Alan Sonneman (b. 1952). Artist - Painter of the California Sierra Nevada Mountains

EDUCATION

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 1971-1973
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. B.F.A. 1975

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Independent Project Press, Bishop, CA.
2015 Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
2000 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA.
1992 The Courthouse Project, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA.
1980 Gallery K, Washington DC.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 Art/Act: Local - Wild Places, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA.
2019 National Lands of California, Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA.
2018 The Pearly Gates Collection - A Celebration of Walter Hopps, Yucca Valley Art Center, Joshua Tree, CA.
2018 Spaso House, Ambassador’s Residence, United States Art in Embassies Program, Moscow, Russia
2018 The New Earth: Collaborations with Nature, Independent Project Press, Bishop, CA.
2018 Art/Act: Local - Natural Harmony, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA.
2018 Permanent Exhibition, Lobby of the United States Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
2015 Celebrating the National Parks of California, Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA.
2014 Fresh Fish, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
2014 Washington Art Matters II, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC.
2013 Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
2012 Open Space, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.
2011 Stanford University Artist’s Space, Palo Alto, CA.
2011 Ambassador’s residence, Art in Embassies, Skopje, North Macedonia
2011 Visual Narratives of the Kaweah Landscape, Kaweah Land & Arts Festival, Visalia, CA.
2010 The Gallery at Peju Winery, St. Helena, CA.
2010 35 Years of the W.P.A., Katzen Art Center at American University, Washington, DC.
2008 Wuksachi Lodge, Sequoia National Park, CA.
2006 Katzen Art Center at American University, Washington, DC.
1995 Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1992 New Paintings of the Human Figure, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA.
1990 Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA.
1988 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
1987 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
1986 Piezo Electric Gallery, Venice, CA.
1985 Annual, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
1985 Simard/Halm Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1985 Downtown Show, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
1985 Off the Streets, Cultural Affairs Dept. of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
1985 Truckload of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
1985 Osuna Gallery, Washington DC.
1984 University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.
1984 Art from the West Coast, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
1984 Fellowship Exhibition, Center for Music, Drama, and Art, Lake Placid, NY.
1984 Public Banner Project, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 Neil Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.
1982 Nourse Gallery, Washington, DC.
1981 Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA.
1981 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1981 Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA.
1981 Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1980 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.
1980 Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC.
1979 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.
1979 Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC.
1979 Gallery K, Washington, DC. 1978 Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1978 Sebastian/Moore Gallery, Denver, CO.
1978 Maryland Annual, Maryland Institute and College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
1976 Gallery 118, Minneapolis, MN.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and PRIZES

2019 First Prize, National Lands of California, Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA.
2015 First Prize, Celebrating the National Parks of California, Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA.
2007 Sequoia Parks Foundation, Artists in the Backcountry
1985 National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship
1983 Neddie Marie Jones Fellowship and Residence, Lake Placid, NY.
1982 NEA/SECCA Artists Fellowship

COMMISSIONS

2015 United States Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
1993 Department of Water and Power, Sun Valley, CA.
1993 Northern Trust Bank, Los Angeles, CA.
1993 Fairmont Hotel (Lobby), New Orleans, LA.
1992 Riverside County Courthouse, Riverside, CA.
1990 Barry Sanders Residence, Bel Air, CA.
1989 San Francisco Hilton (Presidential Suite), San Francisco, CA.
1985 Tromp l'oeil Murals, Lobby and Bistro, Biltmore Hotel, LA., CA.

COLLECTIONS

U S Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
U S Embassy, Johannesburg, South Africa