JENNY HUNTER GROAT
CHRONOLOGY
EDUCATION:
AA Degree, 1951, Music; San Joaquin Delta College & University of the Pacific, Stockton, CASe
Dance studies: 1951-1957, Anna Halprin & Welland Lathrop, San Francisco, CA, incl. Charles Weidman,
Erick Hoffman, Daniel Nagrin, Arch Lauterer,Francesca Boas, other internationally known teachers.
(Dance Technique, Performance, Choreography, Improvisation,Costume & LIghting Design,
Summers, 1961-62-63 Merce Cunningham, New York, NY
Various workshops & self-study, Calligraphy & related arts: Various international teachers including:
Donald Jackson (Society of Scribes & Illuminators, UK) Sheila Waters,( SSI,) Georgianna
Greenwood, Arne Wolf, Anna Wolf,Sumner Stone, Ieuan Rees (SSI), Thomas Ingmire (SSI),
Reggie Ezell, Alan Wong, Jovica Velgovic, David Howells (SSI), Carl-Georg Hoeffer, etc.etc.
Selected SOLO Exhibitions
2012 Tony Miceli Gallery at the Two Bird Inn, "Abstractions" (with new small works) San Geronimo, CA
elsewhere gallery, "Abstract Paintings by Jenny Hunter Groat", 1828 SirFrancis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, CA
2011 Siren Salon, (September, October) San Anselmo, CA
Fairfax Library: "In Other Wor(l)ds" New paintings and Greemman; Fairfax, CA
2010 San Geronimo Vally Community Cntr: The Maurice Del Mue Gallery, "New Paintings" w."Greenman", San Geronimo, CA
2008 San Geronimo Valley Community Cntr: "Celebrations" & "Touchstone" paintings; San Geronimo CA
2007 Tony Miceli Gallery at the Two Bird Inn: "Celebrations"paintings; San Geronimo, CA
2005-06 SOLUNA Restaurant/Gallery; 272 McAllister, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
1997-03 (continuous) POPOLO Restaurant/Gallery; 375 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
1993 & 99 Zen Center, "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire" paintings; 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA
1998 Lexus Showroom: "Touchstone" paintings: San Rafael, CA
1997 Atrium Gallery: "Passages" collages; Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA
1993 & 94 Claudia Chapline Gallery: "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire", Stinson Beach, CA
1994 Gallery One: "Sacred Oaks" and "Passages" Petaluma CA
1993 Stanford Bechtel International Center: "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire"; Stanford, CA
1957 to 68 Various venues: JENNY HUNTER AND COMPANY, Dance/Theater works SF Bay Area, INCL:
BIRTHDAYS (full length, using all parts of theater (backstage, audience, lobby, etc.) with voices, & rock band,
"Amplified Ohm"; Jenny Hunter and Company, Legion of Honor Theater, San Francisco, CA
THE EFFORT: (full evening length "Happenstance" Performance art: Improvisation with specified "tasks",
with snare drummer, building scaffolding, slide & movie Projectors; Bill Graham's (original) Fillmore Auditorium
Jenny Hunter and Company, San Francisco, CA
Selected GROUP Exhibitions:
2012 NYExpo, New York, New York
2011 New Art Gallery, 8th Avenue, Painting: "Fable", July, New York, NY
De Marchi Gallery, "Small Treasures", April, Rovigo (near Bologna) ITALY
Chiang Mai University, with Art of Ink in America (catalog) November, Chaing Mai, THAILAND
2010 Eissey Art Gallery:Palm Beach Comm.Coll: Art of Ink in America; Palm Beach, FL
2008 Marin Mus. of Contemporary Art:"Illusions & Realities," (juror, Kenneth Baker) Novato, CA
2007 Falkirk Gallery; (March-May) "Heart of Compassion", San Rafael, CA
Donna Seager Gallery: Artists' Books: "Archaic Round of the Fates;" San Rafael, CA
2005 The New York Hall of Science: Art of Ink in America; (abstract paintings)New York City, NY
