Where We Are

1968, oil on panel.  

Renowned American illustrator Dennis Nolan (1945) earned a BA in Art History at SJSU in 1967 and an MA in painting in 1968. He has illustrated over thirty books and has won a number of awards. He has taught at numerous schools, SJSU and the College of San Mateo, and was a Professor of Illustration at the University of Hartford for thirty years.

1989, oil on canvas

John De Vincezi (1921-2006) was an American painter and art professor at SJSU for forty-one years. After serving in WWII as a member of the 1255th Combat Engineers, he earned his BA in art at SJSU in 1949 and MA from Stanford. He was the first artist in residence at the Triton Museum of Art and became chair of the Gallery Advisory Committee to the San Jose Fine Arts Commission in 1965.

1963, oil on canvas

Taisuke Hamada (1932) is a Japanese artist who works in both traditional Japanese painting styles and abstraction. He graduated from the Kyoto Municipal University of Arts and first exhibited in the United States in 1961. In April 1964, San Jose State University Art Galleries hosted a solo exhibition of Hamada’s paintings.

1967, oil on canvas

Roberta Loach (1936) is an American artist known for her satirical political paintings which explore and parody themes of colonialism and commercialism, and draw from the history of art. Her style is influenced by the funk movement through the use of bright colors, as well as abstraction. She received her MA in oil painting at San Jose State University and taught art history, design, and etching at West Valley College and De Anza College during the 1960’s and 70’s. She founded the art journal Visual Dialog in 1975.

1994, Acrylic on canvas

Helen B. Dooley (1907-1994) was an American painter known for her still life and landscape paintings in the Expressionist style. She graduated San Jose State College in 1928 and taught in Oakland Secondary Schools. In 1932, she enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts, in 1935, she attended Chouinard Art Institute in 1944. During the 1930’s, Dooley turned to painting the people, landscapes, and ceremonies of Native Americans in Taos, New Mexico, and the Hualapai in Arizona.  She taught at the College of the Pacific until retirement in 1964 and then opened the Dooley Gallery in Carmel, which she headed until her death in 1994.

1980, lithograph on handmade paper

Carol Summers (1925-2016) was an American printmaker who used flat colors to create abstract geometry. He often worked using woodcut prints and created colorful abstract landscapes from his travels throughout the 1960’s. He studied at Bard College and taught at Hunter College, the Brooklyn Museum School, Pratt Graphics Center, and Columbia University.

1884, oil on canvas

Greek artist Georgios Jakobides, (1853-1932) was one of the main representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School and the founder and first curator at the National Gallery of Greece. Jakobides was influenced by German Academic Realism and opposed to the artistic movements of his time, such as Impressionism and Expressionism. He is best known for his paintings of children and intimate and often humorous scenes of family life. Jakobides was a prolific artist, and over two hundred of his works are owned in collections around the world.

oil on canvas

Frank Harmon Myers (1899-1956) was an American painter who specialized in Impressionist seascape paintings. Myers attended the Cincinnati Art Academy, the PAFA, and the School of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau and was a member of the faculty at the Cincinnati Art Academy for twenty-three years. Myers was a vital force in the Monterey Peninsula art world for sixteen years and was posthumously given the City and County of San Francisco Award.

mixed media

Barbara Rogers is an American artist whose paintings use botanical imagery to “reaffirm the existence of beauty and the critical importance of cherishing the earth”. Rogers graduated with a BSC degree in art education from Ohio State University in 1959 and an MA in painting from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a visiting art professor at SJSU in 1991 and is Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing at the University of Arizona. 

graphite or charcoal on paper

Joyce Wahl Treiman (1922-1991) was an American artist known for her figurative paintings which were often self-portraits. She earned her BFA at the State University of Iowa in 1943 and moved to Los Angeles in 1960. She taught at several universities and assembled a loyal group of collectors and devoted students. Her work is included in the collections of many institutions, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

 1965, lithograph

June Claire Wayne (1918-2011) was an American printmaker and tapestry artist who explored themes of optics, surveillance, and genetic code, and was interested in the intersection of science, art, and contemporary life. She is known for her innovations in lithography and founding the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1960. She also produced designs for tapestries in France that expressed her interest in art, science, and politics. Her works have been exhibited worldwide and are part of several collections such as the National Museum of Women in Arts and the Museum of Modern Art.

