MARC KATANO
BIOGRAPHY

BORN
1952
Tokyo, Japan

EDUCATION
1975
B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

New Paintings, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 2005

Selected Artwork, 2003

Selected Artwork, 2002

AWARDS

1981
Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1980
KQED-Crown Zellerbach Exhibition, Jurors: Austin Conkey, Judith L. Dunham, Bonnie Earls-Solari, San Francisco, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006
Costella Childs Art, Phoenix, AZ

2005
"New Paintings," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004
Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003
"Marc Katano: Paintings and Prints," The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Marc Katano: New Paintings," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
"Marc Katano: New Paintings," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

2002
"Marc Katano: New Paintings & Monotypes," Cheryl Pelavin, New York, NY

2001
(2-person) "Thoughts of Nature: Marc Katano & Minoru Ohira," Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
"New Paintings," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

2000
"New Paintings," Pulliam Defenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1999
"Recent Works," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
"Palimpsest: New Paintings & Monotypes," Cheryl Pelavin, New York, NY
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1997
LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

1995
Thomas Babeor & Company, La Jolla, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bently Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Light and Shadows," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Art Salon II, Chiba, Japan

1994
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Fresca, Tokyo, Japan

1993
Sharon Traux Fine Art, Venice, CA

1992
GH2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1991
Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1989
Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY

1988
Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY

1987
Mary Wright Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Recent Works on Paper," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986
Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY
Stephen Wirtz, Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985
"Marc Katano: Recent Paintings," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
"Works on Paper," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984
"Marc Katano, Paintings, " Bank of America, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hodges/Banks Gallery, Seattle, WA

1983
"Marc Katano, Paintings," Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
"Marc Katano: Recent Paintings," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982
California State University, Hayward, CA

1980
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006
"Inaugural Exhibition," Costello/Childs Art, Phoenix, AZ

2004
"Marc Katano Paintings/Minoru Ohira Sculpture," Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Summer Painting Show," Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002
"In Context: Pattern in Contemporary Printmaking, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey

2001
"Marc Katano and Minoru Ohira," Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Contemporary Prints," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
"Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Resonds to Art in the Permanent Collection: San Jose Museum of Art," San Jose, CA

2000
"Past and New Print Publications: Works by Marc Katano, Brad Durham, Chalres C. Hill and Craig Kauffman," Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1999
"LA NY LA," Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY

1998
"LA.NY.LA. Abstract Painting & Work on Paper," Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
"Works on Paper," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
"California Painting Sampler: Selections from BankAmerica Corporation Art Collection," San Francisco, CA
"Two Person Exhibition, Katano/Sakata," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

1996
"Newance," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"New Beginnings," Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"Group Exhibition," Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1995
"Equinox: An Autumn Group Exhibition," Thomas Babeor & Company, La Jolla, CA
"All Things Great but Small V," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

 GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

1994
"Organized Nature," Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Inaugural Exhibition," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
"S.F. to B.C.," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"A Common Language," Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA

1993
Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA
Galleria Finarte, Nagoya, Japan

1992
GH2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Contemporary Japanese-American Artists in California," PacTel Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA
"Drawings from LA," Galleria Finarte, Nagoya, Japan

1991
"The Artist's Hand: Drawings from the Bank-America Art Collection," San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Maruzen Gallery, Sensai, Japan
"A Palette of Vision: Painted Statements," ALZA Corporation, Vacaville, CA

1990
Entetsu Art Theater Rose, Hamamatsu, Japan

1989
"Order and Intuition," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

1988
"Mind Over Matter: New American Abstraction," International Art Project, San Francisco, CA
"Then And Now, " Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

1987
Shaklee Building, San Francisco, CA

1985
"Cultural Frontiers Across the Pacific," Dominican College, San Raphael, CA
"California Directions In Painting," Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK (traveling in Alaska)

1984
Mary Porter Senson Art Gallery, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
"American Woodcuts Revival and Innovation," Traveling exhibition organized by World Print Council, and sponsored by USIS throughout Europe, catalogue
"San Francisco Bay Area Painting," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, catalogue
"Traditions Transformed," Traveling exhibition organized by the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. Venues include: Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Doizaki Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, catalogue

1983
"Oriental Art," The St. Paul Companies Headquarters, St. Paul, MN
"The Japanese Artist in Hawaii, '83," Amfac Center Plaza Gallery, Honolulu, HI

1981
"Bay Arts '81," Belmont, CA, Juried exhibition by Jan Butterfield
"February: A Group Exhibition, "Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Crocker-Kingsley Annual Exhibition," E.B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Juried exhibition by Betty Turnbull
"Three at Stephen Wirtz, " Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"SECA Award Exhibition," San Francisco, CA

1980
"Sculpture," Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, CA

1979
"Introductions," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1978
"Alumni Invitational," California College of Art, Oakland, CA

1977
"Group Exhibition," Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA

1975
"Hayward Area Festival of the Arts," Hayward, CA

1974
"Bay Area Contemporary Artists," Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
"Group Exhibition," University of Washington, Seattle, WA

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

1988
San Francisco Arts Commission at the San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA

1987
RT Metro College Greens Station Commission, Sacramento, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art
San Francisco International Airport
Sacramento Regional Transit District, College Green Station, Sacramento, CA