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John Nava    (American, 1947)

 John Nava - Rachel with Pearl Earring (Paintings) h: 35 x w: 35 in / h: 88.9 x w: 88.9 cm
John Nava
Rachel with Pearl Earring 2007
 
  

Biography
1947 Born: San Diego, CA
1969 B.A., College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1973 M.F.A., Villa Schifanoia, Graduate School of Fine Art, Florence, Italy

Exhibitions
2008 Neo Icons: John Nava Paintings and Tapestries, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2008 Neo Icon’s John Nava Tapestries, Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA (solo)
2008 West Coast Ten, Sullivan Gross Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 California in New York, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Rarity Summer Salon Show ’08, Rarity Gallery, Myconos, Greee
2008 About Face: Portraiture Now, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2007 New Paintings, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2007 Political Fabric, an installation of tapestries at Shack Obscura, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2007 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2007 Anniversary Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Franciso, CA
2007 About Face: Portraiture Now, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2007 Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Art for the New Millennium: Museum Acquisitions Since 2000, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA
2006 Neo-Icons: John Nava Paintings and Tapestries, Sullivan Gross Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
2006 8th Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY
2006 Nature and/or Technology, Jose Druidis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Tapestries, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Tapestries, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 Scenes of American Labor, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 Majestic Tapestries of Magnolia Editions: Woven Works by Contemporary Artists, The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2005 Gallery Artists Portfolio, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
12th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 7th Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 American Portraits (Catalog), Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
11th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
6th Annual Realism Invitational (Catalog), Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 - 2004 John Nava: Selected Work, Ventura County Museum of History and Art (Catalog- Essay by Gerard Haggerty) -solo
2003 John Nava: Preparatory Works for the Los Angeles Cathedral Tapestries Studio Channel Islands Gallery, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA -solo
10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
5th Annual Realism Invitational (Catalog), Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Papier: drawings and work on paper, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 9th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 The Communion of Saints: Fifteen Tapestries for the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, Hendrik Pickery Zaal of the Halls of the Belfry tower, Grote Market, Bruges, Belgium -solo
8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 7th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM -solo
“Liberation: A Celebration of the Nude”, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
6th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 5th Annual Invitational, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Wright Gallery, New York, NY -solo
4th Annual Invitational, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Modernism, San Francisco, CA -solo
1992 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA -solo
1991 Modernism, San Francisco, CA -solo
1989 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -solo
Weingart Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA -solo
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