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RESUME

Allison Spreadborough

916.804.6248

 

MEDIUM:

Watercolor on Archival Cotton Paper or Aquabord

 

GALLERIES:

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

 

MEMBERSHIP:

• California Watercolor Association

• National Watercolor Society

• Northwest Watercolor Society

• Sacramento Fine Arts Center

• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA

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ARTIST RESIDENCY:

Residency at Pond Farm - California State Park Recreation Area, Guerneville, CA in May 2019

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Artist in Retreat - Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA in April 2021

 

RECENT EXHIBITS:

2021

• Illusion of Light, THIRD PLACE AWARD, California Watercolor Association (CWA); Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon; Members Exhibit; Juror, Karen Frey; Robin Purcell, Juror of Awards

• Dream State, a regional Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Northern California Art MONCA in Chico, selection by Exhibition Committee

• 8 Watercolor Artists at The Art Studios, Sacramento, CA

• Spring into Art, California Watercolor Association (CWA) - Members Exhibit, Juror, Melissa Adkison MCWA

• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction, Cro;cker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

• PBS KVIE Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

• Verge Center for the Arts, Preview Exhibition for 2021 Sac Open Studios

2020

• Fresh Art 2020, a regional Juried exhibit; Marin Society of Artists; Juror, Jen Tough

• Verge Center for the Arts, Annual Art Auction

• 10th Annual Juried Exhibition - California Dreaming; Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville; Juror, Shelley Barry

• Celebration of Art 2020, a National Juried Exhibit; Marin Society of Artists; Juror, Dennis Kautsky Calabi

• PBS KVIE Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

• WASH 42nd Annual "Go with the Flow" Open Exhibit; Juror, Dale Laitinin.

• 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition; Juror, Lynn D. Pratt

• Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA

• Verge Center for the Arts, 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 Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

• Verge Center for the Arts, 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

• 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; 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, Preview Exhibition for 2018 Sac Open Studios

 

PERMANENT COLLECTION:

• Sacramento City College, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA

• Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Point Reyes, CA

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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 Laitinin and Juan Pena. Curators: Allison Spreadborough and Jennifer Tachera

 

MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS:

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

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​Online:  Administrator and Creator of “Sacramento Watercolor Artists”, a Facebook Group est. 2015:

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Online: Administrator and Creator of Sacramento Urban Sketchers and Plein Air Artists, a Meetup Group est. 2019

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EDUCATION:

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

 

1987 – 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, Oliver Jackson.

 

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

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Born in Sacramento, California

 

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Copyright 2020, Allison Spreadborough. All rights reserved.