BORN
Arlington, Virginia, 1944
EDUCATION
San Jose State University, San Jose, California, M.A. Painting, 1972
San Jose State University, San Jose, California, B.A. Painting, 1969
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California, 1967
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
San Francisco State University, Professor of Art, (Painting and Drawing), 1994-Present
San Francisco State University, Associate Professor of Art, (Painting and Drawing), 1990-1994
San Francisco State University, Assistant Professor of Art, (Painting and Drawing), 1979‑1990
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Instructor in Art (Painting, Methods and Materials 1976‑78
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, Full‑time Instructor (Painting, Drawing, Methods and Materials, Figure Drawing), 1974‑77
Co‑Chairman, Fine Arts Department, Academy of Art College, 1976
Canada College, Redwood City, California, Part‑time Instructor (Painting, Color and Drawing),1972‑78
AWARDS
2003 Semester Leave With Pay, San Francisco State University
1996 Marin Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Painting
1993 Semester Leave With Pay, San Francisco State University
1990 President's Research and Professional Development Award-Mini-Grant, San Francisco State University
1990 Meritorious Performance Award, San Francisco State University, Creative Arts Department
1986 Meritorious Performance Award, San Francisco State University, Creative Arts Department
1974 San Francisco Art Commission Award of Merit
1972 San Jose State University Purchase Award
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
Poster design and drawing, North Beach Repertory Theater, San Francisco, 1989
Time, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, Business Week, Boise Cascade full page advertising illustrations, 1977‑78
Everon International, Package and game designs, 1977
Super 8 Film Maker, Literary illustrations, 1976
San Francisco City Magazine, Literary illustrations, 1975
Levi Strauss Co., Posters and trade journal illustrations, 1974‑75
Place, Literary illustrations and frontispieces, 1971‑73
Benziger Family Winery, Designed wine label for Imagery Estate Winery Artist Collection, 2004
COLLECTIONS
Over 200 private and corporate collections including:
DiRosa Preserve, Napa, California, Permanent collection, 1997
Levi Strauss, Amoco Productions, Apache International Communications, Syntex Corporation, Technology Glass Corp., Boise Cascade Corp., Texas Commercial
Bank and Benziger Imagery Estate Winery
Carnegie Library, Washington, D.C., Painting on display, 1983
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Permanent collection, 1983
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chosen Artist, 2004, Embellished 5’x6’ fiberglass heart object, Hearts In San Francisco Project for S.F. General Hospital Foundation
Guest Speaker, 2001 “Metarealistic Paintings and Drawings”, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, Art Department, San Jose State University
Featured Artist, 2001, Margy Boyd Art Tours, 35 person studio visit
Featured Artist, 2000, nextmonet.com, five color reproductions and an interview with the artist
Juror, 1997, California Society of Printmakers, "Printmaking: People and Processes"
Juror, 1997 Marin ala Carte, Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Juror, "1996 Regional Canvas", PROARTS, Oakland, California
Juror, "Creative Hands III"' Isla Center for the Arts, Mangilao, Guam, 1996 Guest Speaker, "Dreamscapes", University of Guam
Juror, "Annual Student Exhibition", De Anza College, Cupertino, California, 1995
Guest Speaker, "Art of Memory", Art Dept., Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Valey, California 1995
Guest Speaker, "Docent Overview", Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 1994
Featured Artist, ZIP ZAP, an Internet e-zine, Reproduced 12 paintings from digitized reproductions of artworks, audio interview, biography and statement put on line on the world wide web for six months 1994-95, http://zipzap.com
Guest Speaker, Art Department Graduate 2-D Seminar, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1993
Guest Speaker (Six person panel), "Some Painters on Painting: The Process and the Private Dialogue", College Art Association 1993 Annual Conference, Seattle
Juror, "California State University Summer Arts Program", Chancellor's Office, Long Beach, 1993
Guest Speaker (Seven person panel), "The Art of Teaching Art", Goethe Institute, San Francisco, California, 1992
Guest Speaker, "CSU Summer Arts", Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1992
Donated embellished umbrella to auction, "Shelter Ball", Florence Crittenton Services, San Francisco, California, 1991
Guest Speaker, Art Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1991
Juror, "Annual Student Art Exhibition", Art Dept., De Anza College, Cupertino, California,1991
Guest Speaker, Art Department, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1991
Solo critique of student artworks, afternoon workshop, Art Department, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1991
Exhibition designer and coordinator, annual MFA exhibit, Art Department, San Francisco State University; Arranged for all facets of this exhibit of several each works by 25 students in a 25,000 square feet raw industrial space, 1991
Guest Speaker for "Gallery Talk", de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, 1990
Guest Speaker, Santa Clara University Alumni Association, 1990
Guest Speaker (four person panel), "Contemporary Myth Making", Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California, 1990
Volunteer Art Instructor, "Charcoal Drawing", Doelger Senior Center, Daly City, California,Instructed class three hours weekly for six months, Spring, 1990 & 1991
Visiting Artist & Guest Speaker, Weekend workshop "Developing Collage Techniques Humboldt State University Art Department, 1988
Guest Speaker, Art Department, Sonoma State University, 1988
Video Oral History, Bay Area Video Coalition, one hour video interview at artist's studio, 1988
Guest Speaker, Art Program, Sacred Heart Preparatory, Menlo Park, California, 1987
Advisory Board Member, Southern Exposure Gallery, Project Artaud, San Francisco, California, 1987‑89
Guest Speaker, SFSU Photo Guild, San Francisco State University, 1986 & 1987
Guest Speaker, School of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1986
Juror, College of Marin, Student Art Show, Ross, California 1986
Juror, San Francisco State University Student Art Show, Art Rise Gallery, San Bruno, California 1986
Transparencies used for stage sets, "Woyzeck", Phoenix Theatre, San Francisco, 1986
Juror (with Arthur Okamura) "Bay Area Seen II", San Francisco, California 1986
Guest Speaker, Falkirk Community Cultural Center, San Rafael, California 1986
Guest Speaker (with Joan Brown) for North. Calif. Art Critics Guild, "Bay Area Art Careers", 1986
Countywide Juror, San Mateo County Arts Council Annual Competition, 1985 & 1986
Micro parts and mold fabrication on roto-craft with Ken R. Shoulders, inventor, Woodside, California, 1973‑74
Electronics Technician, United Airlines, San Francisco, 1966‑67
USMC Electronics School, San Diego, California, 1963
EXHIBITIONS
2003 Solo Exhibition, “Acts of Legerdemain and Faith”, gescheidle Gallery, Chicago
2003 Group Show, “Branch Out”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Solo Exhibition, “Inconsistency of Conclusion”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Solo Exhibition, “Paintings and Drawings by Paul Pratchenko”, Gallery at the Geary, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
2002 Eight Person Show, “Magician’s Day Off and Other stories”, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
2001 Solo Exhibition, “Paul Pratchenko: Metarealistic Paintings and Drawings”, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, School of Art and Design, San Jose State University
2001 Group Show, “Storytellers - the figure in time and place”, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2001 Group Show, “Human Rights Campaign Auction”, Saint Francis Hotel, San Francisco
2001 Group Show, “Hospice Mask Project”, VNA & Hospice of Northern California
2000 Group Show, “Art Department Faculty Show”, San Francisco State University
2000 Group Show, “Gallery Artists”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
2000 Group Show, “Hospice Mask Project”, VNA & Hospice of Northern California
2000 Solo Exhibition, “New Work”, Braunstein/ Quay Gallery, San Francisco
2000 and 1999, Group Show, San Francisco International Art Exposition, single work displayed
1999 Group Show, “Angels and Apparitions: A Masque for the Millennium”, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
1999 Group Show, “25th Anniversary Celebration; Art Raffle’, Pro Arts, Oakland, California
1999 Group Show, “New Space-New Work”, Braunstein/ Quay Gallery
1998 Solo Exhibition, “Geometric Superimpositions”, Braunstein/ Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Group Show, “Benefit Auction, Hospitality House”, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Group Show, Benefit Auction, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery
1997 Group Show, "West Coast Painting and Sculpture, 1997", Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
1997 Group Show, "Viva", 30 Year anniversary show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1997 Group Show, "Granted", Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, California
1997 Group Show, "Marin Arts Council Grant Recipients", Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California
1996 Group Show, California College of Arts And Crafts Art Auction, Oakland, California
1996 Group Show, 11th Annual Art Auction, Hospitality House, San Francisco
1996 Group Show, Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery
1996 Solo Exhibition, "Dreamscapes", Twenty one paintings, Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
1995 Solo Exhibition, “Ten paintings”, Student Union Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1995 Group Show, "Zen Center art auction", Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
1995 Group Show, "Paper View", Cohen Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1995 Group Show, Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery
1995 10th Annual Art Auction, Hospitality House, San Francisco
1995 Solo Exhibition, "Recent Work", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1995 Solo Exhibition, "Art of Memory", Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Valley, California
1995 Group Show, "The Figure", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
1994 Group Show, Benefit Auction Children's Italian Outreach Program, Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, California
1994 Group Show, "Art Los Angeles 94", Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles
1994 Group Show, "Dream Riddle", Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
1994 Group Show, "Art Is", McPherson Center for Art and History, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, California
1994 Group Show, "All Creatures Great and Small", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
1994 Group Show, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, California
1994 Group Show, "Syntex, 50 Years", Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1993 Group Show, "Pro Arts Auction", Pro Arts, Oakland, California
1993 Group Show, "15th Anniversary Exhibition", The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Group Show, "Paperworks by Gallery Artists and Others", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1993 Group Show, "Collage", Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco
1993 Group Show, "The Return of the Cadavre Exquis", The Drawing Center, New York, New York
1993 Group Show, "An International Gathering of Angels", Sheraton Pallace Hotel, San Francisco
1993 Group Show, "Contemporary Landscape Artists", Holmes Fine Art, San Jose, California
1992 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1992 Group Show, "500 Years Since Columbus", The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
1992 Group Show, "Working on Paper", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 Group Show, "Boxes: A celebration of the box as an artform", California Crafts Museum, Ghiradelli Square, San Francisco
1991 Solo Exhibition, forty works, Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
1991 Group Show, "For Better of for Worse: Artist's Views on Romance", Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California
1991 Group Show, "Hospitality House 6th Annual Art Auction", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
1991 Group Show, "San Francisco Art Institute Auction 1991", San Francisco
1991 Group Show, "Coming Attractions", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1991 Group Show, four works, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
1991 Group Show, "Surrealist Salon", Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco
1990 Group Show, "Seventh Annual SFAI Auction", San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1990 Group Show, "Holiday Group Exhibition", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1990 Solo Exhibition, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
1990 Six Person Show, "Personal Mythologies and Poignant Moments", Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
1990 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1990 Group Show, "Lines of Force", National Poetry Association, Pier 2 Fort Mason, San Francisco
1989 Group Show, "Art Against Aids", Butterfield & Butterfield Warehouse, San Francisco
