Richard Berger
  • Gallery
    • Prosthetic Temple
    • Gallery 2000
    • Gallery 1990
    • Gallery 1980
    • Gallery 1970
  • Movies
    • Cartwheel, 2002
    • The fire that stirs about her when she stirs, 1999
    • Artist at work, 1998
    • Evolution, 1997
    • All I didn't say to Charlie Sexton, last time I saw him, 1997
    • Artist at work, 1994
    • Duchess
    • A poem is a machine made with words, 1994
    • Surf Mirror, 1974
  • Writings
    • (1) Bombay
    • (2) Aurangabad
    • (3) Delhi
    • (4) Jaipur
    • (5) Agra
    • (6) Khajurhao
    • (7) Benares
    • Cortege
    • Henry and Don, 1994
    • Imprint
    • Pal, 1994
    • To all artists, known and unknown
  • Resume'
  • Events

Richard Allen Berger

Education
  • M.A., Art, California State University, Sacramento, 1970
  • B.A., Art, California State University, Sacramento, 1968
Teaching experience / lectures
  • San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA, 1970 to present, beginning through graduate sculpture, and art history. Sculpture Department Chair 1972-74, and 1980-94, Contemporary Practices Coordinator, 1995 to present, Acting Dean of Undergraduate Studio Programs, spring semester 1997, Graduate Studio Program Coordinator, academic year 1998-99
  • California State University Sonoma, CA, Imagery Estate Winery Artist’s Lecture Series, October 30, 2002
  • Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, Academic year 1976-77, spring quarter 1980, fall quarter 1992
  • California State University Hayward, Hayward CA, summer sessions 1975-75
  • Reinhart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute, College of Art, guest artist, May 1974
  • Notre Dame University, South Bend Indiana, guest artist, November 1973
  • California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA 1969-75, part-time, beginning through graduate sculpture, 1990-91 graduate seminar.
  • Sacramento State College, Sacramento CA, fall 1969
Grants and fellowships
  • Adeline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2004
  • National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Grant 1980
Public collections
  • Parc Oakland Hotel, Oakland CA
  • Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
  • Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
  • Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach Florida
  • Contemporary Museum, Honolulu Hawaii
  • Monterey Peninsula Museum, Monterey CA
  • diRosa Preserve, Napa CA
Solo exhibitions
  • 2004 Adeline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute
  • 1998 “Reflexions Projectees” Chateau de Coupiac, Coupiac France
  • 1998 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1993 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1991 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1990 California State University Hayward, Hayward CA
  • 1987 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1985 Bank of America Concourse Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1985 Redding Museum, Redding CA
  • 1984 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1981 Reed College, Portland Oregon
  • 1981 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Frandisco CA
  • 1978 Zara Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1976 Zara Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1974 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
  • 1974 Ohio State University Art Gallery, Columbus Ohio
  • 1973 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
  • 1971 Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1970 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
Group exhibitions
  • 2003 Mentor Exhibition JFK University, Berkeley CA
  • 2002 “Being There: 45 Oakland Artists” Oakland Museum of California Art, Oakland CA
  • 2000 “High Touch, High Tech”, Kala Institute, Berkeley CA
  • 1999 Group exhibition, Chateau de Coupiac, Coupiac France
  • 1999 “Opening Tricks”, Berkeley Festival of the Arts, Berkeley CA
  • 1998 “Tell-Appa-Thee 915 Battery St.,San Francisco CA
  • 1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1997 “Through Things Clearly” Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley CA
  • 1997 Exhibition and lecture/discussion with Charles Shere
  • 1996 San Francisco Art Institute 125th Anniversary exhibition
  • 1996 Joseph Chowning Gallery San Francisco CA
  • 1994 “Sculpture 94” Joseph Chowning Gallery, S.F. CA
  • 1994 “California Collects” curated be Reagan Louie, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
  • 1993 “Furniture” Contract Design Center, San Francisco CA
  • 1991 “Sculpture Now” San Francisco Art Institute S.F. CA “Bay Area Faculty” Untitled Gallery, S.F. CA
  • 1991 “Illumination” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek CA
  • 1988 “Gifts from Friends of the Museum” The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu Hawaii
  • 1987 “New Works 87” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1987 “Vertigo: The Poetics of Dislocation” San Francisco Art Institute
  • 1986 “Visable/Invisable” Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA
  • 1985 “Sculpture 85” Joseph Chowning Gallery San Francisco CA
  • 1985 “Recent Acquisitions” Oakland Museum Oakland CA
  • 1985 “Unabashed Symbiotics” The Old Warehouse Cabaret, Oakland CA
  • 1984 Davis McClain Gallery, Houston Texas, Jan.
