Jude Pittman
Selected Art Exhibitions
2018 "Green," jurors Chester Arnold and Kevin Elston, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, Ca
2018 "10th Annual 50|50 Show Retrospective," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2018 "Drawing Discourse," juror: Howard Shils, University of North Carolina Asheville
2017 Portrait Commissions
2017 "Bay Area Beaux Artes", Art Ventures Gallery, Menlo Park, California
2016 "Figure", Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California
2016 "WORKS:Jude Pittman and Jamey Brzezinski," Mildred Owen Concert Hall, Pacifica, California
2016 "Valley of Heart's Delight", Juror's piece, Filoli, Woodside, California
2016 "50:50 Show", juror, Brian Gross, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2014 "Perfect Enuf", 20 paintings, Milton Marks Conference Center, San Francisco, Ca
2014 "There's a There There", Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, Ca
2014 Group Show, Oceana Gallery, Pacifica, Ca
2014 "Retold Tales: Collage and Assemblage," Mythos Fine Art, Firehouse North Gallery,
Berkeley, Ca
2000-2016 More than thirty group exhibits and ten Open Studios exhibitions,
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California
2013 “Sanchez Studio Artists,” Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Travelogue,” Oceana Art gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Darkness Into Light,” Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Live & Current,” Live art performance and exhibition , Oceana Art Gallery
Pacifica, California
2011 “Jude Pittman Paintings,” solo show, Canada College Gallery, Redwood
City, California
2011 “College of San Mateo Faculty Exhibit,” San Mateo City Hall and San
Mateo Public Library
2010 “Jump,” solo show (26 pieces), Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California
2010 “Patterns and Abstraction,” Filoli, Woodside, California
2009 “50/50 Show,” an installation of 50 mosaics made in 50 days, Sanchez Art
Center, Review: San Francisco Chronicle,
2008 “Bay Area Annual,” juror, Maria Medua, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2008 “Jude Pittman, New Work,” solo show (35 pieces), Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, Ca
Selected Commissioned Mosaics
2002-2014 Sanchez Art Center Mosaic, mosaic mural at Art Center entrance
2012 Private Residence, Sea Turtle Glass Mosaic installed, Palo Alto
2006 Private Residence. Moab Fossil Mosaic Scenic Deck,
Moab, Utah. Six large mosaic pillars
2006 Mosaic Pathway, Designer, Director of Project, Cabrillo
School, Pacifica, California. 40’ x 18” ceramic mosaic pathway
2004 Private Residence. Dolphin Mosaic, Pacifica, California
2003 Pacifica Health Center, mosaic floor, Pacifica, California
2002 Kollage Community School for the Arts, childrens' mural
made with 120 schoolchildren. Belmont, California
2001 Private Residence, Lotus Glass Mosaic. Pacifica, California
2000 Sanchez Art Center Mosaic Arches, facilitator, Sanchez Art Center,
Pacifica Center for the Arts. mixed-media mosaic walls
made with the community of Pacifica, California
2000 Private Residence. Marble and Porcelain Mosaic Floor, Mariposa, CA
1999 City-County Administration Building, Tenth Street Place
Modesto, California. Two large stone mosaic floors
1998 Sun Disks Mosaic Mural, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
1998 Challenger Learning Center Comet Mosaic, Livingston, California
1997 Challenger Learning Center Mosaic Portal, Livingston, California
1997 Middle School Mosaic Project, four mosaics, Merced, California
1996 Kids having Fun, mosaic mural with 330 children, Merced, California
1992 Private Residence, Water and Light, mosaic installation, San Mateo, California
1992 Private Residence, Delphinium Medallion, glass mosaic floor, Castro Valley, California
1991-1997 California Arts-In-Corrections and the William James Foundation,
Four mosaic murals made by prison inmates and installed in the community
1982 Private Residence, Italian Glass Mosaic Swimming Pool, Kensington, California
College Teaching Experience
2001-2013 College of San Mateo: Professor, 2D Art Program Coordinator
College of San Mateo, California State University Stanislaus, Merced College, Las Positas College, Chabot College
Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), Form and Composition, Beginning Drawing,
Intermediate Drawing, Figure Drawing, 2-D Design, Color, 3-D Design, Mosaic Mural, Art History: Renaissance to Modern,
Art in the United States, Mosaic Workshops
Education
2007-2008 Kala Art Institute, Large-Scale Digital Printing Workshops
2006 University of the Pacific, Post-Graduate studies in art history and art education
2004 San Francisco State University, Adobe Photoshop
1995-8 Merced College, Ceramics and Digital Media Classes
1990 Fresco Painting: Lucien Bloch, Stephen Dimitroff (assistants to Diego Rivera)
1985 M.A., Art, San Francisco State University
1980 B.A., English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Selected Art Exhibitions
