Marc Katano

BIO

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024

    Common Knowledge, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2023

    Longhand, Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2022

    Manner of Speaking, a selection of paintings on paper, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2021

    In Retrospect, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
  • 2019

    Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
  • 2018

    Wirtz Art/Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
    Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2017

    Outside Voice, Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
  • 2016

    Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
  • 2015

    Still Water, Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2014

    Angels‘ Share, Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2012

    Marc Katano: Penumbra, Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Incisions, paintings on wood, 1990-91, 455 Market, San Francisco, CA, curated by Bonnie Earls-Solari
  • 2009

    Marc Katano: Half Light, Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2008

    Marc Katano: Eurhythmic, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
  • 2006

    Costello Childs Art, Phoenix, AZ
  • 2005

    Tadu Contemporary Art Downtown, Santa Fe, NM
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2004

    Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 2003

    Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
    The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
    Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 2002

    Line Drawing, Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001

    New Paintings, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
  • 2000

    New Paintings, Pulliam & Deffembaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 1999

    Palimpsest, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
    Pulliam & Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
    Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1997

    Dusk and Dawn, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
  • 1995

    Light and Shadows, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
    Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Penumbra, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
    Art Salon II, Chiba, Japan
  • 1994

    Gallery Fresca, Tokyo, Japan
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1993

    Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA
  • 1992

    ßGH2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1991

    Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1989

    Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1988

    Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1987

    Mary Wright Gallery, Dallas, TX
  • 1986

    Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1985

    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Jose, CA
  • 1984

    Bank of America Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Hodges/Banks Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 1983

    Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
    Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1982

    California State University, Hayward, CA
  • 1980

    Introductions, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022

    Self-Portraits, Marc Katano & Kyoko Asano, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2019

    Sonoma Modern/Contemporary Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
  • 2015

    Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
  • 2013

    AKIN: The Art of Nicole and Marc Katano, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, curated by Kate Eilertsen
  • 2010

    One by the Other, Marc Katano and Nicole Katano, The EDGE Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2009

    Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
  • 2008

    Inaugural Exhibition, The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Inaugural Exhibition, Costello Childs Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
    Friends, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
  • 2007

    18 Painters, Visual Arts Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
    CCA Artists at Wirtz Gallery, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006

    Inaugural Exhibition, Costello/Childs Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
    Paintings on Paper 1998-2006, Costello/Childs Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
    3 Painters, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
    Black and White, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 2004

    Marc Katano Paintings/Minoru Ohira Sculpture, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    Summer Painting Show, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 2002

    In Context: Pattern in Contemporary Printmaking, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • 2001

    Marc Katano and Minoru Ohira, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
    Contemporary Prints, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
    Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Responds to Art in the Permanent
    Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
  • 2000

    Past and New Print Publications: Works by Marc Katano, Brad Durham, Charles C. Hill and Craig Kauffman, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1999

    LA NY LA, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
  • 1998

    Works on Paper, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1997

    California Painting Sampler: Selections from BankAmerica Corporation Art Collection, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
    Two Person Exhibition, Katano/Sakata, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1996

    NEWances, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    New Beginnings, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
    Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
    Group Exhibition, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
  • 1994

    Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
    A Common Language: Marc Katano and Minoru Ohira, Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA
    Nature Organized, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
    Inaugural Exhibition, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1993

    Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA
    Gallery Finarte, Nagoya, Japan
  • 1991

    The Artist’s Hand: Drawings from the BankAmerica Art Collection, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
    Maruzen Gallery, Sendai, Japan
  • 1990

    Entetsu Art Theater Rose, Hamamatsu, Japan
  • 1989

    Order and Intuition, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
  • 1988

    Mind Over Matter: New American Abstraction, International Art Project, San Francisco, CA
    Then and Now, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
  • 1987

    Shaklee Building, San Francisco, CA
  • 1985

    Cultural Frontiers Across the Pacific, Dominican College, San Raphael, CA
    California Directions in Painting, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
  • 1984

    Traditions Transformed, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
    American Woodcuts Revival and Innovation, organized by World Print Council; traveling exhibition throughout Europe, sponsored by U.S.I.S. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, Porter
    College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1983

    Oriental Art, The St. Paul Company Headquarters, St. Paul, MN
    The Japanese Artist in Hawaii ‘83, Amfac Center Plaza Gallery, Honolulu, HI
  • 1981

    Bay Arts ‘81, juried by Jan Butterfield, Belmont, CA
    February: A Group Exhibition, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Crocker-Kingsley Annual Exhibition, juried by Betty Turnbull, E.B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
    Three at Stephen Wirtz, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    SECA Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
  • 1980

    Sculpture, Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, CA
  • 1978

    Alumni Invitational, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
  • 1974

    Bay Area Contemporary Artists, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
    Group Exhibition, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • Legion of Honor
  • Achenbach Collection, San Francisco, CA
  • Renown Regional Medical Center Art Collection, Reno, NV
  • The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
  • Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
  • San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
  • San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
  • Sacramento Regional Transit District, Sacramento, CA