SAMUEL YATES     CONTACT   t 510-967-4017   f 650-858-8508 samuelyates@thecolorofpaloalto.com   ADDRESS   Artist-In-Residence 550 S California Ave, Suite 320 Palo Alto, CA 94306   BORN 1974 Sacramento, CA   EDUCATION 2002 MFA, Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY Department Fellow (Sculpture), Honors 1997 BA, English, University of California, Berkeley, CA Education Abroad Program, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994-1995   SOLO EXHIBITIONS (2001 –) 2008 “The Color of Palo Alto™,” Curated by City of Palo Alto, Public Art Commission, City of Palo Alto Civic Center Plaza & City Hall, Palo Alto, CA (2000 –) 2001 “Circus Minimus,” Curated by Rene di Rosa & Richard Reisman di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA (1998 –) 1999 “e4,” Curated by Shmulik Krampf Refusalon, San Francisco, CA   GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 “Eco Lux: Art in Light of Ecology, 1943-2006,” Curated by Kimberly Light Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005 “Light Opt(s): A Selection,” Curated by Kimberly Light Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 “An Absolute Native Glory: Selections from the di Rosa Preserve,” Curated by Carla Stone Sonoma State University, University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA 2003 “RealUNREAL: Selections from Nine Curators,” Curated by Shmulik Krampf & Laurie Macfee Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV   “La Paloma,” Curated by Georg Köhler & Walter Kratner Kulterzentrum Weberhaus, Vienna, Austria 2002 “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Curated by Eungie Joo The Mink Building, Columbia University, New York, NY   “Layer [Immaterial],” Curated by Alexander Lee & Julie Baranes Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY   “Fast Forward,” Curated by Lucinda Barnes Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA 2001 “1st Year MFA Exhibition,” Curated by Jerry Saltz Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY   “Circus Minimus,” Curated by Rene di Rosa & Richard Reisman di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA 2000 “Of the Moment: Recent Acquisitions,” Curated by Janet Bishop San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA   “Multiple Sensations (Pierogi 2000),” Curated by Joe Amrein Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA   “Refusalon in Texas,” Curated by Jennifer Davy University of Texas, San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX 1999 “e4” [solo exhibition], Curated by Shmulik Krampf Refusalon, San Francisco, CA 1998 “Art Frankfurt No. 10,” Curated by Charles Linder & Shmulik Krampf Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 1997 “Whatever,” Curated by Eugene Marsh & Ella Delaney Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA 1996 “Nothing Matters...,” Curated by Charles Linder Refusalon, San Francisco, CA   PRESS / PUBLICATIONS 2006 Palo Alto Weekly “Color Him Finished” Nicholas Wright, January 6, 2006, p. 3   San Jose Mercury News “Samuel Yates” Kim Vo & Dan Stober, January 1, 2006, p. 3B 2005 Palo Alto Weekly “2005: "The Year in Photos” Nicholas Wright, December 28, 2005, p. 13   Palo Alto Weekly “Mad Scientist in an Artist’s Body” Bill D'Agostino, July 1, 2005, p. 3   Palo Alto Daily News “‘City’s Color’ Artist to Give Talk” Jason Green, June 3, 2005, p. 9   Palo Alto Weekly “Colorful Talk” Bill D'Agostino, May 25, 2006, p. 6   San Jose Mercury News “The Great Palo Alto Art Experiment” Dan Stober, April 10, 2005, p. 1B   Dwell “The Color of Palo Alto” (Nice Modernist - Humanitarian Award) Amara Holstein, March 2005, p. 68   Palo Alto Daily News “Artist to Find City’s Color” Jean Whitney, January 16, 2005, p. 1 & 6   San Jose Mercury News “What Color is Palo Alto?” Dan Stober, January 5, 2005, p. 1B 2004 San Francisco Magazine “Best Art Project in the Bay Area” Colleen Bathen, July 2004, p. 83   Palo Alto Weekly “The Color of Palo Alto” Bill D'Agostino, February 20, 2004, Cover Story 2003 Artweek “‘RealUNREAL’ at Sheppard Gallery, UNR” Kirk Robertson, May 2003, Volume 34, Issue 4, p. 21-22   Spark! “Collectors and Collections—The di Rosa Preserve” KQED and Bay Area Video Coalition, April 23 & April 25, 2003   RealUNREAL (Catalogue, 24 pages) “Samuel Yates: The Color of Palo Alto™” Shmulik Krampf and Laurie Macfee, Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 2003 2002 Art in America “Report from San Francisco: Surviving and Thriving” Stephanie Cash, November 2002, p. 69   Artweek “Art in the Great Outdoors” Berin Golonu, September 2002, Volume 33, Issue 7, p. 12   Columbia Record “Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition Depicts ‘New’ Face of Contemporary Art” Kristin Sterling, May 21, 2002, p. 1 2001 Artforum.com “Samuel Yates” Glen Helfand, Fall 2001, Picks   San Francisco Chronicle “Tall Art” Kenneth Baker, Tuesday, July 24, 2001, p. E1, E8   Surface Magazine “Samuel Yates: Vern” Cynthia Leung, Spring 2001, Issue No. 28, p. 84   Napa Valley Register “World’s Largest File Cabinet Now on Napa Hillside” Gary Brady-Herndon, August 30, 2001, p. 1-2D 2000 NextMonet “I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On” Marcia Tanner, www.nextmonet.com, April 2000   Sunset “Art is Everywhere” Lisa Taggart, April 2000, p. 59   World Sculpture News “Repetitive Acts: Many people may see only fruitless toil or a certain masochistic pleasure in repetition. Samuel Yates sees art in it, a mantra to self, mystery” David Hunt, Winter 2000, p. 44-45 1999 Insight “Circus Minimus: San Francisco artist Samuel Yates brings a “greatest show on earth” sensibility to his critically acclaimed performance-based minimalism. Marcia Tanner meets the young conceptual ringmaster” Marcia Tanner, www.theartgroup.com, December 1999   San Francisco Chronicle “Art Here and Now: Samuel Yates: The Element of Surprise” Kenneth Baker, Sunday, November 14, 1999, p. 40-41   New Art Examiner “Samuel