Randy Colosky
Art and Design
415.370.3969 | [email protected] | www.randycoloskypublic.com www.randycolosky.com Instagram - @randy_colosky
Education
Kansas City Art Institute - BFA Ceramics 1985 - 1987 Boston University - PIA Ceramics Program 1983 - 1985
Public Art Projects
2021
Its About Time - Large scale marble and steel relief wall installed in new Life Science building in San Carlos CA Commissioned by Alexandra LLC
2020
Thalia Column Public Art Project – Large scale ceramic column Laguna Beach CA Commissioned by the Laguna Beach Arts Commission
The Greater Mysteries 19H building, Oakland, CA
70 ft x11 ft x20 inch window space with LED lighting, stainless Steel spheres and painted Mural. Commissioned by LMC. LLC.
2019
Cascade Moran Building, Oakland CA.
Large scale stainless steel sculpture mounted to exterior of building. Commissioned by Junction Properties LLC.
Wave Function Kaiser Sport Medicine Facility, San Francisco CA
Digitally constructed super graphic for office waiting area. Commissioned By CCCArt Advisers DNAAA Visitacion Valley Greenway, San Francisco CA.
Large scale site-specific outdoor stainless steel sculpture. Installed in public garden as part of Visitacion Valley Greenway Project.
2018
Constellation Studies Ellie May Technology Headquarters, Pleasanton CA.
Triptych large-scale acrylic study with surfboard epoxy coating
Central Crossing Centra Properties Housing Development, Livermore CA.
Two large-scale outdoor redwood sculptures. Commissioned By Signature Homes LLC.
2016
The Redwoods Embarcadero Square Complex Mixed Use Development, San Francisco CA. Seven large-scale outdoor redwood sculptures. Commissioned by Gaw Capital Partners LLC.
2015
Gravity’s Rainbow Facebook Inc. Menlo Park CA.
Large-scale mural installed at Facebook Headquarters. Commissioned by the Facebook AIRS program
Ice 9 429 Market St Building San Francisco CA.
Engineered Ceramic Sculpture places at Building Entry
The Pressure to Hold Together Sonoma State College Campus Sonoma State College
Karesansui The Battery San Francisco CA. Commissioned by The Battery Art CollectionProgram
2014
“Now” in Technicolor Paradise Ridge Winery Santa Rosa CA.
large-scale engineered ceramic sculpture. Commissioned by the Voight Family Foundation Ellipses is the Key of Blue digitally printed super graphic for Yerba Buena Subway construction wall barricade. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commissi
2013
The Kenwood Experiment Oakland ArtPark project, large-scale outdoor painted wood timber
sculpture Oakland CA. Oakland Department of Economic and Workforce Development. 2013
Hansei Triptica101 California Building San Francisco CA.
Large scale photographic installation. Karesansui - engineered ceramic sculpture with large photographic backdrop. Commissioned by ArtSource Consulting
Barbican 2 Oakland ArtPark Project, large-scale wood timber sculpture Oakland CA. Oakland Department of Economic and Workforce Development.
2012
The Air and Space Museum San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery San Francisco CA. Installation grow room and stop motion video of 3-month project with large public window viewing. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission
2011
The Shape of Things That Happen Artist Television Access San Francisco CA. Window installation of sculptural Victorian molding.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Brilliant Champions Gallery Brooklyn NY. Ice Capades - cryokinetic sculpture.
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. White Hot - cast glass sculptures.
2014
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. Rise and Fall - ceramic and glass sculptures.
2013
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. The Shape of Things That Happen Again - large- scale steel sculptures.
2012
K Imperial Fine Arts San Francisco CA. Infrastructure - glass and bronze sculptures. Gallery Hijinks San Francisco CA. New Works - template drawings on paper.
2011
Museum of Craft and Folk Art San Francisco CA. Fiat Lux; new works by Randy Colosky, large- scale sculpture installations and drawings. Curated by Natasha Boaz and Jennifer McCabe.
2010
Ampersand International Arts San Francisco CA. Secret Handshake - sculpture and mixed media installation. Curated by Tracy Wheeler and Bruno Mauro.
