Gage Opdenbrouw CV
EDUCATION
BFA, Painting/Drawing, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, 2001
President’s Honor List: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
"Best Emerging Artist", Fine Art Painting Department, 2001
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2021 B Sakata Garo Gallery, solo show, Sacramento, CA
Horse and Plow Winery, Sebastopol, CA
Sue Greenwood Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 “Silent Music”, Washington Studio School, Washington DC
“Midsummer Sun in an Empty Room", solo show, SHOH Gallery, Berkeley CA
2019 "Garland of Hours", at Shasta College, Redding, CA
2017 “Into the Moment”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Yolo County, CA
2016 “Garland of Hours”, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Recurring Dreams of Light Through the Trees”, Art Zone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Windows”, Art Zone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Recent Paintings”, 50 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Silence & Distance”, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Dia de los Muertos: Paintings”, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Small Fires in the Distance...”, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
“Small Fires…”, new works, 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“November”, 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Strangers” series, new works, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2004 “Strangers” series, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 “Table for Four”, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2019 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
“Disrupted Realism”, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Abstraction/Obstruction", with Mark Daniel Nelson, Martin Campos, Scott Conary,
Joseph Podlesnik, William Matthews Gallery, Denver, CO
"Horizons", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 "Room with a View", with Sandy Ostrau and Andrew Walker Patterson, Fourth Wall
Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 “Honoring the Legacy of David Park”, Santa Clara University, -- National Juried show
organized by John Seed, 1st place
The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
International Figurative Biennale, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
15th Annual California Landscape Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Urban Life, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Edge of Realism, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Landscape, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Urban Aspect, (juried by Jeremy Mann), Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2012 “POV: Landscape Interpreted”, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
“Beyond Static” Gage Opdenbrouw and Ryan M Reynolds, Art Zone 461 Gallery, SF, CA
2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, 2010, Art Zone 461 Gallery, CA
“Bay Area Art Educators Invitational Exhibition”, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2009 “Dia de los Muertos” Bakersfield Musuem of Art, Bakersfield CA
2008 Grand Opening Group Show, ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CA
“New Artists 2008” Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Archives”, with Brett Amory, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY
2007 “Painters of New York & California”, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Contemporary Works in the Plein Air Tradition”, Charles Campbell Gallery
2006 Swarm Gallery, with Michael Cutlip & Mark Sasaki, Oakland, CA
Facing West: “Portrait Show”, Tinhorn Public Works, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Introductions”, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Art Fair, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
“375 Views” at Logan International Airport, Boston, MA
“375 Views”, Mayor’s Office, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2004 “Coast to Coast”, with Dorothy Arnold, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
Fall 2019: "Disrupted Realism", by John Seed, Schiffer Publishing
Fall 2019: International Painting Annual #9, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinatti
Voyage LA: Art and Life with Gage Opdenbrouw:
http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-gage-opdenbrouw/
Painting Perceptions: Feature Interview with Larry Groff: https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-gage-opdenbrouw/
the Studio Work Blog, with Elise Morris: Feature interview, August 2018
"Into the Moment" Catalog, John Natsoulas Gallery, with Essay by John Seed
Faesthetic Blog: October 2009,
Mas Magazine: September 2009, pages 17-18, “Cultural Creations”
SFExaminer.com, Museum Examiner Blog, “Dia de los Muertos at Bakersfield Museum of Art”, October 9, 2009
Studio Visit Magazine, April 2008
Feature interview at www.thevisualmovement.com,
December 2007 Lifescapes Magazine,
November 2006, pgs 48-49, “Return of the Day of the Dead”
ArtSpeak, “What’s in a Face?” San Francisco Examiner, 2/13/2003
AWARDS, JURIED SHOWS, AND RESIDENCIES
Summer 2019: Artist in Residence, JSS in Civita, Civita Castellana, Italy, recipient of Avigdor Arikha Memorial Scholarship
Artist in Residence, Mineral School, Mineral, WA, August 2018
“Honoring the Legacy of David Park”, Santa Clara University, April 2016 -- National Juried show organized by John Seed, 1st place
Texas National 2010, Juried by Judy Pfaff, Stephen F Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches, TX,
April 2010
23rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Juried by Peter Frank, McNeese State University, LA
Marin Society of Artists 2009 National Exhibition, Ross, CA, August 2009
“Painting Large”, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, July 2009
75th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, January 2009, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Painting as Presence”, June 2008, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, juried by William Bailey
2nd Place Award, Painting, Affaire in the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA, May 2007
“Expressions West 2006”, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon, May -July 2006
Vermont Studio Center: Artist in Residence, December 2005
Upcoming: “Landscape and Memory”, at Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
Upcoming: “Landscape and Memory”, Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, August 2020
Workshops: Oakland Cannery, 2019: “Painting the Ephemeral”, “Painting Presence (figure painting)”
Best Emerging Artist, Drawing & Painting, AAC, 2001
TEACHING
Forthcoming: 4 day workshop, Hamilton New Zealand, March 2020
Forthcoming: “Landscape and Memory”, Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, August 2020
“Finding Presence”, Workshop, Washington Studio School, Washington DC, Nov 2019
“Landscape and Memory” Workshop, at Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA, June 2019
Oakland Cannery, 2019 Workshops: “Painting the Ephemeral”, “Painting Presence (figure painting), March 2019
Richmond Neighborhood Arts and cultural center, San Francisco, weekend painting classes for children ages 5-12, 2012-2014
Guest Lecturer, Santa Clara University, Painting Department, 2011
Guest Lecturer, Academy of Art University, Painting Department, 2011
Guest Lecturer, California College of Arts, Painting Department, 2010
Sharon Art Studio, San Francisco, “Plein Air Painting in Oil or Acrylic--Workshop”
October 2010
“Fundamentals of Figure Painting in Oil” 15 week life painting foundation course, @ Opdenbrouw Studio Spring 2010
Sharon Art Studio, San Francisco, “Drawing and Painting with Pastels”, 2009
Northern California Music and Culture Center: Painting Instructor, 2008-2011
“Oil Painting Fundamentals”: a ten week course in oil painting, Spring 2008
“Painting 101”, Cellspace, San Francisco, Summer 2007
Private Instruction in drawing and painting: 2002-Present, ongoing--over 25 students, at all levels, many trained artists, many with no training.