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BARBARA STRASEN
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EDUCATION 
1965    MFA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1963    BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1962    Yale Summer School of Art Fellowship, Norfolk, CT

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020  Barbara Strasen: New, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
​2019  Everything Else: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery Los Angeles,            Los Angeles, CA 
2019  Barbara Strasen: On Spec, Ethos Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA 
2017  Either And Or: New Paintings by Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017  Juxtapose: Paintings by Barbara Strasen, Ethos Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA
2015  Layer by Layer, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2014  Solo Exhibition, TandM Art, Philadelphia, PA
2013  Flow and Glimpse, Los Angeles Airport Terminal 2, commissioned by Los Angeles                        Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles World Airports
2012  All Manner Of Things: New work by Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2012  Layering: The Art Of Luisa Mesa And Barbara Strasen, Institute for Genetic Medicine
          Gallery, USC, Los Angeles
2012  Fairy Tales, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
2012  Barbara Strasen, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
2012  Jaggedart, London, UK
2010  Painted Lenticulars and Mylars, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2008  Barbara Strasen, Building 98; Marfa, TX
2007  Individual Artist Project at London Art Fair, represented by Jaggedart, London, U.K.
2007  Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
2007  Commission for a lightwall lenticular installation in Austin, TX
2007  Pulse Art Fair, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
2006  Barbara Strasen, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY.
2006  Barbara Strasen, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006  Party Animals: Painted Lenticulars,  Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2005  Barbara Strasen, Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.
2004  Barbara Strasen, Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT
2004  SuperMegaMultiplex-o-rama: Barbara Strasen,  Ambrosino Gallery; Miami, FL
2003  PickleSubSharkWeightMonkeySaucer, Lenticular installation at Pfizer Corp.,
2003  Sandwich, U. K. (Jan.-Mar. 2003) and Walton Oaks, U. K. (Apr.-Jun., 2003)
2002  Multiplex, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2001  Barbara Strasen, Institute For Genetic Medicine, Univ. of Southern California, LA
2001  Barbara Strasen, Hiromi Gallery, Bergamot Station; Santa Monica           
1999  Barbara Strasen Claudia Carr Gallery, New York, NY           
1999  Barbara Strasen, Galerie Neue Anstandigkeit, Berlin, Germany
1999  Barbara Strasen, Adamar Fine Art, Miami, FL
1999  Barbara Strasen, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
1998  Barbara Strasen, Galeria Soloblu, Milan, Italy
1998  Layers Of Perception, Budapest Galerie   Budapest, Hungary
1997  Barbara Strasen, Forum Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996  Barbara Strasen, curated by Jay Belloli, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, LA, CA
1995  Barbara Strasen: Recent Work, L. A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
1994  Barbara Strasen, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994  Barbara Strasen, R&B Management Corporation, curated by Jillian Coldiron Fine Art, LA
1993  Paintings by Barbara Strasen, Lynn Crandall Art Services, Los Angeles, CA
1992  Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen,
          Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL
1992  Recent Paintings, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
1991  A Proscenium Vision: Recent Paintings, D. P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
1990  Barbara Strasen, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1990  Now and Then, Two window installations, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY
1990  Contemporary Bestiary, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
1990  Barbara Strasen, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
1989  Barbara Strasen: Masks, Zem Zwaite Gsicht Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
1988  Barbara Strasen, Gallery Store, San Diego, CA
1986  Barbara Strasen, James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985  Barbara Strasen, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1984  Barbara Strasen, International Women’s Center, San Diego, CA
1984  Barbara Strasen, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada
1983  Internal/External: Works by Barbara Strasen,  A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1982  Marine Metaphors: The Ocean Dioramas of Barbara Strasen, San Diego Natural History
          Museum, San Diego, CA
1982  Barbara Strasen, San Diego State University Gallery, San Diego, CA
1981  Barbara Strasen, Wooster College, Wooster, OH
1980  Ecosystem Allegories, Individual Project Installation, P.S. 1, New York, NY
1980  Desert Progression, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY
1975  Barbara Strasen, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1975  Barbara Strasen: 3-D Paintings, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019  Layer Upon Layer, organized by Susanna Meiers, Curator of exhibitions El Camino                        College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA 
2019  On The Rocks, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
2019  Ethos Contemporary at Bistengo, Irvine, CA 
2017  CoLA 20, Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016  Tell Me a Story,  La Quinta Museum; La Quinta, CA
2016  On The Edge, South Bay Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA,
2015  City of Los Angeles Fellowship Award Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

​2014  Collector’s Circle Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2014  A Tall Tale: Folk, Fantasy & Fear in Art of the Fairy Tale, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York
2014  Collector's Circle Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2013  Cityscape III, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013  Colorful Antics, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012  The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Miami Red Dot Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009  Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
2009  London Art Fair, Jaggedart, London, U.K.
2009  A Painter’s Dilemma, exhibitions and symposium, Stedman Art Gallery and Hopkins
          Gallery, Rutgers University, New Jersey
2008  Summer Group Show, Jaggedart, London, U.K.
2008  Stimulating Consumption, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
2008  London Art Fair, represented by Jaggedart, London
2008  Art Now Fair Miami Beach, reprented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2008  L.A. Art Show, represented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2008  Installation 816, Austin, TX
2008  Immigration: A Transfusion For The Body Politic, Barbara Strasen and Luis Moreno;
2008  IGM Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2008  Digital Art L.A., curated by Los Angeles Museum Of Art chief Curator Howard Fox
2007  L. A. Art Fair, represented by George Billis Gallery L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2006  Summer Dreaming, Jaggedart, London, U.K.
2007  Pulse Art Fair Miami, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2007  Bridge Art Fair Miami, represented by Jaggedart, London, U.K.
2005  Basel/Miami Art Fair, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
2005  Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2005  Palm Beach Art Fair, represented by Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.
2005  London Art Fair, represented by Archeus Fine Art, London, U.K.
2005  MiArt Contemporanea, Contemporary Art Fair, Milan, Italy
2005  Truth & Beauty, Q Gallery, Derby, U.K.
2004  Quiet, Isn’t It?,  Archeus Fine Art, London
2004  Draw/Drawing, London Biennale 2004, London           
2004  Basel/Miami Art Fair, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
2003  Art Basel/ Miami, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2003  Truth & Beauty, organized by Wellcome Trust, touring schedule: Yard Gallery,
          Nottingham, UK; Galeria Palacio, Porto, Portugal; Groningen University,
2003  Netherlands; Center For Life Sciences, Newcastle, UK
2003  Abstracting the Domestic Landscape, Beaker Gallery, Tampa,  FL
2003  About Face, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002  Art Basel/ Miami, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2002  Accumulations, Islip Museum Of Art, Islip, NY
2002  Truth&Beauty, TwoTen Gallery, Wellcome Trust, London (through Mar. 21, 2003)
2002  Relationships, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
2001  International Drawings, Six Artists, M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, New York
2001  Four Painters, Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco
2000  Delicate Tissue, organized by Jennifer Kotter for M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, NY
2000  The DNC Show, organized by Davis and Davis for Democratic National Headquarters,
           Los Angeles
2000  Happy Birthday Johannes, Gutenberg Pavillion, Mainz, Germany
2000  HMO/SUV/IPO, projection exhibition organized by Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles 
1999  Brust-Lust-Frust, Frauen Museum,  Bonn,  Germany
1999  As Long As There Is Death, There Is Hope,  FlashArt Museum,  Trevi,  Italy
1998  Contempo-Italianate, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount  University, Los Angeles
1998  Five Artists, Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998  House Party, Long Beach Museum Of Art, Long Beach, CA
1997  Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY 
1997  New Art Los Angeles, organized by Mary-Kay Lombino, Coast Federal Bank, Los Angeles
1997  Drive-Out Festival, Rome
1997  In Response, Marc Arranaga Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1996  Light Abberations, organized by Ann Tucker, University of Texas at San Antonio Art
          Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1996  Codpiece, organized by Meg Linton, Griffin Linton  Gallery, Venice, CA
1996  Alarm: Public and Private Security, former Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, CA
1996  About Face, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995  Collective Memory:  Barbara Strasen and Nancy Webber, curated by Suzanna Meiers,
          El Camino College, Torrance, CA
1995  People, Places, Things, Primary Objects Gallery, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
1995  Anniversary Exhibition, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995  On Site At The Gate,  (first prize), juried by Jay Belloli, Angels Gate Cultural Center,
          Los Angeles, CA
1994  The Green Show, curated by Wendy Adest, The Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, CA
1994  Barbara Strasen and Roger Campbell, curated by Lynn Crandall, Art in the Workplace
1994  Gallery Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA
1994  Cups, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994  Three Artists, South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA
1993  Four of L.A.’s Best, L. A. Festival, Off the Beaten Path
1993  Reshaping L.A, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1992  The Living Object: The Art Collection of Ellen H. Johnson, Allen Memorial Art Museum,
          Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
1989  Thick and Thin: Photographically Inspired Paintings, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988  Gallery Group, James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987  Animal Art: The Animal as a Conveyor and Medium of Art Steirischer Herbst,
          Graz, Austria
1987  About Time, Islip Art Museum, Islip, Long Island, NY
1987  Group Show, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985  To the Astonishing Horizon, curated by Peter Frank, Los Angeles Design Center, Los
           Angeles, CA
1984  New Approaches to Landscape, curated by Peter Frank, ne Penn Plaza, New York
1982  Choice: Four Artists, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY           
1980  U.S.A. Women Artists, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1980  System, Inquiry, Translation, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
1979  Dialogue/Discourse/Research, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1978  Artists Investigate the Environment, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
1978  Some San Diego Artists, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978  Group Show of Gallery Artists, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY
1977  Seascape/Landscape, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY
1976  Faculty Show, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1975 Biennal of Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum, New York, NY

REVIEWS
2000  Delicate Tissue at M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery, Kim Levin, Village Voice, July 13 issue
1999  Barbara Strasen at Santa Ana College, ArtScene, April issue
1998  Contempo-Italianate: William Wilson, Los Angeles Times,  November 13,
1998  Peter Frank, Los Angeles Weekly, November 13
1997  Layers On Layers: Barbara Strasen, Robert L. Pincus, San Diego Union Tribune,                          November 27, 1997
1996  Solo Series: Works by Barbara Strasen, Marie Thiebault, and Kathryn Tubbs, Peter Frank,
          Long Beach Press-Telegram, March 13, 1996
1992  Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen,
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, November 14, 1992
1991  A Procenium Vision: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen at D. P. Fong Gallery, Dorothy
Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News, June 16, 1991
1990  Barbara Strasen: Installation at Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, Dagblad, Eindhoven NL
March 12, 1990;  Ruimte, Vol. 7 January 1990
1990  A Contemporary Bestiary at Islip Museum, New York Times, April 1, 1990, Newsday, April
1989  Thick and Thin: Photographically Inspired Paintings, LA Times, September 19, 1989
1988  Barbara Strasen: Perception as a Mirror at Gallery Store, Los Angeles Times, May 30.
1987  A Shared Excellence at Karl Bornstein Gallery, Judith Margolis, Artweek Magazine,
August 22.
1987  About Time at Islip Museum, New York Times, March 1.
1987  About Time at Islip Museum, Newsday, February 2.
1986  Barbara Strasen at James Turcotte Gallery, Colin Gardner, LA Times, June 13.
1983  Desert Notes, A review of the book published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
         Co-Evolution Quarterly, Spring.
1982  Barbara Strasen at San Diego State University, Elise Miller, LA Times February 8.
1982  Richard Reilly, San Diego Union February 22.
1980  System, Inquiry, and Translation at Touchstone Gallery, Carrie Rickey, Village Voice,
         June 23.
1980  System, Inquiry, and Translation at Touchstone Gallery, Shelley Rice, Artforum,
          September.
1980  Desert Progression at Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, Artspeak, Vol. I No. 7 February 28.
1980  Dialogue/Discourse/Research, A review of the book published in conjunction with
          Dialogue/Discourse/Research at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
1980  Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol.X No. 6 January-February.
1979  Dialogue/Discourse/Research at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art:
                        Richard Armstrong, Artforum, January 1980
                        William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1979
                        Priscilla Prey, Santa Barbara News and Review, Sepember 9, 1979
                        Richard Ames, Santa Barbara News-Press, Sepember 6, 1979
1978  Some San Diego Artists at Newspace Gallery:
                        Artweek Magazine, July 15, 1978
                   Artists Investigate the Environment, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park:
                        Los Angeles Times, April 3, 1978
1977  Group Show at Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, David Bourdon, Village Voice, June 13, 1977

1975  Barbara Strasen at San Jose State University, Artweek Magazine, October 6.
1975  Barbara Strasen at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Arts Magazine, June.

LECTURES
On My Work, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA
Venice Art Walk Auction, Los Angeles, CA
TV Interview with Judy Marshall, psychologist, Cable TV, Los Angeles, CA
Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen,
Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL
On My Work and Its Sources, Lecture at Steirischer Herbst, Palais Attems, Graz, Austria
On My Work, Lecture at Society for Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, San
Diego, CA
Dailiness, Panel Discussion at A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
On My Work, Lecture at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Artists Investigate the Environment, Panel Discussion at Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall
Park, Los Angeles, CA
Talk and slide presentation, California Institute for Women, Chino-Corona, CA
Talk and slide presentation, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

ARTICLES
2019  Meet Barbara Strasen. VoyageLA Magazine, February 5, 2019.
2006  Artpick: Barbara Strasen at Billis Gallery, by Peter Frank. Los Angeles Times, October 11,
2004  Artist Plays Multiplication Game with Pictures, by Roni Feinstein. Florida Sun Sentinel,
February 18.
2003  Design for the Sylmar Library by Suzanne Stephens. Architectural Record, November.
2004  Tra Verita e Bellezza?  by Lucy Lippard. Galileo Giornale, April.
2004  Vertauschte Zeitebenen:  Die Kalifornierin Barbara Strasen in der Galerie Neue
1999  Anstandigkeit, von Christian Saehrendt,  Berliner Zeitung,  June 23.
1995  Barbara Strasen by Norma Squires. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, June.
1994  The Paintings of Barbara Strasen: Visual Metaphors for Leadership and the New Science
by Lynn Crandall. Southern California Business Journal, Los Angeles, CA, November.
1994  Barbara Strasen at Space by Judith Hoffberg. ArtScene, Los Angeles, CA, June.
1994  Barbara Strasen by Suzanne Muchnic. Visions Quarterly, Los Angeles, CA, Summer.
1986  Intervista a Barbara Strasen: Il Deserto  Dentro Di Noi? by Giorgio Fernando Borges.
MODO Magazine, Milan, Italy, November.
1986  Oblique Portraits by Sanda Agalidi. Artweek Magazine, June 28.
1983  Barbara Strasen by Caril Dreyfuss McHugh. Arts Magazine, December.
1980  A Arte Sequndo As Norte-Americanas by Lucy Lippard, O Estato de Sao Paolo,      October 26.
1976  Why a Separate Women's Art?  by Lucy Lippard, Artes Visuales, Museum of Modern Art,
Mexico City, Spring.

