Born: June 15, 1942 Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education: 1972 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
AWARDS
1986- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1984-85- National Endowment Individual Artist Grant
1979-80- Prix di Roma Fellowship, The American Academy in Rome, Italy
1978- New Talent Purchase Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
COMMISSIONS
1999- City of Obihiro, Japan, Obihiro Redevelopment Project, Four Sika Deer
1996- United States of America Embassy, Singapore
1994- Palos Verdes Peninsula Library, Rolling Hills, CA
1993- The Hugo Neuhaus Jr. Memorial Fountain, Heritage Park, Houston, TX
1992- CRA Hope Street Park, Los Angeles, CA
(in collaboration with Lawrence Halpern, landscape artist)
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles
1991- Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA
U.S. Bank Plaza, Sacramento, CA
1989- Ronald Reagan State Building, Los Angeles, CA
State of California Arts Commission
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007- "From Classical to Baroque", LA Louver, Venice, CA
"Birds", Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
(August) "Cats", Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
(September) The Fresno Museum, Fresno, CA
2006- Washburn Gallery, New York
2005- "Cougar Pond," LA Louver, Skyroom, Venice, CA
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003- L.A. Louver, Venice
2002- Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper
2000- Washburn Gallery, New York
1998- Washburn Gallery, New York
1997- Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu
1996- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1995-96- Washburn Gallery, New York
1994- Gerald Peters Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1992- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1991- Asher Faure, Los Angeles, CA
1990- Rutgers Barclay Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Asher Faure, Los Angeles, CA
1989- Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1988- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum,ID
1987- John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
AsherFaure, Los Angeles , CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007- "Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women Artists
1980-2006", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
"The Left Coast", Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2006- "Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art," DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"The ADAA Art Show 2006", Washburn Gallery,
New York, NY
Carl Schlosberg Exhibitions Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
"Gwynn Murrill-Sculpture and Wayne Shimabukuro-Photography," California State University Los Angeles, Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005- LA Louver, Venice, CA
Carl Schlosberg Exhibitions Inc., Malibu, CA
2002- L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
"Free Associations" ARTS Manhattan, Manhattan Beach, CA
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Cerritos Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
Carl Scholsberg Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
2001- "Representing LA" Art Institute of S. Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
"Representing LA" Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Albuquerque Museum, NM
2000- "Representing LA" Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
1999- Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
"Portraiture: Front, Back & In-Between," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasedena, CA
1998- Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe
1996- Washburn Gallery, New York
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994- California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1993- Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
1991- Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan
1990- Esprit Sculpture Garden, San Francisco, CA
1988- John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987- Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
1986- Fresno Arts Center & Museum, Fresno, CA
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982- Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna, CA
1980- American Academy in Rome, Italy
1977- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1976- Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
1974- Artists Space, New York (with Judy Pfaff)