William Harsh
William Harsh is an artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 25 years of dedicated studio practice. Primarily an oil painter, he also works extensively with other painting and drawing media and with monotype printmaking. Raised in Europe and the US, he studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks at Boston University, and has for many years taught studio art at colleges in New England and California. His work is included in numerous collections in the US, Canada, and Europe.
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Current Gallery Representation
Stewart-Kummer Gallery; Gualala, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Recent Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2008 AFFINITIES AND VARIATIONS: CIRCLING THE ENIGMA, Arts Benicia Gallery; Benicia, CA
2003 NEW WORKS BY WILLIAM HARSH AND C. DAWN DAVIS, Aliya Gallery; Atlanta, GA
2001 WILLIAM HARSH: PAINTINGS/WORKS ON PAPER, Arts Benicia; Benicia, CA
1997 WILLIAM HARSH: PAINTINGS/WORKS ON PAPER, Domaine Chandon Winery;
Yountville, CA
WILLIAM HARSH: PAINTINGS/WORKS ON PAPER, Louvre, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
1995 TWO PAINTERS: RECENT WORK - WILLIAM HARSH AND MARILYN BARDET, Arts
Bencia, Benicia, CA
Selected Invitational and Group Exhibitions
2008 CIVIC ARTS EDUCATION 45TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Bedford Gallery; Walnut Creek, CA
REFLECTIONS OF THE BAY, California Modern Art Gallery; San Francisco, CA
THE AMALGAMISTS, Solano College Gallery; Suisun, CA
2006 HYBRIDS: THE NEW SURREALISTS, Peninsula Museum of Art; Belmont, CA
SEVEN PAINTERS, Stewart-Kummer Gallery; Gualala, CA
2005 EAST BAY AREA ABSTRACT PAINTERS, Lynn House Gallery; Antioch, CA
2004 PRINTMAKING & PROCESS, Arts Benicia; Benicia, CA
PLEASURE PLACES IV, Center of the Earth Gallery; Charlotte, NC
2002 CROCKER-KINGSLEY 73rd EXHIBITION, Crocker Art Museum; Sacramento, CA
1999 FOUR PAINTERS, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1998 GROUP EXHIBITION, Old Navy Corp./Ortega Art; San Francisco, CA
ART HOUSE III, Courrier Art House; Washington D.C.
1996 GROUP EXHIBITION, Tepper/Takayama Fine Arts; Boston, MA
1994 LEGACY: NINE ARTISTS WHO STUDIED WITH PHILIP GUSTON, The New Art Center;
NEWTONVILLE, MA
Reviews
2008 Mary Oros and William Harsh at Arts Benicia, review by DeWitt Cheng, Artweek , December 2008
2007 Hybrids: The New Surrealists, review by Art Hazelwood, San Francisco ArtMagazine.com, February
2007
2001 William Harsh in Benicia, review by Colin Berry, Artweek , October 2001
Publications
2004 Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism, by Judith Bookbinder
2002 Art of Northern California, Alcove Books; Oakland, CA
The Artful Home, Guild Publishing; Madison, WI
2000 Beautiful Things: Original art from the artists of Guild.Com, Guild Publishing; Madison,
WI
1997 New American Paintings, Open Studios Press; Wellesley, MA
Teaching
2008-present Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education Program, Walnut Creek, CA
2001-present Arts Benicia Education Program, Benicia, CA
1986-1992 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1988 University of California Extension, San Francisco, CA
1986 Chabot College, Livermore, CA
1984 Boston University, Boston, MA
1981-1983 Assumption College, Worcester, MA
1979-1980 Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Education
1977; 1979 BFA, MFA; Boston University, School of Fine Arts
