Artist List    Francis Celentano    Images  |  Bio BORN 1928, New York, NY EDUCATION Academy of Fine Arts, Rome 1958 New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, M.A. (Graduate School, Tuition Scholarship) 1954-1957 New York University, Washington Square College, B.A. 1949-1951 AWARDS National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Regional Fellowship in Painting 1990 Invitation to the International Seminar of Artists, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Madison, NJ 1965 Fulbright Scholarship in Painting, Rome 1958 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1990, 2004, 2007, 2010 Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR 2010 “Optical Paintings from the 1960s,” Jacobson Howard Gallery, NY, NY 2008 Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005 Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 2003 Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993, 1997 "Francis Celentano: Selected paintings 1954-1995," Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA and Safeco Mezzanine Gallery, Seattle, WA (40 year retrospective) 1995-1996 Whatcom Museum of History and Art (10 year retrospective), Bellingham, WA 1992 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986, 1989, 1991 "Celentano at Safeco: Paintings by Francis Celentano 1975-1990," Safeco Plaza, Seattle, WA 1990 Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Retrospective Exhibition, Portland, OR 1986 "Paintings by Francis Celentano," The Faculty Club, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1983 Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1983 Diane Gilson Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981, 1982 Glover Hayes Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1973, 1975, 1978 Western Gallery, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA 1971 Richard White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1969, 1971 Arlene Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1969 Mountainclair Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 1968 Seligman Gallery, Seattle, WA 1967 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1967 The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1966 Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY 1966 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY 1961 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1992, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 “Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH 2007 “After Image: Op Art of the 1960s,” Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 "Extreme Abstraction," Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 2005 “From the Collection," Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2003 “Variations of Abstractions,” City Spaces, Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA 2002 Dedication Exhibition of the New Safeco Redmond Campus, Redmond, WA 2002 “Three Eminent Northwest Artists,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 “Bygone Modern,” The Seattle Arts Commission and the Washington Convention and Trade Center, Convention Center, Seattle, WA 1999-2000 “Summer Harvest Celebration,” Jewish Family Service, Seattle, WA 1998 “Celentano et Rafferty-Nordal,” Cite International des Arts, Paris, France 1997 “Washington: 100 Years, 100 Paintings,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1995 “Introductions: Celentano and Slater,” Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 "Masterworks: Pacific NW Arts and Crafts Now," Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1991 "Contemporary Washington Art," National Governor's Association Annual Meeting, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, WA 1991 “Summer Group Exhibition,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1991 "Francis Celentano, William Slatter," Gorden Woodside/John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 “ART LA 90,” Western States Arts Federation Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA 1990 "Views and Visions in the Pacific Northwest," Seattle Art Museum 1990 "Poncho 1990 - A Crystal Ball for the Arts," Seattle, WA 1990 "Decade of Abstraction 1979-1989" (one of three featured artists), Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA 1989 The Third International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 1988 "Contemporary Survey: A Visible Presence in the Northwest," Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA 1988 "Off the Wall: Mixed Media Reliefs," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 "School of Art 1960-1975," Safeco Insurance Co., Safeco Plaza, Seattle, WA 1988 "School of Art 1975-1988," Safeco Insurance Co., Safeco Plaza, Seattle, WA 1988 "Before and After," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987 "The First Rainier Club Exhibition of Contemporary Northwest Art," Rainier Club, Seattle, WA 1987 "The 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair," Los Angeles, CA 1987 "Pacific Northwest Art Exposition," Seattle Trade Center, Seattle, WA 1987 "Bal