Born Budapest, Hungary
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
B.F.A., M.F.A. Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Dialectics:angles of cognition, in the orbit of photography" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 "Fugue" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 "Resonances" Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, CA
"Appearances" Lena & Roselli Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
2011 "Theodora Varnay Jones: Prints & Drawings: Selected Archival Work” Baczek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
09/10 "Manifold", (survey) ICA, San Jose, CA
2009 "Reflections", (survey) Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Translucent Phenomena", Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2007 "Structures" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Galerie Reinfeld, Bremen, G e r m a n y
"Undercurrents", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, J a p a n
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Gallery Naufu, Gifu City, J a p a n
"Dialectica", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 "Transparentia", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
" Theodora Varnay Jones", Galerie Reinfeld, Bremen, G e r m a n y
"Mixed Media Works", Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 " Microcosmos" invited to represent the US, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bad Segeberg, G e r m a n y
"Microcosmos" Kieler Kloster, Kiel, G e r m a n y
1999 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Plaza Gallery, Tokyo, J a p a n
1996 "Theodora Varnay Jones" (survey), Vasarely Museum, Budapest, H u n g a r y
1995 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Shirakawa Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n
1994 Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum, CA
1993 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Shirakawa Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Chicashige Gallery, Okayama, J a p a n
1991 Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum, CA
1990 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Art Forum Yanaka, Tokyo, J a p a n
Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, J a p a n
Gallery 88, Sendai, J a p a n
Heian Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n
1989 Richard Hanson Fine Arts, Fresno, CA
1988 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaques, S p a i n
1984 Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
TWO AND THRE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Interdepencia/Interdependence; Theodora Varnay Jones, Francesca Pastine and Marta Sanchez-Vasquez"
Consulate General of Mexico, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Tom Bills", Pacifica Center for the Arts, CA
2004 "Between"; Theodora Varnay Jones and Dee Hibbert-Jones Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis
2002 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Lee Imonen", Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University
2001 "Traces" ; Theodora Varnay Jones, Christel Dillbohner and Mary Ijichi, Palo Alto Art Center, CA
2000 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Hoh Yin Ping", Kassenarztliche Vereinigung, Bremen, G e r m a n y
1988 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Kazuko Watanabe", Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
1985 "From a Different Perspective"; Theodora Varnay Jones and Peter Baczek, The Art Corridor, Menlo Park, CA
1981 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Vicki Ann Scuri", Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Surprise: New Acquisitions" The Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU, Chico, CA
2017 "12th Annual Encaustic Invitational" Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
"Waterlines" curated by Marianne McGrath NUMU (New Museum) Los Gatos, CA
2016 "Lucid Art Residency Annual Exhibition" Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2015 "Bay Area Gallery Artists in a New Space" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Round Table (Collaborations) Postal Collage Project No 4, organized by Marty McCutcheon, Ramon's Tailor, San Francisco, CA
2014 "California Etchers Currents" Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
2012 Zero1 Biannual “The Future Imagined: What’s Next?” curated by Hanna Regev, PAI, San Francisco, CA
"Red and White", curated by Zsuzsa Dardai art critic, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA; B55 Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Micromundi-Museum of Miniatures, Besalu, Catalonia, Spain, curated by Mercedes Barbera
"Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance", curated by Hanna Regev SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
"Left to Chance: In Search of the Accidental Book Art" , San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
