Selected Available Works
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Bring Home the Bacon, 2009
Oil on linen; 60 x 50 inches

Swisswater, 2009
Oil on linen; 60 x 70 inches

Hope Mountain, 2004
Oil on linen
60 x 72"

Craig Nagasawa
Biography

Born
1956 Salt Lake City, UT

Education
1983 MFA, University of California Davis
1979 BFA, University of Utah

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions

2009      Missed Aches, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008      Holiday Special: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
                      San Francisco, CA
2007       Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery
2006       Solace, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002       Introductions, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2006       Solace, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005       Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002       Introductions, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995       “Mixed Racial Couple” installation, San Jose State University,
                      Art Department Gallery One, San Jose, CA
1994       Two Worlds, Diablo Valley Art Gallery, Diablo Valley College,
                      Pleasant Hill, CA
1992       Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
                 U.O.P. Gallery, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA
1983       Memorial Union Art Gallery, Graduate Show, Davis, CA;
                      Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007       Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay
                      Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002       Faculty Show, Ryder Gallery, University California at
                      Berkeley, CA (and '01-'98)
1997       20 / 20, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1996       Mixed Blood, Montreux, Switzerland, Installation
1996       Family Matters, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1996       The Big Game,Travers Club Room, University
                      California at Berkeley, CA
1995       Visiting Faculty, Ryder Gallery, University
                      California at Berkeley, CA
1993       In Progress, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,
                      San Francisco, CA
1992       Arneson Tribute Show, Lincoln Art Gallery, Lincoln, CA
1992       Looking Out Looking In: Selections of Bay Area Drawing,
                      Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
                 Rodeo Artists Regional Center for the Arts, Bedford Gallery,
                      Walnut Creek, CA
                 Executive Order 9066, Ohana Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
                 Asian Artists, San Francisco State Union Gallery, San
                      Francisco, CA
                 Asian Artists, Utah Arts Council, (traveling show 1992-1994)
1990       Chain Reaction VII, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                 Contra Costa Artists, Hearst Gallery, St. Mary College, Moraga, CA
1983       Gorman Museum, Davis CA
                 North Point Gallery, San Francisco CA
1982       Sacramento Juried Annual, Sacramento, CA
                 Recent Acquisitions, Salt lake Art Council, Salt Lake City, Utah
1982       Utah ’81, Salt Lake Art Center, Purchase Award, Collection of Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1980       Utah Abstract Invitational, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
                 Utah Painters, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
                 Utah ’80, University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
                 Utah ’79, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Grants, Scholarships, and Advisory Boards

1999       Seed Grant HUD Joint Community Development Program
1998       Service Learning Grant, Dept. of Education /Service Learning, UC Berkeley
1996       Art Matters Fellowship, Art Matters New York City
1995       Artist Committee, San Francisco Art Institute
1994       Advisory Board, Richmond Art Center
1983       Humanities Research Grant, UC Davis
1983       Graduate Opportunities Fellowship, UC Davis
1978       Snowbird Summer Art Institute Scholarship, Utah University.

Catalogs

1997       “20/20: CAF Looks Forward and Back,” Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1997       “Illustrations”, UCSF Magazine, Volume 17/Number 1/April 1997.
1996       “Belmont Passages,” Montreaux, Switzerland. Installation.
1993       “1992-1993 UOP Gallery,” University of the Pacific Gallery, Stockton, CA.
1992       “Looking Out, Looking In: Selections of Bay Area Drawing,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

Bibliography

Adrienne Gagnon. “Introductions”, San Francisco Weekly, July 24-30, 2002, p34.Estrada, Andrea. “Two Decades of Contemporaneity: CAF Celebrates Its Mandate for Modern Art.” Artnews, February 13, 1997.
Fowler, Carol. “Local Art Exhibit Rich with Surprises.” Contra Costa Times, 1990.
Gelles, Gail. “CAF Throws a Party on its 20th.” Santa Barbara News - Press, February 23, 1997.
Lee Solin, Allison. “Past and Future.” The Independent, February 20, 1997.
Lochner, Tom. “Artist’s Works Pay Homage to Conditions Faced by Immigrants.” WestCounty Times, March 16, 1992.
Moyle, Marilyn. “New Art as Fresh as Spring in Davis’ Galleries.” Davis Enterprise, March 19, 1992.
Walker, Marina. “20/20 Vision: CAF’s Anniversary Show.” Santa Barbara News - Press, March 8, 1997.
Wright, Sheila. “Mixed-Media Exhibit Features Works by Contra Costa Artists.” Daily Ledger/ Post Dispatch, January 21, 1990.

Craig Nagasawa Biography

Born 1956 Salt Lake City, UT