BRUCE
KLEIN
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BRUCE KLEIN
426 MAGNOLIA AVENUE
MODESTO, CA. 95354
209-544-2806

EDUCATION

1985-87     M.A.       Clinical Psychology, California State University, Hayward, CA.
1982-85                   Coursework toward an Interdisciplinary PHD in Experimental
                               Aesthetics, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

1978          B.A.                       Honors Art, University of California, Berkeley, CA.  
1971          M.A.                      Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1969          B.A.                       Honors. Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IND.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
College and University:
                                   
1984                         University of California, Santa Cruz, CA., Drawing
1978                         California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA., Lecturer in Humanities, Taught Philosophy, Psychology and Landscape Pa
1976-77                    Artist in Community Organizations, Oakland, CA., Teaching art to preschool children under a grant from the
                                State of California.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS                                  

2009                         “Yosemite Artists-in Residence “, Yosemite Museum ,Yosemite National Park.Ca.
                                 “Share The Art” Gallo Center, Modesto, Ca.
2007                         “Yosemite: Art of an American Icon”, Autry National Center, travels to three cities.
2004, 2005, 2006     “Yosemite Renaissance”, Yosemite National Park, CA., travels to six cities.
2003                         “Anniversary Show”, Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998                         San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
                                 48th  National Art Competition, Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, ARK.
1997                         “Yosemite Renaissance”, Yosemite National Park, CA.
1995                         “Artist in Residence Show”, Yosemite National Park, CA.
1994                         San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1990                         Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fresno, CA.

1989                         Drawing Annual, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA.            Juror: Kenneth Baker
1988                         “Pro Arts Annual”, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA.                                Juror: Mary J.Jacobs
                                 Pacific Prints, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA.                       Juror: Martina Norelli
                                 “Paper in Particular”, National Exhibit, Columbus, MISS.           Juror: Kenneth Crown
1987                         “West Coast Painters”, University of Hawaii. Hilo, Hawaii.           Juror: George Miyaski
1986                         La Grange National, La Grange, Georgia.                                   Juror: Henry Hopkins
                                 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.                                       Juror: R. Tomlinson
1985                         Second Annual All California Art Show, Pacific Grove, CA.         Juror: C. French
1984                         “All California 84, Laguna Beach, CA.                                       Juror: Henry Hopkins
1983                         “All California Bi Annual, Riverside, CA.                                    Juror: D. Weygandt
                                 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition, Hawaii.                  Juror: C. Garabedian
                                 Crocker Kingsley Annual, Sacramento, CA.                             Juror: E. Tonelli

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

1988                            Artist in Residence, Yosemite National Park
1979                            California Arts Council, Artist in Community Organization grant, renewed 3 years
1977                            California Arts Council, Artist Assistance grant
1976                            Guest Lecturer, University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.  Honorarium on B. W. Tomlin

PUBLISHED REVIEWS OF ART

 

2009                            “ Yosemite Alive”  ,  Lisa Millegan, The Modesto Bee, 7/10/09
2005                            “Beyond the Brush”, Lisa Millegan, The Modesto Bee, 5/27/05
1990                            “Yosemite: An American Treasure”, Kenneth Bower, National Geographic Book
                                    “The Lure of Yosemite”, M.W. Misrach, Northern California Home and Garden, September Issue
1989                            “Art”, Anne Telford, Northern California Home and Garden, April Issue, pg. 3-8
                                    “Yosemite Walls”, Nancy Steele, Bencia Herald, 9/89
                                    “Pro Arts Annual’, Harriet Swift, Oakland Tribune, 1/89
                                    “The Art and the Juror”, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/89

                                  “A Fashionable Pluraism”, Mark Van Proyan, Artweek, 2/89
                                    “Back to Nature Nudes Banned From Museum”, G.E. Swas, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/89
                                    “Nude Photo’s Removed from Park”, Gene Rose, Fresno Bee, 2/89
 1987                           Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, 5/87
                                    Hawaii Tribune Herald, 1/87
1986                            Monterey Peninsula Review, 10/87
1983                            Richard Simon, The Sacramento Bee, 5/83
1980                            The Alameda Times, 5/80

CURRENT GALLERIES

                                    Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
                                    Storey Framing, Berkeley, CA.

COLLECTORS

                                    Patricia Lee
                                    Arns Law Firm
                                    Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro Law Firm
                                    Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison Law Firm
                                    Fleishmann and Fleishmann Law Firm
                                    Carniege Foundation