April 15, 2024 through March 4, 2025
"Soul of Artists: Inaugural International Online Exhibition"
Lihue, Kaua'i
An artist asked me how do I find these venues and I said I really don’t know. Besides invitations, calls for entries just pop up and capture my interest. I don’t know why things happen but I do pay attention.
I was born and raised in Honolulu. I came to the mainland for college in Boulder and ended up living in the SF Bay Area when I was 19. I became a printmaker after undergraduate years at California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts). I started showing in galleries and museums in my early 20’s. One of the places where I showed was the Honolulu Academy of Art as a contemporary printmaker being part of the USA 1976 Bicentennial traveling exhibition. Was nice to be home. That was the last time my art was shown in Hawaii… until now.
Soul of Artists is a juried international virtual exhibition based in Lihue, Kauai. As far as I know, I am 1 of 17 finalists in their inaugural exhibition. Both “Mooring 19” and “Mooring 29” will represent me online; however, both are “Not For Sale” as they were previously purchased at other venues. Prints are available.
The Soul of Artists is a 2023 organization that helps expose artists and creates support to artists via grants and online exposure. Being selected opens up the Pacific Asian culture/countries to my art that I would never have imagined as my art is mainly shown on the mainland and parts of Western Europe.
The Soul of Artists is a mission driven organization which provides a forum for “amplifying exceptional living artists both known and not-yet-well-known.” They provide both financial support through private donations and amplification by internet exposure.
The Soul of Artists team is highly educated in the arts, with an extensive background in visual arts, art history, literature, film and theater.
According to their website, they honor the full range of human expression, are very open-minded and there is no subject or theme that is excluded from consideration.
This exhibition runs online from April 15, 2024 through March 4, 2025.
For more information and to view the art visit: https://www.soulofartists.com and follow on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/soul.of.artist
Future Exhibitions:
PLEASE STAY SAFE.
USE COMMON SENSE.
Past Exhibitions:
September 1-27, 2024; "The Mooring Series: A Retrospect of Watercolors", Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, Ca. (Invitational Solo Exhibit of 20 Paintings)
April 27, 2024; "Finding. the Familiar", Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, Ca.
January 14 - February 11, 2024; "CONNECTED", Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, Ca.
December 2-4, 2023; "3rd Corte Madera Invitational Art Exhibition", Corte Madera Community Center, Corte Madera, Ca.
November 11, 2023; California College of the Arts Homecoming, San Francisco, Ca. (Inducted into the Half Century Club)
October 29 - November 6, 2023; "2023 Sausalito Art Festival Juried Online", Sausalito, Ca. (highest auction bid)
September 13 - October 17, 2023; "Past and Present", Tiburon Town Hall, Tiburon, Ca.
April 22, 2023; "Marinwood's Annual Spring Show", Marinwood, Ca.
February 18 - March 18, 2023;"Seen & Imagine: Annual Northern California Juried Exhibition", Gallery Route One
Point Reyes Station, Ca.
December 3-15, 2022; "The Corte Madera Invitational Art Exhibition", CM Community Center, Corte Madera, Ca. (https://www.townofcortemadera.org/1062/Art-Exhibitions)
October 22, 2022; "Marinwood Fall Art Show", Marinwood Community Center, Marinwood, Ca.(invited)
October 14-October 16, 2022; "Art Weekend Sausalito", The Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, Ca. (invited)
September 14-November 2, 2022; "18th Annual Wabi Sabi Exhibit", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
June 2-June 3, 2022; "Marin Masters Invitational 2022", The Outdoor Art Club, Mill Valley, Ca. (1 of 8 artists)
May 21-May22, 2022; "Art for Ukraine", Sausalito Center for the Arts/ Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, Ca. (invited)
April 23, 2022; "Marinwood's Annual Spring Show", Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, Ca. (invited)
December 15 - January 27, 2022; "Annual Members Online Show 2022", O'HanlonOnline Gallery, The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
December 4 - December 16,2021; " Corte Madera Director's Invitational Exhibition of Mixed Media", Corte Madera Community Center, Corte Madera, Ca.
November 13 - December 19, 2021; "Pure Paint", Arts Benicia, Benicia, Ca.
November 6, 2021; Marinwood Fall Art Show, Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, Ca.
June 15 - August 13, 2021; "Local Inspirations", The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca. (Juror's comments about me is at 5:00 and my response is at 25:00: https://vimeo.com/563854519)
May 5 - June 5, 2021; "Fusion Art's 6th Annual Waterscapes International Online Juried Art Exhibition", Palm Springs, Ca.
April 5 - April 15, 2021; "Marinwood's Annual Virtual Spring Art Show: New Work", Marinwood, Ca.
January 15 - April 14, 2021; "Fusion Art's 2nd Watercolor International Online Juried Art Exhibition", Palm Springs, Ca. (4th Place)
December 14, 2020 - January 25, 2021; "The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts Membership Show: A Virtual Exhibit" Mill Valley, Ca.
October 10 - January 3, 2021; "The de Young Open: On the Edge", de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Ca.
October 19 - 30, 2020; "A Virtual Show: Home", The 7th Marinwood Fall Art and Wine Festival, Marinwood, Ca.
July 21 - August 29, 2020; "Ocean, Bay and Stream", Marin Watercolor Society, SF Bay Model Visitors Center, Sausalito, Ca. (Special Guest Artist) CANCELLED COVID LOCKDOWN
February 14 - March 31, 2020; "Water + Color National Juried Exhibition 2020", Pence Gallery, Davis, Ca.
February 6 - 29, 2020; "Artist's Vision", Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, Ca. (Honorable Mention)
November 2019, "Ninth Annual SeaScapes International Exhibit", Light Space and Time Online Gallery, Palm Springs, Ca. (Honorable Mention and Special Merit)
August 31 - September 2, 2019, The 67th Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, Ca. (Art Juror)
July 1 - August 29, 2019, Solo Show: The Mooring Series by Nelson Hee, The Town of Tiburon’s Town Hall,Tiburon, Ca
July 3 - July 7, 2019, The 78th Marin County Fair: "Over the Moon", Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, Ca. (3rd Place Graphite/Drawing & Marin MOCA Special Award)
May 3 - June 22, 2019, City of San Rafael/Marin Open Studios 2019, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
April 22 - May 12, 2019, 26th Annual Marin Open Studios 2019, Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, Ca.
March 28 - April 25, 2019, "Monochromatic", The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
January 3 - 24, 2019, "50th Anniversary Members' Show 'Salon des Refusés'", The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
October 4 - February 1, 2019, "Marin Open Studio's 25th Anniversary Group Exhibit", Marin Community Foundation, Novato, Ca.
October 27, 2018, "Marinwood's 6th Annual Fall Art Show and Wine Tasting", Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, Ca.
August 30 - September 20, 2018, "The 15th Annual Wabi-Sabi Exhibition", The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
April 27 - August 24, 2018, "Marin Open Studios 2018: Renee's Top 25 Must-See Picks", Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Ca.
June 30 - July 4, 2018, 77th Marin County Fair; "All For One | Fun For All", Marin Civic Center Exhibition Hall, San Rafael, Ca. (Honorable Mention)
May 5/6 - May 12/13, 2018, "Marin Open Studios 2018", Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, Ca. (Renee's Top 25 Must-See-Picks)
April 15 - July 14, 2018, "Fusion Art's 6th Quarterly Open International Juried Art Exhibition", Fusionartps.com (Best in Show in the Traditional Art Category) Online Exhibit through April 2019: https://fusionartps.com/open-art-exhibition-april-july-2018/
April 3 - May 6, 2018, "Invitational Exhibition #9", Graton Gallery, Graton Ca.
March 23 - April 26, 2018, "2018 Spring Open Juried Art Exhibition", Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
January 9 - February 1, 2018, Annual Members' Show 2018, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
2017 "Scapes 3", Digital Gallery25N (G25N), http://art-competition.net/Scapes_3.cfm, Peekskill, NY (7th Place)
November 2 - November 22, 2017, "Inspired by TEXTURE", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
October 7 -November 25, 2017, The South Carolina Watermedia Society National Digital Exhibit 2017, Charleston International Airport, Charleston, S. Carolina
October 7, 2017, 5th Annual Marinwood Art and Wine, Marinwood Community Center, Marinwood, Ca. (First Place)
September 28 - October 26, 2017, "Essence of Water", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
August 11 - September 29, 2017, The Falkirk 2017 Fall Juried Exhibit, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
August 22 - September 24, 2017, The 3rd Annual Anything Goes Show, Graton Art Gallery, Graton, Ca. (Juror)
July through October 2017, Marin Open Studios PopUp Display, Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Ca.
June 30 - July 4, 2017, The 76th Marin County Fair: "Let the Sunshine In!", Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, Ca. (Second Place and 2 Honorable Mentions)
June 6 - June 29, 2017, The Art of Nelson Hee: The Mooring Series, Belvedere-Tiburon Library, Tiburon, Ca.
June 1 - June 22, 2017, 14th Annual Wabi Sabe Exhibition, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, Ca.
May 1 - 31, 2017, Solo Show, Frame Crafters Gallery, 320 Bon Air Center in Greenbrae, Ca.
May 6 and May 13, Marin Open Studios 2017, Frame Crafters Gallery, 320 Bon Air Center in Greenbrae, Ca .
April 23 - May 14,2017, Marin Open Studios 2017 Main Gallery, Main Gallery at the Corte Madera Town Center , Corte Madera, Ca.