"25 Prints by Women Artists, The Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA
2011 "H2O", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"One Thing Leads to Another", ICA, San Jose CA
" Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
10/11 "TEXT’o-&- figura" traveling exhibition curated by Rolando Castelon, Galeria Nacional Museo, San Jose,
Costa Rica; Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Tomorrow's Legacies", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
"Secret Drawings", Palo Alto Art Center, CA
09/10 "The Seduction of Duchamp/Bay area Artists’ Response" traveling exhibition curated by Hanna Regev
Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg, CA; ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CA; Art Museum of Los Gatos, CA
2009 "Passion for Collecting", Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, CA
2008 "Innovation and Imagination: Work from Kala Art Institute", Seattle Art Museum Gallery, WA
"Parallel Lines", Works on Paper from Monterey County Collections Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
2007 "Pillow Talk: Small Comforts in Hard Times", Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"BANZAI/GODZILLA Japanese Influences in America Then& Now," SFMOMA Artists Gallery, CA
2006 "The First Illusion: The Transitional Object", Palo Alto Art Center, CA
"International Women’s Exhibition", Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, OR
"Small Works", New York University, NY
04/05 Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, J a p a n
2004 "The Ceremony of Tea", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003 "Approaching Perfection", The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
"2do Annual de Grafica Contemporanea" Galeria Nacional, Museo de Los Ninos, San Jose, C o s t a R i c a
2002 "Proximity" , curated by Robin Hill, The Workspace, New York, NY
"Concerning Paper", Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas. TX
99/00 "The 9th International Print and Drawing Biennial", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, T a i w a n
"At the Millennium: Contemporary Paintings from N. CA", Monterey Museum of Art, CA
1999 "Earth, Wind, Fire & Water", Grey McGear Modern, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Museu d’ Art Modern, Taragona, S p a i n
1995 "Artists Books", Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, C o s t a R i c a
UC Berkeley Museum at Blackhawk, CA
1994 "The Contemporary Tea Bowl", Palo Alto Art Center, CA
1992 "Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades", Palo Alto Art Center, CA (catalog)
1991 "Recent Acquisitions", Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1991 "Recent Works by California Artists", Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
1989 "Third Biennial of Prints", Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, J a p a n
1988 Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 "Abstraction and Minimalism", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Recent Acquisitions", Fine Art Museums of San Francisco Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts
1986 "Prints USA", International Tour, Museo Carrilo Gill, M e x I c o D F; America Haus, Berlin, G e r m a n y; Malmo Konsthall, S w e e d e n
"JPA-CSP" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, J a p a n
1985 "Small Graphic Forms", 4th International, Gallery Lodz, P o l a n d
"The Hanga Annual", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, J a p a n
Universitade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, B r a z i l
Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Campinas, Sao Paulo, B r a z i l
1984 "Prints USA", International Tour, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA; National Museum, R e p u b l i c of S i n g a p o r e;
National Gallery, Bangkok, T h a i l a n d
"International Exhibition of Prints", Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, J a p a n
1983 "19th Bradley National", Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1982 "National Print and Drawing Annual", Hunterdon Art Center, NJ
"Print and Drawing Annual", University of North Dakota, ND
"National Print Exhibition", State University of New York at Potsdam
"Contemporary California Prints" , San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1981 " California Printmaking, Artlink, FT. Wayne, IN
" International Miniature Print Exhibition", Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY
Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum, CA
1980 "Book of Hours", Museo de Arte E Historia, M e x i c o
"Ideas and Images", California State University, Hayward, CA
1979 Marshall-Myers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 Conjunct North-South, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1977 Prints in Series, Richmond Art Center, CA
1976 Van Doren Gallery, San Francisco, CA
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRES
2012 ArtMARKT & SFAF, San Francisco, CA
2011 ArtMARKT & SFAF, San Francisco, CA
2010 San Francisco International Art Fair
2006 flow, Miami International Art Fair
1995 Kwang-ju International Contemporary Art Festival, Kwang-ju City Museum, K o r e a
1993 NICAF, Yokohama International Contemporary Art Fair, J a p a n
AWARDS, HONORS AND GRANTS
2019 Fellowship Support Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc. New York, NY
2018 Fellowship Support Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc. New York, NY
2017 Artist in Residence, Morris Graves Foundation, CA
2015 Artist in Residence, Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA
2014 Fellowship Support Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc. New York, NY
2012 Fellowship Honorary Award, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2010 Artist in Residence ICA Print Center, San Jose, CA
1999 Honorary Award, New York University, NY
98/99 California Arts Council, WESTAF, Fellowship Grant Award
1996 Publication, Zyzzyva Summer issue, Volume XII, No2
1995 Artist in Residence, Kyoto Seika University, J a p a n
1992 Art Matters Inc. Fellowship Support Grant
SFMOMA SECA Award finalist
1988 Jerome Foundation Fellowship Award, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
1986 Print Publication, The Achenbach Graphic Arts Council, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Barbara and Henry Miller Award, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Print Publication, Adogi, Barcelona, S p a i n
1985 Honorary Award, Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, B r a z I l
13th Annual Print Exhibition, Purchase Award, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1985 National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Award, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
1984 Mid America Biennial, Purchase Award, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY
1984 Northern California Regional Print Competition, First Prize, Palo Alto Art League, CA
1983 Works 83, First Prize, Sacramento, CA
A/N/W Prize, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Mini Print International, Pasqual Fort Award, Taller Galleria Fort, S p a i n
1982 National Print Exhibition, Purchase Award, Trenton State Collage, NJ
Prints USA, Purchase Award, Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY
Pacific States Printmakers, Purchase Award, University of Hawaii at Hilo, H a w a i i
National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Award, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
1981 California Works ’81, Third Prize, Sacramento, CA
1976 Purchase Award, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Iris & Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Morgan and Betty Flagg Collection, CA
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, CA
Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, C o s t a R i c a
Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
San Francisco Art Commission, CA
Bank America Corporation Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY
Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, J a p a n
Kintetsu, Nara, J a p a n
Mellon Financial Corporate Art Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
University of Hawaii, Hilo, H a w a i i
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
Equitable Life Insurance Co., Chicago, IL
Swiss Bank Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Kaiser Permanente, CA
New Canaan Library Permanent Collection, CT
AT&T Permanent Collection
Palazzo, Las Vegas, CA
Four Seasons, San Francisco, CA
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, CA
INTERVIEWS
2008 "Insisting on Perfection; Theodora Varnay Jones in conversation with Robin Hill", Artcritical 11/18/08
(http://artcritical.com/november_2008.htm) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMOWxEWk1JbGlmY1E
I n t e r v I e w with DeWitt Cheng, ArtSlant, (www.artslant.com/global/artists/rackroom/15915)
1990 I n t e r v i e w with Theodora Varnay Jones (June 21) Miyagi Prefecture T V Sendai, J a p a n
CATALOG ESSAYS
Hanna Regev, "The Seduction of Duchamp / Bay Area Artist’s Response", 2010
Robin Hill and Heather M. Mikolaj, "Between", 2004 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis
Hearn Pardee, "Proximity" 2002 The Workspace, New York, NY
Carole Ann Klonarides, "Works in Various Media", 1996 Vasarely Museum Budapest
Signe Mayfield, "Theodora Varnay Jones", 1993 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco
Eleanor Rappe, "Theodora Varnay Jones", 1978
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Michal Gavish: "Theodora Varnay Jones: Frottage" Drawing : Research, Theory, Practice, Volume 2 Number1, 2017 Intellect Ltd, Bristol, UK
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79BbhSY14gMZ2tjNDVYczRiYkk/view?usp=sharing
Lani Asher, "Endangered Species: Theodora Varnay Jones' Fugue" SFAQ 5/27/2016
http://sfaq.us/2016/05/endangered-species-theodora-varnay-jones-fugue/
