R. KENTON NELSON
	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Born: 1954 in Los Angeles, California Education: 1977-1979 California State University 1979 Otis Parsons Art Institute PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Taught at the San Francisco Academy of Art and Otis Parsons Art Institute. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2005 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Ruzicska Salzburg, Austria One-Man Exhibition Klaudia Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico One-Man Exhibition Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Eight Annual "The Figure in American Art" 2004 Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery Pasadena, California Group Exhibition Ruzicska Salzburg, Austria Bryan Edgar Group Exhibition Klaudia Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico Eleventh Annual Realism Invitational Sullivan Goss, Ltd. Montecito, California One-Man Exhibition SCAPE Corona Del Mar, California One-Man Exhibition Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Klaudia Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico One-Man Exhibition 2003 Scott White Contemporary Art La Jolla, California One-Man Exhibition Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Sixth Annual Summer Salon Klaudia Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 10th Annual Realism Invitational Sullivan Goss, Ltd. Santa Barbara, Calibornia One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico Papier - Drawings and Work on Paper Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Fifth Annual "The Figure in American Art" 2002 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition DNFA Gallery Pasadena, CA One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 9th Annual Realism Invitational Sullivan Goss, Ltd. Santa Barbara, California Group Exhibition Scott White Contemporary Art La Jolla, California "An American Scene" Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Fourth Annual "The Figure in American Art" Diane Nelson Fine Art Laguna Beach, California One-Man Exhibition 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Marr Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 8th Annual Realism Invitational Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Fourth Annual "The Figure In American Art" 2000 Diane Nelson Fine Art Laguna Beach, CA One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 7th Annual Realism Invitational Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico One-Man Exhibition DNFA Gallery Pasadena, California Group Show Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, CA Group Show 1999 Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition Albemarle Gallery London, England "American Figurative Painting" Diane nelson Fine Art Laguna Beach, California Group Show Van de Griff Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 6th Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds Diane Nelson Fine Art Laguna Beach, California One-Man Exhibition SOMA Gallery La Jolla, California Winter Group Exhibition Pasadena Art Alliance Pasadena, California Group Show 1998 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Davidson Gallery Seattle, Washington One-Man Exhibition		Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, CA One-Man Exhibition Van de Griff Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 5th Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California Group Show Pasadena Art Alliance Pasadena, California For Art's Sake 1997 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York One-Man Exhibition Muckenthaler Cultural Arts Center Fullerton, California One-Man Exhibition Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena, California Group Show Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition Jonathan Town Club Los Angeles, California Group Show 1996 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, New York Group Exhibition Cerritos College Cerritos, California One-Man Exhibition Pasadena Art Alliance Pasadena, California Colors Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition 1995 Biltmore Los Angeles, California "Tribute to Youth" Auction Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena, California Group Exhibition Twin Palms Pasadena, California "Landmarks and Landscapes" Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition 1994 Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena, California Group Exhibition Pasadena Art Alliance Pasadena, California "On and Off the Wall" Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition 1993 Mendenhall Gallery Pasadena, California One-Man Exhibition SELECTED COLLECTIONS Steve Martin, Beverly Hills Tim Allen, Los Angeles Diane Keaton, Los Angeles Ralph Kent Cooke, Lexington Vivian and Howard Krepak, Beverly Hills Brian Grazer, Los Angeles Kevin Sharer, Los Angeles Cindy Costner, La Canada David Geffen, Los Angeles Erika Glazer, Los Angeles Microsoft Paul Reiser, Los Angeles Dean Koontz, Los Angeles Richard Baker, Los Angeles Tony Jonas, Los Angeles PUBLICATIONS The New Yorker Cover: July 2003, April 2003,    June 2000, April 1999 Hemispheres Magazine    July 2002 Cover and Artist Profile    April 1995, Artist Showcase The Atlantic Monthly September 2001 Coast Cover: June 2001, April 1999 Art Now Gallery Guide April 2001 Cover Southwest Art Magazine March 2001    Cover and Feature Article Décor & Style January 2001    Artist Profile Santa Fe Reporter 2001 Laguna News-Post September 2001 Art News February 1999    Artist Review Picturing A Perfect World    Published, December 1998 The Villager October 1998 UCLA Magazine 1996 Cover Los Angeles Magazine June 1994 ARTIST'S STATEMENT I would like to create paintings depicting views of a world as a source of virtue, showing promise, inspiring faith and hope, despite our present human condition. I attempt to show what is good about our culture and society in readily understandable terms.
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