FRANK CIECIORKA (che-CHOR-ka)Born in Binghamton, NY, 1939; moved to California 1957; moved to Alderpoint from San Francisco 1972.
EDUCATION: San Jose State University 57-64, B.A. in Art.
ART EXPERIENCE 1965-72: newspaper art direction, political cartoons, commercial art, book illustration, and technical illustration.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo):
1999-WM F CODY ART AND ANTIQUES, Eureka, CA
1991-CAPRICORN GALLERIES, Bethesda, MD
1988-CAPRICORN GALLERIESSELECTED EXHIBITIONS (group):
2000-"Ten Painters", MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM OF ART, Eureka, CA
1999-"1999 Anniversary Juried Art Competition", 2nd place, WM F CODY ART AND ANTIQUES,
Eureka, CA
1996-"McVicker and Friends", HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY, Eureka, CA.
1993-"Twentieth Anniversary Invitational Exhibition", HUMBOLDT CULTURAL CENTER, Eureka, CA
1991-"Cieciorka, Schlueter, Otto", ATLEE AND ATLEE FINE ARTS, Eureka, CA
1990-"Watercolor USA", SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, Springfield, MO; "The Human Figure", ATLEE AND ATLEE FINE ARTS
1989-"Realism in Art", BENBOW GALLERY, Garberville, CA
1988-"Two California Realists", BELL GALLERY, Woodstock, NY
1987-"Desind Collection", BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, Youngstown, OH
1985-"Midyear Exhibition", BUTLER INTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART; "Watercolor USA", SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM; "California Watercolor and Drawing Survey", HUMBOLDT CULTURAL CENTER
1984-"Five Northern California Painters", COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS, Eureka, CA
1983-"Watercolor USA", SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM; "California Watercolor and Drawing Survey", HUMBOLDT CULTURAL CENTER
1981-"Contemporary American Watercolors", ILLINOIS BELL GALLERY, Chicago, IL "California Watercolor and Drawing Survey", HUMBOLDT CULTURAL CENTERFeature article in May 1991 AMERICAN ARTIST magazine.