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ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES
Gonzalez, Arthur
American; (b. 1954, Sacramento, CA; lives in Alameda, CA)
1981 MFA University of California, Davis, CA
1979 MA California State University, Sacramento, CA
1977 BA California State University, Sacramento, CA
Arthur Gonzalez began his artistic career as a photorealist painter at the American River
College in Sacramento before transferring two years later to California State University,
Sacramento where he completed his BA in figurative painting in 1977. Following his MA
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Adkins, Gretchen. “A Pilgrim’s
Progress on the Treadmill of 20th-
in painting, also at CSUS, Gonzalez went on to receive an MFA in sculpture from the
Century Life: The Lessons of Arthur
University of California, Davis under the direction of Robert Arneson and Manuel Neri.
Gonzalez’s Sculpture.” American
Gonzalez’s works focus on the torso, rather than on the full figure, and are hung against
Ceramics 10, no. 4 (1993): 44–49.
walls to emphasize their pictorial quality. Influenced by strands of mysticism and traditional
Gonzalez, Arthur. “Resume.” Arthur
fairy tales, Gonzalez’s multi-dimensional sculptures depict man’s struggle with the natural
Gonzalez. Accessed September 10,
world and explore the enculturation of beauty, which the artist examines via the application
2013. http://www.arthurgonzalez.com
of whiteface and make-up on many of his floating figures. A four-time recipient of the
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1982, 1984, 1986, 1990), Gonzalez has also
Wood, Eve. “Northern California
received a California Arts Council Fellowship (1994), and two Virginia Groot Foundation
Ceramics: Profiles of Six Artists,
Awards (1992, 1997). Beginning in 1981 as Junior Artist-in-Residence at the University of
Arthur Gonzalez.” American
Georgia, Gonzalez has continuously pursued opportunities to further his craft participating
Ceramics 14, no. 4 (2004): 22–23.
in residences at the Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina (2001); the University
Zimmer, William. “Arthur Gonzalez:
of Akron, Myers School of Art in Akron, Ohio (2002); the Tainan National University of
Of Melodramas, Movie Stars,
the Arts in Taiwan (2006); and the Pilchuck Glass Studio in Seattle (2007). Since 1991,
and Modern Times.” American
Gonzalez has taught at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.
Ceramics 4, no. 1 (1985): 38–43.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR GONZALEZ WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION
'59 Dodge Custom Royal
ALSO INCLUDED IN EXHIBITION
Contemporary Clay Sculpture:
Kinfolk
Selections from the Daniel
Jacobs Collection. Huntington:
The Heckscher Museum, 1983.
McTwigan, Michael. “A Passionate
Vision: The Collector Daniel
Jacobs,“ American Ceramics
3, no. 2 (1984): 28–29.
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