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Guy Colwell
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Exhibitions
1962 Appreciation of Excellence in Youth, awards show, Berkeley High School, drawings and paintings
1963 Appreciation of Excellence in Youth, awards show, Berkeley High School, drawings and paintings
1969 Mcneil Island Prison Camp Library, drawings, watercolors.
1970 Isabelle Percy West Gallery, CCAC, Oakland, Prison Camp Work, one man show of work done while incarcerated for draft refusal.
Berkeley Artists co-op, Berkeley, Oakland, outdoor group shows, paintings.
1971 Sun Gallery, San Francisco, group show, paintings.
Sun Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings
Sun Gallery, San Francisco, Brooks Hall, Arts and Industries Fair, group show, paintings.
1972 Up Against the Wall Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
1974 Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, Blam whamo ding ding, group show, original comic pages.
Student Union, U.C., Berkeley, Berkeley Comic Convention, comics, paintings, sculpture.
1975 Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, group shows, paintings.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics.
1976 Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz, one man show, paintings.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics, sculpture.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, group shows, paintings.
Bay Con II, San Francisco, group show, paintings, comics.
1977 Good Times Commune, San Francisco, Comix Blitz, group show, curator and exhibitor, paintings, comics.
Emeryville Comix Con, Emeryville, group show, paintings, comics.
Good Times Commune, San Francisco, Amaze, group show of fine art displayed for children, paintings, curator as well as exhibitor.
David Harris Benefit, Palo Alto, group show, prints.
Daley News Bookstore, Amsterdam, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics.
Melkveg Culture Center, Amsterdam, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics.
Langton Gallery, London, group show, paintings.
Treadwell Gallery, London, group show, paintings.
Lavignes Gallery, Paris, group show, paintings, drawings.
1978 Temps Futurs Bookstore, Paris, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics.
Lavignes Gallery, Paris, one man show, paintings, drawings.
Huset International Youth Center, Copenhagen, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics, prints.
Gaylord’s Upstairs Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings.
1979 Open Head Press, London, one man show, paintings, drawings, comics.
Last Gasp Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings.
Precita Cafe, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings.
Roxie Cinema, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, group show, paintings.
1980 Magic Theater, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
S.O.M.A. Gallery, San Francisco, group show, paintings.
Will Stone Collection, San Francisco, group show, paintings.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings, prints.
1981 S.O.M.A. Gallery, San Francisco, group shows, paintings.
The Farm, Food Comics, group show, paintings, comics.
Artists’ Embassy, San Francisco, Magical Blend, group show, paintings.
1982 Fort Mason, San Francisco, 1st S.F. “Armory Show”, monstrous, disastrous group show, paintings.
Meat Market Coffee House, San Francisco, group show, prints.
Art in the Park, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, group show, second place award for painting.
Stillman Gallery, San Francisco, premier group show, paintings.
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, one man show at invitation of Lawrence Ferlinghetti. paintings.
Meat Market Coffee House, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings.
Stillman Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
1983 The Other America: Art of the U.S. Labor Movement, invitational group show, paintings, traveling show throughout Europe and the U.S.
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Peace Conference, group show, paintings.
Art in the Park, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, group show, first place award for painting, second place award for drawing.
Isabelle Percy West Gallery, CCAC, Oakland, one man show, paintings, drawings, graphic art.
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Art for People’s Sake, National Lawyers Guild benefit group show, paintings.
1984 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, Crime and Punishment, Invitational group show, paintings. (among others in this show, Andy Warhol, Mel Ramos, Clayton Bailey)
Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Pro Arts, Oakland. Reviewing the Figure, group show, paintings.
Meat Market Coffee House, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, drawings, prints.
S.F. Arts Commission Arts Festival, juried group shows at civic auditorium and Fort Mason, paintings, given “peoples’ choice” award based on public vote.
La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, one man show, paintings, drawings, prints.
Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, Surrealism, invitational group show, paintings.
Cafe La Boheme, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, Autumn Annual, group show, paintings.
1985 Guerrero Studio, San Francisco, 40th birthday retrospective, paintings, drawings, prints.
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, 100 Vows of the Sun, surrealist group show, paintings.
San Mateo Arts Council Gallery, Belmont, Bay Arts 85, juried group show, paintings.
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Bay Area Seen, group show, paintings.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, surrealist group show, paintings.
1986 Meat Market Coffee House, San Francisco, one man show, Great Peace March Benefit, paintings.
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco,Content: Contemporary Issues, group show, paintings.
Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, Content: Contemporary Issues, group show, paintings.
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Bay Area Seen, group show, Paintings.
Great Peace March, on the road across U.S., organized and displayed numerous outdoor exhibitions of artwork by marchers.
Peace Museum, Chicago, group show, Great Peace March drawings.
1987 Artworks Gallery, Fairoaks, group show, paintings.
Gaylord’s Cafe, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Cafe Milano, Berkeley, one man show, paintings.
La Pena, Berkeley, one man show, paintings, drawings.
Ashkenaz, Berkeley, one man show, paintings, drawings.
1988 Auburn Art Center, Auburn, County wide open group show, curator and exhibitor, paintings.
Auburn Art Center, Auburn, Amaze, group show of fine art displayed for children, originator, curator and exhibitor, paintings.
Rocklin Library, Rocklin, one man show, paintings
Gaylord’s Cafe, Oakland, one man traveling show in motor home to celebrate the unveiling of mural Street scene, paintings.
1989 Auburn Arts Center, Auburn, one man show, featured on KVIE Sacramento Arts Alive program, paintings.
Novoloso Gallery, Davis, juried group show, paintings.
Auburn Art Center, Auburn, Amaze, 2nd annual group show of fine art displayed for children, curator and exhibitor, paintings.
1990 Placer County Library, Auburn, one man show, paintings.
Auburn Art Center, Auburn, county wide open group show, curator and exhibitor, paintings.
Two Penny Gallery, Sacramento, group show, paintings.
Auburn Art Center, Auburn, Amaze, 3rd annual group show of fine art displayed for children, curator and exhibitor, paintings.
Placer Nature Center, one man traveling show in motor home to celebrate unveiling of mural Sierra Mammals, paintings.
1991 Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, group show, paintings.
Auburn Art Center, Auburn, group show, comic book originals.
Tuttle mansion Art Center, Auburn, group show, Primitive Themes, sketchbook pages from African journey.
Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, one man show, sketchbook pages from African Journey.
Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, one man show, paintings.
Brenda Hall Gallery, San Francisco, premier group show, paintings.
1992 Auburn Art Center, auburn, group show, Self Portraits, paintings.
Brenda Hall Gallery, San Francisco, group show, ongoing display of paintings on African themes.
Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, group show, Lite Rail National, paintings.
1993 Brenda Hall Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings, benefit for Katemo School in Zambia.
Placer Nature Center, Auburn, one man show to celebrate the unveiling of mural Sierra Wildlife at Sunset, painting.
Flair Gallery, series of Bay Area shows using motor home as traveling gallery, Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco, paintings.
Wasteland Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings.
Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, group show, Censorship, paintings.
Unitarian Fellowship Hall, Berkeley, one man show, paintings.
1994 Open Studio, Berkeley, Nude, Erotic, Sexual, drawings, paintings comics.
Ariel Cafe, Berkeley, one man show, paintings
1995 Cody’s Bookstore, long term, sanctioned outdoor exhibit outside bookstore doing public painting.
Sunrise Gallery, (formerly Brenda Hall Gallery) San Francisco, 50th birthday retrospective show of 100 paintings.
Sunrise Gallery, San Francisco, United Nations 50th anniversary group show, paintings.
1995-96 Cafe Mediterraneum, Berkeley, group shows and long term exhibition of paintings while acting as curator of shows and artist in residence for 1 1/2 years at historic coffee house.
1996 Smiley’s Saloon, Bolinas, one man show, paintings.
Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, Sunrise Gallery organized show of paintings.
1997 Oakland Zoo, one man show featuring nature art and running simultaneously while rain forest mural project was in progress.
1998 Atelier 9, Berkeley, establishment of private, self-operated studio/gallery that presented many open studio shows and offered mural, graphic art and illustration services.
1999 Placer Nature Center, Auburn, one man show of nature art to celebrate the unveiling of mural series Ancient Environments of California.
Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, Reunion show, Paintings.
2000 Abstract Zone, Emeryville, multi media warehouse event, paintings, miniatures.
Atelier 9, various open studio exhibitions.
2001 Fig Tree Gallery, Berkeley, group show, paintings.
Atelier 9, various open studio exhibitions.
2002 Atelier 9, Overflow, one man show featuring first presentation of Litter Beach, a large oil with about 100 major figures that had been in progress since 1995.
