Helen Stanley
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Education:

1976-78      California State University, M.A. Sacramento, CA
1966-70    San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., with honors
​1966    Graduated from Farmington High School, 
 Farmington, New Mexico

Solo Exhibitions:

2001 -04    Gallatin River Gallery, Montana
1998    Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
           The 8th annual Lifework Award
           Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1992 to 2004    Glenn Green Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991-94    San Juan College Gallery, Farmington, NM
1989    "Edges of Space", Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1988    "Paintings and Ceramics", Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1987    "Vessels", Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1985-87    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions:
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2010    Falkirk Cultural center
2009   Glenn Green Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico.
2009-2010 Donna Seager Gallery 2004    Miami Art Show, Glen Green Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001    Marin Arts Council Grantees Show, Marin Community Foundation
2001    Bedford Gallery, Boat Show, Walnut Creek Civic Gallery
2000    Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Benefit, Santa Rosa, CA
1997     "Caregiver and Crone", Portland State University, OR
1992    Marin Arts Council Grantees Show, Susan Cummins Gallery,  Mill Valley, CA.- MAC Grantee
1991    Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD   
1990    "Chief Seattle's Reply", Hatley-Martin Gallery,  San Francisco, CA
           "Blues Show", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989    Book Show, Curated by Marie Dern, San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988    "Works on Paper", William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
           "Possessions", Nora Eccles Museum of Art, University of Utah, Logan, UT
            "Precious Objects", San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1987    "Northern California Watercolor and Drawing Show", Humbolt Cultural Center, Eureka, Ca
           "Correspondence with the Known", San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1985    "American Realism", William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco. 
           
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1984    San Francisco Arts Commission Christmas Show
           National Watercolor Society Show, Brea Cultural Center Gallery, Brea, CA
1982    San Francisco Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Fort Mason
           National Watercolor Society Show, Los Angeles, CA;painting also chosen to be in traveling show to tour various American cities Brand Library 
           Art Gallery, Glendale, CA; recipient of the Burbank Fine Art Federation award
          "Liquid Light", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1980    Gallery Paula Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1979    Cal Expo Show, Northern California Artists, Sacramento

Awards:

1998    Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA The 8th annual Lifework Award
1992    Marin Arts Council Annual Painting Award
1989    Falkirk Annual Juried Show, First Place Award
1984    National Watercolor Society Show, Grand Prize Award. Brea Cultural Center, La Brea, CA
1981    A KQED (public television) special video featuring me and painting, called "For All Seasons"
1979    Cal Expo Show, Northern California Artists, Sacramento, CA, Second Place Award

Commissions:

1993    Marin General Cancer Care Clinic, Boat painting , 7' x 6" for the entrance to the x-ray room
1989-90    Saks Fifth Avenue commissioned, over a period of a year, fourteen oil paintings of "Vessels and Boats"

Teaching Experience:

1993-97    San Francisco Art Institute, credit and extension
1975-2010    San Francisco City College, drawing, watercolor, oil, acrylic
1993    Marin Arts Council sponsered a painting (run by Art Trek Wilderness Journeys) to Bali, Indonesia.
1990-2000    Anderson Ranch, taught painting on San Juan River Expedition, in southern Utah
1986    Dominican College, taught "Creative Thinking Through Poetry and Drawing", with poet, John Savant
1986-2000    Art Trek Workshops for the University of California, in the Southwest
1983-85    Guest Artist/instructor University of California, Davis, teaching Drawing full time
1983-2002    College of Marin, figure drawing, painting, watercolor

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