Patsy Krebs

Patsy Krebs, living in lower Manhattan in the early 1960s, was just beginning her exploration of abstract painting. She was a resident in the loft building on Park Place, in the neighborhood that is now called Tribeca, before leaving the U.S. for nine months of travel in North Africa and Greece. 

 

During that time Park Place coalesced into a cooperative gallery, eventually moving to the space on West Broadway where it became an important focal spot for new ideas in painting, sculpture and performance.  After her return from abroad she was among the many artists participating in events and included in invitational exhibits at that venue. In 1967 she moved to southern California, attended graduate school and continued her exhibiting and teaching career.

Patsy Krebs is a nationally recognized abstract painter, whose works are included in public collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Norton Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum.  She has been the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, the Pollack/Krasner Foundation and other institutions.  

EDUCATION

1977 MFA, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018      Aletheia: reveal/conceal, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Focus: Patsy Krebs, Bolinas Museum, CA

2017      Patsy Krebs: Paintings, 15th Street Gallery, Boulder, CO

              Recent Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015      Patsy Krebs: Time Passages, Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO

2013      Parable of the Oxherder: Aquatint Etchings, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

              Fugue, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, CO

2012      New Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011      The Oxherder Parable, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2009      Selected Paintings, San Marco Gallery, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA

2008      Selected Paintings 1980 - 2000, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO

              Hibernal Dreams, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007      Rising, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2006      Works on Paper, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2005      New Works, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO

              A Decade, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

2004      Portfolio: Watercolor Suites, Interchurch Center Galleries, New York, NY

              New Work, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002      New Minimalism, Aalto Space, Ashland, OR

2001      Elysion, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999      Ovum, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997      Gensler and Associates, San Francisco, CA

1996      Painting, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

1994      Recent Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Sun Valley, ID

1993      M-13 Gallery, New York, NY

              Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1992      Patsy Krebs: Recent Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY

              Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1991      Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Sun Valley, ID

1990      Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY

              Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1989      Mincher Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1987      Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986      Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA

              Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985      Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1983      Baxter Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

              Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982      Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

              Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA

1981      Rex W. Wignall Museum Gallery, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA

1979      Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

1976      Ellie Blankfort Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

              Libra Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA

1972      Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020      Order and Uncertainty, Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD

              Power Women/Power Grids, David Richard Gallery (online exhibition), New York, NY

2018      Quintessence: 6 Perspectives on Abstraction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017      Park Place Gallery: Founders and Friends, Then and Now, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2015      Goethe’s Chamber, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014      Fundamental Abstraction III, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013      Poetics of Construction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010      Silence, Exile & Cunning, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

              Cold Press, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2009      Color and Construct, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008      Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild Art Center, Idyllwild, CA

2007      Elegantly Frugal, Deceptively Simple, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

              On Paper, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007      Reductive Ideas, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

2006      Director’s Choice, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005      Director’s Choice: Contemporary Art with Objects from Asia, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004      Studio & Digital Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition 2004, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA

              A Rose is a Rose is a Rose, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

             Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Bolinas Museums, Bolinas, CA

2003     Works on Paper, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002     Faculty Show, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO

             Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001     Structure, Carson-Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

             Minimalism: Then and Now, UC Berkeley Art Museum, CA

             Core, Stark Gallery, New York, NY

             Planes of Color, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Making Books, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA

1998     Drawing, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             Illuminated Under White Light, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1997    The Uncommon Book: I Thought Hope was Home, Artists’ Books, Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Sun Valley, ID

             Obsession + Devotion: Ten Year Anniversary, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             West Coast Painting & Sculpture, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA

1995     Faculty Exhibition, San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

             Blue, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             Between Reality and Abstraction: California Art at the End of the Century, Art Museum of South Texas,

             Corpus Christi, TX, (traveling exhibition, catalog)

1993     Gallery Artists - Works on Paper, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              In Progress, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

              The Last Picture Show, Selections from the Security Pacific National Bank, Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

              Heart of Light, Heart of Silence, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA

1992      In Celebration: 50th Anniversary Gifts, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

              Intimate Abstraction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Fifth Year Anniversary Exhibition, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              Black and White, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

1991      Current Minimalism, Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta, GA

              Paper Chase, Steven Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY

1990      Gallery Artists, Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1989      Geometric Abstraction, (Monotypes), Smith Anderson Press, Palo Alto, CA

              Gallery Artists, Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA

              20th Century Watercolors: Yesterday and Today, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

              Bauman-Hudson/Krebs/Muldivan: Recent Paintings, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA

              My Funny Valentine, Art Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1986      Collectors Gallery XX Exhibition, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