2004 Mulpa Gallery: Talmuk International Invitational: (Women Artists) Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
The Icehouse: Alphabets in the Arts Invitational (Artist's Book) Berkeley Springs, W Virginia
2003 Mobile Museum of Art: Art of Ink in America;(Calligraphic Abstract painting) Mobile AL
Shaaxi Historical Museum; Art of Ink in America: Xi'an, CHINA
1999 International Book & Lettering Arts Invitational: (Jan-Aug, "Round of Fates") AUSTRIA
A.N. Bush Gallery: "Visible Poetry,The Word as Abstraction", Salem, OR
Newark Museum & Rutgers University, "Art of Ink in America", Newark, NJ
1998 Matrix Gallery:"Mind, Body and Soul," (3 artists), "Heritage" premiere, Sacramento, CA
1997 National Museum of Women in the Arts: "Book as Art", Library,10th anniversary; Washington,DC
Galerie Everarts; "Les Americaines: Une Expo. Femmes Artistes" Paris, FRANCE
Somar Gallery, w.Alliance for Women Artists:"Presentation"; San Francisco, CA
1996 Matrix Gallery, "Matrix International", Sacramento, CA
1995-6 "World's Women Online" w. Arizona State Univ. & Alliance of Women Artists; Beijing, CHINA
1993 National Museum of Women in the Arts: (purchase award) "Calligraphic Artist's Books" Washington DC
Tullibody Museum, "Three Abstractionists", University of Alabama, Montgomery, AL
1990 Grand Palais: "Salon de dessin et de la peinture a l'eau"; Paris, FRANCE
Grand Palais: "Biennialle des Femmes" with Alliance of Women Artists, Paris FRANCE
Selected AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, HONORS
2010 "The Edge", "Jenny Hunter Groat" 4-page journal article by Denis Brown; ENGLAND, UK
2003 National Museum of Women in the Arts: "Contemporary Women Artists, Permanent Collection." Wash. DC
2002 "Marin Master" honor: Marin County Art Fair, Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael, CA
"Legacy Project" (oral history); Performing Arts Library & Museum, San Francisco, CA
1996 "Avis a Populus"; Scripsit Journal (entire issue, including covers); Paris, FRANCE
1993-6 "Bokugai Pictorial"; featured artist: Vols. 4,5,6, and "Art Pictorial", Vols.3,4,5: Tokyo, JAPAN
Selected PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (also in many private collections)
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
San Francisco Public Library, Special Collections, San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Regis University, Dayton Memorial Library, Denver, CO
The Klingspor Museum, Offenbach-am-Main, GERMANY
The Vatican Library, Rome, The Vatican, ITALY
The Humanities Resource Center, ("Beauty and the Beast") University of Austin, Austin, TX
Jenny Hunter Groat : Abstractionist
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CV/Bio
JENNY HUNTER GROAT
CHRONOLOGY
EDUCATION:
AA Degree, 1951, Music; San Joaquin Delta College & University of the Pacific, Stockton, CASe
Dance studies: 1951-1957, Anna Halprin & Welland Lathrop, San Francisco, CA, incl. Charles Weidman,
Erick Hoffman, Daniel Nagrin, Arch Lauterer,Francesca Boas, other internationally known teachers.
(Dance Technique, Performance, Choreography, Improvisation,Costume & LIghting Design,
Summers, 1961-62-63 Merce Cunningham, New York, NY
Various workshops & self-study, Calligraphy & related arts: Various international teachers including:
Donald Jackson (Society of Scribes & Illuminators, UK) Sheila Waters,( SSI,) Georgianna
Greenwood, Arne Wolf, Anna Wolf,Sumner Stone, Ieuan Rees (SSI), Thomas Ingmire (SSI),
Reggie Ezell, Alan Wong, Jovica Velgovic, David Howells (SSI), Carl-Georg Hoeffer, etc.etc.
