Allison Spreadborough

www.allisonspreadborough.com

Born: 1960 in Sacramento, California

 

MEDIUM:

Watercolor on Archival Cotton Paper or Aquabord

 

GALLERIES:

Atrium 916, Sacramento, CA

Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA

 

MEMBERSHIP:

• California Watercolor Association Signature Member
• Invited to join "River City 10", a long-established peer critique group of professional artists (2025 to present)

ARTIST RESIDENCY:

Pond Farm - California State Park Recreation Area, Guerneville, CA in May 2019 https://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/pond-farm-artist-residency

O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA in July 2022 https://www.ohanloncenter.org/artists-in-residence/

Limantour Lodge, Point Reyes NS, CA in February 2025

https://www.limantourlodge.com/ 

 

 

RECENT and FORTHCOMING EXHIBITS:

2026

• Group Exhibit of River City Ten Artists; Arthouse on R; December, Sacramento, CA
• Solo Exhibit; Environmental Action Committee of West Marin; April-September; Point Reyes Station, CA
• Featured Artist - Watercolor and Watercolor Media; I Street Studios, Sacramento, CA; April
• Group Exhibit at Highlight Gallery (Invited), Mendocino, CA; June
• Solo Exhibit for off-the-wall sales at Limantour Lodge at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA; September 2025 - March 2026 and September 2026 to current
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• Splendid Spring (Invited), Toby's Feed Barn, Point Reyes Station, CA; April 

2025

• Solo Exhibit for off-the-wall sales at Bear Valley Visitor Center Gallery; Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes Station, CA, May/June/July
• California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit – Cal EXPO, AWARD OF MERIT, Sacramento, CA
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• Solo Exhibit for off-the-wall sales at Limantour Lodge at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA; September 2025 - March 2026

• Pence Art Gallery Holiday Sale, Davis, CA
• Blue Line Arts, Handheld for the Holidays, Roseville, CA
• Membership Medley, Blue Line Arts, at 316 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA
• Solo Show at Grounded; 915 20th Street, Sacramento, CA
• Lottery for the Arts; Juror, Pat Kemeny Macias, Director and Curator at the Museum of Northern California Art; Blue Line Arts at 405 Vernon Street #100, Roseville, CA 95678
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Berryessa Gap Tasting Room Gallery; 15 Main Street, Winters, CA 95694

2024

• California Watercolor Association's (CWA) 54th National Exhibition; Juror, Carolyn Lord, Online Exhibition
• Lottery for the Arts; Juror, Kelly Lindner, California State University Sacramento Curator; Blue Line Arts at 405 Vernon Street #100, Roseville, CA 95678
• Solo Exhibition-Art at Work, Blue Line Arts, at 316 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA
• Splendid Surroundings, California Watercolor Association's Members Show; Juror, Afsaneh Michael's, San Ramon City Hall Gallery, CA
• California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit – Cal EXPO, Sacramento, CA
• New Member Exhibition; Blue Line Arts at 405 Vernon Street #100, Roseville, CA 95678
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Pence Gallery; Art Auction, Davis, CA
• Guest Artist; I Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• Guest Artist; 1st Street Studio Gallery, Winters, CA

2023

• 92nd Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition; Juror, Ed Penniman; Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• California Watercolor Association's 53rd National Exhibition; Juror, Gary Tucker; Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
• Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Expressions 2023; Juror, Nancy Roberts; Online Exhibition
• California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit, Sacramento, CA
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Pence Gallery; Art Auction, Davis, CA
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• 24th Annual Fine Art Exhibition; Coldwell Banker Realty, Sacramento, CA

2022

• California Watercolor Association's 52nd National Exhibition; Juror, Andy Evansen; Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
• Gualala Arts Inaugural Plein Air Affair, FIRST PLACE AWARD, Judges: Gail Wight and Joe Ferriso; Gualala, CA
• The Lost Sierra's 1st Annual Plein Air Art Festival, Quincy, CA; THIRD PLACE AWARD-QUICK DRAW; Juror Kimball Geiser, Vice President of Plein Air Painters of America
• Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Plein Air Exhibiting Artist (Invited), Mill Valley, CA
• California Watercolor Association's Members Exhibition; Beauty of California, at the Delta Gallery and Community Art Center, Brentwood, CA
• Solo Exhibition: Wonder of California at Gallery 1855 in Davis, CA
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2022 Sac Open Studios
• Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
• 23rd Annual Fine Art Exhibition; Coldwell Banker Realty, Sacramento, CA

2021

• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA; JURERS AWARD, Miles Hermann, Juror of Landscape Awards
• Illusion of Light, THIRD PLACE AWARD, California Watercolor Association (CWA); Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA; Members Exhibit; Juror, Karen Frey; Robin Purcell, Juror of Awards
• 2021 Art Farm Juried Exhibition/Silent Auction; JURERS AWARD; Juror, Natalie Nelson, Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA
• Pure Paint, an International Exhibition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA; Juror, Nicholas Wilton
• Dream State, a regional Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Northern California Art MONCA in Chico, CA; Selection by Exhibition Committee
• Spring into Art, California Watercolor Association (CWA) - Members Exhibit, Juror, Melissa Adkison MCWA
• Mendocino Art Center, Open Plein Air Paint Out Exhibition; Mendocino, CA
• 8 Watercolor Artists at The Art Studios; Sacramento, CA
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2021 Sac Open Studios
• Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
• Plein Air Sac Fall Exhibit; Antiquite Midtown; Sacramento, CA
• Art Fur Paws 2021 SPCA Annual Art Auction; Sacramento, CA

