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Eva Bovenzi

Education

MFA Painting, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
BA English/Art cum laude, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
  Phi Beta Kappa

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA “Messenger”
2007 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco CA “Messenger”
2003 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco CA
2000 Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA “Silence Matters”
1995 Finch Gallery, Phoenix AZ
1994 Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA
1992 Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1991 Los Medanos College, Pittsburgh, CA
1985 Slant Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1981 Works Gallery, San Jose, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. “2008 Auction”
2008 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco CA “Ten”
2008 San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco CA
  “Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship”
2007 David Cunningham Gallery, San Francisco CA “Strange Weather”
  Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle WA “In Focus: West Coast Galleries at SAM
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA
  Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2004 The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA “The Essence of Nature”
  The Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA “The Drawing Room”
2003 Biennale Internazionale dell Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2000 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
  Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA “Small Paintings”
1998 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1997 Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ “Elusive Nature”
1996 Cuenca Museum, Cuenca, Ecuador “Elusive Nature”
1995 Center on Contemporary Art Seattle, WA “Folie a Deux”
  Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA  “About Drawing” Curated by Peter Seltz
1994 Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA  “New Acquisitions”
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery San Francisco, CA
  Bank of America World Headquarters  San Francisco, CA “Plan B”
1993 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA “Outer Scapes: Landscapes from California” Curated by Peter Frank
1993 Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, CA “Mostra 93”
1990 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel CA
1988 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1987 Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA  “Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition”
1985 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA “Concerning the Spiritual”

Selected Bibliography

San Francisco Art Magazine, “Eva Bovenzi: Messenger”, DeWitt Cheng, Summer 2007. Illustration.
Art Contemporaries “Nature’s Essences” Amy Berk. Summer 2004. Illustration
Artweek “The Drawing Room at Kala Art Institute” David Buck. April, 2004
The Gallery at Villa Montalvo: Selected Exhibitions, 1996-2000 Catalog. Essay by Mary Hull Webster. 2002. Illustration
Artweek “Eva Bovenzi, Peter Foley and Farrar Wilson” Berin Golonu February, 1999. Illustration
The Arizona Republic “Natural Selection” Richard Nilsen. June 20, 1997 Illustration
Hoy “Natureleza Esquiva en Quito” February 19, 1997
El Comercial “Bienial:Cuatro Muestras en Quito” February 24, 1997
Catalog to the Exhibition “El Quinto Bienial de Pintura, Cuenca, Ecuador” November, 1996. Illustration
Catalog to the Exhibition “Elusive Nature” David S. Rubin. November, 1996 Illustration
San Francisco Bay Guardian “Critic’s Choice” Harry Roche. October 26, 1994
San Francisco Chronicle “Plan B Takes Effect” Kenneth Baker. November 26, 1993
Artweek “The Gang of Four: ‘Private Investigations’ at Opts Art” Stephen Jenkins. November 18, 1993. Illustration
Artweek “New World: Six Italian-American Artists at the Museo Italo-Americano” Bruno Fazzolari. August 19, 1993. Illustration
Sunset Magazine “Santa Monica is Art City” September, 1990. Illustration Zyzzyva Magazine Fall, 1990. Illustration
Artweek “Dualities and Transformations” Janis Edwards. September 28, 1985 Illustration
Catalog to the Exhibition “Concerning the Spiritual: the Eighties” David S. Rubin 1985. Illustration
San Francisco Chronicle “Art in the Right Spirit” Kenneth Baker. August 29, 1985
San Francisco Examiner “The Spirit’s Willing” Al Morch. August 26, 1985 Illustration

Selected Collections

Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
The Packard Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
The Delfina Studio Trust, London, England
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
Art Space, Birmingham, MI
Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA, San Francisco, CA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ
Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Hartford, CT
Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto, CA

Honors, Awards, Commissions

Commissioned narrative for “Lammermoor”, video by Austin McQuinn. Butler Gallery, Kilkeeny, Ireland 2008
Commissioned narrative for “The Force of Destiny”, video by Austin McQuinn. David Cunninham Projects, San Francisco CA 2007
Commissioned narrative for “Ape Opera House”, video by Austin McQuinn. Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture, Cork Ireland
Biennale dell¹Arte Contemporanea 2003. Florence, Italy. Painting award.
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain.  Residency, 1999
U.S. Representative to the 1996 Cuenca, Ecuador Biennial of Painting
Delfina Studio Trust, Manilva, Spain. Residency, 1996
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming. Residency, 1993
Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California. Residency, 1991
San Francisco Art Institute:  Board of Trustees, San Francisco, CA, 1990-91
John A. Goldsmith/Philip Blair Rice Memorial Fellowship in Visual Art, 1992

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