DAVID WETZL

BORN: January 2, 1958
Bryan, Texas

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, 1991
MA Painting, California State University, Sacramento, California
BA. Fine Art, California State University, Sacramento, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 Windows ’03, JAYJAY, Sacramento, California
2000 West Oakland, JAYJAY, Sacramento, California
1998 Puritan Skies, Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, California
1993 Para-Meta Selfscapes, Soloman Dubnick gallery, Sacramento, California
         Heart Headed Warrior, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1992 One person show, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1991 The Linear Warrior, Diego, Rivera gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 One person Show, Cook Company gallery, Sacramento, California
1988 Post Primordial Abstraction, Cook Company gallery, Sacramento, California
1987 One person show, Slant Gallery, Sacramento, California
1985 One Person show, Candy Store gallery, Folsom, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Cut-ups, ready Mades, amd Color Fact, JAYJAY, Sacramento, California
2003 Faculty Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis California
2002 ARC Alumni: David Wetzl, Linda Paris, James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, California
1999 The Big End, Big Art, Sacramento, California
1997 Black on White, Big Art, Sacramento, California
         The Chair Show, Weintraub Thomas Gallery, Sacramento, California
1996 New California, Amos Enos Gallery, New York, New York
         California Work, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
         Pedagogical Practices 125: Terrain San Francisco, California
1995 Sanded and Poured, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1994 Paintings from the Capital, The Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Claremont, California
1993 The Surface of the Sign, University Art Gallery, Taylor Hall, California State University, Chico, California
         L.A. International Art Fair, Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
1992 Group Show, Solomon Dubnick gallery, Sacramento, California
         Group Show, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1991 America Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California
         Group Show, Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, California
1989 The Flag Show, a group theme show, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
         The Three Zamigos, a three person show, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1988 CSUS 40th Anniversary Show, Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, California
1985 Haggin Art Museum Annual, Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, California
         The Cow Show, a group theme show, Slant Gallery, Sacramento, California
1983 Crocker Kingsley Annual, a juried show, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

AWARDS AND ACHEIVEMENTS

Tsao Award, Davis Art Center, Davis CA, 2003
Murphy - Cadogen Scholarship Award, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA 1990
Robinson – Witt Scholarship Award, California State University, Sacramento, CA 1984
Purchase Award and Best of Show, CSUS Permanent Collection, Sacramento, CA 1984

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

1999 - Present, Adjunct Professor in Painting/Drawing at California State University, Sacramento.
1986-1997 Co-founder and Director of Installation, The 750 Gallery, (Cooperative Alternative Space), Sacramento, California
Co-founder and Contributing Writer/Critic for About Art Magazine, Sacramento California