Born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1952
Moved to California, 1977
Education
Exchange Student, “Youth for Understanding,” Greene, Iowa, 1971-1972.
School for Dramatic Arts, Herman Teirlinck, Antwerp, Belgium, 1972-1973
M.A. Cum Laude. University of Antwerp, Belgium, 1977
Ph.D. Cum Laude. University of California at Berkeley, 1987
Public Collections
The Antwerp Fine Arts Museum
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Janet Turner Print Collection, Chico University, Ca
Prentenkabinet in Antwerp, Belgium
the Bedford Collection at the Regional Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek
Prentenkabinet in Brussels, Belgium
the Hanoi Fine Arts Association Permanent Collection, Vietnam
the Kala Archives in Berkeley
Museum Beim Solenhofer Aktien Verein, Germany
the Oakland Museum
the Morrison Collection of Graphic Arts at the University of California at Berkeley
Honors and Awards
2008 Work included in the book 60 Years of American Prints. 1947-2007, by David Acton
2002 The Georgia Review Anniversary Issue:Featured artist. A portfolio of reproductions of the suite Fulgurite
1998• Finalist Pen Center USA West, Literary Award.
• Finalist Berkeley Art Center Exhibition Award.
1997• Work included in the book The Best in Printmaking. An International Collection. Quarry Books 1997
• Honorable Mention, Janet Turner National Print Competition. Chico University, CA.
• Spotlight. Work featured in the California Printmaker. (No. 1, 1997)
1993• Studio Visit for members of the Graphic Arts Council (Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF.)
1992• Six Month Kala Institute Fellowship, Berkeley CA.
• Butler-Johnson Corporation Grant.
1991• The Bedford Purchase Award. First Bedford Biennial.
1987• Juror’s Recommendation in the 39th North American Print Competition. Boston.
• Artist in Residence, Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium.
1986• Artist in Residence, Kala Institute, Artist in Residence, Kasterlee, Belgium.
1985• Guest Artist, Honolulu Community College, Oahu, Hawaii.
1983• Silver Medal, Jeunes Artistes d’Europe,
1981• Artist in Residence, International Center for Graphic Arts, Kasterlee, Belgium.
1980• Chancellor Fellowship, U.C. at Berkeley.
1979• University Fellowship, Alternate. U.C. at Berkeley.
• Princess Beatrix Scholarship.
1977• Fulbright Grant. Belgian American Foundation.
Selected Exhibits
2011 • In Extremis: Prints Monumental, Intimate, and Encompassing. Invitational. Curated by Art Hazelwood.
Meridian Gallery San Francisco, CA. Artists’ panel
• California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition. Merced Arts Center, CA
• Four Corners and a Center. Theatre Arts Gallery. Danville, CA. Artists‘ presentation
• Kala-fornia: State of the Art, Kala Institute. Berkeley, CA
• Light/ Dark. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley , CA
• A Marriage of Opposites. Alameda Public Library, Alameda, CA. Artists' presentation.
2010• It’s Our nature. The Thoreau Center, Tides Shared Spaces, San Francisco, CA
2009 • Under Pressure. Sun Gallery. Hayward, CA
• Herlinde Spahr. Fulgurite. Warnock Fine Arts. 49 Geary, San Francisco, CA
2008• 94th Annual CSP Exhibition. Pacific Grove Art Center, CA
• Treasures of the Turner. 7th National Print Competition Exhibition. Janet Turner Print Museum. Chic
• Pressing Matters in Printmaking. Folk Center Asheville, NC. Jan.-May. An International Invitational.
2007• Li.thog.ra.phy.. Curated by Catherine Sullivan. Turner Print Gallery. University of Chico, CA
2006• Soma Arts. SF. California Printmakers Annual
2005• More than Expected. The Gallery, Oakland. Curated by Phil Linhares
•Kala. Thirty Something. Three Decades of Innovative work from the Kala Institute. Museum of Modern
Art Rental Gallery. San Francisco. Curated.
