Resume

EDUCATION

1968 University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Art
1964 University of California, Berkeley, B.A., English

HONORS & AWARDS

1989
Fellowship, Artist in Residence, Virginia Center of the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
Panelist, College Art Association, San Francisco, CA, “Drawing as a Major Medium” 

1985
U.I.C.A. Artists Grant

1983
Yaddo Fellowship, Spring Residence, Saratoga Springs, NY 

1977
CCAC Faculty Grant

1967
Dean’s Award, U.C., Berkeley

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
“IN MONOCHROME”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA 

2021
“Decameron”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2015
“Judith Foosaner: Recent Works”, Shasta College, Redding, CA 

2014
“Then Again”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

2012
“Breaking & Entering”, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 
Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2011
“Breaking & Entering”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
“Moving Violations”, Brian Gross Fine Art, One Post, San Francisco, CA

2010
“Step In Time”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
“Night Flight: Collage Drawings”, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
“Crossing the Line”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 

2007
“Travel by Night”, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA 

2006
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA 

2005
Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Palm Desert, CA 
Gallery 276, San Francisco, CA 
Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2004
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA 
Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, CT

2003
Carl Cherry Center for the Fine Arts, Carmel, CA 

2002
B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA 

2001
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA 
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA

2000
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA 

1999
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL 
Evolving Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA 
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
D. P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA 
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1994
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1993
Littlejohn Sternau Gallery, New York, NY 
Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1992
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1988
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1987
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1985
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982
Wenger Gallery, San Diego, CA 
Rolando Castellon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981
John Bolles Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA 

1980
Wenger Gallery, San Diego, CA 

1979
Wenger Gallery, San Diego, CA 

1978
Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA 

1977
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1975
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1973
Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1971
Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

COLLABORATIONS

1990
“Marking Time,” a site-specific installation celebrating time’s multi-dimensionality by Judith Foosaner and Susan Leibovitz Steinman.
Sponsored by the Kala Institute of Berkeley, California 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
“Paper Trails”, Laura Rathe Gallery, Houston, TX

2023
“Collections”, McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX
Alphabet Soup“, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Shared Visions: The Cherry Center at Seventy-Five”, The Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA

2022
“Holi Moli: Beginner’s Mind” group exhibition at the Carl Cherry Center in Carmel
The Most Beautiful Mistake You Can Make,” The Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA 
“Multiple Insights”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2021

Annual Summer ExhibitionBentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2020

“that’s what artists do”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Annual Group Exhibition” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
“31 Women”, Janus Avivson Gallery, London, England

2019
“Annual Summer Show,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
“In Absence of Color,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
“Pattern, Line, Gesture: Judith Foosaner, Danielle Frankenthal, Creighton Michael,” McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX

2018
Doors of Perception“, Laura Rathe Gallery, Houston, TX
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts“, Carmel, CA
Way Bay, Berkeley Art Museum“, Berkeley, CA

2017
“3 WAYS; Judith Foosaner, Jimi Gleason, Thomas Zitzwitz”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2016
“Spatial Contrasts”, Two person exhibition, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford, CA

2015
“Synergy”, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 

2013
Still Point,” Robert F. Agrella Gallery, Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa, CA

2011
“Gallery Selections”, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
“Gallery Selections”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2010
“Dynamic Equilibrium: Drawings, Paintings & Collages”, San Francisco School Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2009
“Well-Tempered”, R.B Stevenson Gallery, CA 

2007
“Silence, Exile and Cunning,” Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, curated by Frances McCormack

2005
Reeves Gallery, New York, NY
Monterey Museum, Monterey, CA
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

2004
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 

2003
Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY 
Spheris Gallery, Walpole, NH

2001
“Draw The Line”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 

2000
“Art Alive,” San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 
The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

1998
“Illuminated Under the White Light: 8 Painters,” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA 
Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco, CA

1996
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL 

1995
“Eloquent Line,” Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA 

1994
Morley Gallery, London, England 
“Drawing ’94: Explorations,” Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1993
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI 
Littlejohn-Sternau Gallery, New York, NY

1992
Littlejohn-Sternau Gallery, New York, NY 
“(Basically) Black and White,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
National Drawing Association, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1991
“Pattern Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Arkansas Arts Center,” Little Rock, AR 
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
“Works on Paper,” Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990
“National Drawing Invitational,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR 
Helander Gallery, New York, NY

1989
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 
“Annual Collector’s Exhibition,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Order and Intuition,” Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

