INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2009 - Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 - Walnut Creek City Hall, Walnut Creek, CA, New Monotypes
- Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA, New Collection of Art - Pacic Bay Coffee Company 2007 - Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA, New Collection of Art - The Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA , Press/Work, Two person show 2006 - Shadelands Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA, New Monotypes, Two person show - Walnut Creek City Hall, Walnut Creek, CA, Monotypes, Three person exhibit - Wells Fargo Bank, Blackhawk, CA, Solo show,
2005 - Bank of America, Walnut Creek, CA, Dreaming in Color, Solo show, - New Collection of Art, Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA 2004 - Studios@700, Spring and Fall, Solo show 2003 - Studios@700, Spring and Fall, Solo show 2002 - Soho, NYC, NY, A.I.R. Gallery
- Sosin and Sosin Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, ViewPoints
- Dorothy Berge Gallery, Stillwater, MN 1999 - Dorothy Berge Gallery, Stillwater, MN 1998 - Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul MN, Global Sisterhood - Galerie Johannes, Vienna, Austria 1997 - Second Story Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Honoring Our Ancestors
1996 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Fire, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program - MN Valley Natl Wildlife Refuge, Woodswork, Site Specic Installation - University of Minnesota, Katherine Nash Gallery, Mentor-Protege Exhibition - Dorothy Berge Gallery, Stillwater, MN, Holiday Show
1995 - Minnetonka Center for the Arts, MN, Signs of Life, - Dorothy Berge Gallery, Stillwater, MN, Duet, Two Person Show
1994 - University of Minnesota, Katherine Nash Gallery, Mentor-Protege Exhibition - Dorothy Berge Gallery, Stillwater, MN, Holiday Show 1993 - Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, Keepers of the Circle - College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, The Age of Women - Vye Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Rejection, An Artists Rite of Passage - Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, Woodswork 1992 - A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, NY, Holiday Show - Tyler Street Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, New Art - Banl-Locke Park, Fridley, MN, Woodswork, Site-specic Installation - Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, Mentor-Protege Exhibition 1991 - Riverplace Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Second Wave 1987 - Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, FigureWorks, Three person show
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2009 - Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Three person show 2008 - Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, LOCAL VOICE 2007 - Oakland Museum of American Art, Oakland, CA 2006 - Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA, New Abstract Art 2005 - Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, LOCAL VOICE - ArtConcepts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Holiday Show 2003 - Miami University, Ohio, Stitched Sex 1996 - Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, Annual Show, W.A.R.M. 1994 - Art in the Garden, Banl-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
1993 - Mesa Center for the Arts, Mesa, AZ, Single Impression, 1991 - Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, Minneapolis, MN, Fresh Currency AWARDS AND HONORS
2009 - Featured Emerging Artist in Art Business Magazine 2006 - Third Place Award, ABSTRACT 2006, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA - Honorable Mention, Alamo-Danville Artists Society Spring Show 2003 - Holiday card design for UNICEF Europe 1996 - Award of Merit, Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition 1995 - Second Place Award, Members Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, MN 1994 - Purchase Award, Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places
- Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition 1986 - First Prize, Its easy being a girl, the hard parts being a woman, YWCA, Minneapolis, MN - First Prize, Annual Show, Edina Art Center, Edina, MN
COLLECTIONS The State of Minnesota UNICEF William Lutz, Attoney at Law, Minneapolis Barbara Crosby, The Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Dr. Christopher J. Brophy, Oakland, CA
Jean Shannon, Mashiko, Japan
Faye Berton, Puerto Morelos, Mexico Renee Blahuta, Fairbanks, Alaska Marilyn Summers Cool, Minnetonka, MN
Sonja Larsen, Brainerd, MN
Rita Klingen, Walnut Creek, CA EDUCATION University of Oregon, Scholarship, Institute of International Education.
Graduate, School of Art and Design, Linz, Austria. Training at Minneapolis College of Art, the University of Minnesota and at the School of Visual Arts in New York City with Milton Glaser.
TEACHING Adjunct Instructor, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN Mentor, Mentor/Protegee program, Womens Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM),

Ruth Kolman Brophy