2004• Printmakers of the Golden Gate. Claudia Chapline Gallery. Stinson Beach. CA.
2003• Radical Printmaking. Curated. University of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA.
• Herlinde Spahr. Lithocasts.Sonoma Academy. Solo Exhibition. Santa Rosa, Luther Burbank Center for
the Arts,CA. Slide lecture.
2001• California Printmakers. Triton Museum. San Jose, CA.
2002• Radical Printmaking. University of San Francisco, CA.
• Herlinde Spahr: “Picturae Cassae” Lithographs to Vergil’s Aeneid. San Francisco Main Public Library.
2000• Radical Printmaking. San Francisco Arts Commision Gallery. Curated. SF, CA.
1999• Faultlines and Watermarks. Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier and CSP. Exchange Show. Curated. Traveling
in California and in the Netherlands.
1998• Tradition and Transition in the 90’s. Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
• 85th Anniversary Exhibition of the CSP. Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA.
1997• California Printmakers. Institut Franco-Américain, Rennes, France. Competition.
• Second Biennial Janet Turner National Print Competition. California State University.
• Beyond Boundaries. International Print Exhibition. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
1996• All California: All Media. Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA. Competition.
• Kala Fellowship Artists. Buena Vista Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA.
• Big and Fresh. Large Scale Prints. Fetterly Playhouse Gallery, Vallejo, CA. and Kennedy Art Center
Gallery, the College of the Holy Names, Oakland, CA.
1995• All State Biennial Print and Drawing Competition and Exhibition. Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
• 25th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibiton. Bradley University, Il. Catalogue.
1994• Substance and Shadow. Our Place in Nature. Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA.
• Diversity and Vision of the Printed Image. Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
1993• The First International Print Biennial. Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• Kala Fellowship Exhibition. Berkeley, CA.
• California Artists. Manhattan Graphics, New York.
1992• Pacific Prints 1992. Palo Alto, CA. Catalogue.
• BACA Eight Annual Juried National, II. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
• An Exhibition of Current Trends in Printmaking by Members of the CSP. Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks.
• Selected Works. Members of the CSP. Memorial Union Art Gallery, U.C. at Davis.
1991• Exchanged Impressions. American and Canadian Printmakers in Vietnam. Hanoi Fine Arts Association.
Inaugural Exhibition. Curated. Traveling in Vietnam for 2 years.
• Nineteenth Annual Members Show with Emerging Artists. Boston Printmakers. The Art Complex
Museum. Duxberry, Ma.
• The First Bedford Biennial. Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.
1990• Artists of Contra Costa County. An Invitiational Exhibition. Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA. Cat.
1989• Herlinde Spahr. Picturae Cassae: Twelve Lithographs on Vergil’s Aeneid. School for Humanities and
Sciences, Stanford University.
• 41st North American Print Exhibition. The Art Institute of Boston. Catalogue.
• California Printmakers. Graphics Workshop of Funen. Odense, Denmark.
1988• Multiples. An Invitational. Pro Arts. Oakland.
• Linda Lee Boyd. Herlinde Spahr. Invitational. Lilian Paley Center for the Visual Arts. Oakland, CA.
• Curator’s Invitational. Berkeley Art Center.
• California Society of Printmakers ’75th Anniversary Exhibition. The Art Corridor, Palo Alto,CA.
• Western States Print Competition, Ogden, Utah.
• Pacific Prints ’88. 4th Biennial Print Competition and Exhibition. Palo Alto, CA. Catalogue
1987• World Print Council Exhibition. S.F
•The Ethnic Idea: An Artistic Genesis. Berkeley Art Center. An Invitational
•10+5 from California. An Exhibition of Prints by Fifteen Artists from California. Selected by the Southern
Graphics Council. Thomas Center Gallery. Gainesville, Florida and Gallery at the Center of
Contemporary Art, University City, Missouri.
• Intergrafik, 8th International Triennial of Committed Graphic Arts. East Berlin, Cat.
