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Dennis Begg and Tim Sharman, Two Guys from the Styx
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Walter Robinson, Tim Sharman, Tag Team
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Tim Sharman, Mary V. Marsh, Dennis Begg, Trialogue
Education
1987    MFA (with High Distinction), Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1982    BFA, Printmaking, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2014    Glitter Doofs, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA 
2013    The Great Wall of Doof, Echo Gallery, Calistoga, CA
2012    San Francisco Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2009    Strange Oddities: Selections from the Doof Museum of Culture and History, Studio Quercus,       Oakland, CA ​                               
2008    The Doof Museum of Culture and History, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
2005    Doofs, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
1996    Two Guys from the Styx, Timothy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995    Talking Boards, Vincent's Ear, Orinda, CA
1989    Paintings, Art Store Gallery, Oakland, CA

Group Exhibitions
​​2019    Black Friday, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT
            Content Matters, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2018    Ecophilia, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
2017    Small Things 2017, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA

            Eccentric Imagery, Blue Lines Art, Roseville, CA
            Contemporary Landscape, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2016    Off The Wall, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA
            Safe At Home, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 
            Paper, Tobey's Feed Barn Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA
2015    Shining Mirage, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA 
2014    Artists Across America, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA            
            Ultimate Beach, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
            n(collage), Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
2013     Small Works, Small Space, The Wounded General Store, Inverness Park, CA
             Space, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2012    The Nude, 2012, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2011    Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Reno, NV
            Twin Twin Postcard Edition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2010    California College of the Arts Alumni Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
            Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
            Madam Lucretia’s Parlour, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            2010 DigitalArt.LA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
            Faculty Show, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
            Mt. Diablo, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
            The Guitar Show, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2009    The Tattoon Show, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA
2008    The Art of Diorama, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2007    Commons, Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
2005    Local Voices, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2004    Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    Big Tree Project Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2000    People as Material/Headcheese, Institution/Ft. Haggis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999    Collective Imagining, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA    
            Through Different Eyes, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA    
            Post-Postcard IV, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA   
            Spinal Epidural, Please, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
            Digging the Future II, Art Tech Gallery, San Jose, CA 1997  
            Post-Postcard II, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA    
            The Second Time Around, Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA   
            Mary, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA    
            Bubble Rap, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA 1996  
            Confess, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA    
            Digging the Future, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA    
            It's Raining Cats and Dogs, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1995    Bay Guardian 1995 Cartoon Contest Exhibition, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA    
            The Sculpture Group, Black Hawk Plaza, Danville, CA   
            The Last Frontier, Center For The Visual Arts, Oakland, CA    
            25th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1994    40th Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA    
            California Small Works 1994, California Art Museum, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts,
            Santa Rosa, CA
1993    68th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA   
            New Work, The Art Store Gallery, Oakland, CA
1991    Bedford Biennial, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

Collaborative Projects — Exhibitions:
Tag Team (with Walter Robinson)
2012    Tag Team, Exhumed, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2011    The Art of Tag Team, Madrone Art Bar, San Francisco, CA
2004    Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003    Sprout, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002    Neurotica, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
            The Lost Frontier, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA    
            Ball Point, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2001    Pulp Fictions: Contemporary Works on Paper, Sonoma State University Art Gallery,
            Rohnert Park, CA
2000    Flat File: Pierogi 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA    
            Uncommerical Art by Commercial Artists, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999    Collective Imagining, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA    
            Return to Splendor, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA    
            Water+Color, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA    
            15th Annual Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA    
            Tag Team II, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
            Spinal Epidural, Please, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998    San Francisco International Art Expo, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA   
            Tweaksville, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997    Tag Team Drawing Project, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Trialogue (with Dennis Begg and Mary V. Marsh)
1998    Trialogue, Space 743, San Francisco, CA    
            Post-Postcard III, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA

Curated exhibitions:
2013    Just Add Water, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            Joanna Salska - New Paintings, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            Space, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            New Drawings: Works by John Fadeff and Sam Vaughan, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2012    Do You Want to Buy a Duck?, Paintings by Jeff Carr, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            Hard Water Stains, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            Tag Team: Exhumed, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2011    Tiki, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
            Impressions from the CCA(C) Printshop, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2010    Madam Lucretia’s Parlour for the Study of the Occult and the Macabre,
                Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2009    Strange Oddities: Selections from the Doof Museum of Culture and History,
                Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2008    The Doof Museum of Culture and History, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

Bibliography - Tim Sharman
​Hatch, Hannah, Artists of the Week, Martinez Tribune, April 8, 2016
Cheng, DeWitt, this Week’s Picks: Tiki!, East Bay Express, August 3, 2011
Jones, Nicole, Studio Quercus Features Tiki art and Culture, Oakland North, August 3, 2011
Trinca, Ann, Get Sharmanized, Napa Nest, Feb. 24, 2011
Bynum, Brad, Portraits of the Artists, Reno News and Review, January 20, 2011
Miller, Geralda, Myself, Reno Gazette, January 16, 2011
Cheng, DeWitt, Game Preserves at the Oakland Museum and Studio Quercus,
        East Bay Express, Oct. 20, 2010
Taylor, Robert, In the Age of the Kindle, Artist Finds New Meaning in the Old-Fashioned Book,
        W.C. Patch, July 10, 2010
Casey, Laura, Art and Fun on First Friday in Oakland, Contra Costa Times, November 23, 2009
Cheng, DeWitt, Doofology 101, East Bay Express, September 23-29, 2009
Chiang, Eva, Artist Creates History Through the Doof, The Inquirer, October 9, 2008
Baker, Kenneth, Meet the Doof, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2008
De Jesus, Janice, Inspired by his own Doof Character, Oakland Tribune, October 8, 2008
Westbrook, Lindsey, The Art of Diorama, Artweek, September, 2008
Cheng, DeWitt, The Art of Diorama, East Bay Express, April 23-29, 2008
Kennedy, Talia, Fantasy Meets Reality, Diablo Arts, April-June, 2008
Taylor, Robert, It’s a Small World at Bedford, Contra Costa Times, March 27, 2008
Freedenberg, Molly, Sacred Banana Peels, Folk Art for Modern Folk, VC Reporter, February 17, 2005
Gagnon, Adrienne, Pen and Pencil are the Tools of the Trade, SF Weekly, July 21, 2004
Taylor, Robert, A Tree Reborn, Contra Costa Times, June 26, 2003
Roche, Harry, Bubble Rap, San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 1997
Amirrezvani, Anita, Virgin Mary Art Exhibit Draws Flap at St. Mary's, Contra Costa Times, April 1997
Cartoons '95, The Bay Guardian Lit, December 1995
Local Artist to Present Program at Woman's Fellowship Meeting, Martinez News Gazette,
        January 31, 1995
Local Artists in Gallery Show use Native Materials to Honor Nature,
        Martinez News Gazette, May 13, 1999

Bibliography—Tag Team

Bigman, Alex, Exquisite Corpses, East Bay Express, July 25-31, 2012
Madonna, Joen, The Art of Tag Team: A Dual Interview,  The Rumpus.net, Nov. 1, 2011
Cheng, DeWitt, Reclamation, Art Ltd., Nov. 2011
Brunson, Jamie, Transgressions: The Art of Tag Team, Stretcher.org, 2005
Tromble, Meredith, Interview with Tag Team, Stretcher, October, 2004
Cotter, Holland, For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank, New York Times, December 15, 2000
Toronto, Richard, Tag Team Art Comes to BPL Gallery, Bencia Herald, October 29, 1999
Shaboy, Benny, A Dealer Speaks, Studio Notes, August-October, 1998
Swenson, Susan J., Pierogi Press, volume 6, Fall/ Winter 2000-01
Shaw, Lytle and Clark, Emilie, Shark 3: Historiography, issue 3, Winter 2000
Sharman, Tim and Robinson, Walter, Tag Team Drawing Project, Mudhut Press, 1998


Community Affiliations
2010- 2013  Studio Quercus, a non-profit visual and performing arts space, Oakland CA.
Board Member, Curatorial Committee
and installation

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Printmaking and Core Programs (2006-Present)
        California College of the Arts - Oakland/San Francisco CA
        Classes Taught in Printmaking Dept:
  • Etching I
  • Etching II
  • Advanced Print Workshop: Color (2 semesters)
  • Mixed Media Print: Expanded Image
  • Advanced Litho/Etching
        Classes Taught in Core Program:
  • Color Translations

Instructor, Printmaking, California College of Arts /Pre-College Program (2012)
California College of the Arts - Oakland/San Francisco CA

Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts Extension Program (2001)
Introduction to Painting
Drawing into Painting

ARTIST WORKSHOPS
Mill Valley Library (2008-2009)
Drawing Round Table

Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek CA (2003)
Big Tree Project workshop

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA (2001)
One Day Dada Studio Workshop

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland/San Francisco CA (1986-87)
Painting with Jack Mendenhall
Etching with Jack Ford

LECTURES         
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
St. Mary’s College, Moraga
Las Juntas Art Association, Pleasant Hill
Martinez Art Association, Martinez

Mural Projects
2002    Mangini Farm Museum/Contra Costa Fair Grounds, Antioch, CA
1995    Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, CA

Art Auctions
Hospitality House
Sonoma State University
Visual Aid
The Lab


Collections
Enrique Chagoya, San Francisco CA
Jack Fisher, San Francisco CA
Ron Casentini, Santa Rosa, CA
A. G. Rosen, New York, NY
Inez Storer, Inverness, CA
Kyle Milligan/Susan Casentini, Oakland CA
J Y Ford, Oakland CA
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, CA

Mudhut Press Book Projects
2004    Muffs
            Doofs from Around the World
            Doof! magazine
1997    Mike and Nikki’s Las Vegas Wedding
            Pyramid Lake ‘95
            Bitter Rabbit and the Very Hot Day
            Behind You
1996    Campaign Notes
            Raw Eggs
            Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart
            Cover Art
            Posteriors for Posterity
            If I Could Channel Ansel Adams
            Dumb Tales
            Stupid Stories
            Stress Super Stories
            Perceptive Images
            One Half Dozen Raw, by J.Y. Ford
            My Knee Story
            Portraits
1995    Little Creatures
            Is This Mike?
            The Pyramid Lake Painting Expedition 1994
            Walk on Water
            Bitter Rabbit and the Alleyway
1991    An Afternoon Art Project: The San Leandro Mud Flats of California

Theatrical Arts
2001   24th Annual Bay Area Playrights Festival—(As Tag Team), Visual Artists
1979   Santa Rosa Repertory Theatre—scenic technician
77-79  Martinez Repertory Theatre—actor, director, set design

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