Résumé
HERLINDE SPAHR
Photo by Andrzej Wisniewski
HERLINDE SPAHR
Born in Antwerp, Belgium. 1952
Moved to California, 1977
EDUCATION
Exchange student, "Youth for Understanding," Greene Iowa, 1971-1972
School for Dramatic Arts, Herman Teirlinck, Antwerp, Belgium, 1972-1973
M.A. University of Antwerp. Magna Cum Laude, 1977
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Cum Laude, 1987
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Antwerp Fine Arts Museum, the Janet Turner Print Museum at Chico University, Prentenkabinet in Antwerp, Belgium, the Bedford Collection at Walnut Creek, CA, the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi, the Kala Archives in Berkeley, the Prentenkabinet in Brussels, Belgium, the Worchester Art Museum, the Museum beim Solenhofer Aktien Verein, Germany, the Oakland Museum, the Morrison Collection at UC Berkeley, the Library of Congress at Washington DC, the Bancroft Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of California at Berkeley.
HONORS and AWARDS
2022
Kala Art Benefit 2022
"Print of the Day." March 20, 2022. Annex Galleries. Featuring Lying Awake. Seventh Night.
2021
Studio Visit by Claudine Dixon, Curatorial Assistant, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Prints and Drawings
Featured artist in Phoebe, literary magazine
2020
"Through a Landscape of Carbon." Featured artist in Aquifer, the Florida Review online, published by the University of Central Florida.
2018
The Graphic Arts Council at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, gives a special recommendation to my book Lying Awake in the summer newsletter
2015
"Stone lithography and Print-Paintings on Formica" Studio visit by members of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts (Legion of Honor Museum, SF)
2014
Studio visit by the UC Berkeley Osher Lifelong Institute (OLLI)
Stone lithograph "Lying Awake. Third Night" added to the Library of Congress, Prints and Drawings.
2012
Guest artist. Academy of Art, San Francisco
2008
Work included in the book "60 Years of American Prints, 1947-2007. By David Acton.
2002
Featured Artist in The Georgia Review. Anniversary Issue. A portfolio featuring the Fulgurite Series.
1999
Cracktal Composition II featured in Francis Fukuyama "How to Remoralize America." Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1999.
1998
Finalist Pen Center USA West, Literary Award. Translalation with Leonard Nathan: for Cees Nooteboom, The Captain of the Butterflies. With an Introduction by Herlinde Spahr and an Author's Note.
Finalist Berkeley Art Center Exhibition Award
1997
Work included in the book "The Best in Printmaking. An International Collection" Quarry Books 1998
Honorable Mention, Janet Turner National Competition, Chico University
Spotlight. Work featured in the California Printmaker (No.1, 1997)
1993
Studio visit for the members of the Graphic Arts Council (Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF)
1992
Six-month Kala Institute Fellowhip, Berkeley
Butler-Johnson Corporation Grant
1991
The Bedford Purchase Award. First Bedford Biennial
1987
Juror's purchase prize, in the 39th North American Print Competition, Boston Printmakers. Collection of Andrew Stasik
Artist in Residence, International Center for Graphic Arts, Belgium
1986
Artist in Residence, Kala Institue
Artist in residence, International Center for Graphic Arts, Belgium
1980
Chancellor Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley
1979
University Fellowship Alternate, University of California at Berkeley
Princess Beatrix Scholarship
1977
Awarded Fulbright Grant. Belgian American Foundation
SELECTED EXHIBITS
2025
110th Annual Exhibition of the CalifornianSociety of Printmakers. Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery. Santa Rosa Junior College.
2024
Kala 50 Exhibition. Featuring a selection of work made by artists at Kala since its founding in 1974. Berkeley, CA
2022, 2023
Society of Printmakers Annual Exhbition at the Piedmont Center for the Arts Piedmont, CA
2021
HERLINDE SPAHR. THE PRECIPICE WITHIN. Solo exhibition, the Monterey Museum of Art. June-July.
2020
California Society of Printmakers 106th Exhibition. Piedmont Art Center
First Impressions. Tsao Gallery. Davis Arts Center
2019 Creating Impressions. Prints from the collection of David Kabakoff. Sixteenth Century to the Present, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
Perception of Place. Curated by Marianne Mc Grath from the works of the California Society of Printmakers and the MPS. Pacific Grove Art Genter.
