ELEANOR DICKINSON

Education

Teaching (Selected):

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1959
Lucien Labaudt Gallery, San Francisco
1964
The McClung Museum, Knoxville, TN
1965
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1966
The Santa Barbara Museum
Rosequist Galleries, Tuscon, AR
1967
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Trutton Gallery, San Francisco
1968
Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley
1969
The De Young Museum, San Francisco
1971
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
1970
The Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1972
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Poindexter Gallery, New York
1974
Poindexter Gallery, New York
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1975
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
Washington State Museum, Pullman, WA
Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
-1981 The Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition, which visited Monterey Museum of Fine Arts, Huntsville Museum of Art, University of Tennessee, Triton Museum of Art, Valparaiso University Art Galleries, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Tennessee State Museum, Logan College, and others.
1976
The Floating Museum, San Francisco
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael
1977
The Triton Museum, Santa Clara
1978
Galeria de Arte y Libros, Monterrey, Mexico
1979
The Oakland Museum
1980
Women's InterArt Center, New York
1981-82
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
1982
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1983
Solano State University, CA
1985
Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia
1986
Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco
1987 On
"Art-in-Embassies", US Department of State, Washington, D.C.
1988
Menil Museum/Screen Memories Gallery, Houston
Belcher Studios Gallery, "Black Velvet", San Francisco
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
1989
Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Gallery 10, Washinton, D.C.
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
1990
Diverse Works Gallery, Houston
1991
"Sacred and Spiritual in American Art" G.T.U., Berkeley
Show N Tell Gallery, San Francisco (2 Artists)
"BiCentennial", Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee (2 Artists)
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
1992
Himovitz/Babb Gallery, Cambria (2 Artists)
1993
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
1995
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis
1996
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
-1997 Council for Creative Projects, Traveling Exhibition, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

1961
"The Annual", San Francisco Art Institute
1966-70
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles
1970
Luba Glade Gallery, New Orleans
1971-75
Obelisk Gallery, London
1972
"Realism: 1972", Contemporary Gallery, Dallas
1975
"Artists' Soap Box Derby", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1977
"Artists' Soap Box Derby", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Gallery Rebecca Cooper, Washington, D.C. and New York
"Invitational American Drawing Exhibition", The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego
1980
"West Coast Drawing", Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
1981
"All in Line", Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
1982
Gallery Rebecca Cooper, Washington, D.C. and New York
1984
"The Naked Nude", San Francisco Art Institute
1985
"An American Album", Focus International, American Women in Art, U.N. World Conference, Kenya (touring)
"Content Art: Contemporary Issues", Southern Exposure Gallery and Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, CA
1986
"The Purest Pigment - Pastel", Corridor Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
"In the Advent of Change: 1945-1969", Fresno Arts Center and Museum, CA
"Autour de Jean Raine", Paris
"Northern California Printmakers", Palo Alto, CA
"Sacred Arts", Graham Center Museum, Illinois
"Animal Shelter", University Art Center, California State University, Hayward
1987
"Spirit in the Land", Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco
"The Human Vessel", Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA (4 Artists)
1988
"Paper", Hatley Mertin Gallery, San Francisco
"Letters to Chicago", A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago
"Flower Influenced", San Francisco Art Commission
1989
"20th Century Women Artists", Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
"Here's Looking At Us: Figurative Works ... Di Rosa Foundation", Pacific Union College, Angwin
1990
"20th Century Women Artists", Queensboro Community College, Bayside, NY
-1991 "American Religions", NMAH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1991
"A Salute to Women", National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
"Recent Acquisitions", Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1992
"500 Years Since Columbus", Triton Museum, Santa Clara
"Images of Us", Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
"The Crucifixion Through the Modern Eye", St. Mary's College
16th Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Kansas
Galerie Etmars, Brussels
"California Narrative", Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento
-1993 "Threshold to the Holy", Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis
1993
"Figure It Out", Ghia Gallery, San Francisco
"New Acquisitions", Mills College
"Shock Show", Himovitz Gallery
1994
"100 Years of Women in the Arts", San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
"Form and Figure", Somar Gallery, Cultural Center, San Francisco
"The Michael Himovitz Gallery", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
"Annual", Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
"MOCRA", St. Meinrad College, Indiana
"Art Alumni Exhibit", University of Tennessee
1995
"The Eye of the Beholder", Foster-Freeman Gallery, San Antonio, TX
"NAFTA", Somar Gallery, S.F. and Secretaria Comercio y Fomento, Mexico City
"Shades", COMAP, Mexico City and Florence, Italy
"Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture", National Museum of Women in the Arts, U.N. World Conference on Women, Beijing, China

Selected Grants, Honors, and Awards
1948 - "Le Cercle des Beaux Arts", National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
1951 - "Best-in-Show, All Media, Award", Knox County Annual, Tennessee
1959 - "President's Prize" and "Drawing Award", Women Artists, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1960 - "Purchase Prize", Butler Institute of American Art, 25th Annual, Ohio

1968 - "Graphics Award", San Francisco Art Commission 1969 - Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee & "Award of Merit", AEA, Oakland Museum
1973 - "Graphics Award", San Francisco Art Commission
1975 - "Graphics Award", San Francisco Art Commission & Grant from Zellerbach Family Fund
1978 - Grant from Nevada Commission for th Humanities, NEH & "Distinguished Alumni Citation", National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.
1980 - Grant from the Tennessee Commission for the Humanities, NEH
1982 - Grant from the Tennessee Commission for the Humanities, NEH
1983 - "Master Drawing Award", National Society of Arts and Letters & "Distinguished Alumni Award", San Francisco Art Institute
1985 - Grants from the Thomas F. Stanley Foundation and West Virginia Commission for the Humanities, NEH
1987 - World Record for Continuous Drawing Time (Guiness), 4 artists
1988-93 - Grants from Bay Area Video Coalition and PAS Graphics, Pasadena & Emmy Award for "The Sawdust Trail", WKRN (Consultant, participant)

1989 - "Distinguished Service Citation for Arts and Social Activism", National League of Pen Women, Inc.
1989-95 - Travel grants from California College of Arts and Crafts
1990 - Grant from the San Francisco Community Television Corporation
1991 - Commissions from University of San Francisco and Grant from Skaggs Foundation for GTU Exhibition, Berkeley
1992 - "Certificate of Recognition: El Consejo Mundial de Artistas Plasticos", Secont nNternationa Conference, US
1993 - Artist in Residence, Arkansas State University
1994 - Grant from the California College of Arts and Crafts
1995 - "President's Award", National Women's Caucus for ArtA

Selected Public Collections

Selected Private Collections