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EDUCATION:
1992-1995
B.F.A. (Sculpture), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1988-1992 Portland
Community College, Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES:
Mar-May 2006ART
OF FACT: THE HUMAN REMAINS, San Francisco Public Library /
James C. Hormel Center
San
Francisco,
CA (Presented By Visual Aid and SFPL James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center)
October 2002 REFLECTIONS:
A
collection of works spanning 15 years,
San Francisco, CA
(Artspan
Open Studio)
October 2001 ANIMAL,
VEGETABLE, MINERAL,
(Installation) San Francisco, CA (Artspan Open Studio)
October 2000 SISSY
BOY DOLLS,
San Francisco, CA (Artspan Open Studio)
Jan - Feb 2000 DAMAGED
GOODS, Space
743,
San Francisco, CA
October 1999 STICKS
AND STONES and other childhood myths
, San Francisco, CA (Artspan Open Studio)
October 1997 FAGART
, San Francisco, CA (Artspan Open Studio)
September 1995 (dis)EASE,
Bewegung
Gallery,
San Francisco, CA (A Sculptural Installation / Performance)
November 1994 Diego
Rivera Gallery,
S.F.A.I., San Francisco, CA
October 1994 DINNER
FOR ONE,
Ocean Beach,
San Francisco, CA (Public Performance)
June 1994 OPEN
STUDIO,
Portland, OR
April 1994 PRIVATE
PAIN IN THE PUBLIC EYE,
Pioneer
Courthouse Square,
Portland, OR
(Twelve Hour Public Performance)
October 1993 NAMES,
VOICES, FACES,
Gallery X,
S.F.A.I., San Francisco, CA (Gallery Installation)
September 1992 PRIVATE
SPACES
, San Francisco, CA (Site-specific Installation)
June 1992 Art
Source Gallery / Bistro,
West Lynn, OR
August 1989 EROTIC
MALE CUBISM,
C.C. Slaughter’s,
Portland, OR
June 1989Blue
Heron Cafe / Gallery,
Portland, OR
April 1989 Crepe’
Faire’ Bistro,
Portland, OR
January 1989 C.C.
Slaughter’s
, Portland, OR
October 1982 Wilde
Oscar’s,
Portland, OR
March 1979 The
Rivershore Motor Inn,
Richland WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES:
Apr
- May 2006HEALING
FORCE: A Visual Aid Group Exhibition,
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gallery
San
Franicsco LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA
May 2005PROOF
POSITIVE: A Visual Aid Group Exhibition,
San
Francisco LGBT Center,
San
Francisco, CA
January 2005PASSING
THROUGH: A Collaborative Installation,
WORKS /
San Jose,
San Jose, CA
(Site
Specific Collaborative Installation With Mike O'Shea and Judy O'Shea).
June 2004LIVING
PROOF, San
Francisco LGBT Center,
San Francisco, CA
January 200325
RHINOS: Theatre Rhinoceros 25th Anniversary Benefit,
San
Francisco LGBT Center,
San
Francisco, CA
December 2002RECLAIMING
THE HOLLOW: a four day exhibition in the most unlikely of places,
628
Cole Street, San Francisco, CA. (Curator: Aaron Distler)
October 2002FIGHT
OR FLIGHT: Art In Spite Of Adversity, Works
/ San Jose,
San Jose, CA
October 2002 LOWER
HAIGHT PREVIEW SHOW,
The
Yoga Loft,
San Francisco, CA
July - Aug. 20022002
VISUAL AID ARTISTS SHOW,
Stephen
Wirtz Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
(Curator:
Nancy Toomey / Toomey Tourell Fine Art, S.F.)
