SIDNEY MACDONALD RUSSELL

Born in San Francisco, California, 1948

EDUCATION
1965 - 66 Art Institute of San Francisco (studied with Jay DeFeo)
1971 UC Berkeley, Bachelor of Art Degree (studied with George Miyasaki, Felix Ruvolo, David
Simpson, Patrick Tidd, Marvin Liposki, Peter Selz, and Spiro Kostof)
1978 UC Berkeley, Master Program in Design (studied with Mark Trieb, Penny Dahmers,
Anthony Dubovsky, Lars Larup, and Claude Stoller)
1993 UC Davis, Graduate Program in Fine Art (studied with Squeak Carnwath, Lucy Puls;
Lectures of Wayne Thiebault)

AWARDS
1988 26th Annual Juried Exhibition of Northern California Artists, Sun Gallery and
Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Honorable Mention for “Fly” (144” x 144”)
PROFESSIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCE
1972 Merola Opera at Stern Grove, San Francisco, Designed, Painted and Built Set for
“La Boheme”
1972 - 84 San Francisco Opera, Scenic Artist
1972 - 84 San Francisco Ballet, Scenic Artist
1979 Television Series “Streets of San Francisco,” Scenic Artist
1979 Feature Film “Escape from Alcatraz,” Scenic Artist
1975 - 2015 Faribault Food Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, Board of Trustee
1977 Feature Film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” directed by Phillip Kaufman, Prop
Painter

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Sidney Russell: New Work, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rare Books, Objects on Books, Bluxome Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2015 Devices and Desires, Painting on Canvas, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Northern Pike, Bronze Sculpture, Calistoga, CA
2013 Black Bass, Bronze Sculpture, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2012 The Lake House, Mixed Media Sculpture, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Moist Deluxe, Cast Aluminum Sculpture, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Superheroes, Painting on Canvas, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Popes and Fishermen, Painted Quilts, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Men Fishing, Painted Quilts, Bluxome Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2005 Shipwrecks, Paintings on Canvas, Bluxome Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
1999 The Mall, Cut Steel Sculpture, Emmie Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Shirts, Cast Wax and Oil Paint, Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 When Nobody’s Watching, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Shirt, Cast Wax and Oil Paint, SOMA Artists Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
2006 Shirts, Cast Wax and Oil Paint, Bluxome Studios, San Francisco, CA
2004 Breakfast Rolls, Cast Plaster, Group Show with Evri Kwong, 63 Bluxome Street
Project Space, San Francisco, CA