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Genevieve Willson Barnhart
artwork |
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BORN |
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Hollister, San
Benito County, California |
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EDUCATION |
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1949 |
Dominican College;
San Rafael, CA�B.A. |
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1949 |
Sculpture Studies;
Esmeralda, Mexico City |
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1950 |
California College
of Arts and Crafts; Oakland, CA�Graduate Studies |
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1951-1953 |
San Jose State
College; San Jose, CA�Graduate Studies |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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1939 |
Studied engraving
with William Newmeyer; San Francisco, CA |
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1942 |
Jeweler's helper
with Granat Brothers Manufacturing Jeweler; San
Francisco, CA |
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1943-1945 |
U.S. Naval Reserve
(WAVES) in aircraft instrument repair |
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1953-1966 |
Instructor in art,
working artist |
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1964-1965 |
Completed 25 bronze
and aluminum sculptures in foundry at California College
of Arts & Crafts. Oakland, CA |
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1966-1968 |
Bronze casting and
commissioned jewelry in Lexington, KY |
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1968-1979 |
Working on
commission jewelry in home studio in Sonoma County, CA |
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1979-present |
Working in
sculpture, casting in bronze, and photography, Sonoma
County, CA |
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EXHIBITIONS: ONE-PERSON |
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1984 |
Montalvo Center for
the Arts; Saratoga, CA |
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1985 |
California Museum of
Art; Santa Rosa, CA |
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1986 |
J.Noblett Gallery;
Boyes Hot Springs, CA |
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1988 |
Small Bronzes and
Photographs; St. Benedict, OR |
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1990 |
J.Noblett Gallery;
Boyes Hot Springs, CA |
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1991 |
Rasmussen Art
Gallery, Pacific Union College; Angwin, CA |
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1994 |
Dominican College,
San Rafael, CA |
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1996 |
Finley Community
Center, Santa Rosa, CA |
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2003 |
My Pilgrimage
through Sculpture & Photography from 1940 to 2003,
Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA |
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2006 |
Worthy of Exposure:
Work in Progress, Genevieve Willson Barnhart,
Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville CA |
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EXHIBITIONS: GROUP PARTIAL LISTING) |
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1983 |
Second Annual
Invitational; Desert Reserve, Palm Springs, CA
Sculpture Show; Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA |
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1984 |
Clay, Fiber, Metal,
Wood: A Fine Arts Exhibit; Santa Rosa Junior College Art
Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Metal Arts Guild Salute to Silver; Gem & Mineral
Society, Castro Valley, CA
California Jewelry �84; California Crafts Museum, San
Francisco, CA |
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1985 |
Painting and
Sculpture Exhibition; Francis Young Gallery, Ross, CA |
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1986 |
Invitational; Adlen
Arts Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA |
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1987 |
Figurative
Variations; Mill Gallery, Petaluma, CA
Jewelry Invitational; J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot
Springs, CA
Pilgrimages; Santa Rosa Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA |
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1989 |
California Small
Works; California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
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1990 |
Artists at Play;
Santa Rosa Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA
Members Invitational; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA |
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1991 |
Members
Invitational; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
First Biennial Competitive Exhibition; Bedford Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA |
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1991 |
Members
Invitational; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
First Biennial Competitive Exhibition; Bedford Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA |
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1992 |
Grotesques and
Gargoyles; Quicksilver Mine Co. Gallery, Guerneville, CA
Shrines and Altars; Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
Metal Work; Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Metal Work; Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Award The Politics and Pleasures of Eating; Sebastopol
Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA |
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1993 |
Purchase Award Small
Works; California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
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1994 |
New Acquisitions to
the Permanent Collection; California Museum of Art,
Santa Rosa, CA
Mt. Tamalpais: An Artistic Interpretation; Bolinas
Museum, Bolinas, CA
The Shape of Space; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
Hot and Heavy; Bronzes, SoFo Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Liberation of Seeing; American School of Japanese Arts,
Santa Rosa, CA |
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1995 |
Award Openings, the
Spiritual in Art; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Annual; Contract Design
Center, San Francisco, CA |
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1996 |
Three Artists;
Cloverdale Library, Cloverdale, CA
Shadows; Coop/52/Gallery, Occidental, CA |
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1997 |
Merit Award Still
Life and Interiors of the Mind & Spirit |
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1998 |
Serendipity;
Redwing Blackbird Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Spring Show-Three Local Artists; Windsor Library,
Windsor, CA
Winter Group Show; Queri�a-Balcony Gallery, Duncan
Mills, CA
Art from the Start; Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
Architectural Landscapes; Quicksilver Mine Company,
Sebastopol, CA |
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1999 |
Artists by Their
Friends, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Fourth Rotation, The Next Level Communications, Rohnert
Park, CA
Genevieve Barnhart: Bronzes and Monotypes and Inya
Laskowski: Encaustics and Monotypes; Quicksilver Mine
Co., Sebastopol, CA |
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2000 |
Collaborations:
Raymond and Friends, Quicksilver Mine Co., Sebastopol,
CA |
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2001 |
Sculpture: Genevieve
Barnhart; Painting: Machiko Kondo, Sally Weare, & Denise
Whitman Traverso; A-Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Portraying Artists; Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa
Rosa, CA |
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2002 |
Ashes to Art:
Funerary Exhibition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco,
CA |
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2003 |
Icons, Totems, and
Fetishes; Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville, CA |
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2005 |
Guest Artist in
Sculpture & Photography, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma,
CA
Spectrum Indoors, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
Multiple Sculptors: Concepts & Processes, Santa Rosa
Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA |
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