EDUCATION
1982 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California; M.F.A.
1980 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Independent Study Program/Painting
1979 University of California, Davis; B.A.
EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Latin Spirit,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Traditions, Boundaries and Cross Currents,” Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, Arizona
2003 “The Mediated Image,” Crossman Gallery, Center for the Arts, Whitewater, University of Wisconsin, WI
2001 “Alumni Show,” L. H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California
2000 “New Artists,” Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999 “Color, Ecuentro y Futuro,” Museo de Arte Moderno, Toluca, Mexico
1999 “Diptych: Millennium Projects,” Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1997 “L' Art Anti-Destin,” Grande Arche - Paris La Defense, Paris, France
1997 “Images of Chiapas,” Galeria Coqui, Seattle, Washington
1996 “Re-Presenting the Figure: The Body as Image and Object in Contemporary Art,” University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
1996 “Panoramic Visions,” Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong
1995 “Anonymous Arrangement,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1994 “Dream Riddle: Images from the Unconscious,” Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
1993 “Tribute,” William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992 “Drawing Room,” Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California
1992 “Working on Paper,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992 (Solo) Plaza Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, California
1991 “A Look Back,” William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 “Five Bay Area Artists,” Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, California
1991 “North By Northwest,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1991 (Solo) William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 (Solo) Art Department Gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
1990 “Faculty Exhibition,” Art Gallery, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
1990 “R/T SF-Colombia,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 “San Francisco Bay Artists,” Traveling exhibition in Colombia, South America: Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena; Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin; Centro Colombo Americano, Bucaramanga; Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota; Museo Arqueologico La Merced, Cali; Centro de Arte Actual, Pereira
1989 (Solo) Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, California
1989 (Solo) Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
1988 “Discoveries,” Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 “Traffic,” Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988 “Chain Reaction,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988 (Solo) Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 “Vertigo: The Poetics of Dislocation,” Emanuel Walter and Atholl McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1987 “Viewing the Figure/Reflecting on the Self,” Pritchard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
1986 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, (Two-person show), San Francisco, California
1986 “Three Contemporary Surrealists,” Falkirk Community Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
1986 “Lo Del Corazon: Heartbeat of a Culture,” Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California; traveled to Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
1985 De Saisset Museum, (Two person show), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
1983 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1982 (Solo) Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1980 “Young Artists Invitational,” Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, California
1979 (Solo) Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California
1979 “The First Five Years,” Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California
AWARDS
1995 Private commission: permanent exterior/interior banner designs, US Ice Center, Oakland, California
1983 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award Grant in Painting
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Forum 1996, Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges Literary Magazine
McCann, Cecile Nelken, “A Conversation with Michael Almaguer,” Artweek, December 26, 1991, p.20
Webster, Mary Hull, “The Secret Heart,” Artweek, December 26, 1991, p. 20
Gladysz, Thomas, “Return from Colombia,” West Art, February 23, 1990, p.1
Nixon, Bruce, “Paintings of Entreaty: Michael Almaguer at UC Davis,” Artweek, December 7, 1989, p. 12
Moyle, Marilyn, “Almaguer Brings Hispanic Overtone to Campus Gallery,” Davis Enterprise, December 6, 1989.
Burkhart, Dorothy, “Vibrant Celebrations of Hispanic Art,” San Jose Mercury News, December 25, 1987, p. 17E
“The Paintings of Michael Almaguer,” Arts & Lifestyle Magazine, Las Vegas Sun, October 8, 1989, p.6
Durant, Mark, “Vertiginous Experiences,” Artweek, October 17, 1987, pp. 3-4
Van Proyen, Mark, “Signs and Phantoms,” Artweek, November 22, 1986, p.6
Shere, Charles, “Reviews,” Oakland Tribune, November 13, 1986
Bragdon, Phyllis, “The Many Faces of Surrealism,” Marin Independent Journal, May 17, 1986, p.10
Patino, Vickie, “Art Interview,” En Camino, KRCB Public Television, Northern California, taped May 8, 1986
Van Proyen, Mark, “Disparate Intentions,” Artweek, August 10, 1985, p.3
Burkhart, Dorothy, “The Artist and the Art,” San Jose Mercury news, July 28, 1985
French, Christopher, “Out of the Mainstream,” Artweek, August 11, 1984, p.3
Morch, Al, “Art Masters of the Future,” San Francisco Examiner, August 6, 1984, p.85
MacNamara, Peggy, “Chicago Reviews,” New Art Examiner, February 1983, p.17
Temko, Allan, “Olé It's Already a Triumph,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 28, 1980, p.14
Albright, Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 1979
TEACHING / LECTURES
2006-current Interim Dean, Fine Arts Division, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
2001-2002 Chair, Division of Fine Arts, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
1996-2000 Chair, Department of Art, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
1990-present Professor, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
1991 summer Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1990, fall Visiting Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1989-1990 Art Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
1997 Guest Lecturer, Art Department, Dominican College, San Rafael, California
1994 Docent Lecture, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
1989 Guest Lecturer, Art Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
1987 Guest Lecturer, Graduate Painting Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, California
1986 Guest Lecturer, Falkirk Community Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
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