Gertrud Parker
Phone:415.435.2600
Phone:415.435.2600
Fax:415.435.6085
E-Mail:info@gertrudparker.com
BornVienna, Austria
EducationBA, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Studies
Ecole Therese Gauthier,Montreal, Quebec
SF State College-Alexander Nepote-Perspective drawing
University of Wisconsin-Kenneth Kümmerling-Drawing
Pacific Basin School of Textiles, Berkeley, CA
Fiberworks, (Yoshika Wada )
Mendocino Art Center,CA
Fort Mason, San Francisco (Kay Sekimachi)
One year seminar-Lillian Elliott, Berkeley
Solo Exhibitions
2011Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA June 17-September 11, 2011
2010"3D:The Art of Gertrud Parker" Part II
Dominican University, Marin County, California
Dominican University, Marin County, California
2009"3D:The Art of Gertrud Parker" Part I
Dominican University, Marin County, California
Dominican University, Marin County, California
2007Art Santa Fe International Biennale, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006"Gediegen" haaaauch, Klagenfurt, Austria
"Verfremdung" Haasner Gallerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
"Verfremdung" Haasner Gallerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
2005"Sunshine Et Noir - A Spring Exhibition" Monoprints
joe kish classic design interiors, 590 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA
joe kish classic design interiors, 590 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA
2003"The Sculpture of Gertrud Parker - A Convergence of Cultures"
Dominican University, San Rafael CA
Dominican University, San Rafael CA
2002"The Visceral Sculpture of Gertrud Parker" Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2001"Draht Objekte - Gertrud Parker" Galerie Haasner, Wiesbaden, Germany
"Vernissage & Kolloqium" Bundesinstitut, St. Wolfgang, Austria
"Scheinbar Vertraut" Haaaauch Klagenfurt, Austria
"Vernissage & Kolloqium" Bundesinstitut, St. Wolfgang, Austria
"Scheinbar Vertraut" Haaaauch Klagenfurt, Austria
2001"Unusual Steeples" San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1997"3 Generations: Women Interpreting Women..." Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
1993"Gertrud Parker: A Lightness in Being" Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
1989"Around the Ground Swell...Clang", Works in Gut and Fishskin, Gertrud Parker,
Allen Moe, California State University, Hayward, CA
Allen Moe, California State University, Hayward, CA
1988"Fiber/Gut Paintings and Sculpture by Gertrud Parker" Art Exhibition Galleries,
Frank Lloyd Wright Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Frank Lloyd Wright Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011"Arts Alive 75! Celebrating Richmond Art Center's 75th Anniversary" Sept 17-Nov 12
2010"Art in the Courtyard" Tiburon, CA
2009"Women Artists in Marin: 5 Decades" Marin County Civic Center March 9-May 28
2008"Wish You Were Here" A.I.R Gallery, West 25th St., NY, NY
2007"Sculpture The Third Dimension" ART WORKS DOWNTOWN, San Rafael, CA
2007"Shapeshifters" The 8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004"Red Abstractions" ARTROM
2003-04"Graphik-Malerei-Plastik" Galerie Haasner, Wiesbaden, Germany
2002"San Francisco Bay Area" Art Bodensee, Austria, presented by Galerie Haasner
2001"Kleine Formate" Galerie Haasner, Wiesbaden, Germany
2000"Judging the Book by its Cover" Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
1999Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Hokaido, Japan
1998"Liberte, Fraternite, Egalite" Downtown Museum of Los Angeles, CA
1997"Art for the Holidays" Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA,
"L'Chaim-A Kiddush Cup Invitational" The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
"L'Chaim-A Kiddush Cup Invitational" The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
1996"Sources & Refinements" San Bernardino County Museum, CA
1995"Translucency" Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, U.C.S.C., Santa Cruz, CA
1994"Dual Visions: Artists in the Studio/Leaders in the Community" Falkirk, San Rafael, CA
1993"Crocker-Kingsley Annual Art Show" Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1991"Natural Impressions" Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA
1990Weaver's Convergence "Small Expressions" San Jose, CA "Shifu Aida"
juror Archie Brennan
juror Archie Brennan
1989"Image of the Horse" Redding Museum Art Center, Redding, CA
1988"Innerskins/Outerskins, Gut and Fishskin" Anchorage Museum, Alaska State Museum,
Juneau, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
Juneau, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
1985"Mixing it Up", Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
198221st Annual", Hayward Forum for the Arts, CA (Juror: Ruth Asawa)
Art Related Employment
Founder, Chairman of the Board, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, California
Awards and Commission
2011Nominated Artist Eureka Fellowship Program, Fleishhacker Foundation
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
1998Ornament for the White House Tree (One of 6 artists in California)
1997Gold Medal, 1st prize, 7th International Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden
1993Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund Grant
1992Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards, Bronze Award
Honorable Mention, "Capital Convergence '92", Washington, D.C
Honorable Mention, "Capital Convergence '92", Washington, D.C
1988Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Fiber, New York
1987Marin Society of Artists Award, Ross, CA
Selected Bibliography
2011 "Gertrud Parker, Artist and Collector," catalog, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
2011 "haaaauch 2005-2010" Heiderose Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria
"Women Artists in Marin: 5 Decades" Catalog. Sponsored by Marin Arts Council.
Curator: Jennifer Almadova, Editor: Claudia Chaplin 2009
"Verfremdung", catalog Galerie Haasner 2006
"haaaauch" 1998-2005 Heiderose Hildebrand
"Gertrud Parker at the Richmond Art Center" by Frank Cebulski, Artweek, Sept 2002
"Textile Miniaturen" Artemis Galerie, Gorlitz, Germany
"The Visceral Sculpture of Gertrud Parker" by Peter Selz
"Judging the Book by its Cover" Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL.
"The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition" University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan, catalogue
"Gertrud Parker: Sheer Artistry" by Amy Winter, Ph.D. Womanís Art Journal, May, 1999
Who's Who in American Art 1995-96, 2001-2002
Doramay Keasbey, Sheer Delight-Hand-woven Transparencies, Stella Publishing House, 1990
Wayne Freedman, Producer, KRON-TV (NBC affiliate, San Francisco), “Inside Art”, 1988
2011 "haaaauch 2005-2010" Heiderose Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria
"Women Artists in Marin: 5 Decades" Catalog. Sponsored by Marin Arts Council.
Curator: Jennifer Almadova, Editor: Claudia Chaplin 2009
"Verfremdung", catalog Galerie Haasner 2006
"haaaauch" 1998-2005 Heiderose Hildebrand
"Gertrud Parker at the Richmond Art Center" by Frank Cebulski, Artweek, Sept 2002
"Textile Miniaturen" Artemis Galerie, Gorlitz, Germany
"The Visceral Sculpture of Gertrud Parker" by Peter Selz
"Judging the Book by its Cover" Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL.
"The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition" University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan, catalogue
"Gertrud Parker: Sheer Artistry" by Amy Winter, Ph.D. Womanís Art Journal, May, 1999
Who's Who in American Art 1995-96, 2001-2002
Doramay Keasbey, Sheer Delight-Hand-woven Transparencies, Stella Publishing House, 1990
Wayne Freedman, Producer, KRON-TV (NBC affiliate, San Francisco), “Inside Art”, 1988
Collections
Gertrud Parker's works are in permanent collections in Germany, Austria and Japan, as well as the New York Times, New York, Smithsonian Archives, Washington, DC, and Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
Solo Exhibition Galerie Haasner
Wiesbaden, Germany 2006
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