Born 1971 in Montara, California | Lives and works in Oakland, California
E D U C AT I O N
M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley, California 2002
B.A., California State University Chico, Chico, California 1993
S E L E C T E D S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2010
DOLBY CHADWICK GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca
2008
RUTH BACHOFNER GALLERY, Santa Monica, Ca
2006
RUTH BACHOFNER GALLERY, Santa Monica, Ca
2005
ADDISON FINE ARTS, San Francisco, Ca*
ALLENE LAPIDES GALLERY, Santa Fe, Nm
GESCHEIDLE, Chicago, Il
2004
DOLBY CHADWICK GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca
2003
GESCHEIDLE, Chicago, Il
2000
OLGA DOLLAR GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca
1999
OLGA DOLLAR GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca
1998
OLGA DOLLAR GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2011
Framing Abstraction, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca*
Abstract Visions: Selections by Peter Selz, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca
Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca
Kala-fornia: State of the Art, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, Ca
Small Works, Winter Group Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
2009
The Art of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Ca
White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
Here, Now, Edith Caldwell Gallery, Rockport, Me
2008
Summer Group Exhibition, Addison Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca
2006
Summer Group Exhibition, Addison Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca
2004
20th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
Winter Group Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
2003
Winter Group Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
The Heritage Fine Arts 9th Anniversary Exhibition, Heritage Bank, San Jose, Ca
5th Annual Print Show, Arts Benicia, Benicia, Ca
2002
New Knowledge, M.F. A . Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, Ca*
Cream, Arts Benicia, Benicia, Ca
2000
Trust, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, Ca
1999
Northern California Contemporary Paintings, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, Ca
Art and Artists at the Millennium, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
1998
(Con)text, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
(* indicates catalogue or brochure was published)
S E L E C T E D M U S E U M A N D C O R P O R AT E / P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca
Niebaum-Coppola Winery, Napa, Ca
Wellington Management Company, Chicago, Il
Salt Communications, Chicago, Il
Solage Resort and Spa, Auberge Resorts, Calistoga, Ca
Abstract Visions, Panel Discussion with Peter Selz, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca 2011
Artist Lecture Series, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca 2011
Public Lecture, M.F.A. Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, Ca 2002
Cream, Panel Discussion with Kenneth Baker, Arts Benecia, Benicia, Ca 2002
Kenneth Baker, “Bay Area Art Pick,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 4, 2011
DeWitt Cheng, “Abstract Visions,” East Bay Express, August 1, 2011
Jennifer Modenessi, “'Abstract Visions' Offers New Views,” Contra Costa Times, July 21, 2011
Mark Van Proyen, “Gary Edward Blum at Dolby Chadwick,” Art In America, November 2010
Kenneth Baker, “Blum’s Companion Pieces,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2010
“15th Anniversary Issue,” New American Paintings, 2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2009
Peter Frank, “ Wild Brushfire,” L. A . Weekly, May 28, 2008
Mat Gleason, “Gary Edward Blum and Barbara Kerwin,” Art Scene, April 2008
New American Paintings, December 2004
JoAnne Severns Northrop, “Reflections on 2000,” Artweek, February 2000