July - Aug. 2002POSITIVE
TOO, San
Francisco LGBT Center,
San Francisco, CA
June - July 2002THE
CODEX OF QUEER ART,
Alberta
Arts Pavilion / Our Dream Gallery,
Portland, OR
(A
National Juried Exhibition)
March 2002 POSITIVE,
A Visual Aid exhibition for the AMFAR Conference, Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San
Francisco, CA
March 2002 COMMON-UNITY,
Cruisible
Steel Gallery / CellSpace,
San Francisco, CA
June - July 2001 LIFE
AFTER DEATH: EMBRACING THE QUEER WIDOW,
National
Queer Arts Festival 2001, SPACE
743,
San Francisco, CA (Curator and Producer)
June - July 2001 THE
WORLD FROM A GAY PERSPECTIVE,
LIMN Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
June 2001 16th
ANNUAL ARTISTS IN RECOVERY EXHIBIT,
Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San Francisco, CA
April - May 2001 THE
WORLD FROM A GAY PERSPECTIVE,
The
Michael Himovitz Gallery,
Sacramento, CA
February 2001 THE
ARTIST WAY EXHIBIT,
The
Presidio Alliance,
San Francisco, CA
December 2000 ARTHOUSE,
San Francisco, CA
September 2000 LOWER
HAIGHT PREVIEW SHOW,
Bean
There Cafe,
San Francisco, CA
September 1999 LOWER
HAIGHT PREVIEW SHOW,
Bean
There Cafe,
San Francisco, CA
July 1998 13th
ANNUAL ARTISTS IN RECOVERY EXHIBIT,
Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San
Francisco, CA
July 1997 12th
ANNUAL ARTISTS IN RECOVERY EXHIBIT,
Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San
Francisco, CA
May 1995 THE
SPRING SHOW,
San
Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
May 1995 0
- 1, Acme
Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
April 1995 LANGUAGE,
TULIPS & CYCLES,
San
Francisco Art Institute Auditorium,
San Francisco, CA
(Performance,
Created by “K. Rawings”)
April 1995 ELEMENT
#1, Bewegung
Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
May 1993 THE
SPRING SHOW,
San
Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
May 1993 THE
BATTERY STREET STUDIO,
San Francisco, CA
April 1993 THE
REJECT SHOW,
San
Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
March 1993 CALIFORNIA
POSITIVE I.D.,
Gallery Sanchez,
San Francisco, CA
May 1992 Northview
Gallery,
Portland Community College, Portland, OR (Student Show)
April 1991 Northview
Gallery,
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
(Best
Of Show / Student Show)
May 1989 Northview
Gallery,
Portland Community College, Portland, OR (Student Show)
November 1988 Blue
Heron Cafe
/ Gallery, Portland, OR
December 1982 THE
CHRISTMAS SHOW,
Wilde Oscar’s,
Portland, OR
CURATORIAL
PROJECTS:
January 2005PASSING
THROUGH: A Collaborative Installation,
WORKS /
San Jose,
San Jose, CA
(Site
Specific Collaborative Installation With Mike O'Shea and Judy O'Shea).
June - July 2001 LIFE
AFTER DEATH: EMBRACING THE QUEER WIDOW,
National
Queer Arts Festival 2001, SPACE
743,
San Francisco, CA (Curator and Producer)
July 2000 15th
ANNUAL ARTISTS IN RECOVERY EXHIBIT,
Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San Francisco, CA (Art
Committee Co-chair)
July 1999 14th
ANNUAL ARTISTS IN RECOVERY EXHIBIT,
Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium,
San
Francisco, CA (Art
Committee Co-chair)
February 1995 FOOT
FETISH : try walking in my shoes,
Bewegung
Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
(Curator)
REVIEWS,
PUBLISHED AND/OR PUBLIC WORKS:
March 2006Dennis
McMillan, " Dan Pillers' Art of Fact Displayed at Main
Library", SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
Vol.
27, #25,
3/23/2006, p 22.
May 2005"ART
JAM: An Informal Presentation By Five Visual Aid Aritst", YERBA
BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
San
Francisco, CA
January 2005"Passing
Through: A Collaborative Installation, Artist Talk, WORKS
/ SAN JOSE,
San Jose, CA
(Slide
Presentation with Mike O'Shea and Judy O'Shea).
August 2004"HIV
at Work, Up Close", ONE
LIFE, KMPT TV Channel 32,
Magazine Style Show #4, 8/31/2004
(Profile
Interview with Sara Kramer and Miriam Messer)
August 2004"Living
Proof", ONE
LIFE, KMPT TV Channel 32,
Magazine Style Show #3, 8/10/2004
(Interview
at Visual Aid's Living Proof Exhibit)
July 2004"Artist
Talk and Slide Presentation", L'EXPERIENCE, Artists in
Residence Program, Plaisance, France
October 2002"Art
Museums & Galleries: Fight or Flight", SAN
JOSE MERCURY NEWS,
10/6/02, p4E
June 2001Nancy
Warren, "Pride
Guide 2001:
An
opinionated look at June's Gay Pride events",
SFGATE.COM
/ SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 6/1/2001,
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2001/06/01/prideguide.DTL
June 2001 John
R. Killacky, "Widow's Peak: 'Life After Death: Embracing the
Queer Widow' at Space 743",
THE
BAY AREA REPORTER,
Vol.31 #25, 6/21/2001, p 84.
June 2001 Will
Shank , "A Queer Month in the Visual Arts", THE
BAY AREA REPORTER,
Vol.31
#25,
6/21/2001, p 81.
