Selected Available Works
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Circle of Memory II, 2008
Oil on watercolor paper, Japanese tea paper on wood; 48 ½ x 36 ½ inches

Light Gatherers II, 2008
Ground aluminum, oil on canvas; 70 x 60 inches

Robilee Frederick
Biography

Born
Evansville, Indiana

Education
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions
2011               Falling/Rising, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008               Mapping Light, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008               Holiday Special: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
                              San Francisco, CA
2007               Coming Attractions, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2005               Robilee Frederick | Terra Incognita
2003               Branching Out | Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2002               Robilee Frederick | Heat and Light

Solo Exhibitions

2011               Falling/Rising, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009               Mapping Light II, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008               Mapping Light, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007               Terra Incognita, The Hess Collection, Napa, CA
2006               Terra Incognita, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005               Terra Incognita, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003               Fields of Light, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002               Heat & Light, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000               Seeing Light, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000-1999    Light, Shadow, Burn, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Illumining Time, Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa, CA
1998               Lumina, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996               Stains of Memory, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Smoke and Flame, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995               Robilee Frederick, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994               Smoke and Memory, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992               Spirit Ships II, San Marco Gallery, Dominican College,
                              San Rafael, CA
1991               Spirit Ships, K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987               Rooms Within, Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA
                        Robilee Frederick, The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011               Circle of Memory, Museum of Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2011               Discrepancy: Living between War and Peace, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
2010               Artivore Antics, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA.
2009               White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                        Super Flat, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Altered States: The collection in content, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2008               Holiday Special: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay
                               Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Circle of Memory, Hanger 7, Salzburg, Austria
                        Consider the Source, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA
                        Wild Things, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2007               Circle of Memory, Museé Fabre, Montpellier, France
                        Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show,
                              Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006               Paradise: Lost and Found, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA
2005               Circle of Memory, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2004               Circle of Memory, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
                        Good Vibrations from California, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        Parallel Convergence, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA
                        The Fine Artist, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
                        Danger, di Rosa Preserve/Off the Preserve, Napa, CA
                        Terra Infirma, Napa Valley Museum, CA
2003               Au Naturel, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
                        Circle of Memory, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
                        Branching Out, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002               Flag: Interpreting an American Icon, Napa Valley Museum, CA
                        Fresh Start, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
                        On the Surface: Contemporary Paintings by Bay Area Women, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2001               Burn, Exhibition of artists using burning techniques in their work, opening at the
                              Norton Museum, West Palm Beach Florida, traveling to the Columbia Museum
                               of Art in Columbia, South Carolina.
                        Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                        An Art Odyssey, University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Santa Rosa, CA
2000               Review and Preview, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1999               Veiled Memories, Arizona State University Art Museum and ExperimentalGallery,
                               Collaboration with Claudia Bernardi, Sharon Siskin and Margorie Agosin,Tempe, AZ
                        Art in Embassies, (1999-2001),Lima Peru
                        New Space - New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998               Transcendence: celebrating works of Irish-American artists, Mount San Antania College, Walnut, CA
                        Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997               Generational Abstractions, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                        Heat, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Mixed Media, Gensler, Santa Monica, CA
                        Toward the Millennium: Contemporary Paintings From Northern California, Monterey Museum of Art, CA
                        Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996               Veiled Memories, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Collaboration with
                               Claudia Bernardi, Sharon Siskin and Margorie Agosin, San Francisco, CA
                        Small, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995               Mysterium, Santa Rosa Junior College, Art Gallery, CA
                        Chaos in the Backroom, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        A Collection, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
1994               Seas, Lakes, and Rivers, North Terminal Gallery, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
                        Diversity and Vision of the Printed Image: CSP, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1993               The Spirit Within, Mumms Napa Valley Gallery, Rutherford, CA
                        Group Show, K. Kimpton Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Gallery II, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Alumnae Art Exhibit, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1992               Face to Face, St. Supery Winery Gallery, Rutherford, CA
                        Invitational Exhibition, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
                        Contemporary Use of Wax and Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1991               Less is More: Small Works, K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        BACA 7th Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1990               Pro Arts Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, catalogue
                        Transportation as Art, John Wayne Airport, Orange County, CA
1989               Thirty-Fifth Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
                        Calgene, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
                        Frescos, Gensler and Associates, San Francisco, CA
1988               Art Quest, New York, NY, catalogue
                        California Society of Printmakers Group Show, The Art Corridor, Menlo Park, CA
                        International Art Show, I. A. C., New York, NY, Merit Award
1987               An Homage To..., Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1986               Pastel-The Purest Pigment, The Art Corridor, Menlo Park, CA
                        Enclosures, Allan Short Gallery, Stockton, CA
                        Overview, The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Cal-Print 86, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
                        California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, catalogue
1984               Fanciful Fare, Transamerica Center , Los Angeles, CA
                        California Prints, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
                        California Printmakers, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1983               Contemporary American Printmakers, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
                        Year of the Woman, Marin County Civic Art Center Gallery, San Rafael, CA
                        California Printmakers, The Print Philadelphia, PA
                        Voices and Visions, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
                        Contemporary California Prints, College of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Belmont, CA
                        Contemporary California Prints, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1982               Contemporary Prints, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, catalogue
                        Pacific States Printmaking Exhibition, University of Hawaii Club, Hilo, HI,
                        Triptych, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Legendary Feast, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                        Crossroads, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980               Libre de Horas, Museo de Arte Historia, Cuiad, Juarez, Mexico
                        Book of Hours, San Marco Gallery, Dominicon College, San Rafael, CA
                        Ideas and Images: Printmakers, California State University Art Gallery, Hayward, CA
                        The Light is Different in California, Pratt Graphic Center, New York, NY

Selected Collections

Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
Barbara and Gerson Bakar
Bank Julius Baer, Los Angeles, CA
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Bankers Life Assurance Co., Boston, MA
The Buck Collection, Newport Beach, CA
Chadwick, Saylor and Co., Los Angeles, CA
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Del Monte Corporation, Monterey, CA
Doris and Don Fisher
Donald Hess, Bern, Switzerland
Rene and Veronica di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Four Seasons Hotel, Carlsbad, CA
Hess Collection, Napa, CA
Hess Collection, Colomé, Argentina
Hyatt Hotels, Chicago, IL
Hyatt Hotels, San Francisco, CA
IBM, New York, NY
James Stewart Polshek
Morrison Library, Berkeley, CA
Marion Greene LEF Foundation
Nancy and Joachim Bechtle
Nancy Defik, Las Vegas, NV
Pacific Telesis, San Francisco, CA
Randi and Robert Fisher
Riverhorse Investments, Santa Monica, CA
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA
Copia, Center for Food, Wine and the Arts, Napa, CA
Quintessa Winery, Napa, CA

Artist Grants

1996               In support of “Veiled Memories”
                        LEF Foundation
                        California Council for the Humanities
                        National Endowment for the Humanities
                        Zellerbach Family Fund
                        Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
                        Poets and Writers Grant

Selected Bibliography

Paulen, Sasha, "Altered States: The Collection in Content" Napa Valley Register, October 28, 2009
Hufstader, Louise, "A Source of Magic", Napa Valley Register, July, 2007
Pincus, Robert, "Good for the Soul", The San Diego Union Tribune, August, 2004
Salter, Stephanie, "Stones of Sorrow for the Missing", SF Chronicle, November, 2003
Brady-Herndon, “A Studio Built for Two”, Napa Valley Register, August, 2002
Younger, Carolyn, “Rediscovering Fire”, St. Helena Star, February, 2002
Cook, Dan, “Creative Fire”, Free Times, July, 2001
Jenkins, Steven, “Previews”, Artweek, December 1999
Rose, Jaimee, "Haunting yet healing," The Arizona Republic, 1999
Rose, Jaimee, "Memories Veiled at ASU Museum," The Arizona Republic, 1999
-----, “Fin de Siecle Painting”, Artweek, September 1997
Shumacher, Donna, “Veiled Memories”, Sculpture Magazine, 1997
Webster, Mary Hull, “‘The Mythic Narrative’ at Palo Alto Cultural Center and ‘Veiled Memories’ at
San Francisco Art Commision Gallery”, Artweek, December 1996
Zimmerer, Kathy, “Robilee Frederick at Ruth Bachofner Gallery”, Artweek, August 1996
-----, “Dynamic Artists Explore Spirit in New Exhibition”, St. Helena Star, November 1, 1993
-----, “Face to Face”, St. Helena Star, November 10, 1993
Floden, Roberta, “Glimpse Artwork by Marin’s Finest”, Marin ndependent Journal, 1992
Baker, Kenneth, “Galleries”, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 23, 1991
Anderson, Roger, “Big Pictures, Minor Miracles”, Berkeley Express, April 6, 1990
Miller, Carol, “Sculpture Steals the Show”, Berkeley Voice, March 29, 1990
Tyson, Janet, “Sacred Heart Show Reveal Effects Posiivle with Pastels”, Times Tribune, April 11, 1986
-----, “Robilee Frederick: Secret Journies”, Artweek, July 27, 1985
Morch, Al, “Visual Landscapes Inside and Out”, San Francisco Examiner, July 29, 1985
Seymour, Ann, “At the Galleries”, Nob Hill Gazette, July 1985