Wally Hedrick at the Ghost House, San Francisco, 1953.
Photo: Nata Piaskowski
Sunflower, 1952, steel and cement, 82 x 21 inches . Private collection.
Wallace Berman examining Sunflower behind the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, 1957.
Photo: Charles Brittin

born 1928 Pasadena, California

died 2003 Bodega Bay, California


EDUCATION

1956–58 M.A. , San Francisco State University

1953–55 B.F.A., California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco
Art Institute)

1954 California College of Arts & Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland

1947 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles


TEACHING

1974–93 College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, Novato, California, Professor Emeritus

1994 University of California, Davis

1986 University of California, Davis

1972-73 San Jose State University

1960–70 San Francisco Art Institute

1958-59 San Francisco State University


HONORS AND AWARDS

1999 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1997 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant

1993–94 The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1994 Award of Excellence, California State Fair

1993 Golden Bear Award, California State Fair

1991 Golden Bear Award, California State Fair

1985–86 Individual Artist Grant, funded by the San Francisco Foundation

1985 Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute, California

1982 The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1968 The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

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