Modern art by abstract artist Arnold Chao on display at the Yahoo! Inc. campus, Building C2
701 First Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1019
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BIOGRAPHY
Arnold Chao grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where landscapes such as the Rocky Mountains and Mesa Verde inspired him to pursue visual art as early as preschool. Moving to California in '84, he honed his creative instincts in architecture, sculpture, mixed-media, and illustration; which eventually guided him to a fine art education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Engaging in various mediums including color pencil, ceramics, photography, and painting, Chao earned a BFA with an emphasis in oil painting and BA in psychology in 1996. He's been an active exhibiting artist and contemporary-art advocate ever since, featuring his artwork in various venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Focusing on abstract oil paintings, he has refined a kinetic, textured, visceral style that's heavily influenced by his background in psychology and his enjoyment of California's muiltculturalism.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS: Gallery Purple, Yahoo! Inc. Campus, Sunnyvale, CA, Building C, 2nd floor -- request visit
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
* EOS Restaurant, San Francisco, CA -- through November 20, 2009; 5pm - 10pm nightly; art reception (6:30pm - 10pm) Sept. 23, 2009
* Retro-Surrealism, Stevenson Cafe, Stevenson College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1996
* Psychosomatic Show, Cowell College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1996
* The Enjoyment of Negation, Porter Cafe, Porter College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1996
* Deconstruction, Silicon Valley Open Studios-2002, Santa Clara, CA, 2002
* Convergence curated by the San Jose Art League, Campbell, CA, 2003
* Silicon Valley Open Studios-2003, Santa Clara, CA, 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* Novas, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Cowell College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1995
* Grand Opening Show, The Lift Gallery, 555 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, December 2001
* Peace between Two Worlds, San Jose Art League, 563 Minor Avenue, San Jose, CA, 2001
* www.SVArts.org Reception, Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth St., San Jose, CA, January 2002
* 8th Annual AVArtFest, Triton Musuem of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA, 2002
* Bold Expressions: 47th Annual International Juried Show, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA, 2002
* Shikishi, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2002
* Contemporary Abstracts, Artisans Art Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 2003
* Similar Differences, XPO Gallery of the Wine Galleria, San Jose, CA, 2003
* Contemporary Showcase, Sanwood Gallery, Vallco Mall, Cupertino, CA, 2004
* Structures of Suffering, Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA, 2004, [until the end of July]
* Yahoo! Cultural Gallery Opening Show, Sunnyvale, CA, 2004
* Drawing on the Edge, XPO Gallery of the Wine Galleria, San Jose, CA
* Yahoo! Cultural Gallery #2, Sunnyvale, CA, 2004
* Contemporary Abstracts, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA, August 2004
COLLECTORS
Philip McKoy, Minneapolis, MN Antony Passemard, Palo Alto, CA Deb Hopewell, Santa Cruz, CA Kathi and Don Rose, Huntington Beach, CA Brian Rose, Nashville, TN Christy Schrader, San Francisco, CA Ellen Perelman, San Francisco, CA Lyn Campbell, Benecia, CA Iain Huxley, Sunnyvale, CA Sunil Saxena, Los Angeles, CA Eli Hammond, Los Angeles, CA Eddie Wu, Milpitas, CA Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Santa Cruz, CA Chris Akhavan, San Francisco, CA Mike Williams, San Francisco, CA Ryan Stubblefield, San Francisco, CA Robert Jackson, Sunnyvale, CA Becky Worley, Oakland, CA Nancy Tam, Santa Clara, CA David Price, San Francisco, CA Cheryl Van, Sunnyvale, CA Greg Martin, Boulder Creek, CA Rafael Avila, San Jose, CA James Berry, San Francisco, CA Charles Tyler, San Jose, CA Desiree Reich, San Jose, CA Eddie Bell, San Jose, CA Kenyon Mei, Mountain View, CA Brian Larson, East Palo Alto, CA Tanya Murphy, Seattle, WA Heather Plep, CA Chris Domingo, Chicago, IL Stephanie Webb, Willow Glen, CA Matt Edelman, Belmont, CA Randall Wise, ID Leif Hoglund, Sunnyvale, CA Joanne Masunaga, San Diego, CA Eric and Shirley Masunaga, San Jose, CA Mike McGlothlen, Boston, MA Claire and Matt Hoglund, Sunnyvale, CA Albert Oh, South Korea Rebekah Venegas, MT Carolina Franco, Santa Clara, CA Susanna Merimee, San Francisco, CA Jill Tucker, MS Doug McGowan, San Mateo, CA Ya Chang, San Jose, CA Chuck Kim, Sunnyvale, CA Doug & Lindsay Ohori, San Jose, CA Jeff Grellman, Los Angeles, CA Ben & Theresa Grellman, Dublin, CA Nancy Mei, Fremont, CA Shannon Chance, London, UK Elaine Bartlett, NC Kate MacLeod, Phoenix, AZ Lisa Kohler, Los Gatos, CA Nick Alongi, San Jose, CA Paula Allen, Santa Cruz, CA
Modern art by abstract artist Arnold Chao on display at the Yahoo! Inc. campus, Building C2
701 First Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1019
arnisto
