Tom Monteith
Education
1995 MFA, Painting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1990 MA, Art, California State University, Sacramento
1983 BA, Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis (1977-79)
Solo Exhibitions
2015 "earth island", University Library Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, Sept 8-Dec 19, (catalog, illus.)
2007 "rise and fall", JayJay, Sacramento, CA, March 7-April 21
2004 "orbit", JayJay, Sacramento, CA, March 10-April 24
2001 JayJay, Sacramento, CA, June 6-30
2000 One Capital Center, Rancho Cordova, CA
1998 I-Space, Chicago, IL
1997 Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1989 William H. Cook Gallery, Rancho Cordova, CA
Group Exhibitions
2019 “Sac State College of Arts and Letters Faculty Exhibition” (curated by Aida Lizalde), Crocker Art Museum Community Galleries, Sacto., CA, Sept 23-Nov 24
2018 “Old Faces, New Spaces—an Exhibition to Honor Oliver Lee Jackson”, E Street Gallery and Studios, Sacramento, CA, June 9-24
2016 "The Back Room II", JayJay, Sacramento, CA, Feb 10-April 23
2016 "Sacramento State Art Faculty Exhibition, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA, Feb 11-March 4
2015 "30 Painters to Collect", Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, Aug 21-Oct 3
2014 Faculty Show, University Library Gallery, California State University, Sacramento; curated by Diana L. Daniels,
Sept 4-Dec 13
2012 "Past-Present-Future: Thai-America Art Exhibition 2012", Art Centre, Silpakorn University, Nakhon
Pathom, Thailand, Aug 1-30
2012 "Flatlanders on the Slant", Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA, July 11-Aug 17
2012 "the back room", JayJay, Sacramento, CA
2011 "now and then: 10th anniversary exhibition", JayJay, Sacramento, CA
2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, JayJay Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Art Stimulus Package", Jay Jay, Sacramento, CA
2008 Art Department Faculty Show, CSUS University Library Gallery
2007 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, August 10-September 21
2007 flow Art Fair Miami (JayJay Gallery), December 5-9, concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach
2006 "Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup", Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA, (catalog, illus.)
2005 JayJay, Sacramento, CA.
2005 Art Shanghai 2005, Shanghai, China
2004 JayJay, Sacramento, CA, July 7-August 7
2003 Art Department Faculty Show, CSUS University Library Gallery, December 5-March 12, 2004
2003 "Artists from JayJay", Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, October 1-November 7
2003 "(a)Kin", POST, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Linda Day, May 24-June 28
2002 JayJay, Sacramento, CA, September 14-October 26
2002 "Blurred Vision: Redefining the Landscape", Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2001 JayJay, Sacramento, CA, February 10-March 24
1999 Bedford Gallery, D. Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1998 "20th anniversary exhibition", SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1998 "Yosemite Renaissance XII", Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA
1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, CA, April 8-May 3
1997 "Countdown 2000: 5th Annual National Juried Exhibition", 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
1997 The Sutter Club, Sacramento, CA
1996 "California Works 1996 Exhibition", California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, August
1996 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 3-person invitational show, April 13-May 5
1995 "Redding Annual Fine Arts Exhibition", Redding Museum of Art & History, CA
1995 I-Space, Chicago, IL, graduate painting exhibition
1995 Krannert Museum, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, MFA exhibition
1994 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, graduate painting exhibition
1990 "Matrix International", Jennifer Pauls Gallery in coop. w/ Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1989 William H. Cook Gallery, Rancho Cordova, CA, CSUS/UC Davis graduate exhibition
1989 Witt Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA, 2-person show
1989 "Robinson/Witt Awards Show", Else Gallery, CSUS
1989 MA Exhibition, Robert Else Gallery, CSUS, Sacramento, CA
1989 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1988 "Robinson/Witt Awards Show", Else Gallery, CSUS
1988 Witt Gallery, CSUS, 2-person graduate student show
1988 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA, invitational group show
1987 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA, invitational group show
1987 "Robinson/Witt Awards Show", Else Gallery, CSUS
1986 "Robinson/Witt Awards Show", Else Gallery, CSUS
Bibliography
Victoria Dalkey, "Shifting gears at JayJay gallery", Sacramento Bee, March 3, 2016
"Best of 2015", squarecylinder.com, 02 January 2016
Victoria Dalkey, "At Blue Line, 15 artists choose others to know", Sacramento Bee, Sept 25, 2015
University Library Gallery, "earth island", CSUS, 2015, (catalog, illus.)
David Roth, "Flatlanders on the Slant @ The Nelson", squarecylinder.com, 30 July 2012
Victoria Dalkey, "UC Davis Nelson Gallery hosts show based on funky 'slant step'", Sacramento Bee, Aug 5, 2012
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, "Flatlanders on the Slant: 50 Artists Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Slant
Step" (catalog, illus.), introduction by Renny Pritikin; guest curator, Joy Bertinuson; 2012
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, "JAYJAY Gallery Looks Back on Decade of Growth", 21 Jan 2011
David Roth, "Art Stimulus @ JAYJAY", squarecylinder.com, 11 June 2009
Festival of New American Music, poster, Sacramento State, 2008
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, March 30, 2007
Art Ltd.: West Coast Art & Design, Pulse, March 2007
Debra Koppman, Previews, Artweek, Feb 2007 (on cover: detail of solar system)
Carmel Pine Cone, Aug 10, 2007
Renny Pritikin, "Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup", (catalog, illus.), Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UCD, 2006
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, "No Cooling Trend in Sight", July, 2006
Joan Waters, Sacramento Magazine, "Art Smart", March 2006
Dawn Blunk, Sacramento Magazine, "At the Heart of the Art", April 2004
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, "Space of mind", March 21, 2004
Tim White, Sacramento News & Review, "Another World", March 11, 2004
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, "Professing their art", Dec 15, 2003
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Nov 9, 2003, "The jury is in"
Patricia Beach Smith, The Sacramento Bee [P.S. Around the Arts], Oct 12, 2003
Doug Harvey, LA Weekly, June 13-19, 2003
JayJay, gallery catalog, 2002
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Sept 29, 2002
Jackson Griffith, Sacramento News & Review, Art Pick of the Week, June 28, 2001
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Feb 25, 2001
University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, annual publication of the School of Art & Design, 1998
California State Fair, California Works 1996 Exhibition Catalog
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Aug 25, 1996
On the Town, April 30-May 13, 1996
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Apr 15, 1990
Awards/ Commissions
Research Sabbatical, CSUS, Sept 2013-May 2014
Painting Commission, Napa Hall, California State University, Sacramento; 2003
The Juror's Award for 2-D media, California State Fair, California Works
Increase Robinson Memorial Graduate Fellowship Award, CSUS
R.W. & Joyce Witt Fellowship Award, CSU, Sacramento
Regent Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
Public Collections
University Library, California State University, Sacramento, CA
Napa Hall, College of Continuing Education, CSUS
Meridian Plaza, Sacramento, CA
Visiting Artist
Silpakorn University, Bangkok & Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Thai/America Exchange--residency workshop &
exhibition: July 23-Aug 1, 2012. (Thai-America Art Exhibition: Aug 1-30, 2012)
California State University, Long Beach; April 2009
California State University, Long Beach; May, 2004
California State University, Long Beach; February, 2003
Teaching
2002- Professor, Painting & Drawing, California State University, Sacramento
1999-02 Lecturer, California State University, Sacramento
1992-95 Graduate Instructor, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign