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RESUME

Allison Spreadborough

www.allisonspreadborough.com

MEDIUM:

Watercolor on Archival Cotton Paper or Aquabord

GALLERIES:

Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA

Atrium 916, Sacramento, CA

Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA

MEMBERSHIP:

California Watercolor Association

ARTIST RESIDENCY:

O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA in July 2022 https://www.ohanloncenter.org/artists-in-residence/

Pond Farm - California State Park Recreation Area, Guerneville, CA in May 2019 https://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/pond-farm-artist-residency

RECENT EXHIBITS:

2023

California Watercolor Association’s 53rd National Exhibition; Juror, Gary Tucker; Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA

2022

California Watercolor Association’s 52nd National Exhibition; Juror, Andy Evansen; Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
Gualala Arts Inaugural Plein Air Affair, FIRST PLACE AWARD, Judges: Gail Wight and Joe Ferriso; Gualala, CA
The Lost Sierra's 1st Annual Plein Air Art Festival, Quincy, CA; THIRD PLACE AWARD-QUICK DRAW; Juror Kimball Geiser, Vice President of Plein Air Painters of America
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Plein Air Exhibiting Artist (Invited), Mill Valley, CA
California Watercolor Association’s Members Exhibition; Beauty of California, at the Delta Gallery and Community Art Center, Brentwood, CA
Solo Exhibition: Wonder of California at Gallery 1855 in Davis, CA
PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2022 Sac Open Studios
Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
23rd Annual Fine Art Exhibition; Coldwell Banker Realty, Sacramento, CA

2021

PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA; JURERS AWARD, Miles Hermann, Juror of Landscape Awards
Illusion of Light, THIRD PLACE AWARD, California Watercolor Association (CWA); Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA; Members Exhibit; Juror, Karen Frey; Robin Purcell, Juror of Awards
2021 Art Farm Juried Exhibition/Silent Auction; JURERS AWARD; Juror, Natalie Nelson, Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA
Pure Paint, an International Exhibition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA; Juror, Nicholas Wilton
Dream State, a regional Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Northern California Art MONCA in Chico, CA; Selection by Exhibition Committee
Spring into Art, California Watercolor Association (CWA) - Members Exhibit, Juror, Melissa Adkison MCWA
Mendocino Art Center, Open Plein Air Paint Out Exhibition; Mendocino, CA
8 Watercolor Artists at The Art Studios; Sacramento, CA
Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2021 Sac Open Studios
Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
Plein Air Sac Fall Exhibit; Antiquite Midtown; Sacramento, CA
Art Fur Paws 2021 SPCA Annual Art Auction; Sacramento, CA

2020

Fresh Art 2020, a regional Juried exhibit; Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Juror, Jen Tough
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Annual Art Auction
10th Annual Juried Exhibition - California Dreaming; Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA; Juror, Shelley Barry
Celebration of Art 2020, a National Juried Exhibit; Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Juror, Dennis Kautsky Calabi
PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
WASH 42nd Annual "Go with the Flow" Open Exhibit, Sacramento, CA; Juror, Dale Laitinen.
1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition; Juror, Lynn D. Pratt
Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2020 Sac Open Studios
The Great Paint-in, Gallery CERO
Solo Exhibit: March-May at Crepeville, Sacramento, CA

2019

California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit, Sacramento, CA
Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA; Juror, Julia Couzens
PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2019 Sac Open Studios
If I only had words to tell you/Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One - Point Reyes Station, CA; Juror, M. Louise Stanley
7th Annual Open Fine Arts Juried Competition, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Elk Grove, CA; Judge, Michelle Gregor
Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
Members Inaugural Exhibit; Rancho Cordova Arts, Rancho Cordova, CA
Elk Grove Artists – 2019 Art Extravaganza Fair and Exhibit, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, Telagio Baptista
Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2018

In the Fields: Botanical Lore, Juried Competition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA; Juror, Jennifer Perlmutter
6th Annual Open Fine Arts Competition, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Elk Grove, CA; Judge, Kristina Gilmore
Road Maps/Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One - Point Reyes Station, CA; Juror, DeWitt Cheng
Elk Grove Artists - Inaugural ARTSbeat Art Fair and Competition, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, David Peterson
Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Pence Gallery, All Things Wicked, Davis, CA, Curated by Eileen Hendren
Celebration of Life, Gallery 1855, Davis, CA; 9th Annual Non-Juried Group Exhibit
Pence Gallery, Annual Art Auction, Davis, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2018 Sac Open Studios

PERMANENT COLLECTION:

Sacramento City College, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Point Reyes, CA

TEACHING:

Assistant, Sacramento City College – Davis Campus, Sacramento, CA (course: Beginning and Advanced Watercolor, Spring 2017 with Professor David Lobenberg)
Assistant, American River College, Sacramento, CA (course: Beginning Watercolor, Fall 1990 with Professor Gary Pruner)

CURATION:

February 2020: Watercolor Masters - Landscape; Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA; Masters: Barbara Nechis, Carolyn Lord, Dale Laitinen and Juan Pena. Curators: Allison Spreadborough and Jennifer Tachera https://www.efgallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=13077&event=Watercolor+Masters%3A+Landscape

https://americanwatercolor.net/four-takes-on-california-regionalism/

MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS:

Print: California Watercolor Association, 53rd National Exhibition Catalog 2023, page 16

Print: California Watercolor Association, 52nd National Exhibition Catalog 2022, page 17

Print: One Hundred Years, One Hundred (and Twenty) Artists, An Exhibition Featuring Seven Decades of Sacramento City College Art Alumni, 2016

Online: Administrator and Creator of “California Watercolor Artists”, a Facebook Group est. 2015: https://www.facebook.com/groups/871398396245748/

Online: Administrator and Creator of "Sacramento Urban Sketchers and Plein Air Artists", a Meetup Group est. 2019: https://www.meetup.com/Sac-Urban-Sketchers-Plein-Air-and-Nature-Journalers/events/283639672/

EDUCATION:

2008 – current Multi-day art workshops taught by (select): Barbara Nechis, Carolyn Lord, Charles Reid, Dale Laitinen, Tom Hoffmann, and Tony Couch.

1990 – 2007 Sacramento State University, American River College, and Sacramento City College with professors: Anne Gregory, Bill Chambers, Fred Dalkey, Gary Pruner, Harold Schwarm, Joan Moment, Michaele LeCompte, and Oliver Jackson.

2012 Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology, National University, La Jolla, CA

Born in Sacramento, California

WATERCOLORS BY ALLISON SPREADBOROUGH