JONATHAN PARKER

BACKGROUND  - Self taught painter

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2005 Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004, 2001 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999, 1996

1993, 1990

1994 Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1992 Galerie Eylau '5, Berlin, Germany

1990 LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1985 LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Long Beach Arts,   Works on Paper, Long Beach, CA

2006 Montclair Gallery,  Man’s Best Friend, Oakland, CA

de Soto,  Best of Show, Los Angeles, CA

Jack Fischer Gallery,  OOTOE, San Francisco, CA

2004 Jan Baum Gallery, New Talent and Familiar Faces, Los Angeles, CA

Hanger #5, Hamilton Field, Anne Frank, No More Scapegoats, Novato, CA

2003 Braunstein/Quay Gallery,  Branch Out, San Francisco, CA

2000 Contemporary Museum,  Snapshot,  Baltimore, MD

1999 Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts,   Bow Wow,   Walnut Creek, CA

1998 LewAllen Contemporary,  Crossing Cultures,  Santa Fe, NM

1997 Greg Kucera Gallery,  Civil Progress: Life in Black America,  Seattle, WA

Mary Ryan Gallery,  Civil Progress: Images of Black America,  New York, NY

1996 Berkeley Art Center,  Innocence, the Promise of Life,  Berkeley, CA

1995 Robischon Gallery,  Group Show,  Denver, CO

Intersection for the Arts,  30^th Anniversary Show,  San Francisco, CA

1994 Oakland Museum, 25 Years of Collecting California,  Oakland, CA

1993 MIA Gallery,  Northwest and Beyond: Work by self-taught artists,  Seattle, WA

San Francisco Art Commission Gallery,  Domestic Tranquility

1992 S.F. Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery,  Eccentric Visions

Transamerica Pyramid,  Putting on the Dog,  San Francisco, CA

1991 One Market Plaza,  Reigning Cats & Dogs,  San Francisco, CA

1990 Creative Growth Art Center,  Annual Staff/Client Show, Oakland, CA

1989 Arts Council of San Mateo County,  Bay Arts ’89, Belmont, CA

1988 Market Five Gallery,  2 Person Exhibition, Washington, D.C.

1987 Primitivo Gallery,  Group Show,  San Francisco, CA

1986 Riverside Art Museum,  All California Biennial, Riverside, CA

1984 LIMN Gallery,  Group Show, San Francisco, CA

1983 Berkeley Art Center,   Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

AWARDS / HONORS

2004 Painting Residency, Djerassi Residency Artists Program, Woodside, CA

2002 Artist in Residency, Kala Institute (Printmaking), Berkeley, CA

2000 Painting Fellowship,  Djerassi Residency Artists Program, Woodside, CA

2000 Painting Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

1999 Painting Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

1999  Affiliate Artist Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

1998 Painting Fellowship / Residency,Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

1987 San Francisco Bay Regional Painting Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation,

San Francisco, CA

ARTICLES / REVIEWS

New American Paintings, Number 55, Pacific Edition, published December, 2004.

Baker, Kenneth. When canvas is as important as the painting: Jonathan Parker at Braunstein/Quay.. San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

Baker, Kenneth.  Parker Solo.   San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 2001, San Francisco, CA

Thym, Jolene. Arf Gallery, Bow Bow! It’s a Dog’s Life.  Oakland Tribune, November 20, 1999, page C1, Oakland, CA

Baker, Kenneth.  Parker turns abstract. San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 1999, page E1, San Francisco, CA

Tobin, Richard.  Crossing Cultures.  The Magazine, June, 1998, page 35, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

MacNeil, William. ‘Crossing Cultures’ provides impetus for art show, The Santa Fe New Mexican, May, 1, 1998, page 38, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Hackett, Regina. Civil Progress marches triumphantly through 60 years of black history. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 7, 1997, page 20, Seattle, Washington.

Updike, Robin. Ambitious show honors Life in Black America.  The Seattle Times, March 2, 1997, Seattle, WA

Bravo, Armando Alvarez. Dos Mundos en una calle.  El Nuevo Herald, July 23, 1993,  page 21D, Miami, Florida.

Tanaka, Hiroko.  Jonathan Parker, Quiet Moment.  Illustration, No. 75, 1992-4, pages 24-27, 50-53, Tokyo, Japan.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Oakland Museum, Oakland, California