Selected Available Works
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Finding John the Baptist, 2005, Pine, plastic, enamel and cardboard
25 x 18 x 8" |
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The Hostage, 2006
Pine wood and enamel, 72 x 9" |
Michael Stevens
Biography
Born
1945 Gilroy, CA
Education
1970 Art Education, Secondary Teaching Certificate California State University, Sacramento, CA
1969 MA, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1967 BA, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1965 AA., American River College, Sacramento, CA
Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions
2007 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2008 "Against the Grain", Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (and 2000, '07, '94, '92, '89, '86, '84, '82, '77-'79)
2003 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2001 Shorenstein Co., San Francisco, CA
Robert Else Gallery, California State University,Sacramento, CA
1996 American River College, Sacramento, CA (w/ Suzanne Adan)
1990 Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA (w/ Suzanne Adan)
American River College, Sacramento, CA
1986 California State University, Chico, CA
1985 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (w/ Suzanne Adan)
1984 Himovitz/Salomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1981 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (w/ Suzanne Adan)
1978 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY (w/ John Buck)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 "Bring the Lumber", James Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2003 “Branching Out”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “Toy With Us,” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
“Almost Warm & Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA
2000 "Cats and Dogs", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design", Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
1999 "Altered: The Animal in Contemporary Art", The Museum of Art and History @ The
McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA
"New Space, New Work", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Bob Arneson and Friends", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"Group Exhibition", b. sakata garo, Sacremento, CA
"The Figure", The Fairfield Center Gallery, Fairfield, CT
“Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary Arts and Sciences," GA
"American Art and Design”, Mobile Museum of Art, AL; Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, NY
1998 “Trashformations: Recycled Materials in American Art and Design”, Boise Museum of Art, ID;
Museum of Art, Washington State University (traveling)
"Death and Desire", Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento, CA
"Self Expressions 1998", Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1998 "Sculptural Perspectives For the New Millenium", The LEF Foundation, St. Helena, CA
"Mr. & Mrs.", Michael Stevens & Suzanne Adan, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
“Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design”,
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX;
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; and Schneider Museum of Art,
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
1997 "Hello Again: A New Wave Of Recycled Art and Design", Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
“Trashformations: Recycled Materials in American Art and Design”, Whatcom Museum,
Bellingham, WA (traveling)
"CSUS/50", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
"Eighth Annual All Creatures Great And Small", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"For Funk's Sake", John NatsoulasGallery, Davis, CA
"Heat", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “Surface/The Illusion”, Sierra College Library Gallery, Rocklin, CA
“Seventh Annual All Creatures Great and Small Exhibition”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"Mr. & Mrs.", Michael Stevens and Suzanne Adan, American River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1995 “Sixth Annual All Creatures Great and Small Exhibition”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
“National Objects Invitational”, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
“Gun”, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 “Braunstein/Quay Gallery Artists”, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
“The Michael Himovitz Gallery”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Animal Imagery”, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
“Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa Collections”, Great Hall High Bay,
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
“The Art of Collecting: The Artist as Collector”, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
“Summer Sculpture Show”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Building a Collection: A Decade of Gifts”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Dogs”, Bolinas Museum, Point Reyes Station, CA
"Braunstein/Quay Gallery Artists", Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
1993 “Humor in Art”, One Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
“Mr. and Mrs.”, Michael Stevens and Suzanne Adan, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992 “From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture By 20 California Artists”, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
“Discovery! Contemporary California Narratives”, American Cultural Center, Brussels,
Belgium and Himovitz/Miller Gallery, Pavillions, Sacramento, CA
“All Creatures Great and Small”, John Natsoulas Gallery Davis, CA
