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Education
1962-1964 Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
1964-1968 Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1970 Instituto de Gnosologia, Arica, Chile
 
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Cal State University Dominguez Hills, CA (Feb-April)
2012 Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA (September 2012)
2011 Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA (December 2011-January 2012)
2010 Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA (November)
2009 Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA (December)
2007 Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA (October)
2006 Richard Brestlin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (June, July)
2005 Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (July-August)
2004 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (October)
2003 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (March)
2001 Sherry Frumkin Gallery,Santa Monica, CA (September)
2000 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (September)
1999 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (March - April)
1997 California State Univesity, Stanislaus, CA (October)
  Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (April)
  Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID (February)
  Fresno City College, Fresno, CA (January)
1996 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA (October - November)
  Mythos Gallery, Burbank, CA (May - June)
  Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA (February)
1995 South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA (March - April)
  Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994 Redlands University, Redlands, CA (April)
  Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID (December)
1993 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (November)
1992 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  TavelliWilliams Gallery, Aspen, CO (March)
  Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
1991 El Camino College, Torrance, CA
  California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
1990 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
  Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
  St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, CA
1989 Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 ARTLA 1988, International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
  Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Monica, CA
  University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1987 Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Palos Verdes Art Center, Ranch Palos Verdes, CA
  Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Shakti Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1980 Cochise Fine Arts Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
1972 De Young Museum, Solo Student Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
 


Selected Group Shows
2012 Morbid Curosity : The Richard Harris Collection Chicago Cultural Center ,Chicago, Illinois (January - July)
2009 Obsolete Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. (May)
2002 “Is it Art Yet? Manipulated and Handmade Artist Books, John Wayne Airport,Orange County, Ca.
2000 “It’s About Time”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside Ca
1999 4-Person Show, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Joslyn Art Gallery (June - July)
  Vehicles of the Millennium, Gallery 825, Los Angels, CA (April - May)
1997 Inaugural Exhibition, West Coast Painting and Sculpture, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA (November - January)
  Artists' Books, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (December - January)
  Group Show - Artists' Books, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID (November)
  2-Person Show, Studio 218, El Segundo, CA (September - October)
1996 "Let the Games Begin," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA (July - August)
1995 Emulations: "Quotations from the Source," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (July - August)
  "Perceptions of Reality," F.A.C.T. Contemporary Exhibition Space, Laguna Beach, CA
1994 3-Person Show, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA (November)
  Group Show, Mythos Gallery, Burbank, CA (November)
  Group Show, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (November)
  2-Person Show, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID (July)
  Steele Works Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA (April)
1993 2-Person Show, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Los Vegas (October)
  "Suburban Fantasies," Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA (October - November)
  "Daytime Fantasies, Night Time Visions," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
  "The Cross," Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, April (Group)
  3-Person Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1992 Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO, November (Inaugural Exhibition, Group)
1991 "Death and Dying," Chapman College, CA
  "Found and Transformed: Seven Southern California Assemblage Artists," Mesa College, San Diego, CA
1990 "New Sculpture," Space Gallery, curated by Josine Starrels, Los Angeles, CA
  Los Angeles, "Traveling Exhibition," Los Angeles, CA
1988 Group Exhibition, Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Assemblage," Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Selected Works of the Tucson Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Tucson, AZ
  ARTLA 1987 International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Long Beach Museum of Art Benefit Exhibition, Long Beach, CA
  "Traces of Ritual," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
  Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
  "Art Quest," Traveling Group Video Exhibition
1984 Selected Works of the Tucson Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Tucson, AZ
  "California Bookworks - The Last Five Years," OtisParsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1983 3-Person Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1982 Long Beach Artists, Long Beach City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1981 Bisbee Artists, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1980 Arizona Crafts Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
  Bisbee Sculpture of 1980, Cochise Fine Arts Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
1979 Newcomers of 1979, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1963 University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
 


Awards And Commissions
2010 Lee Unkrich Interior Sculpture Installation
2006 Richard Brustlin Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
1998 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Acquisition for Permanent Collection.
1996 D-Zone Studio, Permanent Sculpture Installation for Lobby
1990 California Arts Council Fellowship
1988 Balboa Building, Santa Barbara, California: Permanent Sculpture Installation for Lobby
1985 California Arts Council Commission for Permanent Sculpture Installation at Yountville Veterans Administration Hospital, Yountsville, CA
1981 Arizona Designer Craftsmen for Jurors Best of Show
  Arizona Crafts Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1963 Artist of the Year, Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
 


