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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012               All Manner Of Things: New work by Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
Layering: The Art Of Luisa Mesa And Barbara Strasen, Institute for Genetic Medicine Gallery, USC, Los Angeles
Fairy Tales, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
Barbara Strasen, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
Jaggedart, London, UK
“All Manner Of Things” (2012), illustrated monograph with essays by Virginia Maksymowicz, Professor in the Department of Art & Art History, Franklin & Marshall College, and Blaise Tobia, Professor in the Department of Art & Art History, Wesphal College, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

2011                Miami Red Dot Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
Third Space, London, U.K.; organized by Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

2010                Painted Lenticulars And Mylars, George Billis Gallery Los Angeles

                        AAF London, represented by Rebecca Hosssack Gallery

2009                Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome

London Art Fair, Jaggedart, London, U.K.

                       A Painter's Dilemma, exhibitions and symposium; Stedman Art Gallery and Hopkins Gallery, Rutgers University, New Jersey

2008                Summer Group Show, Jaggedart, London, U.K.

Stimulating Consumption, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.

                       London Art Fair, represented by Jaggedart, London

                        Art Now Fair Miami Beach, reprented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

                        L.A. Art Show, represented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

                        Installation 816, Austin, TX

                       Immigration: A Transfusion For The Body Politic, Barbara Strasen and Luis Moreno; IGM Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

                        Digital Art L.A., curated by Los Angeles Museum Of Art chief Curator Howard Fox

                  *     Barbara Strasen, Building 98; Marfa, TX

2007          *    Individual Artist Project at London Art Fair, represented by Jaggedart, London, U.K.

                        L. A. Art Fair, represented by George Billis Gallery L.A., Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Commission for a lightwall lenticular installation in Austin, TX

                  *    Pulse Art Fair, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami

2006                Barbara Strasen, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY.

                        Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Barbara Strasen: Painted Lenticulars, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami. FL

Summer Dreaming, Jaggedart, London

2005          *    Barbara Strasen, Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.

Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

                        FIAC 2005, represented by Archeus Fine Art, Paris, France

                        Palm Beach Art Fair, represented by Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.

                        London Art Fair, represented by Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.

                        MiArt Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

                  *    Barbara Strasen, White Room Gallery, Bath, U.K.

                        Truth & Beauty, Q Gallery, Derby, U.K.

 

2004          *    Barbara Strasen, Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT

                        Quiet, IsnÕt It?, Archeus Fine Art, London

                        Draw/Drawing, London Biennale 2004, London

                  *    SuperMegaMultiplex-o-rama: Barbara Strasen, Ambrosino Gallery; Miami, FL

                        Basel/Miami Art Fair, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami

 

2003                Art Basel/ Miami, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

                        Truth & Beauty, organized by Wellcome Trust, touring schedule: Yard Gallery, Nottingham, UK;
Galeria Palacio, Porto, Portugal; Groningen University, Netherlands; Center For Life Sciences, Newcastle, UK

                        Abstracting the Domestic Landscape, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL

                        About Face, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    PickleSubSharkWeightMonkeySaucer, Lenticular installation at Pfizer Corp., Sandwich, U. K. (Jan.-Mar. 2003) and Walton Oaks, U. K. (Apr.-Jun., 2003)

 

2002                Art Basel/ Miami, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

                  *    Multiplex, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

                        Accumulations, Islip Museum Of Art, Islip, NY

                        Truth&Beauty, TwoTen Gallery, Wellcome Trust, London (through Mar. 21, 2003)

                        Relationships, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA

 

2001                International Drawings, Six Artists, M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, New York

                  *    Barbara Strasen Institute For Genetic Medicine, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles

                        Four Painters, Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco

                  *    Barbara Strasen, Hiromi Gallery, Bergamot Station; Santa Monica

 

2000                Delicate Tissue, organized by Jennifer Kotter for M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, NY

            The DNC Show, organized by Davis and Davis for Democratic National Headquarters, Los Angeles

                        Happy Birthday Johannes, Gutenberg Pavillion, Mainz, Germany

                        HMO/SUV/IPO, projection exhibition organized by Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles

 

1999          *    Barbara Strasen Claudia Carr Gallery, New York, NY

                  *    Barbara Strasen, Galerie Neue Anstandigkeit, Berlin, Germany

                  *    Barbara Strasen, Adamar Fine Art, Miami, FL

                  *    Barbara Strasen, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA

                        Brust-Lust-Frust, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany

                        As Long As There Is Death, There Is Hope, FlashArt Museum, Trevi, Italy

 

1998          *    Barbara Strasen, Galeria Soloblu, Milan, Italy

                  *    Layers Of Perception, Budapest Galerie Budapest, Hungary

                        Contempo-Italianate, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

                        Five Artists, Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                        House Party, Long Beach Museum Of Art, Long Beach, CA

                   *    One person exhibition

 

1997          *    Barbara Strasen, Forum Gallery, San Diego, CA

                        Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

                        New Art Los Angeles, organized by Mary-Kay Lombino, Coast Federal Bank, Los Angeles

                        Drive-Out Festival, Rome

                        In Response, Marc Arranaga Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

 

1996          *    Barbara Strasen, curated by Jay Belloli, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

                        Light Abberations, organized by Ann Tucker, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

                        Codpiece, organized by Meg Linton, Griffin Linton Gallery, Venice, CA

                        Alarm: Public and Private Security, former Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, CA

                        About Face, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1995                Collective Memory: Barbara Strasen and Nancy Webber, curated by Suzanna Meiers,
El Camino College, Torrance, CA

                        People, Places, Things, Primary Objects Gallery, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX

                        Anniversary Exhibition, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Barbara Strasen: Recent Work, L. A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA

                        On Site At The Gate, (first prize), juried by Jay Belloli, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

1994          *    Barbara Strasen, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                        The Green Show, curated by Wendy Adest, The Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, CA

                        Barbara Strasen and Roger Campbell, curated by Lynn Crandall, Art in the Workplace Gallery
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA

                        Cups, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Barbara Strasen, R&B Management Corporation, curated by Jillian Coldiron Fine Art, Los Angeles

                        Three Artists, South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA

 

1993                Four of L.A.Õs Best, L. A. Festival, Off the Beaten Path

                        Reshaping L.A, AngelÕs Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Paintings by Barbara Strasen, Lynn Crandall Art Services, Los Angeles, CA

 

1992          *    Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen,
Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL

                  *    Barbara Strasen: Recent Paintings, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA

                       The Living Object: The Art Collection of Ellen H. Johnson, Allen Memorial Art Museum,
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

 

1991          *    A Procenium Vision: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen, D. P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA

 

1990          *    Barbara Strasen, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

                  *    Now and Then, Two window installations, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY

                        Contemporary Bestiary, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY

                  *    Barbara Strasen, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA

 

1989                Thick and Thin: Photographically Inspired Paintings, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    Barbara Strasen: Masks, Zem Zwaite Gsicht Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

 

1988          *    Barbara Strasen, Gallery Store, San Diego, CA

                        Gallery Group, James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  *    One person exhibition

 

1987                Animal Art: The Animal as a Conveyor and Medium of Art Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

                        About Time, Islip Art Museum, Islip, Long Island, NY

                        Group Show, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1986      *    Barbara Strasen, James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1985      *    Barbara Strasen, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

                   To the Astonishing Horizon, curated by Peter Frank, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

1984      *     Barbara Strasen, International WomenÕs Center, San Diego, CA

              *     Barbara Strasen, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada

                     New Approaches to Landscape, curated by Peter Frank, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY

 

1983      *     Internal/External: Works by Barbara Strasen, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

 

1982    *    Marine Metaphors: The Ocean Dioramas of Barbara Strasen,

                  San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA

                  Choice: Four Artists, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

            *    Barbara Strasen, San Diego State University Gallery, San Diego, CA

 

1981    *    Barbara Strasen, Wooster College, Wooster, OH

 

1980          U.S.A. Women Artists, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                  System, Inquiry, Translation, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY

            *    Ecosystem Allegories, Individual Project Installation, P.S. 1, New York, NY

            *    Desert Progression, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY

 

1979                Dialogue/Discourse/Research, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

 

1978                Artists Investigate the Environment, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

                        Some San Diego Artists, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                        Group Show of Gallery Artists, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY

 

1977                Seascape/Landscape, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY

 

1976                Faculty Show, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA

 

1975                1975 Biennal of Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

            *     Barbara Strasen, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

            *     Barbara Strasen: 3-D Paintings, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

            *     One person exhibition


REVIEWS

2000                Delicate Tissue at M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, Kim Levin, Village Voice July 13 issue

1999                            Barbara Strasen in der Galerie Neue Anstandigkeit, Berliner Zeitung 23 Juni, 1999

                                    Barbara Strasen at Santa Ana College, ArtScene, April issue

1998                Contempo-Italianate:: William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, November 13
            Peter Frank, Los Angeles Weekly, November 13

1997                            Layers On Layers: Barbara Strasen
            Robert L. Pincus, San Diego Union Tribune, November 27, 1997

1996                            Solo Series: Works by Barbara Strasen, Marie Thiebault, and Kathryn Tubbs
            Peter Frank, Long Beach Press-Telegram, March 13, 1996

1992                Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen
            Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, November 14, 1992

1991                A Procenium Vision: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen at D. P. Fong Gallery
            Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News, June 16, 1991

1990                Barbara Strasen: Installation at Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven
            Dagblad, Eindhoven NL March 12, 1990; Ruimte, Vol. 7 January 1990

                        A Contemporary Bestiary at Islip Museum
            New York Times, April 1, 1990 Newsday, April 6, 1990

1989                Thick and Thin: Photographically Inspired Paintings
            Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1989

1988                Barbara Strasen: Perception as a Mirror at Gallery Store
            Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1988

1987                A Shared Excellence at Karl Bornstein Gallery
            Judith Margolis, Artweek Magazine, August 22, 1987

                        About Time at Islip Museum
            New York Times, March 1, 1987
            Newsday, February 2, 1987

1986                Barbara Strasen at James Turcotte Gallery
            Colin Gardner, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1986

                        Desert Notes, A review of the book published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art
            Co-Evolution Quarterly, Spring 1983

1982                Barbara Strasen at San Diego State University
            Elise Miller, Los Angeles Times February 8, 1982
            Richard Reilly, San Diego Union February 22, 1982

1980                System, Inquiry, and Translation at Touchstone Gallery
            Carrie Rickey, Village Voice, June 23, 1980
            Shelley Rice, Artforum, September 1980

                        Desert Progression at Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery.
            Artspeak, Vol. I No. 7 February 28, 1980

                        Dialogue/Discourse/Research, A review of the book published in conjunction with
Dialogue/Discourse/Research at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
            Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol.X No. 6 January-February 1980

1979                Dialogue/Discourse/Research at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
            Richard Armstrong, Artforum, January 1980
            William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1979
            Priscilla Prey, Santa Barbara News and Review, Sepember 9, 1979
            Richard Ames, Santa Barbara News-Press, Sepember 6, 1979

1978                Some San Diego Artists at Newspace Gallery.
            Artweek Magazine, July 15, 1978

                        Artists Investigate the Environment at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
            Los Angeles Times, April 3, 1978

1977                Group Show at Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery
            David Bourdon, Village Voice, June 13, 1977

1975                Barbara Strasen at San Jose State University
            Artweek Magazine, October 6, 1975

                        Barbara Strasen at Louis K. Meisel Gallery
            Arts Magazine, June 1975

 

 

LECTURES and EVENTS

           On My Work, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA

           Venice Art Walk Auction, Los Angeles, CA

           TV Interview with Judy Marshall, psychologist, Cable TV, Los Angeles, CA

           Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen,
Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL

           On My Work and Its Sources, Lecture at Steirischer Herbst, Palais Attems, Graz, Austria

           On My Work, Lecture at Society for Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

           Dailiness, Panel Discussion at A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

           On My Work, Lecture at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

           Artists Investigate the Environment, Panel Discussion at Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park,
Los Angeles, CA

           Talk and slide presentation, California Institute for Women, Chino-Corona, CA

           Talk and slide presentation, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA



ARTICLES

              Artpick: Barbara Strasen at Billis Gallery, by Peter Frank.
     Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2006

              Artist Plays Multiplication Game with Pictures, by Roni Feinstein.
     Florida Sun Sentinel, February 18, 2004

              Design for the Sylmar Library by Suzanne Stephens.
     Architectural Record, November 2003

