Coroflot

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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture, 1987, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing, Cum Laude, 1983, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.

A FEW GRAPHICS REFERENCES
Publicis Dialog -Illustrations for Sprint Phone Advertisements, in Paint and Adobe Illustrator
Carlisle Co -Toy Designs
Slots.com, Inc. -"Skin" and "Rollers" for web slot machine game
Spensley.com -Character development for Flash animation series, Cartoon Illlustrations and Computer Graphics for t-shirts, web, and print
Cardazone Design Associates -Line Drawings by hand, Illustrator and Photoshop
Roam Publishing -Designed painted book cover
Whitney Young Child Development Center, Inc. -Designed Awards utilizing computer enhanced child-drawn art, Cartoon Illustrations for Advertisements, Awards, Political Posters, and more

PRINT PUBLICATIONS and WEB APPERANCES

2009
Amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com - Listing for "Mr Verlin's Zono Comix (Showcase Comic Series No 2)" (Listed since 1999)
HWY62 Weekly pdf Magazine (published by Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council, Inc.) - Logos by ZonoArt
Lambiek Comiclopedia - http://www.lambiek.net/ (listed since 2002)
ZonoArt.com – New, updated site - (since 1995)

2005
City Town Extra Newspaper - Smuk da Duk comic strip

2004
ArtSalon - http://artsalonsf.org/ - Accepted as member, examples of art work.
Discocow.com - Weekly syndicated "ZONO Comikz" Sunday size strip and interview (listed since 2000)
Fantasy Islands Website - Painted front cover illustration (listed since 1998)
Haight Ashbury Beat Newspaper, March Vol. 1 #2 “Zono Comikz” strip runs each issue
HobArt - www.hobart.com - Paintings and bio (listed since 2002)
Western Edition Newspaper- The Vol.1, #1 “Zono Comikz” strip

2003
ArtSalon - http://artsalonsf.org/ - Listing for Nouvau Salon curated by RVL
ComicCon.com - View of Z.A.P! postcard and mention of COMIKZ exhibit at WY Cultural Center.
Last Gasp.com - (Bad Cat books listed since 2003)

2002
Art Hire WebSite - Examples of Graphics and Fine Art (listed since 1999)
Blurbs!.com Review and listing for Bad Cat booklets (listed since 2001)
ONE ‘zine #2–3, strips and art

2001
Astounding Bad Cat Stories #00, Self published booklet, three dimensional cover. Distributed by Last Gasp
Bad Cat and Friends #0, Self published booklet
Expo 2001 (Paperback anthology) “Stagger Lee On American Bandstand”, Comic strip with Derek McCulloch

2000
ArtComic Website - Showcase artist February and March, five examples of “ZONO Comikz” Sunday sized strip
Bad Cat Mini #1, Self published booklet, Three dimensional cover.
Bad Cat Special & Doctor Bone #000, Self published booklet, Three dimensional cover. Distributed by Last Gasp
IndyWorld Magazine.com - Review of Independent Comics & Cartoonists Vol.2,#4
iSyndicate.com - Five examples of “Mr.Verlin’s ZONO Comikz” Sunday sized strip
Libida.com - " 'The Dream' Screen" painting used as illustration
Slots.com - http://www.slots.com/ - "Vintage Robot" slot game
Toonscape.com- Examples of comics and books

1999
Bad Cat Special Edition #1, Self published, Full color, hand torn cover. Distributed by Last Gasp
Gone Postal, Self published, Full color cover “envelope size” booklet of “Surreal City” comic strips
Independent Comics & Cartoonists Vol.2,#4 ,Interview, review and numerous example of cartoons, illustrations and strips
Independent Comics & Cartoonists WebSite - Numerous example of cartoons
Proper Gander Anti Comix & Stories #10, September. Full page comic story: “The See-Through Balloons”
Seen Website - Archive of monthly “sunday-sized” comic strip,“Mr.Verlin’s ZONO Comix” (since 1998)
Toonscape.com - Examples of Comics and Books

1998
Fantasy Islands, Painted front cover illustration and computer layout for paperback book by Wade T. Wilson, Roam Publishing
San Francisco Frontlines Newspaper Volume 2, #17, Sept., Front Cover Spot Illo, large, half page cartoon, “Political Machine by ZONO”, plus usual column header
San Francisco Frontlines Newspaper Volume 2, #15, July. Begin illustrated news column header (also monthly “sunday-sized” comic strip,“ZONO by Mr. Verlin”)
San Francisco Frontlines Newspaper (most issues), Beginning contributing monthly “sunday-sized” comic strip,“ZONO by Mr. Verlin” in Volume 2, #13, May
Seen Newspaper. (all issues), Contributing Cartoonist of monthly “sunday-sized” comic strip,“Mr.Verlin’s ZONO Comix”

