PATRICIA RAVARRA
EDUCATION
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California: B. A. (Fine Arts), 1971; M. A. (Textile Arts), 1976
State College of Art, Poznan, Poland: post-graduate Study, 1977-79
COMMISSIONS
1995:
The Rainbow Dragon's Scales, Green Gables Elementary School, Federal Way, Washington
Phasis in Time, District 4 Headquarters, California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) , Oakland, CA
The Vermillion Bird, Oakland City Hall, Oakland, California
1993:
Sunlight Sonata, Kaiser Permanente, Howe Street Medical Office Building, Oakland, California
WORK IN PROGRESS: "Cloud Dreams," approximately 100 hanging woven panels designed to fill an eleven-story atrium space; second of two-part project for the District 4 Headquarters of CalTrans. Installation projected for the near future.
1992:
Drawing Color in Space III, permanent textile installation, Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton, California
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, individual and two-person (selected)
1997:
Drawing Color in Space V (Long Winding Road), Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California [2-person]
Fibers, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, Montana [2-person]
1996:
Webs of Light, Bismarck Art & Galleries Association, Bismarck, North Dakota; Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, North Dakota
1995:
Neural Nets and Familiars, Lupin Gallery, Los Gatos, California [2-person]
1994:
The Silence of Running Water, solo site-specific installation, San Francisco African-American Historical & Cultural Society, San Francisco, California
1993-4:
Webs of Light, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto and Cupertino, California
1993:
Ties That Bind, Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona [2-person]
1992:
Studies in Color and Light, The Gallery at Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon
1991:
Time to the nth Degree, (exhibition) and Drawing Color in Space, (open-air textile installation), Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Textural Context, James E. Kemp Gallery, Dallas, Texas [2-person]
1990:
National Sculpture Gallery (BWA), Warsaw, Poland
National Museum of Wrocaw, Wrocaw, Poland
1989:
Danish Museum of Applied Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1986:
Galerie J, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Lupine, Neumünster, Germany (in cooperation with the Neumünster Textile Museum)
1979:
National Art Gallery (BWA), Torun, Poland
American Consulate Art Gallery, Cracow, Poland [2-person]
Galeria 19, Poznan, Poland
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, group (selected)
1997:
Editions Limited, San Francisco, California
150 Years of Northern California Fiber Art History, SFSU Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, California
Contemporary Survey of Bay Area African-American Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Bonds of Labor, Hunter's Point Shipyard Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995:
Hand Me Downs: Innovation Within a Tradition, Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
1994:
The Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Overview '94, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California
International Sculpture Conference TECHShop Instructors' Exhibition, One Bush Street, San Francisco, California
Commodities, Secession/Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993:
Los Angeles County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Pomona, California
3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, California
1992:
Synopsys Corporation, Mountain View, California
River Gallery, Reno, Nevada
International Exhibition, Spectrum/Himovitz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Material Dimensions, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Site & Specific, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California
Manifestation: Evolving Movements, S. F. African-American Historical & Cultural Society, San Francisco, California
A Woman's Vision, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, California
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1991:
Textile Installation (open-air), Århus Kunstakademi, Århus, Denmark
1990:
The Pocket, Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Oakland, California
Harambee, Hatley-Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988-90:
Frontiers in Fiber, sponsored by USIA: Ishikawa Industrial Center, Kanazawa, Japan; Kyoto National Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea; Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand; National Art Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; in Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China; National Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Phillipines; Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong; National Art Gallery, Singapore
1988:
Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
8th Annual National Art Exhibition and Competition, Atlanta, Georgia
1987:
The Wild West Show, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
1986:
International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
1985:
5th International Triennale of
Tapestry, Lodz,
Poland
Fiber Celebrated, 1985, Albuquerque, New Mexico
32nd Annual Design Frontiers, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1984:
5th International Biennial, Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary
1984 International Art Competition, Greater Los Angeles Area, California
1982:
Christ: Involution/Revolution, Capriolo, Italy
1980:
3rd International Biennial, Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary
Fiber Masters, Kaiser Art Center, Oakland, California
1976:
Hayward Festival of the Arts, Hayward, California [Invitational]
Brand Library Art Gallery, Pasadena, California [Invitational]
