LINDA NuneS
WAX & MIXED MEDIA ARTIST
Linda Nunes - CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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October 2025 - Kaneko Gallery - American River College, Sacramento, CA
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January 2025 - Sacramento Board of Supervisors Chambers, Sacramento, CA
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June-August 2021 - The Hot & Cold of It, Gallery 625, Woodland, CA
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April - June 2016 - In Hot Pursuit, Capital Public Radio, Sacramento, CA
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April 2014 - En Cera, Blue Wing Gallery, Woodland, CA
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April 2013 - Barton Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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June 2008 - Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
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Sept-Oct. - 62nd National Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
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August - 19th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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Feb-April - Abstract Ideas, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom, CA (2 artist show)
2023
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December - Holiday Salon Show, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March - Women's History Month Show - Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March - Hot & Cold: Sierra Wax Artists of California, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2022
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April - July - Delta Gallery, Brentwood, CA
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Oct.- Jan. - Artistic Edge Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2021
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April - ArtHouse Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Viral Collaboration, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
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January-April - Movement, Mastery & Medium, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom, CA
2020
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November - Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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July-September - Global Warming is Real, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
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July-September - Wondrous Wax, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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January - Black & White Show, ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
2019
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November - Luminosity, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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September-December - Surroundings, The Barn Gallery, Woodland, CA
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August - The Garden Show, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March - Hen Party, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Black & White Show, ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
2018
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Nov - Hot Wax, Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA
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July - Crossing the Lines (Wellman/Nunes Show), ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
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July - Mixed Media Invitational, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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April - Catamaran Show, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
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March - Magnum Opus XXIX, Sacramento Fine Art Center, Carmichael, CA
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February - Heat III Invitational, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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February - Cross Pollination: Sierra Wax Artists Show, ArtHouse, Sacramento, CA
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January - Black & White Show, ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
2017
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May - 57th Annual Spring Art Show, Lodi, CA
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March/April - Dark Matter, The Artery, Davis, CA
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February - Heat II, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Black & White Show, ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
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January - Patterns of Disorder, Retrograde Collective & Menagerie Art Salon, Sacramento, CA
2016
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December - Big Show of Small Treasures, Dada Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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November - The ART Auction, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
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August - Mother Lode Show, Placerville Arts Assoc., Placerville, CA
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July/Aug - Medley Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
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July/Aug - Exhibit It!, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
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April - Vent, Dada Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March - HEAT, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March - Flexible Realities, ACAI Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Paint & Wax: Work by Ken Hendrickson and Linda Nunes, E Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Land.Sky.Sea, Shimo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2015
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December/January - Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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November - Poetic Form and Disorder, Sacramento Poetry Center, Sacramento, CA (Curator)
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November - Cups Show, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City Collage, Sacramento, CA
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August - Magnum Opus XXVI, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
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July - Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
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April - Lodi Art Center’s 55th Annual Spring Show, Lodi, CA
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March - The Whole Ball of Wax, Arthouse, Sacramento, CA (Curator)
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March - Encaustic Art Institute Grand Opening - Santa Fe, NM
2014
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August - Wax On - Tsao Gallery/Davis Arts Center, Davis, CA (Curator)
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February - Hot Wax Runs Wild: Sierra Wax Artist Membership Show - Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA (Curator)
2013
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November - International Encaustic Artist Show, Santa Fe, NM
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October - Elk Grove Fine Art Center, Elk Grove, CA (Featured artist)
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August/October -Waxing Artistic: Encaustic Artwork by the Board of Sierra Wax Artists, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento
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June - The Female Form, Artistic Edge Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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April - Little Relics, Sacramento, CA
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March - Animal House, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2012
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December - Dallas Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX
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November/December - Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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October - Artful Animals, Kennedy Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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July - The End, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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May - Word Up, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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May - Where the Wild Things Are, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
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March - Animal House, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
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February - Light?, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January/February - String Theory Installation, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
2011
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July - Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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March/April - The Artisan Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2010
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January - The Texture Show, Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009
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May - Women Revealed, Side Show Studios, Sacramento, CA
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April - An Intimate Collaboration, Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2008
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October - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
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October - CounterPoint, 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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June - Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento (Featured artist)
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February/July - Doiron Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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February - Power and Passion of Red, Barton Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Black & White, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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January - Winter White, Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento
2007
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December - Ink Show, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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September - Shapes, Plains and Space ,Witt Gallery, CSU Sacramento, CA
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May - Senior Graduate Show, Else Gallery, CSU Sacramento, CA
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March - 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2006
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April/May - Witt Gallery, CSU Sacramento, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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City of Rancho Cordova, CA
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Sacramento Children's Museum
PUBLIC ART
2019
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Triptych painting (10' x 30"), Sims, Lawrence & Arruti Law Firm, Roseville, CA
2018
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Wine Bottle Label - Vannatta Winery, Elk Grove, CA
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Utility Box - Winchester Blvd & Daves Drive, Los Gatos, CA
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Train Wrap - Sacramento Regional Transit District, Light Rail Train, Sacramento, CA
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Triptych painting (10' x 30") Milestone Restaurant, El Dorado Hills, CA
2017
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Utility Box - Meadowview Blvd, Sacramento, CA
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Utility Box - Alkali Flats, Sacramento, CA
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Permanent Median Art, Mosaic Installation, Explorer Drive, Sacramento, CA
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ARTICLES AND WORK PUBLISHED
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2024 - New Feather Anthology Literary Publication, 4th issue (May)
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2023 - International Encaustic Artists - IEA Artist Profile (online) May issue
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2023 - Sacramento Magazine, March issue
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2020 - Inside Publication, June issue (Cover)
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2018 - Sacramento Magazine, June issue
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2018 - Sacramento Magazine, February issue
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2017 - Inside Publication, December 17 issue (Cover)
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2017 - Catamaran Literary Reader, August issue 18
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2014 - The Auburn Journal, June 12 issue
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2014 - The Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA), March 28 issue
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2013 - Sacramento Bee, June 7 issue
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2013 - Arden-Carmichael News, May 23 issue
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2013 - Sacramento News & Review, February 7 issue
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2012 - Grapevine Independent, March 2 issue
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2011 - The Sacramento Bee, July 29 issue
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2011 - Grapevine Independent, July 29 issue
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2006, Los Rios Community College Annual Report (selected “Best in the Nation” by Community College Humanities Association, & received Golden Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association)
ADDITIONAL ARTIST INFORMATION
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CURATORIAL
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2012 to 2023 - Curator, Sierra Wax Artists organization
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2012 to 2015 - Curator, Rancho Cordova City Hall (quarterly shows)
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2005 to 2010 - Chief curator, California State Fair Exhibit Team
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AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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Sept. 2024 - 62nd National Juried Exhibit, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA (Best of Show award)
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August 2024 - BIG ART Show, Elk Grove Fine Arts, Elk Grove, CA (1st Place award)
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May 2022 - Beneath the Surface, Rancho Cordova City Hall, Rancho Cordova (1st Place award)
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August 2020 - Figurative Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts, Carmichael, CA (2nd Place award)
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March 2020 - Residency, Mendocino Art Center, CA
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May 2017 - 57th Annual Spring Art Show, Lodi, CA (2nd Place award)
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July - Aug 2015 - Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (2nd Place award)
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April 2015 - 55th Annual Spring Art Show, Lodi, CA (3rd Place award)
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TEACHING
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2018, 2019 - Encaustic Workshop, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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2018 to 2024 - Crocker Art Museum, Beginner & Advanced Encaustic Workshops
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2014 & 2018 - Encaustic Demonstration, Fine Arts Expo Building, California State Fair
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2012 to Present - Encaustic workshop teacher and demonstrator
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MEMBERSHIPS
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2014 to 2016 - Member, El Dorado Hills Art Association
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2014 to Present - Member, International Encaustic Association (IEA)
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2012 to 2023 - Board member, & curator, Sierra Wax Artists
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2010 to Present- Founding member, Rancho Cordova Arts Council
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JUROR
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July 2018 - Luminous Layers, Sierra Wax Artists Members Show, MACC Gallery, Rancho Cordova, CA
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November 2016 - Diamond Springs Art Association Fall Show, Placerville, CA
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November 2015 - Small Works Show & Itty Bitty Mini Show, Lodi Fine Arts Gallery, Lodi, CA
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