Åke Grunditz
Phone (510) 220 8304
E-mail: ake@grunditzart.com
EDUCATION
1981 Scandinavian Video Workshop, Umeå, Sweden
1979 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1976 -1978 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
CUSTOM FAUX STONE CARVINGS
1991 - Present: Custom faux stone ornaments hand carved on numerous homes
in California and Texas. Ornaments carved for various commercial venues, among
others: Concord Sheraton, Concord, CA,Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brisbane, CA,
1996 Designer Showcase, Pleasanton, CA, El Rancho Inn, Brisbane, CA ,
Club l’Etoile, San Antonio, TX, Aldo’s Restaurant, San Antonio, TX ,
Pietro’s Restaurant, Vacaville, CA, Tesoro, Port Saint Lucie, FL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005 Prescott-Joseph Center, Oakland CA
San Francisco museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery
2004 San Francisco museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery
2003 San Francisco museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery
2002 San Francisco museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery
2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery
2000 Somar Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, “Labyrinth of Cultures”
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Temescal Cafe, Oakland , CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, “1998 Juried Annual”
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA “Founders Day Exhibition”
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Rubissow Sargent Winery, Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 We the People, Oakland, CA, “Artists of Oakland”
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
West Side Cafe, Berkeley, CA
Network General, Menlo Park, CA
Synopsis Inc., Mountain View, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Visionary Liaisons”
CKS Partners, Campbell, CA
3 Com, Santa Clara, CA
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
1994 Spikes, San Francisco, CA, “About Face”
1993 Pro-Arts Open Studios, Oakland, CA
1992 Quantum, Milpitas, CA
Synopsys, Mountain View, CA
Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, CA
1991 Trans Pacific Center, Oakland, CA
Pro-Arts Open Studios, Oakland, CA
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1990 Tiffany’s, San Francisco, CA
Envision Art, Pasadena, CA, “Swedish Artists in California”
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, “The Search for Self”
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kaiser Center Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, “Dimensions 2+3”
Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, “Self Portraits”
1989 NAID Gallery, Richmond, CA
Pro-Arts Open Studios, Oakland, CA
1988 Margareta Sjodin Gallery, Malibu, CA
Ana Izax Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Tiffany’s, San Francisco, CA
The Art Corridor, Menlo Park, CA, “Matrix of Time”
1987 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA
North Terminal Gallery, San Francisco International Airport, CA
Pro-Arts Open Studios, Oakland, CA
1984 Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Annual Video Festspeil, Falling, Denmark
Fylkingen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 Hanaholmens Culture Center, Helsinki, Finland
Hedvig Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Goteborg Art Museum, Goteborg, Sweden
1982 Fylkingen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Umeå County Art Museum, Umeå, Sweden
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Residential Concrete, Jan
2005 Concrete Construction , April
1988 West art, Vol.26, # 14
1987 Art Week, July 25
1984 Paletten, April
1983 Kalejdoskop, vol.3 & 4
1980 Expressen, September 7