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Nathan Oliveira — Biography
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Born in Oakland, CA |
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Education
1952 M.F.A from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1951 B.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Contemporary Prints, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2003 Oil Paintings and Recent Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Solitary Shape Figure Watercolors, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2002 Nathan Oliveira, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; Neuberger Museum of
Art at the State University of New York, Purchase, NY; Palm Springs Desert
Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA;
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2001 Singular, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Figurative Watercolors from 1965–2000 and New Site Monotypes, John Berggruen
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Recent Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Prints/ Copperplate Figures, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: The Windhover Paintings, Graduate Theological Union,
Berkeley, CA
Acqua: Water Media Works on Paper, 1958–1989, Weigand Gallery, College of
Nortre Dame, Belmont, CA
1997 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Variations in Time/ Nathan Oliveira/Monotypes and Monoprints, Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1996 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings and Related Works, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries,
New York, NY
Recent Works, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
The Windhover, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University,
Malibu, CA
1995 The Windover; Recent Wing Paintings and Related Works, Stanford University
Museum of Art, Palo Alto, CA
Paintings and Sculpture, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
1994 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Works on Paper by Nathan Oliveira – Gifts from the John Young Collection, The
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Recent Paintings: Stelae, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artist and Model: A Tradition, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 1989,
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Nathan Oliveira: Unique Impressions, Edgar Allan Poe and Related Early Works,
1964-1970, Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA; Salander-O’Reilly Gallery,
Beverly Hills, CA.
1992 Nathan Oliveira: Figurative Work 1958–92, The Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's
College, Moraga, CA
1991 Nathan Oliveira Painting & Works on Paper, 1959-1991, Salander-O'Reilly
Galleries, New York, NY
Nathan Oliveira: The New Mexican Sites, John Berggruen Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: To Edgar Allan Poe, A Suite of Lithographs, The Richard
Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Nathan Oliveira: 1957–1977, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira Monotypes, Dorsky Galleries, New York, NY
1989 Figures: Summer, Monotypes from the Experimental Workshop, John Berggruen
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Raptors and Related Images, Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
Nathan Oliveira: A Printer’s Project, Editioned Lithographs, Monotypes and
Unique Works, George H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1988 ContinuousTone: The Work of Nathan Oliveira, Charlotte Crosby Kemper
Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Autunno in Toscana, 1986, Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa, CA
1987 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Recent Works, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Works by Nathan Oliviera, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
Autunno in Toscana 1986, Recent Monotypes, Il Bisonte Galleria d’Arte,
Florence, Italy
Works by Nathan Oliveira, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1984 Nathan Oliveira: A Survey Exhibition 1957–1983, San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1983 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings and Sculptures, John Berggruen Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Prints by Nathan Oliveira, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Nathan Oliveira: New Sculptural Works, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Nathan Oliveira: Ryan Figures and Sites, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Nathan Oliveira: Paintings and Monotypes, John Berggruen Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings and Monotypes, The Arts Club of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Texas Images and Visions, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas,
Austin, TX
1980 Nathan Oliveira: Paintings, Swiss Sites, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Swiss Site Series, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport
Beach, CA
Nathan Oliveira Print Retrospective: 1949–80, The Art Museum and Galleries,
California State University, Long Beach, CA; The Oakland Museum, Oakland,
CA; The Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA; University Art Collections, Matthews
Center, Arizona State Univeristy, Tempe, AZ; Huntsville Museum of Art,
Huntsville, AL; University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany,
NY; Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Nathan Oliveira: Paintings, Swiss Sites, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Nathan Oliveira: A Survey of Work, 1959–79, Charles Campbell Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: A Survey of Monotypes 1973–78, Baxter Art Gallery, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; University Art Gallery, University of
Texas, Arlington, TX; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
Nathan Oliveira, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1978 Nathan Oliveira: Illustrations for an Unwritten Story, Dorsky Galleries, New
York, NY
Nathan Oliveira: Paintings, Galerie Veith Turske, Cologne, Germany; Cheney
Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Nathan Oliveira: To Edgar Allan Poe/ A Suite of Lithographs and Related States,
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
20 Years, Works on Paper, Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Community College, Santa
Rosa, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Illustrations for an Unwritten Story V, Charles Campbell
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977 Nathan Oliveira: The Fetish Paintings and Recent Monoprints, Charles Campbell
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: To Edgar Allan Poe/ A Suite of Lithographs and Related States,
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrence, CA
1976 Bundles, Figures, and First Sites, Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA; Ulrich
Museum of Art, Wichita State Univeristy, KS.
