ANN CHAMBERLIN Vaivén, New Paintings from Mexico May 30 – July 11, 2015 Lora Schlesinger Gallery presents Ann Chamberlin’s Vaivén, New Paintings from Mexico. The show is the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition opens on Saturday, May 30 from 5 – 7 pm and is on view through July 11, 2015. Vaivén, New Paintings from Mexico are inspired by places constantly in flux, where people are passing through. An airport, an airplane, a hotel lobby or an RV Park; she captures the energy of these environments by incorporating multiple points of view and vantage points in one picture plane. Within the work, there is no singular linear anecdote. Like a kaleidoscope of thoughts, her tales spin around and around. She creates evocative narratives that explore social and political scenarios that are intriguing, endearing, and at times unsettling. Subtle implications of crimes are apparent within the imagery, such as the women counting boxes of money in the painting “Money Counters in Panama”. In the painting 10 women surround a table sorting and counting boxes of cash. The bills are compiled and stacked neatly into cardboard boxes. In the foreground, a woman with a red dress addresses the viewer, with a notebook in hand. The somber look on their faces, their undergarments peeking through their patterned dresses, and the small island in the distance, creates an open-ended narrative for the audience to interpret the work. Ann Chamberlin was awarded the City of Los Angeles Individual Artists’ Fellowship Grant and the J. Paul Getty Individual Artist Grant and was a Fulbright Scholar to Medellín, Colombia. Chamberlin has shown at many museums and galleries including the Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, the Armory Center for the Arts, and the Long Beach Museum of Art.
Money Counters in Panama, 2015 oil on canvas 26 x 34-3/4"
Tether, 2014 gouache on paper 17-3/4 x 13-7/8" -fr
Hotel, 2015 oil on canvas 25-3/4 x 33-3/4"
RV Park by the Sea, 2015 oil on canvas 26 x 34-3/4"
Busy Sea, 2014 gouache on paper 19-1/2 x 27-5/8" - fr
Sea Police, 2015 oil on canvas 15-3/4 x 19-5/8"
Las Tres Campa単as, 2014 oil on canvas 15-3/4 x 19-5/8"
Sparklers, 2015 gouache on paper 14-1/4 x 27-3/4" - fr
Around and Around, 2014 gouache on paper 19-1/2 x 27-5/8" - fr
San Miguel, 2014 gouache on paper 21-7/8 x 27-7/8" - fr
Airport, 2015 oil on canvas 27-5/8 x 27-5/8"
Pearls, 2015 gouache on handwritten book page 12-7/8 x 9-7/8" - fr
Texas Dream, 2014 gouache on paper 16 x 19-3/4" - fr
Sweeping, 2014 oil on copper 8 x 8"
3 Champions, 2015 oil on copper 8 x 8"
3 + 4, 2015 gouache on book page 12-1/2 x 9-3/4" -fr
May, France is So Cold, 2014 gouache on book page 12-7/8 x 9-7/8" -fr
Green Ponds, 2014 oil on copper 8 x 6"
Big World, 2014 gouache on paper 12-3/4 x 13-1/2" -fr
Partes Comunes y No Comunes, 2015 gouache on book page 15-3/8 x 12-3/8" -fr
Black Island, 2014 gouache on paper 16-1/2 x 18-1/2" -fr
Cuidado, 2014 gouache on paper 12-1/2 x 9-3/4" -fr
Little Birdie, 2012 gouache on paper 12-3/8 x 15-1/4" -fr
The River No. 12, 2014 gouache on hand-written book page 15-3/8 x 12-3/8" - fr
Dresses at the Sea, 2014 oil on paper 13-5/8 x 11-3/8" -fr
Bitchy Mermaids, 2014 oil on paper 13-5/8 x 11-3/8" -fr
Shipwrecked Man & Artificial Moon, 2014 oil on paper 13-5/8 x 11-3/8" -fr
Mermaids & Sailors, 2014 oil on board 7 x 7-1/16"
Edge of the New World, 2015 gouache on paper 10-3/4 x 13-3/4" -fr
Portraits, Taller 7, Medellín, 2014 gouache on hand-written book page 12-7/8 x 9-7/8" - fr
Telenovela Bride, 2014 oil on board 7-7/8 x 5-7/8"
Big Wave, 2014 gouache on paper 6 x 28" - fr
Happy Sunflowers Go Boo Hoo Hoo, 2014 gouache on paper 15-7/8 x 21-3/4" -fr
Penitencia, 2014 gouache on hand-written book page 12-7/8 x 9-7/8" -fr
Manual Del Buen Tono, Bueno Aires Waitress, 2014 gouache on book page 15-3/8 x 12-3/8" -fr
Beached Whale, 2014 oil on paper 26 x 34-3/4"
Clues, 2015 gouache on paper 15-3/4 x 19-3/4" - fr
Water Ballet with Five Blind Men oil on paper 12 x 22" -fr
Ann Chamberlin
Education
MFA
The University of Texas at Austin, 1986
BFA
La Universidad de las Amerícas, Cholula, Puebla, México, 1976
Solo Exhibitions 2011 2009
Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Xaltemba Gallery, La Peñita, Mexico
2008
Solo Exhibition
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005
Solo Exhibition
Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2004
Solo Exhibition
