DIANNE
V. LAWRENCE
BORN 1951 Toronto Ontario Canada
Self-Taught |
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| RECENT
ACTIVITY |
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2003
Sale of "Invitation" and "the Garden"
Commission of 2 paintings by Princess Cruise Lines |
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| EXHIBITIONS: |
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| SOLO |
1992
1985
1980 |
House
of Blues
Attack Gallery, L.A.
Banyan Gallery, L.A. |
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| GROUP |
1989
1986
1985
1985
1985
1984
1984
1984
1983
1983
1982
1981
1979 |
"Remaking
L.A." UCLA, L.A.
The Attack Gallery L.A.
Piezo Electric Gallery Nyc
L.A.C.E. L.A.
Attack Gallery, L.A.
Molly
Barnes Gallery L.A.
Attack Gallery L.A.
Zero One Gallery L.A.
La Opinion L.A.
Swope
Gallery L.A.
The American Gallery L.A.
Molly Barnes Gallery L.A.
The Vanguard Gallery L.A. |
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| EXHIBITIONS
CURATED |
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| 1989 |
"Los
Angeles Show" A show of 16 artists presented at UCLA
during "Remaking of L.A." forum sponsored by
the L.A. Weekly |
| 1987 |
"From
The Inside Out" Piezo Electric Gallery L.A. A show
of prison paintings taken from my classes for adult and
juvenile offenders. |
| 1986 |
"Imagine
Future Piece" with John Baldessari, David Amico,
Allan Ruppersberg and 20 other artists at the Attack Gallery
in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Commemoration
of Hiroshima Festival. |
| 1984 |
"This
Is It!" a group show of three women, Nancy Evans,
Fran Siegal and Dianne Lawrence at the Zero One Gallery
in L.A. |
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| REVIEWS |
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| 1986 |
High
Performance Magazine #35 Linda Burnham featured review
of solo performance "Fertile Eyes" |
| 1985 |
LA
Weekly. Peter Clothier. Featured review of solo show at
the Attack Gallery. |
| 1985 |
Arts
Magazine, Colin Gardner, group show, Piezo Electric, NYC |
| 1985 |
Artweek,
Colin Gardner, group show, Piezo Electric Gallery NYC |
| 1983 |
LA
Weekly, Kathi Norklun, group show, Swope Gallery, LA |
| 1982 |
LA
Weekly, Kathi Norklyn, group show, American Gallery, LA |
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| PUBLISHED
MATERIAL |
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| HIGH
PERFORMANCE #37 |
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Reviewed
"Tiny Alice" a show by Nancy Evans |
| COAGULA
1999, 2000 Editor at Large. |
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Interviews
with John Baldessari, Mike Bidlo, Sue Coe, James Hayward,
Mary Corse, Tim Ebner, John Miller, Osseus Labryinth. |
| LA
Weekly, July 14-20, 2000 |
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"Lets
Get Lost" short story (can be viewed by logging onto
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/00/34/travel-lawrence.php |
| LA
Style 1987 |
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Short
story about Al’s Bar in "What a Dump" |
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| COLLECTIONS
(selected) |
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| Leonard
Cohen**, Buck Henry, Oliver Stone, Dan Akroyd, Ivan Reitman,
Michael Elias, Dan Melnick, Harold Ramis, Jackson Brown,
Kim Cattral, Citibank, Daniel Travanti, Leonard Goldberg,
House of Blues, LA Opinion |
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Won a design award for the album cover of Leonard Cohen’s
"Recent Songs". http://theband.hiof.no/albums/recent_songs.html |
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| TEACHING
POSITIONS |
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| 1990-96 |
ESALEN
INSTITUTE, BIG SUR. Workshop leader for weekend, weeklong
and month long workshops focusing on the development of
creativity. |
| 1990-93 |
MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART. L.A. Educator for school tours. |
| 1991 |
BEYOND
BAROQUE. Summer performance workshop |
| 1988-90 |
ART
CENTER SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Pasadena. Elective classes focusing
on the development of creativity. |
| 1990 |
L.A.C.E.
Summer performance workshop |
| 1986-87 |
CROSSROADS,
Santa Monica. Private Jr. High School, 2 Semesters of
painting. |
| 1985-86 |
"Artists
In Institutions" program sponsored by LA Theatreworks
& UCLA |
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I
taught painting and development of creativity to incarcerated
men, women and children at:
California Rehabilitation Center (for men & women)
California Institute for Men, Chino
California Institute for Women, Chino
Camp David, Malibu |
| 1984 |
McClaren
Hall, School for abused and neglected children
sponsored by LA Theatreworks |
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