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Don Fritz Bio


EDUCATION

1978  M.F.A., Sculpture/Ceramics, University of California, Davis
1976  B.F.A., Printmaking, Sculpture, University of California, Santa Cruz
1975  B.A., Painting, University of California, Santa Cruz

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS

2009      
- “Deja Vu” Billy Shire Fine Art Gallery, Culver City, California.

2008   
- New Ceramics, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City California
- Yeongcheon City, Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibit
- Recuerdos, Mazatlan Museum, Sinaloa Mexico

2006 
- “Selected Works’ Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, California

2005 
- Wonderland, Billy Shire Fine Art

2004 
- Circa, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley California

2003    
- Transparency, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
- Allegories, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle Washington

2000 
- Little Cowboy, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California

1999 
- Souvenirs, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California

1997 
- Apple Pie, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
- California Art, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

1994 
- New York Series, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California

1993 
- Fresh, Art Amon, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 
- “On Sight/In Sight and Just In”, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
- “A Seed Planted: a Tribute to Robert Arneson”, Davis Art Center, Tsao Gallery, Davis, California.
- “30 Ceramic Sculptures”, CCACA 2010: 21st Annual Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
- “The Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
- “Go Figure”, invitational figurative group show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California.
- “City Windows Ceramic Exhibition”, City Windows Gallery, City Hall, San Jose,California.
- “A Child’s World”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
- “Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration”, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.

2009    
- Show MI Festival Jana Center. Seoul, Korea.
- Good Ole Days Hespe Gallery” San Francisco, California.
- Annual Art Auction Anderson Ranch. Aspen, Colorado
- California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
- (Sculpture Is ’09) Pajaro Valley Arts Council Watsonville,California.

2008    
- War Show”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
- ARAC: Anderson Ranch Art’s Center, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
- Kelly and Don Exhibition, Gallery Godo, Seoul ,Korea
- Eccentric Images, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
- Show & Tell, The Art Of Vision, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California

2007       
- Experience Teaches: Santa Clara University Art Faculty, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California
- Nor Cal Clay, Freight Door Gallery, Santa Clara University
- Show & Tell: The Art Of Harmony, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles California
- Time And Place, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
- Drawings: Visions, Surfaces, and Beyond, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
- Arcadia, Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, California

2006       
- ART LA, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, California
- International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Inaugural Group Exhibition, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, California
- Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow   Mass, Colorado
- Funnel Cake Fantasy, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California
- Emerging Artist’s Exhibition, Julie Baker Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona

2004 
- Scope, Julie Baker Gallery Los Angeles, California
- International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 50 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
- Group Show, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
- Deep Focus, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, California

2003
- Faculty Works, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California
- International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Gallery, Francisco, California
- Group Show, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Pacific Rim Art Now, Otaru Museum, Japan
- New Ceramics, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California

2002
- In Toon With Time, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
- Play Ground, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California
- International Art Exposition, Robert Berman Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California

2001 
- Chicago International Art Fair, Catharine Clark Gallery, Chicago, Illinois          Faculty Works, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California
-This Is Not A Book, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose

2000 
- Pacific Rim Art Now, Otaru Museum, Otaru, Japan
- Luck of the Draw, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California              Piecing It Together, A Visual Journal, San Jose Museum, San Jose, California

SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS

2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Artists’ Grant, $15,000
1997 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Artists’ Grant, $10,000
1993 Japanese Cultural Exchange Grant

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Otaru Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
Cheech Marin, San Francisco, California
Jim Carrey, Actor, Los Angeles, California
Nicholas Cage, Actor, Los Angeles, California
Miklos Forman, Director, Los Angeles, California
Billy Shire, Director, La Luz De Jesus, Hollywood California
Mark Ryden, Pasadena California
Yeongcheon City, Korea

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