June 2001H-Ray
Hiene, "Life After Death: Embracing the Queer Widow, A
Conversation With Dan Pillers"
(an
online interview), DIGITALSOULS.COM,
http://www.digitalsouls.com/queerwidow.html
June 2001David
M. Roth, "The World from a Gay Perspective at Michael Himovitz
Gallery", ARTWEEK,
Vol.22
#6, June 2001, p 15-16.
April 22, 2001 Victoria
Dalkey, "Gallery's final show; Himovitz shows 'World From a Gay Perspective'",
THE
SACRAMENTO BEE,
Encore Section, 4/22/01, p.12-13.
February 15, 2001 "The
World From A Gay Perspective at the Michael Himovitz Gallery"
(Cover Article),
MGW
NEWSPAPER,
Vol. 23 #402, 2/15/01, p.1, 12.
August 3, 2000 Terry
Beswick, “B.A.R.’s Szymanski, others, snag grants”, BAY
AREA REPORTER,
Vol.
30#31,
8/3/00,p13
February - April 2000 Benny
Shaboy, “How Artists Use Computers” (Cover Article), STUDIO
NOTES,
#28,Feb.-Apr.
2000, p.1-4
February 18,2000
Marke Biesche, “Dan Pillers: Damaged Goods” (Editor’s
Pick), BAYAREA
CITYSEARCH.COM
January 19-25,2000 Sarah
Coleman, “Critic’s Choice / Damaged Goods” , THE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
GUARDIAN,
Vol.34 #16, 1/19-25/00, p.84
January 13,2000 “Out
and About”, BAR
AREA REPORTER,
Vol. 30 #2, 1/13/00, p40
October 1999 “Open
Studios Month in San Francisco”, ARTWEEK,
Vol.30 #10, 10/99 p2
September 1995 Samuel
Topiary, “The Way that Words Can Hurt: Dan Pillers’ (dis)EASE”,
SAN
FRANCISCO BAY TIMES,
Vol.16 #25 9/7/95 p.27
November 1994 AIDS
Awareness Week, SAN
FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE,
San Francisco, CA
(Slide
and Video Presentation)
April 27,1994 CHANNEL
8 TV,
“Private Pain In The Public Eye”, Portland, OR (Evening
News Interview)
February 1992 NO
ON HATE CAMPAIGN,
(Valentine Card Design), Portland, OR
April 11,1991 THE
BRIDGE,
Portland Community College Press, Portland, OR
April 4, 1991 THE
BRIDGE,
Portland Community College Press, Portland, OR
November 1990 CABAROCK:
A Musical Act Of Diversity,
(Promotional Graphics), Portland, OR
Fall 1990
MERCURY: A LITERARY MAGAZINE,
Portland Community College Press, Portland, OR
(Story
Illustration)
October 1982 THE
DOWNTOWNER WEEKLY,
Portland, OR
March 1979 THE
NW GAYZETTE,
(Cover Article), Spokane, WA
HONORS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
2005CURATOR'S
HONORARIUM, Passing Through: A Collaborative Installation, WORKS /
San Jose, CA
2002- 2005
VISUAL AID GRANT RECIPIENT, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA
2000CREATING
QUEER COMMUNITY GRANT, Gateway Initiative of The San Francisco Foundation
w/
the Jon Sims Center , the Harvey Milk Institute and the Queer
Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1995 & 1996ARTIST
IN RESIDENCE, "L'EXPERIENCE",
Plaisance, France
1995
ROBERT HOWE FLETCHER CUP, (Outstanding Achievement) , San Francisco
Art Institute
1992 - 1993
1993 - 1994
1994 - 1995
DEAN’S LIST, San Francisco Art Institute
1993 - 1994
1994 -1995 CAL
GRANT, (Merit Scholarship), San Francisco Art Institute
1993 - 1994
1994 -1995
S.F.A.I. CONTINUING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP, (Merit Scholarship),
San
Francisco Art Institute
1992 S.F.A.I.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP, (Merit Scholarship), San Francisco
Art Institute
1991 - 1992
ERIC PORCHMAN SCHOLARSHIP, (Merit Scholarship), Portland Community
College, Portland OR
1991 - 1992 PRESIDENT’S
LIST, Portland Community College, Portland OR
1991 BEST
OF SHOW, P.C.C. Student Show, Portland Community College, Portland OR
1990 - 1991 DEAN’S
LIST, Portland Community College, Portland OR
1975 THIRD
PLACE AWARD, (Live Action), Washington State Film Festival, Spokane, WA |