"Michael Stevens and Suzanne Adan”, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
1991 “Them and Us”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Coming Attractions”, Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“All Creatures Great and Small”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
“A Tribute Exhibition: Works on Paper and Sculpture by Crocker-Kingsley Artists”,
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1990 “Against the Grain: Contemporary Wood Sculpture”, Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA
“New Works”, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Michael Stevens and Suzanne Adan: A Survey”, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
“The Portrait Linens of Jock McDonald and the Art of the Photographed Artist”,
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“All Creatures Great and Small”, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
“California Eccentrics”, Illinois Union Art Gallery, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, IL
1989 “Animal Show”, Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“What the Music Looks Like”, Michael Himovitz Gallery,Sacramento, CA
“Gallery Artists from the Braunstein/Quay Gallery”, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
"Narratives In Wood", Redding Art Museum, Redding, CA
"Artscape '89", Downtown Construction Wall, Sacramento Public Library Building Site, Sacramento, CA
1988 “Wood Sculpture: Seven Contemporary Artists from the Sacramento Area”, Mary Porter Sesnon
Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
“Dog Show”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"In The Folk Tradition: Contemporary Wood Sculpture", Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
"CSUS Forty Years of Art", Robert Else Gallery, California State University,
Sacramento, CA & The William H. Cook Gallery, Rancho Cordova, CA
1987 “Busts”, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Michael Stevens & Suzanne Adan", Richard H. Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1986 “Fine Wood”, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
“Contemporary American Wood Sculpture”, Huntsville Museum, AL; The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
“Fetishes”, Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL
“Mixed Media”, Evanston Art Center
1985 "Bakers Dozen", Himovitz/Salomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Works in Wood: A Survey of Contemporary Sculpture”, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
“Menagerie”, San Francisco International Airport, CA
“Michael Stevens & Suzanne Adan”, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
“Sacramento/Davis Interface”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
“Sacramento Valley Painting & Sculpture”, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Contemporary American Wood Sculpture”, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ;
Sunrise Museum, Charleston West Virginia; Florida International University Visual Arts Gallery, Miami
1984 “Contemporary American Wood Sculpture”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Political Cartoons and Other Opinions”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 “The Slant Step Revisited”, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1982 “California Connections: Sacramento State College & the Early ‘70’s”,
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA; Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Bay Area Figurative Sculpture”, Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Northern California: Focus on the Figure”, Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1981 “Sculpture Invitational”, Alaska State Arts Council, Anchorage, AK
“New Talent”, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
“Welcome to the Candy Store”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento,CA
“Humor in Art”, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary, CA
“Works in Wood”, Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, KS
“The Animal Image: Contemporary Objects & the Beast”, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
1980 “Painted Sculpture”, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
“Michael Stevens & Suzanne Adan”, Tempo Gallery, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1979 “Wood”, San Francisco Museum of Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Wood”, Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis CA
1978 “Artist Working in Wood”, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1977 “New Acquisitions”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Downtown Dog Show”, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
“Beauty and the Beast: Animal Images In Contemporary Art”, Kohler Arts Center, Shebogan, WI
“Group Show”, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
1976 “Surface & Image”, Walnut Creek Arts Gallery, CA
“Candy Store Gallery Artists”, American River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Clocktower Exhibit”, Benecia Art Center, Benecia, CA
1975 “Fifty Years of Crocker-Kingsley”, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1973 “Kingsley Annual”, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Candy Store”, Folsom, CA
“Small Objects Show”, E. Walters Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1970 “Slant-Step Show”, Art Company, Sacramento, CA
Kingsley Annual, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Young Sculptors, Bay Area, San Francisco Art Institute
1969 Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Public Commissions
2003 East End Project, State of California and the California Arts Council
