Professional Resumé
LOUIS THIELE QUAINTANCE
10777 Banner Mine Way • Nevada City, California 95959 • (510) 333 0241
bodyart@lmi.net www.QuaintanceSculpture.com
ARTIST-SCULPTOR
b. Rock Island, Ill 1948
EDUCATION
1979 MFA, SCULPTURE; SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, ILL
The human body, particularly the male body, had been my objet d'art.
This body of sculpture blended a unique personal vision with social commentary, humor, storytelling, and an imaginative philosophy, attempting to unravel the mystery of ‘everyday life’. The work explored a constant and evolving theme connecting the human figure to the truth of our own materiality.
Studied under Thomas Walsh
1975 BA, SELF PROPOSED, INTERDISCIPLINARY; SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, ILL
As an undergraduate, working within four departments, I proposed a special Interdisciplinary degree program integrating aspects of art, music, philosophy, and photography.
My intention was to create comprehensive core understanding of the essence which persists within all fine art.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Elected Members Invitational; National Sculpture Society, NYC
2020-3 Open Studio, Center for the Arts; Nevada City, CA
2022 Small Works National, Main Gallery; Rochester, NY
2021 Societe’ des Artistes Canadiens International Competition; Montreal, Canada
2021 National Sculpture Society, New York City
2012 National Sculpture Society 79th Annual Awards Exhibition; Brookgreen Gardens, SC
2010 Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2008 Human Figure Exhibition; Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, CA (Third Place Award) Sausalito Arts Festival;
Sausalito, CA Small Works Invitational; Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
2007 National Figurative Exhibition; Santa Cruz Art League, CA (Best of Show Award)
National Contemporary Realism Exhibition; Springfield, MASS
3rd Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition; Santa Clara, CA (Second Place Award)
Sausalito Art Festival; Sausalito, CA (Best in Show, Sculpture)
2006 Human Figure as Subject; Fetterly Gallery; Vallejo, CA
2005 Interpretations of the Figure ’05; Dehaan Fine Art Centre; University of Indianapolis, IN
Sausalito Art Festival: Sausalito, CA Ann Arbor Art Festival: Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Sculpture in the Park; Loveland , CO Savage Stephens Fine Art Gallery; Carmel, CA
2002 Re-Figured, South Shore Art Centre, Bancroft Gallery; Cohasset, MA
Sausalito Art Festival; Sausalito, CA Sculpture in the Park; Loveland, CO
2001 Savage Stephens Fine Art Gallery; Carmel, CA Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA (Best in Show/ Sculpture)
1999 Small Works National Exhibition, Norwich Arts Council; Moosup, CT
National Sculpture Invitational, Palomar Jr. College; San Marcos, CA Academy Gallery at 625 Sutter,
Academy of Art College; San Francisco, CA
The Nude, Lexington Art League; Lexington, KY
1998 Sculpture Centre Gallery, Academy of Art College; San Francisco, CA
St. Elegis Gallery; San Francisco, CA The Art and Cultural Center; Fallbrook, CA
1997 California Small Works'97, California Museum of Art; Santa Rosa, CA
Figurative Small Works, Armory Art Centre; West Palm Beach, FL
1996 Fine Art Gallery, Academy of Art College; San Francisco, CA
1994 ACCI Art Gallery; Berkeley, CA
1993 The Art of Cycling; American Cycling Museum; Santa Fe, NM
1991 Axis Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1990 Academy of Art College Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1988 Bay Area Bronze, Civic Arts Gallery Civic Arts Association; Walnut Creek, CA
1986 Himovitz/Salomon Gallery; Sacramento, CA Gregory Ghent Fine Arts Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1984 The Naked Nude, Art Institute of San Francisco; San Francisco, CA
Gregory Ghent Fine Arts Gallery; San Francisco, CA
It Figures, College of Marin Art Gallery; Kentfield, CA
1983 The John Speaker Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1982 San Mateo County Arts Council, Exhibition '82; Hayward, CA
21st Annual Area Forum on the Arts; San Jose, CA
Bay Arts '82, San Mateo County Arts Council; Belmont, CA
1981 San Jose Art League Sculpture Exhibition; San Jose, CA