PUBLICATIONS
2019  Dilexi: A Gallery and Beyond by Laura Whitcomb, forward by Peter Frank, published by Norfolk Press. 
2017  CoLA 20: Anniversary of the Los Angeles Master Artist Fellowship Program, book published by Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
2012  “All Manner Of Things” (2012), illustrated monograph with essays by Virginia Maksymowicz, Professor in the Department of Art & Art History, Franklin & Marshall College, and Blaise Tobia, Professor in the Department of Art & Art History, Wesphal College, Drexel University, Phila., PA
1987  Changing at Will Chapter of the book Animal Art: The Animal as a Conveyor and
Medium of Art. Published by Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria.
1982  Women and Ecology Article published in HERESIES Issue 13, Winter 1982
1980  Desert Notes Art book published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1980
1975  The Immigrants, Article published in Journal of the Los Angeles Institute of
Contemporary Art, February.

CATALOGS
2015  Barbara Strasen, catalog of exhibition with essay, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
2015​  City of Los Angeles Artist Fellowship Award (C.o.L.A.), catalog and essays
2004  Truth & Beauty, catalog of exhibition, Palacio Nacional de Porto, Portugal.
2003  Truth & Beauty, catalog of exhibition, Wellcome Trust, London, U. K.
2000  The DNC Show, catalog of exhibition, Democratic National Headquarters, Los Angeles.
2000  Happy Birthday Johannes, catalog of exhibition at Gutenberg Pavillon,  Mainz, Germany.
1999  Brust-Lust-Frust, catalog of exhibition at Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany.
1998  Contempo-Italianate: exhibition catalog, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount Univ, LA.
1992  The Collection of Ellen H. Johnson: Catalog of exhibition at Allen Art Museum, Oberlin
College, Oberlin OH.
1992  Primordial Present/Contemporary Past: Paintings and Installation by Barbara Strasen, Essay by Susan Muchnic, Catalog of exhibition by Barbara Strasen at Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College.
1991  A Procenium Vision: Recent Paintings by Barbara Strasen, catalog of exhibition at D. P. Fong Gallery, San Jose CA.
1990  Three Installations: Karen Shaw, Mary Fish, Barbara Strasen, Catalog of Three Installations: Karen Shaw, Mary Fish, Barbara Strasen at Het Apollohuis, Published by Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, NL.
1990  Catalog of A Contemporary Bestiary at Islip Museum. Published by Islip Museum, Islip, NY.
1985  Catalog of Barbara Strasen at Fisher Gallery, by Marie DeAlcuaz, Published by University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1985  Feministe Toi-meme, Feministe Quand-meme Catalog of the exhibition at La Chambre Blanche, Published by La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada.
1982  Barbara Strasen Catalog of Barbara Strasen at San Diego State by Dennis Komac. Published by San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
1980  American Women Artists 1980 Catalog of U.S.A. Women Artists at Museu de Arte
Contemporanea, Published by Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1980  Out of the Studio and Into the World: Social and Ecological Issues in Contemporary Art, Article by William Spurlock about the exhibition Dialog/Discourse/Research National Arts Guide, Vol II No. 7, March-April.
1979  Dialogue/Discourse/Research, Catalog of the show, essay by William Spurlock, and additional works by the artists. Published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art, anta Barbara, CA.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
​
The Wellcome Trust Art Collection    London, U.K.
Long Beach Museum of Art    Long Beach, CA
Microsoft Collection    Seattle, WA
National Gallery of Art    Washington, DC
Austin Art Museum    Austin, TX
Pfizer Corporation    Wilton Oaks, U.K.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art    Santa Barbara, CA
Islip Museum Of Art    Islip, NY
Het Apollohuis    Eindhoven, The Netherlands
UBS Bank Collection    Zurich, Switzerland
Best Products Collection    Richmond, VA
Allen Memorial Art Museum    Oberlin, OH
Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry    Miami Beach, FL
Frauen Museum    Bonn, Germany
University Of California Medical Campus    San Francisco, CA
Loyola Marymount Art Collection    Los Angeles, CA
Grubb & Ellis Collection    Austin and Houston, TX
Dan Rosenthal & Associates    Berkeley, CA
Andrea Stern    New York, NY
Ann Katherin Bonhert    Zurich, Switzerland
Ruth and Marvin Sachner    Miami Beach, Florida
Sotiris Kyriakou    London, U.K.
Claudia Carr    New York, NY
Roni Feinstein    Boca Raton, FL
Jenny Okun    Beverly Hills, CA
Ross Crowe    Los Angeles, CA
Evelyn Amis    Miami, FL
Sylvia Libedinsky    London, U.K., and Buenos Aires, Argentina
Linda and Richard Chandler    Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Joni and Monte Gordon    Los Angeles, CA
Dorothy and Herman Vogel    New York, NY
Elaine Reichek and George Engel    New York, NY
Silvia Elias    London, U.K.
Donald R. Gentner    Palo Alto, CA
Tom Hinson    Cleveland, OH
Charlotte Burri    Basel, Switzerland
Melinda Holden    San Diego, CA
Vivian and Morton J. Hornick    New York, NY
Caryl Dreyfuss McHugh    New York, NY
Anina Louis    Los Angeles, CA
Bobby Greenfield    Los Angeles, CA
Dennis Collwood    Los Angeles, CA
Lynn and Dr. Edward Crandall    Los Angeles, CA
Linda Kasei    Los Angeles, CA
Judith Martin    Redondo Beach, CA
Katherine Harris    Los Angeles, CA
Sabina and Santiago Corral    London, U.K.
Colburn Music School Permanent Collection    Los Angeles, CA
Permanent lenticular lightwall installation     Grubb & Ellis Corporation, Austin, TX
Emily Okun    Los Angeles, CA
Marcela McGrane and Bill Vogel    Los Angeles, CA
Allison Sampson    Santa Monica, CA
Susan and Louis Samonsky    Ventura, CA
Wendy Kelley    Santa Monica, CA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, 1975-80
Instructor of Visual Arts, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, 1972-75
Instructor of Visual Arts, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, 1971-72

