Curriculum Vitae

Elaine Badgley Arnoux, CV
Elaine Badgley Arnoux lived and worked in San Francisco, California.

Solo Exhibitions

2019

We Walk This Path Together, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2012-18

The Mayors of San Francisco, Office of the Mayor, City Hall, San Francisco, CA

2016

New Work, David Cassera Gallery, Laconner, WA

2015

Fables, David Cassera Gallery, Laconner, WA

2012

A Time and A Place: Elaine Badgley Arnoux and Channing Peak, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2011

People and Places, Old Mint Museum, San Francisco, CA

2009

The People of San Francisco, Old Mint Museum

2008

Once Upon a Time, The Museum of Art & History, The McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA

2004

Retrospective, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2001

The People of San Francisco, Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco

1999

Shadow & Light, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1992

The New Frontier, Rebuilding the American Dream: Civic Center, San Francisco, CA

1990

Landscapes of Southern France, College of Holy Names, Oakland, CA

1985

The People of San Francisco — 100 Portraits, California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

1977

Les Gens de Biot, Municipal Art Gallery, Biot, France

1971-75

Annual Exhibition, Gump’s Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1969-70

Annual Exhibition, Gordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA

1960

Early Works: Scripps College Gallery, Pomona, CA

1957

Early Works: Robert Day Gallery, RIchmond, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018

Flush: A Protest Project, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA

2018

Insiders, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA

2016

The Butterfly Effect, Art in 1970 California, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

2016

Houston Art Fair, represented by David Cassera Gallery, Laconner, WA

2015

Art Silicon Valley, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA

2013

Faces, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA

2012

Blooms, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2012

Introductions, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA

2011

Woman’s Rites, Barbara Beretich Gallery, Claremont, CA

2010

War, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

2010-11

School House Art Gallery, Brownville, NE

2007

Museum of Art and History Plein Air Affaire, The Museum of Art and History, The McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA

2007

Soirée of Petite Treasures, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2005

Looking Back and Seeing Forward, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001

Works on Paper, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of SF

1998

The California Landscape, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1997

HOME, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1997

Face to Face, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1993

The Night Sky, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1985

Work of 1985, Creative Growth Programs, Oakland, CA

1984

Work of 1984, Susan Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY

1984

Faces, De Anza College, San Mateo, CA

1983

Prints, Fort Mason Printmakers, San Francisco, CA

1974

Group Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

1964

Work from 1964, Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1958

Santa Barbara County Competition, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

1953

Santa Barbara County Competition, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

Awards and Commissions

2018

Openhouse, Community for LGBT Seniors, San Francisco, CA

2011

William-Sonoma, Publication Grant

2001

San Francisco Grants for The Arts, Hotel Tax Fund

2001

The San Francisco Foundation

2001

Alice Phelan Sullivan Foundation

1992

Flow Fund, Rockefeller Foundation

1992

Alice Phelan Sullivan Foundation

1992

Carver Foundation

1985

Arts Grant, The San Francisco Foundation

1985

Chevron U.S.A. Arts Grant

1954

Purchase Award, permanent collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Public Collections

1954

The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

1954

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1954

De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1954

The Library of Congress, Special Collections, Washington, DC

1954

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

1954

The San Francisco Art Commission Collection, San Francisco, CA

1954

San Francisco Public Library, Special Collections, San Francisco, CA

1954

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

1954

Stanford Library, Special Collections, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1954

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1954

Openhouse, Community for LGBT Seniors, San Francisco, CA

1954

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

1954

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Private Collections

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson

The Estate of Ruth Asawa

Senator Barbara Boxer

Boulevard Restaurant / Nancy Gates

Mr. & Mrs. Lyman Casey

Grace Cathedral: San Francisco, CA

Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Flagg

Mr. Stanlee Gattee

The Hon. James Hormel

Mr. Robert Flynn Johnson

Mr. Nion McEvoy

Ms. Charlotte Maillard Schultz

San Francisco Day School

Mr. Brooks Walker, Jr.

Chuck Williams and Williams-Sonoma

Selected Reviews & Feature Photographs

2012

Catherine Bigelow, “People of San Francisco: Mayoral Portraits,” San Francisco Chronicle

2008

“Fall Art Preview,” Metro Santa Cruz

2001

Kenneth Baker, “A Portrait of San Francisco,” San Francisco Chronicle

2000

Vicky Elliott, “Painter Finds New Wellspring of Inspiration,” San Francisco Chronicle

1992

Feature photograph of “The New Frontier,” New York Times (Photo: Lee Romeo)

1992

Caroline Drewes, “Changing The Wheels of Fortune,” San Francisco Examiner

1985

Kenneth Baker, “What’s in a Face: 100 San Francisco Portraits,” San Francisco Chronicle

1985

Cover image, Alfred Frankenstein, Zyzzyva

1980

Caroline Drewes, “The People of Biot: A French Village Between Yesterday and Tomorrow,” San Francisco Examiner

1979

Caroline Drewes, “Capturing the Soul of a Village,” San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle

1977

L. Bonacina, “Elaine Badgley est venue des Etats-Unis pour immortaliser les gens de Biot,” Nice Matin

1969

J. Batie, “Quality High on Capitol Hill,” The Seattle Times

1967

A. Holmes, “Exhibit Shows High Quality,” Palo Alto Times

1967

“Atherton Gallery to Exhibit Elaine Badgley,” Palo Alto Times

1966

R. Barrio, “Elaine Badgley Drawing Delight,” Palo Alto Times

1960

Richard Ames, “Famine Gives Way to Feast in Art Event in Town,” Santa Barbara News Press

Selected Exhibition Cataloges

2012

A Time and a Place, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2011

The People of San Francisco, Lives of Accomplishment, Volume 2, Old Mint Museum, San Francisco, CA

2001

The People of San Francisco, Lives of Accomplishment, Volume 1, San Francisco Arts Commission, CA

2008

Once Upon a Time, Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA

2004

Elaine Badgley Arnoux Retrospective, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2000

Shadow and Light, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

Films

2009

Shadow & Light—The Life & Art of Elaine Badgley Arnoux, a film by William Farley

Selected Public Talks and Interviews

2012

“Elaine Badgley Arnoux: Painter of Mayors,” Interview with Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle

2009

“A Life’s Work of Portraits—And More,” Featured Interview, San Francisco Examiner

2006

“The Life Series: Once Upon a Time,” California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

1997

“The Role of the Artist as Activist,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1986

“The Art of Portraiture,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA

1985

“The Making of the People of San Francisco,” University of Pennsylvania Quarterly Alumni Meeting, Northern California Chapter

1992

“Habitat 1992,” The New Frontier, KGO-TV

1985

“The People of San Francisco Exhibition,” Profile, KRON-TV

1985

“Painting People,” KQED Radio

1985

“Art Notes,” KQED-TV

Education

1981–82

Independent Study, Fort Mason Printmakers, San Francisco, CA

1961 – 81

Travel and Independent Study in France and Spain

1961 – 64

Independent Study with Bruce Mc Curdy, University of California, Santa Barbara

1957–61

Independent Study with Channing Peake, University of California, Santa Barbara

1944–47

Chouinard Art Institute, Special Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching

1994–Present

Instructor, SOMA School of Art, San Francisco, CA

1981-94

Founded and Directed the Bridge Gallery, EBA School of Art, San Francisco

1981-94

Founded and Directed the EBA School of Art, San Francisco

1981

“The Art of Portraiture,” Lecture, The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco