William Wareham

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W I L L I A M   W A R E H A M

EDUCATION: 1971    MFA University of California, Berkeley, CA 1969    MA University  of California, Berkeley, CA 1964    BFA Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA Peace Corps, Cuzco, Peru 1964-67 1963  Yale university, Award Scholarship, Summer Program of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT 1962  University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico SELECTED AWARDS: 1999    Djerassi Resident Artist, Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship 1974    National Endowment for the Arts 1969    Eisner Prize for Sculpture, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1968    Eisner Prize for Sculpture, University of California, Berkeley, CA SELECTED COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS:   Savings Bank, Wedge Series, San Francisco, CA, Palo Alto City Hall Temporary Art Installation. Richard and CB Watts, A Love Supreme, Portola Valley, CA, Grounds For Sculpture, Annoweeka,  Hamilton, NJ, Mare Island Shipyard Workers Tribute, Award Commission, (Spirit Ship), Vallejo, CA, San Francisco State University, Buckeye,  San Francisco, CA, Avenue of the Arts, Redwood Shores, Rock on Top, Belmont, CA, Runnymeade Farm, John and Dodie Rosekrans, Horned Totem I , Woodside, CA, City Hall, Ancestors, Berkeley, CA, Norcal Sculpture Park, Horned Totem II, San Francisco, CA, Artist in Residence, William Harper College, Airslot VI, Pallatine, IL,  William Cook Incorporated, Airslot XXV, Sacramento, CA, Runnymeade Farm, John and Dodie Rosekrans, Airslot XXIX, Woodside, CA, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Wrap Up, Santa Cruz, CA, Los Modonas College, Two Rock, Antioch, CA, Chapman College, Ancestors I, Los Angeles, CA, Claremont Hotel, Arica, Oakland, CA, Sonoma State University, Nazca, Rohnert Park, CA, University Art Museum, Gate (Triumph for Johnka), Berkeley, CA   RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2000    Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Artist in Residence, Sacramento, CA 1999    Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco, CA 1997    One Capital Center, Sacramento, CA Aquatic Park Exhibition of large scale works in cooperation with the City of Berkeley, CA 1995    Gallery on the Rim, San Francisco, CA 1991    Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA   RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 1999    Oakland Museum, What is Art For, curated by William Wiley & Mary Hull Webster, 1998    SFMOMA Rental Gallery, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA 1997    Claudia Chapline Gallery, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group , Stinson Beach, CA  1996    Triton Museum of Art, KTEH Art Auction, Award: 1st Prize (Catalogue), San Jose, CA                              Oakland Museum, reinCARnation Art Auction, Oakland, CA 1995            SFMOMA Rental Gallery, Artists Making Furniture, San Francisco, CA             Contract Design Center, Two Artists One Space, San Francisco, CA             1994            Richmond Art Center, Living in Balance: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Richmond, CA             Oakland Museum, An Impromptu Exhibit of Outdoor Sculpture, Oakland, CA            Holy Names College, Small Sculptures and Related Drawings, Oakland, Ca SELECTED RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1999    Artweek,  Review, William Wareham at Pacific Heritage Museum, by John Rapko 10/99             Talk Arts, Turlock, CA Cover: Energy Burst is Here 1996    Times Herald, Vallejo, CA, Wareham’s Ship Sculpture Lands at Mare Island by Robert Cochran             Times Herald, Sculpture on the Yard, Artist Pays Tribute to Workers and Ships by R. Freedman 1995    Contra Costa Times, Shipshape Art Finds Safe Harbor by Elizabeth Hayes, 10/7/95             Times Herald, SF Artist Tagged for Mare Island Memorial by Robert Cochran, 10/18/95 1994    Los Angeles Times, Sculpture May Have Been Taken For Junk, Associated Press  4/3/95 1993    San Francisco Examiner, Shipyard Artists Plan OpenHouse by Susan Kuchinkas 5/12/93 1992    Contra Costa Times, Something New Times Three   by Carol Fowler 9/12/92 1991    National Enquirer, Artist Turns Trash Into Sculpture Worth $30,000 by Joe Mullins 10/29/91             San Francisco Chronicle, Sculpture: In Search of an Audience by Kenneth Baker 10/6/91 1990    San Francisco Chronicle, Wareham Sculpture at Victor Fischer by Kenneth Baker 12/13/90             San Francisco Chronicle, Landscape Fills a Room by Kenneth Baker             Metropolitan Home, The New Ashcan Art by Diane Dorrans Sacks             Visual Dialogue, Sculpture by Joanne Dickson June/August SELECTED TEACHING & EMPLOYMENT: 1998                San Francisco Art Academy. Instructor, Mixed Media Graduate Seminar 1997                San Francisco State University, Instructor, Sculpture Seminar 1996                Venice  Biennial, Italy,  Mark di Suvero Installation 1993-91           Scene Painter/Constructor, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA 1986                San Francisco State University, Lecture/ Studio Visits, Sculpture Seminar                         Curator, Esprit Park Show, Esprit Park, San Francisco, CA 1979-81           University of California, Lecturer, Advanced Sculpture, Berkeley, CA 1978                Sculptors Assistant, Mark di Suvero, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. 1975-70           Sculptors Assistant, Mark di Suvero, Various Projects                         University of California, Lecturer, Advanced Sculpture, Berkeley, CA 1973 -68          Sculptors Assistant, Peter Voulkos, (Worked on large bronze sculptures) 1971-70           San Francisco Museum of Art, Preparator (Assisted Georgia Keefe with her retrospective)

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