Born 1949, St. Louis, Missouri
Abstraction with Paint Roller

EDUCATION
1982
M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA

1980
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA

1975
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA
Backdrops: New Paintings
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 2002

EXHIBITIONS

2002
"Backdrops: New Paintings," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000
"As Is," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
"Paintland," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, CA
Galerie Zenit, Copenhagen, Denmark

1994
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Paintings," Plaza Gallery, Bank of America, San Francisco, CA

1991
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990
"Margins 2," University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

1989
"Rick Arnitz: New Works, " San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1999
"Rattling the Frame: The Photographic Space 1974-1999," San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
"Into the 21st Century," Selections from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

1998
"Art from Around the Bay: Recent Acquisitions," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"Works on Paper," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

1997
"New American Talent, The Thirteenth Exhibition," University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
"Toward the Millennium: Contemporary Works of Art from Northern California", Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA Selected Group Exhibitions (continued)

1996
"Generations, The Lineage of Influence in Bay Area Art," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1995
"Blue," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1992
"West Comes East," Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
"Old Glory, New Story, Flagging the 21st Century, CAPP Street Project, San Francisco, CA

1991
"Framed," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Bay Area and Beyond," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts; Part Two: 1950 - 1991," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
"Abstraction: Recent Prints," Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York, NY

1990
"Oakland's Artists," Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
"White Out," Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA

AWARDS

1992
National Endowment for the Arts Award

1990
Art Space, Support Grant, San Francisco, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Achenbach Foundation, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Continental Securities, Bentall, Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Park Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Principal Finance Group, Des Moines, IA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Source:
Stephen Wirtz Gallery