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CONSTANCE MALLINSON BIOGRAPHY

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018      Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California

2017      “Unmade” Jason Vass Gallery, Los Angeles

2015      “Free Painting” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California

2012      Culver Art Center, UC Riverside, Riverside,Ca. “Matters of Decay”

2009       Pomona College Museum of Art “Project Series”

2009        Angles Gallery, Santa Monica

2002        National Academy of Sciences, Washington,D.C.

1991      "Endless Painting," Los Angeles Municipal Art

               Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1988      "Solo Exhibition," Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1985      "Solo Exhibition," Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1983      "Solo Exhibition," Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1981      "Solo Exhibition," Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1970      "Solo Exhibition," Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA                      

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2019        The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, “Pattern Painting”

                “Regime” Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles

                Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, California, “Vernacular Environments”

                 “Valley Girls” Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California

2018        “The Feminine Sublime”  Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca.

                “Artists Choose Artists” Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles

                 “L.A. Looking” , Lava Projects, Los Angeles, California

                 “Detritus”Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, California

                  “Elysium”, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, California

2017        “The Art of Politics in L.A.” Brand Library, Glendale, California

                 “Into Action”, Into Action Spring Street Galleries, Los Angeles, California

                 “Los Angeles Painters”, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

                  “Book Club”, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, California

                  “Nature” Launch Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2016          “Urbanature” curated by Constance Mallinson Artcenter College of Design, Pasadena,Ca.

                   “Picasso’s Bastards”, Woodbury University Nan Rae Gallery, Burbank, California

2015           “After Living in the Room of Realities Nouvelle”  Sonce  Alexander Gallery, Santa

                    Monica, California 

2014          “The Wood Show”, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica

                   “The State of Portraiture”  Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.

                   “Spirits in the Material World”, Hiatus Gallery, Los Angeles

                    Group Exhibition at Hilton Foundation, Agoura, California

                    Group Exhibition, California Lutheran University, Simi Valley, California

2013           “Pretty Vacant”, Los Angeles (curated by Yvette Gellis with Jann Williams)          

                  “Resonating Images” Cal Lutheran University

                  “The Desert Show” Hudson and Linc, Los Angeles

                  “Dangerous Beauties” Sturrt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, Pasadena, Ca.

                  “The Four Seasons” Heather James Gallery, Palm Desert, California

                  “Decomposition”, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles        

                  “Arranged Art” Hudson/Linc, Los Angeles

                   “Small Works”, Ruth Bachofner Gallery

2012         “The Nature of Things”  Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica

                  “True Blue” Sangria Gallery, Los Angeles

                  “Unnatural” Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles

                   Torrance Art Museum “To Live and Paint in L.A.”             

2011          “Second Nature” Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, California

                  “Landscape Now”Andi Campagnone Projects, Pomona California

                  “Urbanature”  On-line Exhibition Times Quotidian.com

2010          Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California, 3 person exhibition

                  The Grey Wall, Alias Book, Los Angeles, California          

2008          "Some Paintings" LA WEEKLY Biennial, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles

2007         "Greener" Sketching Solutions For Climate Change, Symposium and Exhibition, Venice, Ca.

2007         "Coolglobes" Exhibition - City of Chicago

2006             Torrance Art Museum “Plainer – A Contemporary Take on Landscape”

Los Angeles Municipal Gallery “10 Years of C.O.L.A. Artists” (Traveling)

Los Angeles International Airport Exhibitions “Endless Painting”

2005        USC Fisher Gallery, “Contemporary Soliloquies on the Natural World”

               “In House Outside: Claremont Graduate School, Curated by David Pagel

               “The Poetics of Travel” LAX through LA Dept. of Cultural Affairs

                 Claremont Graduate School, “Recent Feminist Art”

2004        Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, “The Political Landscape”

2003        Claremont Graduate School, “Nine Artists”

                The Art Gallery, Canoga Park, California: “Drawing A New Map”

                (Sept.) Rosamond Felsen “Los Angeles Pattern and Decoration” curated by Michael Duncan             

2002       Japanese American Museum, Los Angeles, California

               C.O.L.A. 2002 recipients

2001       A.P.E.. Gallery, Northhampton, Massachusetts

               Chase Foundation, Los Angeles, California

2000        Alterart, Cambridge, Massachusetts

              Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna, Ca. “The New Landscape”

1994      "The Layered Look," Santa Monica Museum, Santa

                                Monica,.California

1993          "Group Exhibition," Interart Gallery, New York

                                New York Raleigh Corporation, Los Angeles, California

1990          "Systems," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,

                                Los Angeles, California

1989          "Ace Contemporary Exhibitions," Ace Gallery,

                                Los Angeles, California

1988          "Ace Contemporary Exhibitions," Ace Gallery,

                                Los Angeles, California

              "California Landscape Art: Plein Air to the

                                Present," Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California

1987         "A History of Women Artists in California," Fresno

                                Art Museum, Fresno, California

1986        "A Southern California Collection," Cirrus Gallery,

                                Los Angeles, California

                  "A Change of Art," Bank of Los Angeles, Los

                                Angeles, California

1985         "Artpark Artists," Buscaglia Castellani Gallery,

                                New York, New York

                  "Group Exhibition," Los Angeles Visual Arts, The

                                Design Center, Los Angeles, California

                  "Group Exhibition," Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles,

                                California

                  "Landscape Now," University of California, San

                                Angeles, California

                                Seoul, Korea

                                Angeles, California

                "Group Exhibition," Japanese American Culture

                                                                   

