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solo and two person exhibitions
2022 Elemental, Carol Dalton and Kris Marubayashi, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2021 WATER, Fire, Earth, Air, Carol Dalton featured artist, Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2019 A Moment in Earth’s Time, LeeAnn Brook Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2019 In and Out of the Box, Arts Benicia Presents, at the Rellik, Benicia, CA
2018 Written in the Sand, Carol Dalton, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA
2018 The Physicality of Books, Carol Dalton, Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Gallery,Benicia Public Library, CA
2017 The Light and Darkness of Being, Carol Dalton and Joseph Mele, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Abstractions from Nature, Carol Dalton and Larry Thomas, Stewart.Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2015 Land and Sea, Room Art Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2013 High Tide; Olson Gallery, Benicia, CA
2013 Survival at Sea; Gallery 2110, Sacramento, CA
2011 Natural Reflections; Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2009 New Work; Olson Gallery, Benicia, CA
2007 The Lightness of Being, Carol Dalton and Emily Payne; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 Seamarks; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 Soulful Tracks, Carol Dalton and Robyn Horn; Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2003 Carol Dalton and Michael Shemchuk; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 Recent Paintings; Carol Dalton & Bob Nugent, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2002 New Paintings; Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Lost and Found, New Work; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1999 Solo Exhibit; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Carol Dalton, New Works; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Carol Dalton, New Works; Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Carol Dalton, New Works; Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Carol Dalton, Recent Paintings; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
1991 From Abstract to Icon; North Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1991 New Eyes on Old Vessels; California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
group exhibition
2023 Tradition and Innovation, Arts Benicia Benicia, CA
2022 35x35, Anniversary Exhibit, 35 years, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2022 Celebrating 40 Years, Stewart.Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2022 Printmaker’s Workshop Exhibition, Arts Benicia, CA
2022 Monochromatic, Juried by Suzanne Gray, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2021 Pure Paint, Juried by Nicholas Wilton, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2021 Blue, Juried by Jen Tough, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2021 A Moment of Reflection, Juried by Emebet Korn, O’Hanlon Center for the ARTS, Mill Valley, CA
2020 Obliterants, Invitational exhibit, Gallerie Renee Marie, Benicia, CA
2020 Rough Around the Edges, Juried online exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 It’s a Wonderful Life , Invitational, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA
2019 Microcosmos, Juried by Chester Arnold, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2019 Celebrating the Sierra Nevada, Juried by Jeanne Lorenz,Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2019 Women in the Abstract II, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA
2019 Wild Things, Jen Tough Gallery Pop-up, San Francisco, CA
2019 Double Yellow, Juried by Candice Loheed, Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Pulp, Invitational, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA
2019 Wild and Scenic art competition, LeeAnn Brook Fine Art Gallery, Nevada City, CA
2018 Small Things 2018, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA
2018 After Dark, Invitational, Jen Tough, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2018 Art Santa Fe, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Claudia Schmuckli, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica,CA
2017 Gems, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2017 Small Things 2017, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA
2017 The Little Things, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2017 Earthly Evidence, Carol Dalton, Mark Eanes, Michael Shemchuk ,Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2017 Bluet, Juried by Jack Fischer, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Drop by Drop, Benicia Historical Museum, Benicia, CA
2017 Blue, Juried by Randolph Murphy, Sebastopol Center for the Arts,CA
2017 Marvelous, Juried by Sherry Parker,John Hundt,Cecil Touchon, Sebastopol Center for the Arts,CA
2016 Toys, Juried by Tony Natsoulas, Arts Benicia, Benicia,CA
2016 Your Landscape, Juried by Sukey Bryan,Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016 2 Score Less 4, Stewart.Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2016 Slice;Juried by DeWitt Cheng, Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA
2016 Fragments of Abstraction, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Gems, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015 Microcosomos, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2015 Fire and Water, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2015 Why Make Art?; Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015 Fragments: The Art of Collage and Assemblage, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015 Seastruck, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2014 50/50; Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2014 Altered Landscapes; Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2014 (n) collage; Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2013 Coming Home; Solano Collage Gallery, Fairfield, CA
2013 Friends for the Holidays; Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2013 Concerns for the Environment; Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Vessels; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2013 Collage; Gallery 2110, Sacramento
2013 Layers; Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012 Slice; Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2011 Gems; Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2011 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2011 Abstract: A Survey; 2000-2011, Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento,CA
2011 I Read the News Today Oh Boy, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA
2010 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2010 H2O; Sebastopol Art Center; Sebastopol, CA
2010 Outside the Clock; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2010 Red; Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2009 Art of a Community, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2009 Arts Benicia Printmakers, Benicia Library Gallery, Benicia, CA
2008 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2008 Soupcon, Small Works; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2007 Eight Painters; Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2007 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2006 Seven Painters; Stewart.Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2006 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 Bright Moments; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2005 Baker’s Dozen; Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2005 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 East Bay Area Abstractionists; Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA
2005 Abstraction: The Poetic Visual Image, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2004 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 Gallery Artists; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2002 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2002 The Promise of Summer; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2002 Spring Light; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001 California Small Works; Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA, Catalogue
