BRANHAM RENDLEN
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
PO Box 326 • Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone (831)-521-6940
www.branhamrendlen.com
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts: Printmaking;University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting and Printmaking;University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Land and Sea; 4 person exhibition with Gregory Kondos,Ventana Gallery,Big Sur,CA, 2013
Jeweled Courage; Big Sur Gallery, Carmel, CA,2007
Soul of the Air: Condor Configurations; Road House, Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, 2007
Ala Prima; Studio One, Big Sur, CA, 2007
Women Artists; Sweet Elena’s Bakery, Sand City, CA, 2004
Monterey County Artists Studio Tour; Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, 2004
New Work; Local Color Gallery, Big Sur, CA, 2004
The Spirit of Place; Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, 2003
Eklektikas; Silver City, NM, 2003
Big Sur Arts Initiative Teachers Exhibition; Big Sur, CA, 2003
Art and Soul Festival, Beaded Prints; Rejuvenation, Monterey, CA, 1998
The Thirteen Original Clanmothers (by J. Sams); Windam House, Santa Cruz, CA, 1998
Re-Membering Healing Images; Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA, 1995
These Silenced Voices Now Begin To Speak; Cherry Foundation, Carmel, CA, 1992
Solo Exhibition; Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, 1991
Confluence; Southwestern College, Winfield, KS, 1986
Exhibition; Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, 1985
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
MBPAPA Signature Show; Carmel Art Institute, Carmel, CA , 2009
Point Sur Lightstation Exhibition; Monterey Maritime Museum, Monterey CA,2008
Painted Memoirs; Monterey Maritime Museum, Monterey, CA,2008
Big Sur—A Place Apart; Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA,2006
Artist’s Equity Exhibition; Unitarian Church, Pacific Grove, CA,2004
LA Printmaker’s Membership Show; Los Angeles, CA, 2003
Close To Home; Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, 2003
Carmel Art Festival; Carmel, CA,2002
Land and Legacy Exhibition; La Mirada Museum, Monterey, CA, 2002
Pacific Prism; Coastal Art Week, Half Moon Bay, CA,2001
33rd Annual Seaside Art Exhibition; Seaside City Hall, Seaside, CA,1999
Exhibition: Juried All-Media Show; Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA,1998
Under Pressure: Prints and Books from L.A.P.S.; Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA,1998
International Transpersonal Association Exhibit; Santa Clara, CA,1995
Women’s Struggles, Women’s Visions; Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 1992
Art and the Woman Artist; Clary-Miner Gallery, LTD, Buffalo, NY;
Juror—Barbara Haskell, Curator at the Whitney Museum,1991
Exemplary Contemp’ry; Smith Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz, 1991
Juror—Peter Boswell, Curator at the Walker Art Center,
West Coat Works On/Of Paper, 1991; The Ink People, Eureka, CA, 1991
National Exhibition for Women; University of Arkansas Fine Art Gallery, Fayetteville, AK, Simple Places, Sacred Spaces and Shrines; Santa Cruz Art League, CA, 1991
Lifelines; Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA;, 1991
Juror—Phillip Liners, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum
Women on Women; Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, 1991
Exemplary Contemp’ry, 1990; Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC, 1990
Santa Cruz, CA; Juror—Barbara Haskell, Curator at the Whitney
Northwestern Women in Art ’90; Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, 1990
Pacific Prints 1990; Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, 1990
The Goddess: Life, Death and Transformation; S.P.A.R.C. Gallery, Venice, CA,1989
Women and Spirituality; Antioch College, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,1989
Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, 1989
Creating Symbols of Feminist Spirituality; Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA, 1989
Drawing the Line; Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Kansas City, MO,1986
Orange County Associated Artists 20th Annual; OCAA Gallery, Brea, CA,1986
Our Lives: The Experience of Women; Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1985
Women Art 8; Century II Civic Center, Wichita, KS, 1985