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Pomona College Museum of Art

San Jose Museum of Art

National Academy of Sciences, Washington,DC

BMI Software, Houston, Texas

Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, California

Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California

Nat West Markets, Los Angeles, California

Prudential Insurance Company, Los Angeles, California

American Golf Corporation, San Diego, California

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles,

                California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles, Ca. (Mural)

                                                                                    

AWARDS AND GRANTS and PUBLIC ART

2013    Expo Line 26th and Olympic Bergamot Station Installation

2011    Santa Fe Art Institute, Residency Award, Santa Fe, NM

2007    Finalist, Metro Mural for El Monte Station

2007    Finalist, Branch Martin Luther King Branch Library, Los Angeles

2007    Coolglobe, Chicago, Illinois

2001    City of Los Angeles Artist Grant (C.O.L.A.)

2001    Finalist Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Public Art Commission

2000    Finalist King County Public Art Program, Water Control District Project

1998    Finalist California Supreme Court Mural Competition

1996    Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Red Line Poster Winner

1994    Finalist Sunland Tujunga Branch Library

1986    National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship

1985    ARTPARK  Lewiston, New York, Project Artist

1984    Djerassi Foundation, Residency Award, Palo Alto, California

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brewer, Gary  “Studio Visit with Constance Mallinson, Art and Cake June 2019

Interview on “Savvy Painter” Podcast, February 2019 and continuing

“Forest for the Trees” Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, Ca.2017

Mallinson, Constance, “The Feminine Sublime Exhibition Catalog”, Pasadena Museum of Ca. Art 2018

Heitzman, Lorraine, “The Feminine Sublime”, Art and Cake, 02/2018

Mizota, Sharon, Review of “The Feminine Sublime” at Pasadena Museum,, L.A. Times 05/29/18

Enholm, Molly, “The Feminine Sublime”, Fabrik Magazine, 05/08/2018

Bowen, Bliss, “Pasadena Weekly, “Bold Perspectives on Nature and the Environment” 01/2018

Gipe, Lawrence, Review in White Hot Magazine 7/9/2017

Osberg, Annabel, Review in Artillery Magazine, 9/19,/2017

Zellen, Jody, Review in Art and Cake, 06/2017

Knight, Christopher, Review of Brand Library Exhibition,L.A.  Times, 12/2017

Dambrot, Shana Nys, Catalog for Exhjbition L.A. Painters, Bruno David Gallery Saint Louis 2017

Argonaut News Radio, June 1, 2016 “Station to Station”

KPCC News Radio,”Expo Line Atworks” 5/20/2016

Seed, John, “Free Painting”, The Huffington Post, Dec. 2015

Spiller, Nancy “measuring True Worth”, Arroyo Magazine 10/2015

Barrie, Lita: “Dangerous Beauties, A double Take on Nature” Artweek LA July 2013

Brown, Betty: “Pretty Vacant” Review; Artweek, L.A. Nov. 21, 2013

Enholm, Molly : “Dangerous Beauties”, Art Ltd. July/August 20013

Drohojowska, Hunter  Segment of KCRW’s Art Talk, April 2012

Frank, Peter “Un-Natural” Fabrik Magazine Issue 16, Spring 2012

                         Huffington Post, Haiku Reviews, April 28, 2012

Brown, Betty, “Un-Natural” ArtScene, Vol.31 No.9 May 2012

Harvey,Doug  “Pierre and the Lion”  LA Weekly, May 20, 2010

Harvey,Doug “Snips and Snails” La Weekly, Sept. 11, 2010

Valencia, Rita “The Times Quotidian” Oct. 2009

Ollman,Leah, "So Very Natural,Yet So Theatrical", LA Times, Feb.6,2009

Miles, Christopher: Constance Mallinson at Angles Gallery, LA Weekly Jan. 30,2009

Knight, Christopher : It's Alive With Wit and Diversity, LA Times, Jan. 25,2008

Harvey, Doug, "Some Paintings" LA Weekly, Jan 11,2008

Pagel, David,Los Angeles Times, January 9,2006 “Each to Her Own Nature”

                       Los Angeles Times, April 27,2004 “Our Place in the World”

                       Los Angeles Times, June 8,2002 “Pop The Next Wave”

Frank, Peter LA Weekly, January 20-26,2006 “Contemporary Soliloquies on the Natural World”

                      LA Weekly, April 9,2004 “The Political Landscape”

Miles, Christopher “P&D in LA” Art in America  Feb. 2004

New American Painting,Number 31, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, 4 Massachusetts

 Dunlap, Doree  “The Golden Land” OC Weekly, March 8, 1996

Frank, Peter, Artpick, L.A. Weekly, (January 19, 1995)

Los Angeles Times, Sunday Calendar, "Biennial LAX '94," (November 13, 1994).

Wilson, William, "Layered," Los Angeles Times, (November 30, 1994).

 Rhoads, Thomas,"The Layered Look:Towards An Aesthetic Of Accumulation   Among 6 L.A. Artists"   published by Santa Monica Museum of Art for LAX '94.

Ribot Magazine, (Winter, 1993) and Spring 1995 issues

Gardner, Colin, "Review," Artforum, (November, 1991).

Darling, Michael, "Bittersweet Constance Mallinson at L.A. Municipal Gallery," Artweek, (10/24/91).

Knight, Christopher, "Dazzling View of the American Landscape," L.A. Herald Examiner, (December 1, 1988).

Curtis, Cathy, "Review," Los Angeles Times, (July, 1988).

(Prior to 1988 available by request)