DAVID BERG
(b. Berkeley, CA 10/17/56)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
October 2015: Acquisition of two additional pieces from the series, “Buttes and Plains” Wallis Annenberg Photography Department of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
February 7 through July 4, 2015: Lens Work: Celebrating LACMA’s Experimental Photography at 50, (curated by Eve Schillo), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 Positive/Negative, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
1999 Edward Carter Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1998 Phelan Award Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
1997 Negative Paintings, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Exhibit Celebrating SFMOMA SECA Fund Purchase, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Buttes and Plains, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Earthbound II: A Mixed Media Installation, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Addison Street Windows, Berkeley, CA
1993 Earthbound: A Mixed Media Installation, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Addison Street Windows, Berkeley, CA
1992 Works from the series Faith and Cynicism, KQED, Channel 9, On set of “Q”, San Francisco, CA
1992 With the Earth: Arts and the Environment Project Year 1992, (Curated by Ray Beldner), Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
1991 Mixed Media Landscapes Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
1989 Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Faith and Cynicism, Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Introductions, Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Lens Work: Celebrating LACMA’s Experimental Photography at 50, (curated by Eve Schillo), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Re-SITE-ing the West: Contemporary Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Ansel Adams at 100, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Art Chicago, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001 Drawn from Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2001 This is not a Photograph, (Curated by Roger Sayre), Traveling exhibition through the Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY
2001 Art Chicago, with the Catharine Clark Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001 1010, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Made In California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 (Curated by Tim B. Wride), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Fact/Fiction: Contemporary Art that Walks the Line, (Curated by Janet Bishop), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2000 San Francisco International Art Exposition, with the Catharine Clark Gallery
1999 Unnatural? – A Photo Based Exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Commotion, SF Camerawork, San Francisco,CA
1999 San Francisco International Art Exposition, with the Catharine Clark Gallery
1998 Art From Around The Bay – Recent Acquisitions, (Curated by Gary Garrels), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 San Francisco International Art Exposition, with the Catharine Clark Gallery
1998 Surface, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 New Acquisitions Exhibition, San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1997 Above the Border/Below the Border, (3 person exhibit), Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996 Guadalajara Art Fair, with Bentley Gallery, Gaudalajara, Mexico
1996 Images and Ideas Approaching the New Millennium, (Curated by Lawrence Rinder), University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1996 Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Location, Location, (Curated by Marcia Tanner), San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1996 Consumption, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Natural Phenomena: Exploring the Forces of Nature, (Curated by Carrie Lederer), Bedford Gallery: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1995 Anonymous Arrangement, (Curated by Jeff Nathanson and Terri Cohn), Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1995 Hotel Triton Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Something for Everyone, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 LA International Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Post-Industrial Landscape, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 North By Northeast II, (Curated by Tim Taylor) (catalog), Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA & Satellite Exhibitions: East Bay Community Foundation, Oakland, CA, Berlex BioSciences, San Pablo, CA
1994 Art and the Environment (catalog), Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1993 Asian Roots/Western Soil: Japanese Influences in American Culture, (Curated by Bob Hanamura) (catalog), Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1993 Recycler, DaVinci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Great Garbage Binge, Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT
1992 Ganymede Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Unwrapping Japan (catalog), Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1992 Sacrifices of Abraham, Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
1992 With the Earth, (Curated by Anne Chamberlain), Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
1991 Issue Earth, (Curated by Josine Ianco Starrels) (catalog), Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
1990 Primarily the Figure, Graham Horstman Gallery, Denton, TX
1989 35th Annual, (Curated by Laddie John Dill), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1988 Inaugural Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
1988 New Year, New Work, New Space, Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Chain Reaction III, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
1987 Featured Artist with Bruce Velick Gallery, Los Angeles 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Contemporary Bay Area Art, (Curated by Michael Schwager), The Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
Phelan Art Award in Photography, 1998, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED ARTICLES
Hamlin, Jesse, “Painting Under the Microscope,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2000, p. C1, photos with captions
Tucker, Jack, “Painter Fools the Eye While He Feeds the Soul,” Contra Costa Times, March 5, 2000, p. A36, photos with captions
Hicks, Robert, “Landscapes, Real and Imagined, in SoHo, “The Villager, May 19, 1999, Volume 69 no.4, p. 15, photos with captions
Aletti, Vince, “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice, May 11, 1999, Volume XLIV no. 18, p. 97
Gillett, Marnie, “James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography,” Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Spring/Summer 1998, Volume 25, no. 1, p. 52, photo with caption
Baker, Kenneth, “Berg’s Peaks at Clark Gallery”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 25, 1997, photo with caption
Alvarez, Laura; Kyne, Barbara; Tromble, Meredith, “News and Notes: Phelan Photography Awards,” Artweek, December, 1997, Volume 28 no. 12, p.2, photo with caption
Roche, Harry, “Museums and Galleries (Critic’s Choice): Negative Paintings, Skeletons,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 16, 1997, Volume 31, no. 50
Scott, Michael, “Gallery Offers Exchange of Artistic Visions Across the Border,” The Vancouver Sun, March 13, 1997
Porges, Maria, Catalogue Essay, Above the Border/Below The Border, March 1997, photo with caption
Scott, Michael, “The Darker Side of Earthly Paradise,” The Vancouver Sun, February 22, 1997
Thym, Jolene, “Natural’ Selection ‘Natural Phenomena’ Exhibit Takes Powerful Look,” The Oakland Tribune, April 1, 1996
Peiken, Matt, “Back to Nature,” Diablo Arts, April-June 1996, p.26
Cerkanowicz, Deidre & Linker, Anita, “Artbeat,” The Channel, April 1996, vol. 4 no. 3, p.13
Roche, Harry, “Critic’s Choice: David Berg, Nina Glaser,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 27, 1995, photo with caption
Reiter, Artemesia, “Theatrical Landscapes at Morphos,” San Francisco Bay Times, September 21, 1995, photo with caption
Solnit, Rebecca, “The San Francisco Fax,” Art Issues, Nov./Dec. 1994, no. 35, p. 35; photo with caption
Nixon, Bruce, “The Sine Wave of the Times,” Artweek, Sept. 22, 1994, vol. 25 no. 18, p.17
Roche, Harry, “Critic’s Choice: The Post Industrial Landscape,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sept. 14, 1994, vol. 28, no. 50, 72; photo with caption
Hull Webster, Mary, ‘The Form of Stillness,” Artweek, Jan. 20, 1994, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 11-12
Roche, Harry, “Critic’s Choice: North by Northeast 2,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Jan. 19, 1994, vol. 28, no. 16, p. 65, photo with caption
Madison, Sandra, “Renaissance Artist,” West County Times, Jan. 22, 1994, vol. 19, no. 011, section F pp. 1-2; photos with captions
Baker, Kenneth, “…Show at Velick,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 12, 1989, p. E4
Shere, Charles, “SF Galleries’ ‘Introductions’ Present Diversity of Young Talent,” Oakland Tribune, July 15, 1986, p. C-3
EDUCATION
1986-1989 Studied with Harry Fritzius, San Francisco, CA
1976-78 Studied with Per Lilliestrom, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator in Charge, Achenbach Collection for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
Charles Ryskamp, New York, NY (Director, Frick Collection)
Pamela Auchincloss, Director of Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY
San Francisco Legion of Honor, Achenbach Collection for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA (SECA Fund Purchase)
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA