Education:

1976

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California


Solo Exhibitions:

2004

Fresh Paint Art Advisors

Culver City, California

2003

Bakersfield Museum of Art         

Bakersfield, California

2003

BGH Gallery

Santa Monica, California

2000

“Interiors,” T.A.G.  (The Artists' Gallery)

Santa Monica, California

1995

Burbank Contemporary Art Center

Burbank, California

1993

Cerro Coso Community College

Ridgecrest, California

1992

“The Feminine Landscape,” Heritage Gallery

Los Angeles, California

1991

L. A. Nicola      

Los Angeles, California

1990

Bruchion Gallery

Los Angeles, California

1976

Cooper House Gallery   

Santa Cruz, California


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2007

The Gordon Pass Gallery

Naples, Florida

2007

“The Year of the Chimera 3.2” Glass Garage Gallery

W. Hollywood, California

2007

“Decker Studios Bronze,” Varnish Fine Art          

San Francisco, California

2005

A Twisted Christmas”, BGH Gallery

Santa Monica, California

 

Rosetta Stone Fine Art Gallery

Juno Beach, Florida

2004

BGH Gallery

Santa Monica , California

2002

"Contemporary Realism", Mesa Arts Center

Mesa, Arizona

2002

"The Sculptors", Gallery 835

Los Angeles, California

 

North American Sculpture Exhibition

Golden, Colorado

2001

Bistango Gallery

Irvine, California

 

“Illusion de Femme”, South Coast Art Gallery

Newport Beach, California

 

BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station

Santa Monica, California

 

“The Human Plane”,
Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery

Los Angeles, California

 

National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, Americas Tower

New York, New York

2000

National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, Bookgreen Gardens

South Carolina

 

"Drawings by Sculptors",
National Sculpture Society Gallery

New York, New York

 

BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station

Santa Monica, California

 

Exhibition Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum

Los Angeles, California

 

"On Site at the Gate",
Angels Gate Cultural Center

San Pedro, California

1999

Mad River Post

Santa Monica, California

1998

“Sensual Landscapes,” T.A.G.

Santa Monica, California

 

Future Space, Pacific Design Center

Los Angeles, California

 

North American Sculpture Exhibition Center, Foothills Art Center

Golden, Colorado

1997

Valerie Miller Fine Art Gallery

Palm Desert, California

 

“Figures and Fragments,” T.A.G.

Santa Monica, California

 

“Women’s Work,” Alexis Deutsch Fine Arts

Santa Monica, California

 

“Visual and Inner Landscape,”
Merging One Gallery

Santa Monica, California

 

Cerro Coso Community College
Sculpture Garden

Ridgecrest, California

1996

North American Sculpture Exhibition,

Golden, Colorado

 

Foothills Art Center

Mesa, Arizona

 

“Mold That Thought,” Galeria mesa
“From The Crucible: Works from Decker Studios Fine Arts Foundry,” Lankershim Art center

N. Hollywood, California

1995

“Strictly Sculpture,” Juried Exhibition,
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
“Winter Art Collection,” Curated by Sadler Fine Arts

Santa Ana, California

1994

Rachele Lozzi Gallery

Los Angeles, California

 

Hundai Gallery

Seoul, Korea

 

Artyard

Denver, Colorado

 

Stellar Artworks, Atelier Show

Los Angeles, California

1993

Venice Art Walk ’93 Docent Tours

Venice, California

 

Platt Gallery, University of Judaism

Los Angeles, California

 

“Ten Artist’s from the West Coast,”
Total Museum of Contemporary Art

Seoul, Korea

 

The Art Collector

San Diego, California

 

“Four,” Brandstater Gallery,
La Sierra University

Sun City, Arizona

1992

“Three California Artists,”
Sun Cities Art Museum

Sun City, Arizona

 

“The Figure: Fact, Fiction and Fragment,”
Century Gallery

Sylmar, California

  Art Fair Seattle '92 Seattle, Washington

1991

“California Small Works,”
California Museum of Art

Santa Rosa, California

1990

“California Sculpture Alliance Show,”
Whittier Museum

Whittier, California

1977

“Ceramics and Glass Show,”
San Jose Museum of Art

San Jose, California

1976

“Museum Without Walls,” Juried Art Exhibition,
Pacific Garden Mall

Santa Cruz, California


Current Gallery Representation:

Art-O-Rama

Manhattan Beach, California

Artyard Gallery

Denver, Colorado

BGH Gallery

Santa Monica, California

Bakersfield Museum of Art

Bakersfield, California

Decker Studios Art Gallery

N. Hollywood, California

Glass Garage Gallery

Los Angeles

Guild.com

Online

Lurie Fine Art Gallery

Boca Raton, Florida

Rosetta Stone Fine Art Gallery

Juno Beach, Florida

Sculpture.org

Online

Skidmore Contemporary Art Gallery

Malibu, California


Current Museum Collections:

Rose Museum at Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

Total Art Museum

Seoul, Korea


Public Collections and Exhibitions:

