Michael Tompkins  (American, 1955) 

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Michael Tompkins Biography
1955   Born in Chester, PA
1978   AA, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1981   BA, Painting, University of California, Davis, CA
1983   MFA, Painting, University of California, Davis, CA
1985   Instructor, American River College, Placerville, CA
1984 - 1986   Instructor, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
1987   Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting, National Endowment for the Arts
1986 - 1988   Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Davis, CA
1988 - 1989   Visiting Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1989   Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting, National Endowment for the Arts
1989   Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Michael Beck & Michael Tompkins: Contemporary Still Life Paintings, St. Supéry Winery, Rutherford, CA
2010   Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2008   Recent Work, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The West Coast Ten, Sullivan Goss - An America Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007   Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selections from the Collection: Alumni of Renown, Buehler Alumni Center and Entryway Gallery, Richard L. Nelson Gallery & Fine Arts Collection, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
2006   The 181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005   Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004   Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001   Works on Paper & Selected Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Works on Paper & Selected Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Objects Considered: Modern and Postmodern Still Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Chestnut Street Stomp, Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
2000   Panel Paintings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
1999   Two Person Show, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA (solo)
Picturing California's Other Landscape, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
1998   Recent Paintings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1997   Michael Tompkins, Paintings, Richard L. Nelson Gallery & The Fine Arts Collection, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA (solo)
1996   Recent Paintings, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1995   Recent Still Lifes, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1994   Still Lifes, California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Nine Sacramento Valley Painters, Thomas Babeor, San Diego, California
1993   New Work, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1992   Rodeo: A Studio Community, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Wayne Thiebaud and Michael Tompkins: Landscapes, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Selected Public Collections
  Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
Literature
2008   Michael Tompkins: Recent Work. Essay by Victoria Dalkey. Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY, 2008.
2008   Twenty Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2008.
2008   The West Coast Ten. Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA, Essay by Susan Bush, 2008.
2007   Twenty Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2007.
2004   Michael Tompkins Paintings: 1986 - 2004. Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Essay by James Housefield, 2004.