WILLIAM TUNBERG

 

M.F.A.    Sculpture - 1964

              University of Southern California

B.F.A.    Architecture - 1963, cum laude

              University of Southern California


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2002       William Turner Gallery, Venice, California, Sculpture

2001       Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, California, Sculpture

2000       Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

2000       Molly Barnes, Santa Monica, California, Drawings

1998       William Turner Gallery, Venice, California, Sculpture

1995       University of Redlands, Redlands, California, Sculpture

1993       Transamerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Drawings

1989       72 Market Street, Venice, California, Sculpture

1987       Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1985       Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1985       West Beach, Venice, California, Furniture & Sculpture

1983       Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1978       Mt. Hood College, Gresham, Oregon, Sculpture

1976       Morgan Thomas, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1976       Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Sculpture

1975       Ann Hughes, Portland, Oregon, Drawings

1974       Polly Friedlander, Seattle, Washington, Drawings

1972       David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1969       Molly Barnes, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture


GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2008        Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, Sculpture & Drawings

2007        Orange County Museum of Art, Orange, California, Art & Architecture, Sculpture

2006        Los Angeles & Ontario Airports, Current West Coast Art, Sculpture

2006        Whitney Museum, New York, Whitney Biennial Peace Tower, Painting

2006        Costello-Childs, Phoenix, Arizona, Sculpture

2005        Santa Monica Originals, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

2005        William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

2004        Marlborough Chelsea, New York, Sculpture

2003        Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, California, Sculpture

2002        Louis Stern, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

2001        Omma, Hania, Crete, Greece, Sculpture

2001        Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, California, Sculpture

2001        Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

2000        Louis Stern, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

2000        Robert Berman, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1999        Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, New York, Sculpture

1999        Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1998        Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, California, Sculpture

1998        Artluxe, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1997        Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, California, Sculpture

1996        Patricia Correia, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1995        Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1993        Santa Monica Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1991        Cal State Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California, Ten West Coast Artists, Sculpture

1989        Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1989        U.C.L.A. Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1988        Otis-Parsons, Los Angeles, California, Drawings

1986        Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1986        University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Sculpture

1986        ABC Development, Osaka, Japan, California Design, Sculpture

1985        Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1985        Otis-Parsons, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1985        Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Sculpture

1983        Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1977        Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, Private Images, Sculpture

1974        University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Sculpture

1972        Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, A Show of Hands, Sculpture

1972        Cal Tech, Pasadena, California, Surrealism is Alive and Well, Sculpture

1971        University of California, Berkeley, California, Sculpture

1970        Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, Sculpture

1969        David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California, Drawings

1968        Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, Whitney Annual, Sculpture

1966        Hayward State College, Hayward, California, West Coast Sculpture, Sculpture


AWARDS, HONORS & COMMISSIONS


2008        Chapman University, Orange, California, Holocaust Torah Ark

2008        University of California, Riverside, Sculptural Wall

2007        Kaiser Hospital, Irvine, California, Sculpture

2007        Center Theater Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

2005        Chapman University, Orange, California, Executive Offices, Furniture & Sculpture

2004-05   Chapman University, Orange, California, Main Worship Space & Founders Chapel, Furniture,

                Altars & Sculptural Cross

2004        Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sculpture

2003        General Dynamics, Nassco Division, San Diego, California, "North Star" Ship, Sculpture

2003        General Dynamics, Nassco Division, San Diego, California, "Midnight Sun" Ship, Sculpture

2003        Payden  & Rygel Investment Counsel, London, England, Sculpture

2001        Los Angeles County Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, Special Projects Grant, Sculpture

2001        Roy's Hawaiian Restaurants, Rancho Bernardo, California, Sculpture

2001        MP3.com, San Diego, California, Sculpture

2000        Icon Blue Corporation, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1999        Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus, Los Angeles, California, Sculptural Ark

1998        Payden & Rygel Investment Counsel, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1997        Hewlett-Packard Corporation, San Diego, California, Entryway & Conference Sculptures

