Linda Grebmeier biography

EDUCATION
1978 M.A. Painting and Drawing, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
1975 B.A. Fine Arts, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

EXHIBITIONS
SOLO + TWO/THREE PERSON — EXHIBITS
2009 Yuba Light, Two Person Show scheduled, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2008 Previous year Award Winners in conjunction with the 2nd Annual California Centered: Printmaking 2008, One Person Show, Curator James Brzezinski, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced CA
2006 Arsenal Series, One Person Show, Marilyn O’Rourke Art Gallery, Benicia Library, Benicia CA
2006-05 Inaugural Invitational Exhibition, One Person Show, Benicia Historical Museum, Benicia CA
2006-04 Paintings/Monotypes, One Person Show, Wertheimer Dress & Co. CPAs, One Kearny Street, San Francisco CA
2003 Arsenal Series, One Person Show, Stanford University Faculty Club, Stanford CA
2002 New Paintings, One Person Show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA
2000 Light on the Land, Two Person Show, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
1994 Landscapes, One Person Show, Wertheimer Dress & Co. CPAs, Hearst Building, San Francisco CA
1988 Paintings and Drawings, One Person Show, Wertheimer Dress & Co. CPAs, Hearst Building, San Francisco CA
1989 Expressionism, Three Person Show, Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto CA

INVITATIONAL — EXHIBITS
2008 Paintings of the Benicia Arsenal on display in the Mayor’s office, Benicia, CA
2008-06 CSSSA Innerspark Faculty Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
2008-03 Courthouse Artwork Exhibition, Peter L. Spinetta Family Law Center of Contra Costa County, Martinez CA
2007 CWU Alumni Exhibition: Crossroads and Connections, Group Invitational, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg WA
2006+05 Wet Paint, Invitational Live Auction Artist, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma CA
2005 People for the Place, Inaugural Group Invitational, Solano County Administration Building, Fairfield CA
2005 Bright Moments – Highlights from Arts Benicia’s Education Program, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2004 By Land or By Sea, Group Invitational, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento CA
1998 The Watershed Landscape, Group Invitational, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
1997 Carquinez Scene on the Strait, CREEC First Annual Group Invitational, Martinez Waterfront August 16th Exhibition also shown at Arts Benicia Gallery August 23-September 07, 1997, Benicia CA
1997 Special Places in Benicia:150th Anniversary, Group Invitational, City Hall Chamber, Benicia CA
1997 EBMUD Watershed Landscape Painters, Group Invitational, EBMUD Building, Oakland CA Purchase Award
1997 Occupied Territories, Group Invitational, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
1996 This Land, Group Invitational, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA Juror’s Award

GROUP — EXHIBITS
2008 Realities and Illusions, Group Competition, Juror Kenneth Baker, Art Critic San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA
2008 Ink And Clay 34, Group Competition, Jurors Darrell Couturier and Mark Steven Greenfield, Kellogg Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA
2008 The Art of a Community, Group Show, years ’95 through ’08, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2007 Prints USA 2007, Group Competition, Juror Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Prints/Drawings at The Art Institute of Chicago, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO (Catalog)
2007 30th Annual Vacaville Juried Art Exhibit, Group Competition, Jurors: Mark Perlman and Terry Miura, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville, CA
2007 44th Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Group Competition, Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA
2007 California Centered: Printmaking, Group Competition, Juror Jamey Brzezinski, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced CA (Juror’s Award)
2006 Arts Benicia Gallery, Annual Auction, years ’95 through ’06, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2006 Arts on Fire X Exhibition, Group Competition, Juror Larry Rinder, Dean CCA, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
2005 43rd Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Group Competition, Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield CA (Juror’s Award)
2003 Why Art? Exhibition, Group Competition, The Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach CA 2003 Sonoma Creates/SVMA Biennial, Group Competition, Jurors: Stephen Beal, Provost CCA; Karin Breuer, Curator Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Squeak Carnwath, Painter; Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma CA
2003 Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape, Group Competition, Juror Terry St. John, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga CA
2002 Impressions Print Show, Group Competition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
2002 Crocker-Kingsley 73rd Exhibition, Group Competition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
2001 The Urban Landscape, Group Competition, Art Works Gallery, San Rafael CA
2001 1st Annual Solano County Visual Arts Exhibition, Group Competition, Jurors: David Tomb & Judith Selby, Fairfield Center Gallery, Fairfield CA (Juror’s Award)
2001 Bay Area Art IV, Group Competition, Jurors: Rene di Rosa/John Hannaford, Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa CA
2000 On Canvas Exhibition, Group Competition, Juror: Paule Anglim, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas CA
1997 Exemplary Contemporary, Group Competition, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UC Santa Cruz CA
1995 Member’s Exhibit, Group Show, Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek CA
1995 The Women’s Show, Group Competition, Danville Fine Arts, Danville CA
1994 Small Works, Group Competition, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa CA
1993 Marin County Landscapes, Group Competition, the Club Restaurant: McInnis Park, San Rafael CA
1993 Marin Agricultural Land Trust: 8th Annual Group Competition, Marin Civic Center, Marin CA (Juror’s Award)
1989 Fourteenth Falkirk Annual Exhibition, Group Competition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA
1986 Northern California Print Competition, Group Competition, Jurors Stephen Wirtz, Robert Flynn Johnson, Dr. Erica Vegter-Kubric, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto CA (Catalog)
1984 The Singular Image, Group Competition, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos CA
1981 14th Annual Visual Arts League Exhibition, Group Competition, Mercer Island WA
1980 Paper in Particular, National Exhibition of Works on/of Paper, Group Competition, Columbia College and Missouri Arts Council, Columbia MO
1979 31st Spokane Annual Art Exhibit, Group Competition, Juror: Jacob Lawrence, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane WA
1979 22nd North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, Group Competition, Grand Forks ND
1978 Kittitas County Artists, Group Show, Community Art Gallery, Ellensburg WA
1978 Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Group Competition, Bellevue WA
1976 Sixty Women, Group Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg WA
1972 Community Art Exhibit, Group Show, Columbia Basin College Gallery, Pasco WA

