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Resumé
| Bill
Concannon Aargon Neon 944-6th Avenue Crockett, CA 94525-1328 (510) 787-2446 bconcannon@aargon-neon.com |
| PERSONAL INFORMATION: | |
| • | Graduated B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1971 |
| • | Apprenticed
to John McLaughlin of Quality Neon, Long Beach, California, 1973-1975 |
| • | Established Aargon Neon studio 1975 |
| • | Electrical Sign Contractor’s License (C-45) 1988 |
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS:
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| 1997 | Bill’s Bottle Shop @ MONA, Museum of Neon Art, L.A., CA |
| 1993 | Something out of Nothing, Supermac Bldg. Sunnyvale,CA |
| 1992 | Laff in the Dark, Art Works Galleries, Fair Oaks, CA |
| 1991 | “Entropy,” site-specific sculpture, Riviera Building, Walnut Creek, CA |
| 1990 | Dark Maze, Cielo Gallery, Benicia, CA |
| 1989 | Neon Narratives, Slant Gallery, Davis, CA |
| 1988 | Memorial Installation, Glass Art Society meeting, Kent, Ohio |
| Tubes of Mystery Installation, Valona Square, Crockett, CA | |
| 1985 | Discharges in Partial Vacua, LaGalleria, Benicia, CA |
| 1984 | Electro-Kitsch, This Is Not Art, Mendocino, CA |
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
| 2004 | Now
on view through September 26, 2004: Evolving Light, Neon Works by Teachers and Their Students, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2002 | Neon Works: The New & The Old, Craft Center/Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego |
| 2000 | Politically Lit, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 | Gl'Art,
Hsinchu Intn'l Glass Art Festival, Hsinchu,Taiwan Northern Lights, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 | Northern Lights, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1997 | Art for the Holidays, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
| 1996 | Spectrum, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1995 | Bay Area Glass, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX |
| The Art of Light and Glass, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA | |
| 1994 | Californeon, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Breaking Tradtions: Contemporary Artists Who Use Glass, The U. C. Berkeley Museum at Blackhawk, Danville, CA | |
| 1993 | Lightescapes, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1992 | Clearly Art: Pilchuck’s Glass Legacy, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (a traveling exhibition through 1996) |
| A Trick of the Light, Nelson Morales Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 1991 | Neonics, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
| Artists Respond to the War, Benicia City Hall, Benicia, CA | |
| Pilcuck Faculty Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA | |
| 1988 | Inanimate Animals, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1987 | Light Sculpture, Syntex Corp. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1986 | Portraits,
Works Gallery, San Jose, Group Show, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1985 | New Neon, Transamerica Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Light Games, Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA | |
| 1984 | Day of the Dead Show, New Stone Age Gallery, Los Angeles |
| Works in Neon, Exploratorium, California State University, L.A. | |
| 1983 | Neon and Boxes, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA |
| Clay/Neon, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA | |
| 1980 | The Light Source, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA |
| 1978 | Neon, Anhalt-Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Art and Technology, Collectors Choice Gallery, Laguna Beach | |
| 1977 | Neon Light: Prince or Frog?, Riverside Art Center, Riverside |
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
| 2004 | Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA |
| Bill will be teaching "Neon/Illuminated Sculpture" (class #FASCU_237) | |
| For more information or to register for this class, contact the Academy of Art directly at http://www.academyart.edu/curriculum/virtual_catalog.asp and follow the links to Fine Art -- Sculpture, Fall 2004 | |
| 2003 | Substitute for David Svenson, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, Neon Sculpture Class |
| 2003 | Stanford University, Product Realization Lab, guest lecturer, demo and slide talk. |
| 2002 | California Glass Exchange, San Jose State University, neon demo |
| Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, instructor fourth session, "Neon light, Neon Glass" | |
| 2000 | The American Scientific Glassblower's Society Conf., neon demo |
| 1999 | Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA, gallery talk |
| 1995 | The American Scientific Glassblower’s Society Conf., lecture |
| 1994 | The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, Instructor, third session |
| 1993 | Fenton Glass Studio, neon workshop |
| Rochester Institute of Technology, neon workshop | |
| 1992 | San Jose State University, Instructor at summer workshop |
| The
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, Instructor, third session |
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| California Glass Exchange, San Francisco State University, neon glassblowing demo | |
| 1991 | The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, Instructor, third session |
| American
Society of Scientific Glassblowers meeting, Litton Engineering, Grass Valley, California, neon glassblowing demo |
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| 1988 | San Jose State University, neon demo and slide lecture |
| Glass Art Society meeting, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, neon glassblowing demo | |
| 1987 | Glass Art Society meeting, L. A., CA, slide lecture |
| 1986 | San Francisco State University, neon demo and slide lecture |
| 1985 | University of California at Los Angeles, slide lecture |
| 1984 | The
Pilchuck Glass School, artist in residence College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, neon glassblowing demo and slide lecture |
| 1982 | University of California at Los Angeles, neon glassblowing demo and slide lecture |
SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
| David Mermelstein | (photos by Jill Connelly), "A Museum Where Art and Commerce Glow Together" New York Times, November 15, 2000 |
| Amy Maginnis-Honey | photos by Christine Baker), "Lighting up" Daily Republic (Fairfield, CA), July 9, 2000 |
| Bill Concannon | “Neon Beginnings” Signs of the Times, April 1998 |
| Bill Concannon | “From Geissler to Vegas” Proceedings: 40th Symposium on the Art of Scientific Glassblowing, Amer. Scientific Glowblowers Soc., 1995 |
| Schiess, Christian | “Bill Concannon: Interview” Signs of the Times, April 1993 |
| Stern, Rudi | Contemporary Neon, New York: Retail Reporting Corp., 1991. |
| Beaver, Jim | “Tubes of Mystery Cast Eerie Light in Crockett”, Contra Costa Times, May 16, 1988. |
| Fenley, Gareth | “Designers’ Secrets of Success for Neon, Cold Cathode Lighting,” Architectural Lighting, October 1987. |
| Robbins, Christine | editor, Glass Art Society Journal, 1986-1987. |
| Editors | Signs of the Times magazine, Sign Design: Contemporary Graphic Identity, Cincinnati, Ohio: Signs of the Times Publishing, 1986. |
| Robertson, Dan | “Neon Art by Bill Concannon,” A & E, A Mendocino Arts Center Publication, October 1985. |
| Swormstedt, Tod | “Bill Concannon: Aargon Neon,” Signs of the Times, November 1984. |
| Caen, Herb | San Francisco Chronicle, October 12, 1984. |
| Albright, Thomas | “The Revival of Neon Artistry,” San Francisco Chronicle, Review section, September 11, 1983. |
| Sanderson, Linda | "Benicia Artists,” Contra Costa Times, April 12, 1982. |
| Wilson, William | “Artwalk,” Los Angeles Times, March 1978. |
| Gamwell, Lynn | “Approaches to Neon,” Artweek, March 11, 1978. |
SPECIAL
EFFECTS PROJECTS:
See
Special Effects page.
MOTION
PICTURE FEATURES AND TELEVISION:
See Film and Video page.
Call or email for more information
(510) 787-2446
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