EDUCATION
1980 M. A., Sculpture, San Francisco State University, CA
1967 B. S., Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1998 Dancing With the Landscape, Quicksilver Mine Company, Sebastopol, CA
Dream Vessels, Finley Community Center, Santa Rosa, CA
1996 Matanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
1995 Pastels, Santa Rosa Junior College Library, Petaluma Center, CA
Golden Gate University, Rohnert Park, CA
Journeys and Dreams: Outer and Inner Landscapes. Community Congregational
Church, Tiburon, CA
Innpressions Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
1994 Pastels and Watercolors, California Welcome Center, Rohnert Park, CA
1993 Press House Gallery, Buena Vista Winery Artist in Residence Program, Sonoma,
CA
Dream Vessels, Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
1991 Dream Vessels, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Business Volunteers for the Arts, Oakland, CA
1990 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1989 Richmond Art Center Sales/Rental Gallery, CA
1988 California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
Quicksilver Mine Company, Guerneville, CA
Matanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
1987 California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1986 Piper Sonoma Cellars, Healdsburg, CA
1985 Mendocino Art Center, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 The Heaven and the Earth and the Myriad Things as One Body. Earth Day 1999.
Jurors: Andrew Leone and Nancy Hall. The Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
CA Society of Printmakers Annual Members' Show, Claudia Chapline Gallery,
Stinson Beach, CA
Fantasy and Humor, Juror, Roy Ragle, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Bell, Book and Candle, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Arts on Fire, Juror, Marian Parmenter, The Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Igniting the Edge: Forging New Geographies, Categories, Identities. A Regional
Exhibition of Artists of the Western States. Juror, Terri Cohn, Artcore Brewery
Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Celebrate Northwest Women '99, Juror, Brianna Kaufman, Rogue Community
College, Grants Pass, OR
Fantastic Visions: Abstract and Surrealistic, Danville Fine Arts Gallery,
Danville, CA
What We Think of Ourselves: An American Tapestry, Juror, Kate Delos, Center
for the Visual Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1998 Quercia Balcony Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
Spanning the Bay, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Adjunct Faculty: New Work, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
Treasures, Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Age of Women: Women's Caucus for Art Regional Exhibition, SOMAR
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shrines/Icons/Mystical Places, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
Aqua Areas '98, Juror, Judi Betts, Coddingtown Mall, Santa Rosa, CA
CA Society of Printmakers: Tradition and Transition, Somar Gallery, San
Francisco.
Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Landscapes 1998, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
Dream Art, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Dream Art Exhibit at ASD International Conference, Brigham Young
University-Hawaii
Common Ground, Two year travelling exhibition of the American Print
Alliance.
Lead Into Gold: Alchemical Practice and Metaphor, John F. Kennedy University
Arts and Consciousness Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Romance, Soundscape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
California Society of Printmakers 85th Anniversary Show, Gallery 551, San
Francisco
1996-9Art at the Source, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
1997 Juried Exhibition of the CA Society of Printmakers, Juror, Peter Selz, Institut
Franco-Americain, Rennes, France.
Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Collage, Vallejo Art Center Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Caregiver and Crone, Littman and White Galleries, Portland State University,
Oregon
Land Under a Foot, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Winter Lights, II, Bureau of Jewish Education Community Library, San
Francisco, CA
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Spectrum‹Woodblock thru Microchip‹The CA Society of Printmakers, Berkeley
Store Gallery, CA
Dream Catchers, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
Visions, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Resolutions, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Painters and Photographers, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
1996-7Barrel Head Exhibit, Tonnellerie Radoux USA, CA Welcome Center, Rohnert
Park, & several international sites.
