CLAY VAJGRT
Born: St.Paul, Minnesota
26832 Madrone Drive, Cloverdale CA 95425
clayvajgrt@yahoo.com
707-894-9068
Selected Exhibitions
“Modest Masterpieces”, Sandra Lee Gallery San Francisco, California 2009
“Capturing the Light”, 21st Street Gallery Sacramento, California 2008
“MetaPop”, Artworks SF Gallery San Francisco, California 2008
“Angels and Birds”, Mezzanine Gallery San Francisco, California 2008
“Art Soup 14”, Bayshore studios San Francisco, California 2007
“Group Show”, UCSF Center for Health San Francisco, California 2007
“On the Wing”, Exploding Head Gallery Sacramento, California 2007
SF Museum of Modern Art/Artist’s Gallery San Francisco, California 2006-2008
“Rising Ground”, Hammerfriar Gallery Healdsburg, California 2006
“One Year”, Hammerfriar Gallery Healdsburg, California 2006
“Take a Bow”, Cloverdale Center for the Arts Cloverdale, California 2006
“Artist Showcase”, Plaza Arts Gallery Healdsburg, California 2006
“Slivers of Time”, Magic Theatre San Francisco, California 2006
“Slivers”, Adieb Khadure Fine Art Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 2005-2008
“Stratum”, Cloverdale Center for the Arts Cloverdale, California 2006
“Cross-Pollination” Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Rosa, California 2005
“Group Show” Hammerfriar Gallery Healdsburg, California 2005
“Meditations”, Denise Roberge Gallery Palm Desert, California 2004-2005
“Holiday Show” Saga Art Gallery Cotati, California 2005
“Monks and Mandalas”, Burning Man Installation Black Rock Desert, Nevada 2003
“Filling Space”, A Street Gallery Santa Rosa, California 2003
“Pro Arts Juried Annual”, Pro Arts Gallery Oakland, California 2003
“Evenings Eclectic”, Don O’Melveny Gallery West Hollywood, California 2002
“Shikishi: New Year Gifts”, The Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek, California 2002
“Spring Thing”, Sight and Insight Art Center Mill Valley, California 2002
“Night of a 101 Cats”, Triton Museum Santa Clara, California 2002
“The Nature of Things”, The Triton Hotel Gallery San Francisco, California 2002
“Members Showcase”, Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, California 2002
“Ton of Joy”, Taking the Leap Emeryville, California 2002
“Special Exhibition”, Olive Hyde Art Gallery Fremont, California 2001
“31st 2-D Exhibition”, Center for the Visual Arts San Jose, California 2001
“Science, Technology, and the Artist”, Fine Arts Danville, California 2000
“Century MM”, Santa Cruz Art League Santa Cruz, California 2000
“30th Regional Competition”, S. J. Art League San Jose, California 1999
“35th Annual Open Show”, Fremont Art Association Fremont, California 1999
“The Figure in Context”, Center for the Arts Sebastopol, California 1999
“Lollapalooza”,Traveling Music and Art Festival Various Cities in the U.S. 1992
“Wisconsin Arts West”, Eau Claire Art Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1986-1997
“Regional Art”, David Adler Cultural Center Libertyville, Illinois 1985
Other Art Related Experience
Visual Designer, The Creamery Restaurant + Inn 2008- 2009
Visual Designer, Francis Ford Coppola Presents 2006-2007
Galleries
Adieb Khadure Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Galeria Two o Six, Healdsburg, CA
Saatchi Web Gallery, London, England
Residencies
“The Artist in the Studio”, Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek, California 2003
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
Publications
The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Front cover art
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco,California
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California
The Bohemian, Santa Rosa, CA
The North Beach Journal, San Francisco, California
San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California
Sonoma Sun, Sonoma, California
Savor magazine, Santa Rosa, California
Grundstadt News, Grundstadt, Germany
Commissions and Corporate Collections
Foster’s Wine Group, California and Australia
D and J Machining, California
Marshall Family Winery, California
Souverain Winery, California
I Vincini Winery, California
Neiss Vineyards, Germany
The Creamery Center, Wisconsin
Private Collections
In Germany, England, France, and throughout the Unites States
Teaching Experience - Art Teacher
Developed and wrote Art curriculums in first three school Districts below:
Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, California 1998-2003 Chippewa Falls Area School District, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 1986-1998
Wilmot Union School District, Wilmot, Wisconsin 1983-1988
Frankfurt High School, Frankfurt, Germany 1993
Education
Taking the Leap Program, Emeryville, California
Professional Practice for Artists program 2001-2002
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Bachelors Degree (Cum Laude) 1978-1982
University of Wisconsin- River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin
Course work in Germany 1993
Antioch University, Seattle, Washington
Course work in Costa Rica 1997
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Course work 2000
Clay Vajgrt’s art returns art to its mythic and sacred roots. He grew up in the wild lands of Wisconsin where he developed a strong visceral awareness of the natural order of life by roaming the forests, ponds, lakes, and streams of the area. Clay developed his artistic abilities at an arly age by drawing from his father’s art books, comic books, and real life objects culled from his own natural history collections. He carried that love of art and nature into his university studies at the University of Wisconsin -Stout, where he received his Bachelors degree. His readings of the works of Joseph Campbell, Carlos Casteneda, and others, influenced his love of native cultures and mythic beliefs. A lifetime of athletics and now yoga has heightened Clay’s understanding of the human body as a energy system beyond its perceived borders, and he uses these meditative figures to add the feel of unified life in his paintings. Oil and acrylic paints are layered,scraped, and brushed on to canvas to create spirit filled images of dancing energy. These windows to inner worlds may remind us of the common threads of our magnetism and the fleeting moments of our shared beauty. Clay has continued to cultivate his visions and commitment to raising awareness by living, traveling, and teaching art in various cities in the U.S., Europe, and Central America, (where he studied with a native shaman). More then twenty years of painting,creating and teaching art has led Clay to be able to share his visions with others at a deeply personal level. His art is in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
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