ANTOKAL, “3 Pots,” 1991

Gale Antokal (American 1951-)

EDUCATION

MFA Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 198

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, School of Art and Design,

Associate Professor 2002-present

San Jose State University, School of Art and Design  Adjunct Faculty 1986-2002

San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Faculty in Painting and Drawing 1990-1991

California College of Arts and Crafts, Teaching Assistant 1981-1984

Lehrhaus Institute of Judaica, UC Berkeley, Instructor  1976-1978

American College in Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  Israel, Instructor of Art 1972-1973

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Out of the Blue, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 The Messengers, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005 We Are So Lightly Here, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 We Are So Lightly Here, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001 Blumenstock Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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

1989 Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA

1986 Pro Arts, Oakland, CA

1984 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984 MFA Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1982 Painted Installation, California College of Arts and Crafts

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Gracias a La Vida, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 Present Art XIV, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006 Present Art XIII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005 Present Art XII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Present Art XI, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003 Pictorial Faculty Show, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2002 Present Art IX, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Orange, Hey! Gallery, Oakland, California

Quiet Traces, Mt. St. Antonio College, Walnut, CA

1999 Gallery Artists , Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Present Art VI, Couturier Gallery , Los Angeles CA

Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA

SJSU Faculty Show, San Jose State UniversitySan 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

1994 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

1989 SJSU Faculty Show, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA

1989 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

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

2005 Moments that aren’t so fleeting, Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2005

Gale Antokal, Suvan Geer, ArtScene of Southern California March 2005

2000 Picture This: Jessica Holt, The Daily Bruin, UCLA. March 10, 2000

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

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

Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA

Brobeck, Phlager and Harrison Attys. San Francisco, CA

Davis, Wright and Tremaine, Attys. San Francisco

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA

The Dentists Insurance Group, Sacramento, CA

Heller, Erman, White and McAuliffe Attys, San Francisco, CA

MacDonalds Corporation, San Jose, CA

Munger, Tolles and Olson, Attys. San Francisco, CA

Roll International, Los Angeles, CA

Yamanouchi Pharma Technologies, Inc. Palo A