DON FAIA
Born Palo Alto, California
Lives and works in Aptos, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Local Visions, Group Exhibition, Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, Watsonville, CA
2018 See, Be Seen: Community Portraits, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 Salon at the Triton, 2D Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2014 Degrees of Abstraction, Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 Mix It Up!, Mixed Media Exhibition, Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2009
Altogether: Collage/Assemblage, Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Sculpture Is ‘09, Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, Watsonville, CA
2008 Art Is Essential, Group Exhibition, Gavilian College Fine Arts Gallery, Gilroy, CA
Sculpture Is ‘09, Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, Watsonville, CA
2008 Art Is Essential, Group Exhibition, Gavilian College Fine Arts Gallery, Gilroy, CA
2007 The Art of Don Faia, Persimmon Gallery, Soquel, CA
2006 Multiple Choice, Juried Mixed Media Exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2005 Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
2004 First Place in Open Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2003 El Rio/The River: Artists’ Impressions, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Fresh Paint, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
2000 Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1996
Bayview II, Pope Gallery, Aptos, CA
Black & White III, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1995 Small Works, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Black & White III, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1995 Small Works, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
AWARDS
1988
Gold Award, Western Art Directors Club
Award of Excellence, Communication Arts
1985 Award of Excellence, PRINT
Award of Excellence, Communication Arts
1985 Award of Excellence, PRINT
1983 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts
COLLECTIONS
Regional and National collections including
Regional and National collections including
The Library of Congress Permanent Collection
EDUCATION
2001/2002 Taking The Leap Program, Emeryville, CA
1997/1998 Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1962/1966 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
EDUCATION
2001/2002 Taking The Leap Program, Emeryville, CA
1997/1998 Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1962/1966 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA