| Exhibitions: |
| 2008 |
California Shakespeare Festival, Orinda, CA
Curator: Sharon Simpson
Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
Curator: Walter Byck
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| 2007 |
Three Sculptors, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco CA. Curator: Hawley S. Holmes
San Rafael, CA. Art Works Downtown. Curator: Victoria Heiges
Walnut Creek, CA. Sculpture Rental. By invitation
Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA. Group Jurors.
Lush Life, ACCI Gallery 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Berkeley, CA,
Curator: Lisah Horner
Berkeley Art Center Members Showcase, Curator: Marvin Sanders
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| 2006 |
Berkeley Art Center Annual Members Show, Berkeley, CA
Pacific Rim Sculpture Group (PRSG) Summer Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
Juror: Robert Brady
PRSG Spring Exhibit, San Francisco CA. Juror: Michelle Rowe Shields
Gallery 276, San Francisco, CA, by invitation
Alameda Art Center, Alameda CA. Curator: Janet Bishop, Senior Curator,
Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
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| 2005 |
Lafayette Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lafayette, CA,
by invitation
The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA*
Curator: Catherine Politopoulos
Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA.*
Curators: Alan Osborne & Julie Didion
Falkirk Art Center, San Rafael, CA.
Curators: Beth Goldberg & Nancy Legge
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| 2004 |
Pacific Rim Sculpture Group ( PRSG) Winter Exhibition,
San Francisco, CA. Curator: John Toki
Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Curator: Brooke Barrie
Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA, by invitation
PRSG Summer Exhibition, San Francisco, CA Curator: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Curators: Clayton Bailey, Sam Richardson, John Tok
Osceola Gallery, Emeryville, CA. Curator: Stephen Headley
Off-Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curator: Elizabeth Starr
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| 2003 |
Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA, by invitation
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. Curator: Ted Cohen
PRSG Outdoor Show, San Francisco, CA
Curators: Brigitte Micmacker & John Denning
Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA, by invitation
John O’Lague Gallery, Hayward, CA. Curator: Banning Fenton
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| 2002 |
Wildwood Sculpture Garden, Kenwood, CA, by invitation
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| 2001 |
Artworks Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Juried exhibition
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| Sculptures in private collections: |
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Elaine Reiner, Park Ridge, NJ
Eric Hochberg, Altadena, CA
Ann Fox Morgan, Sacramento, CA
Magnus & Mary Nagase, Hillsboro, OR
Stephen Headley, Emeryville, CA
Bernard & Linda Kasten, Boca Raton, FL
Barri Malek, Brooklyn, NY
James & Laura Butler, Berkeley, CA
Elbert Souders, Berkeley, CA
James G. Jelks, Davis, CA
Vicki & Jeff Fields, Great Neck, NY
Helen Engelhardt, Brooklyn, NY
Gail & Lawrence Kirschman, Boynton Beach, FL
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| Review |
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John Toki: Juror’s Statement, PRSG Winter Exhibition 2004
“In the current Pacific Rim Sculptors Group exhibition, entitled ‘California Dreaming,’
a group of artists mirror a great sense of freedom of expression, courage, tradition and
experimentation, as in the spirit of the early pioneers. A wide range of aesthetic
diversity is expressed through the art with feeling and passion, love, pain and hope.
Some of the highlighted works are: Ralph Holker’s abstract ceramic totem,
‘Stele V’,
making reference to a mythical ancient culture....”
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| Education:
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1958 B.I.D., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (Industrial Design)
1953 B.S., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Illustration/Ceramics)
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Professional Experience:
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1992-97 Pratt Institute, Visiting Assistant Professor
1992-94 Alcyone Consultants, President
1982-91 Holker & Barry, Inc., President
1962-82 Lewis Barry, Inc. Design director
1960-62 Raymond Loewy & Associates, Designer
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