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LUCINDA LUVAAS. . .
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCES:

2001-06
BLUETENWEISS GALLERY, Berlin, Germany, Group Show, October, 2006
ANNENBERG SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, PA, “Crises” Sept.
11th-December, ‘06
UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS, Joliet, IL, Group
Exhibition, Sept-Dec., 2006
CHASE MITCHELL GALLERY, Santa Ana, CA Featured Artist/August, 2006
CHASE MITCHELL GALLERY, Santa Ana, CA Group Show/September, 2006
CHASE MITCHELL GALLERY, Santa Ana, CA Group Show/October, 2006
LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY, Riverside, CA, Solo Exhibition, September, ‘06
ONELEAF FINE ART, Pomona, CA, Group Show, May, ‘06
ALTERED ESTHETICS, Minneapolis, MN, Group Show, March, ‘06 THE
RESIDENCE, London, England, Group Show, October/05
THE HIVE, Los Angeles, Group Show, Oct/Nov. excerpts from films and painting, 2005
LOOKING AT ART for the LAX and ONT Airports, August-Jan.’06
BC GALLERY, Laguna Beach, CA, Group Exhibition, Films/Paintings/Oct., 2004
INSHALLAH GALLERY, Los Angeles, Group Show, August/2004
ONE LEAF FINE ART, Pomona, CA, Group Show, May/2006
CHADRON STATE COLLEGE, Chadron Nebraska, Solo Show, Jan/Feb, 2005
CAL POLY DOWNTOWN ART CENTER, Survey Solo Show, Nov.-Dec., 2004
GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Solo Show, September/October, 2003
NEW ARTS PROGRAM/Kurztown, PA, Small Works Exhibition/video, May/July/2003
THE PEACE MUSEUM, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition, May/August, 2003
LOIS LAMBERT GALLERY, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Group Show, May/July ‘03
NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, NYC, “BigNews,” show: published artists, 2003
WESSMAN GALLERY, BATON ROUGE, LA, ongoing representation
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Athens, GA/group show, April,
2002
PASCAL/ROBINSON GALLERIES, Houston, TX, Solo Exhibition, Jan.-Feb., 2002
REACTIONS, Group Show, Exit Art, NYC January/March/2002/Art Center, Pasadena/July/Aug.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Travelling Group Exhibition, Feb. 2002
MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, Walnut, CA , Solo Exhibition, February, 2001

99-’00
HAMILTON GALLERIES, Santa Monica, CA, Group Show, October-Dec/ 2001
TRAMPOLINE, Nottingham, England/performance of “The Sound of Wings”
PASCAL./ROBINSON GALLERIES, Houston, Tx, Gallery Group Exhibition, (Dec.)
SPACE 12, Boston, MA
HOLLY MATTER FINE ART, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition, (Nov.-Dec.)
KELLOGG UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, “Sketch”, (March-April)
JOAN WICK & CO., Houston, TX, Group Exhibition: “Temptations”, (March)
HAMILTON GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition (October)
1998 UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS, Redlands, CA Solo Exhibition (November)
HAMILTON GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition (May-June)

1997
HAMILTON GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition (October)
ORLANDO GALLERY, Sherman Oaks, CA. Group Exhibition (Summer)
ROBINSON GALLERY, Houston, TX, Solo Exhibition (Fall), Gallery Group Exh. (Winter)
BARD HALL GALLERY, San Diego, CA, Solo Exhibition of paintings, etchings,drawings, wall sculpture,freestanding sculpture and Artist Lecture (October)
GALLERIA DOS DAMAS, San Diego, CA, Group Exh. at the Clarion (June),
Group Exh. at Gallery, (October), solo exhibition at the Clarion (November)

1996
ROBINSON GALLERIES, Houston, TX, Group Exhibition, (December-January)
IN COLLABORATION, Akron, Ohio, Group Exhibition, (March)

1994
GUEST CURATOR, MYTHOS GALLERY, Burbank, CA: Co-curated exhbition
with Glen Leonard Doll and wrote the essay on selected artists: “Seaching For Eden.”
GALLERY ANNEXT, New York, NY: Group Exhibition, (April-June)
NANCY SILVERMAN GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA, Two-person Exhibition, (Feb.-Mar.)

1993
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART RENTAL GALLERY, (July): ongoing rental of painted wall sculpture
SPECTRUM GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Group Exhibition, (December)
ROY G. BIV GALLERY, INC., Palm Springs, CA, Group Exhibition, (October)\
CENTURY GALLERY, Sylmar, CA, Three-Person Exhibition, (June-August):
LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, Barnsdall Park, LA, CA, Group Exhibition,
and lecture, “Laughing Matters”, with essay and catalogue, written by Tyler Stallings, (Feb.-April)
CREATIVE ART CENTER GALLERY, Burbank, CA, Solo Exhibition, (January): exhibition of works on canvas, monotypes, etchings, wall sculpture and freestanding painted sculpture

1992
CABRILLO COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Aptos, CA, Solo Exhibition and
lecture, (September):
Exhibition of freestanding painted sculpture and oils on canvas
ORLANDO GALLERY, Sherman Oaks, CA, Three-Person Exhibition,
(September): exhibition of painted wall sculpture
ORLANDO GALLERY, Sherman Oaks, CA, Benefit for Philip Orlando,
(October)
FELICITA FOUNDATION, Mathes Cultural Center, Escondido, CA,
(April-July): “Local Color”
Annual Exhibition of local artists.
PALOMAR COLLEGE BENEFIT, San Marcos, CA, (May), featured artist for
fund raiser.
ERIE ART MUSEUM, Erie, PA, Group Exhibition, (February): part of
travelling exhibition
sponsored by Pennsylvania State University’s Zoller Gallery

1991
ZOLLER GALLERY, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA “Metamorphosis of A Butterfly”, (June): A group of artists
were invited to create pieces out of canvas butterfly chairs.
Catalogue of exhibition
MIRA COSTA COLLEGE, Oceanside, CA, Solo Exhibition and Lecture,
(Oct.-Nov.)
SARDONI GALLERY, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA, Group
Exhibition, (Sept.)
EL CAMINO COLLEGE LIBRARY, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition,
(September)
SOUTH BAY CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM OF ART, Torrance, CA, Group
Exhibition, (Mar.)

1990
BARBARA MENDES GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition, (May):
works on canvas, etchings and wall sculpture
THE NOYES MUSEUM, Oceanville, NJ, Group Exhibition: “Artist’s
Gardens”, (March)
MANGEL GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, Group Exhibition of Gallery
Artists, (January)

1989
MANGEL GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, Solo Exhibition, (October):
painted wall sculpture
black and white large oilbar drawings
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, Ralph Wilson Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, the Thirty
Fourth Annual Contemporary American Art Exhibition: “From Narrative
To Magic Realism,”
essay by Ricardo Pau-LLosa, curated by Ricardo Viera.
(November-January)

1988
THE PENSON GALLERY, New York, NY, Solo Exhibition, (October):
oils on canvas and mixed media on paper
THE KINGSTON ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Solo
Exhibition and lecture, (December): oils on canvas, mixed-media on
paper
THE PALMER MUSEUM, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA, Group Exhibition, (August), works on paper
ERECTOR SQUARE GALLERY, New Haven, CT, Group Exhibition, (March):
curated by Lucy Lippard

1987
DALIA TAWIL GALLERY, New York, NY, Solo Exhibition, (May)

1986
DALIA TAWIL GALLERY, New York, NY, Group Exhibition, (Febuary):
oils on canvas
HUDSON VALLEY ‘86: Arts & Sciences Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Group
Exhibition
(March), curated by Holly Solomon
THE PRINT CLUB, Philadelphia, PA, Group Exhibition, (January): oil,
prismacolor, on paper

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS:

2002
THE ARTIST TELEVISION ACCESS, SF, CA, screening of “Famiiar
Voices.”
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Athens, GA, screening of “Running
Through History/Part One”
CHANNEL 23, Boston, MA, CHANNEL 10, Cambridge, MA, screening of
“Familiar Voices,” and “Running Through History/Part One”
TIMES/WARNER CABLE, SnackOn Art, NYC, airing “Running Through
History/Part One”
THE CLAUDE SHOW, IL, “Familiar Voices,” and “Running Through
History/Part One”
KDOL TV, Oakland, CA, airing of “Running Through History/Parts One &
Two”
BERKELEY COMMUNITY TV, airing of “Running Through History/Part Two”
SF CABLE CHANNEL 29/THE CLIP SHOW, “Familiar Voices,” & “Running
Through History/Parts One & Two”
ALFRED UNIVERSITY, screening “Running Through History/Part One,
Spring semester
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO/Cinemus Publicus, screening of “Running
Through History/Part One”

2003
INDEPENDENT MEDIA NETWORK, SF, airing of “Running Through History”
GRTV, Grand Rapids, MI, airing of “Running Through History”
THE NEW ARTS PROGRAM, Kurtztown, PA, screening of “RunningThrough
History/PartOne”
SHORTKUTZ DVD, Volume Two, Seattle, WA, publishing of “Running
Through History/Part One on a DVD compilation
3btv.com, website that airs my work
IFF FILM FESTIVAL, Tampa, FL, official selections of “Running
Through History/Parts One & Two” (July)
FIRST ANNUAL REEL VENUS FILM FESTIVAL, Symphony Space, NYC
“Running Through History/Part One” (July)
BEARDED CHILD FILM FESTIVAL, Grand Rapids, MI & University of
Colorado, Boulder
official selection, “The Skeleton Rag” (August and September)
DOWNSTREAM FILM FESTIVAL, Decatur & Atlanta, GA , official
selection, “The Skeleton Rag” (September)
SILVERLAKE FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, CA (September) “Running
Through History/Parts One and Two”
DAHLIA’S FLIX & MIX, New York, NY, screening of “The Skeleton Rag.”
at Sugar
“ROCK THEATRE,” FOX CABLE 61, Chattanooga, TN, airing “The Skeleton
Rag,” 10/25/03
IG FESTIVAL, Atlanta, GA, “The Best of The Downstream Film Fest,
October 17th & 18th/03
21 GRAND GALLERY, Oakland, CA, Annual T-10 Film Festival, December
13th/14th

2004/06
TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Tiburon, CA, RHx1, March
12 - 18th
DELTA INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, Awarded, Best Narrative
Short
for “A Working Man’s Apocrypha, April/2006
SDSU/HUGH C. HYDE LIVING WRITERS SERIES, CA, “A Working Man’s
Apocrypha” March
DEEP DISH TV, NYC, “Art of the Resistance/The Skeleton Rag.”
PHASTAMAGORA, Seattle, “Running Through History, Part One
DC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, RHx1&2, March
THE LAB, Salt Lake City Utah, screening of RHx1
FLABBY HOFFMAN SHOW, Chicago Cable Channel, screening of RHx3, June,
FV, Sept.
ARTCINEMAOFFOFFGENT, Belgium, Running Through History, Part One,
December 13th
BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, “A Working Man’s Apocrypha,”
April, ‘05
THE PIONEER THEATER, NYC, “Art of The Resistance/The Skeleton Rag,”
Jan. ‘05
STANDING ROCK FILM FESTIVAL, January, Running Through History, Part
Three
1896 FINE ART FILM THEATER, Denver, CO, RH and Apocrypha, July/05
INSHALLAH GALLERY, Los Angeles, The Skeleton Rag, Halliburton Rag,
August
DENVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, “Art of The Resistance, Skeleton
Rag,” Sept. PEOPLE CALLED WOMEN, “Art of The Resistance,” Skeleton
Rag, Toledo, OH, August
TIME SPACE LIMITED, “Art of The Resistance,” The Skeleton Rag,
Hudson, NY
BAJA CALIFORNIA FILM FESTIVAL, Running Through History, Parts 1-3,
October
THE MIKE MESSIER SHOW, RI, January, “A Working Man’s
Apocrypha” CAL POLY POMONA DOWNTOWN ART CENTER, “A Working Man’s
Apocrypha” and RH
TUFTS UNIVERSITY TELEVISION, “RH & A Working Man’s Apocrypha,”
Feb/Mar. ‘05
DHTV, St. Louis, MO, screening of “A Working Man’s Apocrypha”
THE RESIDENCE, London, England, screening of “Road Trip”
BAJA CALIFORNIA FILM FESTIVAL, “Road Trip,” October
PROPELLER, England, distributing my films throughout Europe
NEW SCREEN TV, FL, distributing, “A Working Man’s Apocrypha”
BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley, CA, “Road Trip,” September, 2006
THE BEARDED CHILD FILM FESTIVAL, St. Paul, MN, “Cellumania,” August,
2006
DEEP FRIED FILM FESTIVAL, Scotland, “Cellumania,” July 9th, 2006
BRAINWASH FESTIVAL, Oakland, CA, “Cellumania,” July 7th, 2006