Public Collections
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
C.S.C. Index, San Francisco, CA
Rene and Veronica
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York
Livingston & Mattesich, Sacramento, CA
Persis Corporation, Honolulu, HI
Brent Smith Design, Sacramento, CA
Squadron Press, Kansas City, MO
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Lexecon Corperation, Chicago,IL
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Selected Bibliography
Dalkey, Victoria, “It’s Howdy Doody Time”, The Sacramento Bee, November 30, 2003
Herman, Lloyd E., Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design,
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Washington D.C., catalogue
Kangas, Matthew, “Trashformations:Recycled Materials in Contemporary Art And Design”, Sculpture,
September 1997
Dalkey, Victoria, “An Artistic Shot at Violence: Himovitz Gallery Offers
A Powerful Look at Gun Control”, The Sacramento Bee, February 9, 1995
Dalkey, Victoria, “10 for 10: Highlights from ‘A Decade of Gifts’”, The Sacramento Bee, December 11, 1994
Dalkey, Victoria, “A Collective Effort: New Crocker Exhibit Puts Spotlight on the Generosity of Sacramentans”,
The Sacramento Bee, December 11, 1994
Sylva, Bob, “Show and Tell”, The Sacramento Bee, June 10, 1994
Driesbach, Janice T. and Barbara K. Gibbs, Michael Himovitz Gallery: An Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum,
catalogue, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1994
Linehares, Philip E., Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks From the di Rosa Collections,
catalogue, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Tanner, Marcia, “An Absolute Native Glory”, The Museum of California/The Oakland Museum, Fall 1993
Howard, Julie, “Davis Collector Finds New Life in Her Home After an ‘Art Remodel’”,
The Sacramento Bee, September 30, 1993
Beach Smith, Patricia, “An Original Work”, The Sacramento Bee/Country Life, July 10, 1993
Heimer, Dianne, “Going Places”, Sacramento Magazine, April 1993
Linhares, Philip E., From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture by 20 California Artists,
catalogue, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1992
Telford, Anne, “Michael Stevens”, Northern California Home and Garden, March 1990
Anerson, Roger, “Knot in the Grain”, East Bay Express, February 23, 1990
Dalkey, Victoria, “Cultural Diversity and a World of Animals Shape Two Exuberant Shows”, The Sacramento
Bee, September 2, 1990
Jenkins, Steve, “Malleable Components”, Artweek, February 15, 1990
Baker, Kenneth, “Wood Sculptures as Faux Geology”, San Francisco Chronicle (Datebook), February 7, 1990
Crowe, John, “Redding Museum Exhibit an Eye-Catcher”, Redding Record Searchlight, November 12, 1989
Tarshis, Jerome, “Art: San Francisco Bay Area Art”, California Magazine, March 1989
Wilson, Rob, Narrative in Wood, catalogue, Redding Museum and Art Center,Redding, CA, 1989
Dalkey, Victoria, “The Graduates: Widening Circle of Acclaimed Artists Hail from Halls of CSUS”,
The Sacramento Bee, April 17, 1988
-----, “Arts Exhibits - Central Coast”, Prelude, January 1988
Neisser, Judith, “Design for Working: The Lexecon Corporation”, Chicago, October 1987
Maahs, Dana, “Michael Stevens Unique Sculpture Now in Taylor Hall”, Chicago Orion, October 1986
-----, “Curly Branches, Rough Twigs are Artist’s Materials”, Chico Enterprise-Record, October 5, 1986
Tarshis, Jerome, “Gettin to Know You”, San Francisco Focus, July 1986
Garvin, Jeanne, “Chicago Moderne”, House and Garden, September 1985
Kinsella, Jim, “Revisiting the Best and Brightest”, Sacramento Magazine, January 1985
Schlesinger, Elen, “Giving Primacy to Wood”, Artweek, December 22, 1984
Roberts, Alison, “Wooden Images”, The Sacramento Union, November 2, 1984
Silverman, Andrea, “Artists Pages”, New Art Examiner, May 1984
Stewart, Albert, Contemporary Wood Sculpture, catalogue, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1984
Clisby, Rodger D., Michael Stevens, catalogue, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA and
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Coffelt, Beth, “The Life and Time of Slant Step”, California Living Magazine- The San Francisco
Examiner/Chronicle, July 24, 1983
Peskin, Roger, “On the Cover...”, Art Now/Chicago Midwest, June/July 1983
Boettger, Susan, “The Slant Step Revisited”, Artforum, May 1983
Burstein, Joanne, “Developing Personal Myths”, Artweek, May 22, 1982
Shere, Charles, “Local Sculptors Have Current Shows”, Oakland Tribune, May 21, 1982
Bagley, Peggy, “Artists Profile”, Art Voices, January/February 1982
Hoffman, Donald, “All in Wood”, The Kansas City Star, December 20, 1981
McKinley, Cameron Curtis, “Yesterday Now”, Architectural Digest, July 1981
Haydon, Harold, “Weekender Guide:Art”, Chicago Sun Times, March 27, 1981
Artner, Alan G., “Art”, Chicago Tribune, March 20, 1981
Clisbey, Roger, Welcome to the Candy Store, catalogue, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1981
Meilach, Dona Z., Woodworking: The New Wave,New York: Crown Publishers,1981
Curreri-Chadwick, Dyana, “Textures and Symbols”, Artweek, May 24, 1980
McDonald, Robert, “Expressions in Wood”, Artweek, May 19, 1979
Amerson, L. Price, Artists Working in Wood, catalogue, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, 1978
Sylva, Bob, “The Best and Brightest”, Sacramento Magazine, April 1978
Meisel, Alan, “Letters from San Francisco”, Craft Horizons, April 1978
Albright, Thomas, “Always Room for a Chuckle”, San Francisco Chronicle,November 7, 1977
Albright, Thomas, “Young Sculptors Confuse Critic”, San Francisco Chronicle,November 7, 1970
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