CANYON ARTS STUDIO

 

RESUME

Background
 

Los Angeles Valley College
Otis/Parsons Art Institute
California State University, Northridge
California Institute of the Arts

Selected Exhibitions
2020 “2020MMXX”, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM.
  Encaustic Art Magazine, online International Juried show
  “Vada Draw”, Santa Barbara Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
  “Encaustic Today”, International Online Exhibition, Russia.
  “Fusion V: Unity in Diversity”, Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA.
  “Big Ideas in Small Settings”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “Above & Below The Sea: A way of life protecting”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “She Votes”, Altered Book, Feminist Art Coalition, Bonnie Smith.
   
2019 “The Language of Color”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “The Art Of The Draw”, Art and Design Academy, Santa Barbara, CA.
  “Pulse of LA 2019”, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  “Big Ideas in Small Packages”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “A Celebration of La Femme”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “Global Warming is Real”, national juried show.
   
2018 “Ten Years of Gitana”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “A Moment In Time”, City Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA.
“Everything Solid”, Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo, CA.
“Year of the Dog”, VADA Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2017 “In The Red”, City Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA.
“Hopeful Darkness”, Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NY.
“Illuminations”, Chaffey Museum, Ontario, CA.
“Wonders of the Desert”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando,CA.
“VADA Draw”, Hub Zone, Santa Barbara, CA.
“Encaustic”, Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
Group Nine “Collaborative Works”, Dallas, Texas.
   
2016 “LOS ANGELES - CITY OF ANGELS “, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  “URBAN”, Linus Galleries, online ( juried )
  “Precious Grandmother”, City Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA.
  “Play”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
  “Bright, Bold, Colorful”, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  "The Art of Painting with Wax", Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA.
  "UN Women....He for She", Danish Women's Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  "A Foot in the Door, Abstract and Meaning", City Council Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA.
  "Group Nine - Visual Fusion", Youth Arts Center Gallery, Canoga Park, CA.
   
2015 "The Cardboard Show", Art and Craft Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  "Music for the Eyes", La Galleria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  "Another Way of Keeping a Diary", San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA.
  "Lax Wax Art", Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newberry Park, CA.
  "Women & The Underground Art Movement in LA", Mt.St.Marys University Gallery,
  Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Brentwood, CA.
  "Sinister Shadows and Seductive Shade", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
  "FLUX", Chaffey Museum of Art, Ontario, CA.
  "Fusion", Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  "Earth Air Fire Water", McGroarty Arts Center, Tujunga, CA.
"The Buzz Stops Here", Art Science Gallery, Austin, Texas.
"EAI Gallery", Permanent Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Red", Colors of Humanity Art Gallery (online)
2014 "Chemistry of Perscective(s): Reaction Under Fire"  Thousand Oaks Art Gallery,  
Newbury Park, CA.
"Treasured Memories: Recalling the Past”  La Galleria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
“The Art of Nature, And All That Is Natural”  Encaustic Art Institute, New Mexico.
“Bring Back Our Girls”,  on-line auction, United States.
“CA 101 2014”, Pier Plaza Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA.
“Contemporary Encaustics”, WAV Gallery, Ventura, CA.
"Playing with Fire", SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
"Abstract Art", Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
"Art Slam", Santa Clarita Art Walk, Santa Clarita, CA.
2013 "Small Works Show", Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
"Stories We Tell", WCA 2013 National Juried Exhibition Catalog, N.Y., NY.
"Jazz Vespers", Solo Exhibition, United Methodist Church, Northridge, CA.
"The Stories We Tell", Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY.
"From the Surreal to Steampunk", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
"Collaborations", Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA.
"The Animal Show", Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
2012 "Holiday Art Show", Carter Sexton Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
"From Abstraction To The Sublime", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
"The Versality of Encaustics", Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA.
( curated  by Patti Akesson )
"Purely Physical: Finessing the Figure", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA.
2010 "Mail Art", The Armory Art Center, Pasadena, CA.
2009 Pershing Square "ART SQUARED" Gallery Competition, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 "Winter Solstice Art Exhibit", Studio Seven Gates, Hollywood, CA.
Art Exhibit & Sale, Studio Seven Gates, Hollywood, CA.
"Endangered Species, Endangered Planet", Print Project Organized by Annie Ross SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts and First Nations Studies
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
2004 "Mixing Media", Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA.
"Silence", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
 