Regional Collective. Curated by Leslie Jones, Curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico
2018
California Printmakers at King Art Center, Hanford, CA
Points of Departure. Bridge Storage and Artspace. Richmond, CA
2017
California Society of Printmakers. 104th Exhibition. Piedmont Center for the Arts. Review.
Mirrored Images. Pacific Grove Art Center. Pacific Grove CA
Beneath the Surface. Davis Art Center Davis, CA
2016
Dreams and the Imagination. Merced College Art Gallery
Merced, CA
Tenth Annual Arts Merced Printmaking Show. Merced Multicultural Art Center. Merced, CA
Sustenance: Food/Life/Art. The Turner Print Museum. Chico State University. Chico, CA
2015
Twenty Five Original Prints by Twenty Five Women Artists. The Annex Galleries. Santa Rosa, CA
Prints: CA, LA and Beyond. Part II. Gray Loft Gallery. Oakland, CA.
California Society of Printmakers. 101st Annual. Gray Loft Gallery. Oakland, CA
2014
Redefining the Multiple. Gary Francis Fine Art. Alameda, CA
California Centered Centered: Printmaking Exhibition. Eight Annual. Merced Multicultural Art Center. Merced, CA
2013
Ten Decades. Prints of CSP artists covering 100 years. Commonwealth Club. San Francisco CA
Text, Language and Numerals. Sacramento State University Union Gallery. Sacramento CA. Featured on cover.
California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition. Seventh Annual. Merced Multicultural Art Center. CA
California Printmakers Society 100th Year Anniversary. Harrington Gallery. Firehouse Arts Center. Pleasanton CA
Featured speaker.
2012
HERLINDE SPAHR. LYING AWAKE A Suite of Seven Stone Lithographs. Solo exhibition, Faculty Club Gallery. University of California at Berkeley, CA
99th CSP Member Exhibition. Triton Museum. San Jose, CA.
California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition. Merced Arts Center.
Exchange Exhibition: Royal Society of Printmakers and the California Society of Printmakers. Bankside Gallery, London
H2O: Fragility and Strength. California Society of Printmakers. Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca. Curated by Don Soker
Ninth Turner National Competition. Turner Print Museum at California State University Chico CA. Curated by Franklin Sirmans, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum, and Michael Smooke Department Head
2011
In Extremis: Prints Monumental, Intimate and Encompassing. Invitational. Meridian Gallery San Francisco.
CA. Curated by Art Hazelwood.
California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition. Merced Arts Center, CA
Four Corners and a Center. Theatre Arts Gallery. Danville, CA. Artists' panel.
Kala-fornia: State of the Art. Kala Institute. Berkeley, CA
Light/Dark. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA
A Marriage of Opposites. Alameda Public Library. Alameda, CA
2010
It's Our Nature. The Thoreau Center, Tides Shared Spaces, San Francisco, CA
2009
HERLINDE SPAHR. SOLO Exhibition. Warnock Fine Arts. San Francisco. CA.
Under Pressure. CSP Annual. Sun Gallery. Hayward. CA.
2008
Systems of Sharing: on the Surface. 95th CSP Exhibition. Olive Hyde Gallery. Fremont, CA.
94th Annual CSP Exhibition. Pacific Grove Art Center, CA
Treasures of the Turner. 7th National Print Competition Exhibition. Janet Turner Print Museum. California State University at Chico
Pressing Matters in Printmaking. Folk Center Asheville. NC. An International Invitational.
2007
Li.thog.ra.phy. Curated by Catherine Sullivan. Turner Print Museum. State University at Chico. CA
2006
California Printmakers Annual, Soma Arts, San Francisco
2005
More than Expected. The Gallery, Oakland. Curated by Phil Linhares
Kala. Thirty Something. Three Decades of Innovative work from the Kala Institute. Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery. San Francisco. Curated.
2004
Printmakers of the Golden Gate. Claudia Chapline Gallery. Stinson Beach. CA.
2003
Radical Printmaking. Curated. University of San Francisco, CA
HERLINDE SPAHR. LITHOCASTS. Solo Exhibition. Sonoma Academy. Santa Rosa. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Slide Lecture
2002
California Printmakers. Triton Museum. San Jose. CA.
HERLINDE SPAHR. PICTURE CASSAE LITHOGRAPHS TO VERGIL'S AENEID. SOLO exhibition. San Francisco Main Public Library
2001
California Printmakers. Triton Museum, San Jose, CA
2000
Radical Printmaking. San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA
1999
Faultlines and Watermarks. Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier and CSP. Exchange Show. Curated.
