Matt Glavin, Biography

BORN:
1926 Portland, Oregon

EDUCATION:
1960 Mills College, Oakland, California, M.F.A
1956 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland,
California, B.F.A

TEACHING:
1977-83 University of California at Berkeley
1962-1966 University of California at Berkeley

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2002 Cannon Beach Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
1997 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1994 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1991 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1989 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1988 Site 311, Pacific Grove, CA
1987 Erickson & Elins, Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1983-1985 Magnolia Editions Press, Oakland, CA
1980 Source Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1976 Smith-Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, CA
1977 Smith-Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1969 Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1964 Primus Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2005 Cannon Beach Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
1989 Shidoni Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986 Magnolia Editions Press, Oakland, CA
1978 Source Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Linda Ferris Gallery Seattle, WA
1969-1971 LASER ENVIRONMENTS: Traveling Shows
Fort Wroth Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, CA
University of New Mexico
University of Pennsylvania
Akron Art Museum, OH
Rhode Island School of Design
Joslyn Art Institute Museum, Omaha, NB
Japan Art Society: “Three Cities in Japan”
Light, Motion and Sound (3 pieces) – Hudson River Museum
Galeria Bonio (5 pieces) – New York, NY
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA – laser installation

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2002 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2001 Magnolia Editions Press, Oakland, CA
1999 Erickson & Elins Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1990 Shidoni Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1987 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IO
1986 University of California Printmakers, Walnut Creek, CA
1983 Oakland Museum (Storefront Gallery) Oakland, CA
1983 Smith-Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Magnolia Editions Press, Oakland, CA
1983 Edna Young Gallery, San Jose, CA
1982 DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1981 Magnolia Editions Press, Oakland, CA
1974 Oakland Art museum, Public Sculpture urban Environment
1972 Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA – drawings
1971 University of Cincinnati, Fine Art Collection – drawings
1971 The Canton art Institute, Canton, OH
1970 Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC - drawings
1968 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA – paintings
1967 California State College, Hayward, CA – “Four Sculptors”
1966 Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1965 Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1964 Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1963 San Francisco Museum of Art, SECA Fourth Selection
1962 Primus Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1962 Pasadena Museum, Pasadena, CA – collage show
1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA – print show
1960 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA – paintings
1959 Richmond Museum, Richmond, CA – drawings and prints
1960 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA - paintings
1958 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA – drawings and prints
1957 American Artists, Paris, France
1956 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA - paintings

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PRINTMAKING SHOWS
1977-1978 National Museum, Washington, DC
1976 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
1976 Rice Institute, Houston, TX
1976 Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA
1975 Smith-Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Polly Freidlander Gallery, Seattle, WA
1975 Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, OH
1975 Sacred Heart School, Menlo Park, CA
1975 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

COLLECTIONS:
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
City of San Francisco
Container Corporation of America
Westinghouse Corporation
Dewey & Craig, Foster City, CA
The Rucker Company, Oakland, CA
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Oakland, CA
The Bank of California, San Francisco, CA
Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA
Boraccia & Associates, Petaluma, CA
ARCO Chemical Company, Newton Square, PA
AT&T
Radius
Kaiser Permanente, Dallas, TX
Kaiser Permanente, Roseville, CA
Homart Development, South San Francisco, CA
City of Sunnyvale, CA

Contact Information:

Email: Matt Glavin

Website: MattGlavinArt.com

Links to Matt Glavin's Art and Art References:

Sites with images:

http://www.magnoliaeditions.com/Content/Glavin/Glavin.htm

http://members.tripod.com/Matt_Glavin_Art/

http://bonniehull.net/2011/02/25/living-the-creative-life-matt-glavin/

Sites with art sales and auction history:

http://www.askart.com/askart/g/matt_glavin/matt_glavin.aspx

http://www.artnet.com/artists/matt-glavin/past-auction-results

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/812190

Books and book sales links:

Drawings By Matt Glavin
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1968 - 5 pages

Bay Area figurative art, 1950-1965
By Caroline A. Jones
Text in book:
"Four Bay Area Artists" Matt Glavin with Dennis Beal, Joan Brown and Mel Henderson 11-04 to 12-05,1963

Art in the San Francisco Bay area, 1945-1980: an illustrated history
By Thomas Albright
Text in book:
Above link references innovative uses of handmade paper
Scroll down below
to see an image and excerpt from this book
on Matt Glavin's 1970 Lazer Environment Project