IRENE PIJOAN

(1953-2004)

BORN 

• 1953 Lausanne, Switzerland

EDUCATION

• 1969 Certificat d'Etudes, College de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1978 Bachelor of Arts, The University of California, Davis
• 1980 Master of Fine Arts, The University of California, Davis

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2002 "?," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2001 "A Mid-Career Retrospective, 1980-2000," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
• 2001 "Irene Pijoan: Non-Space Elements," Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
• 1998 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1996 Works on Paper, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
• 1995 Abracadabra, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1992 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1991 Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, Installation
• 1990 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1989 Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA, Vena Cava, Installation
• 1988 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1988 California State University, Sacramento, The Body Visited, Installation
• 1984 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California, De Saisset Museum, Santa
• 1984 Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• 1983 American River College, Sacramento, CA
• 1982 The Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
• 1982 Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• 1981 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
• 1979 Maurice's, Sacramento, CA
• 1978 HCD/Artspace, Sacramento, CA
• 1977 Acme Gallery, Sacramento, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2001 "Show Time," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2000 "Paper Cuts," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1998 "Give and Take - Project with the San Francisco Schools," Mills
• Bldg., San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
• 1997 "A Thought Intercepted," California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
• 1997 "Pulse," No B.I.A.S. Gallery, Bennington, Vermont
• 1996 "Approaching the New Millennium," University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
• 1996 "Passages," Hotel Belmont, Montreux, Switzerland, Installation
• 1995 Experience into Art: Crocker Invitational, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1995 Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
• 1994 "Projet lac," Montreux, Geneva, Switzerland; Evian, France (Catalogue)
• 1994 "Invitational," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
• 1993 "Fast Forward: Six Years of Collecting for a New Museum," Samuel P.
• Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• 1993 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1993 "Robert Arneson Commemorative Exhibition," Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA
• 1992 "From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture by 20 California
• Artists," Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
• 1992 "Encaustic," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
• 1992 "Why Painting?," Susan Cummings Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
• 1992 "Allusion," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
• 1991 "42nd Biennial," Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York, NY
• 1991 "Artists," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
• 1990 "California A to Z and Return," Butler Institute of American Art,
• Youngstown, OH
• 1990 "Contra Costa Artist," Saint Mary's College, CA (Catalogue)
• 1989 "Works on Paper '89," Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus,
• Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
• 1989 "Art Against Aids," Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
• 1988 "Matrix of Time: Figures on Fragments," The Art Corridor at Sacred
• Heart, Menlo Park, CA
• 1988 "Director's Invitational," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (Catalogue)
• 1988 "The Garden," University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA
• 1987 "San Francisco in Berlin 1987," Raab Gallery, West Berlin, Germany,
• Traveled to Raab Gallery, London, England
• 1987 "Concours Bourses," Palais des Congres, Montreux, Switzerland
• 1987 "Portrait/Self-Portrait," Artspace, San Francisco, CA
• 1987 "Skowhegan Ten Year Retrospective," Leo Castelli Gallery,
• New York, NY, Traveled (Catalogue)
• 1986 "Paravent," San Francisco Art Space, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
• 1986 "New Horizons 9 Artists," Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1986 "Foundry-Process, St. Johns College, Santa Fe, NM, traveled to
• 1986 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
• 1985 "Sculptural Paintings," Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA
• 1985 "New Horizons in American Art: 1985 Exxon National Exhibition," The
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Catalogue)
• 1984 "San Francisco Bay Area Painting," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Catalogue)
• 1984 "Rockefeller Retrospective: Visiting Artists," Wake Forest
• University, Winston Salem, NC (Catalogue)
• 1984 "SF - LA," Gille Mansillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1983 "Works by Faculty," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• 1982 "Soraban Gallery," Wellfleet, MA
• 1982 "SECCA VII," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC;
• Greenville County Museum, Greenville, NC; Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Catalogue)
• 1982 Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• 1981 "Talent," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
• 1981 "Faculty Exhibition," The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• 1980 "New Affirmations," The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
• 1980 The Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
• 1980 "Thesis Exhibition," The Nelson Gallery, The University of California, Davis, CA
• 1980 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
• 1980 Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA (Two person exhibition)
• 1980 "Rocks," Collaborative Installation with Liz Jennings, Davis, CA
• 1979 "Earthworks," Invitational, Davis, CA
• 1979 "Wearable Art," Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1978 "Sculpture Invitational," Artists' Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1978 "Bus Bench Show," City of Sacramento, CA
• 1977 "Collaborative Installation with Manuel Neri and Martha Cain,"
• Stockton Community College, Stockton, CA
• 1977 "California State Annual," Sacramento, CA (First Prize)

GRANTS AND HONORS

• 1998 Artist-in-Residence, California State University, Sacramento, CA
• 1996 Individual Artist Grant, Art Matters, New York, NY
• 1993 Faculty Travel Grant, SFAI, travel to Barcelona
• 1990 Djerassi Foundation Residency for 1991
• 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
• 1981-82 Artist in Residence, The Roswell Museum and Art Center Roswell, NM
• 1980-81 Artist in Residence, Ford Foundation Grant, The University of Georgia, Athens
• 1981 SECCA Southeast VII Fellowship Award, Winston-Salem, NC
• 1980 Inter-Campus Research Grant, The University of California, Davis
• 1979-80 Regents' Graduate Fellowship, The University of California, Davis
• 1979 Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, Purchase Award

TEACHING

• 1983-2004: Associate Professor: The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA,
• Beginning and Advanced Drawing, Beginning and Advanced Painting, Figure Drawing,
• Figure Painting, Descriptive Drawing, Undergraduate Seminars, Graduate Seminar
• 1981 Instructor: The University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy, Summer Beginning Drawing