Traveling in California and in the Netherlands
1998
Tradition and Transition in the 90s. Somar Gallery, SF, CA.
85th Anniversary Exhibition of the CSP. Academy of Art College. SF, CA
1997
California Printmakers. Institut Franco-Américain, Rennes, France. Competition
Second Biennial Janet Turner National Print Competition. California State University, Chico, CA
Beyond Boundaries. International Print Exhibition. Richmond Art Center, Richmond. CA
1996
All California. All Media. Downey Museum of Art. Downey. A Competition.
Kala Fellowship Artists. Buena Vista Center for the Arts. SF, CA
Big and fresh. Large Scale Prints. Fetterly Plavhouse Gallery. Vallejo, Ca. and Kennedy Center Gallery, the College of the Holy Names, Oakland, CA
1995
All State Biennial Print and Drawing Competition and Exhibition. Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
25th Bradleyy National Print and Drawing Exhibiton. Bradley University, Il. Catalogue
1994
Substance and Shadow. Our Place in Nature. Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery. San Ramon, CA.
Diversity and Vision of the Printed Image. Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
1993
The first International Print Biennial. Maastricht, The Netherlands
Kala Fellowship Exhibition. Berkeley, CA.
California Artists. Manhattan Graphics. New York
1992
Pacific Prints 1992. Palo Alto, CA. Catalogue.
BACA Eight Annual Juried National, II. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
An Exhibition of Current Trends in Printmaking by Members of the CSP. Art Works Gallery. Fair Oaks, CA
Selected Works. Members of the CSP. Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC at Davis.
Exchanged Impressions. American and Canadian Printmakers in Vietnam. Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi. Inaugural Exhibition. Curated. Traveling for two years in Vietnam.
Nineteenth Annual Members Show with Emerging Artists. Boston Printmakers. The Art Complex Museum. Duxberry. Ma.
The First Bedford Biennial. Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.
1990
Artists of Contra Costa County. An Invitational Exhibition. Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA. Catalogue
1989
HERLINDE SPAHR. PICTURE CASSAE: Twelve Lithographs on Vergil's Aeneid. SOLO exhibition. School for Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University.
41st North American Print Exhibition. The Art Institute of Boston. Catalogue. Purchase Prize
California Printmakers. Graphics Workshop of Funen. Odense, Denmark
1988
Multiples. An Invitational. Pro Arts. Oakland, CA
Linda Lee Boyd. HERLINDE SPAHR. Invitational. Lilian Paley Center tor the Visual Arts. Oakland, CA
Curators Invitational, Berkeley Art Center.
California Society of Printmakers 75th Anniversary Exhibition. The Art Corridor. Palo Alto, CA
Western States Print Competition, Ogden, Utah.
Pacific Prints '88. 4th Biennial Print Competition and Exhibition. Palo Alto, CA. Catalogue
1987
HERLINDE SPAHR. Solo exhibition, Pacific Grove Art Center. Pacific Grove , CA. Review
World Print Council Exhibition. S.F
The Ethnic Idea: An Artistic Genesis. Berkeley Art Center. An Invitational
10+ 5 from California An Exhibition of Prints hy Fifeen Artists from California. Selected by the Southern Graphics Council. Thomas Center Gallery and Gallery at the Center of Contemporary Art. University City, Missouri
Intergrafik. 8th International Triennial of Committed Graphic Artists. East Berlin. Catalog.
• 39th North American Print Exhibition. The Boston Printmakers Danforth Museum. Cat
1986
Cal 86 Print . City of Irvine Fine Art Center. City of Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA
HERLINDE SPAHR. Solo Exhibition. International Center for the Graphic Arts. Kasterlee, Belgium
Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. The Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, CA
ASUC Studio Printmakers. University of California at Berkeley, CA
1984
Surrealists: HERLINDE SPAHR and Gordon Wagner. Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
1983
Emerging European Artists. New York. All- European competition. Silver Medal.
HERLINDE SPAHR. Visual Metaphors. Moffitt Library. UCBerkeley
ARTICLES and REVIEWS
Review of the book "After the Storms" by Sherana Harriette Frances. In Relevant Ink, October-November, 2024.Paul Miller, Another Door Opens. Carmel Pinecone, June 10, 2021
Janis Hashe. Points of Departure. East Bay Express. 5.16.2018
CSP Reception. Piedmont Post. 9.27. 2021. Illust.
Carey Wilson, Food as Muse. Turner exhibit explores the art of sustenance. Chico News and Reviews. March 3.2010.
