PATRICIA ANCONA
138 Woodland Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901
Email: studioancona@aol.com  Cell: 415-308-0261
Mailing Address: 318 Coleman Dr., San Rafael, CA 94901
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BORN San Francisco, California

EDUCATION
M.A. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 Annual Warehouse Event SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA 20/20 Vision               Exhibition, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA Members Holiday Exhibition, Art                 Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2015 Annual Warehouse Event, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Solo Exhibition: “Freedom Series”Artworks Downtown- Founders; Gallery, San Rafael,         CA Annual Warehouse Event, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco,CA
2013 Tiny Exhibition, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Delicious Exhibition, Studio Gallery,        San Francisco, CA “Shadows”, Art Works Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2012 Solo Exhibition, “Reality Tweaked”, Amelia Hyde Gallery, San Francisco, CA
      Still Life Exhibition ”Artworks Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA Annual Warehouse             Event, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA Delicious, Studio Gallery, San                   Francisco, CA
2011 Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
      Falkirk’s 100, Holiday Silent Art Auction, San Rafael, CA
      Small Works Show, Artworks Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA
      Elsewhere Gallery Fairfax, CA
2010 Falkirk ‘s 100 Holiday Silent Art Auction, San Rafael CA
      Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
      Paintings and Drawings, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
      Delicious - Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Rock,Paper,Scissors,Glue, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
      Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Mischief, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA             16th Annual Warehouse Event, Artists Gallery SFMOMA, Ft Mason, San Francisco, CA         Women Artists in Marin: Five Decades, San Rafael Civic Center Gallery, San Rafael, CA         Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
      Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Bay Area Annual
2008, Sanchez Art Center-Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA Juror: Maria Medua,              Director, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
      The State of Painting, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Phil Linhares, Chief          Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
      The Food Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
      Pins of Marin, Auction to benefit Big Brothers & Big Sisters of North Bay
2007 The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
      Mending, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2005 Realism, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2002 Memorias, Falkirk Culture Center, San Rafael, CA
2000 Manuscript. Altarpiece, Shrine: Contemporary Interpretations, University of Wisconsin      Menomonie, WI
     Seven Magic Realists, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA 2000 Myth and Magic,            Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Reflections on 2000, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Intuition Exhibition, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 SFAI 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 A Summer Selection, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
      Group Exhibition, 3 COM Corporation Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
1994 Beyond The Facade, Architecture in Art, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1993 Group Exhibition, Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
    Group Exhibition, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
      Eight Italian-American Women Artists, Museo Italo Americano, Mills Building, San                 Francisco, CA
1991 Group Exhibition, Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, CA
1990 Group Exhibition, Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
      Group Exhibition, Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco,
1989 Sei Artisti, Museo Italo Americano San Francisco, CA
    New Work, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
     100 Artists, 100 Ways, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
    Four Women, Private Realities, Christie Gallery, Emeryville, CA
1988 Exhibition and Silent Auction for Museo Italo Americano, Modesto Lanzone’s, San              Francisco, CA
      Group Exhibition, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
      Architectural Elements, Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Ceramics and Pastels, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
      San Francisco Art Institute Six Alumni, Gallery Space, SOMA Cultural Center, San                 Francisco, CA
1982 Clay Coalition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
      Imbued Clay Figures, Antonio Pietro Memorial Gallery, Mills College, Oakland,CA                   Disguises & Adornments Exhibition/Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
1980 Architectural Sculpture, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, (LAICA), Los                   Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Marin Independent Journal, January 14, 2010, “Working Artist”
2009 Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, Ma
2008 Artweek, September 2008, Vol. 39, Issue 7: The Food Show
2007 Pacific Sun, September 7-13, 2007, Mending Exhibition, College of Marin
2000 Artweek, April 2000, Vol, 31 issue 4: Seven Magic Realists at Falkirk Cultural Center
      Pacific Sun, March 2000, Magic Realism
      Independent Journal, January 25, 2000 - Where Magic Meets Reality
1999 California Art Review, Les Krantz, December 1999
1988 Arizona Daily Star, Maria Farham, Some Nice Touches, September 1988
1987 The Guild, Sourcebook of American Craft Artists, Kraus-Sikes
1986 Channel 4 Television, Interview for Artists Editions, Kohler Company
1984 La Ceramica Moderna, Italy, Mario Vigna, Gli Artisti, July-Aug, 1984

AWARDS AND GRANTS
1984 Nominee for SFMOMA SECA Award
1998 Nominee for Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation
1999-2000 1979 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship

TEACHING AND RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2000-2003 Merritt College, Oakland, CA, Faculty
1991-2005 City College of San Francisco, CA, Faculty
1990 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Faculty
1988 Limn, San Francisco, CA - Rug Designs
1986 Artist Edition, Kohler Co., Kohler, Wisconsin
1984 Faenza, Italy, Ceramic Tile Designs, and a Collaboration with Architect, Ebe Montanari
1980 San Francisco State University, Faculty
1978-1984 City College of San Francisco, Faculty

SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Jimmy Hormel, San Francisco, CA
Catherine Muther, San Francisco, CA
Jock McDonald, Sonoma, CA Al Farrow, San Rafael, CA
Charles & Barbara Winton, Berkeley, CA (Commission 1991)
A.T. & T. San Ramon, CA (Commission 1990)
Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA
St. David’s Church, Richmond, CA (Commission 1987)
Ebe Montanari, Architect, Faenza, Italy (Commission 1984)