Artisan's Guild Competition; Santa Rosa, CA
1980 Statement on the Human Figure, The Gallery at 401; Philadelphia, PA
1980 Energy Art, The Foothills Art Center; Golden, CO
1980 The University of Memphis Art Gallery; Memphis, TN
1979 Body Matter Being, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University; Carbondale, Ill
1978 Mitchell Gallery, Southern Illinois University; Carbondale, IL
COLLECTIONS
Robert Berman & Jane Ginsberg, Nevada City & San Francisco, CA
Benjamin Quaintance
Legion of Honour Museum; San Francisco, CA
Eric Luttenberg Collection; New York, NY
DeYoung Art Museum; San Francisco, CA
Lena & Bjorn Dramsvik Collection; Goteborg, Sweden
Unified Port District of San Diego; San Diego, CA
Baltimore Ravens NFL Football Team; Baltimore, Maryland
Blackhawk Automotive Museum; Danville, CA
Ms. Elisa Stephens Collection, President, Academy of Art University; San Francisco, CA
Rotary International; San Francisco, CA
Erik Jendresen Collection; Sausalito, CA
Geraine Ongkeko Collection, Atherton, CA
Dr. and Ms. Jeffery Culver Collection; Berkeley, CA
Dr. Ulrich Weisenberg Collection; Emmeryville, CA
Al and Leslie Farrow Collection
Bagwan Rashneesh Collection, Calcutta, India
Gregory Ghent Collection; Walnut Creek, CA
National Museum of the Navy, San Diego, CA
Joseph Farrais Collection; Oakland & Cleveland
United States Postal Service; Nevada City, CA
Quad City Riverssance Organization; Davenport IA
Ronald and Debbie Young Collection; San Diego, CA
Grand Lake Theatre; Oakland, CA
Real Estate Industries Corporation Headquarters; San Francisco, CA
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Richmond, CA
Richard and Mirna Bauer Collection; San Fransicso, CA
Ken and Ann Silverstone Collection; Mill Valley, CA
Fredrick and Janet Stamn Collection; San Mateo, CA
Daniel and Mary Gonzales Collection; Oakland, CA
Jeffery and Jean Patrick Collection; Chicago, Ill
Robert Domergue Collection; San Francisco, CA and, Paris, France
Stephen Tanioka Collection; New York, NY
Cecelia and Fredrick Webster; El Cerrito, CA
Dusty and Linda Dillon Collection; Berkeley CA
Ruth Matsuno Collection; Mill Valley, CA
James Licaretz Collection; Los Angeles, CA
Michael and Betty Griffith Collection; Tulsa, OK
Linda J. Moore Collection; Frond du Lac, WI
John Chapter Collection; Lakewood, CO
Jock McDonald Collection; San Francisco
Gino Ritter Collection; Zurich, Swizerland
Jean-Claude and Ann-Marie Paul Collection; Paris, France
Mr. Robert Wister: Hayward, CA
Rob & Susan Shuummer; Minnapolis, MN
SELECTED PUBLIC/PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2016 Tom Gong Memorial Bas Relief Portrait; Oakland, CA
2012 President Barack Obama Portraits; Urlich Weisenberg; Richmond, CA
-16
2007 Irish American Monument; St. Patrick’s Society of the Quad Cities; Davenport, IA
-11
2007 Miyata Child Abuse Center, Richmind, CA
-11
2007 Gemini; Jean-Claude Buillo; Nice, France
Figures for Multimedia Theatre, Dr. Urlich Wisenberg, Oakland, CA
2006 State of Montana Historical Museum; Boise, MT
Barbara Whit; Berkeley, CA
2003 Elan Santiago Memorial; El Cerrito, CA
2003 Japanese/American Memorial, “From Injustice to Redress”, Three Monuments
-06 for Councils of the Japanese/American Communities; Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco
2000 West Coast’s World War ll Memorial /The USS. San Diego Memorial, City of San
-05 Diego and The San Diego Port Authority; San Diego, CA
2004 Queen of Apostles Catholic Church; San Jose, CA
2003 City of Hayward; Hayward, CA
2002 Sun God, Robert Domergue Inc. , San Francisco, CA
2001 DeYoung Art Museums; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
2000 Davis Milazzo; San Francisco, CA
1999 The Innocents, Urlich Weisenberg Child Abuse Centre; Emmeryville, CA
1998 Baltimore Ravens NFL Football Team Scoreboard Icon; Baltimore, Maryland
1996 Portrait of John Thompson (computer assisted), John Thompson; San Francisco,
1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary Commemorative Monument, Rotary International; San Francisco, CA
Tallax Corporation; Oakland, CA
United States Postal Service; Nevada City, CA
1994 Katherine Jacobs; Berkeley, CA
Locke Winery; Lockeford, CA
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company; San Francisco, CA
