Barbara Nathanson
  Paintings and Drawings

RESUME

           

EDUCATION   

B. A., M. A. in Fine Art,California State University, Northridge

   

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008                 The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, Ca. SUFACE AND SUBJECT

2007                 First Standard Bank, Los Angeles, Ca. SUBTEXT AND TEXTURE

2005                       Asto Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca. 4 solos, BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE

2002                       Galleri Temporary Contemporary, Krakow, Poland

1997                 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, Ca.

1994                 Gallery at Roosevelt Bldg. Los Angeles, Ca. A CLOSER LOOK

    

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009                 ESSA Center for Contemporary Art, Manilla the Philippines INTERNATIONAL ART EXHBIT

                       IT Gallery, Vernon, California DIVERGENT VIEWS

2008                 Forum Alsteral, Hamburg, Germany ARTIST TO ARTIST HAMBURG 2008

                        Pommernhus Gallery, Greifswald, Germany INTERART GREIFSWALD 2008

                        INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL,, Invitational Traveling Exhibition:

                                     Sejong Art Center, Seoul, South Korea GIAF

                                     Beijing GuanYin Tang Art Street, Beijing, China BAIF

                                     Busan Cultural Art Center, Busan, South Korea BIAF

                                     Asto Museum of Art in San Bernadino, Ca. AIAF

                        Gallery Sigvardson, Rodby, Denmark  ECLECTIC ART-ECLECTIC ARTISTS

2007                 Atelier Grognard, Rueil-Malmaison, France INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION

                  Asto Museum of Art at Long Beach, Ca. SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLICITY

                        LAAA Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca. TURF, GLOBAL REFLECTIONS

                        Ontario Airport Gallery, Ontario, Ca. HOW TO LOOK AT ARCHITECTURE

                        Pommernhus, Greifswald, Germany INTER ART 1 GREIFSWALD

                        Asto Museum of Art & Hanseo Univ., INTERNATIONAL ART, Traveling Exhibition:

                                     Sejong Art Center, Seoul, South Korea GIAF

                                     Hanseo University, Choongchung, South Korea HAIF

                                     Beijing, China

                                     Asto Museum of Art at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca. HAIF II

                        LAAA Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca.  VS.

2006                 Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, Ca. ARTISTS OF THE VALLEY

Japanese American National Museum, L.A, Ca. LELA INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL

Sejong Center, Seoul, South Korea, LIGHT, HUMAN, GATE, 2nd GWANG HWA MOON

                            INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL

2005                 Asto Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca. LELA 15th INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL

Galeria AH, and Museo Historico Regional De Ensenada, B.C., Mexico,

   EXPOSICION INTERNATIONAL

Danwon Art Museum, Anson, South Korea, THE CONTINENTS ECHO

                        Daejeon, South Korea, CROSSING THE CENTURY

                        Ken Ritsu Museum, Nagasaki, Japan, 26th PEACE EXHIBITION

                        Burapha University, Srinakharinwirot Univ., Rajamangala Institute of Technology

            Bangkok and ChonBuri, Thailand LELA, INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL       

2004                 Kidang Museum, Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju Cultural Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                            JEJU 1st INTERNATIONAL FREE ART FESTIVAL             

                        Gallery Asto, Los Angeles, Ca. ASTO INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL

                        Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, Ca. Sixteen By Twenty

                        Finegood Gallery, West Hills, Ca. GROUP 9 MIXING MEDIA

2003                 The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, Ca. APPROACHING PERFECTION,

                            Curator: MeryLynn McCorkle

                        Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, Ca.WORKS ON PAPER,

                            Award:Honerable Mention, Juror: Joan Hugo      

                        Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Ca. SEEING RED

                        Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, Ca. GROUP 9 IN COLLABORATION

2002                 Gallery 825, West Hollywood, OPEN SHOW 2002, Juror: Alma Ruiz, Assoc.Curator, MOCA

                        Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, Ca. EARTH’S COLORS

2001                 Gallery 525, Santa Monica, Ca. INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION         

                        Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca.OPEN SHOW 2001, 

                            Juror: Christopher Miles, Art Critic, Art Forum

                         Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, Ca. GROUP NINE, SHIFTING POSITIONS, Tarzana, Ca.

