Biography
Born Sacramento, California, 1979
Education
1998 Otis School of Art and Design
2001 A.A. Victor Valley Community College
2003 B.F.A. California State University of Fullerton
Present San Francisco, California
Solo Exhibitions
2016 More Than Your Selfie, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2015 Contemplating Character, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Lightning Strikes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Knobby Knees, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Narcolepsy In Pink, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
2013 Drawings and Paintings, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Drawings and Paintings, Eli Ridgway Galley, San Francisco, CA
2010 Bookstore Project Space. Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2006 New Works: Backroom at Memphis, Santa Ana, CA
Group Exhibitions
2018 “WAY BAY”, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2016 Catherine Wagner & Travis Collinson, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Hello Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
5 Year Anniversery Show, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Good Dog: Art of Man's Best Friend, Turtle Bay Musuem, Redding, CA
2013 That's What I Figure, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College (curated by Renny Pritikin)
Summer Group Show: Eli Ridgway Galley. San Francisco, CA
The Illuminated Library: San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Sharon Bliss)
2012 Give Me Head: James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 New American Painting: West Coast Edition, Exhibition in Print (Juror: Larry Rinder)
Hauntology: Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, Berkley, CA
Paper! Awesome!: Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2009 Fresh MOCA Auction: Museum of Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Auction = Stimulus: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 2332: Huntington Beach Art Center: Huntington Beach, CA
Indecipherable: COMA Alternative Space, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Mind Your P’s and D’s: I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Whisper Down the Lane: Swallow Gallery, Silverlake, CA
Laguna Art Museum: Auction = Stimulus, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Little Things: Swallow Gallery, Silverlake, CA
National Orange Show: San Bernardino, CA
Let Me Introduce Myself: The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
2004 OOTS guest artist exhibition: OOTS Art Collaborative, Fullerton, CA
Second Biennial Orange County, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2003 The Paintings Max Ernst Didn’t Make: Black Dragon Kung Fu Society, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
Wood, Eve. “Travis Collinson Drawings and Paintings.” Whitehot Magazine, February 2013
Baker, Kenneth. “Travis Collinson's emotional distress sucks us in.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 13
Bowers, Keith. “Abstracted Realism.” SF Weekly, July 13
Modenessi, Jennifer. “Haunting works at the Berkeley Art Museum” Contra Costa Times, August 2010
Walsh, Dianella. “2332,” Art Scene, November 2008.
Chang, Richard. “2332,” Exhibition Catalogue, 2008, P. 10
Coffey, Justin Edward. “The Arts: ‘Each of These Things is Unlike the Others,” OC Weekly, Number 39, April 21, 2006, P. 36
Curated Exhibitions
2008 Indecipherable: COMA Alternative Space, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Impression/Ism, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2005 Mediums, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2004 Wet Paint Contemporary Painting, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Schoenkopf, Rebbeca. “the Arts: ‘Mediums’ at Large,” OC Weekly, June 9, 2005
Public Exhibitions
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Teaching
2006-08 Huntington Beach Art Center, Painting / Art at the Beach Instructor
2009-10 California College of the Arts, Young Artist Studio Program/Extended Education
Published Books
"Things Are Scary” story and illustrations by Travis Collinson; published August 2010 Draw Books
Guest Speaker
2013 California State University, East Bay. ( By the invitation of Professor: Grace Munakata)