Michael Singman-Aste, Island Arts. A Marriage of Opposites. The Island of Alameda.com. 01/2011. Illustr.
Jakki Spicer, Alameda Library Hosts the California Society of Printmakers 98th Annual Exhibition. Alameda Patch.com.1.15.2011
David Acton, 60 Years of American Prints. 1947 - 2007. Boston Society of Printmakers. 2009. Full page text and image
Gloria Morales, Fulgurite. An Inner Artist's Journey. CSP Newsbrief. Spring 2009. Illustr.
Lila Wahrhaftig, Olive Hyde Show. Systems of Sharing: On the Surface. In the CP Newsbrief, Fall 2008.
Susan Leone Howe, Personal Impressions. Pacific Grove Art Center. CSP Newsbrief, Spring 2008
April Nance, Pressing Matters in Printmaking opens at Folk Art Center. Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine. Febr. 2008. Vol Il. No 6, Illustr.
Printmakers of the Golden Gate. Journal of the Print Word. VoL. 2/No. 3. Fall, 2004
Anne Desmet RE, Prints and Poetry: a symbiotic relationship. in Printmaking Today. Contemporary Art Worldwide, Vol.8, No.3, Autumn 1999. pp. 26-27. (illustr.)
Francis Fukuyama, How to Remoralize America. The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1999 (llustr.)
Sherana Hariette Frances, Wings of stone (Review of Open Studio by Herlinde Spahr,) The California Printmaker. Issue l, May 1998, p.12. (Illustr.)
Barbara Sloane, Herlinde Spahr's art shaped her life in The Montclarion, April 14, 1998
Fellowship Exhibition. Kala Institute, Berkeley, Ca. in The Journal of the Print World, May 1993.
Carol Fowler, Printmaking Techniques Hit New Groove. Odd mediums include fabric and Formica." in The Contra Costa Times, December 4, 1992. Illustr.
Carol Fowler, Local Art Exhibit Rich with Surprises, in The Contra Costa Times, January 1990
From Words to Art in Palo Alto Weekly, October 11, 1989, p.41, llustr.
Suite of Lithographs to Virgil's Aeneid on view in inner Quad in Campus Report, September 27, 1989.
Ralph Johnson, "About the Picturae Cassae." Introductory essay to a suite of 12 lithographs to Virgil's Aeneid.
Leonard Nathan, "These two Things are One: the Work of HERLINDE SPAHR." Portfolio with introductory essay in : Maatstaf, Nummer 3, 1988. Amsterdam.
Irene Lagorio, In Pacific Grove Art Center Exhibition. The Monterey Herald. November 15. 1987
Karen Rubenstein, California Prints at the Thomas. in: Zeit, March 1987
California Artists Exhibit will open '87 Arts Celebration. in: The Gainesville Sun, February 27, 1987
Irene Lagorio, Precision Marks Exhibition in Monterey Pacific Grove Galleries: in The Sunday Peninsula Herald January 27, 1985. Illustr.
Artweek, February 2, 1985. 6. (illustrations of my work)
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Partners in Creativity? About the Interaction of the Print Workshop and the Contemporary Artist in: The California Printmaker 1991
Printing on Formica. The press as a creative tool in: : The California Printmaker .Winter 1993
About Reversals in Printmaking. In: The California Printmaker (May 1998) beginning page 2.
Of Pressure and Printmaking. In: The California Printmaker (October 2000) beginning page 18
About Printmaking as an Indirect Art. In The California Printmaker (July 2005) beginning page 18. Reprinted in
In: The California Printmaker (Spring 2002)
About Goltzius. The Tell-tale Hand. Journal of the Print World (Fall 2009)
Herlinde Spahr, Open Studio. Work from 1979 to 1997. With Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks and Essays by W.R. Johnson and Leonard Nathan. Lithium Press, 1979.
Herlinde Spahr, Fulgurite. Work from 1997 to 2000. With Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks. Lithium Press, 2000.
Herlinde Spahr, Lying Awake. Work from 2000 to 2007. With Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks. Lithium Press, 2008.
Herlinde Spahr, After the Storms. Work from 2013 to 2023. With Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks. Lithium Press, 2023.
Herlinde Spahr and Leonard Nathan, The Captain of the Butterflies. Poems by Cees Nooteboom translated from the Dutch with an Author's Note. Introduction by Herlinde Spahr. Sun and Moon Press, 1997.
