BORN: Kenya, East Africa 1953

EDUCATION:
1982 MA, California State University, San Francisco, California
1978 BFA , University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005 "Allusions and Variations", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA
2003 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999 "New Drawings By Stephen Namara", Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1997 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1994 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
        Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1992 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
        Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 Fairfield Art Center, Fairfield, California
1990 Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
        Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, California
1988 Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
1986 Shenandoah Gallery, Sacramento, California
1981 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 “Drawings VII”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2002 "Drawings VI" Koplin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2001 "New Works on Paper," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
        "Storytellers: The Figure in Time and Place," San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2000 "Drawings V," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
1998 "Drawings IV", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 "Drawn Conclusions", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
        "Hand, Eye, Heart, Mind: Figurative Drawings", Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
        "National Drawing Invitational Exhibition", The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1995 "Eight Artists, Eight Views of the Figure", Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
        "American Color: a Late 20th Century Perspective", Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
        American Color: a Late 20th Century Perspective", Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California
        "In the Black", Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
1994 "Slice of Life: Contemporary Still Life's", Riverside Art Museum, California
        "Out of Africa: Beyond Tradition", Opts. Art, San Francisco, California
        "Drawing the Line", Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California
        "Lyricism & Light", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1993 "Drawings III", Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1992 "Drawings II", Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
        "Encaustics", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
        "Drawings II", Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1984 "The Point Gallery", Hunters' Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California
1983 Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Australia
1982 "Statements in Art '82", Cupertino, California
        "Beyond Words 2", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1981 "Approaches to Reality", Lithographs by Bay Area Artists, Kaiser Center Gallery, Oakland, CA
        "California Drawing & Watercolor Survey", Humboldt Cultural Center, Arcata, CA,
          Awarded Best of Show
        "California Painting", Art Link Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jane Ayres, "Waxing Artistic", Peninsula Times Tribune, March 6, 1992, Section F
Jan Eldridge, "Drawing on the Brain's Right Side", Fairfield Times, September 2, 1991
Anne Telford, "Stephen Namara", Northern California Home & Garden, November 1988, p. 37-39
Coleen Bondy, "For the Sake of Art", Merced Sun-Star, Feb. 2, 1990 p. 46
Magri, Ken, "Shenandoah Gallery: A Gem in the Foothills", On the Wing, February 1987

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR