ALAN FIRESTONE
 
EDUCATION
1983
Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley
1982
Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley
1978
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
1996
Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1993
San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1991
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1989
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984
Santa Cruz Art Center, A. R. Wood Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1984
Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, Montana
1980
Hall Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland Ca, "WOULD"
2016
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica Ca, "Group Exhibit"
2015
San Francisco City College, San Francisco, Ca and Coastline College, Newport Beach Ca “Switch and Show”
2015
Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA "Invitational Exhibit"
2015
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, "Studio Artist Exhibit"
2014
c2c project, San Francisco Ca," MARK/REPEAT"
2014
Oceana Gallery, Pacifica Ca, "2nd Sighting"
2014
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, "Award Winners Exhibition"
2014
Oceana Gallery, Pacifica Ca, "Coastal Wood"
2013
Oceana Gallery, Pacifica Ca, SURF
2013
Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel Ca, Gallery Artists Exhibition
2013
Hatch Gallery, Oakland Ca, Thinking Like the Universe
2013
Oceana Gallery, Pacifica Ca, Sanchez Studio Artists
1995-2013
City Gallery, San Francisco City College, San Francisco CA (faculty exhibition)
2011
Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 5 X 5 Invitational
2010
Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz CA, It's in the Pulp
2006
Works/Gallery, San Jose CA
2001
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco CA, (gallery artists)
2000
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2000
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco CA, (gallery artists)
1999
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA (small works)
1998
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA (gallery artists)
1997
3COM (sculpture), Santa Clara, CA Heritage Bank (sculpture), San Jose, CA
1997
Civic Art Gallery, Belmont, CA (five artists from Pacifica)
1996
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Photogrophers for Peace
1996
Montalvo Art Gallery, Saratoga, CA, The Vision and Influence of Russel Moore
1996
Show, Ft. Mason, San Francisco. CA Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
1994
Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (art board faculty exhibition)
1994
Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Black and White
1994
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA (gallery artists)
1994
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA, (small works)
1994
Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Guardians, Spirits, and Messengers
1994
Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville. CA, Planet Earth
1993
3COM (sculpture). Santa Cruz, CA
1992
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto. CA (contemporary uses of wax and encaustic)
1992
Space Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, Whispers six artists
1991
K. Kimpton Gallery. San Francisco. CA
1991
Less is More San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose. CA
1991
John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (two person exhibition)
1991
John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (group exhibition, gallery artists)
1991
K. Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Potent Image
1991
Hitachi Corp., Santa Clara, CA (wood sculpture) three artists
1990
Jamison/Thomas Gallery. Portland, OR, West Coast Sculpture
1990
Mendocino Art Center. Mendocino, CA (artists from Ivory/Kimpton Gallery)
1990
Chicago International Art Exposition. Chicago. IL (K. Kimpton Gallery)
1990
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1989
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL (Ivory/Kimpton Gallery)
1989
Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (painted sculpture: seven artists from Santa Cruz)
1989
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, CA (sculpture and painting from Santa Cruz)
1989
The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA
1988
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1988
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey. CA, Trupical Topics
1988
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA,. Fire and Ice
1988
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, The Artist and The Myth San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. San Francisco, CA
1987
Cabrillo College Gallery. Faculty Show, Aptos. CA
1987
Santa Cruz Artisan's Cooperative Gallery, Invitational Paper Exhibition. Santa Cruz, CA
1986
Cabrillo College Gallery. Aptos. CA
1985
Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person show) Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
1985
Sesnon Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, CA
1984
University Art Museum, Berkeley. CA San Jose State University, San Jose. CA Slant Gallery. Sacramento, CA
1984
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
1984
Heller Gallery. Berkeley, CA
1984
Primary Colors Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1983
13th Annual Three Dimensional Regional Show, San Jose. CA Shrine Invitational Show, Santa Cruz Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA San Francisco Art Commission Show, Ft. Mason, San Francisco. CA Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
1982
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1982
29th Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1982
12th International Sculpture Conference. Oakland, CA
1982
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1982
29th Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1982
12th International Sculpture Conference. Oakland, CA
1982
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1982
Annual Invitational, Santa Cruz Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA Hayward Civic Center, Hayward, CA
1982
Bay Arts '82,Belmont, CA
1982
Worth Rider Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
1981
California Exposition, Sacramento, CA
1981
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 3-D Regional Show, San Jose, CA
1980
Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
1979
Hayward Civic Center, Hayward, CA
1977
Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1976
Cooper House Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
1969-70
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, CA
1967
Los Angeles County Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
1966
Young Southern California Artists, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING
1995-2016
Lecturer, art, San Francisco City College
1989-2001
Lecturer, art, University of California, Santa Cruz
1990
Teaching, sculpture, Children's Art Foundations, Santa Cruz, CA
1987-88
Lecturer, sculpture and design, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1984
Leading workshops on painting and sculpture, Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
1982
Guest lecture on sculpture, University of California, Santa Cruz Sculpture teaching assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1978-79
Sculpture teaching assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
DESIGN
1998-2006
Founder and owner of United Elements. United Elements specializes in product design and furniture/lighting design
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1995
Artists' Fellowship Inc. Grant, New York, NY
1993
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1983
13th Annual Three-Dimensional Regional Show, San Jose, CA
1983
Cash Award, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1982
Ford Award, UC Berkeley, CA
1981
First Place, California Exposition, Sacramento, CA
1981
First Place, Three-Dimensional Regional Show, San Jose, CA
1981
First Place and Purchase Award, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1979
Endowment to the Arts Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1966
First Place, Young California Artists Show, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1993
Site-specific environment for the outdoor entrance of the Transportation Division Office Building, Sacramento, CA
PUBLIC LECTURES
1996
Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA, a public lecture on the 1996 exhibition "Slippery Water"
1992
Berkeley Art Center, a public lecture surveying fifteen years of personal work, illustrated with slides
1990
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, a public lecture surveying thirteen years of personal work, illustrated with slides