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A pamphlet of galleries, performance venues, and arts organizations in Napa Valley.
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Long ago, the laws of media decided that sculpture was of the hands and meant to touch, and painting, of the mind, and for eyes only. These laws have been broken many times over and now it’s my turn. The flat, framed confines of the traditional painting proposes a passive exchange: look, see, soak in the visual stimuli, think, or don't think and walk away. My work revolts against this paradigm. I am an artist of indiscriminate media. My interest lies in creating a new type of painting experience. I seek to metaphorically give limbs to my works, making them objects and not simply portals. I provide a sculptural surface without a defined termination or origination. No longer contained by the picture plane, my work exists as a sublime transition between painting and sculpture, spilling onto the floor, dripping from the ceiling and drifting out the door. Now the viewer can become an active player in a theatre of experience through their interactions with the work and its dynamic potentials. Change becomes the element of recreation, awakening a new vision of the work: yours. Please enjoy, without you my work is gasping for air.
William John Callnan III
EDUCATION
1997-2002
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, MA. Tufts University, Medford, MA. Bachelor of Fine Arts.
EXHIBITIONS
2008
"Sublime Transitions", solo exhibition, g studio, Napa, CA.
Earth Day, mural workshop, Nimbus Arts, St. Helena, CA. Artist Instructor, temporarily publicly installed/displayed mural.
2007
El Dia de Los Muertos, mural workshop, Nimbus Arts, St. Helena, CA. Artist Instructor, temporary publicly installed/displayed mural.
Napa Valley Open Studios Gallery Exhibit, Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA.
Group Exhibit, Sky Rouge Gallery, St.Helena, CA.
Take a Chance on Art, exhibit & raffle, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA.
11th Annual Art Sale and Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
2006
"The Gift", public mural, Sonoma CA
California Dreamin', di Rosa Preserve: Art and Nature, Napa CA.
Paradise Lost and Found. Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA.
8th Annual' Contemporary Art International' Juried Online Art Exhibition, May 2006-07, www.upstreampeoplegallery, Upstream People Gallery, USA.
2005
"The Body Show", All in the Family IV, di-Rosa Preserve Art and Nature,
Napa, CA. Jurors: Rene di-Rosa and Juror Panel. Napa Valley Artists' Open Studios, Angwin, CA.
7th Annual ‘ Faces International' Juried Online Art Exhibition, March 2005-06, www.upstreampeoplegallery , Upstream people Gallery, USA.
2004
All in the Family III, Off the Preserve-a project of the di-Rosa Preserve Art and Nature, Napa, CA. Jurors: Rene di-Rosa and Jack Rasmussen.
"Endless Bounty & the Evidence Show", solo exhibition, St. Helena, CA.
2003 A Single Pebble, Staff Art Show and Sale, curator/exhibitor, Berlin, VT.
2002
"Something Missing" mixed-media mural at private residence, Madrid, Spain.
Staff Art Exhibit, (Award Recipient) Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
"Hope" Solo Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
LynnArts 2nd Annual Mixed Media: Possibilities (Award Recipient)Lynn, MA.
AWARDS, GRANTS, SPECIAL PROJECTS
2007
"Body Builder", 12' x 12' First Place Award Winner, chalk artist, Tahoe Arts Festival, Crystal Bay, NV.
2006
"Questionable Forecast", chalk artist, 13th Annual Italian Street Painting Festival, San Rafael, CA.
"Bridge over Troubled Water", chalk artist, La Strada dell'Arte Italian Street Painting Festival, Napa, CA.
'Special Recognition' Award Recipient, 8th Annual' Contemporary Art International' Juried Online Art Exhibition, May 2006-07, www.upstreampeoplegallery, Upstream People Gallery, USA.
2005
Sonoma Plaza Mural Design Winner, public mural commission by SVVGA and The Sonoma Plaza Foundation, Sonoma, CA.
2002
People's Choice Award, Staff Art Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Juror's Choice Award, LynnArts Inc. 2nd Annual Mixed Media: Possibilities, LynnArts, Lynn, MA.
Recipient of the Alice Pratt Travel Grant c/o Albert Pratt, Ceramics Department, SMFA, Boston, MA.
RELATED WORK
2007-2008
Ceramics Teacher, Arts in Mental Health, Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA.
2006-2007
Artist's Assistant to sculptor, Yoram Wolberger, American Canyon, CA.
Ceramics Teacher, Arts in Mental Health, Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA.
1999-2002
Studio Technician/Teacher's Assistant, Ceramics Department, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Painting Internship Danny O'Connor (Danny'O) The Game Show, 2002, MassMOCA, North Adams, MA. "Have You Seen My Ball", DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
The Gift, 25'x16', exterior latex-mixed media
Golden Surf, 6'x3'x6", oil-mixed media (detail)
The Proposal, 42"x28"x10", oil-mixed media
Death of a Patriot, 32"x18"x14", oil-mixed media
Eden, 36"x25"x12", oil-mixed media
Partly Sunny, 2'x2'x2', oil-mixed media
Meteorb#1, approx.15"x15"15", ceramic
Church, approx. 24"x12"x20", ceramic
Cosmobowl #1, approx. 18"x18"x8", ceramic
Body Builder, dimensions variable, mixed media
