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Born:
1961
Education:
Creative Growth Art Center, 1983-present
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Nelson Tygart draws and paints the animals, people and places he is fond of. With their energetic graphic lines and saturated color, his dynamic images push up against the edges of paper and canvas, ready to spring from the page. Always a commanding presence, his Brut Beasts are either gently smiling or fiercely snarling. Nelson also loves coffee and often draws his beloved cup of coffee. Nelson's artwork has been exhibited in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Nantucket, Massachusetts and is in several private and public collections. |
Selected Exhibitions at
Creative Growth Art Center |
1998: |
Downsize |
| 1996: |
Off the Easel; In and Out of the Woods |
| 1995: |
Fine Folk; All You Can Eat; The Spring Faire |
| 1994: |
Brut and Beyond; Other Views, Other Side |
| 1993: |
Beasts: Unleashed, Uncaged, Untethered; Recent Paintings; The Spring Faire; The Art of Teaching Art |
| 1991: |
Out of Bounds |
| 1990: |
Facing the Personal |
| 1989: |
Beasts and Other Relatives; The Artist Collects |
| 1988: |
Making Marks; Brut Beasts, with Clayton Bailey and Mark Bulwinkle; Uncommon Collections |
| 1987: |
Bay Currents; In the Mind's Eye with Clayton Bailey |
Selected Outside Exhibitions |
| 1998: |
Magic Valley Arts Council, Twin Falls, Idaho |
| 1997: |
Art from the Heart, McKesson Corporation, San Francisco, CA |
| 1996: |
Artists Beyond Disabilities, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Western Carolina Center, Morganton, North Carolina |
| 1995: |
Visions from the Left Coast, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1994: |
Northern Telecom, Santa Clara, CA |
| 1992: |
Art From The Heart, McKesson Plaza Building, San Francisco, CA |
| 1991: |
Sailor's Valentine Folk Art Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| 1990: |
The Art Store Gallery, Oakland; McKesson Plaza Building, San Francisco; Kaiser Center Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 1989: |
Lurie Corporation, Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1986: |
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1985: |
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA; Himowitz/Salomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
Reviews |
| Phyllis Bradson, "Adverse Circumstances Spark a Varied Collection of Works," San Rafael Independent Journal, Jun 15, 1985; Jack Van Der Muelen, "Arts," Pacific Sun, Jun 14-20, 1985; Victoria Dalky, "Folk Art, Sophisticated Design, Wit, Eclectic Elements of Post-Modern Art," Sacramento Bee, Jul 21, 1985; Joanne Burstein-Hayes, "Art-Not-Art," Artweek, 16 (1), Jan 5, 1985. |
Public and Private Collections |
| Ames Gallery of American Folk Art, Mark Bulwinkle, Lena De Kesel, Mary Lou Dubois, Albert and Patricia Elsen, Collette Fallon, Katie Gibson, Ellen and Baron Gordon, Bonnie Grossman, Kaiser Hospital/Pediatrics (San Francisco), F. McCormick, Ann Oppenheimer, Charles Schmuck, Leslie Toney, Karen Wyse. |
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