Curriculum Vitae
Gilbert Neri
253 Harvest Street
Salinas CA 93901
831.757.020
gilbert_neri@csumb.edu
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Education
1996 Master of Fine Arts
University of California Santa Barbara.
1990-1991 Il Bisonte International School of Advanced
Printmaking and Children's Book Illustration
Florence Italy. Education Abroad Program.
1990 Bachelor of Arts
University of California San Diego: Fifth College
 Art Studio major with a minor in Italian studies.
Exhibitions
2006 ‘Artefacto’, solo exhibition at the Phillip Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest
College of Art, Portland Oregon
Ranges y Llanos, solo exhibition at Crossing Trax gallery, San Diego California
MACLA 8th Annual Latino Art Auction. San Jose CA
2005 MACLA 7th Annual Latino Art Auction. San Jose CA
2004Illustrations for “ Saving Piggy Sneed” by John Irving. Limited edition book printed
by TEXTURA, Portland OR, in collaboration with The Institute of Modern Letters at
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Occupied Space, MACLA. San Jose CA.
MACLA 6th Annual Latino Art Auction. San Jose CA
“Monotype Marathon” Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA
2003 PRISM. Advocate Gallery. Los Angeles CA.
2002 Altar. Dia de Los Muertos Exhibition
National Steinbeck Center Salinas CA.
2000 Tend Mutimedia installation. Part of Disappearances
an annual cultural inquiry at the Richard Hugo House. Seattle WA.
HOME. SOIL Artist’s collective. Seattle Washington
1998 Residual Trace Resident Shadow.
Group exhibition. SOIL Artist’s Collective. Seattle WA.
Square Pegs. Group show at Ron Breeden Gallery. Orange County CA.
Curated by Alexis Weidig and Samara Caughey.
Poquitosuenos and Other Traveler Stories
Noodleworks Studio exhibition
Box Populi, Artspace, Seattle WA
1997 Pratt Instructors Exhibition Center on Contemporary Art.
Seattle Washington
1996 Winding the Strata. El Centro Cultural de la Raza. Balboa Park.
San Diego California.
(authentic) A Tourist Emerges. Installation. MFA Exhibition.
Part of a group exhibition entitled: SCORE
University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara
Oeste. Installation. 1434 Gallery.
Santa Barbara California.
1995 Hints of Shelter. Installation. 1434 Gallery. Santa Barbara California
Untold Story Houses mixed media sculpture show. Group exhibition
Gallery 1434, Santa Barbara CA
1994 On a Box Through a Window . Installation.
Independent High Schools, North Coast. San Diego.
1993 Channels . Installation /Mural: Permanent art work . Multimedia wall piece located in the Price Center game room. University of California San Diego.
1992 Collected Sculpture.Group Show:Mandeville Annex Gallery.
University of California San Diego.
1991 Group Show: Il Bisonte, Scuola Internazionale di Specializzazione per La Grafica D'Arte. Florence .Italy.
1990 Murals: Two Untitled works. Permanent wall pieces in food court of the Price Center . University of California San Diego.
Teaching Experience
2001-2007 Assistant Professor of Integrated Media and Theory.
California State University Monterey Bay.
Coursework
Beginning Sculpture [vpa 303] Introductory course covering 3-d fundamentals,
and fabrication skills form woodworking to beginning Oxy-Acetylene and MIG
welding.
Day of the Dead [vpa 397]Seminar course covering the history and practices around Day of the Dead. Included the creation of sugar skulls, papier mache, papel picado and altar and nicho workshops. This class was responsible for creating a large-scale community Altar for C.S.U.M.B. and surrounding communities.
Ways of Seeing, Ethics in Public Art. [vpa 308] A class covering cases of public art and ethics.
Digital Public Art [vpa306sl] A community based, service learning class, in cooperation with the Reclamation Project founded by Amalia Mesa-Bains and Richard Bains. Students create digital public in collaboration with community organizations. Work created spans, bus posters, pole banners, billboards and digital video.
Media Culture [vpa 305] An upper division class in Media Studies and Visual literacy. Students create digital artwork ( posters, web-based artworks) in respose to readings and lecture topics covering Visual Literacy, Economics, Advertising, Politics, and Race and Gender representations in the Media.
Senior Capstone [vpa 405] This is the Department of Visual and Public Art’s Senior thesis class. A one year (two semester) class that moves students through developmental stages of their thesis project. From ideation to professional development.
1997-1999 Art Instructor
Bellevue Community College, Bellevue Washington.
Coursework
Beginning and Continuing Drawing Introductory and intermediate drawing class covering fundamentals-advanced skills.
Woodblock Printmaking Workshop Seminar style class covering the history of printmaking with a focus on relief printing. Included introduction to woodblock print-making, technique and short run edition printing.
Principals of two dimensional Design Fundamentals of 2-D graphic design.
Children's Book Illustration Introductory course, covering the history of children’s books, illustration and printing. Students learn fundamental skills in drawing and illustration media from graphite, ink, watercolor and ink.
1996 Instructor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Visual Thinking and Applications of Computer Images Introductory course in Adobe Photoshop and composition.
Professional Experience
2005 Consultant, Reclamation Project. Monterey County.
2003 Curator and Community workshop organizer for The National Steinbeck Center’s Dia de Los Muertos Exhibit
1999- Art Wolfe Incorporated. Graphic Artist and Digital Illustration
2001 In house graphic design, web design, and digital prepress.
1995- Assistant Preparator.
1996 University Art Museum.
University of California Santa Barbara.
1994- Independent High Schools, North Coast. Art Instructor
1995 San Diego California
1993- San Dieguito Boys and Girls Clubs.
1994 Arts and Crafts Director. Griset Branch, Encinitas California.
1990- Muralist/ Art Consultant.
1992 Assistant graphic designer and special projects designer. Price Center.University of California San Diego
Public Projects
2006Journeys Home, a pubic project organized through the Reclamation project founded
by Amalia Mesa-Bains and Richard Bains.
1999-2001 Founding co-organizer of “Art Detour” a Seattle city-wide artist studio tour including over 150 Artists and corporate sponsorship.
Bibliography
“Occupied Space: The Sculpture show at MACLA” Amber Whiteside,
ARTWEEK April 2004
“Occupied Spaces: The Sculpture Show” , Spin Cycle, in Metro, Silicon Valley’s Weekly. January- February 2004
These Hugo House artworks won't be around for long. Sheila Farr.
Seattle Times,October 6 2000
Installed and Enthralled.Emily Hall. The Stranger. November 30,2000
On Target, Kristian Kofoed. Seattle Weekly, September 16, 1999
Raw talents, Cathy Curtis. Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1998
Young artists of 'Here Now" echo styles of the back-then, Robert Pincus. San Diego Union Tribune.June 2,1996.
'Here Now...y Que?' at Centro Cultural de la Raza', Becky Cohen.
Artweek. July 1996.
Conferences
2003 Visible Knowledge Project, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
2004Presenter, multimedia authorship and assessment subgroup Visible Knowledge Project, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Subgroup
Co-presenter, Annual International SoTL Conference,
City University,London, England
Grants/Fellowships
2006 CSUMB Research grant for continued creative work.
2003 CSU Research, Scholarship and Creative Competition
2000 GAP Grant recipient. Artists Trust. Seattle Washington
1995 Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship.
University of California Santa Barbara
Art Affiliates Award. Department of Art Studio.
University of California Santa Barbara.
Graduate Tuition Fellowship.
University of California Santa Barbara
Radio Interviews
2003 KPFK Los Angeles. PRISM Exhibit/ Latino and South Asian Diaspora.
2001 KAZU Interview: Day of the Dead.
2002 KAZU interview: Day of the dead Interview with Amalia Mesa-Bains |