1989 Group Show, "Landscape Visions", California State University, Office of the Chancellor, Long Beach, California
1989 Group Show, "Hospitality House 4th Annual Art Auction", John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1989 Group Show, "For the Birds...birdhouses by artists", San Jose State University Art Galleries, San Jose
1989 Group Show, "Braunstein Gallery Artists", Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
1989 Group Show, "Moonlight Masquerade", San Francisco Art Institute, (donated mask), San Francisco
1988 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1988 Group Show, "Humboldt Painting", Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, California
1988 Group Show, "Collections '88", San Francisco State University Student Union
1988 Group Show, "Jesse Jackson Art Auction", Hatley‑Martin Gallery, San Francisco
1988 Group Show, "The Dog Show", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1987 Four Person Show, "Visual Comment", Art Corridor, Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo Park, California
1987 Group Show, "Surreal Ecstasy", Colorbox Gallery, San Francisco
1987 Group Show, Penryn Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1987 Group Show, "Fantastic Vision", Simard‑Halm Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 Group Show, "The Artist and the Myth", Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California
1986 Group Show, "Hotel Project", 1640 7th Street, Oakland, California
1986 Group Show, "South Africa-State of Emergency", Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco
1986 Group Show, "Bay Area Seen II", Hall of Flowers, San Francisco Arts Council of San Mateo County, San Mateo, California
1986 Group Show, "KPFA Midsummer Auction", Berkeley, California
1986 Creative Growth Art Center Auction, Creative Growth, Oakland, California
1986 Group Show, "Beyond the Real", University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
1986 Group Show, "Content Art: Contemporary Issues", Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
1986 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1986 Three Person Show, "Three Contemporary Surrealists", Falkirk Community Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
1985 Group Show, "Content Art: Contemporary Issues", Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985 Group Show, "Between Science and Fiction", Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1985 Four Person Show, "Fantastic", Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
1985 Group Show, "Contemporary Art, 30,000 B.C. to the Present", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1985 Group Show, "Bay Area Seen", Hall of Flowers, San Francisco
1985 Group Show, "Coming Attractions, Gallery Artists", Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1985 Group Show, "100 Vows...Surrealist Art", Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
1985 Group Show, "Science Fiction San Francisco", Otis‑Parsons Institute, Los Angeles
1985 Group Show, "Artists Against Apartheid", Western Addition Cultural Center, San Francisco
1979, 81, 85 Group Show, "Faculty Art Show", San Francisco State University
1985 Group Show, "Art Collectors In and Around Silicon Valley", Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
1985 Group Show, "Artists Valentines", San Francisco Art Institute
1984 Group Show, "Small Packages", San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1984 Group Show, "West Coast Artists", Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1984 Group Show, "Science Fiction San Francisco", San Francisco Art Commission Gallery Clock Tower, New York, New York
1984 Group Show, "A Peace Palette", at Vision of America at Peace, San Francisco Trade Show Center
1984 Group Show, "Human Form: Prismatic Color", Hotel Meridien, San Francisco
1984 Group Show, "Contemporary Surrealism", Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
1984 Group Show, "Crime and Punishment", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
1984 Group Show "Inside Out", Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1983 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1982 Solo Exhibition, Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1981 Group Show, "Visionary Art", Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1981 Group Show, "Braunstein Gallery 20th Anniversary Show", San Francisco
1981‑85 Group Show, Chicago Art Fair at Navy Pier, Chicago
1980 Solo Exhibition, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1979‑85 Group Shows, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco
1979 Solo Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
1979 Group Show, "Humor in Art", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1979 Group Show, "Acquisitions", Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1979 Group Show, "Memberobilia", Works Gallery, San Jose, California
1978 Solo Exhibition, Pyramid Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1978 Group Show, Museum of the Southern Alleghenies, Loretto, Pennsylvania
1978 Group Show, "Contemporary California Artists", Marshall‑Myers Gallery, San Francisco
1978 Group Show, "The Continuous Thread", College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California
1978 Group Show, "A.K.A.", Works Gallery, San Jose
1977 Three Person Show, "Works on Paper", Marshall‑Myers Gallery, San Francisco
1977 Two Person Show, "Acrylic Paintings", San Jose Museum of Art
1977 Group Show, "Three Allegorical Painters", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1976 Faculty Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco
1975 Solo Exhibition, "Ten Year Survey", Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1973-74 San Francisco Art Commission Annual Group Show
1973 Solo Exhibition, "Surrealism", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1972 Solo Exhibition, "Rabbit City", San Jose State University
1971 Solo Exhibition, Plowshare Bookstore, Palo Alto, California
PUBLICATIONS
2004 San Francisco Chronicle, August 8, p.15 Datebook, “Celebrating Power of Three”, B&Wphoto with artwork and three paragraph statement
2004 San Francisco Magazine, July, p. 3. Color photo with Hearts in S. F. donated artwork
2003 READER (Chicago), 5 September, Vol. 32, No.49, p.31, Section 2, B&W Reproduction
2003 Nob Hill Gazette, June Issue, Color Cover image of the painting “Sunset”, 2001
2001 New American Paintings, Volume 37, p.114-117 The Open Studios Press, December/
January Issue, Color reproductions, Statement, Brief resume and Photo (selected by Lisa Dennison, Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)
2000 The Sciences, “Quanta: Percent Sightings”, Sept/Oct Issue, p.8, Color reproduction
1998 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, Catalog, Color reproduction, p.7
1997 Humor In Art, Nicholas Roukes, Davis Publications, Color reproduction on p. 99, Color reproduction on p. mp.xii
1995 Looking Good In Color, Gary Priester, Ventana Press, reprint two color images rendered in Photostyler
1994 "Art Los Angeles", Catalog, International Contemporary Art Fair, p.62, listing
1994 "Dream Riddle", Catalog, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, p.8, B&W Reproduction and statement
1993 Two audio tapes available of Panel discussion, "Some Painters on Painting...",College Art Association Annual Conference, Seattle from Audio Archives, 3043 Foothill Blvd., La Crecenta, California , CAA Panel Participant.
1992 "500 Years Since Columbus", Catalog, The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California Color reproduction, p.14
1992 Artweek, "A Conversation with Paul Pratchenko and Enrique Chagoya", pp.10 & 11, February 20
1992 Santa Clara Valley Weekly, "Columbus Voyage: varying views", January 29, Cover reproduction
1989 "Art Against Aids", Catalog, American Foundation for AIDS Research, p.148, color reproduction
1989 "Landscape Visions", Catalog, California State University Office of the Chancellor, p.42, B&W reproduction and biography
1989 Apache Communications International, Legend of Atlantis, Vol. 1, #1, Back page four color reproduction
1988 AHP Perspective, November Issue, Cover reproduction
1988 San Francisco Magazine, p. 43, May 1988, Color reproduction and biography
1988 Intersci, Journal of the School of Science, SFSU, Spring 1988, Cover reproduction
1987 "The Artist and the Myth", Catalog, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey
1987 Brutus, 12/1 (Japanese Issue) p. 176
1986 Expo-See, Spring Issue #19, "Art Survivalists"
1985 18th Bienal de Sao Paulo, "Catalogo Geral", p. 187
1985 Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-80, Thomas Albright, University of California Press, pp. 305 & 306.
1985 "Fantastic", Catalog, B&W reproductions and biography, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington
1985 Leonardo, #17, Number 4, p. 248, "Surrealism, An Alternative Approach", Michael S. Bell, B&W and reference
1985 "Narrative Imagism and the Figurative Tradition in Northern California Painting", Whitney Chadwick, Art Journal, College Art Association of America, B&W reproduction and reference, Winter Vol. 45, No. 4, p. 311.
