Derek Bencomo

b. 1962, Torrance, California

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Bishop Museum, The Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts, Honolulu, HI
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
State Historical Foundation of Culture and Arts, Honolulu, HI
Texas State Bank, McAllen, TX
University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005              A Nation of Enchanted Form: Woodturning Artists across North America, AAW,
                                St. Paul, MN
2004              Celebrating Nature: Craft Tradition/ Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art                                 Museum, Los Angeles, CA
                      Hawaii Craftsmen State Exhibition, Honolulu, HI, Award of Excellence
                      Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan Art
                                Museum, Ann Arbour, MI
                                Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
                                Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2003              Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
                      Solo Exhibition: New Work, Maui Crafts Guild, Paia, Maui, HI
                      Collectors of Wood Art, Santa Fe, NM
2002-05         Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawaii, Inaugural Exhibition, Hawaii State Art                                 Museum, Honolulu, HI
2002              Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                      Across the Grain: North American Woodturning Since 1930, The Smithsonian                                 Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
                      Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
                      Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington                                 Arts Center, Arlington, TX
                      First Hawaiian Contemporary Museum: Solo Exhibition, Honolulu Contemporary                                 Museum, Honolulu, HI
2001-02         Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
                                The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
                                Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
                                Yale University Art Museum & Wood Turning Center, New Haven, CT
2001              Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                      Out on a Limb, Wood Turning and Carving Invitational, Vermont State Craft Center,                                 Burlington, VT
                      Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
                      Collectors of Wood Art Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2000              The Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1999              The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, Fine Art Museum of
                                San Francisco; M. H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1997-98         Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection,
                                American Craft Museum, New York, NY
                                McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
                                Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
                                The Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA