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
 
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 

AWARDS
1988 
Gold Award, Western Art Directors Club
Award of Excellence, Communication Arts

1985  Award of Excellence, PRINT

1983  Award of Excellence, Communication Arts
 
COLLECTIONS
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