Jaren Dahlstrom

Jaren Dahlstrom was born in San Francisco, CA grew up in the SF Bay Area. He started drawing and painting when he was quite young. He began his painting studies with Mr. Boyd Allen at 12 years old. Continued fine art studies in college. He is primarily a painter but creates sculptures and produces limited-edition prints. His first solo show was in 1974 at Villa Montalvo Art Center in Saratoga, CA. Since then he has had several solo and numerous exhibitions throughout North America and Europe. He is currently represented by The TAG Gallery and PAKS Gallery in Germany and Austria.

He taught design and print production at Contra Costa College and Uinversity of California Berkeley Extension for 28 years. Jaren founded and was Creative Director of the award-winning design firm, Crow-Quill Studios, which was featured in international design publications. He has worked in the permanent collection of the New York Folk Art Museum, NYC, NY, and private collections in the United States and Europe.

Jaren has traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Korea

Contra Costa College, AA s, San Pablo, CA
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Hayward State University, Hayward, CA

Partial List of Exhibitions:
Solo Shows
Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Lindsay Dirkx Brow Art Gallery, San Ramon, CA
NWRL Gallery, Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
Empty Store Fronts, Berkeley, CA
Littman Gallery, University of Portland, Portland, OR

Group Shows
What Moves Art Today, PAKS Galleries Heidenrichstien, Austria
Abstract Expression 2023, Red Bluff Gallery, Red Bluff, CA
New Work, 2023, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
8th Annual Waterscapes Exhibition, Fusion Art, Palm Springs
California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Inspirations 2023, Exbititzone/Bsfarin, Toranto, Canada
Landscapes and Seascapes, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
Contempory Art & Artists, PAKS Gallery, Munich, Germany
Annual Group Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Artist's Vision, 2021, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
No Big Heads, University of Alaska, Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Aqua CORE New Art Space, Lakewood, Co
H20, City of Vallejo/US Forest Service, Vallejo, CA
Oakland Museum of CA, Oakland, CA
Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canan, CT
Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Annual Group Show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Legacy Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
Lust, Artist Alliance, Santa Fe, NM