2018 "Green," jurors Chester Arnold and Kevin Elston, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, Ca
2018 "10th Annual 50|50 Show Retrospective," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2018 "Drawing Discourse," juror: Howard Shils, University of North Carolina Asheville
2017 Portrait Commissions
2017 "Bay Area Beaux Artes", Art Ventures Gallery, Menlo Park, California
2016 "Figure", Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California
2016 "WORKS:Jude Pittman and Jamey Brzezinski," Mildred Owen Concert Hall, Pacifica, California
2016 "Valley of Heart's Delight", Juror's piece, Filoli, Woodside, California
2016 "50:50 Show", juror, Brian Gross, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2014 "Perfect Enuf", 20 paintings, Milton Marks Conference Center, San Francisco, Ca
2014 "There's a There There", Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, Ca
2014 Group Show, Oceana Gallery, Pacifica, Ca
2014 "Retold Tales: Collage and Assemblage," Mythos Fine Art, Firehouse North Gallery,
Berkeley, Ca
2000-2016 More than thirty group exhibits and ten Open Studios exhibitions,
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California
2013 “Sanchez Studio Artists,” Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Travelogue,” Oceana Art gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Darkness Into Light,” Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, California
2012 “Live & Current,” Live art performance and exhibition , Oceana Art Gallery
Pacifica, California
2011 “Jude Pittman Paintings,” solo show, Canada College Gallery, Redwood
City, California
2011 “College of San Mateo Faculty Exhibit,” San Mateo City Hall and San
Mateo Public Library
2010 “Jump,” solo show (26 pieces), Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California
2010 “Patterns and Abstraction,” Filoli, Woodside, California
2009 “50/50 Show,” an installation of 50 mosaics made in 50 days, Sanchez Art
Center, Review: San Francisco Chronicle,
2008 “Bay Area Annual,” juror, Maria Medua, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, Ca
2008 “Jude Pittman, New Work,” solo show (35 pieces), Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, Ca
Selected Commissioned Mosaics
2002-2014 Sanchez Art Center Mosaic, mosaic mural at Art Center entrance
2012 Private Residence, Sea Turtle Glass Mosaic installed, Palo Alto
2006 Private Residence. Moab Fossil Mosaic Scenic Deck,
Moab, Utah. Six large mosaic pillars
2006 Mosaic Pathway, Designer, Director of Project, Cabrillo
School, Pacifica, California. 40’ x 18” ceramic mosaic pathway
2004 Private Residence. Dolphin Mosaic, Pacifica, California
2003 Pacifica Health Center, mosaic floor, Pacifica, California
2002 Kollage Community School for the Arts, childrens' mural
made with 120 schoolchildren. Belmont, California
2001 Private Residence, Lotus Glass Mosaic. Pacifica, California
2000 Sanchez Art Center Mosaic Arches, facilitator, Sanchez Art Center,
Pacifica Center for the Arts. mixed-media mosaic walls
made with the community of Pacifica, California
2000 Private Residence. Marble and Porcelain Mosaic Floor, Mariposa, CA
1999 City-County Administration Building, Tenth Street Place
Modesto, California. Two large stone mosaic floors
1998 Sun Disks Mosaic Mural, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
1998 Challenger Learning Center Comet Mosaic, Livingston, California
1997 Challenger Learning Center Mosaic Portal, Livingston, California
1997 Middle School Mosaic Project, four mosaics, Merced, California
1996 Kids having Fun, mosaic mural with 330 children, Merced, California
1992 Private Residence, Water and Light, mosaic installation, San Mateo, California
1992 Private Residence, Delphinium Medallion, glass mosaic floor, Castro Valley, California
1991-1997 California Arts-In-Corrections and the William James Foundation,
Four mosaic murals made by prison inmates and installed in the community
1982 Private Residence, Italian Glass Mosaic Swimming Pool, Kensington, California
College Teaching Experience
2001-2013 College of San Mateo: Professor, 2D Art Program Coordinator
College of San Mateo, California State University Stanislaus, Merced College, Las Positas College, Chabot College
Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), Form and Composition, Beginning Drawing,
Intermediate Drawing, Figure Drawing, 2-D Design, Color, 3-D Design, Mosaic Mural, Art History: Renaissance to Modern,
Art in the United States, Mosaic Workshops
Education
2007-2008 Kala Art Institute, Large-Scale Digital Printing Workshops
2006 University of the Pacific, Post-Graduate studies in art history and art education
2004 San Francisco State University, Adobe Photoshop
1995-8 Merced College, Ceramics and Digital Media Classes
1990 Fresco Painting: Lucien Bloch, Stephen Dimitroff (assistants to Diego Rivera)
1985 M.A., Art, San Francisco State University
1980 B.A., English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA