AUDREY TULIMIERO WELCH | VISUAL ARTS PAINTER

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Solo Exhibitions

2022 Songlines, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, catalog essay Richard Speer

2021 Damascus: Mapping Place, Home, & Exile, (Upcoming exhibition, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland)

2021 I Like Your Work, Podcast, Online exhibition and Interview

2020 Fuel, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Project-106 Studios, Recent Work, Seattle, WA

2017 Body Tree Map, Ted Sanford Art Gallery, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA

2017 Tree Map Body, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2016 Farewell Freo, Artsource, Fremantle, Western Australia

2015 Contemplating the Desert, Church of the Resurrection, Swanbourne, Western Australia

2014 Sloan Miyasato, Curated by Michelle Bello, San Francisco, CA

2011 South is at the Top, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (cat.)

2010 Nichada Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand

2005 Sumatra Sojourn, 23 Seulawah, Duri, Sumatra, Indonesia

2002 Home Ground, Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 A Pilgrim Speaks, Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (cat.)

1999 Recent Work, Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 The Book of Hours, Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, CA

1998 Image-Text-Desire, Audrey Tulimiero Welch & Mauro Efef, Mirren Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA

1998 Speak my Language, University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley CA

1995 In Spiritu, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA

1994 Ad Gloriam Dei, University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley, CA

1993 PAINTINGS FOR JOSEPH, Trinity Church, San Francisco, CA

1991 Recent Paintings, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991 Anaweim Series, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR

1990 Recent Work, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

1991 New Work, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR

1992 Kare Gallery, Madison, NJ

1981 Audrey Tulimiero & Nadia Klionsky, Vernon L Good Gallery, Wilmington, DE

1980 Pieces, BFA Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Hope & Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Gallery 8th Benefit Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Quiet Summer, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2020 Congruence, Juror: Bridgette Mayer, Art dealer, Online exhibition, sponsored by I Like Your Work

2020 Podcast, Erika Hess (watch here)

2019 Tacoma Art Museum, “The Abstraction Haiku”, Tacoma, WA

2019 Holiday Group Exhibition, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR

2018 The Rail Project, Curator: Bridgette Mayer, Philadelphia, PA

2017 Czaradas, Performance & Exhibition with Cellist Rosemary Ponnekanti, Violinist, Bianca Ponnekanti and principal dancers from the Tacoma City Ballet, Tacoma, WA

2017 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA (curated by Jan Casey)

2017 Charles Wright Academy, University Place, WA

2015 Artist Open House Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia

2014 Spring in the City, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Western Australia

2014 Summer Group Show, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2014 INTERMIX, Moores Contemporary Art Gallery, Western Australia

2012 Cystic Fibrosis Spring Rose Art Show. The Niche, Nedlands, Western Australia (cat.)

2012 INTERMIX, Moores Building, Fremantle, Western Australia

2012 An Affair of the Art, Benefit for WIZO, Curated: Debra Majteles, Perth

2011 Guildford Grammer School Art Exhibit, Midland Arts Centre, Western Australia

2010 MFA In Visual Arts, Graduate Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University (cat.)

2010 On the Edge, DOB Hualamphong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. Curator: Brian Curtin (cat.)

2010 Another Side, Contemporary Artists’ Dreams, La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok, Thailand (cat.)

2009 Neilson Hays Rotunda and Garden Gallery, Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand

2008 Music Through Art, Art Republic, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 Akko Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 Through Our Eyes, National Museum of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 Natural Process, Unocal Theatre Gallery, International School of Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Thailand

2005 Indonesian Heritage Society Members Exhibit, Erasmus Haus, Jakarta, Indonesia

2004 Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003 Women in Arms, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany (cat.)

2002 Eva Im Tarnetz, Gallerie M, Berlin, Germany

1998 Monotype Marathon IV, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, California

1998 Common Language, Frants Albert Associates, Oakland, CA

1998 Abstract Painting, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA

1998 Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco Design Center, CA

1997 Women in Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, CA

1997 Mary, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA (cat.)

1997 Monotype Marathon III, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, California

1996 Expressive Mediums, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA

1996 ReManifesting the Sacred, Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA

1996 Diminutive Pairs, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA

1994 The 69th Annual Crocker Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Merit Award, Juror: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator Oakland Museum (cat.)

1994 Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA

1993 Mostra: Six Italian American Artists, Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco

1993 Bringing Contemporary Art to Congregation, Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA

1993 One by One: Monotype Invitational, OPTS Art, San Francisco, CA

New Works by Gallery Artists, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR

The 68th Annual CrockerKingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

1992 Landmarks, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA (cat.)

BLACK & WHITE, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Hospitality House 7th Annual Art Auction, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, SF, CA

4 x 4, Larry Evans Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

1991 Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

A Palette of Vision, Painted Statements by Regional Artists, Alza Corporation, Vacaville, CA

1990 Christopher Grimes, Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Bay Arts ’90, Art Council of San Mateo, Belmont, CA. Juror: P. Linhares

Artists of Contra Costa Count, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College,Moraga, CA(cat.)