• 39th North American Print Exhibition, the Boston Printmakers. Danforth Museum. Cat.
1986• Cal Print ’86. City of Irvine Fine Arts Center, CA.
• Herlinde Spahr. Solo Exhibition. International Center for the Graphic Arts. Kasterlee, Belgium.
• Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
• ASUC Studio Printmakers. University of California at Berkeley.
1984• Surrealists: Herlinde Spahr and Gordon Wagner. Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
1983• Emerging European Artists. New York. All- European competition.
1981• Herlinde Spahr. Visual Metaphors. Moffitt Library. U.C. at Berkeley.
Articles and Reviews
• Printmakers of the Golden Gate. Journal of the Print World. Vol. 27. No. 3. Fall 2004.
• Anne Desmet RE, “Prints and Poetry: a symbiotic relationship” in Printmaking Today. Contemporary Graphic Art Worldwide, Vol.8, No.3, Autumn 1999, pp.26-27. (illustr.)
• Francis Fukuyama, “How to Re-moralize America,” in The Wilson Quarterly , Summer 1999. (illustr.)
• Sherana Harriette Frances, “Wings of Stone.” (Review of Open Studio by Herlinde Spahr), The California Printmaker, Issue 1, May 1998, p.12. (illustr.)
• Barabara Sloane, “Herlinde Spahr’s art shaped her life” in The Montclarion, April 14, 1998.
• “Fellowship Exhibition. Kala Institute, Berkeley, Ca.” in The Journal of the PrintWorld, May 1993.
• Carol Fowler, “Printmaking Techniques Hit New Groove. Odd mediums include fabric and Formica.” in The Contra Costa Times, December 4, 1992. (illustr.)
• Carol Fowler, “Local Art Exhibit Rich with Surprises,” in The Contra Costa Times, January 1990
• “From Words to Art” in Palo Alto Weekly, October 11, 1989, p.41 (illustr.)
• “Suite of Lithographs to Virgil’s Aeneid on view in inner Quad” in Campus Report, September 27, 1989.
• Ralph Johnson, “About the Picturae Cassae.” Introductory essay to a suite of 12 lithographs to Virgil’s Aeneid.
• Leonard Nathan, “These Two Things are One: The Work of Herlinde Spahr” Portfolio with introductory essay in : Maatstaf, Nummer 5, 1988. Amsterdam, 45-57.
• Irene Lagorio, “In Pacific Grove Art Center Exhibition,” The Monterey Herald, November 15, 1987.
• Karen Rubenstein,”California Prints at the Thomas.” in: Zeit, March 1987
• “California Artists’ Exhibit will open ‘87 Arts Celebration.” in: The Gainesville Sun, February 27, 1987 (Ilustr.)
• Irene Lagorio, “Precision Marks Exhibition in Monterey, P.G. Galleries,: in The Sunday Peninsula Herald, January 27, 1985, 6D (illustr.)
• Artweek, February 2, 1985, 6. (illustr.ations).
Publications
On Printmaking
Partners in Creativity? About the Interaction of the Print Workshop and the Contemporary Artist in: The California Printmaker (1991)
Printing on Formica: The Press as a Creative Tool. In: The California Printmaker (Winter 1993)
About Reversals in Printmaking. In: The California Printmaker (May 1998)
Of Pressure and Printmaking. In: The California Printmaker (October 2000)
About Printmaking as an Indirect Art. The California Printmaker (July 2005) Reprinted in The Journal of the Print World (Fall 2005)
Books
• Herlinde Spahr. Open Studio. Work from 1977 to 1997. With Excerpts from the Artist’s Notebooks and Essays by W.R.Johnson and Leonard Nathan. Lithium Press, 1997.
• The Captain of the Butterflies. Translated from the Dutch by Leonard Nathan and Herlinde Spahr. With an Introduction by Herlinde Spahr and an Author’s Note. Sun & Moon Press. Los Angeles, 1997. |
