Gail Chase-Bien

"Painting is additive and reductive. You have an impulse.
It drives you to act, and the first stage is a thin veneer of self.

As the work moves forward, so does the deepening of your investigation, and daily histories.

I use landscape as a signifier for the human spirit. It can hold you in the light, or send you
packing into dense foliage.

But In my emotional life, I seek for the honesty of a one way ticket, with
no guarantees, and a few great journeys."

                                                                 - Gail Chase-Bien

Born    Lowell, Massachusetts

Education    

MFA     California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
BFA     California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
             Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
             Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

Selected Solo Exhibitions
    
2012   “Tidal: Paintings by Gail Chase-Bien,”
            Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
2008   Gail Chase-Bien “Radiance and Ash,”
            I Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
2006   Gail Chase-Bien “In Other Waters,”
            I Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
2004   Gail Chase-Bien and Robilee Frederick
            “Parallel Convergence,” Napa Valley Museum,  
            Yountville, CA
2003   Gail Chase-Bien, I Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
1994    Gail Chase-Bien, Recent Works, Caplan Gallery,
            Santa Monica, CA
1993    Gail Chase-Bien, “Private Terrain,”
            Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1992    Gail Chase-Bien, Recent Paintings, San Marco Gallery,   
            Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1991     Gail Chase-Bien, “The Goya Series,”
            Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1989    Gail Chase-Bien, Paintings and Works on Paper,
            Brocton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA
            Gail Chase-Bien, “The Arnolfini Series,”
            Susan Cummins Gallery,      Mill Valley, CA
1987    Gail Chase-Bien, Recent Works,
            Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1986    Gail Chase-Bien, Recent Works, Highlight Gallery,
            Mendocino, CA
1985    Gail Chase-Bien, Pastels, Highlight Gallery,
            Mendocino, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008    Gail Chase-Bien and Roger Jordan
            “Radiance and Ash,”     I Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
2004    Gail Chase-Bien, Susan Street Fine Art Gallery,
             Solana Beach, CA
            “Good Vibrations from California,”
             Gwenda Jay-Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
             “Terra Infirma: Hope for a World in Crisis,”
             Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
2002    “Flag: Interpreting an American Icon,”
             Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
1999     California College of Arts and Crafts,
             Alumni Exhibition, CCAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Collections

Hughes Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Shearson-Lehman, New York, NY
Hancock Rothert and Bunshoft, San Francisco, CA
Renee di Rosa, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Art Work International, Sultan of Brunei Ballroom,
Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
Carneros-Alambic, Remy Martin Winery, Napa, CA
Mustard’s Restaurant, Yountville, CA
Lee and Becky Hudson, Private Collection, Napa, CA
Richard Grosbard, Private Collection, New York, NY