 Artist's arttributes:
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Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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John Berggruen Gallery, USA |
17 |
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Marsha Mateyka Gallery, USA |
9 |
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ArtZone 461 Gallery, USA |
4 |
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University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, USA |
3 |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1928 Born in Oakland, CA (US)
Awards 1957 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
1958 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1959 Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1963 Arte Actual de America y Espana Special Prize, Madrid, Spain Tamarind Lithography Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
1964 Tamarind Lithography Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
1968 Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, Honoris Causa, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1974 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1982 Elected Associate Member, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1984 Academy Institute Award in Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1985 Academician, Graphic Arts, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1994 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge
1994 Elected Academy Membership (Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1996 California Printmakers Honors Nathan Oliveira for Distinguished Artistic Achievement
2000 Distinguished Degree of "Commander" in "The Order of the Infante D. Henrique" awarded by the President of Portugal and the Portuguese government.
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 90
Solo shows 20
2012
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| Nathan Oliveira - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
2011
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| A Memorial - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Nathan Oliveira - Paintings:1990/2010 - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| Nathan Oliveira - DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Nathan Oliveira: Tamarind Lithography Workshop - Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Nathan Oliveira : New Bronze Sculpture - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
2005
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| Nathan Oliveira - Recent Paintings - DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY |
2003
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| Nathan Oliveira : Recent Paintings and Monotypes - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| The Art of Nathan Oliveira - Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
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| Nathan Oliveira - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
2002
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| Nathan Oliveira - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
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| Nathan Oliveira - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| Nathan Oliveira - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
2001
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| Nathan Oliveira : New Paintings - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| Nathan Oliveira - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1981
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| Nathan Oliveira: Recent Paintings and Monotypes - Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1980
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| Nathan Oliveira - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
1969
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| Nathan Oliveira: Drawings, Lithographs and Watercolors - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
1963
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| Nathan Oliveira - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
1961
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| Recent Work by Nathan Oliveira - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
Group shows 70
2012
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| Between Abstract and Figurative - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
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| The Bear Necessities - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2011
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| End of Summer Deaccession Sale - Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Drawings & Prints By Bay Area Artists - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Drawing - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| Collectors Choice - R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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| Heads - Curated by Peter Selz - Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Important Artworks - George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Inventory Reduction: An Unprecedented Event - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Figurative Expressionism - Wichita Art Museum WAM, Wichita, KS |
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| Painters' Prints - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| Recent Work - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
2009
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| Juicy Paint - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
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| Bay Area Figurative Paintings & Drawings: 1950s To Present - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| At 21: Gifts and Promised Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary - Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI |
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| The Expanding Eye - Art Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe - University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA |
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| California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948 - 2008 (Part I) - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Watercolors by Five Contemporary Bay Area Painters - Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA |
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| Abstract and Figurative: Highlights of Bay Area Painting - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2008
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| Stimulus Package Sale - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| A Modern Day Drawings Cabinet - Bay Area Figurative Works - George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum - Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| Thirty Years of California Modernism - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Three American Masters - Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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| Summer in the City 2008 - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2007
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| A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection - Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
2006
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| Selected Works - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Bay Area Painting - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Summer Selections - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Aspects of Humanity - CCAS - Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, CA |
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| Watercurrents 2006: The Figure - Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| The John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection - Nevada Museum of Art NMA, Reno, NV |
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| Crown Point Press - The Art of Etching - The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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| New Acquisitions—Contemporary Art - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Selected Works - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2005
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| Artists In Residence At Pcc: A Twenty Year Retrospective - Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA |
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| Art of Engagement - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Highlights - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Highlights - New Acquisitions - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Paintings - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Looking Back and Seeing Forward, A 90th Anniversary Exhibition - - Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2008) |
2004
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| The Figure - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2003
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| Bay Area Revisited - Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
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| Roads Taken: 20th Century Prints and Drawings from the Collection - University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA |
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| Selected Aquisitionts - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Bay Area Artists - - Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2009) |
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| Selected Aquisitionts - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2001
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| The Stamp of Impulse - Abstract Expressionist Prints - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA |
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| A Legacy For Learning - Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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| SIMPLY ABSTRACT - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2000
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| Modernism & Abstraction - Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
1999
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| What Is Art For? - Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
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| Coming to Life - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Hot Off the Press: Contemporary Prints from the Museum Collection - University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA |
1998
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| The Female Figure: Prints and Drawings - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Views From the Bay Area: The Shift Toward Figuration - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
1997
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| The Morgan Flagg Collection - The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
1996
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| Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches and Schemas - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
1994
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| California in the 1970s: Bay Area Painting and Sculpture Revisited - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
1986
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| Monotypes by 15 Artists: First Impressions - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Show - Richard Gray Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1967
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| 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
1963
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| Symbolist Legacy - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1962
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| 65th Annual American Exhibition - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1961
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| The Emerging Figure - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| American Exhibition 64th Annual - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1959
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| American Painting and Sculpture 63rd Annual - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| New Images of Man - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
| Dealer Directory 8 |
USA
| | Sense Fine Art, Atherton, CA
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| | DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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| | Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
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| | Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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| | Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
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| | George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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| | Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
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Collections 19
United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Schneider Museum of Art , Ashland, OR
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| | Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
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| | MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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| | Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
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| | Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
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| | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
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| | Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
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| | Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
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| | National Academy Museum, New York City, NY
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| | Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
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| | Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
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| | Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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