Robert Minuzzo
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Robert Minuzzo
707-337-3380 About the Artist Robert Minuzzo was born in San Francisco, California on February 28, 1956. As a child Robert learned to draw from his mother while his father shared his love of the California wilderness with his young son. Growing up across the street from Golden Gate Park accelerated his awareness of nature. By high school Robert’s artistic talent won him the opportunity to paint a mural on his auditorium entrance at Lowell High and members of its faculty became his first collectors. Robert began his higher education in pre-med at City College in San Francisco. Using his draftsmanship skills in anatomy class helped him memorize human body structure. An art professor there recommended he apply to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After his acceptance he declared a major in illustration; but by his second year Robert’s natural gift for painting was heavily encouraged by his instructors. He emerged from Art Center in 1980 as an artist, or more precisely a painter. Robert returned to Northern California and began capturing the spectacular beauty of its landscapes on paper and canvas. With influences from the work of de Kooning, Pollock and Diebenkorn, he has created his own unique style: often an impressionist, sometimes a more abstract expressionist but always using his command of the spectrum. Robert’s work confirms his internalized sensitivity to nature’s perfect designs and infinite color. Education Art Center College of Design Pasadena CA City College of San Francisco San Francisco CA Solo exhibitions 2011 John Natsoulas Gallery Davis CA 2007-2009 Club Sportiva San Francisco CA 2005 Club Sportiva San Francisco CA 2000 St Supery Winery Rutherford CA 1999 Merryvale Winery St Helena CA 1998 Idea House, Galleria Center San Francisco CA 1994 455 Market Street San Francisco CA 1987 333 Bush Street San Francisco CA 1987 LIMN San Francisco CA 1983 Wilkes Bashford San Francisco CA Group exhibitions 2009-2012 John Natsoulas Gallery Davis CA 2007 Intero Gallery Napa CA 2000-2006 John Natsoulas Gallery Davis CA 1998 ArtSmart/Linda Zweig Fine Art San Francisco CA 1997 Michael Thompson Gallery San Francisco CA 1995 Valerie Miller Fine Art Palm Desert CA 1995 Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery Kirkland WA 1993 Napa Valley Wine Auction St Helena CA 1992 JM Mallon Gallery Indianapolis IN 1993 Napa Valley Wine Auction St Helena CA 1991 Rubiner Gallery West Bloomfield MI 1989 Francine Ellman Gallery Los Angeles CA 1989 Rubiner Gallery West Bloomfield MI 1986 Harleen & Allen Gallery San Francisco CA 1985 Richmond Art Center Richmond CA 1982 Tom Luttrell Gallery San Francisco CA 1980 Sausalito Art Festival Sausalito CA 1979 Brand Library Gallery Glendale CA Collections (Partial listing) Amis, Judith Austin TX Bernardini, Paolo Rome, Italy Bouchaine Winery Napa CA Burnette, Dan New York NY Checkers Restaurants Santa Rosa & Calistoga CA Citicorp San Francisco CA Copeland, Tatiana Wilmington DE Feigenbaum, Joseph San Francisco CA Gamburd, Elizabeth & Robert Palo Alto CA Goldin, Gerrie & Sy Incline Village NV Golub, Michael San Mateo CA Guggenhime, Richard & Judy San Francisco & Healdsburg CA Gulbronsen, Dan Sausalito CA Hearst Corporation New York NY |