2008
Adobe Books Back Room San Francisco CA
The Circus (in my mind) is in Town - collage and drawings.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Incline Gallery/Satellite of.Love San Francisco CA. Going Away September 2019 2018
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives Berkeley CA. Way Bay 2, June 2018.
Hibbleton Gallery Fullerton CA. Unconquerable Inertia, July 2018. 2017
Ship in the Woods Escondido CA. Talk Talk.
Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose San Jose CA. Dutrius June 2017.
The Lab San Francisco CA. Group Hang: Facebook AIR Anniversary Show, August 2017.
2016
Ship in the Woods Escondido CA. Flat Earth.
Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek CA. Blade Runner.
Brilliant Champions Gallery Brooklyn NY. The Drawing Show Root Division San Francisco CA. MFA Never.
2015
Wavepool Gallery Cincinnati OH. Post Fabrication.
Headlands Center for the Arts Marin CA. (IM)Material.
Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco CA. Tzedakah Box Show. Guerrero Gallery Oakland CA.
2014
Front Room Gallery New York City NY. Reflection/Refraction. The Battery San Francisco CA.
2013
Incline Gallery San Francisco CA. Space 1999.
Berkeley Arts Passageway Berkeley CA. Voulkos Inspired. .
Root Division San Francisco CA. Permutations Unfolding.
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Miami FL. Project Art Fair.
Southern Exposure Juried Show San Francisco CA. This will never work.
2012
Highlight Gallery San Francisco CA. 3020 Laguna Street In Exitum. and David Kasperzak. KALA Art Institute Berkeley CA. Fellowship Awards Show.
Krowsworks Gallery Oakland CA. Documento
Luggage Store San Francisco CA. Streetopia
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. “You can’t make art by trying to make art”: A show about the influence of the art of David Ireland.
Incline Gallery San Francisco CA. Time x Time.
Adobe Books Back Room San Francisco CA. Stacked and Multiplied
Southern Exposure San Francisco CA. Alchemy.
Shelter Surf Shop Huntington Beach CA. Deeper Visions 2.
Huntington Beach Arts Huntington Beach CA. Art and Furniture.
2008
The Lab San Francisco CA. Sysygy
Kavi Gupta Gallery Chicago IL. Vaguely Paperly.
Hallway Bathroom Gallery San Francisco CA. Portrait Show.
2006
Jack Hanley Gallery London UK. Frieze Art Fair.
Low Gallery San Francisco CA. The Excavation Project. Mollusk Surf Shop San Francisco CA. Inaugural Exhibition.
2005
Hosfelt Gallery San Francisco CA. M Theory.
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2015 Facebook, Inc. - Artist in Residence Program 2012 KALA Art Institute - Artist in Residence Program 2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
2014 KALA Art Institute Print shop residency
2010 The Zellerbach Family Foundation
2010 The Fleishhacker Foundation
Public Collections
Berkeley Art Museum. Berkeley CA.
Sonoma State University
Alameda County Municipal Art Collection, Alameda CA.
The Battery, San Francisco CA.
Paradise Ridge Winery. Santa Rosa CA.
Events and Lectures
The Battery San Francisco CA. Artist Panel Discussion
Southern Exposure San Francisco CA. LIFT OFF!!
Root Division San Francisco CA. Artist Panel Discussion.
Bibliography
2016
“Ice Capades” Randy Colosky at Brilliant Champions. NYAQ Critics Pick. Cousens, Julia. “Review of Show ‘White Hot’”, Square Cylinder.
2015
Curiel, Jonathan.“Know your Street Art: Ellipses in the key of Blue”, SF Weekly. February 2015.
“Immaterial and the Marvelous Real” By Lea Rosenberg. Art Practical. February 2015.
“Immaterial Winter Group Exhibition” by Michal Gavish. SF Art News. February 2015. 2014
“‘Rise and Fall’ New Works By Randy Colosky” By Dewitt Cheng. Visual Art Source. November 2014. “‘Rise and Fall’ New Show By Randy Colosky” by Zachery Royer Shultz. Art Practical November 2014. “Randy Colosky ‘Ellipses In the Key of Blue’” by Ethan Kaplan. Juxapoz Magazine. July 2014. “Randy Colosky Feature” by David Cunningham. San Francisco Arts Quarterly May 2014. “Drawings By Randy Colosky.” Juxapoz Magazine. January 2014.
2013
"Space 1999 Group Exhibition at Incline Gallery" by Leora Lutz. San Francisco Arts Quarterly. November 2013.
"Space 1999’ at Incline Gallery" by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. November 2013. "Material Ascension" by Kara Smith. ArtSlant.com. November
“Randy Colosky Took Past Works & Made Them New & Exciting” by Alex Bigman. East Bay Express. March 13, 2013.
"Randy Colosky" by Nikki Gattan and Klea McKenna. In the Make. February, 2013.
2012
“The Restless Physicality of Oakland’s Colosky” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle November 24, 2012.
“Randy Colosky: Infrastructure at K. Imperial Fine Art” by Dewitt Cheng. art ltd. September 2012. KQED September 11, 2012.
"Randy Colosky, Infrastructure at K. Imperial Fine Art" by Monique Delauney. San Francisco Art Enthusiast. August 20, 2012.
“Randy Colosky @ Hijinks Gallery.” Juxapoz Magazine. April 2012.
"Randy Colosky Gives a Pulsating Take on Perspective" by Vivian Hua. redefine August 18, 2012 “Randy Colosky’s Surprising Sculptures” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. August 17, 2012.
“SF Arts Commission Gallery Debuts Air & Space Museum...” by Allison McCarthy. 7x7SF. August 10, 2012.
“Infrastructure as Art: A Look at Artist Randy Colosky’s Process” by Larissa Archer. SF Weekly. August 1, 2012.
2011
"Randy Colosky" interview with Margaret Tedesco. KUSF Radio November 11, 2011. "Interview with Randy Colosky and Curator Natasha Boas". Museum of Craft and Folk Art November 2011.
2010
“Randy Colosky” by Dewitt Cheng. Visual Art Source. December 2010.
“Art: The Year in Review” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. December 26, 2010. “Secret Handshake: A Group Show by Randy Colosky” by Jillian Macintosh. No New Enemies Network. December 13, 2010.
“Randy Colosky, Sherie Franssen Amplify Bold Ideas” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. November 13, 2010.
Art and Design
415.370.3969 | [email protected] | www.randycoloskypublic.com www.randycolosky.com Instagram - @randy_colosky
Education
Kansas City Art Institute - BFA Ceramics 1985 - 1987 Boston University - PIA Ceramics Program 1983 - 1985
Public Art Projects
2021
Its About Time - Large scale marble and steel relief wall installed in new Life Science building in San Carlos CA Commissioned by Alexandra LLC
2020
Thalia Column Public Art Project – Large scale ceramic column Laguna Beach CA Commissioned by the Laguna Beach Arts Commission
The Greater Mysteries 19H building, Oakland, CA
70 ft x11 ft x20 inch window space with LED lighting, stainless Steel spheres and painted Mural. Commissioned by LMC. LLC.
2019
Cascade Moran Building, Oakland CA.
Large scale stainless steel sculpture mounted to exterior of building. Commissioned by Junction Properties LLC.
Wave Function Kaiser Sport Medicine Facility, San Francisco CA
Digitally constructed super graphic for office waiting area. Commissioned By CCCArt Advisers DNAAA Visitacion Valley Greenway, San Francisco CA.
Large scale site-specific outdoor stainless steel sculpture. Installed in public garden as part of Visitacion Valley Greenway Project.
2018
Constellation Studies Ellie May Technology Headquarters, Pleasanton CA.
Triptych large-scale acrylic study with surfboard epoxy coating
Central Crossing Centra Properties Housing Development, Livermore CA.
Two large-scale outdoor redwood sculptures. Commissioned By Signature Homes LLC.
2016
The Redwoods Embarcadero Square Complex Mixed Use Development, San Francisco CA. Seven large-scale outdoor redwood sculptures. Commissioned by Gaw Capital Partners LLC.
2015
Gravity’s Rainbow Facebook Inc. Menlo Park CA.
Large-scale mural installed at Facebook Headquarters. Commissioned by the Facebook AIRS program
Ice 9 429 Market St Building San Francisco CA.
