Clare Olivares

RESUMÉ

Education 

Mills College, Oakland, CA, M.F.A. (painting)

University of California, Berkeley, CA, B.A. (studio art & art history)

Residencies 

2007, 2009     Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, California (painting, poetry)

2005               AROHO Foundation, Abiquiu, New Mexico (poetry)

1991               Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California (printmaking)

1969               Okanogan School for the Arts, Penticton, B.C., Canada (painting, ceramics)

Selected Exhibitions  

2009

art space Dotouan, Bridge Artists, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

MOCA Annual Auction, Hot Springs, AR

2008

International Artists Small Exhibition, Gallery Irohani, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Landscape At Risk, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ

8.5”x11” Project, Lisa Coscino Gallery, with Arts & Literature Lab, Pacific Grove, CA

Box Art Benefit, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA

Art Now for Autism Benefit, Washington, D.C. 

Art Stampede, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas

10th International Collage Exhibition, Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2007

Small Works, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA

Mail Me! & December Show, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

Moshi Moshi!, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

California Centered: the environment, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA

20”x20”x20”, Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2006

Anonymous Drawing 2, Bluetenweiss Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Sisters, Sakai Cultural Hall, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

1998

 Dia de los Muertos, Buckham Chapel, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA

 September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

1996

 Kala Institute Annual, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1994

The Walrus, Mills College literary journal selection, Oakland, CA

1993

1993 Invitational, Museum Without Walls, Bemus Point, NY

Windows on the Waterfront, Business Association Awards, Oakland, CA

1992

Telling Stories, Prieto Gallery, Oakland, CA

Fire Art Project, multiple locations, Oakland, CA

Exhibits USA, Mid-America Arts Alliance touring, southern USA

1991

Kala Fellowship Award Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

 issue: Earth, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA (formerly La Sierra University)

 At the Edge II, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX

1989

Opening the Heart, Clearing the Mind, Common Boundary, Washington, DC

Summer Show, (solo show), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

1988

Surf's Up (2 person show), Corridor Gallery, San Mateo, CA

 Summer Series (2 person show), Orberg Gallery, Chico, CA

1987

Invitational Exhibition, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

1986

BayArts '86, San Mateo County Arts Council Gallery, Belmont, CA

1985

Current Visions, Germanow Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

4 Painters, 4 Sculptors, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1984

California Works, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA

1982

UC Print Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1981

On the Western Edge, Capricorn Asunder Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980

Works on Paper, Heller Gallery, Berkeley, CA

 World Print Three, ASUC Studio, Berkeley, CA

Awards  

2009          Art Residency, Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA  

2008          Finalist, Alameda County Artwork Purchase Award, Oakland, CA

2007          Art Residency, Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA

2005          AROHO Writer’s Residency, Abiquiu, New Mexico

1993          Oakland Business Association Art Award, Oakland, CA

1991          Kala Art Institute Fellowship, Berkeley, CA

1991-92    Touring citation, "Exhibits USA" MidAmerica Arts Alliance

1990-91    Touring citation, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX

1989          Best of Show, Common Boundary, Washington, DC

1984          Premium Painting Award, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA

Bibliography/ Catalogues

“Sakai-Berkeley Bridge exhibition,” Osaka Japan, 2006

“10th & “16th Annual,” Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 1991,1998

"Issue: earth," Brandstater Gallery, Riverside, CA 1991

“At the Edge II,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1990

Reviews:  Emma Victoia Blanco, “Small Works,” Tri–City Voice, Oct. 24, 2007

                 Angela Kirkner, "Corridor Gallery,” Peninsula Times, July 6, 1988

                 Charles Shere, "Gallery Roundup," Oakland Tribune, Feb. 19, 1985

                 Joanne B. Hays, "Eight Young Artists," Artweek, Feb. 2, 1985