Second Annual Concord Open, Gallery Concord, California

1989 Calgene Contemporary Fine Arts Competition, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. Jurors: Robert Arneson, Squeak Carnwath, Manuel Neri (cat.)

Looking North: New Work from the Bay Area, Gensler and Associates Architects, Los Angeles, CA

Artist’s from Benicia, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

1988 Our Earth, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, CA

Primarily Colour, Sunnyvale Art Center, Sunnyvale, CA

University of California Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1987 Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL

39th Annual Arts Festival, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco (cat.)

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

1984 The 1984 Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, California

1982 Art Workers, Newark Museum, New Jersey

Selected Public Collections

Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Tacoma, WA; Ronald McDonald House, Perth, GOOGLE, San Francisco, CA,

Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA , Hotel Hyatt Muscat, Muscat, Oman, Hotel Hyatt Regency, San Francisco,

Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY , MGM, Las Vegas, NV, Akili Systems Group, Dallas, TX, Ruby Hill Country Club,

Pleasanton, CA, Sloan/Pratt LLP, San Francisco, CA, InsMark Corporation, San Ramon, CA, US Leasing, San

Francisco, CA, Latham and Watkins, Los Gatos, CA, Infinera, San Jose, Zachary Allen Company, San Francisco

Awards | Commissions | Residencies

2015 Short-Listed Point Street Hilton, Public Art Project, Fremantle, Western Australia

2011 Artist-in-Residence, Guildford Grammer School, Guildford, Western Australia

2009 Nominated for a Dedaelus Fine Art Fellowship in Painting

2008 MFA Merit Scholarship, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2001 Finalist New American Paintings, Book XXXI, The Open Studios Press, MA

1999 Painting Commission, Latham and Watkins, Los Gatos, CA

1993 Merit Award, 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Education

2010 MFA, Institute of Boston at Lesley University (Merit Scholarship), Boston

1981-82 Art Students League, New York City, NY

1981-82 Private Instruction with Russian Portrait painter, Marck Klionsky, Soho, NYC

1980 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1980 BFA, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Teaching | Artist Talks | Lectures

2021 Art Salon with SUZANNE JACQUOT, www.livingyourwildcreativity.com/art-salon

2020-Present Artist Mentor with local artists, Tacoma, WA

2020 Artist Talk, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Artist Mentor to individual artists, Tacoma, WA

2017 Artist Talk, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2017 Art Talk, Nesika Women’s Group, Lakewood, WA

2017 Feast Art Center, Painting Workshop/Layering, Tacoma, WA

2017 Art Talk, Ted Sanford Gallery, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA

2017 Visiting Artist, Layering Workshop, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2017 Gallery Talk, Tree, Map, Body, Solo Exhibition, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, SF, CA

2014 Keynote Speaker, Art Exhibition Opening, St Stephens School, Duncraig, WA

2014 Artist Talk, Heathcote Art Museum, Perth, Western Australia

2013 Professional Development Officer, Mandorla Art Award, Notre Dame University, WA

2013 Professional Development Day Presenter for High School Art Teachers and Artists, Mandorla Art Award, Peter Moyes Anglican School, Mindarie, Western Australia

2012 Working Space-Developing Dynamic Pictorial Space in Painting, Master Class, City Beach, Western Australia

2011 Strategies of Process: Advanced Painting Workshop. Continuing Education: Intermix Painting Group, Perry Lakes, City Beach, Western Australia

Layering: An Art Tool, Workshop for Primary Level, International School of Western Australia, City Beach

Strategies of Process, Artist Talk, Guildford Grammer School, Guildford, Western Australia

2010 Strategies of Process, Graduate Thesis Talk, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, MA

Visiting Artist. Strategies of Process, Art Talk and Workshop, High School IB Art Diploma, International School of Western Australia

2007 Learning to See, Workshop for Secondary Level, International School of Bangkok, Unocal Gallery, Nonthaburi, Thailand

2006 Abstract Painting Methods and Materials, Continuing Education, Indonesian Heritage Society, Jakarta, Indonesia

2005 Color, Tone, Composition and Texture Workshop, Duri, Sumatra, Indonesia

Painting Like an Egyptian, Middle School, Chevron American School, Sumatra, Indonesia

Figure Drawing, Middle School, Chevron American School, Duri, Indonesia

1998 Observations on the Spiritual Life and Painting, Artist Talk, University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley, CA

1995 Abstract Art and the Spiritual, St. Bonaventure Church, Concord, CA

1994 Gallery Talk, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

In Spiritu, Gallery Talk, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA

Ad Gloriem Dei, Exhibition Talk, University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley, CA

1993 Gallery Talk, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR

1992 LandMarks, Panel Discussion, Exhibition Talk, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

1991-1996 Expressive Arts Workshop, Painting and drawing with adult stroke clients, Mt. Diablo Rehabilitation Center, Pleasant Hill, CA

1990 Gallery Talk, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Bibliography: Books | Exhibition Cataloques | Essays | Videos

Art Salon, Interview with Suzanne Jacquot, September 2021 (watch here)

I Like Your Work, Studio Visit Artist Video, Erika Hess, June 2021 (watch here)

Five Questions for Artist Audrey Tulimiero Welch, Interviewed by Lisa Kellner (watch here)

Artist Talk Video, Audrey Tulimiero Welch at Russo Lee Gallery (watch here)

Beauty in Lockdown, Catalogue, Curated: Nancy Toomey, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, SF, June 2020

Mapping the Unknown, Catalogue Essay, Rosemary Ponnekanti, May 2020

South is at the Top, Exhibition Catalog, Toomey Tourell Gallery, Amarin, November 2011

On the Edge, DOB Hualomphong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. Amarin, 2010. 20-21

Through our Eyes: Photographs by the National Museum Volunteers Bangkok, Thai Watana Panich Press Co.Ltd., 2007.

Natural Process, Thailand Art and Design Guide, Bangkok, pg. 12,13,2007.

“Inside Europe”, Deutsche Welle, NPR Radio, Women in Arms Exhibit, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany, 2003

New American Paintings, Book XXXI,The Open Studios Press, Zevitas, Steven, no.31. January 2001

CIVA Newsletter, Vol. 7, issue, illus. page9, Minneapolis, MN, 1999

Observations on the Spiritual Life and Painting, Radix Magazine, Berkeley, CA, p.3, 1998

Out of Bounds, Video, Directed by Doug Dunderdale, Produced by Bacan, 1995

Catalogue of the 69th Crocker Kingsley Art Club Exhibition, Crocker Museum, 1994.

68th Crocker Kingsley Art Club Exhibition; Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA 1993. (Catalogue)

Landmarks: Mixed Media Explorations by Lisa Baldauf, Phyllis Pacin,Patricia Pintner and Audrey Welch: Catalog by Marti Klinkner and Warren Dreher: Bedford Gallery Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA, 1992

Artists of Contra Costa County, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, Catalogue by Marvin Schenk 1990

Galleries and Leading Artists, American References, Inc., Second Edition, 1988.

39th Annual Arts Festival, Civic Auditorium, SF, Giddings, 1985. (Catalogue)

Articles

Portland Art Dealers Assoc., Artist Talks: Ko Kirk Yamahira, Audrey Tulimiero Welch, January 2020

Editorial ‘The Abstraction Haiku’ Tacoma Weekly, Coming Events, March 2019

Ponnekanti, Rosemary ‘Mapping the Landscape of the Soul’ Tacoma Weekly, November 2017

Fairless, Ros ‘Contemplating the Desert’ Messenger, Western Australia, March 2015

Nico, Jessica ‘MIX OF MEDIUMS AT MOORES’ Fremantle Gazette, Western Australia June 2014

Baker, Kenneth ‘Audrey T Welch at Toomey Tourell’ San Francisco Chronicle, December 2011

Curtin, Brian ‘On the Edge’, Fine Art Magazine, Thailand, May 2010:Vol 7. 62-65.

West, Benjamin ‘Another Side’, Fine Art Magazine, The Great Fine Art Co., May 2010

Simpson, Jeffrey, ‘San Francisco Design Center”, Architectural Digest, October 2003, ill.p.152

Fitzsimmons, Casey ‘Women in Abstraction at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery”, Artweek, December 1997

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art News, Sept/Oct issue 1997

Culberson, Tamar ‘Audrey Welch at USL’, Insight Magazine, USL Capital, Sept. 1995, ill., p.12.

Bellamy, Miles ‘Audrey Welch at Frederick Spratt Gallery,” Visions Art Quarterly, Summer 1995

Newhall, Falconer ‘Berkeley church displays the spiritual in the abstract”, Contra Costa Times, CA Sept. 1994

Fazzolari, Bruno ‘New World: Six Italian American Artists at the Museo Italo Americano, Artweek, August 1993, ill.p.24.

Pfeiffer, Eric ‘Probing Below the Surface”, Diablo Arts Magazine, California. September 1992

Fowler, Carol ‘Artist Welch Builds on Layers, “Contra Costa Times, California. September 1992

‘Explorations by Four Artists”, WESTART, October 9, 1992, ill.p.24

Wright, Sheila “Mixed-Media Exhibit Features Works by Contra Costa Artists” Antioch Daily Ledger, January 1990

Fowler, Carol, ‘Local Art Exhibit rich With Surprises”, Contra Costa Times, January 1990,

Olson, Victoria ‘Artist Wins Spot in Prestigious UC Davis Show”, Benicia Herald, July 1989

Geary, Frank ‘Artist Welch’s Work is a Response”, Concord Transcript, March 1989

Fowler, Carol ‘Gallery Concord Opens With Diversity”, Contra Costa Times, December 1988

Steele, Nancy ‘Benicia Painter’s Earth Tracks Shown at Coos Art Museum”, Benicia Herald, August 1988

Fowler, Carol ‘Art at Benicia Industrial Park”, Contra Costa Times, May 1988

Albers, Patricia ‘ Shades of Bright at the Sunnyvale Art Center”, Metro Magazine, January 1988