Masque," Garden Court, Seattle Art Museum 1987 "Microsoft Art Exhibition," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA 1987 "Light," The NBBJ Group, Seattle, WA 1987 "Seattle Milk Fund Art Show," sponsored by Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987 "Poncho's 25th Anniversary Exhibition," Poncho Gallery, Seattle Art Museum 1987 "Focus: Seattle," San Jose Museum of Art, California 1987 "Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1986 "25th Anniversary," Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1986 "Drawing Power: Northwest Invitational Drawing Show," Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986 "Bumberbiennale: Seattle Painting 1925-1985," Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, WA 1985 "Extravaganza in Color," Viking Union Art Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham 1984 "Color Camouflage," Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 1984 "SIZE," Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA 1984 "Seattle Parks Centennial Exhibition," Waterfront Park, Seattle, WA 1984 "Surface, Material, Structure," Hodges/Banks Gallery, Seattle, WA 1984 "Color, Color, Color, Color," Henry Art Gallery, Rainier Square, Seattle, WA 1984 "The Northwest Collection," King County Admin. Bldg., Seattle, WA 1984 "Group Show of Gallery Artists," Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA 1983 "Contemporary Seattle Art," Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1983 "Bumberbiennale," Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA 1983 "Salon Des Refuses," Belltown Cafe, Seattle, WA 1983 "The Artist and the Air Brush," California State University, San Jose, CA 1982 "Invitational Exhibition," Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA 1982 "Color, Color, Color," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 1982 "Colorful Romances: A Spectrum," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981 "1981 Governor's Invitational," Olympia, WA 1981 "Portopia," Kobe, Japan 1981 "Art from Corporate Collections," Bellevue Art Museum, WA 1981 "National Mayors Conferences," Seattle Opera House 1980 "Northwest Artists: A Review," Seattle Art Museum 1980 "Contemporary Washington State Artists," Cranberry World Visitors Center, Plymouth, MA 1980 "First Western States Biennial Exhibition," University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA; The Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Normal, Il; The Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, NM; Denver Art Museum, CO; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; San Francisco Art Museum, CA 1979-1980 "Governor's Invitational Exhibition," Washington State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA 1979 "Invitational Exhibition," Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 1979 "Tenth Street Days: The Co-ops of the 50's," Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY 1977-1978 "Tenth Street Now," Landmark Gallery, New York, NY 1977-1978 "Northwest 77," Invitational Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum 1977 "Northwest Priorities," Seattle Art Museum 1976-1977 "Northwest Artists Today," Part II," Invitational Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum 1975-1976 "The Smith (College) Family Collects," Seattle Art Museum 1975 "Northwest Painters Invitational," Washington State Fine Arts Gallery, Pullman, WA 1975 "The Governor's Invitational Exhibition," State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA 1975 "Ourselves," And/Or Gallery, Seattle, WA 1975 "60th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists," Seattle Art Museum, juried exhibition 1974-1975 "Art of the Pacific Northwest," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Portland Art Museum, OR (catalog) 1974 "A Program to Encourage the Advancement of Environmental Art," sponsored by the Talcott Company, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY 1974 "New York Artists from West Broadway Gallery - Soho," Rundeturn, Copenhagen 1973 Three Man Show, West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1972 "Inaugural Exhibition," West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1972 "Inaugural Exhibition," Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Center, Seattle, WA 1972 "Movement, Optical Phenomena and Light," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1972 "Prints and Printmakers," The State of Washington Art Mobile 1971-1972 "Pacific Cities," Auckland City Art Museum, New Zealand (catalog) 1971 "The 73rd Western Annual," Denver Art Museum, CO 1971 "Art for Public Places," The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 1971 "Francis Celentano - Leroy Lamis," Tacoma Art Museum, WA 1970 "Celentano, Zarins, Husby," Richard White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1970 "Group Exhibition," Washington State VIP Lounge, World's Fair, Osaka, Japan 1970 "Prospect: Northwest and Prospect: U.S.A.," Seattle Art Museum 1969 "Arch over Nowhere - Thirteen West Coast Artists," Chico State College, CA 1969 "Art and Machines - Motion, Light and Sound," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 1969 “ ‘27’, 55th Northwest Annual Reject Show,” Richard White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1969 "Artists Abroad," Institute of International Education, Graham Gallery, New York, NY; travelling exhibit, University of California, Los Angeles; Denver Art Museum, CO; Chicago Arts Club, IL; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Miami-Dade Junior College, FL; Eastern Illinois University, Charleston; Canton Art Institute, OH (catalog) 1969-1971 "Plus by Minus: Today's Half Century," Second Buffalo Festival of the Arts Today, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalog) 1968 "Second Annual Invitational," Kent State University, OH 1968 "18th Annual Northwest Printmakers Exhibition," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; Cheney-Cowles Gallery, Spokane, WA; Honorable Mention (catalog) 1968 "Threshold 1967," Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1967 "Inaugural Exhibition," Phillip Johnson Library, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas (catalog) 1967 "Exhibition of Kinetic Art," University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1967 "The 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalog) 1967 "Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 1967 "Optical Art," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, travelling exhibit 1967 "Trends in Optical Art," The American Federation of the Arts and Institute of International Education, New York, NY, travelling exhibit 1966-1967 "The Responsive Eye," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; City Museum of St. Louis; Seattle Art Museum; Pasadena Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art (catalog) 1965 "Computer Art," Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY 1965 "International Artists Seminar," Farleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ; Riverside Museum, NY; Empire State Gallery, NY; Douglas College, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, NJ (catalog) 1965 "Kinetic and Optical Art Today," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalog) 1965 "The 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalog) 1965 "Debut," Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY 1964 "Motion and Movement," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH 1964 Two Man Show, Camino Gallery, New York, NY 1963 "Recent American Painting and Sculpture," Museum of Modern Art, New York, travelling exhibit 1961-1963 Two Man Show, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY 1960 "Fulbright Artists," Schneider Gallery, Rome 1958 COMMISSIONS Research and Development, Seattle Artists 1991 project, Seattle Arts Commission 1991 Penwest, Bellevue, WA 1988 Lincoln Mutual Savings Bank, Seattle, WA 1979 Physio-Control Building: Mural for reception area, Redmond, WA 1975-1976 Seattle Arts Commission: Mural for Seattle City Light, North Annex, Seattle, WA 1975-1976 Talcott Company: Painting for Computer Access Doors, New York, NY 1975-1976 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Competition: Mural for Port of Seattle 1971 State Highway Building, Olympia, WA: Painting 1970 Seattle Repertory Theater: Illustration for Program Notes, "Volpone" 1969 COLLECTIONS Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Art Management Planning, Denver, CO Bellevue Art Museum, WA Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA Columbia Broadcasting Company, New York, NY Davis Wright and Jones, Seattle, WA Decatur School District, Tacoma, WA Fairleigh-Dickinson University, Madison, NJ Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA FORMA, Design, Seattle, WA Frank Moore, Seattle, WA Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Institute of International Education, United Nations Plaza, New York, NY King County Arts Commission, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Mentor Graphics Corp., Beaverton, OR Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY New York University, New York, NY The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT Paccar, Bellevue, WA Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, WA Pease and Doces, Seattle, WA Penwest, LTD, Bellevue, WA Physio-Control Building, Redmond, WA-Commission Rainier Bank, Seattle, WA Riddell Williams, Seattle, WA Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Safeco Insurance Companies, Seattle, WA Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR Seafirst Bank Corp, Seattle, WA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA Seattle City Light, North Annex Building-Commission, Seattle, WA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport-Commission State Highway Building, Olympia, WA Stedlijk Museum, Schiedam, Holland Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA The HAY Group, Washington, DC Trammel Crow, Tulsa, OK University Hospital, Seattle, WA Utah State University, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, UT Washington State Convention & Trade Center Art Foundation, Seattle, WA