Fred Dalkey (American, born )

Timeline

1960–1962
Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
1966
BA in Fine Art, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1969
MA in Fine Art (emphasis printmaking), California State University, Sacramento, CA
1969–1971
Lecturer, Honors Department, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1972–1973
Instructor, Department of Art, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1992
Academy-Institute Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
2004
Paul and Margaret Bertelson Prize for Graphics, National Academy of Design, The One Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Annual Invitational Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2004
Distinguished Service Award, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1969–2006
Professor, Department of Art, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2006
Sacramento City College Emeriti Affiliates Faculty Achievement Award, Sacramento, CA
2006
Honoree, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2009
California Artist of the Year, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
2009
NISOD Achievement Award, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Exhibitions

2014
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2014:
This Land Is Your Land, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA.
The Skull Show, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.
Bloom, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA.
Defining Character: The Art of Portraiture, Robert T. Matsui Gallery, Sacramento City Hall, Sacramento, CA.
2013–2014
Figures & Faces-Fighting with Fiction, Prographica, Seattle, WA.
2013
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2013:
A Life of Looking: Fred Dalkey & Nathan Lewis, Knight Campus Gallery, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI.
2012
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2012:
Treasures from the Charles and Glenna Campbell Collection, Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Flatlanders on the Slant, Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, CA.
The Frank LaPena Collection, La Raza/Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA.
2011
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2011:
The Figure / The Still Life, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2010
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2010:
The Church Series: a Project by Fred Dalkey, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA (solo)
Homecoming, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
Fred Dalkey, Gregory Kondos, Wayne Thiebaud, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2009
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2009:
West Coast Drawings VIII, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
California Landscapes, Scott Hill Gallery, Dixon, CA
The Uncommon Object, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2008
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2008:
Life Drawings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2007:
Life Drawings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2006–2007
Intimate Landscapes, Winfeld Gallery, Carmel. Traveled to: Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
2006
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2006:
Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY.
Flatlanders: Regional Survey, R.L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis, CA.
Aspects of Humanity: Contemporary Portraiture, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA.
Sacramento City College Show, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
2005
Fred Dalkey Exhibitions in 2005:
Recent Still Life Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sacramento Valley Painters, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Time Extended: Recent Still Life Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (solo)
Hidden in Plain Sight: Stellar Art from Area Collections, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA.
Welcome to Sacramento, Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, CA.
2004
The One Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY

California North & South, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
2003
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco (solo)

Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Sacramento School of Landscape Painters, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.

The Other Side, B. Saka Garo, Sacramento, CA.
2002
The Art of Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (solo)

Life Class: Classroom Drawings, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA (solo)

The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, curated by Norman Lundin

A Time To Remember, Artists Contemporary Galley, Sacramento, CA
2001
Chestnut Street Stomp, Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
Drawn to the Figure, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2000
Twenty-Five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Four Person Show, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA
Simply Drawing, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Self Portraits/Self Expressions, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Recent Acquisitions, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Self Portraits/Self Expressions, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
1999
Picturing California's Other Landscape: The Great Central Valley, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
Holiday Show, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abundant Treasures, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Works on Paper, American River College Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Call and Response, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Multiples, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
For the Love of Art, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1998
Urban Landscapes, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Twenty-Five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fortieth Anniversary Show, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Group Show, Christopher Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Annual Holiday Show, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Landscapes, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA. (solo)
1997
Figure Paintings and Drawings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (solo)
Figure Studio Portfolio, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
The Morgan Flagg Collection, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art as Religion: Religion as Art, Encina Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Twenty-Five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CSUS/50: CSUS Alumni, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Quality of Light, St. Ives International, Cornwall, England
Self-Expression, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Valentine Invitational, R.L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Hats, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Class Reunion: CSUS/50, Encina Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996
Made in Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Group Show, Mongerson Wunderlich Gallery, Chicago, IL
Black & White Show, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Twenty-Five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
Figure Drawings, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA. (solo)
Landscapes, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
The Figure, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Twenty-Five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Central Valley Drawings, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
Figures and Places: Recent Drawings, Prints, and Watercolors from the Crocker
Collection, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Frank LaPena Collection, La Raza/Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA
1994
Figure Paintings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Nine Sacramento Valley Painters, Thomas Babeor, La Jolla, CA
Art as Healer, Weintraub Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Conflict, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
The Sacramento Valley School, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Persistence of the Human Image, Fresno City College, CA
1993
Landscape Paintings, Artists Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (solo)

Artists Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA

35th Anniversary Show, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992
Figure Paintings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

Selected Recent Acquisitions, Richard Nelson Gallery & Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis, Davis CA

Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors & Awards, American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY

Academy-Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1991
In Lak 'Esh: A Collaboration of Vision and Voice, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and Sacramento Poetry Center, Southern Pacific Warehouse, Sacramento, CA.
A Tribute Expression: Works on Paper and Sculpture by Selected Crocker-Kingsley Artists, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Works on Paper, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Prints and Ceramics from the Collection of the CSUS Art Department, Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA.
1990
Urban Landscapes, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo)

32nd Anniversary Show, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA.

Grand Opening Show, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Four Sacramento Artists, Sutter Club, Sacramento, CA.

Literature

2010
Pardee, Hearne. “Fred Dalkey@CCAS”, Sacramento. Square Cylinder.com, October 16, 2010.

Reid, Dixie. “2 Jars, 6 Months, 54 Paintings.” Sacramento Bee, 1 October, 2010.
2009
Bischoff, Dave. “Now That’s Fine Art…,” Sacramento Bee, 28 August, 2009.
2008
Twenty-Five Treasures. San Francisco, CA: Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Fall 2008

Feinstein, Lea. "Reviews: National "Fred Dalkey:Paul Thiebaud, San Francisco." Art News, September 2008, p.156
2007
Twenty-Five Treasures. San Francisco, CA: Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Fall 2007.

Brown, R.C. “Fred Dalkey.” The Village Voice, 30 May -5 June.

Fred Dalkey: Life Drawings. Essay by Victoria Dalkey. Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007.
2006
Intimate Landscape. Carmel: Winfield Gallery, 2006.

Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup. Davis, CA: Delson Gallery, U.C. Davis, 2006
2005
Twenty-Five Treasures. San Francisco, CA: Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Fall 2005.
2004
Brown, Clint and Cheryl McLean. Drawing from Life. Belmont: Wadsworth-Thomson Learning, 2004

Johnson, Ken. "Arts in Review: The One Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Annual." The New York Times, 14 May 2004, p. B28.
2002
Couzens, Julia. "Time Layers: The Drawings of Fred Dalkey." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
Daubert, Chris. "The Illuminated Images of Fred Dalkey." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
Flagg, Peter J., Ph.D. "Fred Dalkey and the Structure of Silence." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
Jones, Lial. "The Art of Fred Dalkey." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
LeCompte, Michaele. "What the Object Can Do." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
Middleton, Dusty. "City College Art Instructor's Work Displayed in Crocker Retrospective." Express, 21 March 2002, p. 6.
Sylva, Bob. "A Painter's Life." Sacramento Bee, 3 March 2002, Encore cover story.
Thiebaud, Wayne. "An Appreciation of Fred Dalkey." Fred Dalkey: Retrospective, Crocker Art Museum, 2002.
2000
Shure, Brian. Chine Colle: A Printer's Handbook. San Francisco, CA: Crown Point Press, 2000.
1999
Gordon, Allan. "Fred Dalkey at ACG." Art Week, January, 1999, p. 21.
Vaughn, Rhiannon. "Art Instructor Sets Students' Minds Free." Express, 26 August 1999, p. 5.