Dennis Begg and Tim Sharman, Two Guys from the Styx
Walter Robinson, Tim Sharman, Tag Team
Tim Sharman, Mary V. Marsh, Dennis Begg, Trialogue
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Education
1987 MFA (with High Distinction), Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1982 BFA, Printmaking, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Solo Exhibitions 2014 Glitter Doofs, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA 2013 The Great Wall of Doof, Echo Gallery, Calistoga, CA 2012 San Francisco Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 2009 Strange Oddities: Selections from the Doof Museum of Culture and History, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2008 The Doof Museum of Culture and History, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 2005 Doofs, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA 1996 Two Guys from the Styx, Timothy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995 Talking Boards, Vincent's Ear, Orinda, CA 1989 Paintings, Art Store Gallery, Oakland, CA Group Exhibitions 2019 Black Friday, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT Content Matters, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2018 Ecophilia, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA 2017 Small Things 2017, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA Eccentric Imagery, Blue Lines Art, Roseville, CA Contemporary Landscape, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2016 Off The Wall, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA Safe At Home, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Paper, Tobey's Feed Barn Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA 2015 Shining Mirage, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA 2014 Artists Across America, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA Ultimate Beach, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA n(collage), Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA 2013 Small Works, Small Space, The Wounded General Store, Inverness Park, CA Space, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2012 The Nude, 2012, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2011 Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Reno, NV Twin Twin Postcard Edition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY 2010 California College of the Arts Alumni Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Madam Lucretia’s Parlour, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2010 DigitalArt.LA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA Faculty Show, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Mt. Diablo, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA The Guitar Show, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2009 The Tattoon Show, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA 2008 The Art of Diorama, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2007 Commons, Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA 2005 Local Voices, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2004 Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 Big Tree Project Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2000 People as Material/Headcheese, Institution/Ft. Haggis Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 Collective Imagining, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA Through Different Eyes, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA Post-Postcard IV, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA Spinal Epidural, Please, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA Digging the Future II, Art Tech Gallery, San Jose, CA 1997 Post-Postcard II, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA The Second Time Around, Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Mary, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA Bubble Rap, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA 1996 Confess, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Digging the Future, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA It's Raining Cats and Dogs, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1995 Bay Guardian 1995 Cartoon Contest Exhibition, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA The Sculpture Group, Black Hawk Plaza, Danville, CA The Last Frontier, Center For The Visual Arts, Oakland, CA 25th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 1994 40th Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA California Small Works 1994, California Art Museum, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA 1993 68th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA New Work, The Art Store Gallery, Oakland, CA 1991 Bedford Biennial, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA Collaborative Projects — Exhibitions: Tag Team (with Walter Robinson) 2012 Tag Team, Exhumed, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2011 The Art of Tag Team, Madrone Art Bar, San Francisco, CA 2004 Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 Sprout, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002 Neurotica, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA The Lost Frontier, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA Ball Point, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2001 Pulp Fictions: Contemporary Works on Paper, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA 2000 Flat File: Pierogi 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Uncommerical Art by Commercial Artists, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1999 Collective Imagining, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA Return to Splendor, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA Water+Color, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA 15th Annual Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Tag Team II, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA Spinal Epidural, Please, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 San Francisco International Art Expo, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Tweaksville, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Tag Team Drawing Project, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA Trialogue (with Dennis Begg and Mary V. Marsh) 1998 Trialogue, Space 743, San Francisco, CA Post-Postcard III, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA Curated exhibitions:
2013 Just Add Water, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA Joanna Salska - New Paintings, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA Space, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA New Drawings: Works by John Fadeff and Sam Vaughan, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2012 Do You Want to Buy a Duck?, Paintings by Jeff Carr, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA Hard Water Stains, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA Tag Team: Exhumed, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2011 Tiki, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA Impressions from the CCA(C) Printshop, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2010 Madam Lucretia’s Parlour for the Study of the Occult and the Macabre, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2009 Strange Oddities: Selections from the Doof Museum of Culture and History, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA 2008 The Doof Museum of Culture and History, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA Bibliography - Tim Sharman Hatch, Hannah, Artists of the Week, Martinez Tribune, April 8, 2016 Cheng, DeWitt, this Week’s Picks: Tiki!, East Bay Express, August 3, 2011 Jones, Nicole, Studio Quercus Features Tiki art and Culture, Oakland North, August 3, 2011 Trinca, Ann, Get Sharmanized, Napa Nest, Feb. 24, 2011 Bynum, Brad, Portraits of the Artists, Reno News and Review, January 20, 2011 Miller, Geralda, Myself, Reno Gazette, January 16, 2011 Cheng, DeWitt, Game Preserves at the Oakland Museum and Studio Quercus, East Bay Express, Oct. 20, 2010 Taylor, Robert, In the Age of the Kindle, Artist Finds New Meaning in the Old-Fashioned Book, W.C. Patch, July 10, 2010 Casey, Laura, Art and Fun on First Friday in Oakland, Contra Costa Times, November 23, 2009 Cheng, DeWitt, Doofology 101, East Bay Express, September 23-29, 2009 Chiang, Eva, Artist Creates History Through the Doof, The Inquirer, October 9, 2008 Baker, Kenneth, Meet the Doof, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2008 De Jesus, Janice, Inspired by his own Doof Character, Oakland Tribune, October 8, 2008 Westbrook, Lindsey, The Art of Diorama, Artweek, September, 2008 Cheng, DeWitt, The Art of Diorama, East Bay Express, April 23-29, 2008 Kennedy, Talia, Fantasy Meets Reality, Diablo Arts, April-June, 2008 Taylor, Robert, It’s a Small World at Bedford, Contra Costa Times, March 27, 2008 Freedenberg, Molly, Sacred Banana Peels, Folk Art for Modern Folk, VC Reporter, February 17, 2005 Gagnon, Adrienne, Pen and Pencil are the Tools of the Trade, SF Weekly, July 21, 2004 Taylor, Robert, A Tree Reborn, Contra Costa Times, June 26, 2003 Roche, Harry, Bubble Rap, San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 1997 Amirrezvani, Anita, Virgin Mary Art Exhibit Draws Flap at St. Mary's, Contra Costa Times, April 1997 Cartoons '95, The Bay Guardian Lit, December 1995 Local Artist to Present Program at Woman's Fellowship Meeting, Martinez News Gazette, January 31, 1995 Local Artists in Gallery Show use Native Materials to Honor Nature, Martinez News Gazette, May 13, 1999 Bibliography—Tag Team Bigman, Alex, Exquisite Corpses, East Bay Express, July 25-31, 2012 Madonna, Joen, The Art of Tag Team: A Dual Interview, The Rumpus.net, Nov. 1, 2011 Cheng, DeWitt, Reclamation, Art Ltd., Nov. 2011 Brunson, Jamie, Transgressions: The Art of Tag Team, Stretcher.org, 2005 Tromble, Meredith, Interview with Tag Team, Stretcher, October, 2004 Cotter, Holland, For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank, New York Times, December 15, 2000 Toronto, Richard, Tag Team Art Comes to BPL Gallery, Bencia Herald, October 29, 1999 Shaboy, Benny, A Dealer Speaks, Studio Notes, August-October, 1998 Swenson, Susan J., Pierogi Press, volume 6, Fall/ Winter 2000-01 Shaw, Lytle and Clark, Emilie, Shark 3: Historiography, issue 3, Winter 2000 Sharman, Tim and Robinson, Walter, Tag Team Drawing Project, Mudhut Press, 1998 Community Affiliations 2010- 2013 Studio Quercus, a non-profit visual and performing arts space, Oakland CA. Board Member, Curatorial Committee and installation TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor, Printmaking and Core Programs (2006-Present) California College of the Arts - Oakland/San Francisco CA Classes Taught in Printmaking Dept:
Instructor, Printmaking, California College of Arts /Pre-College Program (2012) California College of the Arts - Oakland/San Francisco CA Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts Extension Program (2001) Introduction to Painting Drawing into Painting ARTIST WORKSHOPS Mill Valley Library (2008-2009) Drawing Round Table Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek CA (2003) Big Tree Project workshop San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA (2001) One Day Dada Studio Workshop TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland/San Francisco CA (1986-87) Painting with Jack Mendenhall Etching with Jack Ford LECTURES Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland St. Mary’s College, Moraga Las Juntas Art Association, Pleasant Hill Martinez Art Association, Martinez Mural Projects 2002 Mangini Farm Museum/Contra Costa Fair Grounds, Antioch, CA 1995 Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, CA Art Auctions Hospitality House Sonoma State University Visual Aid The Lab Collections Enrique Chagoya, San Francisco CA Jack Fisher, San Francisco CA Ron Casentini, Santa Rosa, CA A. G. Rosen, New York, NY Inez Storer, Inverness, CA Kyle Milligan/Susan Casentini, Oakland CA J Y Ford, Oakland CA Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, CA Mudhut Press Book Projects 2004 Muffs Doofs from Around the World Doof! magazine 1997 Mike and Nikki’s Las Vegas Wedding Pyramid Lake ‘95 Bitter Rabbit and the Very Hot Day Behind You 1996 Campaign Notes Raw Eggs Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart Cover Art Posteriors for Posterity If I Could Channel Ansel Adams Dumb Tales Stupid Stories Stress Super Stories Perceptive Images One Half Dozen Raw, by J.Y. Ford My Knee Story Portraits 1995 Little Creatures Is This Mike? The Pyramid Lake Painting Expedition 1994 Walk on Water Bitter Rabbit and the Alleyway 1991 An Afternoon Art Project: The San Leandro Mud Flats of California Theatrical Arts 2001 24th Annual Bay Area Playrights Festival—(As Tag Team), Visual Artists 1979 Santa Rosa Repertory Theatre—scenic technician 77-79 Martinez Repertory Theatre—actor, director, set design |