EDUCATION
MFA in painting, Otis Art Institute Los Angeles, CA
BFA in painting, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1993
Guest Lecturer, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA
1983
Lecture on Elizabeth Bain Art, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1979
Graduate assistant in Beginning and Advanced Painting for
Emerson Woelffer and Matsumi Kanemitsu
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
One Person Show, “Elizabeth Bain Civilized Forest”, LAAA Gallery 825,
Los Angeles, CA
“Surrealism”, LAAA Gallery 825. Los Angeles, CA
2018
"Per Proscenia", Joan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition," Regina Gouger Miller Gallery,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2002
"Narratives," Coastline Community College Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1995
"Arroyo Arts Collective," Media City, Burbank, CA
1993
"Contemporary Constructivism Sampler," County of Los Angeles,
Century Gallery, curated by Lee Musgrave, Sylmar, CA
1988
"Art For All Seasons," Gensler & Associates/Architects, curated by
Rosalind Pastor, Los Angeles, CA
1983
"Downtown LA Between the Freeways," Palm Springs Museum,
Palm Springs, CA
"Boxed," Four Artists, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
"Color and Constructivism," Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1982
One Person Show, "Elizabeth Bain", Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Efforts," Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Elegant Night," Security Pacific Plaza, curated by Tressa Ruslander Miller
Los Angeles, CA
1981
"LAVA '81," Los Angeles Visual Arts, Japanese Cultural Center, curated by
Melinda Wortz, Los Angeles, CA
"Downtown Goes to the Beach," Abraxas Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1980
"Tough," Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, CSUN, selected by
Suzanne Foley, Northridge,CA
"It’s All Called Painting," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Downtown LA Artists," organized by the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1979
"First Annual Juried Exhibition," Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art,
Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA
1978
"Painting and Sculpture Today, 1978," Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art,
Indianapolis, IN
1977
"Invitational Painting Exhibition," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,
Loretto, PA
"Arizona National Painting Exhibition," juried by Philip Pearlstein,
Scottsdale, AZ
1976
"Group Show," Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
"Regional Invitational," Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
"Annual Show," Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1974
"Tenth Invitational Regional Art Exhibition," Westmoreland County Museum of Art,
Greensburg, PA
"Exhibit," Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Prudential Life Insurance, New York, NY
Owens-Corning Fiberglass, New York, NY
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL
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