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KRISTIN OTWELL

Education

1981 Scientific Illustration, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.

1978
1972 Biological Art and Illustration, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Bachelor of Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA.

One Person Exhibitions

1998 Headlands Cafe, Fort Bragg, CA.

1997 Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1995 Featured Artist, Showcase Gallery, Mendocino, CA.

1990 California Succulents, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.

1987 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.

1985 Wrubel Gallery, The Nature Company, Berkeley, CA.

Group Exhibitions

2001 Kristin Otwell and Judith Beam, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.

1999 Kristin Otwell and Jackie Davidson, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.

Dancing with the Lotus, Moving Through Cancer, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1994 California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA.

1992 Gallery Fair, William Zimmer Gallery, 3-person show, Mendocino, CA.

Figure Drawing Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Heidi Endeman, juror

1989 California Species, Biological Plants of California, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.

1988 Emerging Mendocino Artists, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Michael McManus, juror

1986 Wrubel Gallery, The Nature Company, Berkeley, CA.

1985 Rare and Endangered Plants of California, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.

1984 California Species, Biological Art and Illustration, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.

Professional Appointments

1999-present Founding Member, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.

1989 Co-curator of Dancing with the Lotus, Moving Through Cancer, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1995-present Co-director of Creative Works Art Program for Developmentally Disabled Adults, Fort Bragg, CA.

1987 Served as juror for California Species, Biological Art and Illustration, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.

1986-92 Watercolor instructor, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1989 Guest lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.

1982-present Self employed as a natural science illustrator and watercolor painter. Illustrations in a variety of publications,

including Learning Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, Human Anatomy and Physiology, 3rd edition, Benjamin

Cummings Publishing Company

Return to Otwell Home Page September 2004 Exhibition


1981	Scientific Illustration, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
1978 1972	Biological Art and Illustration, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Bachelor of Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
One Person Exhibitions

1998	Headlands Cafe, Fort Bragg, CA.
1997	Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
1995	Featured Artist, Showcase Gallery, Mendocino, CA.
1990	California Succulents, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
1987	Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.
1985	Wrubel Gallery, The Nature Company, Berkeley, CA.


Group Exhibitions

2001	Kristin Otwell and Judith Beam, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.
1999	Kristin Otwell and Jackie Davidson, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.
	Dancing with the Lotus, Moving Through Cancer, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
1994	California Small Works, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA.
1992	Gallery Fair, William Zimmer Gallery, 3-person show, Mendocino, CA.
	Figure Drawing Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Heidi Endeman, juror
1989	California Species, Biological Plants of California, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.
1988	Emerging Mendocino Artists, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Michael McManus, juror
1986	Wrubel Gallery, The Nature Company, Berkeley, CA.
1985	Rare and Endangered Plants of California, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.
1984	California Species, Biological Art and Illustration, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.



Professional Appointments

1999-present	Founding Member, Partners Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, CA.
1989	Co-curator of Dancing with the Lotus, Moving Through Cancer, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
1995-present	Co-director of Creative Works Art Program for Developmentally Disabled Adults, Fort Bragg, CA.
1987	Served as juror for California Species, Biological Art and Illustration, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
1986-92	Watercolor instructor, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
1989	Guest lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
1982-present	Self employed as a natural science illustrator and watercolor painter. Illustrations in a variety of publications,
	including Learning Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, Human Anatomy and Physiology, 3rd edition, Benjamin
	Cummings Publishing Company