Resume

Born
1971
San Francisco, CA  
Education  
2001
MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
1995
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
1995
Allan Chadwick Farm and Garden Program (Sustainable Agriculture), Santa Cruz, CA
1993
International Honors Program (Sustainable Development), Travel and Study
1992
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (School of Architecture), New York, NY
Selected Awards  
2010
SECA SFMOMA award (nomination)
2007
SECA SFMOMA award (nomination)
2005
SECA SFMOMA award (nomination)
2001
SECA/In Site SFMOMA award (nomination)
2000
Murphy Cadagon, San Francisco Foundation
1999
Sunspot Laboratory, Cal State LA Exhibition   
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Knock Out, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2010
Diamond Rings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
No More Mr Nice Guy, Ochi Gallery, both Walnut St and Lewis St, Ketchum, ID
The Rings We Road In On, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2009
Recent Paintings, Shasta College, Redding, CA
2007
Folded Pours, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005
Superball: Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
New Work, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Pending, Liquid Spaces' One Union, San Francisco, CA
2004
New Work, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI
2003
Organic, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
New Paintings, New Years Show, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Blindsided, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2001
Introductions: Shooting Pool in Public, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Paintings. New Talent, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
The Economics Series, Neo, San Francisco, CA
2000
Cars and Wilds, CCAC Nave, San Francisco, CA
Place Maker, CCAC Graduate Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Rock Scissors Paper, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
The Ultimate Triumph, University of California, Santa Cruz
Group Exhibitions
2011
artMRKT San Francisco, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2010
Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Homage to the Artists, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2009
Paper / Mylar / Vellum, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
MMFA Loft Exhibition #1, Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2008
Uncharted: Imaginary Landscapes, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA
2007
Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
Art Miami, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, Florida
CCA Centennial Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
FADA LACMA Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
Wynn Macao Grand Concourse Entry, Steve Wynn, China
2006
Art 4 Auction, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Au Courant: Introducing 16 Artists New to Bentley, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
NYC 212 Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
The Village at Squaw, Remoteviewing 3, Squaw Valley, CA
Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn, Las Vegas, NV
2005
Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Emerging Artists ’05… tomorrows masters, Julie Baker Fine Art, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZ
LA Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Neo-Mod: New Northern California Abstractionists, Monteray Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Splat, Sabina Lee Gallery, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
2004
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003
The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
Chicago Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago IL
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2002
A New World Trade Center, Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY
Baker's Dozen, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Cream, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
unDRAWN, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Introductions South, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2000
Tails of the City, Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA
Works on Paper, Exchange Show: China and American Artists, China
1999
Construction Paper, Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Sunspot Laboratory Show, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
1998
ConCurrents, Design Studio 8A, New York, NY
1996
Dibujos y Suenos, Del Sol, Barcelona, Spain
1995
Hunters Point Installation, 5th year Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
Selected Publications
Cherie Luise Turner, Features: Nellie King Solomon, Art Ltd, (September, 2010)
Exhibition at BG Explores Uses of Gesture in Abstract Painting, artdaily.org, tues, July6, 2010
Art, Nellie King Solomon, Harvard Review No.37, (March 2010) p.41-45
Magazine 4 Magazines. Blogot.on/2009/11/zyzzyva.html
Paper Mylar Vellum, SquareCylinder.com Northern California Art, (August 10th, 2009)
Sue Ferguson Gussow, Architects Draw, New York 2008.
Nellie King Solomon Paintings, notcot.org, (July 15th, 2008)
Nellie King Solomon Paintings, roadsidescholar, (July 14th, 2008)
Feature on Yves Behar and Nellie King Solomon by Samsung, Wallpaper Magazine, London, England.
Allan Ginsberg, “Thinks I’ll Not Do (Nostalgia) & Peter Glaser, Die Rechtung, That’s it, you’re all set,” Der Greund, (July 2006, Nr 8): 6 & 67-70.
Michael Ennis, “Steeling Beauty,” Western Interiors, (April-June 2006): 167.
Art Hop: Exploring San Francisco’s 49 Geary, Sunset Magazine, (March 2006) p. 46
Stephanie Cash, “Report from San Francisco: New and Now,” Art in America W (January, 2006): 6.
Kenneth Baker, “Fissures Unite Stone, Solomon at Gross,” San Francisco Chronicle (Sat October 29, 2005): Date Book E 12.
Alan Hess, “It Takes a Village,” Architectural Digest (June 2005): 140.
Cherie Louise Turner, “'Neo Mod' at the Crocker Art Museum”, ArtWeek (March 2005): 17.
Howard Junker: Senior Editor, Unspun and me. Zyzzyva, (Spring 2005): cover.
“Lucas Programs Opens at Montalvo, ArtWeek, (Dec. 2004): 22.
Kenneth Baker, “Small Treasures at SF Art Expo, San Francisco Chronicle (Jan 2004).
Suzanne Stephens with Ian Luna; Foreword by Robert Ivy, Imagining Ground Zero, Rizzoli & Architectural Record (2004).
Melissa Hutcheson, Alumni Profiles, “Art Chooses You, You Don’t Choose Art, CCA Glance (Dec. 2003) p.8
Max Protetch, A New World Trade Center: Design Proposals from Leading Architects Worldwide, Regan Books (2002) p.134-135
Dennis R. Ryerson, A Space to Create, Artists will find home at Montalvo cottages, San Jose Mercury News, (Dec. 22, 2002); page 1.
Kenneth Baker, “Splitting perceptions of Ellsworth Kelly; Painter discovers an artist true to form,” San Francisco Chronicle, (Oct 1,2002): D1.
Victoria Dalkey, “Going with the flow,” The Sacramento Bee (June 9,2002): Encore 8.
Debra Koppman, “Previews,” Art Week (May 2002): 6.
Anne Crump, “ArtSpeak: Climbing To New Heights, Nellie King Solomon Bridges Architecture and Art,” San Francisco Examiner (Jan 31, 2002): C2.
Victoria Dalkey, “Things looking up in new Grass Valley gallery,” The Sacramento Bee (Dec 2, 2001): 29.
Carol Feineman, “New GV Fine Arts Gallery Opens,” The Union (Nov 19, 2001); A2.
Rachelle McKinney, “A Perfect Circle,” San Francisco Art Magazine.com (Sep 2001): 1.
Kenneth Baker, “Pleasures in rich pools of color,“ San Francisco Chronicle (July 28 2001): C1& C5.
Anne Crump, “A Change of Art,” San Francisco Examiner (July 10 2001): C1& C6.
Teaching Experience
2009
Stanford University, Stanford CA Painting 1: Spring Quarter Class
2008
Stanford University, Stanford CA Drawing Matters 1: Spring Quarter
CCA, Oakland, CA First Year Core Drawing Matters : Fall Semester
2007
Stanford University, Stanford CA Material Matters: Spring Quarter Class in Experimental Painting Media
CCA, Oakland, CA First Year Core Drawing Matters : Fall Semester
2006
Stanford University, Stanford CA Material Matters: Workshop in Experimental Painting Media
CCA, San Francisco, CA First Year Core Drawing Workshop: Body and Machine Running a Walk-in Drawing Salon at Oliver Art Center
CCA, San Francisco, CA DDII: Design Drawing II Teaching Drawing to Industrial Designers
CCA, San Francisco, CA 'Drawing on a Grand Scale' Teaching large scale drawing in the Extension Program
CCA, San Francisco, CA Review Panelist for the Under Graduate Painting Junior Reviews
CCA, San Francisco, CA Founder and Lead of Alumni Critique Group
Liquid Spaces: Sherwood Engineers, San Francisco, CA Teaching Figure Drawing to Engineers
2005
Montalvo Arts Center , Saratoga, CA. YAR: Young Artist in Residence Summer Program Artistic Director and Lead Teacher Leap. Bessie Carmichael & Longfellow Middle School. Developed and taught 4th & 5th Graders Self Portraiture Drawing and Painting Classes.