              Tra Verita e Bellezza? by Lucy Lippard.
     Galileo Giornale, April, 2004

              Vertauschte Zeitebenen: Die Kalifornierin Barbara Strasen in der Galerie Neue Anstandigkeit,
     von Christian Saehrendt, Berliner Zeitung, June 23, 1999

              Barbara Strasen by Norma Squires.
     Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, June 1995

              The Paintings of Barbara Strasen: Visual Metaphors for Leadership and the New Science
by Lynn Crandall.
     Southern California Business Journal, Los Angeles, CA, November 1994

              Barbara Strasen at Space by Judith Hoffberg.
     ArtScene, Los Angeles, CA, June 1994

              Barbara Strasen by Suzanne Muchnic.
     Visions Quarterly, Los Angeles, CA, Summer 1994

              Intervista a Barbara Strasen: Il Deserto  Dentro Di Noi? by Giorgio Fernando Borges.
     MODO Magazine, Milan, Italy, November 1986

              Oblique Portraits by Sanda Agalidi.
     Artweek Magazine, June 28, 1986

              Barbara Strasen by Caril Dreyfuss McHugh.
     Arts Magazine, December 1983

              A Arte Sequndo As Norte-Americanas by Lucy Lippard.
     O Estato de Sao Paolo, October 26, 1980

              Why a Separate Women's Art? by Lucy Lippard.
     Artes Visuales, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Spring 1976



PUBLICATIONS

1987                Changing at Will Chapter of the book Animal Art: The Animal as a Conveyor and Medium of Art. Published by Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria, 1987

1982                Women and Ecology Article published in HERESIES Issue 13, Winter 1982

1980                Desert Notes Art book published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1980

1975                The Immigrants Article published in Journal of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, February 1975



CATALOGS

Truth & Beauty, catalog of exhibition, Palacio Nacional de Porto, Portugal, 2004

Truth & Beauty, catalog of exhibition, Wellcome Trust, London, U. K., 2003

The DNC Show, catalog of exhibition, Democratic National Headquarters, Los Angeles, 2000

Happy Birthday Johannes , catalog of exhibition at Gutenberg Pavillon, Mainz, Germany, 2000

Brust-Lust-Frust, catalog of exhibition at Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany 1999

Contempo-Italianate: catalog of exhibition at Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount Univ, L.A. 1998

The Collection of Ellen H. Johnson:
          Catalog of exhibition at Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH, 1992

Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen
          Essay by Susan Muchnic, Catalog of exhibition by Barbara Strasen at Wolfson Gallery,
          Miami-Dade Community College, 1992

A Procenium Vision: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen
          catalog of exhibition at D. P. Fong Gallery, San Jose CA, 1991

Three Installations: Karen Shaw, Mary Fish, Barbara Strasen
          Catalog of Three Installations: Karen Shaw, Mary Fish, Barbara Strasen at Het Apollohuis
          Published by Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, NL, 1990

Catalog of A Contemporary Bestiary at Islip Museum. Published by Islip Museum, Islip, NY, 1990

Catalog of Barbara Strasen at Fisher Gallery, by Marie DeAlcuaz
          Published by University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1985

Feministe Toi-meme, Feministe Quand-meme Catalog of the exhibition at La Chambre Blanche
          Published by La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada, 1985

Barbara Strasen Catalog of Barbara Strasen at San Diego State by Dennis Komac.
          Published by San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1982

American Women Artists 1980 Catalog of U.S.A. Women Artists at Museu de Arte Contemporanea
          Published by Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1980

Out of the Studio and Into the World: Social and Ecological Issues in Contemporary Art
          Article by William Spurlock about the exhibition Dialog/Discourse/Research
          National Arts Guide, Vol II No. 7, March-April 1980

Dialogue/Discourse/Research
          Catalog of the show, essay by William Spurlock, and additional works by the artists.
          Published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art, anta Barbara, CA, 1979



SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Wellcome Trust                                                                    London, England

National Gallery of Art                                                               Washington, DC

Pfizer Corporation                                                                      Wilton Oaks, England

Santa Barbara Museum of Art                                                   Santa Barbara, California

Islip Museum                                                                                Islip, New York

Het Apollohuis                                                                             Eindhoven, Netherlands