ASSOCIATED EXPERIENCE + AWARDS
2009-11 Visual Arts Chair, InnerSpark – California State Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, Valencia CA
2008 Finalist, Public Art Competition, Vallejo Campus Health and Social Services Bldg., Vallejo CA
2008-02 Exhibition, Program & Education Committees, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2007 Art Recognition Award, Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, Martinez CA
2007 Juror’s Award Honorable Mention, California Centered: Printmaking, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced CA
2007 Commissioned artwork for wine label design, Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen CA
2006 Visual Arts Program Coordinator, InnerSpark – California State Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, Valencia CA
2006 Panel Discussion - Weaving Art Through the Community, Camellia Tea Room, Benicia CA
2006 Juror for the 10th Anniversary San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival Arts Exhibition, Vallejo CA
2005 Jurors’ Award 2nd Place Painting, 43rd Annual Regional Show, Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield CA
2004 Finalist, Public Art Competition, Solano County Government Center, Fairfield CA
2003 Co-Curator for Cream 2003 Exhibition at Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2003 Purchase Award presented to Valero Refining Company from Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
2001 Artist-in-Residence, The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont WY
2001 Jurors’ Award Best of Show, 1st Solano County Visual Arts Exhibition, Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield CA
2000 Artist Slide Presentation in conjunction with Light on the Land Exhibition, Benicia CA
1997 Purchase Award by EBMUD, Watershed Painters Show, East Bay Municipal Utilities District Building, Oakland CA
1996 Juror’s Award of Merit, This Land Exhibition, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
1993 Jurors’ Award Honorable Mention, Marin Agricultural Land Trust: 8th Annual, Marin Civic Center, Marin CA
1982 Residency, three months investigating materials/methods of hand-grinding oil paints + pastels, Portsmouth NH

TEACHING
2008 Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa CA, Adjunct Painting/Drawing Instructor
2008,07 Arts Benicia Gallery Education Program, Benicia CA, Instructor in Painting
2008,07 California State Summer School for the Arts/InnerSpark, Cal Arts, Valencia CA, Instructor in Drawing and Painting
2005 Arts Benicia Gallery Education Program, Benicia CA, Guest Artist Instructor in Painting
1987 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA, Instructor in Pastel Drawing
1980 Chemeketa Community College, Salem OR, Instructor in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking
1978 Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA, Teaching Assistant in Printmaking with George Stillman
1977 Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA, Instructor in Drawing – Teaching Scholarship for the year

GRAPHIC ARTS
2008-96 Altman Grebmeier Studio, Benicia CA – art studio/design, prepress production, digital illustration, on + off site work
1995-92 McCoy Label, Petaluma CA – packaging firm/digital prepress for printing, foil stamping, embossing; die-cutting acquisition
1991 Genus Group, Santa Rosa CA – marketing communications firm/typesetting, digital and traditional art production
1991-90 Just Your Type, Inc., Santa Rosa CA – service bureau/digital design, production, film processing, client liaison
1990-82 Abney and Associates, Intl., Sebastopol CA – consulting firm/art production, vendor liaison, distribution, Treasurer
1982-81 Ciardella Design Associates, San Mateo CA – graphics communications firm/illustration, graphics production, vendor liaison

