Carol Jessen

EDUCATION

1972 San Francisco State University Bachelor of Arts degree in
  Journalism and Biology.
1976 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California.
1976-79 Academy of Art, Illustration, San Francisco, California.
1977-85 San Francisco Art Institute, weekly open studio.
1979-80 Kyoto, Japan, Woodblock Printing. A nine month study
  of woodblock printing with Richard Steiner.
1982-84 School of Toshi Yoshida, Miasa Cultural Center, Japan
  Intense one month workshop in woodblock printing
  emphasizing the Japanese technique taught by master
  printmaker Toshi Yoshida and assisted by his
  professional printers and carvers.
1987-93 Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, printmaking.
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1977-01 Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Clients include:
  St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
  Policelli Lighting & Design, San Francisco, CA.
  Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, CA. (3 years R & D Publications)
  Sausalito Arts Festival Poster 1994, Sausalito, CA.
1998-04 Castle Fine Arts, Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA.
1993 Cassandra Kersting Gallery, Sausalito, CA. Solo show.
1992 The Verne Collection, Cleveland, Ohio. Solo show.
1988 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Solo show.
1998 Craftsman Guild Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1994 Michael Thompson Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Group of four.
1993 Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Group show.
1994 Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. /Permanent collection.
1987 Shenandoah Winery Gallery, Plymouth, CA. Group show.
1988- 91 Ft. Mason Art Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1985 South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA. Group show.
1987-92 Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA . Juried.
1994-04 Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA . Juried.
1990-93-97 Mill Valley Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA . Juried
1985-04 San Francisco Open Studios, Hunters Point Shipyard.

GALLERIES (work exhibited on a regular basis)

Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
The Verne Collection, Cleveland, Ohio
Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
The Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA
Tiburon Fine Art, Tiburon, CA

WOODBLOCK PRINTING LECTURES

1989 Palace of Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA
1990/92 Stanford University, Print Study Group, Palo Alto
1990 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA