HUMBERTO GONZALEZ  

Humberto Gonzalez was born in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on March 25, 1944. His family immigrated to McAllen Texas in 1954 and moved to the Chicago area in 1958. In 1971, Gonzalez moved to Lebanon, Oregon to accept a teaching position at Lebanon Union High School, where he continues to teach Spanish, painting, drawing, English fiction and novel.

EDUCATION

1968 MA in secondary education with emphasis on painting and drawing.

1967 BA degree with a major in art and Spanish literature.

Received a continuation stipend from the Ginsberg Foundation toward graduate study.

EXHIBITIONS

1997 totallybuttersoregon, group exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR

1996 Selections from Portland, group exhibition, Butters Gallery, Pacwest Center

1994 Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR

1993 One person exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR          

Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Award Winner

1992 One person exhibition, Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, OR          

Chicano and Latino Artists of the Northwest juried exhibition, Bush Barn, Salem, OR

1991 Art About Agriculture, Purchase Award, Oregon State University permanent collection

Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA          

2001 Hispanic Artists Odyssey, national juried exhibition, Museo Chicano, Phoenix, AZ          

One person exhibition, First Interstate Tower, Portland, OR          

Group exhibition, Butters International Arts Gallery, Portland, OR          

Group exhibition, Valley Arts Gallery, Forest Grove, OR 1990 Oregon Minority Exhibit, Salem, OR          

Hispanic Art Exhibit, World Trade Center, Portland, OR  

1989 Sunriver Arts Association juried exhibition, Sunriver, OR          

Street of Dreams exhibition, Portland, OR          

One person exhibition, Tektronix Corp., Portland, OR

1988 Three-person exhibition, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR         

Street of Dreams Show, Tour of Elegance, Portland, OR          

World Trade Center International Art Exhibit (Mexico/USA), Portland, OR

1987 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA         

 Northwest Watercolor Society traveling exhibit 1986 Oregon State University

Memorial Union Concourse group exhibition, Corvallis, OR         

 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 

1985 Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

1984 National Invitational Show, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR          

Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

1983 Group exhibition at Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

1982 Two-man show, Creative Arts Gallery, Albany, OR

1979 Northwest Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA          

Willamette Artists juried exhibition, Corvallis, OR

1970 One person exhibition, Winnetka Public Library gallery, Winnetka, IL

COLLECTION

AGPR Incorporated GranPac

(Showa Sangyo) Foods Inc.

Pasco (Shiki Shima)

Petroff Facial Surgery

Tektronix Inc., Wilsonville, OR

Crown Pacific Mutual Home Mortgage

Kershaw and Associates Portland Community College

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Terminal Freezers,

Oregon and Washington Visual Chronicles,

Public collection, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR

Numerous private collections

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