Artists Choose Artists; Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Art, Inc.; Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS, 1982
City of the Arts Kansas City 1982 Exhibition; The Philharmonic Women’s Association,
Kansas City, MO, 1981
Women Artists: Paperwork’s; Women’s Caucus for Art, VAB Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1979
Group Show; Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS, 1978
Festival of Missouri Women In the Arts; Hannibal, MO, 1974
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
San Francisco Artist’s Open Studio Tour,1890 Bryant, San Francisco,CA, 2019-2017
Group Exhibition, The Lab, Carmel, CA, 2017
Ventana Gallery, Special group Event, Big Sur, CA,2015
Art and Healing exhibition, Avery Gallery,Seaside, CA. 2016, 2012, 2008
Miniatures Exhibition; Studio One, Big Sur, CA, 2005
Think Locally, Act Globally; Gallery Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, 2004
Slough Art; Nido, Moss Landing, CA, 2004
Four Women; Sweet Elena’s, Sand City, CA, 2004
Local Color Gallery; Big Sur, CA, 2004
The Gallery at Ventana; Big Sur, CA,2004
Art and Healing Exhibition; Gallery Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, 2002
Teresa Belle Gallery; Cambria, CA, 2001
The Gallery at Ventana; Big Sur, CA, 2001
Gavilan College Gallery; Gilroy, CA, 2001
California College of Arts and Crafts; Oakland, CA, 2001
The Gallery at Ventana; Big Sur, CA, 2000
Artists Miniatures 2000; Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, 2000
Visual Voices; Barnyard Community Room, Carmel, CA, 1999
Group Show; Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, 1999
The Gallery at Ventana; Big Sur, CA, 1999
W.C.A. Membership Exhibition; University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 1999
The Age of Women; WCA, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1998
We Are Of This Earth; Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, 1998
Group Exhibition; Gallery Artemesia, Big Sur, CA
Voices of Eve—Women’s Stories; Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Book Arts Exhibition; University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 1997
Sam Houston State University Print Invitational; Sam Houston State, Huntsville, TX,1994
Printmaking Exhibition; Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, 1994
Patron’s Exhibition; Pacific Grove Arts Center, Pacific Grove, CA, 1994
Exquisite Corpse; Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 1994
Henry Miller Library Christmas Invitational; Big Sur, CA, 1993
Dreaming Art; Carl Cherry Foundation, Carmel, CA, 1992
Artist’s Studio Tour; Monterey, CA, 1992
Dreaming Art; Carl Cherry Foundation, Carmel, CA, 1991
Group Exhibition; University of Kansas, A&D Building Gallery, Lawrence, KA, 1991
Dreaming Art; Carl Cherry Foundation, Carmel, CA, 1990
Book of Tributes, Goddess Project; Los Angeles, CA, 1989
National Print Exhibition; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1984
Graduate Student’s Exhibition; University of Kansas, A&D Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1984
Graduate Student’s Exhibition; University of Kansas, A&D Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1983 Collage Collage; Scissors, Paper, Stone Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Lawrence Artists; Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Graduate Student’s Exhibition; University of Kansas, A&D Gallery, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Masquerade, Reveal or Conceal? Public Affairs Center, Sangamon State University,
Springfield, IL, 1981
Group Exhibition; Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO, 1979
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Instructor, personal and group art instruction in my studio,Monterey, Ca,2017-2021
Ventana Gallery, representation 2000-2017
Posts for Peace and Justice, July 4 with Shift network ,Sacramento, CA, 2017
Artist In Residence, Pinnacles National Monument,Paicenas, CA, 2010
Part of a Fundraising Exhibition after 08 fire at Ventana Gallery for Big Sur Health Clinic, 2008
Executive Committee Member: Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters, 2008-2010
Mentor—for Graduate Student Program; JFK University, Berkeley, CA, 2006
Signature Member, Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters, Monterey, CA, 2006
Board Member, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2006
Organizer, Big Sur Art Group in their participation in Monterey County Studio Tour, 2004 Instructor, Adult Drawing Class, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2002
Instructor, Children’s Printmaking Workshop, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2002
Artist in the Garden, Hidden Gardens Tour, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2001
Instructor, Printmaking Workshop, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2001
Artist and Artist Coordinator, Hidden Gardens Tour, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2000
Participant, Art in Healing, Natividad Medical Foundation, Salinas, CA, 2000
Instructor, Introduction to Printmaking Workshop (Children & Adults), BSAI,Big Sur,CA
Co-Leader for Art Project, 150th Anniversary, Monterey Public Library, Monterey, CA, 2000
Artist and Artist Coordinator, Hidden Gardens Tour, Big Sur Arts Initiative, Big Sur, CA, 2000
Visual Voices—A community project and exhibition in collaboration with Kira Corser., 2000
Instructor, Bookmaking workshop, Carmel, CA, 1997
Instructor, Print & Book Workshop for Children, Big Sur Home School Project, CA, 1996
Storyboard Drawings for video, “Flora and the Laughing River”, 1996
Mask Construction for video, “Flora and the Laughing River”, 1996
Instructor, Printmaking Workshop, Captain Cooper Grade School, Big Sur, CA, 1995
Associate Instructor, Lithography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1985
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Lithography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1984
Teaching Assistant, Graphics , Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 1984
Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 1983
Interview, “Art Around Town”, Group W Cable Television, St. Louis, MO, 1983
Instructor, Life Drawing, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Instructor, Children’s Workshop in Collage, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Curate and Hung, Artists Choose Artists Exhibition, L, A. C., Lawrence, KS
Framer, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1982
Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 1981
Instructor, Children’s Workshop in Printmaking, Lawrence, KS, 1981
Lithography Shop Assistant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1981
Instructor, Life Drawing, Free University, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1974
PUBLICATIONS
Carmel Pine Cone, September 15:page 14A,2007
Monterey County Weekley, September 13-19, 2006
The Monterey County Herald, GO, September 13-19, pg. 26, 2006
Homestyle by the Sea, Spring 2006, pg. 102
Catalog: Big Sur—A Place Apart, 2006
Monterey County Coast Weekly, March 6-12, 2002
The First Billion, by Christopher Reich, 2002
Catalog: Regional Conference 2001, WCA, 2001
Catalog: Pacific Prisms, Half Moon Bay, CA,2001
Reproduction of a painting and statement, Creative Healing, M. Samuels and M.R. Lane,
Harper Collins Publisher, 1998
Reproduction in Monterey Coast Weekly; Monterey County Artist’s Studio Tour,05/92
Article by R Deragon, “Letting the Inner Voice Speak”, Monterey County Herald, 5/ 22
Article by R Deragon, “Critics Choice” Art Scene, Monterey County Herald, June 7,1991
Article by R Deragon, “The World of Dreams”, Monterey County Herald, June 21, 1991
Reproduction of a painting in catalog for West Coast Works On/Of Paper 1991, pg. 32
Reproduction of a painting and statement in catalog for Exemplary Contemp’ry 1991
Reproduction of a painting and statement in catalog for Exemplary Contemp’ry 1990
“Art Around Town”, an interview for Group W Cable Television, St. Louis,MO , 1983
Reproduction in City of the Arts, KC Calendar 1982, The Philharmonic Women’s Assoc,
Kansas City, MO, 1982
Article and reproduction in the Lawrence Journal World, Lawrence, KA, July 1980
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
1st Place in Painting, 33rd Annual Seaside Art Exhibition, Seaside City Hall, Seaside,CA,1999 Visual Arts Scholarship for Women, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,1984
Kansas University Endowment Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,1982
Award of Merit, Festival of Missouri Women In the Arts, Hannibal, Missouri,1974
ORGANIZATIONS
Women’s Caucus for Art, 1995-2005
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, 2000-2016
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters, 2008-2016
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Studio and Gallery, Loma Vista Gardens,Highway One, Big Sur, CA 2019-2021