I don't know if I've a problem with theme, software, or none at all.

So to strike that last one, see http://snarko.com/gallery/pages/abouttheartist.html. If you see the word "biography" as a sub-page, then I have a problem.

NOTE: this is a "page" function; I'm not talking "gallery" nor "album" here; no problems.

I keep seeing "Admin Toolbox" on a HARD refresh from all pages (that's PAGES) I'm testing, even though clicking anything there shows I'm logged out (must log back in). Is this possibly a catch-22 between seeing myself and the "purge html cache" (I forget it's actual plug-in name) I LIKE, and use?

I never published "biography", I can't make it's link disappear my screen with a logout nor refresh; if the world's seeing my outline, I'm gonna have a cow: what might be wrong I haven't considered, or the problem work-around?

Page's hit numbers are low enough to suggest y'all can't see it anyway. But I wanna make sure, cuz the page is embarrassingly not finished, and people ARE checking HEAVILY for my bio on website (via website statistics, not ZenPhoto).

Try clearing your browser cache.

I see no "biography" but in the gray border above I see "artist's statement" and "resume".

If you see the admin toolbox even if being logged out and unpublished pages that is related to the static html cache that accidentally caches pages the admin only should see.

You should upgrade to 1.3 as that bug in the cache has been fixed.