Mundo Chevon: "Claro OscuroLumínico/ El arte de Theodora Varnay Jones" L'Fatal8 - Revista de Arte Contemporáneo 12/2016
Krisztián Kukla, "Passionate Rationality" exhibition opening speech
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMZVlWZTdaZEtGeHM
Deák Csillag, "In search of the vanishing light" Kölüs Lajos, "Chattering the surface, but not so silent the echo, the deep" Uj Muveszet 11/2015
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMOEVnZEhmSC1yTjg
Michal Gavish, “Theodora Varnay Jones and Penny Olson at Stanford Art Spaces”
sfartnews.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/theodora-varnay-jones-and-penny-olson-at-stanford-art-spaces/
Gyula Rózsa "Geometric Festival- Red & White, B55 Galeria" Népszabadság On Line, 10/17/201
David Roth, "One Thing Leads to Another", http://www.squarecylinder.com/2012/01/one-thing-leads-to-another-ica/
Kenneth Baker, "John Cage’s influence explored in Get Lucky", San Francisco Chronicle 1/7/2012
DeWitt Cheng, "The Seduction of Duchamp at Artzone 461 Gallery", Art Ltd. March/April, 2010
Susan O'Malley, "Theodora Varnay Jones:Manifold" https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMRjI5dTltZjcxTE0
David Roth, "Theodora Varnay Jones @ San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art", SquareCylinder.com 12/21/09
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMZHRzZ3RrQkJkcVU
DeWitt Cheng, "Theodora Varnay Jones at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art", Visual Art Source (www.visualartsource.com1/23/10)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMWTlMMkFIdHB6OEE
Kathryn Arnold, "It’s thought That Counts-The Seduction of Duchamp Exhibition, Healdsburg and San Francisco (kathrynarnold.wordpress.com/12/20/2009)
Lani Asher, "Theodora Varnay Jones, Reflections: Small Scale Works and Manifold", Art Practical 12/09/2009 [artpractical.com Issue 5 Work (er)]
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMRjRHTHJwVk1hM1k
DeWitt Cheng, "Fresh Work"East Bay Express 12/31/08
Adriana Grant, "Innovation and Imagination" Seattle Weekly 9/18/08
Felicia Cousart Matlosz, "Spring Exhibits Invite Appreciation for Obsession, Museum gathers Art that Challenges" Fresno Bee 3.20.2008 Dewitt Cheng, "Theodora Varnay Jones and Tom Bills at Sanchez Art Center", Art Ltd. May 2007
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMak9tMXdvQVZRaFE
"Three New Exhibitions", Pacifica Tribune 2/28/2007
"Tom Bills and Theodora Varnay Jones”, Art Guild of Pacifica 03/07
Frank Cebulski, "Theodora Varnay Jones at Don Soker Gallery”, Artweek 02/2006
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMUk14U1RUNlRNVzQ
Stefanie Beckröge, "Konfigurationen von Fundstucken Varnay Jones in der Galerie Reinfeld", Weser Kurier 6/3/2005 Bremen, Germany
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMSXB0SC1VLW5BYnc
Linda Rentner, "The Moments between Moments", The Davis Enterprise 12/2/2004
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMbnR4VUh0WVlxTnM
Inken Steen, "Unter der Oberflache die reine Leere, Theodora Varnay Jones stellt in der Galerie Reinfeld Arbeiten der letzten funf Jahre aus",
Weser Kurier 5/31/2001 Bremen, Germany https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMd2sxS0tNVHNaV0U
Laura Relley, "Vestiges of the Unconscious", Palo Alto Weekly 5/18/2001
Bastian Modrow, "Wenn Teebeutel zu Baumen werden Segeberger Nachr ichten", 5/7/2000 Germany
Norderstedter Zeitung (Hamburger Abendblatt) 8./9/ Juli. 2000 Hamburg, Germany
Istvan Antal, "Measured Beauty, Thoughts on Theodora Varnay Jones’ Exhibition", Balkon 9/1996 Budapest, Hungary
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMdklvcmhGaWRrWVk
"Theodora Varnay Jones" Sanyo News 10/18 /1992 Okayama City, Japan
"Theodora Varnay Jones", Kawahou News 6/19/1990 Sendai, Japan
Karin Breuer, "Recent Acquisitions", World Print Courier Spring, 1987
Terri Cohn, "A Legacy for the Future", Artweek 8/8/1987
Tom Cevernak, "Bay Area Printmakers", Profile Visual Dialog Spring, 1978
Paul Allman, "Theodora Varnay Jones: Vision and Idea at the Richmond Art Center", The Oakland Tribune 3/3/1978
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B79BbhSY14gMZ2d3WjJDR1pudW8
RELATED EXPERIENCE, TEACHING
2007- present Lecturer, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2010 Talking Art lecture series, ICA, San Jose, CA
2006 Guest Curator, Don Soker Gallery, Materialism
Juror, "Passages”, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis
2004 Guest curator, Don Soker Gallery, Summer Group Show,
2003 Panelist, California Arts Council, Artist Fellowship
2002 Visiting Lecturer, University of California Davis
Slide Lecture, Western Oregon University
2001 Slide Lecture, Shasta College, Redding, CA
2000 Guest Curator, Don Soker Gallery, Reflections in Retrospect
1990 Guest Lecturer, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
1989 Guest Lecturer, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1985 Juror, Mini Print International Barcelona, Spain