SELECTED ARTICLES & REVIEWS:

2002
THE PRESS ENTERPRISE, review by Marylee Reyes/May

1999
ARTSCENE, review by Ray Zone of Hamilton Gallery solo exhibition

1998
THE PRESS ENTERPRISE, review by Mary Alice Cline, U. of Redlands,
Solo Exhibition, (December)
MERRILYN DUZY: TWENTY FIVE YEARS, essay for catalogue

1995
LOS ANGELES TIMES, review by Nancy Kapitanoff, Mythos Solo
Exhibition, (May)

1994
LOS ANGELES TIMES, review by Nancy Kapitanoff, “Searching For
Eden”, (June)

1993
LOS ANGELES TIMES, review by Nancy Kapitanoff of Century
Exhibition, (July)
ARTSCENE, Los Angeles, CA, review of Creative Art Center Exhibition,
(January)
ARTWEEK, San Jose, CA, review of Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Exhibition, (April)

1992
CAPITOLA COURIER, Capitola, CA, review of Cabrillo College
Exhibition, (September)
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL, Santa Cruz, CA,review of Cabrillo College
Exhibition, (September)
LOS ANGELES TIMES, San Diego edition, review of “Local Production”
by Leah Ollman
SAN DIEGO TIMES UNION, San Diego, CA, review of “Local Production”
by Robert Pincus, (April)

1991
THE VISTA PRESS & THE SAN MARCOS COURIER, Vista & San Marcos, CA,
feature on my work for the Palomar College Benefit, (May)
LA READER, Los Angeles, CA, “Featured Artist of the Month” review of
solo exhibition at
Barbara Mendes Gallery, (September)
EL CAMINO COLLEGE, review of solo exhibition, (September)
COLLEGIAN, Pennsylvania State University, review of “Metamorphosis
of A Butterfly”, (June)

1990
GARDEN STATE PRESS, Neptune, NJ, review of the Noyes Museum
exhibition, (May)

1989
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, PA, review of solo
exhibition at Mangel Gallery, (December)
THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, PA, review of Lehigh University
exhibition, (December)

1988
THE NEW HAVEN ADVOCATE, New Haven, CT, review of Erector Square
Gallery exhibi- tion,(March)
THE DAILY PROGRESS, Philadelphia, PA, review of the Palmer Museum
Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University, (August)

1983
CULTURAL CORRESPONDENCE, review of the mural: “Dead End”
COMMUNITY MURALS MAGAZINE, my article on the making of “Dead End”,
(Spring Issue)

1982
JAPANESE COSMOPOLITAN, article on the mural: “Dead End”

1981
THE DAILY NEWS, New York, NY, article on “the Louis Armstrong
Mural”, (September)
AMERICANA MAGAZINE, New York, NY, (May): article on “behind-glass”
painting featuring my work and technique
CREATIVE CRAFTS, “Reverse Glass Painting” article featuring my work
and technique

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:

1982
“DEAD END” - 9’ x 15’ interior mural, acrylic on canvas, commissioned by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. Two classes from the fine art department were involved in the final execution of the mural.