1988
“Linear Link,” Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA 

1987
Littlejohn-Sternau Gallery, New York, NY 
“Bay Area Drawing,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
“Bay Area Artists—Small Works Invitational,” Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Ethnic Idea—An Artistic Genesis,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

1986
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1985-1986
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, CA. Curated by Clement Greenberg 
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

1985
Nancy Hoffman and John Perreault, Drawing National, Catalogued in Syracuse Scholar (traveled to: University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Moody Art Gallery, University of Alabama, University, AL, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY)
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, CCAC Faculty Show

1984
Newspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
“Gestural Drawing I: Bay Area Artists,” Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1983
Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 

1982
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 
Richmond Arts Center, Richmond, CA

1981
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
“Rutgers National Works on Paper,” Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
“Small Works National ’81,” Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA

1980
Van Doren Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa, CA

1979
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 

1978
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA

1977
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

1976
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1975
Carleton College, Northfield, MN 

1974
Ames Gallery, Berkeley, CA 

1969
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA 
San Diego Fine Art Museum, San Diego, CA

1968
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA 

1967
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 

PUBLICATIONS

Judith Foosaner: Works on Paper, published by David Spencer, Little Rock, Arkansas; Essay by Bill Berkson 1995

Judith Foosaner: Selected Works, published by David Spender, Little Rock, Arkansas; Essay by Bill Berkson 1993

Quarry West 28, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 1991

National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Townsend Wolfe 1990

Syracuse Scholar/Everson Museum of Art Drawing National, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg, Nancy Hoffman, and John Perreault 1985

Gestural Drawing I: Bay Area Artists, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Andrea Liss at Newspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984

Small Works National, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Betty Parsons, Director of Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, at the Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY 1981

Rutgers National ’81, Works on Paper, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Louise Bourgeois, Lloyd Goodrich and Jan Van der Marck at the Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, NJ 1981

Mixed Media on Paper, catalogue for the exhibition curated by Elizabeth Sher at the Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1978

TEACHING

2003-2004 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
2002 University of California, Davis, CA
1994-2001 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1993 Wimbledon School of Art, London, England
1977-1993 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1975-1977 University of California, Berkeley, CA
1970-1975 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Stanford University Redwood City
Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Shanghai Music Conservatory, Shanghai, China
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, CA
Sam Diego Fine Art Museum, San Diego, CA
Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
3-M Corporation, St. Paul, MN
United Gas Pipeline, Houston, TX
Shaklee Company, San Francisco, CA
Brobeck, Phleger and Company, San Francisco, CA
White, Weld & Company, San Francisco, CA
U. S. Venture Partners, Menlo Park, CA
Oral-B, San Francisco, CA
The Lurie Company, San Francisco, CA

PRESS

Materials and Process Take Center Stage at “3 Ways” Painting Exhibition, Artful Life, by Cathy Breslaw, Thursday, January 19, 2017
3 Ways: Thomas Zitzwitz, Judith Foosaner and Jimi Gleason, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA, by Cathy Breslaw, Vanguard Culture, January 2017
San Francisco Art Gallery Openings, First Thursday, July, 2012 
Four Must-See Art Exhibits Opening This Week, Alex Bigman, Jul 04, 2012
Breaking and Entering: Solo exhibition by Bay Area artist Judith Foosaner at Brian Gross Fine Art, artdaily, 2012
Linear Movement, Heidi De Vries, SFWeekly, July 4, 2012
Judith Foosaner, Painting Abstract, Celia Cook
In Conversation with Judith Foosaner, The Painting Imperative, International Contemporary Painting Magazine, 
Moving Violations, By Matt Stromberg, Art Practical, June 13, 2011
Judith Foosaner, Artist Profile by Barbara Morris, This article was written for and published in art ltd. magazine, 2011
‘Moving Violations,’ Judith Foosaner exhibition, Sunday, June 26, 2011
Foosaner’s collages, Picton’s ‘Dresden Burnt’, by Kenneth Baker, Saturday, April 17, 2010
Lora Schlesinger Gallery / Foosaner and Seid, ART – SANTA MONICA, February 19, 2008
A Study in Contrast, by David M. Roth, SacTown, August / September 2007 (view PDF)
Art: Symbolic images mark Reich’s work, By Victoria Dalkey, Bee Art Correspondent, (Published Jan. 23, 2000)
There’s More to ‘The Linear Link’ Than the Line of Least Resistance, By Cathy Curtis, LA Times: Art Review, April 30, 1988

VIDEO

Lora Schlesinger Gallery: “Judith Foosaner & Carlo Marcucci” exhibition 2010