Education

Grossmont College, 1971-1973, A.A.

California State University at Hayward, 1973-1975, B.A.

University of California at Davis, 1975-1977, M.F.A

Skowhegan School, Summer 1976


Teaching Experience

2002-03 Gonzaga University in Florence , adjunct faculty

1982-present Santa Clara University Professor of Art

1979-80 Diablo Valley College , adjunct faculty

1978 American River College , adjunct faculty


Solo Exhibits

2005 Kelly Detweiler, Imaginary Landscapes, 45 Fremont St. San Francisco, Ca.

2004 Kelly Detweiler, Hunting and Gathering,The Art of the Still Life,
Bank of America Building, Concorse Gallery, San Francisco, Ca

2004 Kelly Detweiler, Imaginary Landscapes, Plaza Gallery,
Bank of America Building, San Francisco, Ca

2003 Kelly Detweiler, Centre D’art en L’ile, Geneva, Switzerland

2002 Kelly Detweiler, Collage Work, Art Department Gallery,
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca

2000 Kelly Detweiler, New Work, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

1999 Kelly Detweiler, Selections from the Bau Wau Haus,
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, Ca

1998 "Kelly Detweiler," Language Pacifica, Student Lounge, Palo Alto, CA

1997 "Kelly Detweiler, New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan

1996 "Kelly Detweiler," D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose CA

1995 "Kelly Detweiler, New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan

1994 "Kelly Detweiler New Work," Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan

1993 "Kelly Detweiler New Work," Art Amon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1991 "Kelly Detweiler," Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

1991 "Kelly Detweiler New Work by California Artists," Triton Museum of Art,
Santa Clara

1991 "Kelly Detweiler," Braunstein-Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991 "Kelly Detweiler, Paintings and Assemblage," Eulipia Restaurant,
San Jose, CA

1990 "Kelly Detweiler: People, Places, and Things," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA

1989 "Kelly Detweiler," L'Helium, Paris, France

1988 "Kelly Detweiler," American Center, Sapporo, Japan

1988 "Kelly Detweiler," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA

1987 "Kelly Detweiler: Sea Hunt," Works San Jose, San Jose, CA

1987 "Kelly Detweiler," Natsoulous-Novelozzo Gallery, Davis, CA

1986 "Kelly Detweiler: Bowls," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
Rental Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

1986 "Kelly Detweiler," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA

1983 "Kelly Detweiler," Works San Jose, San Jose, CA

1983 "Kelly Detweiler," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1982 "Kelly Detweiler," Diablo Vallery College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA

1981 "Kelly Detweiler," Postcard Palace, San Francisco, CA

1979 "Kelly Detweiler," Siegfried Gallery, Athens, OH

1978 "Kelly Detweiler: Introductions '78," Hansen Fuller Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

1977 "Kelly Detweiler," Master's Exhibit, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA

1976 "Kelly Detweiler," Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA


Group Exhibits

2005 “Faculty for Art”, Heritage Bank, San Jose, Calif.
Curated by Jane Salvin

2005 “Over the Edge”, Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, Calif.
Curatred by Tony Natsoulos

2005 “Fifth Anniversary Exhibit”, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, Calif.

2004 “Depth of Field”, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, Calif.

2004 James F. Byrnes Institut, The Art of Exchange, Stuttgart, Germany

2003 Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2003 Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2003 "Pacific Rim Art Now, 2003," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan

2003 "Cut, Copy, Paste," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

2002 "Art and Flowers," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

2002 "Annual Art Auction," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA

2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist's Gallery, Eighth Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

2000 "Kelly Detweiler, Don Fritz, David Huffman,

1998 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

1998 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Valentine's Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, Luke Bartels, Kan Shimada, Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan

2000 "Pacific Rim Art Now, 2000," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan

2000 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

2001 San Jose Downtown Association, "Shark Attack," Collaborative piece with Sean Boyles, Sponsored by IBM, Assisted by Downtown College Prep Students, San Jose, CA

