DAVID BEST b. 1945, San Francisco, CA. Education: San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (MFA, 1975; BFA, 1974). Selected Solo Exhibitions: Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (1999, 2001); David Best: Faith and Fantasy, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (1991-1992); Shoshona/Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (1989); Chairs, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA Self-Portrait, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (1978); de Saisset Art Gallery and Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA (1973). Selected Group Exhibitions: Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa collections, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (1994); Bird Imagery, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley CA, David Best, Jim Dine, Gallery Smith-Anderson, Palo Alto, CA (1990); Monoprints and Assemblage, Simon James Gallery, San Francisco, CA (1990); Sacred Symbol/New Visions; Religious Imagery in Contemporary Art, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (1989); Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, and traveling (1988); Other Gods: Containers of Belief, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, NY and traveling (1986-87). Selected Collections: di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.

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