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Early Evening, 2001, oil on canvas, 60” x 50”
b. 1957Born in Streator, IL
EDUCATION
1995 MFA Painting, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1986 BFA Painting, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1980 BS Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
1977 Art History and German Language Studies, Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
AWARDS AND HONORS
2004 AMERICAN ACADEMY of ARTS and LETTERS: Painting Award nominee, New York, NY
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SECA AWARD nominee, San Francisco, CA
2000 RICHARD C. DIEBENKORN TEACHING FELLOWSHIP finalist,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 First SANDY and BARBARA DORNBUSCH VISITING PROFESSOR,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1995 Valedictory Address Speaker, University of California, Berkeley, CA
The Eisner Prize: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1994 Ira Abraham, Sr. and Georgina Koenig Abraham Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, CA
James Phelan Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1993 Marian Hahn Simpson Fellowship in Art, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1983 Doris Goodhue-Dean Scholarship, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 CHARLES CAMPBELL GALLERY, "Paintings: I am a Group Show" San Francisco, CA
2006 BLUEPRINT STUDIOS, San Francisco, CA
TED BOERNER, INC. New York, NY
2005 STANFORD UNIVERSITY FACULTY CLUB, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2004 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, "Kevin Bean: Recent Paintings", Bowling Green, KY
CHARLES CAMPBELL GALLERY, "Kevin Bean: Recent Paintings", San Francisco, CA
2000 GAP, Inc. HEADQUARTERS, "Kevin Bean: Recent Paintings", San Francisco, CA
1999 JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA
1998 John Berggruen Gallery, "Kevin Bean: Recent Paintings", San Francisco, CA
1997 Four Walls, "Kevin Bean: Recent Paintings", San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 STANFORD ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA
2008 ARTZONE 461 GALLERY, “Here and Now Inaugural Exhibition”, San Francisco, CA
2007 HERITAGE BANK, 13th Annual Art Show, “Figuratively Speaking, San Jose, CA
ARGAZZI ART, “Summer Exhibition”, Lakeville, CT
2006 JOHN NATSOULAS GALLERY, “Bay Area Figuration: Then and Now”, Davis, CA
CHARLES CAMPBELL GALLERY, “Group Show”, San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY, Potrero Hill Branch, “52nd Annual Exhibition”, San Francisco, CA
2005 ARGAZZI ART, “Summer Exhibition”, Lakeville, CT
CHARLES CAMPBELL GALLERY, “Looking Back and Seeing Forward”, San Francisco, CA
2004 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION, San Francisco, CA
2003 OFF THE PRESERVE!, a project of the di Rosa Preserve, "San Francisco in Napa”, Napa, CA
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION, San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY, Potrero Hill Branch, "48th Annual Exhibition", San Francisco, CA
2002 SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY, Potrero Hill Branch, "47th Annual Exhibition", San Francisco, CA
2001 SUSAN STREET FINE ART, "Annual Group Show", Solano Beach, CA
WORTH RIDER GALLERY, "Benefit for Gabriel Rodriguez", University of California, Berkeley, CA
SLOAN-MIASATO, The Design Center, San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY, Potrero Hill Branch, "46th Annual Exhibition", San Francisco, CA
2000 California College of Arts and Crafts, "People As Material", San Francisco, CA
FT. HAGGIS GALLERY, "Head Cheese", San Francisco, CA
1999 SLOAN-MIASATO, The Design Center, San Francisco, CA
EMERYVILLE TOWERS, Penthouse Project, Emeryville, CA
1997 SOUTHERN eXPOSURE, "over, Under, and Around", San Francisco, CA
GALLERY OBOY, "Show Number One: Three Bay Area Artists", San Francisco, CA
Heritage Bank, "Third Anniversary Show", San Jose, CA
1996 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, "Annual Group Show", San Francisco, CA
Heritage Bank, "Second Anniversary Show", San Jose, CA
1995 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, "Group Show", San Francisco, CA
University Art Museum, "MFA Exhibition", University of California, Berkeley, CA
1994 Worth-Ryder Gallery, "Three Artists' Drawings", University of California, Berkeley, CA
1993 Potrero Square, "Art For Lofts", San Francisco, CA
1989 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Westside Gallery, "Kevin Bean: New Paintings", Portland, ME
1986 Westside Gallery, "Annual Group Show", Portland, ME
Baxter Gallery, "Senior Thesis Exhibition", Portland, ME
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 SCOT HART, “Artist Profile: Kevin Bean”, Lifescapes, March 2006.
JOHN NATSOULAS, “Bay Area Figuration – Then and Now”, Exhibition Catalog,
Davis, CA, March 2006.
2004 ART IN AMERICA, February 2004, p. 83.
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, Essay for Charles Campbell Gallery Exhibition Catalog
San Francisco, CA, February 2004.
JEFF KELLY, “Faintly Recalling”, Charles Campbell Gallery Exhibition Catalog, San
Francisco, CA, February 2004.
LINDA WEBER, “Artistic History”, WHERE San Francisco, Spring 2004, p. FA7.
2003 COLIN BERRY, “San Francisco in Napa? Yes!” Artweek, p.12-13, July/August 2003.
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION, Exposition Catalog, p. 54, 2003.
2002 ANNE LAWRENCE, "See and Be Scene: Out and About", The San Francisco
Examiner, 10 September 2002, p. 32A.
LEAH GARCHIK, "The In Crowd: The Art Scene," San Francisco Chronicle,
6 September 2002, Datebook section, p. D18.
MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE, "From Here to Eternity”: a panel discussion of end-of-life
issues moderated by Hugh Downs, Mayo Center for Humanities in Medicine and
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Ethics Committee, Cover Art for Ethics Lecture Series, January 2002.
2001 MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE, "The Cultural Desert: Art, Medicine, & Environment,"
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Cover Art for
Exhibition Catalog, November 2001.
1999 PAMELA FEINSILBER, "Man In His Element," San Francisco Magazine,
February 1999, p. 28.
1998 DAVID BONETTI, "Gallery Watch: Three San Francisco Artists in Their Prime,"
San Francisco Examiner, 29 October 1998 (afternoon edition), Style section, p. C6.
GLEN HELFAND, "Squeak Carnwath and Kevin Bean," sanfrancisco.sidewalk, 14 October 1998.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999-now STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Drawing and Painting, Stanford, CA
1997-1999 SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL of ART, Drawing and Painting, San Francisco, CA
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