| Humberto Gonzalez lives and paints in the Willamette Valley. He travels throughout the Pacific Northwest and finds favorite viewpoints to paint on site using watercolor and most recently acrylic paint. Biography Gonzalez was born in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on March 25, 1944. His family immigrated to McAllen Texas in 1954 and moved to the Chicago area in 1958. In 1971, Gonzalez moved to Lebanon, Oregon to accept a teaching position at Lebanon Union High School where he taught Spanish, painting, drawing, English fiction and novel before retiring in 1999. Gonzalez is currently painting full time. EDUCATION:
1968 MA in secondary education with emphasis on painting and drawing. Began teaching middle school level in Glencoe, Illinois.
1967 BA degree with a major in art and Spanish literature. Received a continuation stipend from the Ginsberg Foundation toward graduate study.
1963 Graduated from Aurora West High School, Aurora, IL. Received Outstanding Art Student award and Ginsberg Foundation scholarship. Continued art studies at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois. EXHIBITIONS: 2009 Governor's Office, State Capital, Salem, Oregon 2006 Invitational Art Exhibit, City Hall, Portland, OR
2005 This Everlasting Valley, Art About Agriculture Permanent Collection Exhibit OSU, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
2005 Back Road Journeys, one person show, Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
2005 Seascapes, three person show, Artspace Gallery, Bay City, OR
2004 The Spirit of Real and Specific Places, one person show, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2004 Invitational Exhibit, Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, Portland, OR
2004 Group Show, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2004 Impressions de Baja, one person show, Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
The Workers in Art, group show, Artspace Gallery, Bay City, ORa
2003 On Site Painters Exhibit, Valley Arts Grant, Forest Grove, OR
2003 Artspace, Bay City, OR
2003 Street of Dreams, Portland, OR
2002 Chehalem's Reserve Release and Art Show, Chehalem Winery, Newberg, OR
2002 Painters of the Oregon Coast, Rogue River Community College, Roseburg, OR
2002 Portland Oregon Visitors Association, group show, Portland, OR
2002 Street of Dreams, French Chateau House, Portland, OR
2001 Artist Edit, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Painters of Oregon Landscape Exhibition, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
2001 Guest Artist, Bookwalter Winery, Richland, WA
2000 Glimpses of Mexico, The Consulate of Mexico, Portland, OR
2000 Chehalem's Reserve Release and Art Show, Chehalem Winery, Newberg, OR
2000 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 lanscape of the Willamette Vallery, group invitational, City Hall Gallery, Albany, OR
1998 Group Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Baja California Invitational, El Riviera Gallery, Ensenada; Baja, California; Mexico
1998 Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR *Oregon Original Award1998 Art About Agriculture; The Archives: A 15 Year Celebration, Philomath, OR
1998 Visual Chronicle of Portland; Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR *Purchase Award for Permanent Collection
1997 totallybuttersoregon, group exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Selections from Portland, group exhibition, Butters Gallery, Pacwest Center
1994 Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
1993 One person exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Art About Agriculture,Oregon State University, Award Winner
1992 One person exhibition, Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, OR
1992 Chicano and Latino Artists of the Northwest juried exhibition, Bush Barn, Salem, OR
1991 Art About Agriculture, Purchase Award, Oregon State University permanent collection
1991 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1991 2001 Hispanic Artists Odyssey, national juried exhibition, Museo Chicano, Phoenix, AZ
1991 One person exhibition, First Interstate Tower, Portland, OR
1991 Group exhibition, Butters International Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 Group exhibition, Valley Arts Gallery, Forest Grove, OR
1990 Oregon Minority Exhibit, Salem, OR
1990 Hispanic Art Exhibit, World Trade Center, Portland, OR
1989 Sunriver Arts Association juried exhibition, Sunriver, OR
1989 Street of Dreams exhibition, Portland, OR
1989 One person exhibition, Tektronix Corp., Portland, OR
1988 Three-person exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Street of Dreams Show,Tour of Elegance, Portland, OR
1988 World Trade Center International Art Exhibit (Mexico/USA), Portland, OR
1987 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1987 Northwest Watercolor Society traveling exhibit
1986 Oregon State University Memorial Union Concourse group exhibition, Corvallis, OR
1986 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1985 Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
1984 National Invitational Show, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
1984 Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
1983 Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
1982 Two-man show, Creative Arts Gallery, Albany, OR
1979 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1979 Willamette Artists juried exhibition, Corvallis, OR
1970 One person exhibition, Winnetka Public Library gallery, Winnetka, IL
COLLECTIONS: AGPR Incorporated GranPac (Showa Sangyo) Foods Inc. Pasco (Shiki Shima)
Petroff Facial Surgery
Tektronix Inc., Wilsonville, OR
Crown Pacific
Mutual Home Mortgage
Kershaw and Associates
Portland Community College
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Terminal Freezers, Oregon and Washington
Numerous private collections |
