Dean Gustafson

deangustafsonartist@gmail.com

Artist info: exhibits, bio, statement and links...

COSMOLOGICAL PAINTINGS

WEST COAST INSPIRED LANDSCAPES

EUROCENTRIC PAINTINGS

FIGURATIVE WORK

PHANTASMS

ABSTRACT AND ELEMENTALVISIONS

More of my work online....

• My digital portfolio *currently available for freelance employment!*
• A few drawings from my sketchbooks (in progress)
• Buffalo Jack & The Plowboys (graphics for the band)
• Proust Said That
• Midnight Design (mostly defunct as of late '06)

• EXHIBITIONS

1. —UPCOMING— “St Valentines Day Sweetie Pie and Art Fest” 4928 Telegraph, Oakland. Saturday Feb 13. 2-8pm.
2. The Blue Front Cafe, Haight Street @ Masonic, San Francisco. Solo show. September 16 – November 10th.
3. “Simply Divine” Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Group show. Dec. 13, 2008 – Feb. 6, 2009.
4. “Nocturnal Visions” ArtworkSF Gallery, 49 Geary St. San Francisco. Group show, September 4 – September 30, 2007.
   
5. “Animal Magnetism” The Monadnock Building, 685 Market St. 3rd floor. San Francisco. Group show, March 28 – June 27, 2007.
   
6. “Relic” ArtworkSF Gallery, 49 Geary St. San Francisco. Group show, October 31 – November 27, 2006.
   
7. “Bay Area Natural” Polarity Post Production, 69 Green St. San Francisco. Group show, July 15 – October 14, 2006.
   
8. “Other Worlds, Other Realms” Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton, 342 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA. Group show. June, 2006.
   
9. “Empirical Nostalgia” 23 years worth of my daily drawings in the squares of wall calendars. Group show. Million Fishes Art Gallery, 2501 Bryant St. San Francisco. April, 2006
   
10. “Sound It Out” Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton, 342 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA. Group show, February 23 – April 11, 2006.
    
11. Crepes on Cole, 100 Carl St. (corner of Cole @ Carl) San Francisco, CA. Solo show, February 7 – March 28, 2006
    
12. “Great Escapes” Redwood Massage and Sauna, 797 Arguello St. Redwood City, CA. Group show, January 25 – April 25, 2006
    
13. Cafe Venue, 721 Market Street. San Francisco, CA. Solo show, November 16, 2005 – January 16, 2006
    
14. “Objection Overruled” Polarity Post Production, 69 Green St. San Francisco. Group show, October 15, 2005 – January 14, 2006
    
15. 3rd Annual Cafe Show. Somarts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street. San Francisco, CA. Group show, August 11 – 25, 2005
    
16. Marin Open Studios San Anselmo, CA. May 2005
    
17. Marchant Chapman offices San Anselmo, CA. solo show, July 2004
    
18. Red Devil Lounge Polk & Clay streets, San Francisco. group show. February 2003
    
19. Walter Adams Gallery 355 Presidio Avenue (@ Sacramento Street) San Francisco. solo exhibition. November 2002
    
20. Caffe Proust , San Francisco. @ Baker & McAlister Sts. 1999-2002
    
21. Midnight Design Offices. Moraga, CA. 1996 – 2002
    
22. Civic Arts Commission Gallery , San Francisco. “The Art of Burning Man” Group show, July 1998
    
23. The Bug Girl Show, San Francisco TV show exhibition with interview, 1997
    
24. Anon Salon, San Francisco. Group show, September 1996
    
25. Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland CA. Group show, March 1995
    
26. Somar Gallery, San Francisco. “Primal Edge” group show, July 1994
    
27. Railway Spine Gallery, San Francisco. Group show, March 1994
    
28. Riverrun Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA. Group show, August 1993
    
29. Architects and Heroes, San Francisco. Solo show. April – June 1993
    
30. Bayfront Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. ‘43 painting solo show retrospective’ July 1992
    
31. Anon Salon, San Francisco. Group show, May 1992
    
32. Academy of Art College, San Francisco. Group show, September 1990
    
33. A Gallery, San Francisco. Group show, August – September 1990
    
34. Showplace Design Center, San Francisco. Group show, July 1990
    
35. South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco. Group shows throughout 1988 – 1989
    
36. “The Degenerate Art Show” Group show in a South of Market parking lot in San Francisco, September 1988
    
37. Object A Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Group show, October 1986
38. Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN. Solo show, May – June 1986
    
39. Fine Arts Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Group show, April 1986
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41. EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS

SITE SPECIFIC

TRAVEL STUDY

BORN

• September 6th, 1963 at 3:34 AM in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

GENERAL INFO ON THE PAINTINGS:
The majority of my oil paintings are on "gallery wrapped" canvas, stretched over sturdy, handmade wood stretcher frames, with a few exceptions of masonite panel. All ready to hang using professional grade picture hanging wire. The original paintings are for sale, unless marked "sold". Prices, shipping capabilities and sizes vary, so if interested please contact me for specifics at deangustafsonartist@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

You may have noticed that some of the images are not as high res, with my copyright plastered over its face. Some of those are the old jpegs for the old version of the website, while I currently don't have the high res versions within reach, but will one of these days.

BIO/STATEMENT:
My work stems from the imagination and from life. It's about exploring new and old imagery, enriching myself in the love of the time-honored tradition of oil painting. Sometimes going for illustrative visions, to exploring texture and abstraction. Influenced by artists who many are among friends and family, and the wealth of art collections of Minneapolis and San Francisco that I've grown up with, to the the vast history of art during several lengthy stays in Europe. I permanently moved from Minneapolis to the Bay Area in 1986, receiving my BFA in Painting & Drawing from the Academy of Art College in 1990. I’ve continued to paint and exhibit ever since, with a lot of love and enthusiasm for the process and outcome.

Combining the skills and crafts necessary to be a proficient painter, with the search for the muse of original impressions, I've managed to be hot on the trail of some curious mysteries that are, to a good extent, realized on canvas. It's an ongoing evolutionary process, prevalent with each individual painting to every series of thematic works.
And oh yeah... I draw all of the time too.

LINKS to favorite sites....

busy at the sketchbook.

...often when not painting.

...at Glacier Point with the homemade Dobsonian reflector, ready for some deep sky viewing.