Resume


Born in San Francisco, 1954
Raised in Paris, France 1960-1968, then returned to San Francisco
San Francisco Art Institute Summer Studio Workshops 1968-69
UC Berkeley Summer Photography Program 1975
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oberlin College 1977
Artist in Residence, Art Exchange Gallery and Susquehanna Studios, Union Dale, PA 1978-1981
Owner/Master Printer, de Limur Studios, San Francisco, CA 1980-86
   —A fine art and commercial silk-screen studio specializing in the production of limited-edition art prints

Moved to Calistoga, in the Napa Valley, CA 1987
Designed and built a custom home in Calistoga with award-winning architect Richard Stacy 1988-1990
Designed and built a custom home in Calistoga with Napa Valley architect Patrick Mervin 1999-2002
Lived with wife and children in Paris for a year 2006-2007
Progressed on a body of landscapes in oils and pastels, as well as a series of small-scale
     wood and linoleum block prints 1992-2016

Selected Shows

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Pressing Matters: Printmaking and Artists' Books, juried group exhibition, 2016
Open Studios Napa Valley 2016
Open Studios Napa Valley 2009-2015
Landscape at the IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA, group exhibition, 2014
Napa Valley Musem, A Date with the Devil, juried group exhibition, accompanied by live theatrical performances of Igor
     Stravinsky's masterpiece A Soldier's Tale, 2013
Christie's San Francisco, Works by Charley de Limur and Highlights from the American Art Auction, 2012
Napa Valley Museum, Take a Chance on Miniatures, juried group exhibit, 2012
The Alliance Française de Washington DC, solo show 2010-2011
Napa Valley Open Studios Preview Show, St. Supery 2010
Open Studios Preview Show, Mumm Napa 2009
Napa Valley Museum, Paradise Lost & Found, group show 2006
Napa Valley Arts Foundation Open Studios 1996, 1999
Calistoga Education Foundation Auction 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992
San Francisco Bay Club, 4-wall interior mural 1991
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, Miniatures 1990
Cyclone Fence Gallery, street installation, at Brannan and 8th, SF, CA 1986
South of Market Cultural Center, SF, CA 1985
Seven Bay Area Printmakers, S.O.M.A.R. Gallery, SF, CA 1985
Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA 1984
Prism, large-scale exterior mural, at Bryant and 22nd, SF, CA 1983
Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA 1983
Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, SF, CA 1981
525 2nd Street Gallery, Washington, DC 1979
Dome Gallery, Oberlin College, Ohio 1977

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