William Stanisich searches for the spiritual essence of light and the mysteries surrounding it. Whether the light is emanating from a speeding streetcar at dusk (Night Vision), pointing laser shards through a tangle of trees in San Francisco’s Presidio (Land’s End), or blanketing an undisturbed Greek island (Milos), Stanisich remains in hot pursuit. In Stanisich's Milos series,, which focuses on the artist’s beloved Greek island, we see blinding light penetrating deep waters, unmoving ancient stones eternally pummeled by crashing, glittering ocean waves, and cool stone caves draped with shadow. The paintings are often executed on a scale not normally associated with watercolor, and they are built up laboriously through long investments of time. Expressive, complex, and raw, they retain an undeniable tranquility encouraging meditation. These paintings are a slice through time, water, and light.

Education

Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, BA 1969

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California - individual courses

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California

2010 Charles Clark Arts Museum, Butte, Montana

2009 Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California

1987 City Gallery, Sacramento, California

1986 City Gallery, Sacramento, California

1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California

2013 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California

2013 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction

2011 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction

2010 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction

2009 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boicos, Paris

2004 FUF-Arcadia Artists Celebrate Trees

1988 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery

1987 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery

“City Gallery Artists” Sacramento Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Conservatory of Music/ Chamber Music West

“A Tribute to Katy Allen”, Gallery Space, San Francisco

Exhibition Reviews / Articles

2013 MILOS exhibition catalog

2010 Montana Standard, Roberta Stauffer, review

2010 Orange County Register “Stanisich at Laguna Art Museum”

2008 NIGHT VISION exhibition catalog

2009 Visual Arts News “Urban Landscapes reach Paris”

2009 Expositions precedentes-Association des Galeries d’Art

1986 Dalkey, Victoria, “At City Gallery”, The Sacramento Bee,

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