2000 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
Annual Art Auction and Exhibit, juried, invitation

2000 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist's Gallery, CA

1997 "Pacific Rim Art Now, 1997," Otaru City Museum, Seventh
Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

1999 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction,
San Jose, CA Otaru, Japan

1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

1997 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Valentine's Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, CA

1996 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery,
Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale

1996 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
Annual Valentine's Exhibit and Auction, San Jose, CA

1995 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

1995 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, Annual Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

1994 "Pacific Rim Art Now, 1994," Otaru City Museum, Otaru, Japan

1994 "Spirited Canvases," D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA

1990 "California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

1990 "Art Document 1990," Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan
Exhibit and Warehouse Sale, San Francisco, CA

1989 "California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
Organized through Allegra Gallery.

1988 "California Painters," Gallery Lalanu, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
Organized through Allegra Gallery.

1994 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

1993 KTEH, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

1992 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

1991 "TB-9 Show," Natsoulous Gallery, Davis, CA

1988 "The Art of Eating," Monterey Peninsula Museum, Monterey, CA

1988 "My Funny Valentine," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1988 "Works on Paper," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA

1988 "A Faculty For Art," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1988 "Hokkaido Gendai Sakkaten," (Hokkaido Modern Artist Group),
Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan

1988 "Come As You Art," De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

1987 "Pro Arts Annual," Pro Arts Gallery, juried, Oakland, CA

1987 "Café Degli Artisti," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1987 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, San Jose, CA

1987 "Help I'm A Rock," Gregory Ghent Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1987 Annual Art Auction, Creative Growth Center, Oakland, CA

1986 "California Painting," J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

1986 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Annual Art Auction, invitational,
San Jose, CA

1986 "Airport Café," San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA

1986 "Jesuit Spirit in the Arts," St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

1986 "Recent Drawings from Northern California,"
Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA

1986 "Anniversary Show," Allegra Gallery, San Jose, CA

1986 "San Jose Biennial," Works San

1985 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

1985 "16th Annual 2-D Art Regional," juried, San Jose, CA

1985 "San Jose Museum Art & Wine Auction," invitational, San Jose, CA

1985 "New Work-New Look," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

1985 "Bay Arts '85," Belmont, CA

1985 "West Coast Works On/Of Paper," Reese Bullen Gallery,
Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA

1985 Art Auction, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA

1984 Art Auction, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA

1984 "Café des Artistes," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1984 "Portraits," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

1984 "Reviewing the Figure," Hayward State University, invitational,
Hayward, CA

1984 "Reviewing the Figure," Clorox Building, invitational, Oakland, CA

1984 "Crocker Kingsley Annual," Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1984 "Graduates of Davis, Works on Paper," Memorial Union Art Gallery,
Davis, CA

1984 "Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, invitational, Santa Clara, CA

1982 "Alumni Show," Hayward State University, invitational, Hayward, CA

1982 " Miniatures 1982," Triton Museum, invitational, Santa Clara, CA

1980 "Paintings: Lucy Childs-Kelly Detweiler," A Fine Hand, San Francisco, CA

1978 "Ceramic Invitational Show," Hayward State University, Hayward, CA

1977 "Northern California Artists '77," juried, Sacramento, CA


Curatorial Experience

2000 "Life From Clay," a contemporary ceramics exhibit including work from six ceramic artists Don Fritz, Lisa Marie Barber, Sun Koo Yuh, Arthur Gonzales, Monica Van Den Dool, and Lori Holland at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.

1999 "Northern Exposure: New Art From Japan." Applied Materials and the Institute of Contemporary Art collaborated to bring a multi-venue exhibit from Japan. Santa Clara University Art Department Gallery also exhibited a small selection of work from the artists in the exhibit.

1993 "Arinori Ichihara," Master Printmaker of Japan, Triton Museum of Art,
Santa Clara, CA