Renny Pritikin
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Renny Pritikin is the Director of the Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the Fine Arts Collection at the University of California, Davis
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Pritikin was named Chief Curator for all artistic programs (film/video,visual art, performing arts, education) of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
in San Francisco in January 1997 after serving as Director of the Visual Arts
Program since 1992. From 1979 to 1992 he served as Executive Director of New Langton Arts
in San Francisco, an alternative space internationally renowned for its presentations of new visual art, interdisciplinary performance, video, literature and music. Pritikin has curated numerous exhibitions, and has authored catalogue essays and articles. Some of his projects include: Alan Rath: Robot Dance and Other Sculpture; Bay Area Now, a regional survey; Fred Tomaselli
: The Urge to be Transported; Eight from South Africa; The Art of Star Wars
; Hall of Fame Hall of Fame,; Don Ed Hardy
at the Cuenca Bienal; and You See.
Pritikin has been a frequent consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts
and the California Arts Council
, and was a founder of the National Association of Artists Organizations, and has also served on their Board of Directors. As a writer he received the 1989 McCarron Fellowship for art criticism, and has had three chapbooks of his poetry published, How We Talk (Collective Foundation POD Press, 2007), All These Trees (e.g. Press, Oakland, 1985) and Fourth Gear City Limits (Two Windows Press, Berkeley, 1976). He has been a contributing writer for Art Practical since 2009. In 1995 he received a United States Information Agency fellowship to tour and lecture in Japan and the Koret Israel Prize, a fellowship to visit Israel. In 1999 he travelled to Taiwan as a juror for the Ninth Annual International Print and Drawing Biennale at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In 2001 he was the curator chosen to represent the United States at the Cuenca (Ecuador) Bienal, and in 2003 he lectured in three cities in New Zealand as a Fulbright Fellow.
In addition to the California College of the Arts
, he has taught art administration and artist professional skills training at California State University, San Francisco and Golden Gate University
. Pritikin holds a Masters degree in interdisciplinary art from California State University, San Francisco, and a BA from The New School for Social Research in New York.
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
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Pritikin was named Chief Curator for all artistic programs (film/video,visual art, performing arts, education) of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is a multi-disiplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse...
in San Francisco in January 1997 after serving as Director of the Visual Arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
Program since 1992. From 1979 to 1992 he served as Executive Director of New Langton Arts
New Langton Arts
-About:New Langton Arts was a not-for-profit arts organization focusing on contemporary art founded in 1975 in San Francisco, California. Part of the first wave of alternative art spaces in the US, New Langton Arts was a leader in exhibiting new media forms in art, and involving artists in the...
in San Francisco, an alternative space internationally renowned for its presentations of new visual art, interdisciplinary performance, video, literature and music. Pritikin has curated numerous exhibitions, and has authored catalogue essays and articles. Some of his projects include: Alan Rath: Robot Dance and Other Sculpture; Bay Area Now, a regional survey; Fred Tomaselli
Fred Tomaselli
Fred Tomaselli is an American artist. He is best known for his highly detailed paintings on wood panels, combining an array of unorthodox materials suspended in a thick layer of clear, epoxy resin...
: The Urge to be Transported; Eight from South Africa; The Art of Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
; Hall of Fame Hall of Fame,; Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy is an American artist raised in Southern California. Hardy is best known for his tattoo work and his eponymous apparel and accessories brand Ed Hardy.-Early life:Hardy was born in 1945 in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, California...
at the Cuenca Bienal; and You See.
Pritikin has been a frequent consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
and the California Arts Council
California Arts Council
The California Arts Council is a state agency based in Sacramento. Its eleven council members are appointed by the Governor and the state Legislature...
, and was a founder of the National Association of Artists Organizations, and has also served on their Board of Directors. As a writer he received the 1989 McCarron Fellowship for art criticism, and has had three chapbooks of his poetry published, How We Talk (Collective Foundation POD Press, 2007), All These Trees (e.g. Press, Oakland, 1985) and Fourth Gear City Limits (Two Windows Press, Berkeley, 1976). He has been a contributing writer for Art Practical since 2009. In 1995 he received a United States Information Agency fellowship to tour and lecture in Japan and the Koret Israel Prize, a fellowship to visit Israel. In 1999 he travelled to Taiwan as a juror for the Ninth Annual International Print and Drawing Biennale at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In 2001 he was the curator chosen to represent the United States at the Cuenca (Ecuador) Bienal, and in 2003 he lectured in three cities in New Zealand as a Fulbright Fellow.
In addition to the California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts , founded in 1907, is known for its broad, interdisciplinary programs in art, design, architecture, and writing. It has two campuses, one in Oakland and one in San Francisco, California, USA...
, he has taught art administration and artist professional skills training at California State University, San Francisco and Golden Gate University
Golden Gate University
Golden Gate University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in the South of Market district, immediately south of the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California...
. Pritikin holds a Masters degree in interdisciplinary art from California State University, San Francisco, and a BA from The New School for Social Research in New York.
External links
- Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the Fine Arts Collection
- CCA Curatorial Practice Program
- Interview by Joseph del PescoJoseph del PescoJoseph Del Pesco is a contemporary art curator and arts journalist based in San Francisco, California. He holds a masters degree in curatorial practice from the California College of the Arts. In 2006 he was awarded a curatorial residency at the Banff Centre...
for Proximity Magazine http://proximitymagazine.com/2009/05/renny-pritikin/ - Archive of reviews for Art Practical