April 1 - April 30, 2017, Fusion Art's 2nd Annual Waterscapes International Online Exhibition
http://fusionartps.com/waterscapes-art-exhibition-april-2017/, show archived indefinitely, (Best in Show - Traditional Art)
March 30 - April 20, 2017,Landscapes: Real or Imagine, O'Hanlon Center for the Art, Mill Valley, Ca.
Jan 27 - Feb 19, 2017,The 32nd Annual Juried Show: "BEGINNINGS", Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, Ca.
September 22 - November 4, 2016, Fall Open Juried Art Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
September 1 - November, 2016, Solo Exhibit: The Mooring Series, Smith Ranch Homes, San Rafael, Ca.
August 20 - September 25, 2016, 2nd Annual "Anything Goes" Juried Show, Graton Gallery, Graton, Ca. (Best of Show)
May 1 - August 5, 2016: Solo Show, Frame Crafters Gallery, Greenbrae. Ca.
June 30 - July 4, 2016:The 75th Marin County Fair,Marin Civic Center Fairgrounds,San Rafael, Ca. (1st place and Honorable Mention)
June 4, 2016: Hotbed Benefit 2016 Gala and Gallery, Giardini del Paradiso,Tiburon, Ca.
May 7-14, 2016:Marin Open Studios 2016, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca. (selected 1 of 6)
March 7-April 25, 2016: Solo Show of the Mooring Series, SF Bay Model Visitors Center, Sausalito, Ca.
August 22, 2015: Hotbed Benefit 2015 Gala and Gallery, Giardini del Paradiso, Tiburon, Ca
July 1 - July 5, 2015: 74th Marin County Fair, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, Ca (2nd Place Aqua Media)
May 2-3, May 9-10, 2015: MOS 2015 Open Studio, Gallery 111/ICB building, Sausalito, Ca.
April 21 - May 10, 2015: Marin Open Studios 2015 Premier Gallery Exhibit, Bon Air Ctr., Greenbrae, Ca. (2nd Place People's Choice Award)
Nov. 14 - Dec. 27, 2014: "Three Ways of Seeing Water", Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
Sept.12 - Oct. 25, 2014: The 2014 Annual Falkirk Fall Exhibit, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca.
Aug. 23 - Sept. 28, 2014: Hotbed Benefit Gala and Hotbed Gallery: Giardini del Paradiso, Tiburon, CA
June 9 - August 20, 2014:Thornton Tomasetti Solo Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
May 17 - July 15, 2014: MOS 2014 Bon Air Window Display, Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Ca.
July 2 - July 6, 2014: 73rd Marin County Fair, Marin Civic Ctr.,San Rafael, Ca. (3rd Place and Honorable Mention Watercolor)
April 22 - May 17, 2014: Marin Open Studios 2014: The Galleries, Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Ca.
May 3-4 & May 10-11, 2014: Marin Open Studios 2014, Gallery 111/ICB Building, 480 Gate Five Road, Sausalito, Ca.
March 28 - May 24, 2014: 2014 Falkirk Annual Spring Exhibit, Falkirk Cultural Ctr., San Rafael, Ca.
Feb. 1 - June 1, 2014: "10 Marin Watercolorists", Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, Ca.
Jan.14 - Feb.23, 2014: The 8th Annual Invitational Exhibit, Graton Gallery, Graton, Ca.
November 9 - Dec. 7 2013: "Structures", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
Sept.12 - Oct.9, 2013: Falkirk Annual Fall Juried Exhibit, San Rafael, Ca.
August 17-18, 2013: Tiburon Art Festival, Tiburon, Ca.
Aug.13 - Sept.9, 2013: Marin Open Studios: "Grown Locally", CM Town Ctr., Corte Madera, Ca
Aug.12-16, 2013: Hotbed Gallery: Giardini del Paradiso, Tiburon, Ca.
Aug.10, 2013: Hotbed Benefit International Art Exhibit, Tiburon, Ca.
July 3 -7, 2013: 72nd Annual Marin County Fair, Marin County Civic Ctr, San Rafael, Ca. (Honorable Mention Watercolor)
June 15-16, 2013: Marin Art Festival, Marin County Civic Center Lake, San Rafael, Ca.
May 1- June 14, 2013: MOS 2013: "7 Artists Under 1 Roof", Crome Architecture, San Rafael, Ca.
May 4-5 & May 11-12, 2013: The 20th Annual Marin Open Studios, Crome Architecture, San Rafael, Ca.
April 19 - May 12, 2013: The 20th Annual Marin Open Studios Gallery Exhibit, CM Town Ctr., Corte Madera, Ca.
Jan. 15 - Feb. 24, 2013: The 7th Annual Invitational Exhibition, Graton Gallery, Graton, Ca.
A Couple of Articles and Media
Hotbed Benefit: https://youtu.be/rmOnMeqAL3k
https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/994-fuson-art-announces-the-winners-of-the-6th-quarterly-international
https://www.marinij.com/2017/06/09/tiburon-artist-draws-attention-with-water-inspired-exhibit/amp/