C.O.L.A 2004 Individual Fellowships Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Catalog. Curator Noel Korten.
2003
La Pasion por la Pintura
Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín, Colombia. Catalog.
2002
Two-‐Person Exhibition
Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Solo Exhibition
Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Solo Exhibition
Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Solo Exhibition
Patrica Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Simple Life & Tumbleweeds (Solo Exhibition)
J. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID
Show & Tell
Patrica Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
“New Works” Solo Exhibition
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Solo Exhibition
Galería Arte, AC, Monterrey, México
Two-‐Person Exhibition
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Three-‐Person Exhibition
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Solo Exhibition
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Two-‐Person Exhibition
B-‐1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991
Two-‐Person Exhibition
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1990
Two-‐Person Exhibition
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Collaborations
with Jo Didner, Center for Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Three-‐Person Exhibition
Galería Sin Fronteras, Austin, TX
1989
Solo Exhibition
Sonrisa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
1988
Politics
Air Gallery, Austin, TX
1983
Constructions and Prints/Two-‐Person Exhibition
Clifford Gallery, Dallas, TX
Selected Group Shows 2012
Summer Group Show
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012
Small Paintings
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2010
Small Works
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2004
Small Epiphanies
Group show. Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Four-‐Person Exhibition
Ellen Freund Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Contemporaries
Selected artists who have received fellowships through the California Community Foundation Visual Arts Initiatives. The Gallery at REDCAT, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA. Catalog. Curator Claudine Ise.
2002
The Story is in the Telling
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Curators: Stan Wilson and Linda Centell. Catalog.
Re-‐Presenting LA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA Curator: Gordon Fuglie. Catalog.
Recent Prints
Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
The Power of Place
Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX Curator: Connie Arismendi . Catalog.
RePresenting LA
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA and The Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX and Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Dia de Los Muertos
Galería Mundo, Los Angeles, CA
2000
A Collaboration
Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Chicano Art Collectors Anonymous
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Six Women Out of Texas
Arts Alliance Center of Clearlake, Clearlake, TX
Storytellers
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA; Curated by Jim Reed.
1998
Group Show
Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dia de Los Muertos
Los Angeles Convention Center Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA; Curated by Patrick Ela
Small Works
J. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID
1997
20-‐Year Anniversary Show
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper
David Lawrence Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Small Works
Center for Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
1996
Group Show
HBO Gallery, New York , NY
1995
“Noche de Muertos”
Galería Pecanins, México City, México
Small Works
Center for Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
1994
Paint
MAAA/NEA Award Artists, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
1993
Gender Specific
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
White Men in Suits
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY Curator: Sara Kellner
Second Thoughts
Turman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
1992
New World Order
Eight Texas Artists, Centro Colombo American, Bogota/Cali/Medellín, Columbia Curator: Juan Alberto Gaviria. Catalog.
Choice Encounters: New Acquisitions
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Dia de los Muertos
Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA
1991
El Festival de Encuentros
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
The Artist in Art
Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA Curator: Juan Alonso
Small Works
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1990
Contemporary Art from Austin Collections
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
Works on Metal
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Collage: 31 Artists
Center for Women & Their Work, Austin, TX Curator: Becky Duval Reese
Brandywine Workshop
Brandywine Institute, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Loaded
Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
New Works
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX Curator: Peter Mears
Women of Conscience
Center for Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Artists’ Collaborations
Galería Sin Fronteras, Austin, TX
1988
Drawn From Life
College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX Curator: Mona Marshall. Catalog.
Plastica Chicana
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, México Curator: Amelia Malagamba. Catalog.
Art and Social Conscience
San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX Curator: Robert Cardenale
Self-‐Help Graphics Atelier Prints
Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
Self-‐Help Graphics’ Atelier X and XI
Galería Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA
Other 2004
Panelist
Durfee Foundation
1998
Finalist
Public art project at the Junipero Serra State Office Building, Los Angeles, CA
1988-‐ 2005
Studio Sales
Frank Romero Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1987-‐ 2005
Selected Benefit Auctions
Venice Art Walk/Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA; Viva Altamed, Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; The Heart Project, Los Angeles, CA; Women and their Work, Austin, TX; Junior Art Center, Los Angeles, CA; AIDS Service Center of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, CA; CARECEN, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA; Merman School, Los Angeles, CA; Evans Community School, Los Angeles, CA; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1991
Artist Advisory Board
Women and their Work
1987-‐ 1988
Gallery Director
Galería Sin Fronteras, Austin, TX
Collections
LA County Museum of Art (Print Collection), Los Angeles, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Self-‐ Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Oliver Stone, Los Angeles, CA
Cheech Marin, Malibu, CA
Reviews “Place Celebrates Domestic Life”, San Antonio Express-‐News, 2001 Ann Chamberlin at Patricia Correia , Eva Forgacs, Art Issues, Nov/Dec 2001 Ann Chamberlin at Jan Baum Gallery, Charlene Roth, Artweek, August 1996 Ann Chamberlin at Jan Baum Gallery, Ingrid Calaume, Art Issues, September 1996 Experiencias en un Nuevo Orden Mundial, El Colombiano, April 7, 1992 Gee Wisdom: Ingenuity in West Coast Art, Isabel Anderson, Vision Art Quarterly, 1992 89-‐90 In Review: Alternative Spaces, Art in America, Summer 1990 Works on Metal: Romero, Garcia, Chamberlin, Shirley Gottlieb, Art Scene, March 1990 Art Without Borders, Jeff Nightbyrd, Austin Chronicle, February 16, 1990 La Opinion, Latin Issue, LAStyle, August 1990 Ann Chamberlin: Cuando el Pasado Se Velvue Presente, Alejandro Rosas, La Opinion, Los Angeles, October 1, 1989 New Works’ Exhibitions Unified by Intelligent Pieces, Mark Smith, Austin American Statesman, August 10, 1989 A Canvas for Artists’ Concerns, Mark Smith, Austin American Statesman, March 30, 1989 Awards
2003
City of Los Angeles Individual Artists’ Fellowship Grant
2003
Artists’ Resource Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation—Travel to Medellín, Colombia for Solo Show
1999
California Community Foundation/J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1992
Mid America Art Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting
Teaching Experience
2003
Universidad de Antioquia, Department of Art, Medellín, Colombia. One-‐week seminar in advanced studio projects.
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Department of Art, Bucaramanga, Colombia. One-‐week seminar in advanced studio projects.
1988-‐ 1989
Lecturer, Drawing, Art Department, Southwest Texas State University.
1984-‐ 1986
Teaching Assistant, Basic Design, University of Texas at Austin.