Deladier Almeida

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis.
Art Studio. June 1990.
Studied with Roy de Forest, David Hollowell,
Roland Petersen, Wayne Thiebaud.

Additional figurative instructors include:
Scott Burdick, Gregg Kreutz, Robert Liberace, David Lefell,
Geremy Lipking, Michael Shane Neal and Carl Samson, among others.

EVENTS

2010

May 21 - 23
San Francisco Fine Art Fair
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA
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May 7 - 24
New Mexico landscapes
Solo exhibition at the Blue Rain Gallery, in Sant Fe NM.
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April 26 - June 26
Interiors: Still Life & Interior Landscapes
Collective exhibition at the Knowlton Gallery, in Lodi CA.
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March 30 - April 9
Ongoing figure study work in London and Paris.

March 24 - April 24
8th Annual California Landscape Exhibition
Solo exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.
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February 24 - March 20
The Art of Painting in the 21th Centuy
Conference and collective exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.
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January 20 - 24
Fine Art Dealers Association Los Angeles Art Show
Los Angeles CA
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January and Februay
Winter Workshops.
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2009

October 28 - November 28
New Paintings
Solo exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.
Artist's Reception October 30, from 7pm to 10pm
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October 30, 31
Figure painting workshop
Winters CA
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August 25 - September 26
Waterways - Landscapes from the Sacramento Delta
Group exhibit at the Knowlton Gallery, in Lodi CA.

June 12, 13
Figure Study Workshop
Santa Fe School of Art, Santa Fe, NM.

May 15 - July 15
Paintings of the Delta
Solo exhibition at Senator Lois Wolk's Office,
California State Capitol, Room 4032.

March 4 - April 24
7th Annual California Landscape Exhibition
Sacramento and Napa Valley Landscapes
Solo exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.

2008

June 21
Plein air painting demonstration at the Farm on Putah Creek, in Winters CA.

May 28 - July 3
Geometry of Occupation
Solo exhibition of landscape paintings at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.

May 28 - July 3
6th Annual California Landscape Exhibition
at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.

March 3
One week in North Carolina painting with Scott Burdick.

February 2 and 3
Alla Prima portrait painting workshop at the Pence Gallery, in Davis CA.

2007

July 21
Plein air painting demonstration at Bear Flag Farm, in Winters CA.

July 14
One day Figure Study workshop at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis CA.

2007 Sacramento Valley Landscape Conference
Solo show running concurrently with collective exhibition.
May 30 through August 11, 2007.

June 2007
Engaged to paint portrait of Brazilian Minister of Culture, the musician Gilberto Gil.

Figure Studies
Solo show in conjunction with the Annual Figuration
Exhibition held at the John Natsoulas Gallery, in Davis.
January 31 through February 24, 2007.

2006

New portraits
Solo exhibition at the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts.
Portraits of artists, art historians and patrons of the arts.
November 29 through December 30, 2006.

2006 Sacramento Valley Landscape Conference
Solo show running concurrently with collective exhibition.
June 28th through August 21st 2006.

Portrait of Mr. Morgan Flagg unveiled at the
De Young Museum, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
March 11, 2006. San Francisco.

Portraits and Figures
Solo exhibition at the Dharma Studio.
Coconut Grove, Florida. January/March, 2006.

2005

Portrait of Gregory Kondos featured in the Kondos retrospective.
December, 2005, at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Commissioned to paint two full size portraits of soccer legend Pele.
Destined for the collection of the Pele Museum
and for the private collection of Mr. Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Santos, Brazil. November, 2005.

2005 Sacramento Valley Landscape Conference
Co-curated by John Natsoulas and Don Hagerty.
July 23rd through August 2005.

"What is Realism?" Collective exhibition of international
figurative painters at the Albemarle Gallery. London, UK.
Curated by Edward Lucie-Smith.
From July 14 through September 3, 2005.

Chosen to represent California's Fifth District in the
California Contemporary Art Collection exhibit.
On display 2005/2006 at the California State Capitol, in Sacramento.

Best of Show in the 2005 Crocker-Kingsley exhibition: California's Biennial.
The Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, California.
Judged by Mel Ramos. To see the winners, click here.

2004

Finalist in the Portraits' category of the 2004 Artist's Magazine competition.
As in 2003, works were selected from over 13,000 entries worldwide.
Winners featured in the December 2004 issue of the magazine.
Judged by Nelson Shanks.

2004 Sacramento Valley Landscape Conference
Co-curated by John Natsoulas and Don Hagerty.
July through August at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

2003

Third place winner in the Portraits' category of the Artist's Magazine juried
competition 2003. Works selected from over 13,000 entries worldwide.
Winners featured in the December 2003 issue of the magazine.
Judged by John Howard Sanden.

Special Mention with 2 paintings at the 2003 awards show
of the Southern California chapter of the American Society
of Portrait Artists. Laguna Hills, California.

Finalist at the 2003 awards show of the Northern California
chapter of the American Society of Portrait Artists.
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California.

Finalist at the San Diego Art Institute's 46th International Awards
exhibition in 2003. Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

People's Choice Award winner at the 41st Annual Juried
Art Show of the Fairfield Visual Arts Association. 2003/2004.
Fairfield, California.

First place winner at the annual Society of Western Artists'
exhibition in 2003. Manchester Center, Fresno, California.