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Education
1985-87 Boston University, Boston, MA
1980-83 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1977-79 Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Figurative Archetypes, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City Utah
2008    Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2006 Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Julie Nester Gallery, Park City Utah
2002 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also 96)
2001 Relief Sculpture: 1989 - Present,
St. Gregory of Nyssa Church, San Francisco, CA
1998 SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1997 Kurt Lidtke Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Introductions 1991, Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 The Altered Book: Artists Re-imagine the Book, Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
Old Stories, New Images, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Art of the Book, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Codex International Book Fair, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2007 Re-Covery, The Brighton Press, San Diego, CA
2006 The Figure, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah
2005 Hernandades Escultoricas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Summer Reading, Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spice Boxes, The Jewish Contemporary Museum, San Francisco, CA
2004 New Work Gallery Artists, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
Contemporary Perspectives, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Hearts In San Francisco, Selected Artists Outdoor Fundraiser, San Francisco, CA
Arcadia, SOMAR Gallery, Fundraiser, San Francisco, CA
2000 Hackett-Freedman Gallery Artists, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
Current Works SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1999 Fin de Siecle, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Select Works: Emerging and  Established Artists, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA  
Sculpture Walk, Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
1997 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Rim Sculptors, Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA
1996 Art Fair Miami '96, Miami Beach, FL
Sculpture Walk, Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Previews, Kurt Lidtke Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 The Gold Show, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1993 Crocker-Kingsley Annual Expo, Crocker Museum,
Sacramento, CA, award
Ancestors, College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CA
1992 Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Elena Baskin Art Center, U.C. Santa Cruz, CA
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, U.C. Santa Cruz, CA
1989 Group Show, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works of Hunter's Point Artists, The Art Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
East Meets West: San Francisco and New York Sculptors,
The Space, San Francisco, CA
Three Dimensional Reality, juried show, San Jose Art LeagueDowntown Gallery, CA
AIDS Day of Remembrance/Images of St. Sebastian, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
1987 S.F.A. Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
1986 S.F.A. Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Selected Bibliography:
2009 Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 27  “The Looks of Books”
2008 Artworks Magazine, Spring 2008, “Tor Archer Inner Life,” p. 51-6
2005 Diario de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico   “Los Huespedes Primero”
  Diario de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico   “Los Huespedes Primero”
2004 San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook 8/29/04 
"Heart monitor"  p. 21
2003 Artweek, News p.3 
"New Monumental Sculpture for Walnut Creek"
2002 Gallery Guide West Coast Edition, p. 37, photo
1996 Datebook image, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sep. 25
1995 Mayfield, Signe, The Gold Show, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA (catalog)
1994 Sherman, Ann Elliott, "3-D Explorations," Metro, August 11-17
1989 Brunson, Jamie, "Materiality to Deflect Deconstruction," Artweek, September 9, p. 9 (reproduction)
Hurley, Anne, "Group Vision," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 30, p. 29 (reproduction)
Mykleson, P., "Sebastian - Gay Cult Hero," San Francisco Sentinel, November 2, p. 19
Awards:
2009 People’s Choice Award, “Old Stories, New Images.” The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2003 Public Art Award, City of Walnut Creek, CA
  SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2001 SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1999 SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1994 Award of Merit,  California State Fair, Sacramento, CA

Tor Archer
San Francisco, CA
(415) 822-2826
tor@toracher.com

Representation:

Julie Nester Gallery
Park City, UT
www.julienestergallery.com

Donna Seager Gallery (The Art of the Book)
San Rafael, CA
www.donnaseagergallery.com

Michelle Bello Fine Art
Piedmont, Ca
(510) 655-5976