Myron Stephens trompe l'oeil oil and acrylic original paintings are brilliantly painted. They trick the eye and lift the spirit wtih their nod to the past, wit and wisdom.
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art California State University, Chico – Chico, CA
1988 Chabot College – Hayward, CA
AWARDS
2003 2nd Place in Painting, Haggin Museum – Stockton, CA
1999 Best of Show, James Kaneko Gallery, American River College – Sacramento, CA
1st Place in Painting, 17th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
1997 2nd Place in Painting, 16th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
1996 Best of Show, Haman House Gallery – Roseville, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Then and Now, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Works 1993-2015, Midtown Arts Collective at Ellis – Sacramento, CA
2011 Balance and Perspective, James Gray Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
2010 Arts Building Gallery – Auburn, CA
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2006 Chasing Tornadoes and Dreams, Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2003 Perception and Consequence, Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2001 Alter Pieces, Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2000 Revisiting the Garden, Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
1999 Alter Pieces, Mirian Myers Gallery – Laguna Beach, CA
The Eden Series, American River College Gallery – Sacramento, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2015 United Nations Exhibition, La Bodega Gallery – San Diego, CA
Crocker-Kingsley Juried Exhibition – Sacramento, CA
2014 Haggin Museum – Stockton, CA
34th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
Viridian Artists 25th National and International Juried Exhibition, Director’s Choice Digital Exhibition, New York, NY
Linus Galleries – Los Angeles, CA
2013 Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art – Annapolis, MD
Art That Lifts Our Spirits, Manhattan Arts International – Online Exhibition
2010 29th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
2009 Dualities, Sebastopol Art Center – Sebastopol, CA
Imagine California Image, Kevin Milligan Gallery – Danville, CA
Small Gem Show, Blue Line Gallery – Roseville, CA
2006 Special Collection, 25th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
2005 24th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
2003 Haggin Museum – Stockton, CA
2001 20th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
1998 James Kaneko Gallery, American River College – Sacramento, CA
17th KVIE Public television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
1997 16th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
Alumni Juried Show, California State University, Chico – Chico, CA
1996 15th KVIE Public Television Art Auction – Sacramento, CA
Haman House Gallery – Roseville, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Art of Painting in the 21st Century VIIII, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
The Still Life, Rediscovered, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2017 Membership Melody, Blue Line Art Gallery – Roseville, CA
16th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Palm Springs Modernism Show with John Natsoulas Gallery – Palm Springs, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century VIII, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Art for Everyone, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2016 15th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century VII, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Bark! John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Douglas Michael Gallery – New Orleans, LA
2015 Tresor Contemporary Gallery – New Orleans, LA
14th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
LA Modernism Show with John Natsoulas Gallery – Culver City, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century VI, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Bark! John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, C
JNA Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
2014 13th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century V, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Bark! John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Bergamot Station 19th Anniversary Show, JNA Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
2013 ArtLA Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
12th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
\ Art of Painting in the 21st Century IV, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
16th Annual Fine Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Bark! John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Circus, George Krevsky Gallery and Kim Pfabe’s Sugarcane – San Francisco, CA
Benefit Art Auction, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento – Sacramento, CA
2012 Bergamot Station 18th Anniversary Show, James Gray Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
ArtLA Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
11th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century III, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Selections from the Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery at Wells Fargo
Building – San Francisco, CA
15th Annual Fine Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Bark! John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
PS#1 Itty Bitty Art Fundraising Event, Bergamot Station – Santa Monica, CA
Artworks for Healing Art, Art Auction, Skirball Cultural Center – Los Angeles, CA
Bergamot Station 17th Anniversary Show, James Gray Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
