About The Artist

Nick Hyde

Nick Hyde 'visionary works' have been displayed in galleries and museums on both coasts, from the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor to the Smithsonian Institute, as well as part of a U.S. State Department travelling show to the Orient.   His works have also been published on Sci Fi book covers, several magazine articles & one cover, and was included in a "Visionary Art" book. Several paintings were in print for years.  He is accomplished in the mediums of intricate and detailed pencil drawings and oil paintings, and now (as time goes on) the subtle discipline of simplicity of watercolors is intriguing.  

"I love antiquity, the wonderment of past civilizations,
the mysteries of the unknown in mankind and nature,
the workings of us and the world we are."

BORN: San Francisco, 1943

EDUCATION:

1967-1971 - San Francisco Art Institute - MFA Fine Art

1962-1964 - The Academy of Art - San Francisco - B.A. Fine Art

GALLERY SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Northern California Visionary Art: A Contemporary Legacy" May 10 through September 7 at Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah.

2006 Lake County Jazz Festival - Ployéz Winery

2005 Lake County Jazz Festival - Ployéz Winery

2004 Lake County Jazz Festival - Ployéz Winery

2003 Lake County Art Commission - Main Street Gallery, Lakeport, California

2002 Clearlake Chamber of Commerce, clearlake, California

2001 Lake County Museum - Lower Lake One Man Show

1997 Lake County Art Commission - Main Street Gallery, Lakeport, California

1996 - Present Web Gallery, Artist on Line as well as Private Sites

1996  Sonoma County's Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival (Group)

1995 Velvet Zebra Gallery, Lakeport, California (Solo)

1994 San Francisco, California (Group)

1993 Vision's & Magic Gallery - Petaluma, California (Group)

1987 Colorbox Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1986 Southern Exposure Gallery: "1,000 Vows to the Sun" (Group)

1986 Illuminarium Gallery, Larkspur, California (Group)

1985 Collins Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1984 Illuminarium Gallery - Mill Valley, California (Group)

1982 Illuminarium Gallery - Mill Valley, California (Group)

1982 Amber Gallery - San Rafael, California (Solo & Group)

1981 Civic Art Center - Walnut Creek Valley Art Gallery ( Solo)

1979 Will Stone Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1977 Stuart Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1977 Will Stone Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1977 Gallery Rebecca Cooper - Washington, D.C. (Group)

1976 Oskosh, Wisconsin - (University of Wisconsin) (Group)

1976 San Francisco Art Festival - San Francisco, California (Group)

1975 San Francisco Hall of Flowers "Visionary" Art Show (Group)

1975 Osuna Gallery - Washington, D.C. (Solo)

1975 Hansen-Fuller Gallery - A tribute to San Francisco Art Institute,  
     Curated by Fred Martin (Group)

1975 Cabrillo College - San Mateo, California (Group)

1974 Walton & Source Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1974 San Jose State University - San Jose, California (Group)

1974 Pyramid Gallery - Washington, D.C. (Group)

1973 Stuart Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1973 R. Cooper Gallery - Washington, D.C. (Group)

1972 Hansen-Fuller Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1971 Quay Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

1969 Sun Gallery - San Francisco, California (Group)

MUSEUM EXHIBITS:

1984 Redding, California Museum - Visionary Art Show

1978 U.S. State Department Art Show: Fourth Triennial

India Exhibition - traveled around the world including Japan, India & Teheran

1977 Smithsonian Institute - (Washington, D.C.)

1978 Wisconsin Museum of Art - Oshkosh, Wisconsin

1976 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1974 Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco,
      California Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
      Fenton Kasner acting curator

1973 New York Museum of Modern Art

1970 Hunstville Museum - Huntsville, Alabama - Travelling Show

PUBLICATIONS:

1977 Various posters, notecard & calendars - Throfra Publications

1977 "Visions" Pomegranate Publications -
      A collection of works by several "Visionary" artists.

1974 "This World" (cover) SF Chronicle article highlighting the
      Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts show at the
      San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor.

1969 "Oracle" (Cover - San Francisco Underground Newspaper)

1969 Poster for "Steppenwolf/Bo Diddley Rock Concert" -
      Garden of Earthly Delights Club

COLLECTIONS:

Numerous pieces are in private collections around the world including:
Germany, Australia, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, South Carolina
and California.