1985 Leonardo, #17, Number 2, p. 138, Editorial Letters
1985 Art Collectors In and Around Silicon Valley, "An Artist's View of Collecting", essay and B&W photos by Paul Pratchenko (ISBN #84‑73499)
1985 Metro, The City Magazine, Portland, Oregon, March 1985, p. 30, Lead quote for the article
1985 Processed World, #12, Winter 84‑85, B&W reproduction center page
1984 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art permanent collection catalog
1984 "San Francisco Science Fiction", Catalog, B&W reproduction, short biography and statement, San Francisco Art Commission
1984 Frank Magazine, #3, Fall 1984, "Science Fiction San Francisco", p. 10, Susan Arick interview including Paul Pratchenko
1984 "Crime and Punishment", Catalog, Color reproduction and brief resume, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey
1984 "West Coast Artists", Catalog, B&W reproduction and brief resume, The Alternative Museum, New York
1983 San Francisco Business Journal, September 5, Michael Ketcher, "Mixed Performance by Collectibles", p. 201
1983 Leonardo, December, Volume 16, Number 4, "Painting and Drawing as Manifestations of Visual Perceptions", Paul Pratchenko. One color and nine B&W reproductions, 4,000 word article on author's artwork
1982 Graphic Illustration, Marta Thoma, Spectrum Books, Plate 11, Color reproduction
1981 "Braunstein Gallery Twentieth Anniversary", Catalog, B&W reproduction
1981 "Visionary Art", Catalog, Color reproduction and biography, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center
1981 Institute of Noetic Sciences Newsletter, Volume 9, #1, Unauthorized B&W reproductions; also Volume 10, #2, 1982
1980 Chic Magazine, December, Review of Dream Riddles with color reproductions
1979 Dream Riddles, The Artwork of Paul Pratchenko, Simon and Schuster, ISB #0‑671‑24722‑0
1979 57th Art Director's Annual, Reproduction of advertisements
1979 Boise Cascade Quarterly, Photo and biography
1978 Visual Dialog, Fall, "Eccentricity in Art", John Hunter
1975 Graphis, Art Direction, Print and Communication Arts, magazines, reproductions of Levi's posters
REVIEWS
2003 Art in America, June, “Paul Pratchenko at Braunstein Gallery”, Mark Van Proyen, pp.132 & 133, Color reproduction
2001 San Jose Mercury News, “Bay Area Artists Get Exhibits”, Fall Arts Preview, Sunday September 2
1997 Oakland Tribune, "Berkeley Art Center Retrospective...", June 10, Jolene Thym, B&W reproduction
1997 Marin Independent Journal, "Art Awards", Calendar section, January 5, p.D5, B&W reproduction
1996 Pacific Daily News, "Dreamscapes as Surrealism", January 25, p.28 Lifestyle section, Judy M. Woytowich, article and B&W reproductions
1996 Triton's Call, University of Guam Newspaper, "Dreamscapes", Back page p.12, February 15, Bonnie Hildenbrandt, Interview and reproductions
1995 Artistwriter, "Pratchenko's Magic Non-sequiturs", Cover pp. 1-3, Alfred Jan
1995 Artweek, "Northern California " Paul Pratchenko at Braunstein/ Quay", Mary Hull Webster, p.21, May
1994 Contra Costa Times, "To sleep, perchance to create great art", pp. 26, 27, 28, November 11, Carol Fowler
1994 Diablo Arts, December-February 1994-95, pp. 36-38, Ericka Lutz
1993 ARTSPACE, March/April, pp. 90-91, On the scene: San Francisco", Jamie Brunson and Mark Levy, 1/3 page review and B&W reproduction
1993 Visions Quarterly, Summer, pg. 4, "Paul Pratchenko at Braunstein/Quay", Alfred Jan
1992 Museum of Modern Art, Events Calendar, July-August, B&W reproduction
1992 Silicon Valley Visitor's Guide, January, "500 Years Since Columbus", 1/2 page reproduction
1992 Art-Talk, In The Galleries", pg. 37, November, review and B&W 1/2 page reproduction
1992 Artweek, "Constant Nature", Terri Cohn, pp.32 & 33, December 3, Color reproduction p.32
1991 The Milwaukee Journal, Pp. 1 and 8, Entertainment Section, Sunday, February 10, "California painter proves a trickster at Oshkosh", James Auer, Color and B&W reproductions