1997        Herbalife Corporation, Century City, California, Entryway Sculpture

1996        The Great Vision Church, Los Angeles, California, Altar & Sculptural Cross

1993        Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California, Altar & Sculptural Cross

1993        Weil & Company, Santa Monica, California, Entryway, Reception & Conference Sculptures

1993        Santa Monica Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Bank Collection, Santa Monica, California

1992        McDermott, Will & Emery, Century City, California, Entryway Sculpture

1991        Veteran's Memorial Competition Winner, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California

1991        Typhoon Restaurant, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica,  California, Entryway & Lighting

1990        Annual Design Award, Furniture Designer of the Year, Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles, California

1988        Maple Drive Restaurant, Beverly Hills, California, Furniture & Interior Design

1988        Joseph Drown Foundation, Los Angeles, California, Posthumous Portrait of Founder

1988        Resident Artist, California Festival of Arts, Loyola/Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

1987        72 Market Street, Venice, California, Sculpture

1987        Mickey Raphael, Los Angeles, California, Compact Disc Cover, "Hand to Mouth" Sculpture

1983        Resident Artist, Cal Poly, Pomona, California

1982        Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Asher Collection, Los Angeles, California, Sculpture

1981        Hasselblad Corporation, Sweden, Sculpture

1977        California Arts Commission Grant, State of California, 48' X 16' Billboard

1972        First Purchase Award for Sculpture, Los Angeles City Annual, Los Angeles, California

1970        Resident Artist, Hayward State College, Hayward, California

1970        Resident Artist, Southwestern College, Los Angeles, California

1964        Stanley Jameson Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

1963-64  Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

1960-63  Academic Scholarship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

1956-57  Academic Scholarship, University of the South, Sewanee, California


BIBLIOGRAPHY


2008        CWB Magazine, April 2008, A Symphony of Colors

2006        Interior Design Magazine, December 2006, Best of the Year Award, AC Martin Partners,

                Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Chapman University

2005        Interior Design Magazine, August 2005, A Congregation of Talent

2005        Santa Barbara News-Press, May 27, 2005, Aesthetic-Intensive Woodwork

2004        Art in America, October 2004, Four Americans at Marlborough Chelsea

2003        CWB Magazine, June, Innovations in Marquetry

1998        Los Angeles Weekly Magazine, June 19-25, Art Pick of the Week

1998        21st Festival of the Autumn Moon, September

1994        Metropolitan Home, May/June, L.A. Color

1990        Angeles Magazine, June, Annual Angeles Design Awards

1989        Santa Monica News, January 20, Art of the Craftsman & Thoughts on Leisure

1989        Angeles Magazine, April, Feature Site Specific

1989        Interiors Magazine, August, Beyond the Labels

1987        Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry & Art, Iowa City, Iowa

1987        Metropolitan Home Magazine, August

1986        Los Angeles Times, July 18, Galleries

1985        Cala Magazine, Germany

1980        Oregon, May

1979        Mississippi Mud, November, Portland, Oregon, Cover

1977        New West, February 14, Los Angeles, Incomplete History of Billboards

1977        Environmental Communications, Venice, Mega Art and Big Art

1975        Artweek, September, Tunberg's Chaotic Imagery

1975        La Mamelle, San Francisco, "Coon Chicken"

1975        Box Art, Dona Meilach, Crown Publishing

1974        Art in Boxes, Alex Mogelon, Von Nostrand Reinhold, New York

1972        Art International, April

1972        Los Angeles Times, April 7, Art Walk

1972        Evening Outlook, April 15, The Art Scene

1972        Los Angeles Times, April 28, Current Art Shows

1971        Art International, January

1970        Art Forum, December

1970        Mizue, Tokyo, Japan

1970        Esquire, April, Portrait of the Artist as a Wet Hen

1969        Make Believe, Pesaro, Italy

1969        Sandak Collection

1969        Time Magazine, February 28, New Trends in Art