RICO SOLINAS 2730 23RD Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel. (415) 647-2066

www.rsolinas.com

1954 Born in Oakland,California

EDUCATION:

1989 M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

1983 Secondary Teaching Credential in Art, San Francisco State University

1977 B.A. Degree in Art, University of California at Santa Barbara

1975 A.A. Degree in Art, Santa Barbara City College

1972 Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2011 100 MUSEUMS: PAINTIGS OF BUILDINGS THAT HAVE PAINTINGS INSIDE,

ASU Art Museum, Arizona

2010 THE ART OF GIVING, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California

2010 NO FOOD NO DRINK NO STICKY LOLLIES, Stattbad, Berlin, Germany

2009 TOOLS AS ART , Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C.

2007 TOOLS AS ART, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York

2004 TOOLS AS ART, Woodson Art Musem, Wausau, Winsconsin

2003 TOOLS AS ART, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

1999 CUTTING EDGE:Paintings, Saws, and Scketchbooks, Concourse Gallery, Bank of America Center, San Francisco, California

1997 TOOLS AS ART III: All Saws, national Building Museum, Washington D.C.

1997 HELLO AGAIN, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California

1996 SAWSCAPES, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California

1996 SKETCHBOOK, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California

1995 PRIVATE VISIONS: ARTISTS SKETCH BOOKS, Sonoma State University,

California

1995 6TH ANNIVERSARY, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

1994 LAND, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

1993 NEW PAINTINGS, SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California

MIXED MATERIAL & OBSESSIONS, Art Gallery, Modesto Junior College,

Modesto, California

1992 Not a Theme: HARLEQUIN, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

TERRAIN IN NEWPORT, Hydrangea Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island

1991 BRAVO 20, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, California

A.M.D.G., Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California

BRAVO 20, Walter Sheppard Gallery, Reno, Nevada

1990 BRAVO 20, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

A.M.D.G., Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

1989 NEW PAINTINGS, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

1988 TRAFFIC, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California

1987 SOME PORTRAITS, Pro-Arts, Oakland, California

1987 ABOUT FACES, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California

1985 UNABASHED SYMBIOTICS, The Old Warehouse Cabaret, Oakland, California

THE HUMOROUS PALETTE, Kaiser Art Center, Oakland, California

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

1990 Bravo 20, The bombing of The american west, in collaboration with

Richard Misrach and Myriam Weisang Misrach, Johns Hopkins University

Press Publisher

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2011 Young, Amy. “We Came, We Saw”, JAVA, November, #196, p.18

2011 Pela, Robert. “Rico Solinas’Saw-Blade Paintings Elevate a Folksy Tradition”, Phoenix New Times Arts, November 3

1999 Van Proyen, Mark. “San Francisco e-mail”, Art Issues, Nov.-Dec., #60, p.39

1995 Fowler, Carol. "Creatives Minds", Contra Costa Times, October 6, p.27

1995 Hammil, Pete. Tools as Art, Harry N. Abrams Publisher

1994 Schinneller, James. Unique Journey/s The Visual Arts, Davis Publications

1993 Conn, Terry. "Three for the road", Artweek, Nov. 4, p.28

1992 A. Ross, M. Kwon, C. Pentecost. "bravo 20", Documents, Fall/Winter, v.1:1

Van Sicken, Bill. "Terrain at Newport", Providence Journal, Aug. 21

1991 "Operation desert shield", Mother Jones, January/February, p.67

Sager, Mike. "Bombing Nevada", Esquire, January, p.27

1990 "Bravo 20: The Park", Outside, October, p.102

1989 Van Proyen, Mark. "Ideograms and Odd Narratives", Artweek, June 17, p.5

Joel, Mario. "Voces", Tiempo Latino, May 31, p.12A

1987 Porges, Maria. "Exhibitions", Artweek, November 14, p.16

1986 Rascon, Armando. "En el lugar de los Espejismos", Horizontes, September, p.8

1985 Kossy, Barbara. "Face on the Barroom Wall", S.F. Bay Guardian, July 24

Van Proyen, Mark. "Exhibitions", Artweek, April 6

Castillo, Ignacio. "La exposicion de Solinas", El Universo, April 13

Calderon, Tomas. "Myth Destroyed", Santa Barbara News Press, September 15