2020

• Fresh Art 2020, a regional Juried exhibit; Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Juror, Jen Tough
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Annual Art Auction
• 10th Annual Juried Exhibition - California Dreaming; Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA; Juror, Shelley Barry
• Celebration of Art 2020, a National Juried Exhibit; Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA; Juror, Dennis Kautsky Calabi
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• WASH 42nd Annual "Go with the Flow" Open Exhibit, Sacramento, CA; Juror, Dale Laitinen.
• 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition; Juror, Lynn D. Pratt
• Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2020 Sac Open Studios
• The Great Paint-in, Gallery CERO

2019 

• California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit, Sacramento, CA
• Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA; Juror, Julia Couzens
• PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2019 Sac Open Studios
• If I only had words to tell you/Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One - Point Reyes Station, CA; Juror, M. Louise Stanley
• 7th Annual Open Fine Arts Juried Competition, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Elk Grove, CA; Judge, Michelle Gregor
• Pence Gallery Art Auction, Davis, CA
• Members Inaugural Exhibit; Rancho Cordova Arts, Rancho Cordova, CA
• Elk Grove Artists – 2019 Art Extravaganza Fair and Exhibit, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, Telagio Baptista
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2018 

• In the Fields: Botanical Lore, Juried Competition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA; Juror, Jennifer Perlmutter
• 6th Annual Open Fine Arts Competition, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Elk Grove, CA; Judge, Kristina Gilmore
• Road Maps/Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One - Point Reyes Station, CA; Juror, DeWitt Cheng
• Elk Grove Artists - Inaugural ARTSbeat Art Fair and Competition, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, David Peterson
• Big Names, Small Art, Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Pence Gallery, All Things Wicked, Davis, CA, Curated by Eileen Hendren
• Celebration of Life, Gallery 1855, Davis, CA; 9th Annual Non-Juried Group Exhibit
• Pence Gallery, Annual Art Auction, Davis, CA 
• Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA; Preview Exhibition for 2018 Sac Open Studios

COLLECTIONS:

• Sacramento City College, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Point Reyes, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Assistant, Sacramento City College – Davis Campus, Sacramento, CA (course: Beginning and Advanced Watercolor, Spring 2017 with Professor David Lobenberg)
• Assistant, American River College, Sacramento, CA (course: Beginning Watercolor, Fall 1990 with Professor Gary Pruner)
• Private Instruction

CURATION:

February 2020: Watercolor Masters - Landscape; Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA; Masters: Barbara Nechis, Carolyn Lord, Dale Laitinen and Juan Pena. Curators: Allison Spreadborough and Jennifer Tachera https://www.efgallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=13077&event=Watercolor+Masters%3A+Landscape

https://americanwatercolor.net/four-takes-on-california-regionalism/

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Signature Member Status: California Watercolor Association 2024

California State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibit – Cal EXPO, AWARD OF MERIT, Sacramento, CA 2025

Third Place Award-Quick Draw: The Lost Sierra's 1st Annual Plein Air Art Festival, Quincy, CA; Juror Kimball Geiser, Vice President of Plein Air Painters of America 2022

 

First Place Award: Gualala Arts Inaugural Plein Air Affair,  Judges: Gail Wight and Joe Ferriso; Gualala, CA 2022

 

Third Place Award, California Watercolor Association (CWA); Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA;     Members Exhibit; Juror, Karen Frey; Robin Purcell, Juror of Awards 2021

 

Jurers Award: Art Farm Juried Exhibition/Silent Auction; Juror, Natalie Nelson, Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA 2021

 

Jurers Award: PBS KVIE Juried and Televised Art Auction, Sacramento, CA; Miles Hermann, Juror of Landscape Awards 2021

 

Elk Grove Artists – 2019 Art Extravaganza Fair and Exhibit, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, Telagio Baptista 2019

 

Elk Grove Artists - Inaugural ARTSbeat Art Fair and Competition, Elk Grove, CA; HONORABLE MENTION; Judge, David Peterson 2018

 

Artist in Residence: O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA in July 2022 https://www.ohanloncenter.org/artists-in-residence/ 2022

 

Artist in Residence: Pond Farm - California State Park Recreation Area, Guerneville, CA in May 2019 https://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/pond-farm-artist-residency 2019

 

Artist in Residence: Limantour Lodge, Point Reyes NS, CA in February 2025

https://www.limantourlodge.com/

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Print: California Watercolor Association, 53rd National Exhibition Catalog 2023, page 16

Print: California Watercolor Association, 52nd National Exhibition Catalog 2022, page 17

Print: One Hundred Years, One Hundred (and Twenty) Artists, An Exhibition Featuring Seven Decades of Sacramento City College Art Alumni, 2016

Online:  Administrator and Creator of “California Watercolor Artists”, a Facebook Group est. 2015: https://www.facebook.com/groups/871398396245748/

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Sacramento State University, American River College, and Sacramento City College. Also, multi-day watercolor master workshops

 

2012   Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology, National University, La Jolla, CA