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BIO ELIZABETH NEES born in Pasadena, California lives and works in Long Beach, California EDUCATION B.F.A. Art, Drawing and Painting, 1989. Cum Laude. California State University, Long Beach. California graduate study, drawing and painting, CSULB Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. Figure Symposium.
University of California, Irvine. Dance Private study, chen-style T'ai Chi Chuan. AWARDS "California Visual Artists" award, 2010. Fine Arts Affiliates scholarship award in Visual Art, C.S.U.L.B. Dance scholarship award, Downey Museum of Art. EXHIBITIONS 2010 "California Visual Artists". 2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA 2009 LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art APC Fine Arts & Graphics Gallery, Torrance, CA Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA Bistango, Irvine, Ca 2008 LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. i-5 Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA APC Graphics, Torrance, CA 2007 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY. Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA 2006 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY. 2005 Grand Central Art Center, Fullerton, CA. 2004 The Hangar Galleries, Santa Monica, CA. 2002 Huntington Beach Art Center. Huntington Beach, CA 2001 Fresh Paint. Culver City, CA. 2000 Laguna Art Museum, sales and rental gallery,Laguna Beach, CA Bistango. Irvine, CA. 1999 Solo exhibition, “A Year of Good Fortune (and other paintings)”. Long Beach, CA. (Public Corporation for the Arts.) APC Fine Arts & Graphics Gallery, Gardena, CA. 1998 The Armory, Long Beach, CA (Public Corporation for the Arts). Solo Exhibition, “Between Heaven and Earth” (Public Corporation for theArts) 1996 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. ARTernatives, a Visual Arts Forum. San Luis Obispo, CA. MWP Editorial Hollywood, CA MAD RIVER Post. Frank O. Gehry Edgmar Complex, Santa Monica, CA Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA. Torrance Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery. Torrance, CA 1995 National Museum of Beaux-Arts, Havana, Cuba. “Havana ‘95”. 3-Seventeen Gallery, Venice, CA. South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art. Torrance, CA Torrance Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery, Torrance, CA South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, WINDOWS Gallery. Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA. 1994 Bistango, Irvine, CA. Torrance Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery, Torrance, CA. South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, WINDOWS gallery. Sacred Grounds, San Pedro, CA. Mad River Post, Frank O. Gehry Complex, Santa Monica, CA. 1993 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. Man’s Place on Spaceship Earth. Seattle, Washington. P&M Fine Arts, Long Beach, CA. 1992 Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA. 1991 South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA. 1989 P&M Fine Arts, Long Beach, CA. University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, CA. “INSIGHTS ’89”. 1988 Karin Long Gallery, Long Beach, CA. 1987 University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach. Karin Long Gallery, Long Beach, CA. Bizous, Huntington Beach, CA PROJECTS and COMMISSIONS Commissioned painting. Entrance. Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills. 2006. Large site-specific painting for interior space, private collector. 1998. curator, "something in my eye is dark", South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art. Permanent installation (large painting) for reception area, private collector. 1989. (Shell Oil Company affiliate) “the portrait project”, South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art. Torrance, CA 1995. Juror, Long Beach Council’s “Reflections” exhibition. Long Beach, CA. 2003. M.L.C. & Associates. Irvine, CA. Design project. 1996. BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESS & PRINT MEDIA Ensler, Eve. Central Park. journal anthology. Issue Number 22, Spring 1993. Neword Publications, Inc., New York, New York. Selected paintings reproduced; biography. Cohen, Edie. INTERIOR DESIGN magazine. February 2005, Volume 76, Number 2. New York, NY. “A Family Affair”. pp.162-68. Captioned photo. ANGELENO magazine. September 2004. Captioned photo. Frank, Peter. Long Beach Press Telegram. Lifestyle, March 12, 1995. p.7. Review. southern california STYLE magazine. Volume 3, Issue 2. February 1988. Photo. ARTernatives Brings L.A.’s Best. New Times, San Luis Obispo County’s, September 12-September 19, 1996. Vol.11, No. 4. The Arts, p. 48-49. Review. “Reduced to something.” The Beach Reporter, September 28, 1995. Review. The Beach Reporter. September 19, 1991. Article, captioned photo. Insight Easy Reader. September 26, 1991. Article, captioned photo. Goldner, Liz. ‘Centered on the Center’.OC Metro. Fine Art section. February 7, 2002. Review. OTHER MEDIA This Week in Torrance, City Cable Channel 22, October 6-12, 1995. Television Interview in conjunction with exhibition at Torrance Joslyn Gallery. Featured Artist, lecture series by Dr. Gene Isaacson, Department of Art History, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, California. 1993. COLLECTIONS Corporate Collections Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA M.L.C. & Associates, Irvine, CA and Seattle, WA Ralph Ehrenpreis Law, Los Angeles Eric Rosen Architects Celerity Partners, Los Angeles Canyon Partners, Los Angeles Overbrook Entertainment Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan Private Collections Mr. and Mrs. Terry Clark, Newport Beach Mr.Jeffrey Wright, Huntington Beach Lissa Bockrath, Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH R. H. Phister and Gomez Pamela Mottice, West Los Angeles Eric and Holly Rosen, Venice Virginia Ball, VB Designs, Inc., Beverly Hills Dr. Gene Isaacson, Huntington Beach John Fleming Interiors, Torrance Hallie and Greg Abrams, Cleveland, OH Ms. Ghada Jamal, Lebanon Ms. Lisa French, Long Beach Mr. David Gregorio, Long Beach Mr. and Mrs. John Guillory, Walnut Donna Landau, Los Angeles Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Roscoe Nees, Long Beach Mr. Jules Siegel, Lomita Scott Werker, Los Angeles Paige Duncan, Hermosa Beach Thomas Boyack, Los Angeles Ms. Daryl Nees, San Diego Pat Burton, Long Beach Ms. Valerie Triff, Long Beach Ms. Susan Bauer, Huntington Beach Mr. and Mrs. Karl Simpson, Fountain Valley Lynn Trittipo and Diego Segundo, Huntington Harbor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shirley, Ventura Peter Hanasz, Los Angeles Janine Lichstein, Los Angeles Ian Spaulding, Los Angeles Kristen Hodess, Los Angeles Sandy Volpert, Los Angeles Pam Gelman, Los Angeles Robert Simonds, Los Angeles Jory Burton, Los Angeles Priscilla Hoe, Los Angeles Cory Weiss, Beverly Hills Shin Kisu, Los Angeles Nina Shaw, Los Angeles Michael and Jamie Angus, Los Angeles Kenneth Maron, Los Angeles Nancy Keatinge, Santa Monica Donna Roberts
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