1981
“SUMMER IN THE CITY” - interior mural, acrylic on canvas, commissioned by Channel Thirteen, New York, NY. Several muralists painted the piece live on Public Television.
“SUNSET PARK MURAL”, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY, 8’ x 36’ interior mural, oil on three panels depicting the history of the neighborhood
“THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MURAL”, East Elmhurst, NY, 11’ x 64’ enamel on brick,
sponsored by Queens College and the CityArts Workshop, New York, NY
1979 THE GLENS FALLS CIVIC CENTER MURAL, Glens Falls, NY, 9’ x 16’ interior mural, acrylic on canvas, commissioned by the Glens Falls Foundation

MEDIA:

2000/01 CHALLENGER PRODUCTIONS: Video: “Lucinda Luvaas at ChinaBerry Farm”
MEDIUM4 CABLE TV, NYC, ArtHistoryTV.com: feature on my multi-media works
1991 THE SAN DIEGO ART SCENE: Cox Cable Television, interview at Mira Costa College Exhibition

LITERARY PUBLICATIONS:

1999/06 LA JOURNAL, illustrations for magazine, a number of issues, ongoing
FOLIATE OAK, U. of AK, literary publication
RIVER CITY, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, Jan.2003
LATINO AMERICAN REVIEW USA, New York City/ April, 2002
ARTSFUSION, California (December-January Issue)
BIGNEWS Magazine, New York, NY, journal of art and writing (November, 2001)
WIRED HEART, on line magazine featured my drawings
ARTIFACTS, on line magazine featuring animations
UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, journal of writing and art, Paris,
France ALICUBI, on-line art/literary journal, Brooklyn, NY
THE DRAWING REVIEW, journal of drawing, Portland, MA
THE ARTISTIC EYE REVIEW, journal of art/criticism/literature, Chicago, IL
FRICTION MAGAZINE, journal of art
ONTHEBUS, cover art/”LA Fever” for book anthology of 12 Los Angeles poets
1997 EXCURSIS, New York, NY (December-January Issue)
1996 THE WITNESS, Detroit, MI, (October)
FICTION INTERNATIONAL, San Diego, CA, (Winter Issue)
1994 GLIMMER TRAIN, Portland, OR, (Fall Issue)
1993 THE WITNESS, Detroit, MI, (May)
CUTBANK, University of Montana, Dept. of English, Missoula, MT, (Winter Issue)
MUDFISH IV, A Literary Quarterly, Box Turtle Press, New York, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

PASCAL ROBINSON, HOUSTON, TX
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Permanent Collection
BOB & MARIA GERSCH, PRESIDENT: CAPITAL RECORDS, Los Angeles, CA
LIZ HELLER: VICE PRESIDENT CAPITAL RECORDS, Los Angeles, CA
KELLY GONDA: SOUTH OF DOHENY, Beverly Hills, CA
ALLEN FISCHER: MARITZ TRAVEL, New York, NY
SALLY BERKE BAYNON, San Diego, CA
SUZANNA MONIGER NEAL, La Jolla, CA
DR. MICHAEL & DEBBIE BRESSLER, La Jolla, CA (commission)
DEBBIE SHEETS, Houston, TX
THE CLARION HOTEL, San Diego, CA (commission/Galleria Dos Damas, SD)
DR. CLAUDIA FAINMAN, La Jolla, CA
ALLEN FISCHER & RENATE BELVILLE, Brooklyn, NY
BLAKE HARPER, Carlsbad, CA
ARLENE SCHAVIONE, BRONX, NY
BERNIE FLAM, BRONXVILLE, NY
BONNIE ZOBELL, Oceanside, CA
DIGITAL IMAGING, Houston, TX
PEGGY DOLL, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:

2001-02 PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE GRANT, Mt. San Jacinto College
1999-00 PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE GRANT, Mt. San Jacinto College
1997 YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE, Artist's Residency at Yosemite (Summer)
1997- WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN
1996 PANELIST: Irvine Fine Art Center, Artist lecture/talk series

EMPLOYMENT:

1997-2006
DIRECTOR: Mt. San Jacinto College's Fine Art Gallery, San Jacinto, California