Bonnie Bisbee
Contact Information
Education
1971 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1965-67 Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
Professional Experience
Curating
1985 The Dream Show, Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA"
Selected Teaching Experience
1985 Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA: video-lecture on my goddess images
2003 Mariposa Women’s Group, Mariposa, CA: “Goddess Culture” lecture on ancient feminine history, showing ancient and modern sacred feminine art
1998 Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA: lecture on my visionary art show
1992-93 Norwich University, Montpelier, VT: Artist-Teacher for MFA program
1990 John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA: slide lecture on “Artist as Mythmaker”
1988 Cathey’s Valley, CA: mixed-media art class for Jungian dream-interpretation
1980 Merced College extension course, Mariposa, CA: “Women in Art”
1977-79 Mariposa, CA: private art classes, both group and individual, children age 4-12
1975 San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA: slide lecture on symbolic art
Artist's Statement
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I attended art school in Paris, at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, and in San Francisco, at the San Francisco Art Institute. I received my Master of Fine Arts degree at SFAI in 1971. I’ve shown my work in the Bay Area, Fresno, Merced, back East, and in these foothills where I live. I’ve also shown my work in Europe.
Besides studying art and art history, I have also learned as much as I can about symbolism as expressed in dreams, myths, and religions. When I paint, the content of my work comes straight from my unconscious. Later, my brain catches up with the work!
Interpreting a symbolic or visionary painting is similar to interpreting dreams: Using free association, each viewer comes up with a unique and valid explanation. But as with dreams, there are multiple layers of meaning. At the foundation are the Archetypes, powerful images that reside in humanity’s collective unconscious. If a painting has a strong effect on a viewer, doubtless one or more of these Archetypes are alive in the work.
My art expresses aspects of the spiritual and healing side of Nature. To me this is especially important today. We are all looking for a new and better way to relate to ourselves, each other, and this beautiful planet we call Earth.
Selected Exhibitions
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Selected One Person Shows
2009 Before and After: Images of Transformation, Artisana Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2008 At One with Nature’s Joy, Artisana Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2005 Gifts of the Mother, “Inanna’s Gift” Studio-Gallery, Coarsegold, CA
2001 Visions and Dreams, Border’s Book Store, Fresno, CA
1998 Sacred Symbols, Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
1998 Altars of Awakening IIGrace Cathedral Courtyard Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Altars of Awakening, Valley Women Books and Art Gallery, Fresno, CA
1985 Garden of Enchantment, World Association of Visionary Expression Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1973 The Secret Sun4th Dimension Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1971 University of California Medical Center, Student Union, San Francisco, CA
1970 Lucien Labaubt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1968 University of California Arts Studio, Berkeley, CA
1967 Johns Hopkins Medical Center Residence Hall, Baltimore, MD
1967 Falls Church Public Library, Falls Church, VA
Museum Shows
2008 N. CA Visionary Art: A Contemporary Legacy, (17 artists) Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA
2001 Materia, ( international artists) Genovevaburg Castle Gallery, Mayen, Germany
1986 Shelters of Wonder, (13 artists) The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
Selected Group Shows
2010 Water of Life, Williams Gallery West, Oakhurst, CA
2009 Monumental Remembrance (A retro-visionary show) SOMarts Cultural Center Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Beasts on Broadway: Animals Galore, S. C. Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2009-10 8th Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2008-09 A Passion for Trees, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2008-09 17th Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2008 For Your Eyes Only, Williams Gallery West, Oakhurst, CA
2007 16th Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2007 Mullins Studio Gallery, Fresno, CA: large screen video display
2006 Pinot and Picasso at the Pines, The Pines, Bass Lake, CA
2006 15th Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2006 Sacred Women, Art Harvest Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2005 California Dreaming, International Association of the Study of Dreams conference at Doubletree Hotel Gallery-space, Berkeley, CA
2005 Earth Altars, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2005 In the Presence of Angels, Inanna’s Gift Studio-Gallery, Coarsegold, CA
2005 14th Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2004 The Great and the Small, Galeria Tonatzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2004 Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Buatista, CA
2004 13th Images of the Virgin, Spring Fantasy, Plaza Arts Center, Healdsburg, CA
2003 Bonnie Bisbee and Jeff Jewett, two person show, Ethnic World and Tribal Arts Gallery, Oakhurst, CA
2001 Along the Creek and in the Woods, Mariposa County Arts Council Gallery, Mariposa, CA
2000 Feathers, Fur, Scales, Mariposa County Arts Council Gallery, Mariposa, CA
2000 Lucky 13, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA
2000 The Female Gaze, Louie Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
1996 PAWS: Dogs and Cats in Art, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA
1996 Un Mundo Unidad, Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1995 Art and Healing,Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas, CA
1994 Lucid Dreaming, Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1993 Reality.. and Other Views, Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1993 Astral Sight Vision, three person show: Bonnie Bisbee, Nick Hyde, Paul Nicholson, Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1993 New Visions 1993, Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1990 Fur, Feather, and Fin, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1988 Light, Community, and Celebration, Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Health and Harmony Festival, Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA
1985 Visionary Art: The Feminist Alchemy, Illuminarium Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1985 Sacred Ground, World As. of Visionary Expression Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1985 101 Vows to the Sun, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 The Dream Show, Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Emergence, (women’s visionary art show) Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Visionary Art, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1977 Visions and other Realities, Stuart Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1976 Archetypal Images, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1972 San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
1969 Tomales Bay Art Guild Gallery, Point Reyes, CA
1966 Galerie Houston-Brown, Paris, France
1965 Tournesol Galerie, Paris, France
Publications
2002 "Goddess Country"
2001 "Materia"
1989 "The California Art Review"
1988 "Amiga World Magazine"
1981 "Visionary Art"
1976 "Archetypal Images"
1973 "Cricket"
1973 "The Center: A Metaphysical Magazine"
Collections
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