"Clarabell the Clown" 2004,

Framed Mixed Media on Paper. 32" x 22"

$700.00

Education

- Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. BA in Art and English 1983

- University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts, Teacher's Certificate in Art 1986

- University of Texas at San Antonio, Graduate Classes in Sculpture, 1984-1985

Grants, Awards and Juried Shows

- Juried Internet Art Gallery

www.absolutearts.com, 2003

- "Selections"

Juried Exhibition of work by 20 San Francisco Artists, 2001

- National Endowment of the Humanities

"Strengthening of the Humanities through World Literature" Austin, TX 1987

- "ArtWalk at Embarcadero Center"

Juried Exhibition SF, CA, 2004

Publications

- San Francisco Chronicle, 10/10/03

- Artspan Bus Shelter Poster for Open Studios, San Francisco, 1994

- Vallejo Times-Herald, 11/18/02

Gallery Representation

- 66 Balmy Annex, 591 Guerrero St., San Francisco, CA 94110





Solo and Two Woman Exhibits

2004 "Madonnas of the '90s", Amaru Gallery, SF, CA

2002, 2003 Water Barge Restaurant, Solo Exhibition, Vallejo, CA

2003 Recent Works, Two Woman Exhibition, 66balmy gallery SF, CA

2003, 2004 Spring Open Studio at Hunters Point, Solo Exhibition SF, CA

2003, 2004

Optical Underground, Solo Exhibition, SF, CA



2000, 2002

Holman/Finfrock Studios, San Francisco, Two-Woman Exhibition



1999

2C Gallery, San Francisco Two Woman Exhibition



1989

The World, Solo Exhibition curated by Louise Pierucci-Holeman, Austin, TX



1987

Vanishing Point Art School, Two-Woman Exhibition Austin, TX





Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Studio Gallery, Spring Open Studio Preview Show, San Francisco, CA



2004 Invitational Art Auction/Exhibition, Center for Live Art, Berkeley, CA



2004 Vallejo Symphony Art Auction



2003 "Then and Now", Vallejo Artists' Guild Vallejo, CA



2003 Silent Auction, Fundraiser for Poets in the Schools, Mill Valley, CA



2002 Holiday Show, Group Exhibit 591 Guerrero, San Francisco, CA



2002

Galerie Gora, Invitational Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1994-2003 Somar Gallery, Artspan Group Exhibition for Open Studios, San Francisco, CA

1998 "Love Struck" Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco Invitational Group Exhibition

"Busted" Crucible Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Francisco

1997 "Labyrinth of the Dead" Mission Cultural Center, Group Exhibition San Francisco

1989 Gordo's, Austin, TX. Solo Exhibition, Curated by Park Place Gallery

"Under the Texas Sky", Lake Travis Arts League, Invitational Group Exhibition, Lakeway, TX.

Selected Collectors



Michael Young, Australia

Andrea Kasteski, Koln, Germany

Alicia Roth, San Francisco, CA

Susan Birkeland, San Francisco, CA

Stephen Smyth, San Francisco, CA

Tiffany Schoepp, San Francisco, CA

Darryl Goldman, San Francisco, CA

Mary Vradelis, San Francisco, CA

Sylvia Ruggiero, San Francisco, CA

Robert L. Salladay, Sacramento, CA

Rachel Kinoshita, Menlo Park, CA

Lynne Messinger, Vallejo, CA

Mars Clanton, Seattle, Washington

Wallace and Mary Margaret Finfrock, Dallas, Texas

Al Billings, Austin, Texas

Beverly Garrett, Austin, Texas

Spencer Ledlow, Austin, Texas

Wanda Reynolds, Austin, Texas

Kelly Locker, Austin, Texas

Sheri Goodman, Austin, Texas

Danny Rather, Austin, Texas

Kelly and Joan Ross, Clifton, Texas

Brian Theis, NY, NY

Doug Smith, NY, NY

Leon Khairmovich, Fremont, CA

Jeff Tonjes, Sonoma, CA

John Walker and Moka Davis, Vallejo, CA

Ric Duran, Vallejo, CA

Clayton Hubbard, San Francisco, CA

Jeanette Garbarini-Walters, Vallejo, CA

Judy Schilling, Vallejo, CA

Richard Bruce, San Francisco, CA

David Fisher, Vallejo, CA

Anne and Daniel Grandy, Alameda, CA

Olivia Dominguez Vallejo, CA

Rick Mariani, Vallejo, CA

Francine Byrne, Alameda, CA

What I see inspires my work. Images ranging from public domain icons to archaic glyphs fascinate me. With high voltage colors I search for a visual language of universal archetypes. The creation and deconstruction of this language occurs through the physical act of painting. In my recent work, color, texture, and layering become the psychology of expression. Fauvism, Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and Carl Jung influence me. Specific influences are Edvard Munch, James Ensor, Georges Rouault, Rainer Fetting, the COBRA painters and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Cheryl Finfrock



c_finfrock@yahoo.com

Call me if you are interested in a painting at (415) 845-4088. Feel free to call and leave a voicemail anytime.