1991 The Oshkosh Northwestern, 31 January, p. 15, "Art examines life in nuclear age", Color reproduction
1990 Artweek, "Life in Abstracted Spaces", Michael M. Floss, pp.10 & 11, 27 September 1990
1990 Artweek, Black and White 1/4 page reproduction, p.2, May 17
1990 Santa Clara Review, Color cover reproduction, Vol. 77, No. 3, Spring 1990
1990 Contra Costa Times, "Darkness dominates in `Mythologies'", Carol Fowler
1990 The Santa Clara Magazine, May 3, p.6, "Paul Pratchenko paintings on exhibit at DeSaisset", Antonia Hannon
1990 Santa Clara Valley Weekly, "Landscapes", p.7, Peggy Frantzis
1990 Metro Magazine (San Jose), May 10-16, p.20, "World Views", Patricia Albers
1990 San Jose Mercury News, May 4, p.13E, "Art of Dreams", Dorothy Burkhart, B&W reproduction and review
1989 Art News, February, "Paul Pratchenko", San Francisco review, p. 158, Christine Tamblyn
1988 Artweek, November 19, "Questioning Reality's Structure", Maria F. Porges
1987 Monterey Sunday Herald, "Reading goes with looking...", November 1, p. 6D, Irene Lagorro, B&W reproduction
1987 Los Angeles Times, "La Cienega Area", July 24, p. 14, Part VI, William Wilson
1987 Palo Alto Times/Weekly, "Art with a Message", July 28, p. 21 & p. 4, Karen Croft
1986 Flash Art, Spring, "Reviews, San Francisco: Paul Pratchenko", p. 58, Alfred Jan
1986 San Francisco Examiner, July 15, "Provincialism Applied to Canvas", A‑8, Al Morch
1986 San Francisco Chronicle, July 28, "Time to Check Out Hotel Project", p. 51, Kenneth Baker
1986 Artweek, August 9, "Rooms with Views", Michael Leonard
1986 San Francisco Chronicle, October, "Curtain Calls," p. 62, Bernard Weiner
1986 San Francisco Examiner, February 10, "Paul Pratchenko's Surrealism", Al Morch
1986 Artweek, February 22, "Exhibitions", Michael Bell
1985 The Seattle Times, October 9, "...your next stop: The Twilight Exhibit", Deloris Tarzan B&W and reference.
1985 Everett Washington Herald, September 12, "Artists tripping light 'Fantastic' at Henry Gallery's current show", Ron Glowen
1985 Seattle Post‑Intelligencer, September 11, "'Fantastic': The Joke on the Viewer", Regina Hackett
1985 Artweek, April 27, "Too Many Muses", Joanne Burstein‑Hays, B&W and reference
1985 San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, Review Section, p. 12, "Art Collectors In and Around Silicon Valley", Cathy Curtis
1985 Phoenix, "Art Department Shows Its Stuff", February 21, Maria Gaura
1984 Arts Magazine, Summer 1984, "West of the Hudson: Regional Art on Exhibition in New York", Eleanor Heartney
1984 Artweek, October 20, "A View of Surrealism", Alfred Jan
1983 San Francisco Examiner, February 7, "Two Exhibits Make Light of Reality", Al Morch
1983 San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, "Two Artists...", Thomas Albright
1980 San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, "At the Galleries", Thomas Albright
1980 Oakland Tribune, September 30, "A Handsome Showing...", Charles Shere
1980 Artweek, September 27, "Metaphor and Substance", Norman Stieglemeyer
1979 The Peninsula Times Tribune, October 10, "Pratchenko: Forging His Own Way in Art", Stacey Moss
1978 Washington Star, March 26, "Californian Paul Pratchenko"
1978 Artweek, May 13, "The Continuous Thread", Peter Magnani
1978 Artweek, February 11, "Works on Paper", Judith Rohrer
1977 San Jose Mercury, December 16, "Artists Share Gallery", H.J. Weeks
1977 Westart, July 22, "Allegorical Painters"
1977 Oakland Tribune, August 14, "Art That Concentrates on the Figure", Charles Shere
1977 San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, "Allegorists Who Are Mystics", Alfred Frankenstein
1977 Berkeley Gazette, July 15, "Fantasy in Berkeley Show", Paul Allman
1976 Artweek, January 24, "Pratchenko, A Survey", Lynn Grant
1975 Palo Alto Times, December 15, "Dream World Reflected"
1972 San Jose Spartan, "C.U. Purchases Painting", Jacki Bressler