1986       Dealer's Choice, New California Painting, Non-Figurative, Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

1985       Presence: Abstract Visions from Six Artists, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

               New Directions: California Painting 1985, Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, AK; Fairbanks Art

               Association, Fairbanks, AK; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK

1984       Invitational Valentine Exhibit/Auction, Baxter Gallery, Caltech, Pasadena, CA

               California Dreamin', Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

               The Clay Connection, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

1983       Recent Color, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

1982       Eight Painters, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA

               Selection from the Collection of Security Pacific National Bank, Municipal Art Galleries, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

               For Love and Money, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

1981       Directions '81, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1980       Ferne Jacobs/Patsy Krebs, Gensler & Associates, Century City, CA

1979       Los Angeles Abstract Paintings, Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA

               Intimate Statements, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

               The Realities of Illusion, The Denver Art Museum, CO (traveling exhibition)

               Abstracts/Sources/Transformation, Municipal Art Galleries, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

1978       Color Consciousness: Seven Southern California Artists, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

1977       Abstract Painting from Southern California, The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery, University of Akron, OH

               Four Californians, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

1974       Art Unlimited: A New Concept, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

                Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Painting and Drawing, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

1972        First Colorado Biennial, The Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2013        Kraft, Sibylle Maria. Patsy Krebs or pictorial meditation, Art Croissance, Winter, 2013.

2012        Baker, Kenneth. Patsy Krebs, San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 2012.

2008        Bradley, Chrissie. Patsy Krebs at Haines Gallery, Artweek, July/August, 2008.

                Baker, Kenneth. Krebs at Haines, San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2008.

2005        Selz, Peter. Patsy Kreb’s at GTU Explores the Boundaries, The Berkeley Daily Planet, September 2-5, 2005.

2004        Morris, Barbara. Patsy Krebs at Haines Gallery, Artweek, July/August, 2004, pp. 16-17.

1999        Bonetti, David. The Seductive Lure of 49 Geary St., San Francisco Examiner, March 10, 1999.

                Van Proyen. Mark. Reviews, Art in America, September, 1999.

1996        Bonetti, David. Artists who take abstraction to ground zero, San Francisco Examiner, April 12, 1996.

1993        Crowe, John. Patterns and Color, Redding Record Searchlight, March 11, 1993.

                Elko, Alex. Color and Form fill College Gallery, Shasta College Lance, March 4, 1993.

1992        Patsy Krebs, catalog published by Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1992.

                Hammond, Pamela. Patsy Krebs: The Fullness of Abstraction, Artspace, Vol. 16 no. 3, May/June, 1992.

                Baker, Kenneth. Intimate Abstraction at Haines, San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 1992.

                Bonetti, David. Review, San Francisco Examiner, January 17, 1992.

                French, David S. Patsy Krebs, Artscene, February, 1992.

1991        Rosenberg, Stephen. Patsy Krebs, Artnews, Volume 90; Number 6, 1991.

                Cyphers, Peggy. Arts Magazine, March, 1991.

1985        Clothier, Peter. LA Weekly, July 12-18, 1985.

1983        Cebulski, Frank. Color as Perception, Artweek, January 22, 1983.

                Albright, Thomas. Personal, Fresh Approaches to a Recycled Painting Style, San Francisco Chronicle, January 13, 1983, p. 60.

1982        Hammond, Pamela. Patsy Krebs at Tortue, Images & Issues, Fall, 1982.

                Muchnic, Suzanne. Galleries, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1982.

1981        Muchnic, Suzanne. The Galleries, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1981.

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2020        Shetland Visiting Artist Residency, UK

2018        Shetland Visiting Artist Residency, UK

2010        Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1996        Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1992        Marin Arts Council Grant

1991        National Endowment for the Arts

1986        Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Achenbach Foundation of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA

Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA

Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY

Colorado University Art Museum, Boulder, CO

Crocker Art Museum, Sacarmento, CA

Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Mills College Museum of Art, Oakland, CA

Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

San Jose Museum of Modern Art, San Jose, CA

Santa Barbara Museum of Modern Art, Santa Barbara, CA

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1992-2012   Dominican University of San Rafael, adjunct faculty in Fine Arts Department

2007             Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO, workshop

2002             Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO, workshop

                     California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, visiting artist

1995             Graduate Tutorials, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA

                     “The Life of Form”, Interdisciplinary Seminar in Graduate Studies

1988-93, 98  San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1992-1998    Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

1990-1997    California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

1986-88        San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

1980              California State University, Dominguez Hills, A

1978-79         Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA

1977-78         Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

1977-78         University of California, College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara, CA

1976              Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA