BORN

1949 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

EDUCATION

1976 M.A. San Francisco State University, CA

1973 B.A. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA

1970 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1986 - 2026

2026 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA - June

2023 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA - October

2020 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 Solo Exhibition, Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CAr

2018 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

2007 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2003 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997 Modernism, San Francisco, CA

1995 Fletcher Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1994 Modernism, San Francisco, CA

1993 Modernism, San Francisco, CA

1990 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1989 University of Pacific, Stockton, CA

1988 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Magic Theater, Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA

1987 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1986 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Lurie Company, San Francisco, CA

1984 Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982 Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981 Shepard Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

1980 Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1979 Shasta College, Redding, CA

Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1976 Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA

1975 San Francisco State University, CA

1971 Concord Center for the Arts, Concord, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 - 2021

2020-21: The deYoung Open | In celebration of the de Young Museum’s 125th anniversary, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

2019: Off Menu: Contemporary Art About Food. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

Magnolia Editions Tapestries - Blueriider Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan

2018: Independent Vision - From the Martin Muller Collection, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

Way Bay 2, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA 94704.

Art of the Book, Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

The Illusive History of the Still Life in Modern Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2017: 20th Anniversary Gallery Group Exhibition, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Art of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2016: Imagery Art for Wine Collection: An Art and Wine Partnership, Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA

Inside Magnolia Editions, Innovations & Collaborations, Art Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA

2015: The Object of Objects, A Still Life Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO

2014: Realism, Really? Today's Contemporary Realist, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

Recent Projects, Magnolia Editions, 2577 Magnolia St. Oakland, CA.

The SGC International Awards Exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA.

Deep Readings, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA Feb. 3 to Mar. 20

2013: Selected TAPESTRIES, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

Inter Woven - Contemporary Tapestries, Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA

Art of Painting in the 21st Century III, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2012: Tapestries? Zodok Gallery, Miami, FL

Davis Mural Team - Public Arts Project 2012, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

Digital Mixed Media - Bay Area Artists Take Digital Photography to a New Level, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA

Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge, 75th Anniversary. George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011: The Art of the Book. Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA

Art of Painting in the 21st Century II, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2010: Americans at Play, Sullivan Goss an American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

A Winter Quartet, Sullivan Goss an American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

100 Grand, Sullivan Goss an American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

AWARDS

2005 Biennial Exhibition Award, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

1994 Marin Arts Council’s Individual Artists Grant, San Rafael, CA

1972 Alameda County Art Commission, Purchase Award, Fremont, CA

LECTURES + SEMINARS

2024 Belvedere Tiburon Public Library, Tiburon CA, Lecture

Laney College, Art Department, Oakland CA, Llecture

Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. Lecture

2023 ICB Art Studios, Sausalito, CA, Lecture

2018 Diablo Valley Collage Art Dept. Pleasant Hill, CA, Lecture

College of Marin Art Dept. Marin, CA, Lecture

Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA, Lecture

The Illusive History of the Still Life in Modern Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Lecture

2017 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Lecture

2014 Realism Really?: Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, Lecture

2012 Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge, 75th Anniversary. George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Panel discussion

The Alchemy of Acrylic Painting II, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Teaching-Seminar

2011 Santa Clara University, Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara, CA, Lecture

The Alchemy of Acrylic Painting, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Teaching-Seminar

Art of Painting in the 21st Century: An Annual Conference in Davis, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Lecture

2007 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, Lecture

2005 First Thursday—Presented by Apple Computer and SFADA, San Francisco, CA, Lecture

2004 The Pacific Art Foundation, The Pacific Club, Newport Beach, CA, Lecture

Contemporary Collectors Circle, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, CA, Lecture

2003 Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, CA, Lecture

2000 Taking the Leap, Emeryville, CA, Lecture

1995 California State University Hayward, Art Dept., Hayward, CA, Lecture

1994 Introduction’94, Issues of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA | Seminar

1992 University of California, Berkeley Art Dept., Berkeley, CA, Lecture

1990 Shasta College Art Dept., Redding, CA, Teaching-Seminar

Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA, Teaching-Seminar

1990 Diablo Valley College Art Dept., Pleasant Hill, CA, Lecture

Fort Mason Printmakers. Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA, Lecture

TEACHING + PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020 > Volunteer - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - de Young & Legion of Honor Museums.

2016 > Artist in Residence at Magnolia Editions, Oakland, CA

2012 Davis Mural Team project, participating artist, Davis, CA

GGB75 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Blurb.com

2009 Monograph: Guy Diehl ~ Still Life Paintings. Blurb.com

2007 Curator: Guy Diehl solo exhibition, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

1992-98 City College of San Francisco, Art Dept. Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

1989-91 Diablo Valley College, Art Dept., Pleasant Hill, CA

1980-90 Las Positas College, Art Dept., Livermore, CA.

1980-82 Colossal Pictures, (Animation Illustrator), San Francisco, CA

1977-82 Diablo Valley College, Art Dept., Pleasant Hill, CA

1977-78 Editions Press, (Cromatist) San Francisco, CA

1968-70 Lee Bowman Volkswagen-Porsche, (Service Dept. Shop Boy) Concord, CA

1968 The Chinese Kitchen Restaurant (Delivery Boy), Concord, CA

PUBLIC ART

2012 Still Life with Billie Holiday 9 x 12-foot mural Sponsored by the City Arts Program, Davis, CA. Note: As of 2021 the mural has been painted over by building owner.

BOOKS

Monograph "Guy Diehl - Still Life Paintings" Blurb.com

GGB75 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge Blurb.com

FILM PLACEMENT

2006 Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale (32:52 min.)

1994 Nina Takes A Lover

EMAIL

info@guydiehl.com