NeoMod. New Northern California Abstractionists. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. Panel Discussion
2004
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA. YAR: Young Artist in Residence Summer Program Artistic Director and Lead Teacher.
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA. Teacher for Adult Drawing Classes.
2003
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA. Teacher for Adult Drawing Classes.
West Portal School,SF, CA Art Teacher for LEAP, 2nd-5th Graders
James Denman Middle School, SF, CA Art Teacher for A Living Library Garden, 6th & 7th Graders
2002
James Denman Middle School, SF, CA Art Teacher for A Living Library Garden, 6th & 7th Graders
GirlsAdventureOut.com, Pacifica, CA Surf Coach: Leading Body Boarding Clinic ages 20-45
SFAI San Francisco, CA Donald Feasel's Painting Class, Guest Speaker
SFAEP: Enola Maxwell Middle School for the Arts San Francisco, CA Summer Art Workshop Painting and drawing Teacher ages 9-13
2001
CCA San Francisco, CA Mary Snowden's Advanced Painting, Guest Speaker with Slide Lecture
CCA San Francisco, CA Linda Geary's Senior Painting Project, Teacher's Assistant & Guest speaker with Slide Lecture
2000
CCA San Francisco, CA Kim Anno's Beginning Drawing, Teacher's Assistant
1998
Berkeley Carrol School, Brooklyn, NY Art Teacher ages 8-14
1990
De Avilla School, San Francisco, CA Art Teacher to 5th Graders
Projects
2008-
Fia.
2005
Oxford Plaza, Housing Design, Berkeley CA Design of 12' high 200' long Painted Freeze Exterior to wrap around 6th floor of new building
2004
2-4 Winfield St . San Francisco, CA Sale of Building
Coso Hillside Land Slide, San Francisco, CA Advocating for the release of $185,000 from DPW for the repair of the hill supporting 2-4 Winfield St.
2001
A New World Trade Center: Design Proposals Drawing for Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY
Horizons, Battered Women's Charity Organization, The Family Center, NY, NY Advocate for WTC 9/11 Survivors, helping them get relief checks
2000
2-4 Winfield St Project. San Francisco, CA Redesign and renovate residential building
1999
Blade Runners Hair Salon, San Francisco, CA Artist Design/ Build Installation
Marta Fry Landscape Architects, San Francisco, CA Rendering
Dan Solomon Inc., San Francisco, CA for Stanford University dormitory Freeze Designer.
Villa Montalvo Artist Residency, Saratoga, CA Artist Collaborator on Architectural Design
1998
The Design Company, San Francisco, CA Alamo Car Rental, Miami, FL Design and Rendering
The Rockwell Group, New York, NY: The Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY. Planet Hollywood, Frankfurt, Philadelphia, and KualaLumpur, Clubs and Dioramas. Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV Designer
1997
Vito Acconci, Brooklyn, NY: Park on the Water, Green Point Long Island Conceptual Design and Drawing for Competition
Battery Park City, New York, NY Vesey Green Park: in Collaboration with Quennel Rothschild Associates and Barabara Stauffacher Solomon Design and Drawing
1996
Ricardo Bofill, International Architect, Tailler de Arquitectura, Barcelona, Spain Monchyplein, The Hague. SPI Fiumicino, Rome. Place del Europa, Luxembourg. Subway Station, Tokyo. Airport VIP Tower, Barcelona Design and Presentation Drawings
1994
Ahrens Studio, Novato, CA Holiday Inn, Phoenix, AZ: 40'x20' Neoclassical Italian Fresco Mural, Faux Marble, and Faux Boix finishes.
Macy's Department Store, CA. Nineteen 7' high Indian Women of Fiberglass, Styrofoam, and Plaster. Sculptor and Painter
1993
David Ireland, SF and Oakland, CA Sculptor's Assistant
1992
Scarpa Museum, Venice, Italy Art Handling and Installer
1989
Palazzo San Polo, Italy XVIth Century Fresco and marmarino Ceiling Restorator