1996 Land Under a Foot Revisited, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Kaleidoscope, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Printmaking Without a Press, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San
Pablo
Adjunct Faculty: New Work, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
1995 Sixth Annual Miniature Show Invitational, Bolinas Museum, CA
All Saints/All Souls, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
CA Society of Printmakers 1995 Membership Show, Art Concepts Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA
East Meets West, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Women Creating, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Dream Vessels, with John Chambers' Ceramics, Gualala Arts Dolphin Gallery,
Gualala, CA
Local Scenes, Sebastopol Art Center, CA
1994 Liberation by Seeing: Contemporary Buddhist Art, American School of
Japanese Arts, Santa Rosa
Branching Out, with Maureen Hurley's Poetry, Congressional Offices of Lynn
Woolsey, Santa Rosa
N. CA Printmakers Members' Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
A Bird's Eye View, A Conceptual Art Show curated by Eva Mix, Elle Lui, Santa
Rosa, CA
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Women Creating, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Barns and Farms of the Wine Country, Mumm Napa Winery, Oakville, CA
1993 Over the Edge: An Exhibit of Landscapes, CA Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
The Body Impolitic, Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, CA
Northern CA Women's Caucus for Art Exhibit, Educational Testing Service,
Emeryville, CA
Women Creating a New World, Women's Learning Center, Santa Rosa, CA
1992 Hope and Harmony, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
The Pleasures and Politics of Eating, Sebastopol Art Center, CA
CA Small Works, CA Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Selections from the Permanent Collection, CA Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
In the Landscape, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
In Her Image, Quicksilver Mine Company, Guerneville, CA
Telling Stories: Artists' Books and Journals, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Atrium Court, Santa Rosa, CA
1991 An Exhibit by Sonoma County Artists, Clover-Stornetta Farms, Inc., and Fino's
Restaurant, Petaluma, CA
Faculty Paper, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
Gallery Artists, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Fine Art/Craft Exhibition, Marin Fair, San Rafael, CA
1990 Annual Fine Art/Craft Exhibition, Napa Town and County Fair, Napa, CA
Summer Show, Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Alumni Invitational, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
First Annual Members' Exhibition: Northern CA Chapter Artists' Equity, San
Francisco, CA
The Gift of Dreams: Young Artists and Marsha Connell, CA Museum of Art, Santa
Rosa, CA
1990&91Artists at Play, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1989 Mask Invitational, Santa Rosa Symphony League, CA
William Gallery, St. Helena, CA
Works on Paper, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Artrails of Sonoma County, Open Studios, Santa Rosa, CA
Grand Opening, Society Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
Vanishing Landscapes, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1988 Madison Gallery, Madison, CT
Watercolors, Mill Gallery, Petaluma, CA
Spotlight Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Matanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
William Gallery, St. Helena, CA
J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA
1988-98Art for Life, Flamingo Hotel and Friedman Center, Santa Rosa, CA
1987 Spotlight Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Colorform, Faculty Exhibit, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
Holiday Packaging, Sweet Potato, Santa Rosa, CA
Poster Competition Finalists, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
North of the Gate, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
1986 Fulton County Arts Council, Gloversville, NY
Artists Who Teach, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
More Than Land or Sky: The Northern California Landscape, Sonoma State
University, CA
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986-9Artpeace, Matanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
1985 Christmas Tree Show, Sweet Potato, Santa Rosa, CA
The Ribbon Project, Santa Rosa, Oakland, CA; Washington, DC
Westside Community Artists, Mill Creek Vineyards, Healdsburg, CA
1985-98Art From the Heart, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
1984 Merry Christmas Central America, Vast's, Sebastopol, CA
1983 Paper, Light, Sculpture, Dance, Performance with Ann Woodhead Dance
Company, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
Improvisation: Dance, Music, Sculpture, With Anne Krantz, Carol Freedman,
Ann Woodhead, Tony D'Anna. Dance Palace, Point Reyes, CA.
Source Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thirteen Artists, Faculty Show, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
Watercolors, Council Chambers Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Valentine Show, Sweet Potato, Santa Rosa, CA
1982 High and Dry, Ceramics Exhibit of Five Artists /NCECA Conference, Source
Gallery, San Francisco
Mask Show, Sweet Potato, Santa Rosa, CA
1981 On the Cutting Edge, Performance with Woodhead, Krantz, Freedman, D'Anna
and Kim Atkinson, Ashkenaz, Berkeley; The Cabaret, Cotati, CA
Renewal, Set for Anne Krantz Solo Dance Performance, Centerspace, San
Francisco; Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA
Source Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sonoma Coast, Sonoma Arts Guild Gallery, CA
