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| BIO |
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Born 1927, Los Angeles,
CA
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| EDUCATION
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| 1998 MA.
University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
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1949 BA University
of California, Los Angeles, CA
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| SOLO
EXHIBITIONS |
| 2003 "Botanical
Observations" frumkin/duval gallery,
Santa Monica, CA |
| 2002 "New
Work" frumkin/duval gallery, Santa Monica,
CA |
"Adaptations"
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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"Up
Close" Randall Ericson Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA
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| 2001 "New
Work" frumkin/duval gallery, Santa Monica,
CA |
| 1999 "Apertures
Into Nature: Paintings and Drawings 1990-1997," Fresno Art Museum Fresno,
CA |
| 1998
."Microcosm:
Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1996 "Recent
Work" Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica,
CA |
| 1994 Space
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 Space
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 "Olga
Seem, Survey 1981- 1991" Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. MaryÕsCollege,
Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Drawing",
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1991 Space
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989 Space
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 Orlando
Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA |
| 1987 Manville
Gallery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV |
| .........Cuesta
College Art Gallery, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 1986 Goski
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1981 Leonard
Heller Memorial Gallery, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA |
| 1978 Antelope
Valley College, Lancaster, CA |
| 1971 Brand
Library Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA |
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.........Orlando
Gallery, Encino, CA
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| GROUP
EXHIBITIONS (selected) |
| 2003 "Contemplation"
Gorman LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
"New Botanicals" Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland,
OR
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"Group Show" Randall
Ericson Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA
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| 2002 "Winter
Blossom" El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA |
| ........."Community
College Invitational" California State University, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2001 "Modernism
from the Collection of the Fresno Art Museum", Fresno, CA |
| ........."By
NatureÕs Design" William D Cannon Art Gallery, City of Carlsbad, CA |
| 2000 "LA
Botanical" Peter & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica City College,
CA |
| ........."Four
From L.A.", Broderick Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1998-9
"First Decade: Highlights from the Contemporary MuseumÕs Collection", The
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI |
| 1998 "Annette
Bird/Olga Seem", Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997 "Landscape/Inscape",
The Art Bank, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."California
Visions", Gallery Naito, Nagoya, Japan |
| ........."State
of the Art", Biennial Watercolor Invitational, Parkland College of Art Gallery,
Champaign, IL |
| 1996 "Reproducing
NATURE", Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| ........."Drawn
Conclusions", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA |
| 1995 "Landscape:
A Continuum", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."One
Vision", Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Eloquent
Lines" Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Generation
of Mentors", Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. MaryÕs |
| .........College,
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 "Generation
of Mentors", Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA |
| ........."Generation
of Mentors", The National Museum of Women in the Arts, |
| .........Washington
D.C. (travel exhibition) |
| ........."Revealing
Landscapes", Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Trees",
riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA |
| ........."California-5",
Yoshida Gallery, Nagoya, Japan |
| ........."The
World of Cups", The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
| ........."Cups",
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Human/Nature",
El Camino College Art Gallery, El Camino College, Torrance, CA |
| ........."Watercolor
exhibition by Artists of ROC, USA and Australia", Chung Chen Gallery, |
| .........National
Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
| 1993 "Contemporary
Museum Collects: The First Fives Years 1988-1993", |
| .........The
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| ........."Reflective
Visions", Contemporary Landscapes, One Colorado, Pasadena, CA |
| ........."The
Elegant, Irreverent & Obsessive", Drawing in Southern California, Main Art
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| .........Gallery,
Visual Arts Center, California State University , Fullerton, CA and |
| .........Dorothy
Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| ........."L.A.
Stories", Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Inc. Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 "Contrasts",
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1991 "On
Paper", Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Landscapes
and Visions", Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| ........."Wes
Christensen/Olga Seem", Golden West College Art Gallery, |
| .........Golden
West College, Huntington Beach, CA |
| 1990 "The
Festival Continues...", The Tanzman Associates, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989 "Glass
and Paper", Spectrum Contemporary Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA |
| 1988 "Three
Southern California Artists", Allstate Plaza, Glendale, CA |
| 1987 "Explorations
I", Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1986 Djurovich
Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| ........."Showcase
Ô86", University Union Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona,
CA |
| ........."Works
on Paper", Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA |
| 1984 "Olympic
Project", Art Rental Gallery, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
| ........."Three
from Los Angeles", Guistina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR |
| ........."Seven"
Seaver College Art Gallery, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA |
| 1978 "The
Early Sixties at U.C.L.A", Frederick S. Wight Gallery, UCLA. Los Angeles,
CA |
| 1976 "The
Art Rental Gallery Presents", Art Rental Gallery, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Marge Bulmer
"Olga Seem," ArtScene, Vol 16 No. 1, September 1996 |
| .................."Continuing
and Upcoming," ArtScene, Vol 11, No 6, February 1992 |
| .................."Olga
Seem," ArtScene, Vol 9 No. 1 September 1989 |
| Canavier,
Elena "Seem Paintings," Artweek, Vol 2 No 45, December 25, 1971 |
| Curtis,
Cathy "Drawing: An Overview in Bold Strokes," Los Angeles Times, |
| ..................Orange
County Calendar, April 27, 1993 |
| Cutajar,
Mario "Like Bits of Mute Nature," Artweek, No 23 No 13, April 9., 1992 |
| Dalkey,
Victoria "Carrying On the Struggle, The Current Expressionists," Encore,
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| ..................The
Sacramento Bee, September 21, 1986 |
| DiMichele
"Hand, Eye and Brain," Artweek, Vol 24 No 13, July 8, 1993 |
| Donohue,
Marlene "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part IV, October 6, 1989 |
| .................."The
Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part IV, January 22, 1988 |
| Frank,
Peter "Brave New World of College Art Galleries," Entertainment, Long |
| ..................Beach
Press Bulletin, Sunday, January 30, 1994 |
| .................."Pick
of the Week," LA Weekly, Vol 14 No 18, April 3-9, 1992 |
| .................."Pick
of the Week," LA Weekly, Vol 10 No 38, August 12-16, 198 |
| Suvan Geer
"Art Reviews," Los Angeles Times, Part IV, July 4, 1991 |
| Hale, David
"Plant Life FAscinates Painter", The Fresno Bee, June 12, 1998 |
| House,
Suda "Artistic Photographic Processes," Amphoto Books, New York, 1982 |
| Kapitanoff,
Nancy "SeemÕs Real," Los Angeles Times Calendar, January 31, 1993 |
| Kojima,
Husaka "Olga Seem, Drawings," International Art Motion, Tokyo, Japan, April
1992 |
| Leddy,
Pat "Dreamtown," Artweek, Vol 24 No 5, March 4, 1993 |
| Laurence,
Michael "Showcase," Visions Art Quarterly, Vol 5 No 2, Spring 1991 |
| Maleski,
Stash "Acts of Painting," Artweek, Vol 24 No 5, March 4, 1993 |
| McKenna,
Kristine "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part IV, April 18, 1986 |
| Muchnic,
Suzanne Artweek, Vol 9, No 2, January 14, 1978 |
| Nelson,
Sandy "Celebrating Los Angeles Art," Images and Issues, Vol 5 No 1, |
| Tapley,
George "Generation of Mentors," Artweek, No 26 No 3, March 1995 |
| Turner,
Nancy Kay "Generation of Mentors," ArtScene, Vol 14 No 5, January 1995 |
| .................."Review
Shorts," Artweek, Vol 20, No 32, October 7, 1989 |
| Welles,
Elenore "Landscape of the Soul," Visions Art Quarterly, Vol 6 No 2, Fall
1992 |
| Wilson,
William "ÔEloquent LinesÕ Shows That Art Is Not Kaput," Calendar, LATimes,
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4, 1995 |
| .................."A
Come-As-You-Are Reunion at UCLA," Calendar, Los AngelesTimes, |
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15, 1978
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| CATALOGS |
| By NatureÕs
Design, Essay by Calvin Bedient, Willian D. Cannon Art Gallery, City of
Carlsbad, CA 2001 |
| International
Watercolor Biennial East/West, State of the Art, Essay by Guest Curator,
Rob Erdle, Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL, 1997 |
| Watercolor
Exhibition by the Artists of ROC, USA and AUSTRALIA, Essay by Chang Chun-Chieh,
Chung Chen Gallery, The National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taiwan,
ROC, 1994 |
| Generation
of Mentors, Essay by Betty Ann Brown, The National Museum of Women in the
Arts, Washington, D.C., 1994 |
| The Elegant,
Irreverent & Obsessive, Drawing in Southern California, Recent Work by Over
Seventy Southern California Artists Many of Whom Stretch Traditional Definitions
of Drawing. Essay by Mike McGee, California State University, Fullerton,
1993 |
| Olga Seem:
Subliminal Landscapes, Introduction by Diane Calder, Essay by Michael Laurence,
Mount St. MaryÕs College, Los Angeles, CA |
| Explorations
I, Roberts Arts Gallery, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA 1987 |
| Showcase
Ô86, University Union Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona,
CA, 1986 |
| A Broad
Spectrum, Essays by Fidel Danieli and Sandy Nelson, Design Center of Los
Angeles, 1984 |
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The Early Sixties
at UCLA, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, Introduction by Ray Brown, University
of California at Los Angeles, 1977
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| PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS(selected) |
| Achenbach
Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California |
| Albuquerque
Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Birmingham
Museum of Art, Samuel Reese Collection, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York |
| The Contemporary
Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Fresno Art Museum,
Fresno, CA
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| MUSEUM
COLLECTIONS |
| Achenbach
Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
| Albuquerque
Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM |
| Everson
Museum, Syracuse, NY |
| Fresno
Art Museum, Fresno, CA |
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The Contemporary Museum,
Honolulu, HI
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| CORPORATE
COLLECTIONS |
| Appleton
Davies, Inc. Pasadena, CA |
| Cox Communications,
Atlanta, GA |
| Crescent
Cardboard Company, Wheeling, IL |
| Department
of Water & Power, City of Glendale, CA |
| Mount St.
MaryÕs College, Chalon Campus, Los Angeles, CA |
| Provident
Investment Counsel Inc., Pasadena, CA |
| River Forest
Bank, River Forest, IL |
| Saks Fifth
Avenue, Naple, FL |
| Takenada
Corporation, Pasadena, CA |
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Wells Fargo Realty
Services
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| AWARDS |
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| 2002 Pollock
-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant |
| 2002 Fresno
Museum's Distinguished Artist Award |
| 1993, 1989
E D Foundation Artist Grants |
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