Best Products Collection                                                             Richmond, Virginia

Allen Memorial Art Museum                                                     Oberlin, Ohio

Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry                    Miami Beach, Florida

Dan Rosenthal & Associates                                                       Berkeley, California

Andrea Stern                                                                                New York, New York

Ann Katherin Bonhert                                                                Zurich, Switzerland

Ruth and Marvin Sachner                                                           Miami Beach, Florida

Sotiris Kyriakou                                                                           London, England

Claudia Carr                                                                                 New York, New York

Roni Feinstein                                                                               Boca Raton, Florida

Jenny Okun                                                                                   Beverly Hills, California

Ross Crowe                                                                                  Los Angeles, California

Evelyn Amis                                                                                 Miami, Florida

Sylvia Libedinsky                                                                         London England and Buenos Aires, Argentina

Linda and Richard Chandler                                                      Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Joni and Monte Gordon                                                              Los Angeles, California

Dorothy and Herman Vogel                                                     New York, New York

Elaine Reichek and George Engel                                             New York, New York

Silvia Elias                                                                                      London, England

Donald R. Gentner                                                                       Palo Alto, California

Tom Hinson                                                                                  Cleveland, Ohio

Charlotte Burri                                                                             Basel, Switzerland

Melinda Holden                                                                           San Diego, California

Vivian and Morton J. Hornick                                                   New York, New York

Caryl Dreyfuss McHugh                                                            New York, New York

Anina Louis                                                                                   Los Angeles, California

Bobby Greenfield                                                                         Los Angeles, California

Dennis Collwood                                                                         Los Angeles, California

Lynn and Ed Crandall                                                                 Los Angeles, California

Linda Kasei                                                                                   Los Angeles, CA

Judith Martin                                                                                Redondo Beach, CA

Katherine Harris                                                                          Los Angeles, CA

Sabina and Santiago Corral                                                        London, England

Lynn and Dr. Edward Crandall                                                 Los Angeles, California

Emily Okum                                                                         Los Angeles, California

Marcela McGrane and Bill Vogel                                              Los Angeles, California

Allison Sampson                                                                 Santa Monica, California

Susan and Louis Samonsky                                                       Ventura, CA

Wendy Kelley                                                                              Santa Monica, CA

 

 

EDUCATION

M. F. A.          University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 1972

B. F. A.           Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1970

                        Yale Summer School Of Art Fellowship, 1968



ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, 1975-80

Instructor of Visual Arts, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, 1972-75

Instructor of Visual Arts Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, 1971-72



HONORS

Panelist, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Visual Art Division , 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Board of Directors, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 1995-1997

Arts Recovery Grant, Los Angeles 1992-93

Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1976

Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1978

Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1977

Regents Creative Arts Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1977

Who's Who in the Arts, 1976, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Art, 1968



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES

Co-curator, with Mary-Kay Lombino (Assistant Curator, UCLA-Hammer Museum) of

Contempo-Italianate, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1998

Art Within Art, organized by Barbara Strasen for Patrons of the Children, at The Box, Culver City, CA 1995

 

 

PUBLIC ART

 

2001-2003: Comission, awarded by L.A. Dept. of Cultural Affairs, for permanent, site-specific installation at new Sylmar Branch Library, Hodgetts and Fung, Architects; completion date: 2003

Selected for short list of artists for public art projects for Los Angeles Dept. of Transporation, 2000-2001

Selected for short list chosen by Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles for county libraries, 1998-2000

Selected for short list of 10 artists chosen for Metrorail projects, City of Los Angeles, 1997-1999

City of Atlanta, pre-qualified short list of artists to be chosen for public art projects, 1997 onward

Drive-Out Festival, Rome, 1997

Finalist, MTA Hollywood Fence Project, 1996

Finalist, MTA Union Station Gateway Center Project B, 1994

            Arts Recovery Grant, Los Angeles, CA, 1992-93

Art in the Workplace Advisory Committee, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA 1995-96

Artists Advisory Board, Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1992-95

Visions L.A. 1992, Commissioned by a Los Angeles Arts Recovery Grant.
Composite painting and videotape in collaboration with the seniors of Oasis at the Harbor.
This artwork is to be permanently on display at the San Pedro, California YWCA.






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