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Christel Dillbohner
Born: 1956 Köln (Cologne), Germany
Education: 1978-84 Cologne Art School, Kölner Werkschule, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Lost Coast, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Blickwechsel, Zeitzone, Berlin, Germany
Ice Floe Journals, 1821 Gallery & Studios, Fresno, California
2013 Eine Frage von Zeit und Bewegung – A Matter of Time and Motion, Kampstogether, Cologne, Germany,
2012 Whispering Ice, Leson Office, Frankfurt, Germany
Nothing is Certain, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Turbulences, Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel, California
2011 Motionless Torrents / Silent Cataracts, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2009 Ice Floe, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
2008 Topographies, The Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California
Observations/ Impressions, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2007 An den Ufern der Zeit, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Skimming the Surface, Monterey Art Museum, California
New Assemblages, AURA, Nagoya, Japan
2006 Nach der Natur, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2005 After Nature, Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Japan
Histologies, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2004 Burn Marks and Incisions, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2003 Repository, Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, California
Off Balance, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
2002 Plumblines, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
Atmospheric Disturbances, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Interiors, Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa/Tokyo, Japan
Components, NOB Gallery, Okasaki /Nagoya, Japan
2001 Repository – A Collection of Familiar Curiosities, Fresno Art Museum, California
From Beyond the Seas, Gallery Mssohkan, Kobe, Japan
2000 About Sippwells and Other Places - Part III, Suyama Space, Seattle, Washington
Sedimentation, Eyre/Moore Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Of Ample Ground, Don Soker Contemporary Exhibitions, San Francisco, California
About Sippwells and Other Places - Part II, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
About Sippwells and Other Places - Part I, Gallery Naito, Mizunami/Gifu Pref., Japan
1999 Under the Hill, Gallery Hirawata, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Beyond the Visible, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Undertow, Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Venice, California
1997 New Work, Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Venice, California
1996 Scavenger’s Dreaming, University Gallery, Reno, Nevada
There and Then, Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions, Costa Mesa, California
1995 Eintragungen aus dem Logbuch, Burda Holding, München, Germany
Standortbestimmung, Batteriefabrik Hagen, Köln, Germany
1994 New Work, SPACE, Los Angeles, California
1993 Gathering Time - Finding Continuity, West Gallery, Graduate School, Claremont, California
Über das Sammeln von Honig – The Honey Gatherers, SPACE, Los Angeles, California
Remnants of Time, Bianca Lanza, Miami Beach, Florida
1991 Navigare Necesse Est, Shea & Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1987 By the Pool, SITE, Culver City, California
Brooklyn '86, Swimming Pool Cafe, Rheinberg, Germany
1986 Vögel fressen keine Steine, Hahnentorburg, Cologne, Germany
1983 The Visit, Cafe Mondrian, Moers, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Body of Water, El Camino College, Torrance, California
Bay Area Gallery Artists in a New Space, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2014 Coupling, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Shift: Five Decades of Contemporary California Painting, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California
2013 Summer Group Show, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
New Acquisitions, Monterey Art Museum, Monterey California
2012 Under Water, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Eastern Traditions / Western Espressions, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2011 One Thing Leads to Another: Seriality in Works on Paper, ICA San Jose, California
2009 Out of Bounds: Art from the Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
2008 SPACE Gallery, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, California
2006 International Women’s Exhibition, Schneider Museum, Ashland, Oregon
2005 Derivations from – Meditations on Landscape, curated by Josine Ianco Starrels, Schneider Museum, Ashland, Oregon
2004 Between East and West – Artists from Atelier 31, GAS Art Gallery, Torino, Italy
2003 Contemplation, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bytes and Pieces: The Art of Contemporary Collage, ICA, San Jose, California
2002 0203 – Small Sculptures, Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Japan
2001 Traces, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, California
Tellurian, Works, San Jose, California
2000 From the Library, at Installations, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Paper Rock Scissors, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 At the Millennium: Contemporary Painting, Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Plant Life, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
Art as Environment, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1998 Inagural Exhibition, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
1997 25 Pieces of Art, Open Space, Victoria, B.C.
