Bonnie Bisbee
Contact Information
Address: 45105 Forest Ridge Dr., Ahwahnee, CA 93601
Phone: 559-642-3426
E-mail: bondavi@sti.net
Education
1965-67 Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris, France
1967-71 San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, CA - graduated with MFA 1971
Professional Experience
Curating
1985 Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "The Dream Show"
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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Solo Shows
2005 "Innana's Gift" Studio-Gallery: "Gifts of the Mother"
2001 Border’s Book Store, Fresno, CA: "Visions and Dreams"
1998 Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA: "Sacred Symbols"
1998 Grace Cathedral Courtyard Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "Altars of Awakening II"
1997 Valley Woman Gallery, Fresno, CA: "Altars of Awakening"
1985 WAVE (World Association of Visionary Expression) Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA: "Garden of Enchantment"
1973 4th Dimension Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "The Secret Sun"
1971 U of CA Medical Center Student Union, San Francisco, CA
1970 Lucien Labaubt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1968 U of C Arts Studio, Berkeley, CA
1967 Johns Hopkins Medical Center Residence Hall, Baltimore, MD
1967 Falls Church Public Library, Falls Church, VA
Museum Shows
2001 Genoveburg Castle, Mayen, Germany: "Materia"
1986 The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Art Gallery, San Jose, CA: "Shelters of Wonder"
Group Shows
2004-05 Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA: "Images of the Virgin," "The Great and the Small" and "Earth Altars"
2004 Plaza Arts Center, Healdsburg, CA: "Spring Fantasy"
2003 Ethnic World and Tribal G., Oakhurst, CA: 2 Person Show
2001 Mariposa County Arts Council Gallery, Mariposa, CA: "Along the Creek and In The Woods"
2000 Mariposa County Arts Council Gallery, Mariposa, CA: "Feathers, Fur, Scales"
2000 Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA: "Lucky 13"
1996 Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA: "PAWS: Dogs and Cats
1996 Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA; "Un Mundo Unidad"
1995 Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas, CA: "Art and Healing"
1994 Vision and Magick F.A.G., Petaluma, CA: "Lucid Dreaming"
1993 Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA: "Reality and Other Views"
1993 Vision and Magick Fine Arts Gallery, Petaluma, CA, 3 person show: "Astral Sight"
1990 Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA: "Fur, Feather, and Fin"
1988 Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "Light, Community, and Celebration"
1987 Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA: "Health and Harmony Festival"
1985 Isis Gallery, Mill Valley, CA: "The Feminist Alchemy"
1985 WAVE (World Association of Visionary Expression) Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA: "Sacred Ground"
1985 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "101 Vows to the Sun"
1985 Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "The Dream Show"
1984 Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA: "Emergence," women’s visionary art show"
1981 Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA: "Visionary Art"
1977 Stuart Gallery, Berkeley, CA: "Visions and Other Realities"
1976 Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA: "Archetypal Images"
1972 San Francisco Civic Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
1971 San Francisco Art Institute, Courtyard Student Show
1969 Tomales Bay Art Guild, Point Keyes, CA
1966 Galerie Houston-Brown, Paris, France
1965 Tournesol Galerie, Paris, France
Publications
2005 "Goddess Country"
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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