Lynne Todaro
Santa Cruz, CA
lynnetodaro@comcast.net
Born: Flushing, New York
Education: San Francisco Art Institute, MFA in Sculpture, 1993
Southwest Missouri State University, B.S. cum laude, 1981
Selected Exhibitions:
2023, "Pint Size", Transmission Gallery, San Francisco
2022, "Sculpture Is", Sierra Azul, Watsonville, CA
2022, "Emergence", RREVV Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022, "ECO Sculpt", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 " Beauty or Truth", Artworks Downtown, San Rafael CA
2021 "450 Pieces", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz CA
2020, "In These Uncertain Times", Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2020, "People. Places and Poetry", Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2020, "50/50 2020", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2020, "Isolation: 50 Drawings by Women Over 50", online at https://i5olationportfolio.org/
2019, "Water/Metal", Santa Cruz Art League
2019, "Scrap Review", Felix Kulpa II, Santa Cruz, CA
2019, "Mirrors", PVA Member Exhibition, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2019 "Sculpture Is: In The Garden 2019", Sierra Azul, Watsonville, CA
2019, "Clay, Pigment and More", Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
2019, "Sculpture Now", Works by Pacific Rim Sculptors, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2018. "Imagine Peace Now", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018, "SCRAP", R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2017, Gallery 125 Opening Reception, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz
2016, International Sculpture Day Exhibition, Art Object Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2016, "Sculpture Is", Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2015, "Furnished", Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2015, "Back to School", Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara
2015, "Sculpture Is", Watsonville, CA
2015, "Elemental", Art Ark Gallery, San Jose
2014, "Cross-Pollination", Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2014, "Transformation of Connectivity", Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013/2014 "Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition", Santa Clara
2013, “Armed Medium”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013, “West Valley and Mission College Faculty Exhibition”, Triton Museum
2013, “Beyond Gaga”, Works, San Jose, CA
2012, “Echoing Visual Voices”, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas CA
2012, “Open”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012, “40 Watts: Illuminating Herstory”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
2011, “Reversing The Gaze”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
2011, “50/50” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2011, “2011 Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2011, “Better Luck Next Time”, Works/San Jose, CA
2010, “Resolutions and Dissolutions”, Martin Luther King Library, San Jose, CA
2010, “Pathways”, Evergreen Valley College Gallery, San Jose, CA
2009, “A Closer Look”, Triton Museum of Art”, Santa Clara, CA
2009, “The Art of Crafts”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2009, “Control”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisc
2009, “Arts On Fire”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2009, “Iron Tribe”, traveling exhibit: Denver-CO, Hays- KS, Las Vegas- NM
2008, “The Food Show”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008, “Mission to the Triton”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2008, “Making Room for Wonder”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
2008, “Casters”, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2007, “All Fired Up”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2007 “No Goodbyes: Re-imagining Trash”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
2007, “Snooze Button”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2007, “Iron Tribe 2007”, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2007, “Beaux and Eros II”, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA
2006, “Northern California Small Works Exhibit”, Arts Council of Sonoma County
2006, "Objects of Engagement", The Atrium Gallery, 500 Townsend, San Francisco
2006, "Iron 2006”, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Ironbridge, U.K.
