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
People and Places, Old Mint Museum, San Francisco, CA
The People of San Francisco, Old Mint Museum
Once Upon a Time, The Museum of Art & History, The McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Retrospective, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
The People of San Francisco, Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco
Shadow & Light, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
The New Frontier, Rebuilding the American Dream: Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Landscapes of Southern France, College of Holy Names, Oakland, CA
The People of San Francisco — 100 Portraits, California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA
Les Gens de Biot, Municipal Art Gallery, Biot, France
Annual Exhibition, Gump’s Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Annual Exhibition, Gordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA
Early Works: Scripps College Gallery, Pomona, CA
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