1975:
Hayward Festival of the Arts, Hayward, California [Invitational]
1974:
Berkeley Art Co-op Gallery, Berkeley, California
1972:
San Francisco Annual Art Festival, San Francisco, California
AWARDS and LECTURES
1997 Visiting Artist, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1992 Award of Merit, San Francisco Women Artists
1991 Guest Lecturer, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 Guest Instructor, Århus (Denmark) Academy of Arts & Crafts
1990 Guest Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1990 Guest lecturer in Denmark: Kolding Academy of Arts and Crafts and Gamel Dok Art Center, Copenhagen
1990 Panel member for discussion of "What is Black Art?", Hatley-Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 Presented paper, "The Educating of an Architectural Artisan" at Architectural Artisanry Symposium, SoEast. Massachusetts University, New Bedford, Massachusetts
1988 Guest Lecturer, University of California, Davis, California
1987 Awarded scholarship by Goethe Institute for advanced German language studies in Boppard, Germany
1987 Guest Speaker, Reno Weavers Guild, Reno, Nevada
1986 Presented paper, "Saving Our Todays For Tomorrow," American Craft Council Conference, Oakland, California
1986 Guest Speaker, Mountain Weaver's Guild, Chico, California
1982 Guest Lecturer, University of California, Davis, California
1981 Guest Speaker, Oroville Handweaver's Guild, Oroville, California
1977 - 1979 Fulbright/study grant: Awarded for advanced tapestry construction and design work at State College of Art, Poznan, Poland, as student of Professor Magdalena Abakanowicz. Grant for academic year 1977-78 extended through 1979.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and EXPERIENCE
1985-90 American Council for the Arts
1983-96 American Craft Council
1985-93 Apprentice Alliance: Master Instructor
1985-94 Artists Equity Association, Northern California Chapter
1985-87 Board of Directors, Artists Equity Association
1986 Co-President, Artists Equity Assn, No Cal Chapter
1986-92 Arts International
1986-91 Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts Steering Committee
1987-89 Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts Coordinator
1988-92 California Confederation of the Arts
1988-90 Board of Directors
1985-93 California Crafts Museum
1991-93 Board of Directors
1976-77 Indian Valley College, Novato, California: Instructor
1985 Lake Merritt Plaza Art Exhibition, Oakland, California: Organizer
1972-77 Laney College, Oakland, California: Instructor
1992-96 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group
1988, 1998-99 Research Center for the Arts at Columbia University: participant in landmark survey
1994-96 San Francisco Art Institute Artists Committee
1990 San Jose State University, San Jose, California: Instructor
1995-99 23five Incorporated: Board of Directors
1972-75 The Yarn Garden (retail weaving supply store): Half-owner
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dwinger, Jonna, "Væver med Lys og Farver," ("Weaver of Light and Color"), POLITIKEN, Vol. 106 (Uge 43), No. 26, Section 2, pg. 1
Gebhard, Zofia, "Radosc ,"
("Joy"), GAZETA ROBOTNICA, Wroclaw,
Poland, March 28, 1990
NEW WORLD Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1976, pg. 36
GUMBO YA YA: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists, Midmarch Press, pg. 223
Huml, Irena, "Ranga
Lodzkiego Triennale," ("The Rank of the
Lodz Triennale"), PROJEKT, PL ISSN
0033-8956, Index No. 37070, April 1986, pg. 18 (English text); photo,
pg. 15
"Lichte Farbgeflechte aus Nylon," ("Brightly-colored Weavings [made] from Nylon") DIE TAGESZEITUNG, Neumünster, Germany, July 31, 1987
McQuaid, Salli, "Contradictory Natures," ARTWEEK Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 22, August 20, 1992, pg. 22
"The National Black Arts Festival," FIBERARTS Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall 1988, pg. 43
NEW WORLD Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1976, pg. 36
"Panorama," National Polish Television, October 26, 1990
Ramsey, Carolyn, "Webs of Light," NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOME & GARDEN, "Faces" Section, Vol. 5, No. 1, November 1991 issue, pg. 69
Ravarra, Patricia, "The 5th
Lodz
Triennale," FIBERARTS Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, May/June 1986, pg.
50
Santiago, Chiori, "A Whole New Picture (African-American art transcends ethnic labels)," ALAMEDA TIMES-STAR, THE ARGUS, THE DAILY REVIEW, THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, TRI- VALLEY HERALD, "cue" Section, January 17, 1993, pg. 1
--, "Exhibit is Jarring, Meditative Blend of Art," THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Vol. 119-220, "Weekend" Section, August 7, 1992, pg. C-7
--, "Building a Life Structure: Artists Equity Activists," METIER Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Winter 1985, pg. 10
Szmyt, Ewa, "Abstrakcja do Sypialni" ("An Abstract [Artwork] for the Bedroom," an interview with the San Francisco artist), GAZETA WIELKOPOLSKI, Poznan, Poland, July 2, 1992, pg. 9
Tanner, Marcia, "African American Imagery Enjoying a Renaissance," SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, "Home" Section, August 19, 1992, pg. 5
Telewizja Wroclawiu, Polish Regional Television,
Wroclaw,
Poland, March 11, 1990
"Vision Dallas," Cable-TV Channel 6, Dallas, Texas, June 1991
Weinstein, David, "Show Has Texture - In Materials and Symbolism," WEST COUNTY TIMES, vol. 17, no. 238, "Lifestyle" Section, August 25, 1992, pg. 12B
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Laurel Reuter, Director, North Dakota Museum of Art
Danish Museum of Applied Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
Synopsys Corporation, Mountain View, California
Kraus-Sikes Incorporated, Madison, Wisconsin
Olympic View Middle School, Mukilteo, Washington
Numerous private collections
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