Washington State Arts Commission for Five Public Schools Washington State Arts Commission for Pierce College, Tacoma, WA Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS Kangas, Matthew, “Francis Celentano: The Erotics of Op,” Relocations: Selected Art Essays and Interviews, New York, New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 2008, pp. 292-300 and pp. 25, 58, 84, 108, 109, 128, 132, 224, 446 Colman, David, “Artistic License,” Elle Decor, May 2008, Volume 19, Number 4 Speer, Richard, “Portland: Francis Celentano at Laura Russo,” art ltd. West Coast Art + Design, November 2007, p. 22 Speer, Richard, “Model Behavior,” Willamette Week, September 12, 2007, p. 65 “Pulse: Francis Celentano at The Laura Russo Gallery,” art ltd, September 2007, p. 99 Mattison, Robert, After Image: Op Art of the 1960s, Exhibition Catalog with color plates, JacobsonHoward Gallery New York, NY, 2007 The Laura Russo Gallery: Twenty Years, exhibition catalogue with color plates, 2006, pp. 22, 62 Row, D.K. “Show of Note,” The Oregonian, September 10, 2004, A& E p. 23 “View from the Galleries Should Be Exquisite,” Portland Tribune, September 10, 2004, pp. 1, 4 Lake, Eva, “Pearls Before Swine: Vanguard Art Roundup for September,” Vanguard, Portland State University, September 13, 2004, A & C p. 27 Bryant, E., Francis Celentano: Selected Paintings 1954-1995, exhibition catalog, SAFECO Insurance Co. and Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1995 Hackett, Regina, “Color Finally Sparked Celentano’s Op Art,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 20, 1995 Kangas, Matthew, “Celentano Exhibits Show the Evolution of an Abstract Pioneer,” The Seattle Times, Tuesday, March 14, 1995 Hackett, Regina, “A Movable Feast of Public Art,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 13, 1994 (color illus. of Seattle Arts Commission’s Celentano mural) Paintings selected for cover illustration of Citybank Annual Reports, Lynnwood, WA, 1993, 1994 Farr, S., "Painter's 'Fugitive' Works Captivate the Eye," The Bellingham Herald, Thursday, August 6, 1992 Rupp, J., Art in Seattle's Public Places (University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA) 1992 Hackett, Regina, "Artist’s Reality is a Mirage," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 17, 1991 Tarzan Ament, D., “Paintings by William Slater and Francis Celentano,” The Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 22, 1991 Smallwood, L., "Visual Arts: New Reviews," Seattle Weekly, May 22, 1991 Hackett, Regina, "Masterworks Exhibition Showcases Treasure from the Craft Arts," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 25, 1991 Bryant, E., "Celentano's Airbrush Paintings Go Right for the Retina," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 27, 1990, p. C6 Gragg, Randy, "Op Art Still Can Be Hot Art," Critics Choice, The Oregonian, April 13, 1990, p. R29 Brunsman, L., "Notes on Selected Artists: Francis Celentano," Decade of Abstraction 1979-1989, exhibition catalog, Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 1989, p. 6 Bryant, E., "Francis Celentano at Greg Kucera Gallery," Reflex, March/April 1989, p. 21 Kangas, Matthew, "Jagged Edges," Seattle Weekly, February 15, 1989, p. 34 Kangas, Matthew, and L. Brunsman, "Bumbershoot Art Exhibit is 'Decade of Abstraction 1979-1989'," The Arts Newsletter of the King County Arts Commission, September 1989, pp. 4-5 Mathieson, K., "Colors Dance Before the Eyes in Works by Celentano, Rood," The Seattle Times, February 7, 1989, p. F2 Smallwood, L. "Show Sure to Brighten NW Day," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 14, 1989, p. C5 Hackett, Regina, "Crowded UW Art Shows Worthwhile," Seattle-Post Intelligencer, What's Happening, August 12, 1988, p. 11 Burkhart, D. "San Jose's Seattle," San Jose Mercury News, January 23, 1987, p. D14 Kangas, Matthew. Focus: Seattle, exhibition catalog (San Jose, California: San Jose Museum of Art) 1987 Berkson, B. "Report from Seattle," Art in America, September 1986, p. 31 Gablik, Suzi. Francis Celentano, catalog for retrospective exhibition at Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR, April 8-May 11, 1986 Kangas, Matthew, "A Maverick Austerity," Artweek, April 26, 1986 Johnson, Barry, "Show Looks Back on Francis Celentano's Exploration of Op Art," The Oregonian, April 12, 1986 Glowen, Ron. "Painters Explore Effects on Vision in Two Solo Exhibitions," The Herald, January 3, 1986 Drawing Power (Seattle, WA: Lynn McAllister Gallery) exhibition catalog, 1986 Kangas, Matthew, "Francis Celentano," Seattle Painting 1925-1985, exhibition catalog, 1985; catalog cover and poster illustration: "Reversible Units II" Hackett, Regina, "SIZE Makes Big Art Look Grand," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 31, 1984 "Pendenza #5," Illustration, The Arts, Newsletter of the King County Arts Commission, May 1984, p. 4 Guenther, Bruce. 50 Northwest Artists (San Francisco: Chronicle Books) 1983 Hackett, Regina, "Art Book Introduces Northwest Painters and Sculptors," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 9, 1983 Kangas, Matthew, "Francis Celentano, The Fountain Gallery, Portland," Vanguard, September 1983 Burress, "A Touch of Northwest Class at the Claremont," Northwest Magazine, July 31, 1983 Kendall, S.A., "Divergent Styles Mark Two Artists’ New Shows," The Seattle Times, September 18, 1982 Kangas, Matthew, "Modern Art Makes a Big Splash of Color," The Herald, February 11, 1982 Hackett, Regina, "Isis Series Delivered with Force," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 15, 1982 Downey, R. "Francis Celentano, A New Slant," The Weekly, January 21, 1981 Campbell, R. "Celentano Ignores the Mainstream," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 6, 1981 Glowen, R. "Optical Systems," Artweek, February 7, 1981 Kangas, Matthew. Transcendence and Negation (Seattle, WA: Glover Hayes Gallery and Bookstore) exhibition catalog, 1981 Kingsbury, Martha, "Drawings in the Northwest," Drawings, Fall 1981 Lauer, D. Design Basics (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston) 1981, p. 146-7 Cook, A. "The Collectors: The Villa of Art," Architectural Digest, April 1980, illus. p. 92 Kangas, Matthew,"Museums Northwest Artists..." Argus, June 20, 1980 Kangas, Matthew,"Constructivism, Pure Color Meets Pure Form,” Argus, August 29, 1980 Wright, N.W. "Washington Letter," Art International, September 1979, p. 80 Martin, J. "Harmony in Seattle," Architectural Digest, December 1979, illus. p. 127 Richard, P. "Wild and Witty (First Western Biennial)," The Washington Post Style, June 7, 1979, pp. C1, C17 Forgey, B. "First Western Biennial," The Washington Star Regional, June 9, 1979, pp. C1, C2 Tarzan, Delores, "Some Artful Hue and Cry," The Seattle Times Arts & Entertainment, March 3, 1978 School of Art, University of Washington (Seattle, WA: University of Washington), catalog, 1977 Tenth Street Days, The Co-ops of the 50's (New York: Art and Service, Inc.) exhibition catalog, 1977 Campbell, R. Review of One-Man Exhibit at Foster/White Gallery, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 28, 1975 Tarzan, D. "Visual Arts," Seattle Times. November 21, 1975 Reif, Rita, "Art in Computers Aims to Cut Antiseptic Look," The New York Times, November 11,1974, p. 47 Kingsbury, M. Art of the Pacific Northwest from the 1930s to the Present (Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution) 1974, exhibition catalog, pp. 89, 90; illustrations, pp. 90, 101 Tarzan, D. "The Colors of His I's," The Seattle Times, November 24, 1973 Pacific Cities (New Zealand: Auckland City Art Museum) exhibition catalog, 1971, p. 22 Barrett, Cyril. Op Art (New York: Viking Press) pp. 38-39, 41, 59, 178, 180, 185 (illus.) Kingsbury, M. "Art, Francis Celentano," Seattle Magazine, January 1970, p. 9-12 Moore, Ethel, ed. Letters from 31 Artists to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy) Gallery Notes, vols. 32-32, no. 2, 1970, pp. 10-11 (illus.) Artists Abroad (New York, NY: Institute of International Education and the American Federation of the Arts) exhibition catalog, 1969, p. 22-23. Batie, Jean, "Two Shows at Art Pavillion," Seattle Times, January 19, 1969 "Celentano Catches Drama Right Between the Lines," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Northwest Today, November 22, 1969, p. 21 Faulkner and Ziegfield. Art Today (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.) 1969, pp. 269, 297, 310, 400 Hayman, Sally, "Serial Works Avoid Trickery," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 12, 1969 Kultermann, Udo. Painting Today (New York: Praeger Publishers) 1969 "One Man Show at Arlene Lind Gallery," San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 1969 Voorhees, John, "Paintings by Celentano Give Cool Vibrations," Seattle Times, October 31, 1969 The Annual Northwest Printmakers Exhibition (Seattle, WA: Henry Art Gallery) exhibition catalog, 1968, cover illustration Bowles, Jerry, "Celentano Paintings Rated 'Exciting, Brilliant, Superb'," The Athenaueum (Morgantown), 1968 Plus by Minus, Todays' Half Century (Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery) exhibition catalog, 1968 Winebreener, D.K. "Art Exhibit Receives World Recognition," Buffalo Courier Express, March 11, 1968 The 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art) exhibition catalog, 1967, p. 20 Johnson, B. "The Cultural Scene," Tacoma News Tribune, January 15, 1967 Art with Optical Reaction (Iowa: Des Moines Art Center) exhibition catalog, 1966 Kramer, Hilton, "Minoru Niizuma and Francis Celentano," The New York Times, May 7, 1966 Todd, Anne G. "Three Lively Shows at U.W. Art Gallery," Seattle Times, November 27, 1966 The 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art) exhibition catalog, 1965 International Artists Seminar (Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University) catalog, 1965 FILM Video: "Francis Celentano." Produced by the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, 1992 Documentary: "Francis Celentano Painting the Spectrum Delta II Mural for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport," World Premier, Seattle Art Museum, 1973