Dee Bellvue; San Mateo, CA
1993 Watching the Ferry, Quad City Riverssance Monument; Davenport, IA
Albert Guibarra; San Mateo, CA
California Cinema Centre; Berkeley, CA
Christopher Locke Vinyards, Lockeford, CA
Cirecast Corporation; San Francisco, CA
Corporate Consortium on the Arts, Concord, CA
Dianne Hillier; San Francisco, CA
1992 Rodin Figures, Reductions from Legion of Honor’s Permanent Collection; San Francisco, CA
Aliens, models for Stephen Speilberg Film Industry
1991 Robert Black; Oakland, CA
Albert Guibara; San Mateo, CA
Grand Lake Theatre; Oakland, CA Bay
Area Sex Education Center; San Rafael, CA
Betty Costello; San Francisco, CA
1990 Albert Guibara; San Mateo, CA
1987 Lobby Sculpture for Real Estate Industries Centre Corporation; San Francisco, CA
Arnoldo Pomodoro; Milano, Italy
1986 Saint Dominic's Catholic Church; San Francisco, CA
1985 Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Berkeley, CA
1984 Memorial Portrait of Congressman Philip Burton; San Francisco, CA
1984 Symbol of the City, Pt. Richmond's Public Monument; Pt. Richmond, CA
Oregon State's First Woman Graduate, Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR
1979 Southern Illinois Division of the Illinois State Police
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FINE ART ‘PROFESSIONSAL WORKSHOPS’
2007 The Art of Moldmaking and Casting; Scottsdale, AZ
Mold Making and Casting; Berkeley, CA
2005 The Art of Moldmaking and Casting; Loveland Academy; Loveland, CO
2004 The Art of Moldmaking and Casting; Loveland Academy; Loveland, CO
The Figure and Drapery in Sculpture; Palo Alto Sculpture Workshops; Palo Alto, CA
2003 Head & figure Modelling; Palo Alto Sculpture Workshop; Palo Alto, CA
STUDIO ARTIST
1980- Studio/ Freelance Artist- Exhibitions and Gallery Shows, Public and Private Commissions
2023
2015 DIRECTOR of FINE ART SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT, & DIRECTOR OF 3D ART CENTRE
-16 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Designing and Re-building department concept, studios, curriculum, (both on-site & on-line), undergraduate
and graduate programs for this department at the Cannery in San Francisco.Writing new and revising past classes, electing faculty and support staff
Heading class critiques, exhibitions, along with guidance to on-site and on-line students
Responsible for operation of all studios (incl. bronze foundry), tooling, facilities, and annual budget
Meetings with university president and staff.
Promotion and marketing for Fine Art Sculpture Department
1993 DIRECTOR of FINE ART DEPT/ DEPT. Head Director of FA Sculpture, Academy of Art University;
-2000 San Francisco, CA
Head of graduate and undergraduate Sculpture Department in Fine Arts School. Duties include studio development and maintenance of a 50K sq. ft. Fine Art facility.
Administrator for 25 faculty and staff within a curriculum of 45 sculpture classes.
Departmental extracurricular programs have included Guest Artist Lecture Series and Technical Workshops. Curate gallery shows for guests, faculty and students.
Lead sponsorship for the 15th Biennial International Sculpture Conference.
Responsible to and working directly with the president of AAC, coordinate a multitude of promotional and academic activities.
1990 INSTRUCTOR; ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY; SAN FRANCISCO, CA
-2000 Classes created and taught, both on graduate and undergraduate levels
Sculpture 1
Sculpture 2
Head and Figure Life-Modelling
The Art of Mold Making and Casting
Senior Portfolio Workshop
Master's Directed Study, Advanced Figure Modelling, Advanced Moldmaking
1982 FREELANCE SCULPTOR/ PROFESSIONAL MOLD MAKER AND MODEL MAKER
-2020
Independent contract sculptor. Specializing in modelling and enlarging of public and private monuments, prototype development, technical molds, specialty castings, and sculptural processes, in various waxes, bronze and bonded bronze, fiberglass and plastics, and all gypsum products.
Technical consultant as mold maker to art businesses, including fine art bronze foundries.
1981 ARTIST/ MODELLER/ TECHNICAL CONSULTANT for "BAYOU SCULPTURE"; New Orleans, LA
-82
Sole contributing artist to this fine arts foundry.
Work created for and sold primarily to private collectors and architects.