Yates at Refusalon” Julie Nelson, October 1999, p. 49-50   World Sculpture News “Sam Yates at Refusalon Gallery” Susan Marquez, Summer 1999, p. 76-77   San Francisco Examiner “An Artist That Deals With Death” David Bonetti, June 30, 1999, p. C-3   San Francisco Chronicle “File It Under ‘Conceptual Art’” Kenneth Baker, June 5, 1999, p. B1   San Francisco Bay Guardian “Samuel Yates” Glen Helfand, May 26, 1999, p. 97   Chronicle Books (Catalogue, 191 pages) “Local Color: The di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art” Tessa De Carlo and Maria Porges, April 1999 1998 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung “Jeder sucht nach seinem eigenen Stil” Michael Hierholzer, March 22, 1998, p. 25   Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Guter Geschmack ist keine Entschuldigung” March 21, 1998   Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Porzellan-Damen mit Netzstrümpfen” Konstanze Crüwell, March 21, 1998   Nordsee-Zeitung “Eine Entdeckungsreise” Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas, March 24, 1998   Schwäbische Zeitung “Die Art wird wieder jung” Roland Groß, March 20, 1998   Nürnberger Nachrichten “Nährboden für die Hoffnungsträger” Roland Groß, March 20, 1998   Eßlinger Zeitung “Das Künstlerpech in Dosen mit Wandkonsole” Roland Groß, March 20, 1998   Soester Anzeiger “Unbekümmert bis beliebig” Roland Groß, March 19, 1998   Gießener Allgemeine “Vom preislosen Toilettenhäuschen bis zur millionenschweren Stellage” Roland Groß, March 19, 1998   Berliner Morgenpost “Unbekümmert jung” Roland Groß, March 19, 1998   Kulturzeit “Art Frankfurt No. 10” 3sat (television) March 19/20, 1998 1997 Bay Area Reporter “Que Sera Sera, Southern Exposure trades in the many shades of ennui” Steven Jenkins, February 27, 1997, p. 38   Art Papers “Whatever...Southern Exposure” Donna Leigh Schumacher, July-August 1997, p. 34 1996 San Francisco Chronicle “Two New Outlooks on Conceptual Art” Kenneth Baker, July 31, 1996, p.E1/E3   Zingmagazine “Nothing Matters, Refusalon” Kevin Radley, Autumn/Winter 96/97, 1996, p. 168-170   San Francisco Bay Guardian “Plenty of Nothing” Harry Roche, August 14, 1996, p. 45   AWARDS   Public Art Commission, Civic Center Plaza & City Hall, City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, 2001–2006   Nice Modernist (Humanitarian Award) Dwell Magazine, San Francisco, CA, 2005   Best Art Project in the Bay Area San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco, CA, 2004   Joan Sovern Sculpture Award Columbia University, New York, NY, 2001   Department Fellow (Sculpture) Columbia University, New York, NY, 2000–2002   Tallest File Cabinet in World (Sculpture) Guinness World Records, London, UK, 2000   SECA Award Finalist San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1999   Chancellor’s Grant University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1997   Chancellor’s Grant University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1996   FILM   “Vern” (30 min. Documentary on the Painting by Samuel Yates) Directed by Suzi Yoonessi, Produced by Sanguine Film, 2003   “Smitten” (Documentary on the Collection of Contemporary Art Collector Rene di Rosa) Directed by Nancy Kelly, Produced by Mother Lode Productions, 2004   COLLECTIONS   Ballett Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California The HON Company, Muscatine, Iowa Private Collection(s)   TALKS / LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS 2009 University of Georgia, Department of Art, Athens, GA 2008 California College of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Oakland, CA City of Palo Alto, Public Art Commission, Palo Alto, CA 2007 California College of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Oakland, CA Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA Southern Utah University, Department of Art, Cedar City, UT 2006 California College of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA Canopy, Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto, City Council, Palo Alto, CA Florida State University, Tallahassee, Department of Art, Tallahassee, FL IDEO, Palo Alto, CA San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres, San Francisco, CA Santa Clara University, Department of Environmental Studies, Santa Clara, CA Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA University of Central Florida, Department of Art, Orlando, FL University of Georgia, Department of Art, Athens, GA University of Southern California, Department of Public Art, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Society for Photography Education, Southeastern Conference, Tallahassee, FL San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres, San Francisco, CA Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, Palo Alto, CA Palo Alto Art Center, City Hall, Palo Alto, CA The di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA City of Palo Alto, Mayor & Chamber of Commerce Liaison, Palo Alto, CA 2004 California GIS (Geographic Information System) Conference, San Jose, CA Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto, Art Day, Civic Center Plaza, Palo Alto, CA 2003 City of Palo Alto, Assistant City Manager & Executive Staff, Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto, Utilities, Transportation, & Recycling, Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto, Planning Division, Palo Alto, CA Silicon Valley Electric Auto Association, Palo Alto, CA Business Network International, Palo Alto, CA University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Art, Reno, NV 2002 The Oxbow School, Napa, CA 2001 Columbia University, Department of Visual Arts, New York, NY The di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art, Berkeley, CA 2000 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA 1999 Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA - SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco, CA