Rick Arnitz, 1990's Monotype Painting California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist Monoprint, 1991

Description

Born 1949, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstraction with Paint Roller
Rick Arnitz's work has been exhibited widely in the Bay Area … more Born 1949, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstraction with Paint Roller
Rick Arnitz's work has been exhibited widely in the Bay Area since 1975, including a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1989, and is included in numerous private and public collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Crocker Art Museum.
The picture content can range from abstract to more recognizable subject matter. Recent work explores the idea and tone of an authentic ‘American’ style of art. What I hope to convey is a mix of Pop and Abstract Expressionism with a measure of socio-political comment.

EDUCATION
1982 M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA
1980 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA
1975 B.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA

EXHIBITIONS
Galerie Zenit, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, California
Plaza Gallery, Bank of America, San Francisco
University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
"Rick Arnitz: New Works, " San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014, "SHIFT-Five Decades of California Painting," Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
2011-2012, "Book-ish," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2007-2008, ”An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection,” Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
2005, "Group Show," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2004, "What's Doin'," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002, "Orange," !Hey!, Oakland, California
1999, "Rattling the Frame: The Photographic Space 1974-1999," San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California
1999, "Into the 21st Century," Selections from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art,
1998, "Art from Around the Bay: Recent Acquisitions," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
1998, "In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art," San Jose Museum of Art
1992, "West Comes East," Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1992, "Old Glory, New Story, Flagging the 21st Century, CAPP Street Project, San Francisco, California
1991, "Bay Area and Beyond," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1991, "Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts; Part Two: 1950 - 1991," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco,
1991, "Abstraction: Recent Prints," Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York, New York
1990, "Oakland's Artists," Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
1990, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, New York
1990, "White Out," Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California

AWARDS
1992, National Endowment for the Arts Award
1990, Art Space, Support Grant, San Francisco, California

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Continental Securities, Bentall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hayes Mansion, San Jose, California
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Park Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco, California
Principal Finance Group, Des Moines, Iowa
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California less