CLAY VAJGRT                                            www.clayvajgrt.net

                                                                                                       www.clayvajgrt.com

Born: St.Paul, Minnesota                                                  

26832 Madrone Drive, Cloverdale CA 95425                                           

clayvajgrt@yahoo.com

707-894-9068

Selected  Exhibitions

“MetaPop”, Artworks SF Gallery                        San Francisco, California            2008

“Angels and Birds”, Mezzanine Gallery            San Francisco, California            2008

“Art Soup 14”, Bayshore studios                       San Francisco, California            2007

“Group Show”, UCSF Center for Health            San Francisco, California            2007

“On the  Wing”, Exploding Head Gallery              Sacramento, California            2007

 SF Museum of Modern Art/Artist’s Gallery            San Francisco, California  2006-2008

“Rising Ground”, Hammerfriar Gallery            Healdsburg, California                        2006

“One Year”, Hammerfriar Gallery                        Healdsburg, California                        2006

“Take a Bow”, Cloverdale Center for the Arts           Cloverdale, California                        2006

“Artist Showcase”, Plaza Arts Gallery            Healdsburg, California                        2006

“Slivers of Time”, Magic Theatre                                   San Francisco, California            2006

“Slivers”, Adieb Khadure Fine Art Gallery            Santa Fe, New Mexico      2005-2008

“Stratum”, Cloverdale Center for the Arts                Cloverdale, California                        2006   

“Cross-Pollination” Museum of Contemporary Art    Santa Rosa, California            2005

“Group Show” Hammerfriar Gallery                        Healdsburg, California                        2005

“Meditations”, Denise Roberge Gallery            Palm Desert, California     2004-2005      

“Holiday Show” Saga Art Gallery                              Cotati, California                        2005   

“Monks and Mandalas”, Burning Man Installation     Black Rock Desert, Nevada               2003

“Filling Space”, A Street Gallery                        Santa Rosa, California                          2003

“Pro Arts Juried Annual”, Pro Arts Gallery                Oakland, California                        2003

“Evenings Eclectic”, Don O’Melveny  Gallery            West Hollywood, California            2002 “Shikishi: New Year Gifts”, The Bedford Gallery      Walnut Creek, California            2002

“Spring Thing”, Sight and Insight Art Center            Mill Valley, California                        2002

“Night of a 101 Cats”, Triton Museum                      Santa Clara, California            2002

“The Nature of Things”, The Triton Hotel Gallery     San Francisco, California            2002

“Members Showcase”, Berkeley Art Center            Berkeley, California                        2002

“Ton of Joy”, Taking the Leap                           Emeryville, California                        2002

“Special Exhibition”, Olive Hyde Art Gallery            Fremont, California                        2001

“31st 2-D Exhibition”, Center for the Visual Arts            San Jose, California                        2001

“Science, Technology, and the Artist”, Fine Arts             Danville, California                    2000

“Century MM”, Santa  Cruz Art League                  Santa Cruz, California                        2000

“30th Regional Competition”, S. J. Art League            San Jose, California                        1999

“35th Annual Open Show”, Fremont Art Association     Fremont, California                        1999

“The Figure in Context”, Center for the Arts               Sebastopol, California            1999

“Lollapalooza”,Traveling Music and Art Festival             Various Cities in the U.S.           1992

“Wisconsin Arts West”, Eau Claire Art Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin     1986-1997

“Regional Art”, David Adler Cultural Center                     Libertyville, Illinois                  1985

Other Art Related Experience

Visual Designer, Francis Ford Coppola Presents                                                    2006-2007

Gallery Representation

SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco CA         Artworks SF, San Francisco, CA

Adieb Khadure Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM       Halem and Co., Healdsburg, CA

Saatchi Web Gallery, London, England

Residencies

“The Artist in the Studio”, Bedford Gallery            Walnut Creek, California            2003

Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts                

Publications

The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, The North Beach Journal, San Francisco, California, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California, Sonoma Sun, Sonoma, California, Savor magazine, Santa Rosa, California

Grundstadt News, Grundstadt, Germany

Commissions and Corporate Collections

Foster’s Wine Group, California and Australia

D and J Machining, California

Marshall Family Winery, California

Chateau Souverain Winery, California

I Vincini Winery, California

Neiss Vineyards, Germany

The Creamery Center, Wisconsin

Private Collections

In Germany, England, France, and throughout the Unites States

Teaching Experience - Art Teacher 

Developed and wrote Art curriculums in first three school Districts below:                              

Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, California                                                        1998-2003 Chippewa Falls Area School District, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin                         1986-1998

Wilmot Union School District, Wilmot, Wisconsin                                                1983-1988

Frankfurt High School, Frankfurt, Germany                                                                         1993

Education

Taking the Leap Program,  Emeryville, California

Professional Practice for Artists program                                                                   2001-2002      

University of Wisconsin-Stout,  Menomonie, Wisconsin

Bachelors Degree (Cum Laude)                                                                          1978-1982      

University of Wisconsin- River Falls,  River Falls, Wisconsin      

Course work in Germany                                                                                            1993   

Antioch University, Seattle, Washington

Course work in Costa Rica                                                                                         1997

San Francisco State University,  San Francisco, California

Course work                                                                                                                  2000