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6671 Front St. (Hwy. 116)
Downtown Forestville

PHONE: 707.887.0799
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MAIL: P.O. Box 844
Forestville, CA 95436

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Kathleen Thompson’s
Eighth Ocean

October 5—November 11, 2007

Kathleen Thompson
707/823-3849
482 Vine Avenue
Sebastopol, California 95472
Email: KathleenFrancest@aol.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Paper Drawings at Caffé Museo
1999 The Artful Eye, Healdsburg, CA
1998 The Quicksilver Mine Company, Sebastopol, CA
1997-98 Sterling Vineyards, Calistoga, CA
1997 The Painter's Eye, Petaluma, CA
1995-96 Four Seasons, Albuquerque, NM
1996 The Artful Eye, Healdsburg, CA
1993 Fine Art and Frame, Santa Rosa, CA
1990 Inglenook, Napa, CA
1990 The Quicksilver Mine Company, Guerneville, CA
1989 Installation Gallery, Oakland, CA
1979 UCEN Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
1978 Sojourner, Santa Barbara, CA
EDUCATION/AWARDS
2007 MFA San Francisco Art Institute
2007 Montata Artists Refuge- Full Residency San Francisco Art Institute
2002 Gamblin Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2002 Featured Artist in Earthlight Magazine, published in Oakland, CA
1999 Scholarship to Santa Fe Art Institute, Masters class, Donald Sultan
1998 John & Ann Marion Scholarship, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Richard Diebenkorn Scholarship, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
1995-96 Masters Class, Gregory Amenoff, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
1992 Masters Class, Elizabeth Murray, Roland Reiss, UC Summer Arts, Arcata, CA
1990 School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
1989 Graduate Study, Mills College - Jay DeFeo, Oakland, CA
1979 University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. - William Dole, John McKracken
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2000-Present Painting Instructor - Wellspring Renewal Center, Philo, CA
2001-02 Summerfield Waldorf High School, Santa Rosa, CA
1994-Present Encaustic Painting, Santa Rosa Junior College Adult Education Santa Rosa, CA
1991, 93 Montessori Visions School, Santa Rosa, CA
1986 California Community Colleges, Teaching Credential
1989 Peace Corps, Ecuador, South America
1979 Gallery Director, UC Santa Barbara Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1978-79 Childrens Creative Project, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2007 MFA Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason
2005 The Quicksilver Mine Company, Bakers Dozen, Forestville, CA
2004 S Well Gallery, The Transitional Object, San Francisco, CA
2003 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Quicksilver Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
Gallery Bergelli, San Anselmo, CA
2000 MOCA, Of Now and Future Dreams, Santa Rosa, CA
1998 Crocker Kingsley Exhibition, Sacramento, CA - Juror's Award
1996 The Artful Eye, Calistoga, CA
1995 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, The Spiritual in Art, Award of Merit
Matrix International Women's Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
Belvedere Winery, Healdsburg, CA
1994 Celebrating Ethnicity, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
1993 Marin County Fair, Juror's Award - Rena Branstein, Juror, San Rafael
State of the Art, Massachusetts Museum of Art, Woburn, MA
1992 UC Chancellors Office, Long Beach, CA
California State Fair, Sacramento, CA - Juror's Award, Phillip Linarez
Butterfields, Hollywood, CA
1991 Blue Book Chronicles of War and Peace, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
BACA Berkeley Art Center, - Special Award, Mary Lovelace O'Neil, Juror
Rhythm and Blues, Mill Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1990 Artists at Play, Santa Rosa City Council, Santa Rosa, CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. 15th Annual - Juror's Award Debra Oropollo
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Chancellor's Award
University of Chicago, Faxart Exhibit, Chicago, IL
1989 California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1988 Art Peace, Mantanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
1981 Cabrillo Art Center, Santa Barbara, CA
1979 UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

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"Oceana", by Kathleen Thompson
"Oceana,"
acrylic on panel,
5" X 7"

Eighth Ocean Show