Biography For over 30 years, Bea has been a professional artist.  For 15 of those years , her studio has been in the Arsenal Building in Benicia, California.  With a secondary credential in Art (Cal State University of Sacramento) she has taught in public and private schools including programs for adults with special needs. Bea Guttman received her BFA at California State University in Sacramento, worked with international Artist, Oliver Jackson, and attended San Francisco Academy of the Arts on scholarship. She has her work at San Francisco Modern Museum of Art Artists Gallery since 1998, and has shown in galleries all over the Bay Area including Sacramento, San Francisco and Portland Oregon. Her work is in numerous collections and has been awarded many purchase and merit awards.
Education BFA California State University Teaching Credential (Art) CSU Sacramento Scholarship, San Francisco Academy of the Arts Experimental Printmaking Workshop, UC Davis Exhibitions 2011 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Invitational Warehouse Sale 2010 Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Artist’s Show 2009 Olson Realty, Solo show, sponsored by Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA Arts Benicia 17th Annual Charity Auction, Benicia, CA 2008 Local Voice, Merit award, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, juror, Phil Linhares, Invitational “Colors of the Creek” Exhibition Walnut Creek, CA 2007 Ditzas Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA,; Gallery Artist 2006 Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA; 1st prize Abstract Juried Show 2005 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA; juror, Marian Paremeter, MOMA Art Gallery curator 2004 The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento CA; Invitational Print Show “Imprints” survey of Traditional and Experimental Printmaking Fairfield Art Gallery, Fairfield, CA; “Maps to Abstraction” Invitational Exhibit 2002 Gottlieb Gallery, Portland, OR; two person show 2001 Art Circle Gallery, Carmel, CA; Gallery Artist Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA; “Working with the Figure” Juried Show 2000 Pratt Institute Gallery, Seattle, WA; Invitational preview and auction Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA; “Mixed Blessings and Wisdom” Juried Show 1999 Prism Gallery, Benicia, CA; Two person show 1998 California State University of Sacramento Alumni Juried show Landy Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA; Solo show Arts Benicia Gallery, “Working with the Figure”, juror Larry Rider, director of CCAC 1997-8 Allrich Gallery, San Francisco CA; Gallery Artist Show 1996 Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA; Invitational Show 1995 Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA; Danny Adams curator Allrich Gallery, San Francisco CA; Gallery Artist Show Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA; Two person Invitational, Warren Dreher curator 1994 Phantom Gallery, Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA; Group show Robert Hunter Gallery, J St, Sacramento, CA; Two person show Allrich Gallery, San Francisco CA; Gallery Artist Show 1993 Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Zyzzva” Invitational self portrait 1991 Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA; “Fantastic Vision”, Merit Award 1990 Concord Gallery, Concord, CA; Second Annual Open Competition Allrich Gallery, San Francisco CA; Gallery Artist Show Concord Gallery, Concord, CA; 28th Annual Art Competition, Juried, Merit Award Awards 2008 Merit Award, Bedford Gallery Juried show, “Local Voice 2008” Walnut Creek, CA 2006 First Award Abstract Art Juried Competition, Valley Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2004 Mayors Choice Honorary Award, Concord, CA 2003 Purchase Award, Diablo Valley College, Permanent Collection, Pleasant Hill, CA 2002 Presidents Award and Purchase, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 1999 Merit Award, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Juried Paper Show, Walnut Creek, CA 1982 Scholarship, San Francisco Academy of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1975 Dean’s Honor List, California State University, Sacramento, CA Community Service Docent, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2008 to present Judged  Orinda Arts Council High School Student Visual Arts Competition.  April 2009 Appointed Member of the Bedford Gallery Advisory Committee, Walnut Creek, 3 year term Art Instructor for Diablo Rehabilitation Center, Pleasant Hill, CA, 1995-2001 Gallery Affiliations SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1999 to present Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek CA, 2007 to present Ditza Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2008 Gottlieb Gallery, Portland, OR, 2002 Art Circle Gallery, Carmel, CA, 2001 Weintraub Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1994-5 Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991-5 Publication 2007 Benicia Herald, “Artists in the Arsenal” 2006 Contra Costa Times , July 20th, Winners of Abstract Show 2003 Benicia Herald, November 4, Arts Benicia Artist in Show “Artist to be Featured in Fairfield Show”, Benicia Herald, July 22, 1996 Benicia Herald, April 27, Prism Gallery Shows, new Artists 1995 Ledger Dispatch, November 10, Interview 1993 Contra Costa Times, May 8 1993 Zyzzva (Literary and Art Magazine) Fall Self Portrait Invitational Public/Private Collection Saks Fifth Avenue, Chicago, IL Diablo Valley College, Permanent Collection Storage Technology Corporation, Irvine, CA Vixel Corporation, Irvine,CA The Nathanson Group, Attorneys at Law, Seattle, WA Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff and Tichy, Attorneys at Law, San Francisco, CA Northwest Alternative Lending, Issaquah, WA Collectanea, Bethesda, MD Robert Dlugogh, Seattle, WA Ruth Carlat, Los Angeles, CA Charles Beldon, Inc., Irvine, CA