Selected SOLO Exhibitions
2012 Tony Miceli Gallery at the Two Bird Inn, "Abstractions" (with new small works) San Geronimo, CA
elsewhere gallery, "Abstract Paintings by Jenny Hunter Groat", 1828 SirFrancis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, CA
2011 Siren Salon, (September, October) San Anselmo, CA
Fairfax Library: "In Other Wor(l)ds" New paintings and Greemman; Fairfax, CA
2010 San Geronimo Vally Community Cntr: The Maurice Del Mue Gallery, "New Paintings" w."Greenman", San Geronimo, CA
2008 San Geronimo Valley Community Cntr: "Celebrations" & "Touchstone" paintings; San Geronimo CA
2007 Tony Miceli Gallery at the Two Bird Inn: "Celebrations"paintings; San Geronimo, CA
2005-06 SOLUNA Restaurant/Gallery; 272 McAllister, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
1997-03 (continuous) POPOLO Restaurant/Gallery; 375 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
1993 & 99 Zen Center, "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire" paintings; 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA
1998 Lexus Showroom: "Touchstone" paintings: San Rafael, CA
1997 Atrium Gallery: "Passages" collages; Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA
1993 & 94 Claudia Chapline Gallery: "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire", Stinson Beach, CA
1994 Gallery One: "Sacred Oaks" and "Passages" Petaluma CA
1993 Stanford Bechtel International Center: "Sacred Oaks" & "Heartfire"; Stanford, CA
1957 to 68 Various venues: JENNY HUNTER AND COMPANY, Dance/Theater works SF Bay Area, INCL:
BIRTHDAYS (full length, using all parts of theater (backstage, audience, lobby, etc.) with voices, & rock band,
"Amplified Ohm"; Jenny Hunter and Company, Legion of Honor Theater, San Francisco, CA
THE EFFORT: (full evening length "Happenstance" Performance art: Improvisation with specified "tasks",
with snare drummer, building scaffolding, slide & movie Projectors; Bill Graham's (original) Fillmore Auditorium
Jenny Hunter and Company, San Francisco, CA
Selected GROUP Exhibitions:
2012 NYExpo, New York, New York
2011 New Art Gallery, 8th Avenue, Painting: "Fable", July, New York, NY
De Marchi Gallery, "Small Treasures", April, Rovigo (near Bologna) ITALY
Chiang Mai University, with Art of Ink in America (catalog) November, Chaing Mai, THAILAND
2010 Eissey Art Gallery:Palm Beach Comm.Coll: Art of Ink in America; Palm Beach, FL
2008 Marin Mus. of Contemporary Art:"Illusions & Realities," (juror, Kenneth Baker) Novato, CA
2007 Falkirk Gallery; (March-May) "Heart of Compassion", San Rafael, CA
Donna Seager Gallery: Artists' Books: "Archaic Round of the Fates;" San Rafael, CA
2005 The New York Hall of Science: Art of Ink in America; (abstract paintings)New York City, NY
2004 Mulpa Gallery: Talmuk International Invitational: (Women Artists) Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
The Icehouse: Alphabets in the Arts Invitational (Artist's Book) Berkeley Springs, W Virginia
2003 Mobile Museum of Art: Art of Ink in America;(Calligraphic Abstract painting) Mobile AL
Shaaxi Historical Museum; Art of Ink in America: Xi'an, CHINA
1999 International Book & Lettering Arts Invitational: (Jan-Aug, "Round of Fates") AUSTRIA
A.N. Bush Gallery: "Visible Poetry,The Word as Abstraction", Salem, OR
Newark Museum & Rutgers University, "Art of Ink in America", Newark, NJ
1998 Matrix Gallery:"Mind, Body and Soul," (3 artists), "Heritage" premiere, Sacramento, CA
1997 National Museum of Women in the Arts: "Book as Art", Library,10th anniversary; Washington,DC
Galerie Everarts; "Les Americaines: Une Expo. Femmes Artistes" Paris, FRANCE
Somar Gallery, w.Alliance for Women Artists:"Presentation"; San Francisco, CA
1996 Matrix Gallery, "Matrix International", Sacramento, CA
1995-6 "World's Women Online" w. Arizona State Univ. & Alliance of Women Artists; Beijing, CHINA
1993 National Museum of Women in the Arts: (purchase award) "Calligraphic Artist's Books" Washington DC
Tullibody Museum, "Three Abstractionists", University of Alabama, Montgomery, AL
1990 Grand Palais: "Salon de dessin et de la peinture a l'eau"; Paris, FRANCE
Grand Palais: "Biennialle des Femmes" with Alliance of Women Artists, Paris FRANCE
Selected AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, HONORS
2010 "The Edge", "Jenny Hunter Groat" 4-page journal article by Denis Brown; ENGLAND, UK
2003 National Museum of Women in the Arts: "Contemporary Women Artists, Permanent Collection." Wash. DC
2002 "Marin Master" honor: Marin County Art Fair, Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael, CA
"Legacy Project" (oral history); Performing Arts Library & Museum, San Francisco, CA
1996 "Avis a Populus"; Scripsit Journal (entire issue, including covers); Paris, FRANCE
1993-6 "Bokugai Pictorial"; featured artist: Vols. 4,5,6, and "Art Pictorial", Vols.3,4,5: Tokyo, JAPAN
Selected PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (also in many private collections)
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
San Francisco Public Library, Special Collections, San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Regis University, Dayton Memorial Library, Denver, CO
The Klingspor Museum, Offenbach-am-Main, GERMANY
The Vatican Library, Rome, The Vatican, ITALY
The Humanities Resource Center, ("Beauty and the Beast") University of Austin, Austin, TX
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