Engineered Ceramic Sculpture places at Building Entry
The Pressure to Hold Together Sonoma State College Campus Sonoma State College
Karesansui The Battery San Francisco CA. Commissioned by The Battery Art CollectionProgram
2014
“Now” in Technicolor Paradise Ridge Winery Santa Rosa CA.
large-scale engineered ceramic sculpture. Commissioned by the Voight Family Foundation Ellipses is the Key of Blue digitally printed super graphic for Yerba Buena Subway construction wall barricade. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commissi
2013
The Kenwood Experiment Oakland ArtPark project, large-scale outdoor painted wood timber
sculpture Oakland CA. Oakland Department of Economic and Workforce Development. 2013
Hansei Triptica101 California Building San Francisco CA.
Large scale photographic installation. Karesansui - engineered ceramic sculpture with large photographic backdrop. Commissioned by ArtSource Consulting
Barbican 2 Oakland ArtPark Project, large-scale wood timber sculpture Oakland CA. Oakland Department of Economic and Workforce Development.
2012
The Air and Space Museum San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery San Francisco CA. Installation grow room and stop motion video of 3-month project with large public window viewing. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission
2011
The Shape of Things That Happen Artist Television Access San Francisco CA. Window installation of sculptural Victorian molding.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Brilliant Champions Gallery Brooklyn NY. Ice Capades - cryokinetic sculpture.
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. White Hot - cast glass sculptures.
2014
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. Rise and Fall - ceramic and glass sculptures.
2013
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. The Shape of Things That Happen Again - large- scale steel sculptures.
2012
K Imperial Fine Arts San Francisco CA. Infrastructure - glass and bronze sculptures. Gallery Hijinks San Francisco CA. New Works - template drawings on paper.
2011
Museum of Craft and Folk Art San Francisco CA. Fiat Lux; new works by Randy Colosky, large- scale sculpture installations and drawings. Curated by Natasha Boaz and Jennifer McCabe.
2010
Ampersand International Arts San Francisco CA. Secret Handshake - sculpture and mixed media installation. Curated by Tracy Wheeler and Bruno Mauro.
2008
Adobe Books Back Room San Francisco CA
The Circus (in my mind) is in Town - collage and drawings.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Incline Gallery/Satellite of.Love San Francisco CA. Going Away September 2019 2018
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives Berkeley CA. Way Bay 2, June 2018.
Hibbleton Gallery Fullerton CA. Unconquerable Inertia, July 2018. 2017
Ship in the Woods Escondido CA. Talk Talk.
Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose San Jose CA. Dutrius June 2017.
The Lab San Francisco CA. Group Hang: Facebook AIR Anniversary Show, August 2017.
2016
Ship in the Woods Escondido CA. Flat Earth.
Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek CA. Blade Runner.
Brilliant Champions Gallery Brooklyn NY. The Drawing Show Root Division San Francisco CA. MFA Never.
2015
Wavepool Gallery Cincinnati OH. Post Fabrication.
Headlands Center for the Arts Marin CA. (IM)Material.
Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco CA. Tzedakah Box Show. Guerrero Gallery Oakland CA.
2014
Front Room Gallery New York City NY. Reflection/Refraction. The Battery San Francisco CA.
2013
Incline Gallery San Francisco CA. Space 1999.
Berkeley Arts Passageway Berkeley CA. Voulkos Inspired. .
Root Division San Francisco CA. Permutations Unfolding.
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Miami FL. Project Art Fair.
Southern Exposure Juried Show San Francisco CA. This will never work.
2012
Highlight Gallery San Francisco CA. 3020 Laguna Street In Exitum. and David Kasperzak. KALA Art Institute Berkeley CA. Fellowship Awards Show.
Krowsworks Gallery Oakland CA. Documento
Luggage Store San Francisco CA. Streetopia
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Oakland CA. “You can’t make art by trying to make art”: A show about the influence of the art of David Ireland.
Incline Gallery San Francisco CA. Time x Time.
Adobe Books Back Room San Francisco CA. Stacked and Multiplied
Southern Exposure San Francisco CA. Alchemy.
Shelter Surf Shop Huntington Beach CA. Deeper Visions 2.
Huntington Beach Arts Huntington Beach CA. Art and Furniture.
2008
The Lab San Francisco CA. Sysygy
Kavi Gupta Gallery Chicago IL. Vaguely Paperly.
