Marta Thoma Hall
Education: UC Berkeley; Fine Arts, SF University; Fine Arts MA
Solo Exhibitions and Awards
Spilt Milk 2, Solo exhibition, Stone Hall Art Gallery 2, Alameda, CA, November 2023
Rising Tides and Changing Times, Inaugural Foundation Alameda Floating Museum, CA, November 2023
Watchery, Solo exhibition, paintings and collage Gallery 1, Alameda, CA, November 2023
Cyborg, wearable electronic sculpture and headphones, Velodyne Acoustics, Frieze Art Fair, NY, 2014
Earth Tear 2, installation of steel and glass, Velodyne Lidar Headquarters, San Jose, CA, 2012- 2020
Portraits of Youth, Award Exhibition, Lobby and plaza installation of sculpture, Palo Alto City Hall, CA, 2010
Earth Tear 2, steel and glass sculpture commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fresno, CA, 2009-2012
Double Wave, SculptureSite Gallery at Convention Center Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 2009-2012
Portraits of Youth, Solo exhibition, K. Saari Gallery, sculpture, Steamboat, CO 2009
Alchemy, Solo exhibition, William Havu Gallery, steel and glass sculpture, Denver, CO, 2008
Stitched in Steel, Solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, mesh sculpture, London, 2008
Coat Stretch, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Garden, sculpture and projections, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Apparitions, Solo exhibition, National Art and Design Museum of Costa Rica, steel sculpture, San Jose, CA, 2005
Stretch, Oakland City Center Courtyard Lobby, steel, and cement sculpture, Oakland, CA, 2004
Arts Council Fellowship Award Solo Exhibition Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2003
Spilt Milk, Solo Exhibition, paintings and constructions, J. Claramunt Gallery, Soho, New York, 2002
NORCAL Artist in Residence, San Francisco Fill Company, San Francisco, Jan. 4 - May 17, 1994
Arts Council Fellowship Award Finalist Exhibition, Solo exhibition, San Jose Art League, CA 1992
Award Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, constructions and enamel paintings, 1991
Rolando Castellon Gallery, painted constructions, San Francisco, CA, 1988
Spangenberg Gallery, Solo Exhibition, paintings and prints, Palo Alto, CA, 1987
Marta Thoma at Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, etchings and paintings, 1986
The Flock, Hof Film Festival, film premier, Hof, West Germany, 1983
Fantasies and Visions, University of Oregon Museum of Art, oil paintings, Eugene, OR, 1982
Fantasies and Visions, traveling exhibition to Northwest Museums: WA, OR, ND, WI, 1982-84
Fantasies and Visions, San Francisco Museum of Art, paintings, San Francisco, CA, 1979
Public Art Installations
Cosmos, Howard Hall, Florida Gulf Coast University, steel, solar, glass, St. Petersburg, FL, 2015
Brainworks, Bestor Art Park, 30’ x 19’ x 17’, interactive, solar, steel, bottles, spoons, San Jose, CA, 2014
Journey of a Water Drop, Blaine Water treatment Site, suspended steel, plexiglass, glass, Blaine, WA 2010
Journey of a Bottle, Walnut Creek Main Library, suspended with steel and glass, 30’ x 25’ x 19’, Walnut Creek, CA, 2010
Water Source, City of Goodyear Water Campus, Goodyear, AZ, 2010
Gila Blue, Water Campus Management Entranceway, City of Goodyear Water Campus, AZ, 2010
Double Wave, Sculpture Site Gallery at Convention Center Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 2009-2012
Rrrun, Bowden Park, cast fiberglass and cement, Palo Alto, CA, 2006
Go Mama, cast bronze, Palo Alto, CA, 1999 – 2017
Select Group Exhibitions
Projections, AIR Gallery, sculpture and projections with Ruth Eckland, New York, NY, 2008
Two-person exhibition, Terrain Gallery, recent paintings, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Radius Palo Alto Art Center, Henry Hopkins selected, Palo Alto, CA, 1994
Art Is...Santa Cruz Art Museum, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994
Living in Balance, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 1994
Artists of Note, San Francisco Museum of Art Artist Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 1993
1993 Kingsley Crocker Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Matrix Gallery's Fifth Annual National Competition, Honorary Mention, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Matrix Gallery's Annual National Competition and Exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Uncommon Flower, Palo Alto Arts Center, San Francisco Museum of Art, Palo Alto, CA 1993
Women and the Body, WCA exhibition juried by Kiki Smith, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, 1993
Addressing Images, Women’s Caucus for Art exhibition, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA, 1992
New Talent, Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery Exhibition, 1992 Women Artists, New York, NY, 1992
Kingsley Crocker Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA, 1992