ALAN SHEPP
San Francisco Bay Area Artist
COMMISSIONS
Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA
Green Mountain Power Company, Burlington, VT
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Cal Train Station (California Arts Council), San Carlos, CA
Hewlett Packard, Mountain View, CA
Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
Sutter Home Winery, St. Helena, CA
AT&T, Prudential Life Insurance Co., Pleasanton, CA
IBM, Almaden, CA
Hatt Market, Napa, CA
Napa River Inn, Napa CA
Imagery Winery (Benzinger), Glen Ellen, CA
Richfield Park, Sacramento, CA
di Rosa Preserve, memorial for Rene & Veronica di Rosa, Napa, CA
PUBLIC / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Arcon/Pacific, Ltd. San Francisco, California
AT&T/Prudential Insurance Company, Pleasanton, California
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
Cal Train Station, (California Arts Council), San Carlos, California
Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Controller of Currency, Washington, D.C.
Crocker Museum of Art
Rene and Veronica di Rosa Foundation
Exxon/Mobil, Dallas, Texas
Green Mountain Power Company, Burlington, Vermont
Hewlett Packard, Mountain View, California
IBM, Almaden, California
Italian American Museum, San Francisco, CA
London County Council, London, England
Beverlee & Daniel McFadden
The Meridian Hotel, San Francisco, California
Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, California
Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel, Singapore
Stanford University
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan
University of Wisconsin, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greenburg, PA
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AR
Cynthia Grupp
Arlen and Yvonne Nickels
Gail and Kenji Nanao
Betty and Clayton Bailey
Mel and Leta Ramos
Herb and Grace Boyer
Alfred and Liz Kobacher
Gayle and Sam Surabian
Jo Farb and Sam Hernandez
Janis O'Malley
Zia and Alex Sloan
Castiel Shepp
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
"Contextere", Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, CA. 2014
Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1999
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1997
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.
"Poems", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1994
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1993
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1985
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1982
Neill Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1984
Neill Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1982
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
AND/OR Gallery, Seattle, WA.
80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
California State University Hayward, Hayward, CA .
University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 1967
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 1969
Galleria Venezia, Venice, Italy,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 Sculpture Invitational, Univ. of San Francisco, S.F., CA.
Sculpture/2002, 15 West Coast Sculptors, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1999 The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Smith Anderson Editions, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
1998 Printmaking, Smith Anderson Editions, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
1996 Fulbright 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Cal State University Long Beach
1993 "California Eclectic", Trans America Pyramid Lobby, San Francisco, CA
"West Art and the Law", a traveling show: Bank of America Security Pacific Gallery, San Francisco, CA;
Artspace Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina;
University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington "Images in Bronze",
China Basin Building Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 "Group Sculpture Show", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Wax and Lead", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Uncommon Objects", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1989 "Aesthetics of Graffiti', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1988 "Bay Area Sculpture: Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1986 "Works in Bronze: A Modern Survey", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA;
Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho;
Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington;
University Art Gallery, Cal St. Univ. Stanislaus;
Univ. of California, Marion-Porter Seson Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
"An Exhibition of Sculpture", Jeffrey Linden Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"Works in Bronze, a Modern Survey", Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA
University Art Gallery, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
"Stone: Northern California Stone Sculptors", Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA;
1984 Santa Rosa J C Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA,"West Coast Artists,1984", The Alternative Museum, N.Y.,
1982 "Sculpture '82:, A Contemporary Survey", Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA (cat. illus.)
"Sculpture", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Sculpture/1982", City of Palo Alto Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Palo Alto
1981 "4 Approaches to Stone, Alan Shepp, John Van Alsteine, Aijino Wakita,Dennis Whitecopf", Neill Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1980 "Current/New York", Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, (cat. illus.)
1978 "Aesthetics of 1978Graffiti", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (cat. illus.)
1977 "Sculpture Invitational", Center for Visual Art, Oakland, CA
1975 "Laser for the Good of Man", Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
1974 National Computer Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois
1971 "Art and Technology", Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel,
Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1969 University of Wisconsin, Menomonee, Wisconsin,
"Contemporary Art in the Midwest", Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
"Light as Form: Edward Jankowski, Alan Shepp, Robin Toellner, CharlesWaldeck", Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Made of Plastic", Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan (cat. illus.)
1968 Gallery 118, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 "Light Works", Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
"Biennial of Painting and Sculpture", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (cat. Illus)
1966 "Constructions", Minneapolis College of Art, Minneapolis, MN
1965 "Kinetic Art", Signals Gallery, London, England
1964 Galleria Venezia, Venice, Italy
"Fulbright Artists Group Exhibition", Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy
1963 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; Henry Gal., Seattle, WA; Seattle Art Mus., Seattle, WA
1962 "Invitational", Henry Gallery, Seattle WA
"Painting Biennial", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1958 "May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1957 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
EDUCATION
B.A., Bowling Green State University
M.A., Cleveland Institute of Art
M.F.A., University of Washington
POST GRADUATE
Fulbright Fellowship, Painting, Italy
NEA , research grant in Egypt
Senior Fulbright Fellowship, Sculpture, Egypt
National Fulbright Review Committee, Washington, D.C., 1993/4/5
PROFESSORSHIPS
Stepney School, London, England
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Professor Emeritus, Chair Art Department, California State University Hayward