The Artist: Patricia Bryce Dreher

1965-1968

Konstfackskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Painting

1965-1967

Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship Grant
Fine Arts, Sweden

1963-1964

Master of Education in Fine Arts
SUNY, Buffalo, NY

1962

School for Music and Art
Yale University, Norfolk, CT

1959-1962

Bachelor of Fine Arts
SUNY, Buffalo, NY

2003

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Time”

2003

S.F. Museum of Modern Art Artists' Gallery
Group Exhibition

2002

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Tea”

2002

S.F. Museum of Modern Art Artists' Gallery
Group Exhibition

2002

Braunstein/Quay, San Francisco, CA
Functional Fine Art Invitational

2001

Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Landscape Exhibition

2001

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shoe Art Exhibition

1991-1995

Contract Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CA Design Furniture Show (Mourning Chair/Evening Chair)

1991, 1990, 1987

Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Winter Market

1991

California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Fish Out of Water”

1991

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Vessels and Variations”

1990

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition

1990

California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Progressions II” Anniversary Exhibition

1989

Claudia Chapline Gallery, Bolinas, CA
“Living Artists Project”

1989

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Animals in Art”

1988

V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Folding Screen Exhibition

1986

Macy's, San Francisco, CA
“American Style”

1986

Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
Western States Invitational Exhibition

1986

Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Summer Market

1986

California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
“New Design Concepts”

1986

American Society of Interior Designers, Los Angeles, CA

1984-1985

UC Extension, San Francisco, CA
“New Concepts in Design”

1983

Crocker Museum San Francisco, CA
“Crafts IV”

1983

Crocker Museum, San Francisco, CA
Genseler & Associates - Quilt Exhibition in cooperation with SDA

1982

Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
“Fiber in Print” (Five-Person Exhibition)

1982

Crown Zellerbach, San Francisco, CA
Three-Person Exhibition

1981

Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia College of Textiles, Philadelphia, PA
“Quilts”

1980

The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Fantasy”

1980

Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Fulbright Alumni & Faculty Exhibition

1980

University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
“Friends Select Friends”

1980

University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Color Xerox Invitational

1979

Beaver College, Philadelphia, PA
Five-Person Invitational - metal, fiber, clay

1978

Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Craftsmen 78”

1978

Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Two-Person Exhibition

1977

Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Crafts Exhibition

1976-1977

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Crafts Exhibition

1976

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Fabric Design International

1976

University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Regional Art Exhibition

1976

Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Prints and Photographs

1973

Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Craftsmen 73”

1973

Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Earth Day 73”

1968

Stockholm Art Association, Stockholm, Sweden
“Young Generation 68”

1967

Svea Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
“Young Summer”

1965

Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Western New York Show

1963

Norton Gallery, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
One-Person Exhibition

2003

Palo Alto (CA) Art Commission/Nolte Associates
Project Artist, Public Art Project, Homer St. Underpass

2003

Private Commission, Glen Ellen CA
Three-Dimensional Painted Cow for Ann Halsted

1996

San Francisco Folk and Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA
Designer, Facade for Sami Exhibition

1994

San Francisco Folk and Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA
Designer, Designer, Facade for Chinese Furniture Exhibition

1991

Aston Pereira Architecture, San Francisco, CA
Interior Installation in Westlake Building, Montgomery Street

1991

San Francisco Folk and Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA
Facade for Turkish House Exhibition

1987

Sacramento Council for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
Banner Design for the Sacramento Light Rail System

1986

California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
“New Design Concepts” Best of Show - Painted Chairs

1986

Three Bags Full, San Francisco, CA
Limited Edition Designer Sweater

1983

Crocker Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Crafts IV” Judge's Choice

1978

Fabric Design International Exhibition, Lawrence, KS
Judge's Selection of Exceptional Quality

1965-1967

Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship Grant
Fine Arts, Sweden

1959-1963

Art Department, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Full-Tuition Scholarship

1962

Yale University Summer School for Music & Art, Norfolk, CT
Scholarship

Sunset Magazine, February 1997

“Shades of Jade,” SF Magazine, April 1991

“Collectors,” SF Magazine, February 1989

Article, Metropolitan Home, September 1988

“Faces,” Northern California Home and Garden, May 1988

Floorworks, Akiko Busch, Bantam Books, April 1988

“Art and Artisan,” Design West, September 1986

“California Crossover,” Fine Woodworking, November-December 1986

House Beautiful, December 1986

“Art to Walk On,” San Jose Mercury Times, September 1984

“Making a Living,” Fiberarts, September 1982

B.A. Damos & P.B. Dreher, “Fabric Painting,” Screenprinting, Saff, Sacilotto, Holt, Rinehart & Weston, NY, 1979

The Rochester Story, Illustrated, Rochester Board of Education, Rochester, NY, 1960

1987-present

Self-Employed Artist

1991

Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Floorcloth Workshop Instructor

1988

Children's Opera, Piedmont Children¹s Chorus, Piedmont, CA
Set Designer

1983-1987

San Francisco Opera Scenic Department, San Francisco, CA
Set Designer

1986

Children's Opera, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA
Set Designer

1982-1983

Penland School, Penland, NC
Printmaking Instructor

1982

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Artist-in-residence Instructor, Fabric Printing (3 weeks)

1981

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Artist-in-residence Instructor, Gumbichromate Printing (3 weeks)

1981

Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA
Special Studies Instructor

1981

Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA
Surface Design Workshop Instructor

1980

University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Lecturer

1975-1980

Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Printing Instructor

1979

Vermont State Craft Center, Frog Hollow, VT
Workshop Instructor

1978

Delaware State Parks Commission, Wilmington, DE
Workshop Instructor

1977-1978

Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Surface Design Instructor

1977

Design Research, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer

1977

Towson State University, Baltimore, MD
Surface Design Lecturer

1977

Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
Lecturer

1970-1971

Livermore College of Art, Liverpool, UK
Guest Artist

1969

Department of Fine Art, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Design Instructor

1963-1964

Port Colborne Fine Arts Society, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Painting Instructor

1959-1960

Rochester Board of Education, Rochester, NY
Textbook Illustrator

Mary Miner, San Francisco, CA

Thomas & Ellen Bausch, Tiburon, CA

Dorothy & George Sax, Palo Alto, CA

Robin & Marsha Williams, San Francisco, CA

Marna & Donald Clark, Berkeley, CA

Judd Brown Associates, Providence, RI

Los Angeles Museum of Science & History, Los Angeles, CA

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Svea Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Helen Drutt Collection, Philadelphia, PA

The Haye Group, Washington, DC

Sally Lillienthal, San Francisco, CA

Virginia Breier, San Francisco, CA

Mathew Royce & Cassandre Jade, San Francisco, CA

Walter/White Gallery, Monterey, CA

William & Karen Moggridge, Palo Alto, CA

John McInerney, San Francisco, CA

George & Barbara Gnoss, Tiburon, CA