2003 "Group Nine: In Collaboration", Mt. San Jacinto College Fine Art Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto, CA.
  "Seeing Red...in and around us", Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro.CA.
2001 "Acoustic Americans 9.11 Relief", Renberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
"Shifting Positions", Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, CA.
 
2000 "Art Traffic 2000", Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
"We Are Back", Orlando Gallery, Tarzana. CA.
 
1999 "Torso-Trunks", Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.
"Patti Allen Akesson – Landscapes" ( solo exhibition ), Secret Garden Gallery, Mission Viejo,CA.
1998 "Power in Collaboration", CSUN Art Gallery, Northridge, CA.
 
  "Landscapes of the Mind", Fine Arts Gallery, Mount San Jacinto, CA.
   
1997 "Artscape ’97", Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.  
 
 
1996 "Twelve Catholics: Present, Former, and Waffling", Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.  
   
1995 "Patti Allen Akesson-Paintings/Drawings", (solo exhibit), The Center, Los Angeles, CA.  
   
1994 "Art ’94" (rep. Century Gallery), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA.
"Patti Allen Akesson - Drawings, Paintings, Sculpting" (solo exhibit), Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.
"Inside Out, LAVC Art Gallery", Van Nuys, CA.
 
 
   
1993 "Kore Intent", Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA.
"Hara Series" (solo exhibit), Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.
"LAVC Honors Its Own", LAVC Art Gallery, Van Nuys, CA.
"Angel Art", L.A. Design Center, Los Angeles, CA.
 
 
 
   
1992 "Boxed In" (solo exhibit), Art Frame Gallery, Fountain Valley, CA.
"Orlando", Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.
"Group Show", SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
 
 
   
1991 "California Small Works Exhibition" , California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA.  
   
1990 "Step Up", Installation One Gallery, Encino, CA.  
   
1989 "Memories of Fidel Danieli", Benefit, Exhibition, and Auction,
LAVC Art Gallery, Van Nuys, CA.
 
 
     
1988 "Group Show", (juried), Barnesdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA.
"Where Are All The Women Artists", LAVC Art Gallery, Van Nuys, CA.
 
 
  "Laguna Art Festival", Laguna Beach, CA.  
  "Special Exhibit", Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA.  
     
   
Selected Publications
 
Women's Caucus for Art, “Patti Akesson, Featured Artist for the month of May,” 2016.
The Californian, “Exhibit of collaborative work opens at MSJC,” 2003.
The Hemet News, “Artists work together for college exhibit,” 2003.
The Los Angeles Times, “Balance in bloom,” 1999.
The Los Angeles Times, “Around the boulevard,” 1999.
The Hemet News, “Artists present their views of the world,” 1998.
The Los Angeles Times, “Self-portrait,” 1998.
The Los Angeles Times, “Artists and their soul works,” 1996.
The Los Angeles Times, “The body electric,” 1994.
The Valley Star, “Women artists’ dreams come true,” 1993.
The Los Angeles Times, “Looks into the female spirit,” 1993
   
Collectors
 

Ms.Carolyn Snow
Jeison Tomi
Mr. &  Mrs. W. Roy
Ms.Betty Farrell
Mr. & Mrs. Davis
Ms. M. Kisar
Mr. Stephen Altbaum
Ms. Joanne Jacobs
Phillip Smith
Encaustic Art Institute, Sante Fe, N.M.
Elizabeth Freyer

   

 

 

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