Specializing in Geometric Abstract Sculpture
CV / Exhibitions
Education
1983 M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Major in Economics with significant coursework in Visual Arts; graduated magna cum laude
1979 B.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA. Major in Economics, Minor in Art; graduated with high honors
1974 California College of Arts & Crafts High School Summer Program, Oakland, CA
2010s Studied under Fred Kling, Faculty Emeritus of Art, CCSF
Selected Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Overland-Tandberg Corporation Headquarters Lobby, San Jose (Silicon Valley), CA
2019 Tertulia Coffee and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Home of African American Actor, Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA
2016 Joyce Gordon Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Office of the Chancellor Lobby, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2015 Artworks Foundry Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Steven Headley
2015 Jacobs Gallery at the Holt Center, Eugene, OR
2014 Gallery 85 at Santana Row, San Jose, CA
2014 Home of Former San Francisco 49ers’ Tight End, Vernon Davis, Los Altos, CA
2013 City College of San Francisco Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Mills College Upward Bound Program, Oakland, CA
2012 111 Broadway – Oakland City Center Lobby, Oakland, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Fall Show, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA
2023 Zentner Collection, Asian & Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Emeryville, CA
2023 37th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2022 36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2021 35th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2018 32nd Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2018 San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA
2017 Nancy Littleton Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2016 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Lake Tahoe, CA
2015 29th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2014 28th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2013 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2012 26th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2011 21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Esteban Sabar Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010 Lima Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 4th Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
2010 24th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2009 23rd Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2008 Watergate Clipper Club and Trader Vic’s Restaurant, Emeryville, CA
2008 22nd Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2007 DeFremery Park, Art/ Recreation Center, Oakland, CA
Awards
2023 2nd Place (out of 198 competing artworks), City of Emeryville Art Purchase Award
2017 3rd Place, Nancy Littleton Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2009 3rd Place, City of Emeryville Arts in Public Places Purchase Award
1975 1st Place, Invitational High School Competition: Oakland Unified School District
1975 3rd Place, Jurred High School Competition: UC Berkeley Department of Art
Publications
2018 ZO Magazine, Artist Profile
2013 “Sculpture of John Whitehead.” City Currents, City College of San Francisco Newsletter, Volume XX – Issue 24
Scholarly Presentations
2016 “Contemporary Geometric Abstract African Diasporic Sculpture: A Comparison.” Joyce Gordon Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 “Balance, Gravity, and Movement in Fletcher Benton’s Large-Scale Sculpture.” City College of San Francisco Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA