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Artist Statement:
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Artist Galleries:
SFMOMA Artists Gallery,
Bldg. A, Fort Mason Center
Cohen Rese Gallery,
432-420 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA...
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Artist Reviews:
COLETTE: Beneath The Surface
To an internationally
acknowledged mastery of
cloisonne enameling technique,
for three decades Colette
brought an unyielding
aspiration—to convey essential
emotional truths. Within
inexorable limits of scale and
material in an intensely
compressed form, using a
vocabulary of recurring
symbols and ideograms, this
self-taught artist’...
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Collections:
Selected Public and Private
Collections
The Oakland Museum, CA
Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Smithsonian American Art
Museum
The Renwick Gallery,
Washington, DC
Mendocino County Museum, CA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
The Marietta College,
Permanent Art Collection, OH
Oklahoma Design Center, OCO
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for colette denton:
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2002 TERCERA GALLERY, "Beneath The Surface", San Francisco, CA, Catalogue
1998 TERCERA GALLERY, "Evocations: Painting and Jewelry", Los Gatos, California, Catalogue
1997 WILLIAM ZIMMER GALLERY, "Recent Painting and Jewelry", Mendocino, California
1995 SHEILA NUSSBAUM GALLERY, Millburn, New Jersey
1994 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1993 MENDOCINO ART CENTER, Mendocino, California
1992 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1992 AARON FABER GALLERY, New York, New York.
1991 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1990 OKLAHOMA DESIGN CENTER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1987 PRITAM AND EAMES, East Hampton, New York
1986 BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley, California
1984 SUSAN CUMMINS GALLERY, Mill Valley, California
1983 OKLAHOMA DESIGN CENTER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1982 HOLSTEN GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida
1981 WORKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981 WILLIAM ZIMMER GALLERY, Mendocino, California
1981 PALO ALTO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, "Processions", Palo Alto, California
1979 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1978 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1974 MENDOCINO ART CENTER, Mendocino, California
1973 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ, The Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM - RENWICK GALLERY, "Jewels and Gems", Washington DC
FULLER MUSEUM OF ART, "The Perfect Collection: A Shared Vision For Contemporary Crafts", Lincoln, MA
1999 SOFA • NEW YORK, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
1998 SOFA • NEW YORK, William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, CA
1998 SOFA • CHICAGO, William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, CA
1997 SOFA • NEW YORK, William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, CA
AARON FABER GALLERY, "Modern Enamel Masters", New York, NY,
1996 SOFA • CHICAGO, "Featured Artist", William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, CA
TERCERA GALLERY, "Garry Knox Bennett and Colette: New Painting and Jewelry", Palo Alto, CA
WORKS GALLERY, "Bennett Bean and Colette", Philadelphia, PA
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM, "Gold and Silver", New York, NY, Catalogue
CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, "Chromatic Essays" curated by: John Baltrushunas, St. Louis, MO
1996 PALO ALTO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, "The Gold Show", Curated by Signe Mayfield, Palo Alto, CA, Brochure
THE OAKLAND MUSEUM, "Jewels and Gems: Collecting California Jewelry", Curated by: Kenneth Trapp, Oakland, CA
1996 NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM, Memphis, Tennessee
DOWSE ART MUSEUM, New Zealand at the International Festival of The Arts/96, Catalogue
1993 ST. MARY'S COLLEGE-HEARST ART GALLERY, "California Metal", Curated by: Colleen and Marvin Schenck,
Moraga, CA, Brochure
AARON FABER GALLERY, "Three Women: Enamels in America, New York, NY
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CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, "Hybridization: The Northern California Craft Movement From
1907 to The Present", Curated by: Dyana Curreri-Chadwick, Oakland, CA, Catalogue
1990 SOFA • CHICAGO, Schneider, Bluhm and Loeb Gallery, Chicago, ILL, Catalogue
THE OAKLAND MUSEUM, "Oakland Artists 1990", curated by Harvey Jones, Oakland, CA, Catalogue
1989 TENTH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE, Limoges, France, Catalogue
CALIFORNIA CRAFTS MUSEUM, "Then and Now", San Francisco, CA
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Visiting Artist Semester, January through May 1989-1988
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM, "Poetry of the Physical", Curated by: Paul Smith, New York, NY, Catalogue
Exhibition Schedule: 1988-1987-1986 for the following Museums:
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, VA
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, KY
LAGUNA ART MUSEUM, Laguna Beach, CA
THE DENVER ART MUSEUM, Denver, CO
THE TAFT MUSEUM, "Masterworks Enamel 1987", Cincinnati, OH, Catalogue
1986 VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, "Masterworks of Contemporary American Jewelry", Curated by: Barbara Rockefeller, London, England, Catalogue
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM, "Jewelry USA", Curated by: Paul Smith, New York, NY, Catalogue
Exhibition Schedule: 1984-1985-1986 for the following Museums:
BASS MUSEUM OF ART, Miami, FL
NEWPORT MUSEUM OF ART, Newport, R.I.
LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Long Beach, CA
HUNTER MUSEUM OF ART, Chattanooga, TN
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, VA
THE OAKLAND MUSEUM, Oakland, CA
LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, "Enamels International 1985", Long Beach, CA, Catalogue
1981 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, RENWICK GALLERY, "The Animal Image", Curated by: Michael Monroe, Washington, DC, Catalogue
1980 TAFT MUSEUM OF ART, "Animal Imagery", Cincinnati, OH, Catalogue1978 PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, "Group Exhibition", curated by: Jane Korman, Philadelphia, PA
1979 PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, Group Exhibition, curated by, Jane Korman, Philadelphia, PA
1978 FOURTH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE, Limoges, France, Catalogue
THE ELEMENTS, "Animal Imagery", New York, NY, Catalogue
MARIETTA COLLEGE CRAFTS NATIONAL, "National Exhibition", Marietta, OH, Catalogue
EUNO ROYAL MUSEUM OF ART, "Enamel Exhibition", Tokyo, Japan, Catalogue
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DEIGO, "Master Enamelists", San Diego, CA, Catalogue
1975 CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, "The Rainbow Show: Mixed Media", San Francisco, CA, Catalogue
1973 MENDOCINO COUNTY MUSEUM, "Four County Artists", Willits, CA
1972 PHOENIX GALLERY, "Group Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
1971 SIMON LOWINSKY, "Arts and Industry at Brooks Hall", San Francisco, CA
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