NARRATIVE BIOGRAPHY
A narrative biography of artist Guy Diehl, covering his early days in Pennsylvania and the development of his art career in California. It also covers the period after Diehl received his Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State in 1976 to the present.
Written by Matt Gonzalez
Matt Gonzalez is an American politician, lawyer, activist, and artist. He received his B.A. at Columbia University and J.D. from Stanford Law School. After a decade working as a deputy public defender, Gonzalez served a term on San Francisco's 11-member Board of Supervisors. He thereafter co-founded a civil rights law firm, Gonzalez & Leigh LLP, which was active from 2005-2012, and was Ralph Nader’s running mate in 2008 on an Independent ticket. In early 2011, he returned to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office as Chief Attorney. In 2006, Gonzalez founded the San Francisco Collage Collective with Robin Savinar and Albert Herter. The goal of the collective is to democratize art by inviting anyone to participate, regardless of previous training. Gonzalez has worked with many artists in the collective, including Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Theophilus Brown, and Glenna Putt. He has exhibited his paper collage artwork at a number of venues in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2006.