2005, "Indoor Sculpture Exhibition" Santa Clara City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2005, “Wit and Wisdom”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2004, “Sacred Images”, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA (Award of Excellence)
2004, “Offerings”, Solo exhibition, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
2004, “Off the Rim”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2003, “Iron Tribe ‘03”, Fine Arts Gallery of New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2003, “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group 2003 Winter Exhibition”, 600 Townsend, SF
2002, “ US/UK”, New Orleans Sculpture Lab Gallery, New Orleans
2002, “Western States Small Works”, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2002, “Hot Pink”, GLBT Historical Society of N. California, San Francisco
2001, “Visions of the Self”, The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University
2001, “ Pacific Rim Sculptors Seventh Annual Members Exhibition, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco
2001,2000, 1999, “On Your Own Time”, Staff Art Exhibition, CCA, Oakland
2000, “Recycled”, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2000, “Faculty Exhibition”, The Crucible, Berkeley
2000, “Recognition”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
1999, “The Bizarre Bazaar”, Sofo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1999, “Active Edge”, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
1999, “High Heels and Sunglasses”, Sofo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1998, “ California Small Works 1998”, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, (People’s Choice Award)
1998, “Contained”, City Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA
1998, “January Juried Show”, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
1997, “San Rafael Artists”, Downtown Art Center, San Rafael, CA
1997, “Marin Arts Council Members Exhibition”, Corte Madera, CA
1997, Solo Exhibition of sculpture and photography, Unitarian Universalist Center, San Francisco
1996, “A Woman’s Worth”, Wednesday’s Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, “Nothing Wasted”, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1996, 1st Annual Goddess Exhibition, Wednesdays Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, “Gallery House Juried Exhibition”, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
1995-96, “The World’s Women On Line!” internet installation at http://www.asu.edu/wwol
“The World’s Women On Line!” video/internet gallery installation,Computing Commons Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ,
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
“ADA: Women and Information Technology”, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995, “Statewide Scrapture Show”, Santa Rosa, CA (First Prize)
1995, “Trash To Treasures”, Pleasanton, CA (First Prize, Professional Category)
1994, “Falkirk Sculpture Invitational”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1994, “Altars and Masks”, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1994, “College of Marin Faculty Exhibition”, Kentfield, CA
1991, Solo Exhibition, Metropolis Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990, “Excellence ‘90”, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX
1990, “Louisiana Festival of the Arts 17th Annual Juried Exhibition”,
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
1990, “Fifty Selected Artists From the Texas Sculpture Association”,
D –Art Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1987, “Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas
Collections: Mary Green Swig, San Francisco
Robert and Lesley Currier, San Rafael, CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael
Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, TX
Nelcy Tarics, San Rafael
Daniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien, Fairfax, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Helayna Thickpenny, Menlo Park CA
Teaching Experience:
2002 - 2020: Mission College, Santa Clara, CA - Art Instructor and Vargas Gallery Director
2000: The Crucible, Cast Iron Sculpture Instructor
1992-1999, College of Marin, Substitute and Teaching Assistant
1998-2002: California College of the Arts, Instructor, Pre-College and Extended Ed
Santa Cruz, CA
lynnetodaro@comcast.net
Born: Flushing, New York
Education: San Francisco Art Institute, MFA in Sculpture, 1993
Southwest Missouri State University, B.S. cum laude, 1981
Selected Exhibitions:
2023, "Pint Size", Transmission Gallery, San Francisco
2022, "Sculpture Is", Sierra Azul, Watsonville, CA
2022, "Emergence", RREVV Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022, "ECO Sculpt", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 " Beauty or Truth", Artworks Downtown, San Rafael CA
2021 "450 Pieces", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz CA
2020, "In These Uncertain Times", Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2020, "People. Places and Poetry", Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2020, "50/50 2020", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2020, "Isolation: 50 Drawings by Women Over 50", online at https://i5olationportfolio.org/
2019, "Water/Metal", Santa Cruz Art League
2019, "Scrap Review", Felix Kulpa II, Santa Cruz, CA
2019, "Mirrors", PVA Member Exhibition, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2019 "Sculpture Is: In The Garden 2019", Sierra Azul, Watsonville, CA
2019, "Clay, Pigment and More", Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
2019, "Sculpture Now", Works by Pacific Rim Sculptors, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2018. "Imagine Peace Now", Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018, "SCRAP", R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2017, Gallery 125 Opening Reception, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz
2016, International Sculpture Day Exhibition, Art Object Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2016, "Sculpture Is", Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2015, "Furnished", Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2015, "Back to School", Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara
2015, "Sculpture Is", Watsonville, CA
2015, "Elemental", Art Ark Gallery, San Jose
2014, "Cross-Pollination", Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2014, "Transformation of Connectivity", Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013/2014 "Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition", Santa Clara
2013, “Armed Medium”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013, “West Valley and Mission College Faculty Exhibition”, Triton Museum
2013, “Beyond Gaga”, Works, San Jose, CA
2012, “Echoing Visual Voices”, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas CA
2012, “Open”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012, “40 Watts: Illuminating Herstory”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
2011, “Reversing The Gaze”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
2011, “50/50” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2011, “2011 Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2011, “Better Luck Next Time”, Works/San Jose, CA
2010, “Resolutions and Dissolutions”, Martin Luther King Library, San Jose, CA
2010, “Pathways”, Evergreen Valley College Gallery, San Jose, CA
2009, “A Closer Look”, Triton Museum of Art”, Santa Clara, CA
2009, “The Art of Crafts”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2009, “Control”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisc
2009, “Arts On Fire”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2009, “Iron Tribe”, traveling exhibit: Denver-CO, Hays- KS, Las Vegas- NM
2008, “The Food Show”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008, “Mission to the Triton”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2008, “Making Room for Wonder”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
2008, “Casters”, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2007, “All Fired Up”, City Hall of Santa Clara, CA
2007 “No Goodbyes: Re-imagining Trash”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
2007, “Snooze Button”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2007, “Iron Tribe 2007”, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2007, “Beaux and Eros II”, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA
2006, “Northern California Small Works Exhibit”, Arts Council of Sonoma County
2006, "Objects of Engagement", The Atrium Gallery, 500 Townsend, San Francisco
2006, "Iron 2006”, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Ironbridge, U.K.