Paintings by Nathan Oliveira, Jorgensen Auditorium Gallery, Univeristy of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Nathan Oliveira: Paintings, Monotypes, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery,
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1975 Nathan Oliveira: Hawk Sequence, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA;
Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY.
1973 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Works on Paper, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Nathan Oliveira: Spirit Paintings, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
Nathan Oliveira on Campus, William T. Boyce Library, Fullerton, CA
Tauromaquia 21, Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Paintings 1959–1973, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA;
Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR; Robert Mondavi Winery,
Oakville, CA
1972 Nathan Oliveira: Drawings and Prints, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula
Vista, CA
Recent Paintings and Drawings of Women by Nathan Oliveira, Charles Campbell
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: New Paintings and Lithographs, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New
York, NY
Nathan Oliveira: Drawings/Lithographs, Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Drawings and Lithographs, Tom Bortolazzo Gallery, Santa
Barbara, CA
1971 A Suite of Lithographs: To Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Campbell Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Graphics, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY
Oliveira 69, Allen Priebe Art Gallery, Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, WI
To Edgar Allan Poe, Stanford University Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Galerie
Smith-Andersen, Palo-Alto, CA
1970 Monotypes of Masks by Nathan Oliveira, Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA
1969 Works on Paper, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY; The Alan Gallery,
New York, NY
Nathan Oliveira Works on Paper 1960–1969, San Francisco Museum of Art, San
Francisco, CA
1968 Galerie Bleue, Stockholm, Sweden
Paintings and Drawings by Nathan Oliveira, Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1967 Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings, Landau-Alan Gallery, New York, NY
1966 Nathan Oliveira: Lithographs 1963–66, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
1965 Twelve Intimate Fantasies, Felix Landau Gllery, Los Angeles, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Drawings and Watercolors of the Figure, Lanyon Gallery, Palo
Alto, CA
Nathan Oliveira: Paintings and Collages, The Alan Gallery, New York, NY
Ten Years of Printmaking, Stanford University Museum of Art, Palo Alto, CA;
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1964 R. E. Lewis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1963 Major Comprehensive Exhibition of Five Years of Work: Nathan Oliveira,
Dickson Art Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco
Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Fort Work Art Center, Dallas, TX;
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Paul Kantor Gallery,
Beverly Hills, CA, San Francisco, CA
1962 The Alan Gallery, New York, NY
1961 Nathan Oliveira: Paintings and Drawings, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Nathan Oliveira: Watercolor Studies of the Nude, R. E. Lewis, Inc, San Francisco,
CA; Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills CA
Recent Work by Nathan Oliveira, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois,
Urbana, IL; University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
1959 Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1958 The Alan Gallery, New York, NY
1957 Lithographs by Nathan Oliveira, Eric Locke Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2000 Distinguished Degree of “Commander” in “The Order of the Infante D. Henrique”
awarded by the President of Portugal and the Portuguese government
1996 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Honoris Causa, San Francisco Art Institute
1994 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1992 Ann O’Day Maples Professor in the Arts Emeritus, Stanford University
1989 Academician, Graphic Arts, National Academy of Design
1988 Ann O’Day Maples Professor in the Arts, Endowed Chair, Stanford University
1984 Academy Institute Award in Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and
Letters
1982 Elected Associate Member, National Academy of Design
1974 Individual Artist Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1968 Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, Honoris Causa, California College of Arts and Crafts
1964 Tamarind Lithography Fellowship
1963 Arte Actual de America y Espana Special Prize
Tamarind Lithography Fellowship
1959 Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, The Art Institute of Chicago
1958 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1957 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Teaching
1964–96 Professor of Studio Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1955–56 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1952–53 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Collections
Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
Achenbach Foundation Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
Alabama A & M, Normal, AL
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Biblioth’eque Nationale, Paris, France
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
De Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
E. & J. Pennell Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Murray State Teachers College, KY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Academy, New York, NY
National Collection Australia, Melbourne
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Norwalk Community College, Fairfield, CT
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Rayovac Corporation Collection, Madison, WI
Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA
San Antonio Museum Association, San Antonio, TX
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Schenectady Museum of Art, Schenectady, NY
Smithsonian institution, Washington, DC
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Stanford University Museum of Art, Palo Alto, CA
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Tate Gallery, London, England
University of California, Berkeley, CA
University of Houston, Houston, TX
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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