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Resumé
| PERSONAL
INFORMATION: |
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Graduated
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1971 |
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Apprenticed
to John McLaughlin of Quality Neon,
Long Beach, California, 1973-1975 |
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Established
Aargon Neon studio 1975 |
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Electrical
Sign Contractors License (C-45) 1988 |
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS:
Click to visit my sculpture page
| 1997 |
Bills
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 |
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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 |
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The
Art of Light and Glass, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
| 1994 |
Californeon,
Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA |
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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: Pilchucks Glass Legacy, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
(a traveling exhibition through 1996) |
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A
Trick of the Light, Nelson Morales Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1991 |
Neonics,
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
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Artists
Respond to the War, Benicia City Hall, Benicia, CA |
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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 |
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Light
Games, Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA |
| 1984 |
Day
of the Dead Show, New Stone Age Gallery, Los Angeles |
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Works
in Neon, Exploratorium, California State University, L.A. |
| 1983 |
Neon
and Boxes, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bill
will be teaching "Neon/Illuminated Sculpture" (class #FASCU_237) |
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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 |
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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 Glassblowers Society Conf., lecture |
| 1994 |
The
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, Instructor, third session |
| 1993 |
Fenton
Glass Studio, neon workshop |
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Rochester
Institute of Technology, neon workshop |
| 1992 |
San
Jose State University, Instructor at summer workshop |
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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 |
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American
Society of Scientific Glassblowers meeting,
Litton Engineering, Grass Valley, California,
neon glassblowing demo |
| 1988 |
San
Jose State University, neon demo and slide lecture |
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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.
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