Selected Publications
2012 Huffington Post/Interview (January)
2011 The Thachery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
Vandermeer, Ann & Jeff
Harper Collins, New York
2011 Cabinets de CuriositZØ -
Davenne, Christine & Fleurent, Christine
Editions de La Martiniere Paris
2011 Vogue Magazine / India (July)
2011 Arctitectural  Digest (March)
2010 Elle Magazine (July)
2008 Riviera Magazine, Newport Beach , Ca. (April )
2008 C Magazine, Newport Beach, Ca.(April)
2008 Coast Magazine, interview, Newport Beach, Ca. (April)
2007 Huffington Post/Interview (November)
2006 Los Angeles Times, interview, Los Angeles, Ca. ( July)
2002 Who’s Who in America, Marquis Publishing
2000 Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Publishing
1999 Peninsula People Magazine, illustrated interview, June
  Art Connoisseur Magazine, illustrated review, June
Daily Breeze, illustrated interview, June
Easy Reader, illustrated interview, June
  Los Angeles Times, illustrated review, April
1997 Modesto Bee, illustrated review, October
  Turlock Journal, illustrated review, October
  South Bay Weekly ,illustrated review, September
  Art Scene Magazine, illustrated review, April
  Fresno Bee, David Hale, illustrated review, Januray 26
1996 Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodward, illustrated review, June 6
  Art Review Magazine, illustrated review, JulyAugust
  North County Times, illustrated review, February 16
  Sculpture, illustrated review, July-August
  Easy Reader, illustrated review, June
  Santa Monica Outlook, Marlena Donahue, illustrated review, February 17
  San Pedro News-Pilot, Marlena Donahue, 2-page color illustrated review, February 17
  South Bay Daily Breeze, Marlena Donahue, 2-page color illustrated review, February 17
  Idaho Mountain Express, illustrated review, January
1993 Art Scene, Bill Lasarow, cover illustration, illustrated review, September
  Art Scene, Kathy Zimmerer, illustrated review, May
1992 La Opinion, illustrated review, May
1991 Christian Science Monitor, Marlena Donahue, illustrated review, April 11
  Los Angeles Times, Shauna Snow, illustrated review, December 30
  Visions, illustrated review, Spring
  Cal State Dominguez Hills, illustrated catalog, 1991
1990 Riverside Examiner, review of solo exhibition, illustrated, April
  Daily Press Enterprise, Riverside, Mary Alice Cline, illustrated, April
1989 New Art Examiner, Michael Lawrence, review of solo exhibition, illustrated, December
1988 Los Angeles Times, Suzanne Muchnic, illustrated review, August 11
  Santa Barbara News, Joan Crowder, review of solo exhibition, August
  Long Beach Press Telegram, Dinah Berland, illustrated review, July
  Orange County Register, illustrated review, July
  Art Week, Susan Geer, illustrated review, July
1987 Downtown News, illustrated review, December, 28
1986 Art Week, review of solo exhibition, illustrated, October
  Art Week, Marina La Palma, review of solo exhibition, illustrated, April
1985 Art Week, "Traces of Ritual," review, November
  Long Beach Press Telegram, "Traces of Ritual," review, October
  Orange County Register, "Traces of Ritual," review, September
  Irvine World News, "Traces of Ritual," September
  Long Beach Press Telegram, illustrated article, April
1982 Long Beach Artists, illustrated catalog, Long Beach City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1981 Art Space Magazine, illustrated, Fall
  Arizona Artist, illustrated, Spring
  Bisbee Review, illustrated interview, September
  Arizona Daily Star, illustrated review, September
1980 Apropos Cochise County Arts, cover illustration, September
1979 Los Angeles Times, illustrated review, September
 
Movies and Television in Which Sculpture Has Appeared
“Mystery Men”
“The Castaway”
“Spiderman”
“Soloman, Smith, Barney” (Television Commercial)