2003 The Art History Museum of Berkeley, experimental self-operated museum of masterwork copies.
Art and Soul, Oakland, outdoor arts festival, special booth displaying examples from the Art History Museum of Berkeley, paintings.
Atelier 9, various open studio exhibitions.
2004 Capobianco Gallery, San Francisco, one man show, paintings. Show disrupted after painting ‘The Abuse’ was placed in window and gallery became target of attacks.(see review extracts or google).
2005 Atelier 9, Berkeley, 60th Birthday Retrospective, paintings.
2005 - 06 Chenery House, San Francisco, long term and ongoing display of original paintings and copies by invitation of Bob Pritikin for his private museum.
2006 Esteban Sabar Gallery, Oakland, Grand Opening group show, Social Realist and Surrealist paintings.
Esteban Sabar Gallery, Oakland, Solo show of Social Realist paintings.
Frankenart Mart, San Francisco, group show, miniature acrylic on canvas paintings.
Omnicircus Performance Space, San Francisco, solo show, paintings.
111 Minna Gallery, Holiday Invitational, San Francisco, group show, Painting.
Esteban Sabar Gallery, Holiday show, Oakland, group show, miniatures.
2007 Esteban Sabar Gallery, Mammalian Encounters, one man show, paintings, miniatures.
Other Art Projects
MURALS. Professional muralist, high end experience in subject matters including Fantasy, Historical, Literary, Social Realism and especially Natural History.
1. Psychedelic Seashell, 1974, Good Times House, San Francisco, acrylic on plaster/lathe wall (destroyed by fire in 1975)
2. Goodman Lumber, 1979, 4’ x 100’ fence decoration showing products
3. Ice Cream Street Scene, 1989, Uncle Gaylord’s Ice Cream Cafe, Oakland, acrylic on exterior plywood (remounted in 2000 at Last Gasp of San Francisco)
4. Sierra Mammals, 1991, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, acrylic on canvas
5. Indigenous Nisenan People, 1992, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, acrylic on wood
6. Sierra Wildlife at Sunset, 1993, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, acrylic on canvas
7. Vision of Minoan Crete, 1995, Cafe Mediterraneum, Berkeley, acrylic on canvas
8. Mandalay, 1996, Home of Maxim publisher Felix Dennis on Island of Mustique, series based on Rudyard Kipling poem, series of 6 acrylics on canvas
9. Death on the Yard, 1996, collection of attorney Frank Henton, San Francisco, representation of a prison shooting, oil on canvas
10. Rain Forest, 1997, Oakland Zoo, acrylic on concrete, 700 square feet.
11. The Ancient Environments of California, 1998, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, representation in 4 scenes of the evolution of life and landscape in California. acrylic on canvas mounted on board
12. Foothills Watershed, 2001, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, interactive display on the journey of water from mountains to sea in collaboration with DesignArt Studios of Sacramento, acrylic on panels
13. Emergency Room Scene, 2003, Habitot Children’s Museum, Berkeley, acrylic on canvas mounted to wall
14. Energy Conservation, 2003, Placer Nature Center, Auburn, interactive display on energy use and misuse, acrylic on various surfaces
Several of these murals can be seen at http://www.atelier9.com
ILLUSTRATION. Drawings and paintings for numerous publications since the 70’s including The S. F. Good Times, Berkeley Barb, Ramparts, Playboy, New West, the People’s Yellow Pages, Media File, Paris Metro, California Lawyer , High Times, Heavy Metal, Real Art Letter, S.F. Focus, San Francisco, Appeal to Reason, Street Music, East Bay Monthly, Juxtapoz and many others.
COMICS. Worldwide reputation as a comic book/graphic novel artist/writer based upon several series of comic books intended for adults some of which have been translated into as many as 7 languages
1. Inner City Romance, 1972-77
2. Backwater Babies, 1974
3. Central Body: The Art Of Guy Colwell, 1991
4. Doll, 1993-95
5. Stacia Stories, 1996
6. In Fox’s Forest (work in progress)
7. True Treasure (work in Progress)
COURTROOM SKETCHING. As a quick sketch artist, there was significant employment during a period of political upheaval primarily in the 70’s. Worked as a stringer for the San Francisco Examiner, KRON, KPIX and other outlets covering court appearances at such trials as
1. White Panther Shootout
2. Patty Hearst
3. Sara Jane Moore
4. Manson Family Members
5. San Quentin Six
6. Dennis Banks
7. S.L.A. Members
