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Sid Garrison

Born in Wichita, KS 

1954 - 2021

Attended Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS

Selected Exhibitions

2022

Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA, "Peripheral Vision", 2 person show

2022

Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS, "Retrospective"

2018

Kiosk Gallery Kansas City, KS, "Sid Garrison Backstory"

2018

Kansas City Art Institute "Artspace" 

2016

Kansas City Flat File & Digital File Exhibition, "Juror's Choice" award

2013

Root Division, San Francisco, CA, "Permutation Unfolding"

2012

Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, "Uncharted"

2011

Danese, New York, NY, "Works on Paper II"          

MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA, An Exchange with Sol LeWitt          

Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010

Danese, New York, NY, "Works on Paper" 

2009

Knoedler & Co./Project Space, New York, NY  "Drawings"  - Sid Garrison & Amanda Hughen          

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Summer Abstractions"  - Thierry Feuz, Sid Garrison, Kim Squalia         

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, "Geo-Morph"

2008

Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Peripheral Vision” (solo)          

ART In Embassies Program, Dili, East Timor        

"Vital Signs", Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, New Orleans, LA          

Curated by Gary Sangster          

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "07 08 28" (solo)

2007

“The Velocity of Gesture, or How to Build an Empire”, The Dalton Gallery          

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA          

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA,  “New Work” (solo)          

Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)          

Aqua Art Miami 07, Miami, FL (art fair)

2006

Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Signal Drift” (solo)          

Aqua Art Miami 06, Miami, FL (art fair) 

2005

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Lines & Curves”          

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Signal Drift”  (solo)

2004

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Drawings”  (solo)

K.S. Art, New York, NY, “Colored Pencil”          

Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA,  “small works”

2003

 Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Abstract-ed”          

Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA,  (solo)

2002

John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA  (solo)          

Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, “Summer Drawing Show”

2001

Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS  (solo)          

Project, Wichita, KS, “Who Do We Appreciate?”          

Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, “Starting With Sculpture”

2000

Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, “Fuzzy Logic”          

Project, Wichita, KS, “Tiny Works”

1991

Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX          

Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)          

Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, “Wet Paint”          

Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1990-93

1990 – 1993  Art That Works,  Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; traveled to Hunstville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY; Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; Decordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH;  Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME;   Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

1990

LIMN, San Francisco, CA        

“The Image of the Horse”, Redding Museum, Redding, CA          

Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA          

The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY

1989

Crain Wolov Gallery, Tulsa, OK

1988

Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX

1987-90

The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; traveled to          

Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

1987

B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, MO          

Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA

1986

First Kyoto Craft Competition International, Kyoto, Japan          

Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX                    

Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ          

The Art Collaborative, New York, NY          

The Artists’ Society International, San Francisco, CA          

1985  Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN          

Bank Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA          

Carr Gallery, Houston, TX          

Convergence, New York, NY          

Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA          

Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA          

G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD          

Netsky Gallery, Miami, FL          

Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ          

R.S. Levy Gallery, Austin, TX

1984

Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)          

Rueben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS  (solo)          

Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS          

The Sawtooth Center for Visual Design, Winston-Salem, NC          

Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA          

White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

1983

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN           

Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, MI          

Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA          

The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY          

Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA          

Scherer Gallery, Marlboro, NJ          

The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA          

Strecker Gallery, Manhattan, KS          

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN          

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA          

The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY          

Hays Art Council Crafts Exhibition, Hays, KS          

Marietta College Crafts National, Marietta, OH

Selected Publications

2010

"Works on Paper" Danese (custom catalogue)

2009

"Drawings: Sid Garrison & Amanda Hughen", Marella Consolini, Knoedler & Co.

2008

 "Sid Garrison's Work in Colored Pencil in Limn", Kenneth Baker, S F Chronicle, July 5, 2008

2007

Art Ltd. Profile, Sid Garrison, August 2007          

“Velocity of Gesture: Making Their Mark”, Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing, February 14, 2007 

 “Garrison’s Pencil Covers Lots of Ground”, Kenneth Baker, S F Chronicle, May 5, 2007          “Profiles”, Art Ltd. Magazine, September 20072006 “Sid Garrison at Sherry Frumkin Gallery”, Katherine Satorius, Artweek, June

2005

“Here, There, Everywhere”, Jonathan Keats, San Francisco Magazine, June        

 “Hello, Kitty. Nice to see you again.” Kenneth Baker, S F Chronicle, July 9

2004

“Drawing Notebook”, N.F. Karlins, artnet, April 20          

“Color Me Bored/Color Me Glad”, The New York Sun, April 29          

“Petersen’s later work loses enlivening human touch”, Kenneth Baker, S F Chronicle, August 7

2003

Abstract-ed”, LIMN Gallery, Artweek, May

1998

San Francisco Modern, Zahid Sardar, Chronicle Books 

1991

“Putting the Art in Crafts”, Dec. 30, The Christian Science Monitor

1990

Art That Works. The University of Washington Press

1989

The Crafts Report, March/April

1987

Crafts - Contemporary Design and Technique. Alice Sprintzen, Davis Pubblications          

The Eloquent Object. The University of Washington Press          

ASI Art Achievement Award Exhibition Catalog          

Texas Architect. September/October          

St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 11

1986

New Art Examiner, February          

First Kyoto Craft Competition International Catalog          

Kyoto New, November 21

1985

Art Extra, February          

The New York Times, March 31          

The Crafts Report, June

1984

Craft Range, March/April

1983

Craft International, January          

American Craft, August/September

Collections

The Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, Malibu, California

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