Curriculum Vitae
ELFI CHESTER
1952 - 2004
[JURIED SHOWS]
[EXHIBITIONS]
[LISTINGS/MEMBERSHIPS]
[MEDIA]
[PERSONAL]
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JURIED SHOWS AND AWARDS
Merrit Award by John Fitzgibbon (art critic) at Homage Show 1998, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Napa Town and Country Fair, Fine Art and Photography Competition,
juror: Susan Woolcott, Gallery Director, The Painter's Eye, August 1997
Marin County Fair, San Rafael, Fine Arts and Crafts Show, juror: Gay Shelton
California Museum of Art, Honorable Mentions, July 1997
Kaleidoscope, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, juror: Barbara Thoulion, June 1997
SoFo Gallery, The Bra Show, Santa Rosa, CA, 1997
Rip Off, CACSU, Assemblywoman Valery Brown's office, Santa Rosa, CA, 1997
A Little Heat, COOP, Occidental, CA, 1996
Sonoma County Office of Education, curated by the CACSC, 1995
Small Works, California Museum of Art, Juried Group Show, 1993
EXHIBITIONS
Ron Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills, 2001
Elle lui, Solo Figurative Show, Santa Rosa, CA 1998
Montmartre Art Supplies, Solo Figurative Show, Sebastopol, CA 1997
Gerhard Bollert Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany 1997
Ron Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills, 1997
The Fall Show, King-Heller Gallery, Freestone, CA, 1994
Coop Fine Art, Occidental, CA, 1993
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Art Auction, Sebastopol, CA, 1992
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA, 1991
Santa Monica Main Library, Solo Figurative Show, Santa Monica, CA, 1990
Talpa Trangle Gallery, Taos, NM, 1988
Tropical Palm Gallery, Maui, HI 1988
Gallo, Rome, Italy, 1986
Star Magic, New York and San Francisco, NY and CA, 1984
Deplana Einrichtungshaus, Berlin, Germany, 1984
Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Agoura Hills City Gallery, Agoura, CA, 1984
Sculpture in the Park, Peter Strauss Ranch, Agoura, CA, 1984, 1983
Meditatie Centrum DE KOSMOS Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1983
Pierce College, Mainstage Theater, Woodland Hills, CA, 1983**
Arts in Motion, Laguna Beach Arts Commission Alliance, CA, 1982**
The House, Santa Monica, CA, 1982**
Collector's Choice, Laguna Beach, CA 1982
Numerous commissioned portraits and other works in private collections.
** Indicates kinetic sculpture as part of a dance performance by the Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers, Louise Reichlin, Director
LISTINGS/MEMBERSHIPS
Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the West, 25th edition, 1995
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England,
Dictionary of International Biography - 23rd edition, 1995
CACSC, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, CA 1993
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA 1992
MEDIA
Figurative work in acrylics, oils, pastels, oilsticks, charcoal, watercolors
Kinetic sculptures (GIMBDU) made from materials such as steel, neoprene, acrylic,glass, clay
PERSONAL
Born Cologne, Germany, 1952
Lived in Berlin 1955-1977
Art Teaching Degree, Paedagogische Hochschule Berlin, 1976
Lived in Los Angeles, California 1977-1992
Died 2004 in Northern California, Sonoma County