1990 M.A., California State University, Sacramento, CA
1981 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
solo exhibitions
2015 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2013 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena CA
2010 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2008 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2006 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2004 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2003 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2001 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1999 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1998 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 ArtistsArtists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1991 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1987 Gump’s Gallery San Francisco, CA
1987 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1985 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1983 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1982 E.B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1981 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1980 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1979 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1976 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1975 E. B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
group and two person exhibitions
2014 “This Land is Your Land … “, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2012 “Five Artists and a Model’, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery
2011 “Birdhouses 2”, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College
2008 Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, CA
2006 Susan Street Fine Arts Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2000 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1999 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1995 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 Thomas Babeor & Co., La Jolla, CA
1986 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California Davis, CA
1986 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
museum acquisition
1982 E.B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
reviews and articles
2003 Victoria Dalkey, “Three Shows with Heft”, Sacramento Bee, January 19,2003
1998 Victoria Dalkey, “Oils Worth Gushing About”, Sacramento Bee. March 15, 1998
1996 Victoria Dalkey,”Portrait of Pain Mirrors Society’s Ills”, Sacramento Bee. February 25,1996
1994 Victoria Dalkey, “A Streak of Sadness Touches Boyd Gavin’s Bright Images”, Sacramento Bee. May 7, 7994
1991 Victoria Dalkey, “The Art of Inspiration”, Sacramento Elee, January 20, 1991
1987 Victoria Dalkey, “Still Lifes That Come Alive”, Sacramento Bee, October 25,1987
1986 Victoria Dalkey, “Suburban Sensibilities: Boyd Gavin’s Works Tread Familiar Ground”, Sacramento Bee. February 16, 1986
1984 Ellen Schlesinger, Review, Sacramento Bee, October 28, 1984
1982 Ellen Schlesinger, “Gavin’s Summer Scenes: A Wistful Sentimentality”, Sacramento Bee- February 4,1982
1981 Richard Simon, “Gavin’s Work Combines Natural with Man-Made”, Sacramento Union, September 6, 1981
1981 Ellen Schlesinger, “The Mundane As Art”, Sacramento Bee. September 12, 1981