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RESUME

Allison Spreadborough

 

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/

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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

• Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Expressions 2023; Juror, Nancy Roberts; Online Exhibition

• California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit, Sacramento, CA

• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA

• 24th Annual Fine Art Exhibition; Coldwell Banker Realty, Sacramento, 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

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

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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 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:

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

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

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

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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/

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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

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Born in Sacramento, California

 

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Copyright 2020, Allison Spreadborough. All rights reserved.