HONORS
Panelist, filmed for CoLA 20: Anniversary of the LA Master Artist Fellowship Program, 2017
Panelist, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Visual Art Division, 1999, 2000-2, 2017
Board of Directors, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 1995-1997
Arts Recovery Grant, Los Angeles 1992-93
Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1976
Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1978
Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1977
Regents Creative Arts Grant, University of California at San Diego, 1977
Who's Who in the Arts, 1976, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Art, 1968

CURATORIAL
Co-curator, with Mary-Kay Lombino  (Assistant Curator, UCLA-Hammer Museum) of Contempo-
Italianate, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1998
Art Within Art, organized by Barbara Strasen for Patrons of the Children, at The Box, Culver City,
CA 1995

PUBLIC ART
2013-2017: Flow & Glimpse, Barbara and Steve Strasen, commissioned lenticular installation at Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 2, ticketing and departure levels
2001-2003: Commission, Barbara and Steve Strasen, awarded by L.A. Dept. of Cultural Affairs, for permanent, site-specific installation at new Sylmar Branch Library, Hodgetts and Fung, Architects; completion date: 2003
2000-2001 Selected for short list of artists for public art projects for Los Angeles Department of Transportation.
1998 - 2000: Selected for short list chosen by Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles for county libraries.
1997-1999: Selected for short list of 10 artists chosen for Metrorail projects, City of Los Angeles.
1997  City of Atlanta, pre-qualified short list of artists to be chosen for public art projects, 1997 onward Drive-Out Festival, Rome, 1997
1996  Finalist, MTA Hollywood Fence Project.
1994  Finalist, MTA Union Station Gateway Center Project B.
1992 - 93  Arts Recovery Grant, Los Angeles, CA.
1995 - 96  Art in the Workplace Advisory Committee, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA.
1992 - 95 Artists Advisory Board, Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
1992  Visions L.A. 1992, Commissioned by a Los Angeles Arts Recovery Grant. Composite painting and videotape in collaboration with the seniors of Oasis at the Harbor. This artwork is to
be permanently on display at the San Pedro, California YWCA.

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