Viaggiatori / Travelers, Campo d’Osservazione, Gubbio, Italy
The 6th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, UH Manoa, Hawaii
California Vision, Gallery Naito, Nagoya, Japan
Viaggiatori / Travelers, SITE at The Brewery, Los Angeles, California
1996 Skin and Bone, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California
Open Book, Kellog University Art Gallery, Pomona, California
Detours ’96, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, California
Between Mind and Soul: A Dialogue Revealed, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado
1995 Libros de Artistas, Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
Between the Lines: Contemporary Artist’s Books, CSU Domiguez Hills, Carson, California
Vested Powers: Icons of Domination and Transcendence, CSU Fullerton, California
1994 Continuing Tradition, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
The 5th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, UH Manoa, Hawaii
Revealing Landscape, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
1993 5 Artists, SPACE, Los Angeles, Califronia
The Elegant, The Irreverent, and the Obsessive: A Survey of Drawing in Southern California, Main Art Gallery,
California State University, Fullerton, California
1992 Book, Box, Word, Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
Contrasts, SPACE, Los Angeles, California
Interconnections, SITE Gallery at The Roosevelt Building, Los Angeles, California
Voices: 7 Artists, Shea & Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
(basically) BLACK & WHITE, Art Museum, Riverside, California
1991 Personal Reflections, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
1990 Changing Summer Show, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Images and Origin, City Hall Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawn Conclusion, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1989 Newcomers 1990, Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California
Women Artists '89, Accurate Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Nine, SITE, Culver City, California
1988 Köln Kunst II, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne, Germany
Summer Show, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
LA + 250, SITE, Culver City, California
1987 Group Show, Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 BBK Landesausstellung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Spinnerei, Bielefeld, Germany
1985 Köln Kunst I, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne, Germany
1984 Germination II, Edinburgh, London, Mulhouse
Der Weg Lohnt Sich, Villa Engelhardt, Düsseldorf, Germany
1983 Germination II, Opening of Traveling Show at the Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Winterausstellung, Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany
1982 Public Mural Project, Old Water Tower, Cologne, Germany
SELECTED AWARDS
2009 GeZEITEN, funded by the Karin and Uwe Hellweg Foundation, Bremen, and by the Stadtsparkasse, Bremen, Germany
2009 Fellowship by the Jentel Artist Residency Program, Jentel, WY
2003 California Arts Council Fellowship Awards, Sacramento, CA
1989 Paradise Oasis Real Estate Office, made possible by a grant rom the Rockefeller Foundation and the
National Endowment of the Arts through LACE, Los Angeles
1986 Förderverein der Kölner Werkschule e.V. (friends of the Cologne Art School) provided partial funding for the catalog
“Vögel fressen keine Steine”, Köln.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
City of Cologne, Artothek, Köln, Germany
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
Law Office Stoel Rives, Boise, Idaho
Law Office Spink Butler, Boise, Idaho
The Community Hospital, Monterey Peninsula, California
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Insitute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, California
University Gallery, Riverside, California
Nagoya Women College, Nagoya, Japan
Nestle, USA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 East Bay Express “Earth Pigments”, by DeWitt Cheng, Feb. 22
SquareCylinder.com “One Thing Leads to Another@ICA”, by David Roth, Jan
2009 Artworks “No Strings Attached”, by Erin Clark, Fall
KQED Arts "Arctic Refelctions: ..." by Jeff Stein, August
Metro “Reduce, Reuse, Respond” by Gretchen Giles, August 12
Weser Kurier “ Neue Sonderausstellung ….”, by ….., May
2008 Art Week “Christel Dillbohner at …,” by DeWitt Cheng, April
2007 The Fresno Bee “Dillbohner pulls you ….”, by Donald Munro, April 29
2005 BoiseWeekly “Earthworks”, by Christopher Schnoor, Nov. 2
Medford Mail Tribune “ Landscape”, by Bill Varble, Oct. 23
Idaho Statesman “Artist uses cones …”, by Danan Oland, Oct. 14
2003 Weser Kurier “Und in jeder…”, by Rainer B. Schossig, Nov. 5
2001 San Jose Mercury, “Earthbound collective..”, by Jack Fischer, February
2000 L.A. Times, “Earthly Materials….” by Leah Ollman, May 25
1999 The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, “Letters to the Editor”, Nov.16
New Times, San Luis Obispo, “Art” by Glen Starkey, Nov.25
Art Papers Magazine, “Beyond the Visible”, by Cheryl Coon, April-May
1998 Sculpture, “Field Work” by Suvan Geer, September
Labyrinth aus Schläuchen, Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, Sept.15
1997 Neue Presse, “Deutsches Konsulat ...”, by A. Forster, Dec. 24 - 30
L.A. Weekly, Pick of the Week, by Peter Frank, June 13
L.A. Weekly, "Skin and Bone", by Peter Frank, January 10
Artweek, "Skin and Bone", by Charlene Roth, Feb.
1996 OC Weekly, “It’s a Snap,” by Doree Dunlap, June 7
Artscene, Continuing and Upcoming, June
1995 Artweek, “Dillbohner/Müller at UC Riverside”, by Daniella B. Walsh, May
Orange County Register, “Conical Icons ...” by Daniella B.Walsh, April
1994 LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, by Peter Frank, February
Artscene, “Transformer”, Previews of Exhibitions by Suvan Geer, June
Santa Barbara News Press, “Industrial Strength”, by Michael Darling, July
1993 Visions, "ADialectic of Materials”, by Marge Bulmer, Winter
Visions, "The Artifacts...", by M. A. Greenstein, Spring
Artweek, "Sting Like a Bee", by Charlene Roth, March 18,
Los Angeles Times, "Dillbohner Celebrates an Old Ritual", by Susan Kandel, Feb.26,
1992 LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, by Peter Frank, October 9,
1991 Visions, "Mr. Rodgers' Objecthood", by Michael Laurence, Winter
LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, by Peter Frank, July 12,
1990 Visions, "Rooms with a View", by Margaret Lazzari, Fall
Los Angeles Times, Art Reviews, by Suvan Geer, July 13,
LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, by Peter Frank, June 1,
Village View, "Just Dessert", by Joe Jarell, May 4,
Los Angeles Times, 'Paradise Oasis...", by Lisbet Nilson, April 29,
1989 Los Angeles Times, "Newcomers 1990", by Kristine McKenna, December 14
1986 Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, "Vögel fressen keine Steine"
1984 Rheinische Post, "Der Weg lohnt sich"
1982 Kölnische Rundschau, "Mural painting"