As members of the Oakland based art collective, 5 Ton Crane , We have participated
in creating a collection of large scale art pieces for Burning Man and other venues.
ÅKE GRUNDITZ
www.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: 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, Theatre DeVille, Vacaville CA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington DC, No Spectators, The Capitol Theater (a 5 Ton Crane project)
2017 Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, “Beyond Landscapes”
Filoli, Woodside, CA, “Filoli Sculpture Exhibit in the Garden”
Storied Haven Collaboration, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA
2016 UC Berkeley Square Collaboration, Moffitt Library, Berkeley, CA
2015 Storied Haven Collaboration, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
Ruth Bancroft Gardens, Walnut Creek, CA “Sculpture in the Garden”
2014 Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, “There is a There There”
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, “Los Vecinos”
2012 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Sin and Redemption”
SFMOMA Garage Windows, San Francisco, CA “Oakland ²”
2011 Nautilus Submarine Collaboration, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
2010 Warehouse 416, Five Ton Crane, Oakland, CA
2009 Raygun Gothic Rocket Collaboration, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
2008 Oakland Museum, “Dias de los muertos”
2007 Steampunk Treehouse Collaboration, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV San Francisco museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery
NIMBY, Oakland CA
2005 Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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
2010 Concrete Construction , September
2008 Concrete Construction , November
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
LESLIE
FRIERMAN GRUNDITZ
EDUCATION
1979 San Francisco Art
Institute, San Francisco, CA
1979 BFA, California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
AWARDS
2002 Recognition of
Artistic Merit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Arts on Fire VI 1997 Barbara McQuaid Award, Friends of Marin Center, San Rafael, CA
Honorable Mention,
Friends of Marin Center, San Rafael, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Warehouse 416, Oakland,
CA, open studios
Lost & Foundry
Gallery, Oakland, CA, Women Who Work Together
2017 Back to the Picture,
San Francisco, CA, Altered Barbies FicSci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Robots
FicSci
Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Spaceship Show
2014 Gray Loft Gallery,
Oakland, CA, There is a There There
Gray Loft Gallery,
Oakland, CA, Los Vecinos
Shotwell
50 Studio, San Francisco, CA, 12 Annual Altered Barbie Exhibition
2013 Gray Loft Gallery,
Oakland, CA, Short Stories 2012 Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, 10 Connected
2011 Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, Gems
Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA,
Transformations
Warehouse 416, Oakland,
CA, Shadow Worlds
2010 SFMOMA Artists
Gallery, SF, CA, Wondrous Strange
Warehouse 416, Oakland,
CA, Five Ton Crane
Rythmix
Cultural Works, Alameda, CA The Games People Play 2008 Autobody
Fine Art, Alameda, CA, Childhood Accident
Rythmix
ÒKÓ Gallery, Alameda, CA, Cross Currents
Gallery 94124, San
Francisco, CA, 6th Annual Altered Barbie Show Great American Music Hall, San
Francisco, CA, The Edwardian Ball
2007 AgeSong
Gallery & Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
5th Annual Altered Barbie
Show
Gallery 5+5, San Diego,
CA, Five X Twenty-Five
Montclair Gallery,
Oakland, CA, Alumni at the Centennial CCAC
2006 Marin Society of
Artists, Ross, CA, National Exhibition 2006 2005 STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco,
CA, Tiny
STUDIO Gallery, San
Francisco, CA, Fun + Games
SFMOMA, San Francisco,
CA, A Perfect 10, 10th annual Staff Art Exhibition Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville,
CA
Gallery Route One, Point
Reyes, CA, January Juried Show
2004 Next Level
Communications, Rohnert Park, CA, Absurd, Silly & Surreal 2003 SFMOMA
Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Quicksilver Mine Co.,
Forestville, CA, Icons Totems Fetishes
Frank Bette Center for
the Arts, Alameda, CA, New Statements/Timeless Themes 2002 Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA, 73rd Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition
Sanchez Art Center,
Pacifica, CA, Arts on Fire VI
2001 Bedford Gallery,
Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA,
Objects Considered
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA,
2001 Juried Annual
Next Level
Communications, Rohnert Park, CA, Retro
Napa Valley College
Gallery, Napa, CA, Bay Area Art IV
Danville Fine Arts
Gallery, Danville, CA, Myths, Legends & Dreams
2000 Sunnyvale Creative
Arts Center Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA, Animal Stories 1999 Hollis Street Project,Emeryville, CA, Ten Into
Two Thousand
1998 Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1998 Juried
Annual
California College of
Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, Founders Day Exhibition Ernst Von Houwald Haus, Lubben,
Germany, Six Kunst Women
1997 d.p.
Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA , Toys in Contemporary
Art Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, Coast to Coast Marin County Fair
Fine Arts Exhibit, San Rafael, CA Rubissow Sargent
Winery, Berkeley, CA
1996 We the People,
Oakland, CA, Artists of Oakland
1995 Levi Straus Plaza,
San Francisco, CA, The Beauty Project at LeviÕs Plaza 1994 Richmond Art Center,
Richmond, CA, Measuring Up
Ohlone
College, Fremont, CA, Pretty Little Thing
1993 Rodney Strong
Vineyards, Healdsburg, CA, Dolls
1991 Center for the
Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1990 San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Center for the Visual
Arts, 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, Videoknonst 1982 Fylkingen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Umea County Art Museum,
Umea, Sweden Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Napa City-County
Library, Napa, CA
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES & PROJECTS
2018 Smithsonian Renwick
Gallery, Washington DC, No Spectators, The Capitol Theater (a 5 Ton Crane
project) 2017 Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA, The Art of Burning
Man, Storied Haven (a 5 Ton Crane project) 2015 Burning Man Festival, Black Rock
City, NV, Storied Haven (a 5 Ton Crane project)
2012 SFMOMA Garage
Windows, SF, CA, Oakland2 (a 5 Ton Crane project)
2011 Burning Man
Festival, Black Rock City, NV, The Nautilus Submarine Art Car (a 5 Ton Crane
project)
2010 Pier 14, SF
Embarcadero, CA, Raygun Gothic Rocket (8/2010 thru
10/2012) (a 5 Ton Crane project)
Maker Faire, San Mateo,
CA, Raygun Gothic Rocket (a 5 Ton Crane project)
NASA, Ames Research
Center, CA, Raygun Gothic Rocket (a 5 Ton Crane
project)
2009 Burning Man
Festival, Black Rock City, NV, Raygun Gothic Rocket
(a 5 Ton Crane project)
The Crucible, Oakland,
CA, Dracul: Prince of Fire
2008 Crucible Fire Arts
Festival, Oakland, CA, Steam Punk Tree House (a 5 Ton Crane project)
Coachella Music Festival,
Indio, CA, Steam Punk Tree House (a 5 Ton Crane project)
2007 Burning Man
Festival, Black Rock City, NV, Steam Punk Tree House (a 5 Ton Crane project)
1996 The Stork Club, Oakland, CA, Three Bean Salad
1994 New Performance
Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Summerfest Ô94
Dance Theater Seven, Fairfax,
CA, Elements
Eighth Street Studio,
Berkeley, CA, Works in the Works
Marin Center Showcase
Theater, San Rafael, CA, Marin Arts Council
Grant Performances
1993 Eighth Street
Studio, Berkeley, CA, Will the Serpent be Unbroken Marin Center Showcase Theater,
San Rafael, CA, Collaborations
1992 Dance Theater Seven,
Fairfax, CA, Miles
GROUP
AFFILIATE
5
Ton Crane
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 SFGate,
96hours, DonÕt miss: ÒThe Games People PlayÓ, Mary Eisenhart, 4/22/10 2009 Alameda Magazine, 1/2009 Aha!
Moments, by Judith Gallman, pg 80
2001 Napa Valley
Register, Bay Area artistsÕ diverse works...
written
by Sasha Paulsen, 3/1/01
1997 San Jose Mercury
News, Where serious art is childÕs play ,
written
by Chioro Santiago, 12/21/97 1984 Paletten,
4/84 , Sweden
Video Monitor, a
newsletter about Scandinavian Video Art,
published
with the support of the Nordic Cultural Fund, 4/84, page 4
1983 Goteborgsposten,
2/11/83, Sweden
Kalejdoskop,
Video konst i Norden, vol. 3+4, 1983, page 27, Sweden