GALE ANTOKAL BIOGRAPHY
[ Personal | Solo Exhibitions | Group Exhibitions | Juried Exhibitions | Publications | Awards | Collections ]
PERSONAL
Born: New York, N.Y., 1951
Education:
MFA Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 1984
BFA Painting,, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 1980
BA, Fine Arts, Long Island University (CW Post College), New York, 1972
Teaching:
San Jose State University, Instructor of Art, 1986-1997
San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Faculty in Painting Drawing, 1990-1991
California College of Arts and Crafts, Instructor, Honors High School Figure Drawing Classes, Spring and Fall, 1987
California College of Arts and Crafts, Teaching Assistant, 1981-1984
Lehrhaus Institute of Judaica, UC Berkeley, Instructor of Art History, 1976-1978
American College of Jerusalem, Israel, Instructor of Art 1972-1973
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000
Past Accounts, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997
Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1991
100 Pots, Untitled: A Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Nightswimming Revisited, Christophers Café, Berkeley, CA
Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
1986
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
1984
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1982
Painted Installation, California College of Arts and Crafts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999
Present Art VI, Couturier Gallery , Los Angeles CA
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
SJSU Faculty Show, San Jose, CA
1998
Tales of Los Angeles, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
12 x 12: Gallery Artists, Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996
Present Art IV, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
1995
Present Art III, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Pictorial Discourse, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Slice of Life: Contemporary Still Lifes, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
It’s a Matter of Taste, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
Garden Party, Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1991
Free Hand: Drawing Loosely Defined, De Anza College, Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, CA
1990
Two Part Harmony, SJSU Faculty Exhibition, San Jose State University
1989
Waterborne: Swimmers and Other Bodies of Water, Simon James Gallery, Berkeley, CA
SJSU Faculty Show, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
Landscape Visions, California State University faculty Artists, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1987
Faculty Draw, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1984
MFA Exhibition, Graduate Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, April
1983
Connected Spaces (A Tribute to Jamie Summers), North Berkeley Center, Berkeley, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1998
Selected Alumini: California College of Arts&Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1997
Alumni Show: CW Post College, Hillwood Art Gallery, Brookville, NY
1987
Berkeley Art Center Third Annual Show, Berkeley, CA
Jewish Concerns/Northern California Artists, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
1985
San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
Bat Arts, 1985, Arts Council of San Mateo, San Mateo
1984
California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1982
San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
Artists Books, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1980
Alumni Show: CW Post College, Hillwood Art Gallery, Brookville, NY
Exchange Show, California College of Arts and Crafts and the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
1999
San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 1999
1997
Los Angeles Times / Weekend, Calendar Section, June 12, 1997: photo, page 30
1996
Multi-leveled Beauty, Victoria Dakley, Sacramento Bee, June 16, 1997
1991
Drawings with Spice, Sculpture with Exuberance, Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News, November 15, 1991
1986
Drawings with the Look of Paintings, Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, March 1986
Critics Choice, Pam O’Connell, East Bay Express, March 21, 1986
1984
Gallery Roundup, Charles Shere, The Oakland Tribune, October 27, 1984
1982
Local Artists at Their Best, Suzann Boettger, San Francisco, Chronicle, June 26, 1982
AWARDS
1991-92
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship
1985
Roselyn Swig Artsource Purchase Award, San Francisco Arts Festival
1984
Second Place, Drawing Division, “California Works” California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1982
First Place, Fine Arts, San Francisco Arts Festival
COLLECTIONS (selection)
Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA
Heller, Erman, White and McAuliffe Law Offices, San Francisco, CA
Simon James Blattner, San Francisco, CA
Allan Schneider, MD, Sherman Oaks, CA
Darrel Couturier, Los Angeles, CA
Larry Manning, San Francisco, CA
Brobeck, Phlager and Harrison, San Francisco, CA
MacDonalds Corporation, San Jose, CA
Roselyn Swig Artsource, San Francisco, CA
Judith Glass, Berkeley, CA
Jonathan Whitman, San Francisco, CA
Steven Oliver, Orinda, CA
Karen Zukor, Oakland, CA
Gail and Ralf Bernstein, San Francisco, CA
Mary Lou McFadden, Albany, CA
Marneli Corrao Asso. Inc., Las Vegas, NA
Paul and Wendy Siegfried, New York, NY
Alex Ingersoll, San Francisco, CA
Rick and Amy Weaver, San Rafael, CA
Handel and William Tse, Washington, DC
Munger, Tolles and Olson, San Francisco, CA
Sally Woodbridge, Berckley, CA
Dan and Lisa Weiss, Tiburon
Ron And Terry Unkerfer, St. Helena, CA
Stephane Adriel Doyle, San Francisco, CA
Hon. Carol Brosnhan, Berkeley, CA
Drs. Donald Sperling and Connie Sandlin, San Francisco, CA
Drs. Barbara Starfield and Neil Holtzman, Baltimore, MD
Ralph and Shelia Pickett, San Jose, CA
Mimi Mindel, San Francisco, CA
Michael and Fran Van Bergen, San Francisco, CA
Drs. Drea and Patricia Zigarmi, Escondido, CA
Deborah Van Rooyen, Brookline, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Barrett, San Francisco, CA
Mr. David Sitwell, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. David Greenberg, Tiburon, CA
Bob & Christina Arangurn, Chico, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum, St. Paul, MN
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