Summary Biography & Exhibitions
Education
University of California, Berkeley B.A. in Art 1943
University of California, Berkeley M.A. in Art 1945
San Francisco Art Institute, Additional Study 1948
Professional Experience
Professor Emeritus, Art Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1986-2001
Professor of Art, Art Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1947-1986
Chairman, Art Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1951-1972
Instructor in Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1947-1951
Instructor & Lecturer in Art, University of California at Berkeley, CA 1946-1947
Taussig Traveling Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley (Mexico/New York) 1945-1946
United States Naval Reserve 1943-1944
Exhibitions – Solo
Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996
Holbrook Gallery, Lewiston, ID 1990
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1988
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1987
WSU Museum of Art, Pullman, WA 1986
Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 1982
Gallery 76, Wenatchee, WA 1980
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1979
Mushroom Gallery, Spokane, WA 1979
Nica Gallery, Pullman, WA 1979
University of Idaho Gallery, Moscow, ID 1969
Washington State University Gallery, Pullman, WA 1968
Art Center, Wenatchee, WA 1967
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1966
Picture House Gallery, Walla Walla, WA 1961
Exhibitions – Two Person
Mushroom Gallery, Spokane, WA 1984
Carnegie Center, Walla Walla, WA 1975
Exhibitions – Three Person
First National Bank, Spokane, WA 1967
Exhibitions – Four Person
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1954
Exhibitions – Selected Group
Washington State University Department of Fine Arts
Retrospective, Showing Off for 50 Years, Pullman, WA 1996
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA 1994
Vladivostok/Khabarosk, Russia 1993
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1993
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993
WSU Faculty Exhibition 1947-1994
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1990
North Central Washington Museum, Wenatchee, WA 1987
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1979/1981
Gordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA Aug. 1979/Oct. 1979/1981
Governor’s Invitational, Olympia, WA 1966-1970/1973-1975/1979/1981
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA 1960/1962-1964/1976/1978/1982
Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio 1964
Seattle World’s Fair, Seattle, WA 1962
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1958
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 1952-1954
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1948/1950-1962/1964-1966
Frye Museum, Seattle, WA 1956/1961/1963
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1946-1948/1950/1953
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA 1948/1950/1956/1960
Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA 1958
Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1949
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA 1947/1955
Gallery Affiliations
Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995-1999
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1982-1988
Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 1979-1984
Nica Gallery, Pullman, WA 1979-1993
Mushroom Gallery, Spokane, WA 1978-1985
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1966-1985
San Francisco Art Bank, San Francisco, CA 1950-1960
Served on numerous one-person and group Juries.
Awards
First Annual Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty
College of Sciences and Arts, Washington State University, May 10, 1986
Washington State University Distinguished Service Award, May 10, 1986
Governor’s Proclamation: “Keith Monaghan Appreciation Day”, May 10, 1986
Spokane Annual, Spokane, WA 1951/1954/1976
Washington State Annual 1963
Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA 1956-1958
Woessner Gallery, Seattle, WA 1955-1958
Spokane Art Center, Spokane, WA 1957
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1951/1954/1957
Frye Museum, Seattle, WA 1956
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1948
Publications
California Art Review
Who’s Who in American Art
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in the West
International Who’s Who in Art and Antiques
Numerous Regional Exhibition Publications & University Press
Collections
Numerous Private Collections (Listing available upon request)
Public and Corporate Collections include:
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Washington State University Art Museum, Pullman, WA
Washington State University Foundation Collection, Pullman, WA
Neil Public Library, Pullman, WA
Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Black and Company, Portland, OR
Idaho First Bank, Pocatello, ID
Harsch Investment Company, Portland, OR
US National Bank, Portland, OR
Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Portland, OR
Ranier Bank, Spokane, WA