STEPHEN GIANNETTI

Born: 1966, San Jose, CA

Education:

1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1993 Core Fellow, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1992 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine, CA
1989 BA, University of California, Davis, CA


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2015 "Spray Weaver," JAYJAY, Sacramento, CA
2012 "Spectral Circumstance," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Sextuple," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Colorfield,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Stephen Giannetti,” Gallery 555, Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Oakland, CA
2004 “Chromascene,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Spectrum Sequence,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Harbor College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1993 Wierzbowski Gallery, Houston, TX
1992 Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1991 Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1987 Arthur F. Turner Library Gallery, West Sacramento, CA


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2014 "Bloom," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2012 "Flatlanders on the Slant," Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA (curated by Renny Pritikin & Joy Bertinuson)
"Slice," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2011 "Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
"Selections from the Fine Arts Collection," Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
2010 "Tomorrow’s Legacies: Gifts Celebrating the Next 125 Years," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2008 “Tilted Balance,” Collectors Contemporary, Petro Centre, Singapore
“Paintings by Sharon Weiner and Stephen Giannetti,” 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
“icandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California,” Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2006 “Flatlanders,” Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA (curated by Renny Pritikin)
2004 “Neo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction,” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (traveling to Monterey Museum of Art, 2005)
“Punch,” Bank of America Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Eye Candy,” Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA (curated by Helen Varola)
“In the Mix,” Nectar, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Flair,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Neo Painting,” Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju-City, Kunggi-Do, Korea
2001 “The Inaugural Exhibition,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“City of Davis 1st Juried Exhibition,” Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2000 “All or Nothing,” Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
1999 “Grid Locked,” Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1998 “Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition,” David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1997 “New Art ’97,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 “Core Show,” Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
“Variety of Experiences,” Wierzbowski Gallery, Houston, TX
1992 “8th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
“88th Open,” Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
1991 “3rd Annual All Media,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“VEX,” Fine Arts Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1989 “Artists for Amnesty,” Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1988 “Artists for Amnesty,” Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1982 “California Works,” California Exposition, Sacramento, CA


Commissions:

2001 Painting Commission, 8’ x 6’ painting, Davis Police Department, Davis, CA
2000 Painting Commission, 3’ x 4’ painting, Dr. Elias & Dr. Newman, New York, NY
1997 Painting Commission, 2’x 6’ triptych, Hotel Seneyan, Jakarta, Indonesia


Awards:

2001 Purchase Award, City of Davis, Davis, CA
1992 Gold Award Winner, Discovery Awards, Art of California
Selected Collections:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Adobe Systems Inc., San José, CA
Richard L. Nelson Gallery & The Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis, CA
Gary Sng, Singapore


Selected Bibliography:

2012 Turner, Cherie, “Editorial Recommendations: Stephen Giannetti,” Visual Art Source, February 10
Bigman, Alex, “This Week's Gallery Rundown: Three Don't-Miss Shows,” 7x7SF.com, January 18
2009 Turner, Cherie, “Summer Selections & Fond Farewells,” Nob Hill Gazette, August
2006 Swanhuyser, Hiya, “Round and Round,” SF Weekly, November 22, p. 25
Libby, Brian, “Galleries try landing at Jupiter,” The Oregonian, October 2, p. D1, D3
Labong, Leilani, “Primary Colors,” California Home + Design, October, p. 68
2005 Turner, Cherie Louise, “'Neo Mod' at the Crocker Art Museum,” Artweek, March, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p. 17
2003 Rufus, Anneli, “Reaching Out,” (City Focus: San Francisco), ARTnews, Vol. 102 No. 6, June, p. 68
2002 Neo Painting: Korea · America Young Paintings, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju-City, Kunggi-Do, Korea
Berry, Colin, “ 'The Inaugural Exhibition' at Heather Marx Gallery,” Artweek, February, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p. 25
2001 “Two new artworks join city collection,” The Davis Enterprise, October 18
Chu, Michelle, “Public art sprinkled throughout Davis,” The Davis Enterprise, August 15, p. A1, A4
“Flying sculpture soars in new Davis PD,” The Davis Enterprise, May 30, p. A7
“New pieces added to public artworks,” The Davis Enterprise, May 24
1999 Moyle, Marilyn, “Visual Poetry at Art Center Show,” The Davis Enterprise, August 24, p. A9
1993 Chadwick, Susan, “Artists display creative bent in Glassell works,” The Houston Post, April 14, p. D1
Doroshenko, Peter, Core Fellows 1993, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (exhibition catalogue)
Frohman, Mark, Public News, issue #566, March 24, p. 12
Saffell, Gregory B., “1992 Discovery Awards,” Art of California, Jan., p. 42
Wong, Teresa, Museum and Arts Magazine, March, p. 10