1997
Seen NewspaperVolume 1, #4, February. Beginning monthly “sunday-sized” comic strip,“Mr.Verlin’s ZONO Comix”
San Francisco Bay Guardian June 11,”Eco-mare” comic strip
Tamaqua Volume 6, #2, Winter, 1997. Publication of photo of painting “‘The Dream’ Screen’”



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: GALLERIES AND ART SPACES (Partial List)

2009
Art Queen, Joshua Tree, CA
Hi-Desert Nature Museum, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," Yucca Valley, CA (see work)

2008
Art Queen, “Many Mansions,” Joshua Tree, CA
29 Palms Art Gallery, “Transformations II,” Twenty Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, “Creature Feature,”Twenty Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, “Fall Into Winter,” Twenty Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, “PostcardIAC,” Twenty Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, “Roadside Artistry,” Twenty Nine Palms, CA
Studio 62 Art Gallery, “Summer of ’62,” Yucca Valley, CA

2007
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, “The Last Picture Show,” Twenty Nine Palms, CA
Kings Art Center, “Yosemite Renaissance XXII,” Hanford, CA.
Living Arts Gallery, “Mandala Circus,” Yucca Valley, CA.
Living Arts Gallery, “Visual Voodoo,” Featured Artist Exhibit, Yucca Valley, CA
San Francisco Park Branch Library, “40 Summers of Love ‘n’ Haight,” San Francisco, CA.
San Mateo County Office of Education, “Yosemite Renaissance XXII,”Redwood City, CA
Studio Gallery, “Delicious,” San Francisco, CA
Turlock City Hall, “Yosemite Renaissance XXII,”Turlock, CA,
Yosemite Museum Gallery, “Yosemite Renaissance XXII,” Yosemite Village, CA

2006
Argent Hotel, Rotating Exhibit in San Francisco Room with ArtSalonSF, San Francisco, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery, Twenty Nine Palms, CA
The Vallejo Artist Guild Gallery, “Where’s Your Sense of Humor?,” Vallejo, CA
See fotoz of this exhibition

2005
Argent Hotel, Rotating Exhibit in San Francisco Room with ArtSalonSF, San Francisco, CA
Balazo Gallery (Now Sub-Mission), “Pet Noir”, San Francisco, CA
Dogpatch Studios, “The Flaming Lotus Girls: Photography and Art, San Francisco, CA
Shanghai Normal University Gallery, “Altered Barbie,” Shanghai China
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Whitney Young Pals," San Francisco, CA

2004
Anon Salon, “May Play”, San Francisco, CA
Anon Salon, “Juney Toonz”, San Francisco, CA
Anon Salon, “Nude Prelude”, San Francisco, CA
Argent Hotel, Rotating Exhibit in San Francisco Room with ArtSalonSF, San Francisco, CA
Chatterbox Gallery, “The Cartoon Show!”, San Francisco, CA
Commonwealth Club “Rik Livingston”, solo exhibit, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen's 5 Rooftop Artspace, “Altered Barbie”, Shanghai, China
Market Street Gallery and Anon Interactive Gallery, “Altered Barbi”, San Francisco, CA
SomARTS Gallery “ArtSpan”, San Francisco, California
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Nouveau Salon 2004", San Francisco, CA
See a foto from this exhibition
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Open To Change", San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "HAHA!", San Francisco, CA

2003
SomARTS Gallery “ArtSpan”, San Francisco, California
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Comikz: Contemporary Caricature and Sequential Art", San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Green Before Spring: Variations on Landscape Painting”, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "The Unauthorized Whitney”, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "SanFranBananas: Color and Humor in Art”, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Holiday Art Mart”, San Francisco, CA

2002
Atelier “Gallery Homenaje Y Viaje (Voyage & Homage)”, San Francisco, CA
Cellspace “Cans”, San Francisco, CA
Cellspace “Zinefest”, San Francisco, CA
Destination Foundation's Tails of the City San Francisco, CA
Fort Mason "Art Angels - Inhibition Exhibition", San Francisco, CA
PAINT San Francisco, California
SomARTS Gallery “collect”, San Francisco, California
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "OPEN", San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "SMALL Luxuries", San Francisco, CA
Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion "Urban Folk Pop Art", San Francisco, CA
The Yerba Buena Center "The Bacchanal II", San Francisco, CA

2001
SomARTS Gallery “Open Studios Exhibition”, San Francisco, California

2000
Had Matter Gallery San Francisco, California
Julia Morgan Tearoom , Oakland YWCA presented by East Bay Depot for Creative Re-use, “Trash to Treasures” Oakland, California

1999
Anon Salon “WHAT IF: Collage Grad: The Appropriation Station” San Francisco, California
Had Matter Gallery San Francisco, California
2C Arts Gallery San Francisco, California
The Studio Gallery Alameda, California