2000                 Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca.  PAINT, Juror: Frank Romero

                        Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca, OPEN, Juror: Jay Belloli

1999                 Century Gallery, Sylmar, Ca. SURFACES: REAL AND IMPLIED

1998                 California State University Art Gallery, Northridge Ca. GROUP NINE: POWER IN COLLABORATION

                        Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca. RESTRUCTURE, Juror: Carole Ann Klonarides, SMMOA

                        Gallery 825, West Hollywood, Ca. RITUAL AND SPLENDOR

1997                 SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2nd NATIONAL COMPETITION EXHIBITION , Juror: Henry Hopkins

                        SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. BLOW UP

                        Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, Ca. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN, Juror: Martin Betz

                        Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, Ca. THE REALLY BIG SHOW, Juror: Gordon Fuglie

                        Claremont College Gallery, Claremont, Ca. EXCHANGE,  Curator: Dean DeCocker

1995                 The Performance Studio-Gallery, Ventura, Ca. TWO VIEWS OF TEXTURE (Two Person Exhibit)

1994                 Los Angeles Convention Center, INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

1993                 Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, Ca. BRAND XXIII

                        SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. L.A. BIBLIOTECA

                        Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, PAINTING, Juror: Henry Hopkins

1992                 SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca., ART AND CRITIQUE SHOW

1991                 Goldfarb Vein Gallery, Beverly Hills, Ca.,

                        Gallery Telesis, Sedona, Arizona,  

1990                 Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, Ca.,L.A. Fringe Festival, SOUL TO EARTH

1987                 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CONTEMPORARY ART OF PAPER

                        Century Gallery, Sylmar, Ca. SURFACE QUALITY

                        Gorman Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. ARTISTS’ EQUITY GROUP SHOW

                        ASI Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.

                             ARTISTS’ SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL ART ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS EXHIBITION

1985-87            Mid-March Assoc. of New York, Traveling Exhibit  AN AMERICAN ALBUM

                                    United Nations Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya

                                    California College of Arts & Crafts Artist’s Gallery, Oakland, Ca.

                                    Maryland College of Art & Design, Silver Spring, Md

                                    WARM Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

                                    Black Mountain College, New York

                                    Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, No. Carolina

                                             Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richland, Texas

Ms. Nathanson is also a member of Group 9, which produces and exhibits collaborative work.

 

MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS

REYES, Marilee, Review: “Artists Work Together for College Exhibition”,

HEMET NEWS, January 22, 2003

Douglas, Theo, Review: “Looks Good On Paper”, LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM, August 1, 2003

Woodard, Joseph, Review: “Face Value”, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Friday, January 29, l999

Woodard, Joseph, Review: “Mixed Media”, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Friday, November 13, 1998

AN/Fot.Klag, Waclaw, Review: DZIENNIK POLSKI, Krakow, June 8, 2002

MAS/Fot.Satala, Marian, Review:  GAZETA KRAKOWSKA, June, 28, 2002

What, Where, When, KRAKOW, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 2002, p. 12-13

KARNET, Crakow Cultural Events,  June, No. 6(75)/2002, p.133

LUVAAS, Lucinda, Editor/Director, Video Documentary:  “Group Nine: In Collaboration 2002”

                  Produced by Mt. San Jacinto College Fine Art Gallery

LEWIS, Louise, Moderator, Video:  “California State University at Northridge, Group 9, Panel Discussion”, 1998

SELECTED CATALOGUES

2009                 Los Angeles Art Association Vol. 1, (Artists Selected by Samuel Hoi, President of Otis College of Art and Design)

2007                 France International Exposition, Atelier Grognard, Rueil-Malmaison,France

2005                 Danwon Art Museum International Exhibition, Anson,South Korea

                        Lantern of the East International Art Festival, Bangkok and Chon Buri, Thailand

2004                 1st Jeju International Free Art Festival,  Jeju, Korea

2003                 GROUP 9, (Includes an essay by Joan Hugo, art historian, critic, curator, lecturer)

2002                 Galeria Temporary Contemporary,  Krakow, Poland

1993                 Brand XXIII 23 Multi-Media

1987                 Artists’ Society International, Art Achievement Awards

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member: Board of Directors, SITE, A Non-Profit Artist's Organization 1992 - 1995

Gallery Manager, SITE Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.  Feb. 1992 - Aug. 1993

Artist in Residence for Akiba Academy, Los Angeles, Ca.   Spring 1987

Panel Member                “THE SPIRITUAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART” 

                                    Discussion Sponsored by Artists’ Equity Association

                                    Eilat Gordon Gallery, Hollywood, Ca.

                                    Other Members of Panel: Jean Edelstein, Sylvia Glass, Noa Bornstein

SELECTED COLLECTIONS     

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., (AMERICAN ALBUM)

Annex Gallery, San Diego, Ca.

Robert Englekirk Consulting Structural Engineers Inc., Los Angeles, Sacramento, Irvine, Ca. Offices

Steres, Alpert & Carne,  San Diego, Ca.

Midway Hospital Medical Center, So. Cal. Center for Immune Suppression

Huppert Construction Co., Northridge, Ca.

Galleria Temporary Contemporary, Krakow, Poland

Dr. & Mrs Albin Wrulich, Baden, Switzerland

Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Haug, Hamburg, Germany

Sr. y Sra. Nestor De La Torre, Guadalajara, Mexico

Mr. & Mrs. John V. Wulff, Lidingo, Sweden

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Englekirk, Pacific Palisades, Ca.

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Gibbs, Los Angeles, Ca.