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Valerie MitchellVELVET DA VINCI SHOWSNew West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork ORNAMETAL -- Our annual Christmas ornament exhibition, together with Thomas Mann Gallery Tiaras Will Be Worn -- Contemporary Tiaras by International Artists COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONMFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1984 BS, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, 1977 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Bridging Structure to Form, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE, 2004 IMEC Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2003 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2000 Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1998 Jewelerswerk Galeris, Washington, DC, 1997 Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1993 & 1992 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1992 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1986 The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1985
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Brooching the Subject, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Freehand@30, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 New West Coast Design, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008 Transformed by Fire, NCEG exhibition, Oakland Collectors' Gallery, Oakland Museum of Art, CA, 2008 Sculptural Metalsmithing, Centre for the Arts, Pico Rivera, CA, 2007 Craft in America, 8 museum touring exhibit and book (part of PBS new series 'Craft in America'), 2007 Spring Show, DeNovo Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, 2006 Art Blooms, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, 2006 Investigating Space, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY, 2006 Showcase, Center for Southern Craft and Design at The Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 2006 Annual Jewelry Show, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 8th International Juried Enamel Exhibit, NCEG, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2006 Artful Jewelry, Gallery Suum, Seoul, Korea, 2005 Magnificent Extravagance, Racine Art Museum, Racine WI, 2005 In Print/In Person Enamel Show, Thomas Riley Gallery, Woodmere, OH 2005 Metamorphosis Int'l Enamel Society, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN, 2005 Wearable Expressions, Palo Verdes Art Center, Palo Verdes Est, CA, 2005 The Art of California Gold, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2003 The Nature of Things, WDO Gallery, Charlotte, NC, 2003 Enamel Masters, Palo Alto Art Center, CA, 2003 Inspired by Nature, Martina & Co., Providence, RI, 2002 Functional Fine Art, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2002 Four-Person Show, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2002 The Perfect Gift, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ, 2002 Quinta Essentia, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2001 Structure, Symbol & Substance, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2000 Four-Person Show, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, 2000 Two-Person Show, Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH, 2000 California Metalsmiths, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1999 Secret Gardens, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1999 12-year retrospective, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 Three Generations…, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1997 New Jewellery From the USA, Galeria Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain, 1997 New Jewellery, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England, 1997 The Environmental Bead, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, 1997 Jewelry for the Opera, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1997 The Art of Taking Risks, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1996 Second Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Four-Person Show, Brand Gallery, Santa Ana, CA, 1996 Contemporary American Jewelry, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996 Double Vision, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, 1995 Material Nature: Process/Product, Sun Valley Center Gallery, Ketchum, ID, 1995 One-of-a-Kind, American Art Jewelry Today, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1995 Jewels and Gems: Collecting California Jewelry, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1994 California Jewelers, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1994 American Jewelers, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993 American Jewelers, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, 1993 South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Solo Show, Torrance, CA, 1992 Jewelry of the New World, Gallery Tiller, Vienna, Austria, 1992 Progressive Metals, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA, 1990 Sculptural Jewelry: 4 Artists, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1988 Hals Arm Ohr; 25 x Junger Schmuck International, Gallery Kunsthandwerk, Berlin, West Germany, 1987 Enamels International, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA, 1986 Schmuck und Great 1959-1984, International Handwerksmesse, Munich, West Germany, 1984 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, 2009 500 Pendants, Lark Books, 2008 Craft in America, Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, Potter Publishing, 2007 The Art of Jewelry Design, Debra Kruprenia, 1997, Quarry Books. Rockport Pub. One-of-a-Kind: American Art Jewelry, Susan Grant Lewin, 1994, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, vol. 23 (4), 2003 Los Angeles Downtown News, feature, December 2, 2002 Metalsmith Magazine Review, vol. 45, Spring 1999 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, vol. 53, Spring, 1995 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, vol. 46 Spring, 1994 American Craft Magazine, pages 74-75, July 1999 American Craft Magazine, review, September 1995 Art Week, newsmagazine, article, "Body Art", November 1995 Ornament Magazine, Review, vol. 21(2) 1997, vol. 15(4), 1992, vol 12(1), 1988 GZ European Jeweler Magazine, November 1992 Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, feature, October 8, 1989 GRANTS AND AWARDSAmerican Crafts Council, Award of Excellence, 1999 Ornament Magazine, First Place Award, 1984 COLLECTIONSOakland Museum of Fine Arts, Oakland, CA Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI American Crafts Council, Award of Excellence, 1999 Ornament Magazine, First Place Award, 1984 Top |
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