention |
2009 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention |
2009 |
“Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout,” To Kalon Honorable Mention |
2008 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention |
2008 |
“Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout,” Webmaster Award |
2007 |
“Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place |
2003 |
“Best Small Sculpture,” Viselaya Sculpture Competition 2003, Concord, MA |
2003 |
Bosque Conservatory Arts Council Silver Medal, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX |
2003 |
National Sculpture Society Gold Medal and Maurice B. Hexter Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY |
2001 |
Alex J. Ettl Grant, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY |
2000 |
Nominated, “Oakland Chamber Awards 2001 Individual Artist,” Oakland, CA |
1995 |
“John Cavanaugh Memorial Award for Figurative Sculpture,” North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO |
1994 |
Art Calendar “Crabbie“ Awards Grand Prize |
1994 |
Award of Excellence, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA |
1994 |
Roger T. Williams Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY |
1994 |
Purchase Award, “Realism ’94,” Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV |
1993 |
Award of Merit, California State Fair |
1993 |
Second Place, “Contours VII – Expressions in Form,” Central Sierra Arts Council, Sonora, CA |
1989 |
Award of Merit, California State Fair |
Galleries
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- Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, CA
- Benicia Plein Air Gallery, Benicia, CA
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Solo Exhibitions
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2014 |
“Romance of Light,” Arte Verissima Gallery, Oakland, CA |
2009 |
“Color and Chiaroscuro.” San Leandro Museum and Art Gallery, San Leandro, CA |
2001 |
“Sculpture and Drawings,” Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA |
1999 |
“Exploring the Figure,” Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA |
1998 |
“The Nude Revisited,” Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA |
1998 |
“Sculpture, Drawings from Life,” Reno City Hall, Reno, NV |
1998 |
“Carol Tarzier: Drawing and Sculpture,” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
1998 |
“Sculpture and Drawing,” Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR |
1997 |
“Drawings & Sculpture,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1996 |
“Carol Tarzier Riga,” Amador County Arts Council, Sutter Creek, CA |
1995 |
“Expressive Figuration,” Charleston Heights Arts Center, City of Las Vegas, NV |
1994 |
“Recent Figures,” New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA |
1993 |
“Recent Figurative Work,” Chemeketa Community College Gallery, Salem, OR |
1991 |
“The Figure: Drawing and Sculpture,” Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA |
Two-Person Exhibitions
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2007 |
Celebrating Autumn, Lesa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA |
1995 |
Pastels/Painting/Sculpture, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA |
1993 |
The Figure – Stylized and Literal, Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA |
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
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2023 |
American Impressionist Society 7th Annual Impressions: Small Works Exhibition, District Gallery, Knoxville, TN
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2023 |
California Art Club 112th Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
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2022 |
California Art Club, “California Dreaming,” Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, CA |
2022 |
California Art Club, “Monumental Miniatures,” California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, CA
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2022 |
California Art Club “Figurative Expose,” Pence Gallery, Davis, CA |
2019 |
“Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition,” Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
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2017 |
“Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition,” Illume Gallery of Fine Art, UT |
2017 |
“California Art Club Gold Medal Show,” Pasadena, CA |
2017 |
“Salon at the Triton,” Triton Museum, Sunnyvale, CA |
2013 |
“Salon Show of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI |
2013 |
“102nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
2013 |
“Body of Work,” Figurative Paintings from California Art Club, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2012 |
Haggin Museum 57th Juried Exhibition,” Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA |
2012 |
“Salon International 2012,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
2012 |
“101st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
2011 |
“NOAPS Best of America 2011,” Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO |
2011 |
“100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
2010 |
“99th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
2010 |
“Treasures of the East Bay,” Bernard E. Witkin Law Library, Oakland, CA |
2010 |
“Fresh Cut,” Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA |
2009 |
“Frank Bette Center Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda, CA |
2009 |
“MarinScapes 2009,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA |
2009 |
“Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA (Summer Show) |
2008 |
“Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA (Summer Show) |
2008 |
“Frank Bette Center Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda, CA |
2008 |
“MarinScapes 2008,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA |
2008 |
“San Marino League Art Matters,” Huntington Library, San Marino, CA |
2008 |
“Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA |
2007 |
“MarinScapes 2007,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA |
2004 |
“19th Annual Conservatory Art Classic,” Clifton, TX |
2003 |
“California Art Club 93rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
2003 |
“Viselaya Sculpture Competition 2003,” Carlisle, MA |
2003 |
“National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY |
2003 |
“Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show,” Cambridge, MA |
2003 |
“The Nude 2003,” Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY |
2002 |
“Bosque Conservatory Art Council 17th Annual,” Clifton, TX |
2002 |
“National Sculpture Society 2002 Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY |
2002 |
“Fine Art Sculpture Faculty Show,” Academy of Art College Sculpture Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2001 |
“National Sculpture Society 2001 Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY |
1997 |
“Fine Art Sculpture Faculty Show,” Academy of Art College Sculpture Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1997 |
Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1997 |
“Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios,” Oakland, CA |
1997 |
“Artists of Oakland,” We the People, Oakland, CA |
1997 |
“Six,” Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1996 |
“Cast Bronze Sculpture,” Merced College Gallery, Merced, CA |
1996 |
“Recent Works,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1995 |
“Go Figure,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1995 |
“Pastels / Painting / Sculpture,” Chico Art Center, Chico, CA |
1995 |
“7 in California,” Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA |
1995 |
“North American Sculpture Exhibition,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO |
1995 |
“Five New Realities,” Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA |
1995 |
“The Figure – Altered and Distressed,” Richard Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA |
1995 |
“Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1994 |
“California State Fair,” Sacramento, CA |
1994 |
“Realism ’94,” Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV |
Commissions
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2008 |
Wine Industry Integrity Award, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission, Lodi, CA |
2004 |
George Hasslein Memorial Sculpture Project, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA |
2000 |
Finalist, Barbara Jordan Memorial Sculpture Project, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX |
1998 |
City of Oakland Cultural Arts Division Embarcadero Bay Trail Project/C. L. Dellums Commemorative Sculpture, Jack London Square Amtrak Station, Oakland, CA |
1998 |
Obelisk 1, Jim and Vicky Merchant, Portola Valley, CA |
Affiliations
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- California Art Club
- Oil Painters of America
- National Sculpture Society
- Rossmoor Art Association, Walnut Creek, CA
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