Hallway Bathroom Gallery San Francisco CA. Portrait Show.
2006
Jack Hanley Gallery London UK. Frieze Art Fair.
Low Gallery San Francisco CA. The Excavation Project. Mollusk Surf Shop San Francisco CA. Inaugural Exhibition.
2005
Hosfelt Gallery San Francisco CA. M Theory.
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2015 Facebook, Inc. - Artist in Residence Program 2012 KALA Art Institute - Artist in Residence Program 2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
2014 KALA Art Institute Print shop residency
2010 The Zellerbach Family Foundation
2010 The Fleishhacker Foundation
Public Collections
Berkeley Art Museum. Berkeley CA.
Sonoma State University
Alameda County Municipal Art Collection, Alameda CA.
The Battery, San Francisco CA.
Paradise Ridge Winery. Santa Rosa CA.
Events and Lectures
The Battery San Francisco CA. Artist Panel Discussion
Southern Exposure San Francisco CA. LIFT OFF!!
Root Division San Francisco CA. Artist Panel Discussion.
Bibliography
2016
“Ice Capades” Randy Colosky at Brilliant Champions. NYAQ Critics Pick. Cousens, Julia. “Review of Show ‘White Hot’”, Square Cylinder.
2015
Curiel, Jonathan.“Know your Street Art: Ellipses in the key of Blue”, SF Weekly. February 2015.
“Immaterial and the Marvelous Real” By Lea Rosenberg. Art Practical. February 2015.
“Immaterial Winter Group Exhibition” by Michal Gavish. SF Art News. February 2015. 2014
“‘Rise and Fall’ New Works By Randy Colosky” By Dewitt Cheng. Visual Art Source. November 2014. “‘Rise and Fall’ New Show By Randy Colosky” by Zachery Royer Shultz. Art Practical November 2014. “Randy Colosky ‘Ellipses In the Key of Blue’” by Ethan Kaplan. Juxapoz Magazine. July 2014. “Randy Colosky Feature” by David Cunningham. San Francisco Arts Quarterly May 2014. “Drawings By Randy Colosky.” Juxapoz Magazine. January 2014.
2013
"Space 1999 Group Exhibition at Incline Gallery" by Leora Lutz. San Francisco Arts Quarterly. November 2013.
"Space 1999’ at Incline Gallery" by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. November 2013. "Material Ascension" by Kara Smith. ArtSlant.com. November
“Randy Colosky Took Past Works & Made Them New & Exciting” by Alex Bigman. East Bay Express. March 13, 2013.
"Randy Colosky" by Nikki Gattan and Klea McKenna. In the Make. February, 2013.
2012
“The Restless Physicality of Oakland’s Colosky” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle November 24, 2012.
“Randy Colosky: Infrastructure at K. Imperial Fine Art” by Dewitt Cheng. art ltd. September 2012. KQED September 11, 2012.
"Randy Colosky, Infrastructure at K. Imperial Fine Art" by Monique Delauney. San Francisco Art Enthusiast. August 20, 2012.
“Randy Colosky @ Hijinks Gallery.” Juxapoz Magazine. April 2012.
"Randy Colosky Gives a Pulsating Take on Perspective" by Vivian Hua. redefine August 18, 2012 “Randy Colosky’s Surprising Sculptures” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. August 17, 2012.
“SF Arts Commission Gallery Debuts Air & Space Museum...” by Allison McCarthy. 7x7SF. August 10, 2012.
“Infrastructure as Art: A Look at Artist Randy Colosky’s Process” by Larissa Archer. SF Weekly. August 1, 2012.
2011
"Randy Colosky" interview with Margaret Tedesco. KUSF Radio November 11, 2011. "Interview with Randy Colosky and Curator Natasha Boas". Museum of Craft and Folk Art November 2011.
2010
“Randy Colosky” by Dewitt Cheng. Visual Art Source. December 2010.
“Art: The Year in Review” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. December 26, 2010. “Secret Handshake: A Group Show by Randy Colosky” by Jillian Macintosh. No New Enemies Network. December 13, 2010.
“Randy Colosky, Sherie Franssen Amplify Bold Ideas” by Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle. November 13, 2010.