1995, lithograph

Jun Kaneko (1942) is a Japanese painter and ceramicist known for his large clay sculptures with repeated abstract surface motifs. He often sculpts large oval plates as a curved canvas to explore various geometric patterns and use of space. Kaneko came to the United States in 1963 and studied at the Chouinard Institute of Art. He originally focused on painting but was inspired to pursue ceramics after living with Fred and Mary Marer who collected ceramic art. Kaneko would then join The Contemporary Ceramics Movement in California under other ceramicists such as Peter Voulkos and Jerry Rothman. He has taught in Scripps College, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and now resides in Omaha, Nebraska operating out of a large warehouse studio.

hand-colored lithograph

David Best (b. 1945) is a Bay Area artist best known for building large wooden temples that are burned at the Burning Man festivals. Best earned a BFA in 1974 and MFA in 1975 at the San Francisco Art Institute and was a resident artist at SJSU in 1976 and 1978. His works range from monoprints and lithographs to ceramics and architectural sculpture, and address historical events that portray humanity’s malevolence and potential for transcendence.

1965, mixed media

Lundy Siegrest (1925-1985) was an American realist, abstract expressionist, and plein air painter. His works are in the collections of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

1961, oil and acrylic

Gless Wessels (1895-1982) is a South African artist who worked with painting, etching, and lithography. He earned his BA at the College of Arts and Crafts, and was trained by Hans Hofmann in Germany. He was a professor at the College of Arts and Crafts, Washington State University, and University of California, Berkeley. He was also a mentor for a young Thomas Kincaide. His works are in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

1932, oil on canvas

Francis Harvey Cutting (1872-1964) was an American painter who created landscape and coastal vista paintings in the Impressionist style. In 1897, he graduated from what was then San Jose State College and began practicing art. In the 1920’s he had a studio near Pacific Grove and was later known for his postcards of California missions made for the California Art and Engraving Company. He returned to San Jose State for an exhibition in 1926.

1997, photograph

2005, bronze

Linda Walsh is an American sculptor who works with bronze casting. She is Professor Emerita of Art at SJSU.

2005, bronze

Linda Walsh is an American sculptor who works with bronze casting. She is Professor Emerita of Art at SJSU.

2005, bronze

Linda Walsh is an American sculptor who works with bronze casting. She is Professor Emerita of Art at SJSU.

1978, ceramic

Rudy Autio (1926-2007) was an American sculptor known for his figurative ceramic vessels. Born in Butte, Montana in 1926, Autio founded and headed the Ceramics Department at the University of Montana for twenty-eight years before retiring as a Professor Emeritus of the School of Fine Arts. He was a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and Honorary Member of the National Council of Education in the Ceramic Arts. Autio was awarded the American Craftsman’s Gold Metal Award in 1999. His figurative ceramic vessels apply Abstract Expressionism to utilitarian ceramic vessels through a free linear style that portrays the movement of human and animal bodies. 

bronze

William Pellicone (1915-2004) was an American expressionist painter who mostly worked in New York City.

 mixed media

Robert Brady (born 1946) is a Bay Area Modernist sculptor who works in clay, wood, and illustration and is known for his abstract figurative sculptures. Brady received a BFA in 1969 at the California College of the Arts and a MA at University of California, Davis in 1975. He taught ceramics and drawing at California State University Sacramento from 1975 to 1980 and 1982 to 1985. In 1988 Brady was a visiting artist at SJSU. He returned in 1996 for an exhibition at the Thompson Gallery.

wood, metal

Sam Richardson (1934-2013) was an American sculptor who pushed the boundaries of landscape throughout the 60’s and 70’s through his sculptural landscapes. His works often featured plots of land sculpted using plastics and had a sleek, minimalist look. Richardson received his BA and MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and taught at SJSU from 1964 to 1999 where he established the gallery system in the Department of Art.