2011 10th Annual California Landscape Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Art of Painting in the 21st Century II, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Life and Landscape, George Krevsky Gallery – San Francisco, CA
14th Annual Fine Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery – San Francisco, CA
International Artists Group Show, MIVA Gallery – Malmo, Sweden
Sacramento Theme Show, Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
James Gray Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
2010 Lottery for the Arts! Fundraising Event, Blue Line Gallery – Roseville, CA
Trompe L’oeil Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2009 Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2007 Love and Sex, Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2005 Baseball Show, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2004 Cowboys and Indians, Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, CA
Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2002 Tower Art Gallery – Roseville, CA
2001 J.B. Gayle Gallery – Roseville, CA
Forgery Contest, Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
2000 Figurative Show, Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
1999 All Creatures, Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Olga Dollar Gallery – San Francisco, CA
1998 All Creatures, Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Group show with Wayne Thiebaud, Richard Diebenkorn, Roy De Forest, and
Gregory Kondos, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
1997 All Creatures, Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Group show with Squeak Carnwrath, Joan Moment, Steve Kaltenbach, and Roy
Deforest, J.B. Gayle Gallery – Roseville, CA
Winfield Gallery – Carmel, CA
Olga Dollar Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Tower Art Gallery – Roseville, CA
Arts Building Gallery – Auburn, CA
1996 Barton Gallery – Sacramento, CA
Holmes Fine Art Gallery – San Jose, CA
1995 Peach Pit Fine Art Gallery – Sacramento, CA
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
1993 Zoie Art Gallery – Chico, CA
COLLECTIONS
2013 Del Frisco’s Grill – Santa Monica, CA
2002 American River College – Sacramento, CA
2001 Horseshoe Bar and Grill – Rocklin, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Myron Stephens. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. exhibition catalog
2014 Master Optical Illusionist. 2014. Style Magazine. p 26
A Trick of the Eye. ArtLA Magazine. May 2014. Web
2013 Hidden Treasures. 2012. Sac. Bee. 25 Aug. 2013. Arts & Entertainment Index
Myron Stephens Landscapes. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. exhibition catalog
Good Day Sacramento. CBS. 7 Jul. 2013. Television
So Sweet. ArtLA Magazine. Feb. 2013. Web. cover art
Boraya Parimad. “Best of 2012.” ArtLA Magazine. Jan. 2013. Web.
Hidden Treasures. 2012. Davis Enterprise. 9 Nov. 2012 Web.
Myron Stephens Artist Profile. Placer Arts 360. Web.
2012 It Felt Right. What Do I Know? (blog) 25 Oct. 2012. Accessed 9 Sept. 13.
Davis Mural Team. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. pp 70-77
11th Annual CA Landscape Painters. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. pp 48-49
Art of Painting in the 21st Century. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. pp. 74-75
Watch This, 2010, Studio Visit Volume Seventeen. p 108
Spicy, 2011, Studio Visit Volume Seventeen. p 209
Watch This, 2010, Night of A Hundred Angels. Volume 1. p 159
2011 10th Annual CA Landscape Painters. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. pp. 40-41
2010 Good Day Sacramento. CBS. 24 Jun. 2010. Television
Shoka. “June Picks.” Sacramento News and Review. 10 Jun. 2010. p 5
Myron Stephens. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press. exhibition catalog
2003 Tim White. “It’s Getting Dark.” Sacramento News and Review. 22 May 2003. web.
2001 Tim White. “Got Trompe L’oeil?” Sacramento News and Review.12 Apr. 2001. web
1999 Marilyn Moyle. “’Creatures’ Returns to Town.” Davis Enterprise. 10 Aug. 1999. A9
Victim of A Still Life, 1997, American River Review. Spring. Cover
Nude Woman Behind Asparagus, American River Review. Spring p 13
Brush Bound to a Landscape, American River Review. Spring p 106
1997 Author Unknown “Local Artist Featured in Show.” Press Tribune. 14 Dec. 1997.
1996 Joanne Burkett. “Art Teacher Wins Best of Open Show.” Press Tribune. 17 May 1996.
COLLABORATIVE
2013 Art in Public Places, Placer Arts – Placer County, CA
PROJECTS AND PUBLIC ART
Davis Mural Team Public Arts Project, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
7th Annual Davis Jazz Festival Beyond the Beat Generation Performance Painting,
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2012 Annual California Paint Out Plein Air Painting, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
Davis Mural Team Public Arts Project, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
6th Annual Davis Jazz Festival Beyond the Beat Generation Performance Painting John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2011 Annual California Paint Out Plein Air Painting, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
5th Annual Davis Jazz Festival Beyond the Beat Generation Performance Painting,
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
2010 Annual California Paint Out Plein Air Painting, John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
4th Annual Davis Jazz Festival Beyond the Beat Generation Performance Painting,
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis, CA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2003 Painting for the Scott Peterson Trial. Reconstructed missing evidence. Oil on panel, 16”x16” Commissioned by Mark Geragos, Attorney