DENNIS GALLAGHER

1952 (San Bruno, California) - 2009

EDUCATION

1970-72 College of San Mateo, CA
1974 Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Fresno
1976 Master of Arts California State University, Fresno

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1976 California State University, Fresno
1981 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Sculpture Garden, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1983 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
1985 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA (catalogue)
1994 "A Survey," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 "New Sculpture," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Oakland City Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1974 San Jose Art League Regional Show, San Jose, CA
1974 Central California College Art Competition, Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, CA
1975 San Jose Art League Regional Show, San Jose, CA
1975 "Crafts Biennial '75", Fresno, CA
1976 College Art Awards Show, Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, CA
1976 Faculty Show, C.S.U.F. Art Gallery, Fresno, CA
1976 "Pottery 6", Cal Poly Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
1976 "Designer Craftsman", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
l977 "Designer Craftsman", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
l978 San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
l978 "Designer Craftsman", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
l979 Group Show, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
l980 "Sculptural Clay", Craftsman's Guild, Omaha, NE
l982 "Palo Alto Outdoor Sculpture Invitational", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1983 "Contemporary Clay Sculpture: the Daniel Jacob's Collection", The
Heckshire Museum, Huntington, NY "Inaugural Exhibition," Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
1983 "California Clay Works," San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1983 December Exhibition, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 "Imagined Icons: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture," Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1984 "Passionate Vision: Contemporary Ceramics from the Daniel Jacobs Collection," De Cordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, MA(catalogue)
1984 "California," Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 "Gallery Artists," Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition," University Art Gallery, California
State University, Hayward, CA
1985 "Contemporary Clay'85," University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
1986 "CCAC Faculty Show: Works in Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood," Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA
1986 "New Views," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 "West Coast Ceramics," Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1987 "California Figurative Sculpture," Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (catalogue)
1988 "Limestone Press Prints: 1985-1988", De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
1989 Alumni Exhibition, President's Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA
1990 "Maestros della West Coast," Savona, Italy
1990 "New Work from Limestone Press," Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco
1991 Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1991 Esprit Sculpture Park, San Francisco, CA
1991 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (Installation)
1993 "Cityscapes", Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, CA
1993 "Hybridization: Contemporary Northern California," Oliver Arts
Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1994 "Contemporary American Ceramics", Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Garden Variety", Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 "Clay: Recent Ceramic Sculpture," Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
1996 "1996 North American Sculpture Exhibition," Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1996 "Sculpture Walk," Center For the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Sculpture Walk," Center For the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
2002 "Ceramic Annual," Scripps College, Claremont CA
2003 Landscape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2005 The Anniversary Show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

COLLECTIONS

Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Runnymede Sculpture Park, Woodside, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Stanford University Museum, Stanford, CA
Rene di Rosa Art Preserve, Napa, CA

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Juniper Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1975-76 Ceramic Instructor, California State University, Fresno
1975-76 Ceramic Instructor, Reedley Junior College, Reedley, CA
1976 Ceramic Instructor, Capuchino High School, San Mateo Union High School
District, Adult Education, San Bruno, CA
1983 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
1985 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
1985-89 Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1989-91 Assistant Professor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1990 Visiting Artist, Savona, Italy
1992-95 Graduate School at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1993-94 San Francisco Arts Education Foundation placement as a visiting
teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District
1996 San Francisco Art Institute, Guest Lecturer
1997 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, Graduate Lecturer
1998 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1998 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2006 Adjunct Professor, Mills College, Oakland, CA