2001 The Gift of Art; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001 A Private Need, a Private Collection, the personal collection of sculptor Manuel Neri;
2001 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2000 Group Show; Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000 Gallery Artists; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Lyrical Cartography; University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1999 Abstract Painting and Sculpture Exhibition; Boise State University, Boise, ID
1998 Northern National; Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1997 Inaugural Exhibition; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 The Art of Collage and Assemblage; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
1996 California National Group Show; 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996 Gallery Artists; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA
1996 Summer Exhibit; Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1995 Textures; Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1995 Diminutive Pairs; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA
1995 California Works; California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, Catalogue
1995 Four Artists from Benicia; Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
1994 Miniatures; Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1994 Small Works; Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
1994 Relics; Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1994 Objects, However Humble; California Museum of Art; Santa Rosa, CA
1994 Images and Objects; ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1993 Icons in Contemporary Art; California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
1993 We’re Only Human; Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1993 Director’s Choice; Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Before Columbus; Benicia City Hall, Benicia, CA
1993 Miniatures; Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
1992 Accrochage; Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 California Works; California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, Catalogue
1991 66th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibit; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1991 California Works; California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, Catalogue
1991 Director’s Choice; Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 National Small Painting Exhibition; Boise State University, Boise, ID, Catalogue
1990 California Small Works; California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
representation
2018- Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA, and Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015-2016 Room Art Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2011-2013 Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2007-2021 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006- Stewart.Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2000-2013 Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2002-2009 Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002-2004 Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995-2000 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa and San Francisco, CA
1994-1996 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991-1994 Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
honors
2018 Art Santa Fe Best of Show award, Santa Fe Selects Judges, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Merit Award, Blue, Juror Randolph Murphy, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol,CA
2016 Second Place, Slice, Juror DeWitt Cheng, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2012 Merit Award, Slice, Juror Diana Daniels, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1997 Juror’s Award, Collage/Assemblage, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
1995 Award of Excellence, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1993 Gold Award, Art of California Magazine, January Issue, Napa, CA
1992 Merit Award, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1991 Award of Excellence, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1990 Merit Award, California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1983 Merit Award, East Bay Watercolor Society, St. Mary’s, Moraga, CA
1982 Honorable Mention, West Publishing Co., “Art and the Law, St. Paul, MI
1972-74 Scholarships, Santa Barbara Art Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
professional experience / education, presentations, lectures, workshops
2022 Arts Benicia, Print/Collage, workshop instructor
2021 Jen Tough Gallery, Territory, on line exhibit, Juror
2020 Jen Tough Gallery, Working Small, Benicia, CA, workshop instructor
2019 Jen Tough Gallery, Working Small, Benicia, CA, workshop instructor
2017 Jen Tough Gallery, Earthly Evidence,Vallejo, CA, Art Talk
2015 Seastruck; Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA , Art Talk
2013 Gems; Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, Juror
2013 Art and the Environment; Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA, Art Talk
2013 Vessels, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Panelist
2007 Creative Women Symposium, Arts Benicia Gallery, Panelist
2003 Arts Benicia Gallery. Benicia, CA, Slide Presentation, Lecture
2000 SF MOMA “Gallery Going Group”, Studio Presentation
1994 Judah L. Magnes Museum, “Culture Committee”, Studio Presentation
1993 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Slide Presentation, Lecture
1991 California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA, Slide Presentation, Lecture
1984- Benicia Frame Studio, Co-owner, Benicia, CA
1975-81 Ritz-Pinz, Co-owner, Designer, Manufacturer, Emeryville, CA
1971-74 Santa Barbara Art Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
selected collections
Corporate Offices of Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo, CA
Monterey Art Museum, Monterey, CA
Sonoma State University Art Museum, Sonoma , CA
Blakeslee and Crain,Vineyard Appraisers, Sonoma, CA
Groom and Cave LLP, San Jose, CA
Manifesta Safaris, Carmel CA
Olson Realty, Benicia, CA
* and many private collections in the US and abroad
bibliography
Jen Tough Gallery, Artists of the Bay Area Vol. 1 2021 www.blurb.com
Nancy Flagg, Kolaj Magazine, “Collage, etc.” at Gallery 21Ten in Sacramento, CA http:// www.kolajmagazine.com/content/content/articles/collage-etc-review 2013
DeWitt Cheng, “Can’t make it to the Art Murmur......” https://www.facebook.com/dewitt.cheng/posts/10151797085228566 2013
Alan Dismuke, Sacramento Bee,” Midtown gallery mounts skillful collage show. “ https://www.sacbee.com/20132013/06/28/5527108/midtown-gallery 2013
Keri Luiz, Benicia Herald, “Splendid Disasters”, 2011
Marilyn Bardet, Inside Benicia Magazine, “A Trip for Love of Art”, 2006
Robert Taylor, Contra Costa Times, "Earthy Images Get Good Play at Arts Benicia", 2003
Robert Taylor, Contra Costa Times, "Civic Boosters Seek Thriving Art Scene", 2003
Judi Morales Gibson, Benicia News.com, "Conquering Art, Surfing and Cancer", 2003
Frank Cebulski, Artweek, California, “Carol Dalton at Tercera Gallery”, 2002-2003
Editor, Arts Benicia Newsletter, “An Artist Collects Art”, 2001
Chris Schnoor, Boise Weekly, Idaho, “On Balance, A Fine Production” 1999
Chris Schnoor, Artweek, California, “Languages of Abstraction” 1999
Richard Toronto, Benicia Herald, “New Exhibit Highlights Art of Collage” 1997
Richard Toronto, Benicia Herald, “Artists Win in Collage Exhibit” 1997
Michele Paisley, Benicia Herald, “State Fair Recognizes Benicia Artist’s Work” 1995
Arthur Herman, Arts Benicia Communique, “A Topography of Emotion” 1993
Karen Seriguchi, San Francisco Chronicle, “Benicia Artists Invite Public to Their Studios, 1994
Lisa Friedlander, Benicia Herald, “The Vessel as Body” 1992
David Hagerty, Benicia Herald, “Artist Entrepreneur” 1991
Jan Eldridge, Daily Republic, “Moving Vessels” 1991
Richard Whitfield, Arts Benicia Communique, “Lifelong Interest in Art” 1990