Gerald Heffernon

sculpture, painting, bio-concepts

 
 
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Cv/bio

  Solo Exhibitions

    2010  Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California
   
2008  Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California2006  Pence Gallery, New Paintings, Davis, California 
    2004  Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
    2000  John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California    
   
1997  California State University, Fullerton, California

    1994  Joseph Chowning Gallery,  San Francisco, California
    1992  Ecole d'Art,  Aix-en-Provence, France
    1991  John Natsoulas Gallery,  Davis, California
    1990  Joseph Chowning Gallery,  San Francisco, California
    1989  Coyote Gallery,  Butte College, Oroville, California
    1988  Joseph Chowning Gallery,  San Francisco, California
    1986  Joseph Chowning Gallery,  San Francisco, California
    1980  Cares Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Traveling Group Exhibitions

    1986-87
              Robots-Sculptures: Les Machines Sentimentales:
                 La Chartreuse, Avignon, France
                 Centre Pompidou, Paris, France                 
                 Municipal Theatre of Caen, Caen, France

 Group Exhibitions
    2005  Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City,
               Utah   
    2005  Western Biennale of Art,  John Natsoulas Center for
                the Arts, Davis, CA
    2005  Robert Kidd Gallery,  Birmingham, Michigan
    2002  "Ravens"  Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore MD
    2001   Roxbury City Gallery, Roxbury, Connecticut
    1996  Joseph Chowning Gallery,  San Francisco, California
    1996   "All Creatures"  John Natsoulas Gallery
    1995   "The Figure"  John Natsoulas Gallery,  Davis, California
    1994    "Perceptions/Deceptions", H&W Bechtler Gallery,
                   Charlotte, North Carolina                                    
                 "Art Los Angeles '94",  Los Angeles, California               
                "Four Views of Sculpture",  Davis Art Center, Davis,
                  California               
                "The Birds"  Gallery Concord, Concord, California
    1993   The Dog Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
    1992    John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
    1991   "Sculptural Perspectives for the Nineties", Muckenthaler
                Cultural Center, Fullerton, California  
    1990   "All Creatures"  John Natsoulas Gallery,
                Davis,  California
    1989   Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
                Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
                "Animals", Concord Gallery, Concord, California
                 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco
    1987   "Eccentric Machines" John Michael Kohler Arts Center;
                "Works on paper", Joseph Chowning Gallery,
                   San Francisco, California
                 Davis Art Center, Davis California
                 Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, California
                 Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, California
     1986-87 (traveling)
                  Robots-Sculptures: Les Machines Sentimentales,
                     La Chartreuse, Avignon, France
                     Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
                     Municipal Theatre of Caen, Caen, France
     1985   "Sculpture '85", Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francsico
     1984   San Francisco Arts Commission show, San Francisco
     1980   Center Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
     1979   Paul Waggoner Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
     1977   Gallery 853,  Madison, Wisconsin
 
Public art commissions and institutional collections
 
   2021 Milpitas, CA, “Tango Deer”
    2017 Walnut Creek, CA, “Bullman and Bulldog”
    2016 Del Monte Park, San Jose, CA, “Beaver, Splash, Dog, Jump”2011 Sorensen Library, Whittier, CA, “Fertile Minds”
   
2010  Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, “Giant California Robin”

    2009  Ellipse Park, Stapleton, Denver Colorado, “The Picnic”

     2008  Shasta Park, Sacramento, CA, “Rabbits Reading”  

    2007  Fire Station 12, San Jose, CA   “Spring-tailed Dalmatian”

    2006   Pine Lake, San Francisco, CA  “Rabbinoid on Cell Phone”

    2006   Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, “4-eyed Sighthound”
    2005   Fire Station 30,  Sacramento, CA, "Hose-tailed Firedog"
    2004   Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, "Queen of
               the Dogs"
    2004   City of Sunnyvale, Downtown Plaza, "Fruit Gigantica"
    2003   Sacramento Arts Commission, Light Rail Station
              "Trainhounds"
    2000   City of Davis/Davis Food Co-op, California "Portrait of a
               Plump Tomato"
    1983   Sacramento Arts Commission, California "Concrete River"
    1979   United Neighborhood Association, Madison, Wisconsin
              "Fossil Bird Fountain"
    1978   Wisconsin Arts Board, WPA project sculptor, Kiel,
                Wisconsin  "Musicians”
 

Miscellaneous Art Employment
    1996-2005   Various lectures, workshops, Including: Southern
                        Utah University; Arizona Art Educators Association;
                        Crocker Art Museum; Art Los Angeles ‘94;
                        Butte College;  Hawai’i Craftsmen;
                          
   1995  "The Cruttwell Dog",  Sculpture for film "2 days in the
                valley"   
   1992   Ecole d'Art,  Aix-en-Provence, France:  Workshops and
               lectures  
 
Miscellaneous grants and fellowships
    1990   California Arts Council, Visual Arts Fellowship
    1980   Wisconsin Arts Board, "Lily Pad" photovoltaic fountain
               City of Madison Art Grant, Wisconsin, "Denizens of the
                Lagoon," aquatic photovoltaic sculpture
              
    1979   City of Madison Art Grant, "Ventriloquy," multi-discipline
                performance                     
                                                            

 Bibliography

  Books
    2004   “Humanimals and Their Kin,”  Crocker Art Museum
                publication
    2003   "The Unexpurgated Book of Cats," by Gerald Heffernon
    1996   "Concrete Jungle"  Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman  Ch. 3
                "Dog Jobs"  p.79   
    1992  "Art and Cognition" ("Zoo" p.38) Cypres/Ecole d'Art
               d'Aix-en-Provence
    1991  "The Unexpurgated Book of Dogs" by Gerald Heffernon

Periodicals/reviews

    2004  Artweek,  October 2004  p.18
    2004  Sacramento Bee, June 10,  "Creature features"p. E-1
    2004  Sacramento News & Review, July 8,  "Anatomy" p. 35
    1992  Art Press 174, November, "Differential (s)" p. 74
    1990  Artweek, June 21, "Camouflaged by Humor" p. 12
    1987  Natural History, February, "Evolution Goes to the Dogs" p. 6
    
                        
 

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