Pia Stern Art

This artwork "Untitled" 1998 is in an original pastel on paper by noted American artist Pia Stern, b. 1953. It is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 16 x 8 inches, framed size is 26.15 x 17.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting and bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches and will be replaced by a new similar silver one when sold, before shipping. This will bring the over all condition to mint. About the artist: Pia Stern spent her junior year abroad in Aix-en-Provence, the town in the south of France where Paul Cézanne lived and worked. There she took her first painting course and felt instantly at home with her instructors’ philosophical and visual perceptions of the world. Returning to UC Berkeley as a senior, she enrolled in the art program and was greatly influenced by several artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Joan Brown and most notably, Elmer Bischoff, with whom she worked very closely. Stern is primarily a process painter, and is known for her exploration of symbolic language. As stated by noted author and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett in "Contemporary Women Artists:" “Pia Stern…has an unusual power of transforming her ‘dreams’ into our own…The artist seeks out the great secrets of the heart and bodies them forth.” Using oil paints and drawing materials in an intuitive manner, she rarely approaches her work with a preconceived idea. She may put down a quick gestural stroke, a dab of color or a general shape, yet this is just a starting point for her. Like an archeologist, she approaches the canvas as if on a ‘dig’, adding and subtracting, waiting for the meaning of the piece to reveal itself through the mark making process. Her work is held in galleries, museums, public and private collections nationwide, and has been critically acclaimed in newspapers, books and journal reviews. She has a studio in Little Italy in San Diego, and her work is currently represented in San Francisco at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery and The Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, and in Honolulu by Fine Arts Associates. EDUCATION 1978 University of California, Berkeley, M.F.A. 1977 University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1975 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Blue Azul Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2008 The Lobby Gallery, 455 Market, San Francisco, CA 2007 Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. Palette Café Art Gallery, Healdsburg, CA 2005 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2001 The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, HI 2000 The San Francisco Museum of Art Artist's Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993 Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL Arlene Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1991 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA 1990 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL Andrea Ross Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1989 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1987 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1979 Both-Up Gallery, Berkeley, CA TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2018 Radiance: in conjunction with The Color of Light, Tenth Avenue Arts Center, San Diego, CA 2013 L Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA 2011 Jacqueline Lavenu Studio and Gallery, San Diego, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Fall Selections from the Artists Gallery, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA 2019 Juried Biennial, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA 2017 XXV Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA 2013 Athenaeum Faculty Exhibit, La Jolla Riford Library, La Jolla, CA 2012 XXI Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA 2011 Cannon Art Gallery Juried Biennial, Carlsbad, CA 2010 XIX Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA Awarded Honorable Mention SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Honolulu, HI Bay Area Abstraction: A Current View, The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo, Fort Mason. San Francisco, CA 2004 Showcase 2004, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI Contempo, Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI, benefit for Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, HI Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 2003 Commitment to Excellence, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, HI 25th Anniversary Invitational, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Mixed Media Miniature VI (MMM) Invitational, Kapi'olani Community College, Honolulu, HI. The Curatorial Eye: Fifteen Perspectives, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA 2002 Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Mixed Media Miniature V Invitational, Koa Gallery, Kapi'olani Community College, Honolulu, HI Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai'i, Hawai'i State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI 2001 Drawn: Drawings by Artists of Hawaii, The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI 1998 Commitment to Excellence, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Annual Art Exhibition, Honolulu, HI Archetypes & Architecture, 455 Market, San Francisco, CA 1997 Artists of Hawaii, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI 1996 Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA ASOWB SAONPT, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI Spirit and Ritual, Lizardi/Harp Gallery...