Bakersfield Museum of Art

Bakersfield, California

Columbia College

Chicago, Illinois

Joffrey Ballet Company of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Jewish Home for the Aging - "Mother & Child"

Reseda, California

Art in Public Places for the City of Brea,
"Artisan Walk", “Avalon's Legacy”

Brea, California

Art in Public Places for the City of Brea,
"A Moment in Time"

Brea, California

Art in Public Places for the City of Brea, Colonial Walk, “Vicky"

Brea, California

Cultural Philosophic Center, “Cradle”      

Stockholm, Sweden

Cerro Coso Community College

Ridgecrest, California

Memorial Commissioned by Max Factor Family -
Jewish Home for the Aging

Los Angeles, California


Awards:

2000

National Sculpture Society Silver Medal
and John Cavanaugh Memorial Award,
“NSS 2000 Annual Exhibition”,
Brookgreen Gardens

South Carolina &
New York, New York

1996

John Cavanaugh Memorial Award
for Figurative Sculpture -
“North American Sculpture Exhibition,”
Foothills Art Center

Golden, Colorado

1991

Cash Award, “California Small Works,”
California Museum of Art

Santa Rosa, California

1976

Grand prize, “Museum Without Walls,”
Juried exhibition, Pacific Garden Mall

Santa Cruz, California


Selected Private Collections:

Mr. Ross Bagdesarian and Mrs. Janice Karman

Santa Barbara, California

Mr. and Mrs. Avrum and Martha Bluming 

Calabasas, California

Ms. Ellen Burstyn

New York, New York

Mr. And Mrs. Lou and Irma Colen

Los Angeles, California

Mr. Steven de Christopher

Rancho Mirage, California

Mr. Richard Feinstein

Malibu, California

Mrs. Ava Friese

Beverly Hills, California

Mr. And Mrs. Ron and Betty Goldie

Beverly Hills, California

Mr. John Herzfeld

Beverly Hills, California

Mrs. Liz Hirsch

Los Angeles, California

Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Rita Levin

Beverly Hills, California

Mrs. Shirley Magedson

Beverly Hills, California

Mrs. Valerie Nielsen Mendez

Pacific Palisades, California

Mrs. Pamela Lowe

London, England

Mr. and Mrs. Ronney and Stacy Robinson

Venica, California

Mrs. Gina Posalski

Beverly Hills, California

Mr. And Mrs. Rick and Esther Rosenfield

Los Angeles, California

Mr. And Mrs. Mark and Esther Rydell

Marina Del Rey, California

Mrs. Carole Tavris and Mr. Ronan O’Casey         

Los Angeles, California

Ms. Elinor Turner

Beverly Hills, California

Mrs. Donna Venick

Los Angeles, California

Mr. And Mrs. Fredrick Weisman

Los Angeles, California

Mr. And Mrs. Ron Robinson

Los Angeles, California

Mr. Mark Rydell

Los Angeles, California


Bibliography:

2007

American Art Collector

2006

The Guild Sourcebook

2005

The Panache Experience, “Beauty in the Details”

2000

ArtScene, April 2000

1998

The Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1998

1997

Encyclopedia of Living Artist’s, 10th Edition, Art Network

1996

The North American Sculpture Exhibition, Catalogue,
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado

1996

Confluence, Catalogue, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingham, Texas

1995

In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the ‘90’s, Catalogue,
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art/Snug Harbor Cultural Center

1994

Guide to Artist’s in Southern California

1993

Sculpture, September/ October Issue

1993

ISC Sculpture Source

1993

Artweek, April 8, 1993

1992

Lee, Sung-Man, The Design Journal, Seoul, Korea

1991

Smithsonian Magazine, April 1991

1987

Los Angeles Magazine, June 1987


Media:

2005

Movie: “The Departed”

2004

Movie: "Meet the Fokers"

2003

Movie: "The Girl Next Door"

2002

TV Series: "The Drew Carey Show"

2000

TV Series: "The X Files"

1999

Movie: "Mr. Bean"

1999

TV series: “Action”

1998

TV: “US,” Dreamworks
Movie: “Cruel Intentions”
Commercial: “IBM,” Pytka Productions

1997

Movie: “Zero Effect”
Movie: “Your Friends and Neighbors”
TV Series: “Veronica’s Closet”
Movie “Rich Man’s Wife”
TV Series: “N.Y.P.D. Blue”
TV Series: “Wolfpack”

1995

Movie: “2 Days in the Valley”
Movie: “Multiplicity”

1988

"Two on the Town,” TV Magazine Show

1987

Movie: “Mannequin”
TV News Short, CBS Network, Dan Rather


Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Contemporary Artist’s

National Association of Women Artist’s

National Museum of Women in The Arts

Women in Business

Manchester Who’s Who


Special Projects:

2007

“2007 Garden and Design Showcase” at Greystone Mansion

2007

“LACMA Art & Architecture Tour 2007”

2007

National Endowment for the Arts sponsored presentation, “Bronze Work-a Tale of Three Artists

2000

"LACMA Art & Architecture Tour 2000"

2006

Site specific sculpture for the Joffrey Ballet Company of Chicago



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