2005, "Indoor Sculpture Exhibition" Santa Clara City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2005, “Wit and Wisdom”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2004, “Sacred Images”, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA (Award of Excellence)
2004, “Offerings”, Solo exhibition, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
2004, “Off the Rim”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2003, “Iron Tribe ‘03”, Fine Arts Gallery of New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2003, “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group 2003 Winter Exhibition”, 600 Townsend, SF
2002, “ US/UK”, New Orleans Sculpture Lab Gallery, New Orleans
2002, “Western States Small Works”, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2002, “Hot Pink”, GLBT Historical Society of N. California, San Francisco
2001, “Visions of the Self”, The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University
2001, “ Pacific Rim Sculptors Seventh Annual Members Exhibition, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco
2001,2000, 1999, “On Your Own Time”, Staff Art Exhibition, CCA, Oakland
2000, “Recycled”, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2000, “Faculty Exhibition”, The Crucible, Berkeley
2000, “Recognition”, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco
1999, “The Bizarre Bazaar”, Sofo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1999, “Active Edge”, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
1999, “High Heels and Sunglasses”, Sofo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1998, “ California Small Works 1998”, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, (People’s Choice Award)
1998, “Contained”, City Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA
1998, “January Juried Show”, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
1997, “San Rafael Artists”, Downtown Art Center, San Rafael, CA
1997, “Marin Arts Council Members Exhibition”, Corte Madera, CA
1997, Solo Exhibition of sculpture and photography, Unitarian Universalist Center, San Francisco
1996, “A Woman’s Worth”, Wednesday’s Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, “Nothing Wasted”, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1996, 1st Annual Goddess Exhibition, Wednesdays Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1996, “Gallery House Juried Exhibition”, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
1995-96, “The World’s Women On Line!” internet installation at http://www.asu.edu/wwol
“The World’s Women On Line!” video/internet gallery installation,Computing Commons Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ,
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
“ADA: Women and Information Technology”, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995, “Statewide Scrapture Show”, Santa Rosa, CA (First Prize)
1995, “Trash To Treasures”, Pleasanton, CA (First Prize, Professional Category)
1994, “Falkirk Sculpture Invitational”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1994, “Altars and Masks”, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1994, “College of Marin Faculty Exhibition”, Kentfield, CA
1991, Solo Exhibition, Metropolis Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990, “Excellence ‘90”, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX
1990, “Louisiana Festival of the Arts 17th Annual Juried Exhibition”,
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
1990, “Fifty Selected Artists From the Texas Sculpture Association”,
D –Art Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1987, “Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas
Collections: Mary Green Swig, San Francisco
Robert and Lesley Currier, San Rafael, CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael
Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, TX
Nelcy Tarics, San Rafael
Daniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien, Fairfax, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Helayna Thickpenny, Menlo Park CA
Teaching Experience:
2002 - 2020: Mission College, Santa Clara, CA - Art Instructor and Vargas Gallery Director
2000: The Crucible, Cast Iron Sculpture Instructor
1992-1999, College of Marin, Substitute and Teaching Assistant
1998-2002: California College of the Arts, Instructor, Pre-College and Extended Ed