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Weller-Renfrow, Kathryn, Inside Benicia, “The Art of a Community” January, 2008
Weller-Renfrow, Kathryn, Inside Benicia, “Benicians Kindle Their Inner Spirit,” September, 2006
Editor, Pacifica Tribune, “Arts on Fire X – Gala Reception,” April 26, 2006
Weller-Renfrow, Kathryn, Inside Benicia, “Two Landscape-based Painting Exhibits in Benicia,” April, 2006
Gentile, Jennifer, Benicia Herald, “Local artist shares her view of Benicia,” February 26, 2006
Taylor, Robert, Contra Costa Times, “Wide-ranging styles adorn Arts Benicia exhibit,” February 16, 2006
Driver, Dustin, Solano Magazine, “10 Top Neighborhoods,” March/April 2005
Bunk, Matthew, Daily Republic, “Government center to open,” April 8, 2005
Thompson, Ian, Daily Republic, “Solano readies for center opening,” April 1, 2005
Editor, Benicia Herald, “Virginia’s Cafe Dining Guide,” November 11, 2004
Taylor, Robert, Contra Costa Times, “Critics Choose Best of 2003 in Fine Arts exhibitions,” December 28, 2003
Driver, Dustin, Benicia Herald, “Catch the Bay Area’s budding artists at exhibit,” November 26, 2003
Bammer, Richard, Vallejo Times Herald, “Cream’ rises to the top at Arts Benicia,” October 31, 2003
Bammer, Richard, The Reporter, “Cream, at Arts Benicia,” October 24, 2003
Driver, Dustin, Benicia Herald, “Talents on the rise at new Arts Benicia show,” October 22, 2003
Koppman, Debra, Artweek, “Cream” in the Preview Section, October 2003
Cooper, Tony, San Francisco Chronicle, “Art for People’s Sake,” October 17, 2003
Taylor, Robert, Contra Costa Times.com, “Family Law Center reaches out through Art,” October 9, 2003
King, Paula, Contra Costa Sun, “Landscape Masterpieces are all over the Map,” July 9, 2003
Koppman, Debra, Artweek, “Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the California Landscape,” July/August 2003
Taylor, Robert, Contra Costa Times, “Artists Interpret their World,” July 3, 2003
Bremner, Heather, Benicia Herald, “Artist Chooses Industrial Landscapes,” February 8, 2002
Faught, Judith, Daily Republic, "Exhibit Celebrates the Work of Local Artists," April 20, 2001
Freedman, Richard, Times Herald, "Artist Celebrates Light and Water," June 23, 2000
Editor, Daily Republic, "Artists' Slide Talk," June 23, 2000
Toronto, Richard, Benica Herald, "New Exhibit," June 11, 2000
Editor, Arts Benicia Newsletter, "Light on the Land," May 2000
Clairmont, Julie, Solano Times, "Inner Beauty," September 10, 1998
Bammer, Richard, Vacaville Reporter, "Open Wide," May 1, 1998
Pritchett, Kathryn, In Sync: Contra Costa Times, "Lofty Aspirations," February 1998
Editor, Arts Benicia Artifact, "Occupied Territories," March 1997
Editor, Oakland Tribune, "Artists Show Us What We Cannot See," May 15, 1997

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen CA; Valero Refining Company, Benicia CA; East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Oakland CA; Wertheimer Dress & Co. CPAs, San Francisco CA; Olson Realty Inc., Benicia CA; Mr/Mrs Forget, Montréal, Canada; Mr/Ms Allen, Larkspur CA; Mr/Ms Heppell, Benicia CA; Mr/Mrs Dalton, Benicia CA; Mr/Ms Cooper, Lenoir City TN; Mr/Ms Berry, Benicia CA; Mr/Ms Dress, San Francisco CA; Mr Paskow, Vallejo CA; Mr/Ms Brown, Fairfield CA; Ms Cosgrove, Concord CA; Mr Hume, Berkeley CA; Mr Perez, Sacramento CA; Mr/Ms Fallon, Benicia CA; Ms Churtorian, Palo Alto CA; Ms Pezzuto, Crockett CA; Mr Garcia, Benicia CA; Ms Marcus-Sachs, Benicia CA; Mr/Ms Collins, Sonoma CA; Ms MacNaughton, Sonoma CA; Ms Cockerham, Benicia CA; Ms Wilder-Snider, Benicia CA; Ms Petty, Benicia CA; Ms Belville, Benicia, CA; Ms Orendorf, Benicia, CA; Mr Marcus, San Luis Obispo, CA; Mr/Ms Renfrow, Benicia, CA; Mr Hajjar/Ms Dale, Benicia CA; Mr Walensky, Berkeley CA; Ms Toxey, San Antonio TX; Ms Berkow/Mr Badtke, Benicia CA; Mr/Ms Sheldon, Oregon City OR

Linda Grebmeier linda@paintsong.com 707.746.1323
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