  • 1983 International Water Sculpture Competition Finalist Exhibition, New Orleans Museum of Art, May
  • 1983 Fendrick Gallery, Washington D.C., Nov.
  • 1982 “California Connections – Sacramento State College, The Early 1970’s”, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach CA
  • 1977 “18 Bay Area Artists” University Art Museum, Berkeley CA
  • 1976 “18 Bay Area Artists” Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
  • 1975 “The Sculptor as Draftsman” JPL Fine Arts, London England
  • 1975 “The Envelope Show” JPL Fine Arts, London England
  • 1974 “Five Oakland Artists” Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
  • 1972 Sculpture '72”, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
  • 1971 “Young Bay Area Sculptors”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
  • 1970 Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • 1970 Centennial Show, De Young Museum, San Francisco CA
  • 1969 N.C.A. Annual, Crocker Museum, Sacramento CA
Bibliography
  • THE SAN FRANCISCO JUNG INSTITUTE LIBRARY JOURNAL v.17 no 14 2000, Is there a Jungian approach to art? review by Susan Thackrey p.88
  • ARTWEEK November 1998 Cebulski, Frank review
  • WORKS AND CONVERSATIONS vol.1 no.1 Interview & illustrations Jan 1998
  • BANDICOOT vol.1 no.1 Front and back cover photographic illustration 1992
  • DIABLO ARTS Nov. ’91-Feb. ’92 p.30 Santiago, Chiori Review, illustration
  • ARTWEEK April 4 ’91 Rapko, John review
  • SCULPTURE AND ENVIRONMENT Byong San Choi, 1989, Chun Jung Art Discussion Co. Seoul Korea two illustrations.
  • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Oct.30 ’87 Baker, Kenneth Review
  • ARTWEEK Oct.17 ’87 Durant, Mark Review
  • WEST ART July ’85 review by Editor
  • ART IN THE S.F. BAY AREA Thomas Albright, 1985, U.C. Berkeley Press, p.261
  • ART WEEK Oct.24 ’84 Van Proyen, Mark Review
  • HOUSTON CHRONICLESat. Jan.21 ’84 p.7 Johnson, Patricia, Review
  • SCULPTURE INTERNATIONALvol.1 No.6 1983 p.11 photograph reproduction
  • WASHINGTON POST Sat. Nov.19 ’83 Forgey, Benjamin Review
  • HILL RAG (Washington D.C.)Nov.7 ’83 Rosenblum, Daniel Review)
  • CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS, Jan. ’82 Fitzgibbon, John , catalogue
  • ARTWEEK- Aug.29 ’81 Marechal-Workman, Andree, review
  • WEST ART-Aug.28 ’81 Marechal-Workman, Andree, review
  • ARTWEEK Sept.16 ’78 p.2 Photographic reproduction
  • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Sept.7 ’78 p.64 Albright, Thomas, Review
  • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Aug.6 ’76 p.45 Albright, Thomas, Review
  • ARTWEEKJune 19 ’76 Ballatore, Sandy, Review
  • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE May 31 ’76 Albright, Thomas, Review
  • LOS ANGELES TIMES Jan 22 ’75 p.57 Wilson, W., Review
  • ARTFORUM Oct. ’74 p.75-77 Plagens, Peter “Introductions‘74”
  • ARTS Dec. ’70 p, 20-23 Louden, Lynn, “Apollo and Dionysus in Contemporary Art“
Curated exhibitions
  • Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, “The Third Time I Saw Phyllis She Exploded,” April 1998, Contract Design Center, San Francisco CA
  • California State University, Hayward, Annual Student Exhibition, May 1998
  • “Opening Tricks,” an exhibition of selected faculty from bay area institutions, and their students- Berkeley Arts Festival, May 1999
  • “Tell-Appa-Thee,” Group exhibition featuring the works of the late Wallace Allen Healy, co-curated with Judy O’Shea with the cooperation of the San Francisco Art Institute 915 Battery St Gallery, San Francisco, March 1999
Publications
  • INDEPENDANT BIKER Issue 21 1994 “An artists critique of the Motorcycles of Arlen Ness”
  • DEUS EX MACHINA March 1996 “Pal” short story
  • WORKS+CONVERSATION No.5 2002 “Elephanta” travel journal
  • WORKS+CONVERSATION No.9 2004 “To All Artists, Known and Unknown”
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