John Bowles Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Women Hanging Together, Sonoma County Administration Building, Santa
Rosa, CA
1980 Universal TimesSettling Night, Set for Anne Krantz Performance, East Bay
Center for Performing Arts, Berkeley; Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA
Clay Impressions, Lincoln Art Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Faculty ShowSanta Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University, Sonoma
County Library, Santa Rosa
1979 North Bay Artists, Glenys Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Graduate Sculpture Show, San Francisco State University, CA
1978 The Firing, Multi-Image Slide Show with Carolynne Gamble, San Francisco
State University; Helen Weber Associates, SF; Lincoln Art Center, Santa Rosa,
CA
Imaginary Landscape, Sculpture Installation and Anne Krantz Performance,
Lincoln Art Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Sculpture and Photography, San Francisco State University, CA
1977 On or Off the Wall, Changing Landscape, Performance/Sculpture , Lincoln Art
Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Forms from the FigureClay and Paper Sculpture, with Deborah Padrick,
Drawings and Carol Denison, Ariel Press, Ruben Salazar Library, Sonoma State
University, CA
1977-82Artrium, Annual Juried North Bay Exhibit, Santa Rosa, CA
1976 Eight Days in Kauai, Slide documentation of sculpture installation at Barking
Sands Beach, Kauai, Sonoma County Photographers' Association; San Francisco
State University Art Gallery, CA
A Celebration of Women Artists, The Creamery, Bodega, CA
1976-9Annex Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1974 Drawings, Drawings, Two-person show with Deborah Padrick, Stoneware
Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Multiple Views, Gallery Doshi, Harrisburg, PA
1973 Drawings, Marsha Connell; Paintings, Alberto Weller, Jewish Community
Center Gallery, Harrisburg
Crafts Exhibition '73, Gallery Doshi, Harrisburg, PA
1972 Harrisburg Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibition, William Penn Museum,
Harrisburg, PA
Eighth Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, Harrisburg Art Association, PA
Annual Members' Exhibit, Best in Show, Jewish Community Center, Harrisburg,
PA
1970 Regional Juried Art Show, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Binghamton University Art Museum, Dreamworks: Artistic and Psychological
Perspectives, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, to be
published 1999-2000
Sandy Thompson, Wherefore ART Thou? Marsha Connell: Dancing with Trouble, Russian River Times, January 15, 1999
Diane Peterson, Lively Landscapes, The Press Democrat, On Q (Best Bets),
September 27, 1998,
Marsha Connell: Dancing with the Landscape, Coast and Valley Magazine,
September 1998
Marsha Connell, Expressions Craft Collection: Teacher's Guide for Grades 6
- 12, to accompany a video by Julie Allen for KRCB, Public Television 22, 1998
Kathleen McKenzie Nichols, 'Images Of The Virgin' Takes On Many Forms At Annual
Event, Monterey County Herald, January 8-14, 1998
Richard Simpson, Subconscious Images, Los Medanos College Experience,
January 31, 1997
Diane Peterson, Wineries Cultivate the Arts, The Press Democrat, On Q, July 28,
1996
Michelle Eyestone, Gallery Shows Off Computer Art, The Advocate, Contra Costa
College, February 23, 1996
Tim Fish, Buddhist Art Exhibit Worth a See, The Press Democrat, October 14, 1994
Member Showcase, The California Printmaker, September 1994
Joyce Lynn, Dreaming: Conversations with Joyce Lynn‹Interview with
Marsha Connell; Videotape made for Viacom Marin 31, 1993
Dream Vessels, Collage/prints by Marsha Connell, Poetry by Marsha Connell, Reba
Connell, Maureen Hurley. Book published in conjunction with the exhibition at the
Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, 1993
This Body is to Ask: Poetry and Art by Sonoma County Students, Edited by
Marsha Connell and Maureen Hurley for Artists in the Schools & Communities of
Sonoma County & CA Poets in the Schools, 1993
Barns and Farms of the Wine Country, California Visitors' Review, January 1994
Joyce Lynn, Connell Gives Her Dreams Shape in Colorful Collages, On Q, The Press
Democrat, May 9, 1993
Eastern European Poetry, Dream Vessels series, Spring 1993
We Are Not Swans, Title illustration in poetry chapbook, Maureen Hurley and Cecilia Woloch, 1993
Dream Vessels, Chaminade Literary Review, Spring 1993
Dream Vessels, Sifrut, Literary Review of Northern CA Jewish Bulletin, July 10, 1992
Gini Pitcher, Works on Display at the California Museum of Art, The Times, May 31, 1990
Connell and Company, The Catch, June 1990
Ann Hauprich, A Look Beyond: Skidmore Exhibits Alumni Art, The Saratogian,
June 6, 1990
Claudia Chapline Gallery, North Bay Scene Magazine, February 1990
California Museum of Art, North Bay Scene Magazine, January 1990
Artrails, Sonoma Style Magazine, October/November 1989
North of the Gate, Catalogue, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, February 1987
Karen Ter Sarkissoff, Sonoma Studio, Sonoma Monthly, February 1987
More Than Land or Sky: The Northern California Landscape, Catalogue, Ruben Salazar Library, Sonoma State University, April 1986
Celia Talbot, Space and Light, The Press Democrat, April 20, 1986
Linda Rosengarten, Marsha ConnellOut of the Mist, Arts and Entertainment,
Mendocino Art Center, May 1985
Reception for Westside Artists, Healdsburg Tribune, February 13, 1985
Local Artists Receive Grants, The Press Democrat, October 16, 1984
Parents, Teachers Get Taste of Art Class, The Press Democrat, February 21, 1984
Promising Artist, Healdsburg Tribune, March 14, 1984
Art in Education, Healdsburg Tribune, March 26, 1982