1979 DEPARTMENT HEAD, WAX CHASING DEPT. and ASST.HEAD, FIGURE MODELLING/ENLARGING DEPARTMENT;
Technical Institute of Sculpture; Princeton, NJ
Head Sculptor and Instructor of figure modelling and enlarging. 15 apprentices
Head modeller responsible for life-size and monumental sculptures commissioned by fine arts galleries and artists.
Budget/ time and cost expenditures
1977 INSTRUCTOR OF ART HISTORY; DEPARTMENT OF EXTENDED STUDIES, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
-79 UNIVERSITY; CARBONDALE, ILL Classes taught at Marion Federal Penitentiary and The State Penitentiary at Cairo, ILL
Art Since 1945
Fine Art Painting and Sculpture of the 20th Century.
AWARDS
2009 Elected ‘Life-Time Member’ into the National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2009 Best of Berkeley Award, US Commerce Association; San Francisco, CA
2008 Human Figure Exhibition; Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, CA (Third Place Award)
2007 Sausalito Art Festival/ Best of Show, Sculpture; Sausalito, CA
2007 National Figurative Exhibition/ Best of Show; Santa Cruz Art League; CA
2007 3rd Binneal Indoor Sculpture Exhibition; Second Place Award and Exhibition Invitation
Cover Photo; Santa Clara, CA
2005 International Pinnacle Award for Design Excellence; USS San Diego Memorial
2001 Sausalito Art Festival/ Best of Show, Sculpture; Sausalito, CA
1981 San Jose Art League; San Jose, CA
PUBLICATIONS
San Francisco Chronicle, Japanese American Monument, p. 28, November 10-13, 2011
Public Art Updates, USS San Diego Memorial Campaign; December 2001; San Diego, CA
KGO Television; Art News, September 7, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle, Japanese American Reconnect, p. B1-6, November 14, 2005
Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper, San Francisco, CA
Self Published Book, The Art of Moldmaking, 2002 Berkely, CA
Artweek Magazine, Unveiling of Monument, p.3, August 2004, San Jose, CA
NBC Interview, USS San Diego Memorial; San Diego, CA October 30,2003
Inter-Pacific Publications Burlingame, CA
Quad Cities Gold Book/ Moline, Ill; Eyes on the Irish, p. 46-47, March ‘08 San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego’s Namesake Monument, p.B5, May 1, 2004 Monuments in Memorial, p. A16, September 23, 2012
San Diego Magazine, Interview; September 2003
Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper, Japanese American Monument, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, Restoring Cultural Ties, p. B1-6, November 14, 2005
Mahlia Lindquist Show, personal interview; KGNU Radio, Aug. 9, 2002; Boulder, CO
Union Tribune Newspaper, The Building of the USS San Diego Monument; p. 3, July 2003
Jon Lehman, “Our Bodies, Our Selves”; South Shore Magazine, pp.22-30, August 2002
NBS Television Program, "Carmel Valley Arts"; March 2002
"Review of Upcoming Works" Public Art Updates, December 2001
San Francisco Cronicle, Street Date; p. 37; July 12, 2007
"Documentary PBS Video of Riverssance Commission", KIIN Ch. 12, Public Broadcasting Station, Iowa City, aired November 20,1992
Jan Yanehiro, producer, Evening Magazine , KPIX TV, San Francisco; aired April 8, 1987
Linda Cook, "Pointing The Way", Quad City Times ; January14, 1992, p.1
Sharon Brukus, "Today's News", KWQC-TV; Aired February12, 1992
Clark Kauffman, "Down By The River", Quad City Times; pp. 1-2
Loré A. Postman, "Sculpture Dedication", Daily Dispatch, December 27, 1992; pp 9-10
"Sculptor's of the Atelier", Princeton Herald, April 1980, p.12-14
Kathy Flanigan, "Body And Spirit", Daily Egyptian, October 31,1987; p.1
‘Lobby Art Unveiled’, Northern California Real Estate Journal, April 1987; p.14
"Highlights From the International Sculpture Conference", Life Magazine, (photo essay), June 1980; p.68
“San Diego Memorial” San Diego Union-Tribune, p.c-1, September 26, 2009
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Sculptors Society, New York, NY (elected Life-Time Member)
International Sculpture Centre; Washington D.C., and New Jersey
Presidential Advisory Board; Academy of Art University; San Francisco, CA
Pacific Rim Sculptor's Group; San Francisco, CA
Phi Kappa Phi, Southern Illinois University Chapter; Carbondale, Ill
Bay Area Pro Arts Guild; San Francisco, CA
HOBBIES INCLUDE
Road Cycling, past road racing
Wine Making
Acoustic Guitar
Fly Fishing