Tony Esola
Education
California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC), BFA Jewelry/Metal Arts
Sacramento City College, California
Questa College, California
Exhibitions
2008 - Gump's, San Francisco, CA, "Made in the Shade"
2008 - Blackhawk Museum, Danville, Ca., "BATOC 50th Anniversary Exhibition"
2007 - Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF, Ca., “ “C” Change, Craft in Our Future”
2007 - Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, Ca., “Metal Works North”
2007 - Gallery Flux, San Francisco, Ca. “Jim Colony” cut stone exhibition
2004 - Yaw Gallery; SOFA, New York, NY. “CCA Faculty Alumni Exhibition’
2004 - Oliver Art Gallery, Oakland Ca., “Epicenter Faculty, Alumni, Student exhibition”
2004 - Yaw Gallery, Burmingham, Mi., “West Goes East”
2003 - Velvet daVinci Gallery, San Francisco, Ca., “Chess” traveling exhibition
Vennel Gallery, Irvine Scotland, 2003
The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbigshire, Wales, 2003
Crafts Council Shop, Victoria Albert Museum, London England, 2004
John Michael Kholer Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2004
Thomas Mann 1/0 Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004
2001 - Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California, “Toy Meets Girl”
2001 - CCAC, Oakland California, Irwin Center Gallery, “Toy”
2001 - CCAC, Oakland, Ca., Irwin Galleries, “All College Honors Exhibition”
Awards
2001 - CCAC High Distinction Honor Award
2001 - CCAC Heritage, and Presidential Scholarship
Experience
Department Manager, California College of the Arts (CCA), Oakland Ca., 2005-Present
Journeyman Supervisor, GM Construction, Sacramento, Ca. 1989-2005
Instructor of Young Artist Studio Program (YASP), CCA, 2001-Present
Apprentice to Marilyn daSilva, CCA Chair of Jewelry/Metal Arts, Oakland, Ca., 2000-01
Apprentice to Karl Mindermann, AIA 1981 Craftsman of the Year, 1998-2008
Publications
2008 - "Benefit pulled out of a hat" (Article), SF Chronicle, Wed. September 10th, Pg. G4
2007 - “Containment: A Chair Exhibition” (catalog),
2007 - 500 Wedding Rings, Editor: Marthe LeVan, Lark Books
2004 - “West Goes East” (catalog), Yaw Gallery