John Stuart Berger

• John Stuart Berger
  5252 21st. Ave.
  Sacramento, CA 95820
  Home: (916) 454-1902
  Cell: (916) 599-5587
  john@johnstuartberger.com

EducationBachelor of Arts  California State University, Sacramento
Concentration on two dimensional art
Studied under Bill Allen and John Dreisbach

Awards

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  • 2002 Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Fellowship

Collections

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  • Crocker Art Museum  Sacramento, CA
  • American River College  Sacramento, CA

Curated Exhibitions 

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  • The Strategy of Art,  Toy Room Gallery w/SCN, Sacramento, CA
  • Art Wonderland, Toy Room w/SCN Gallery,Sacramento, CA
  • The Vision Exchange,  Toy Room Gallery w/SCN 2005, Sacramento, CA
  • Super-Duper,  Toy Room Gallery w/ SCN.  2004, Sacramento, CA
  • Inside Out, Toy Room Gallery w/SCN 2003, Sacramento, CA
  • Black Velvet Barbie Show,  Phantom Galleries 1996-1996, Sacramento, CA
  • Three Little Men, John S. Berger, Paul Richards, Steve Vanoni  Phantom Galleries, Sacramento CA
  • The Big Show,(The Artwork of Short Center North ), Main Street Gallery, Winters CA

 

Published Artwork 

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  • Sacramento Bee “Ticket “cover 1996
  • MGW cover ,1999
  •  S.M.A.C Program cover 2004-2007                      
  • Long Distance Relationship(Pete Bettencourt collaborative), 2005
  • Rust Magazine, 2005
  • Exit Strategy 2,  2006
  • The Legend Magazine, 2006

   

Selected Exhibitions 

2008

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  • Venni Vetti Vecci, Club 6, San Francisco, CA
  • Sara Jane Show @ Sara Jane’s, Sacramento, CA
  • Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Americn Gladiators, Lower Haters, San Francisco, CA.

 

 

         

2007

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  • The Thread Show, San Francisco Galleria, San Francisco, CA
  • University Art, Sacramento, CA
  • Cannibal Flower, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Girls and Ghouls, Toy Room, Sacramento, CA
  • Suiete Jesus, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
  • Artists I Know, Studio X, Sacramento, CA
  • Holiday Market, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
  • Tales From the Pond, Super 7, San Francisco, CA
  • Circus Show, Bitchen Space, Sacramento, CA
  • Puddle of Art, The Izzy Van Go, Sacramento, CA
  • Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
  • Crocker Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
  • Cryptozoology, 1156 Voice Gallery, San Diego, CA      
  •  Collabro, The Showroom, New York, NY
  •  A Spongy Manipulation of Natural History, Art 6, Richmond, VA           
  • Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
  •  Aves Show, Body tribe, Sacramento, CA
  • Don’t Say Motherfucker…..,Mf Gallery, New York NY
  • Collaborative show/ Andre Salcido & Kevin Earl Taylor,Bitchin’ Space, Sacramento CA

 

2006

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  • What Went Wrong, LO-Fi Customs, San Francisco, CA
  • Run Like Hell, Lo-Fi Customs, San Francisco, CA
  • Crocker Museum Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
  • Uplifting Vengeance Tour, Rx. Gallery,San Francisco, CA
  • Collabro, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose,CA
  • Pence Art Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
  • Long Distance Relationship, The Good Foot Gallery, Portland, OR
  • Bakers Dozen,Tower Gallery, Sacramento CA
  • Whales and Helicopters, Deep, Sacramento CA
  • Collabro,Subject MatterGallery,Costa Mesa CA
  • SoToDo, Gallery Horse Cow,Sacamento CA
  • F***ed Up Fairy Tales,Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2005

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  • Eye Candy, American River College, Sacramento, CA

 

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  • Dead Man’s Party, Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT
  • Worst Case Scenario, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Thing You Shouldn’t Loose, Tower Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Small Treasures, Tower Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Marshmallow Land, Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Exquisite Corpse, Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento, CA
    

2004

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  • Practical Advice for the Lovelorn, with Stephaie Skalisky, Solomon Dubnick, Sacramento, CA
  • Tokyo Monster Show, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
  • 595, Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento, CA

 

2003

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  • Western Sci-Fi, 111 Minna,San Francisco,  CA

   

  • Cowtown, Group show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Lawn and Garden, with Pete Bettencourt, Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento, CA 
  • John S. Berger, Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento,CA

2002

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    Where it All Comes From, Soloman Dubnick, Sacramento, CA

   

  • New in 2002, Soloman Dubnick, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Phobia Show, Gallery Horse Cow, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Art in a Cage, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2001

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  • Group Show, Gallery Horse Cow, Sacramento, CA

   

  • A View of Ceramics, with Laura Benniger, UCD, Davis, CA

   

  • Predator, East Bay Vivarium, Berkeley, CA

   

2000

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  •  SOTODO, 72 Hour Art Congress, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA

   

  • The Best of the Capital, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA

   

  • Ride and Derailment, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Altares Del Mundo, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Comission
  • Exquisite Corpse, The Art Foundry, Sacramento, CA

1999

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  • Altares Del Mundo, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Visual Conversations, Group exhibition, Big Art, Sacramento, CA

   

  • Selected Works with Carol Benioff, Coyote Gallery, Oroville, CA

   

  • CSUS 50th Anniversary Alumni Show, CSUS, Sacramento, CA

1997

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  • Phobia Show, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA
  • Erotic Art Show, Big Art, Sacramento, CA
  • The Crow Show, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • CSUS Alumni Show, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • New Group Show, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1996

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  • Erotic Art Show, Big Art, Sacramento, CA. Artful Urn Show, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • Swarms, Michael HimovitzGallery, Sacramento, CA

   

 

 1995

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  • If the Shoe Fits Wear It(featuring Wayne Thiebaud)Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
  • Solo exibit, Big Art, Sacramento, CA
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 1994

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  • Erotic Art Show, Big Art, Sacramento, CA
  • Solo Exibit, Big Art, Sacramento, CA

1993

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  • Community Hang Up, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
  • Religios Art Show, Big Art, Sacramento, CA
  • Erotic Art Show, Big Art, Sacramento, CA

1992

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  • National Competion, Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1989

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  • Special Competition, Witt Gallery, CSUS, Sacramento, CA
    Awarded Second Place
  • Senior Exhibition, Witt Gallery, CSUS, Sacramento, CA