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| Starting in grammar school I was known as "The artist," but it was not until I was in the eleventh grade that I decided on art as my life's work, and pleasure. With that decision I skipped a semester in high school, and after a year at Los Angeles City College, I enrolled in Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, now known as Otis College of Art and Design. I graduated from Otis with an MFA in 1966.
Since then I have worked as an artist almost full time. I have had regular solo shows, as well as exhibiting in numerous group shows and competitions. I have executed many commissions mostly for banks, hotels and aerospace companies, plus several wedding portraits. I have had over twenty solo shows including three solo museum exhibits: one at the Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA, 1989 and at the Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA, 1985 and The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Santa Barbara. Other solo shows have been in London, England; Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Venice, Beverly Hills, Morro Bay, Orange and Santa Barbara, California and in Las Vegas, Nevada. I have also shown in over fifty group shows in places such as Grand Rapids Michigan, Dahran, Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Venice, Beverly Hills, Morro Bay, Orange and Santa Barbara, California and in Las Vegas, Nevada. Museum group shows include those at Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia and. For over forty years I have been expressing my thoughts and emotions in painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. I have been listed in Who’s Who in American Art, , Jacques Cahell Press, NY since 1986, Marquis, Who’s Who in the West, since 1997 |
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| EDUCATION
1991 - 92 Santa Barbara City College - Bronze casting, Welding SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS 2007 Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Imaginary Realizations SELECTED EXHIBITIONS; GROUP SHOWS 2008 Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Focus on the Figure - Contemporary Figurative Art in Santa Barbara |
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| PUBLICATIONS Art Calendar; Town Meeting: Juried Shows, June 1996 Otis College of Art & Design Journal, Statement on transformations, 1996 Artists Equity News, "Lightfastness in Colored Pencils; An Informal Study," and spot illustrations Lawrence Wallin, Los Angeles Spring 1982 Artists Equity News, cover and spot illustrations May, 1981 The Model, Lawrence Wallin, 1977 The Adventure, Lawrence Wallin, 1970 The Los Angeles Image, center fold 1969 Drawing: A Search for Form, Joseph A. Mugnaini and D. P. Lovovs, Reinhold, 1966 BIBLIOGRAPHY Landscape Inspirations, A Collection of Drawings and Painting Ideas for Artists Rockport Publishers. November 1997 Portrait Inspirations, A Collection of Drawings and Painting Ideas for Artists Rockport Publishers. November 1997 Who’s Who in the West, Marquis Who’s Who. 1997 Best of Acrylic Painting, Rockport Publishers. June 1996 Visions, Art Quarterly The Art of Aging/Aging with Art Shirle Gottlieb, Summer, 1994 Who’s Who in American Art, , Jacques Cahell Press, N.Y. 1986, 17th Edition to the 1993-4, 20th Edition Santa Barbara News Press, They Saw Beauty in the Bizarre, Kathy A. Price, November 28, 1993 Santa Barbara News Press, "Powerful Impact of ‘Issues in the ‘90s’," Joan Crowder, July 26, 1992 California Art Review-1990, San Francisco, CA Montecito Life , Wallin’s Works Take Viewer on Unfamiliar Journey, Tisha Roth, July 5, 1990 Santa Barbara News Press, The Last Figures in the Gallery: Diverse and Creative, Joan Crowder August 14,1990 Santa Barbara News Press, Gallery Takes A Risk, Russ Spencer, August 25,1989 Ventura County and Coast Reporter, Fine Arts, September 14,1989 Press Courier, New Carnegie Exhibit Deserves Closer Look, Lisa McKinnon, September 14,1989 The Ventura County Star Free Press, Multi-artist Shows Mounted as Season Opens, September 9,1989 Montecito Life, Light Show January 19, 1989 House and Garden {British edition}, Panoramic Views Henrietta Howard, July1987 theartist Gallery Focus Jane Stroud, July, 1987 Avenues to Art World of Music Exhibit by Lawrence Wallin, John Alan Walker, Summer 1986 American Artist, A Survey of Contemporary Art of the Figure, The Editors, February 1985 American Artist, A Return to Regional Art - Acres of Diamonds Revisited, Calvin J. Goodman, June 1982 American Artist Business Letter, Markets - Case Study: Developing a Career in Special Commissions, Calvin J. Goodman, March 1982 Art Voices, Lawrence Wallin, Betje Howell, January/February 1982 Evening Outlook, Local Artists’ Exhibits Liven SM Art Scene, Betje Howell, March 7, 1981 Westlake Magazine, Lawrence Wallin’s Landscapes, Bets Kimball, September 1980 American Artist, How New York Galleries Operate; Do You Need One? Doreen Mangan, June 1980 Grand Rapids Press, Interesting Show Has A Lot of Variety, Bernice Mancewicz, October 28, 1979 Santa Monica Evening Outlook, California Light, Betje Howell, October 28, 1978 Santa Monica Evening Outlook, Discarding Notions and Prejudices, Eleanor Harris, March 25, 1978 Art Week, Interior Spaces, Exterior Places, Suzanne Muchnis, July 30, 1977 Los Angeles Times, Local Talents: The Pleasure of Their Company, Henry J. Seldis, August 7, 1977 Art Week, Current Concerns II, Sandy Ballatore, March 15, 1975 Los Angeles Times, Current Concerns II, William Willson, March 9, 1975 LECTURES Art as craft and business Lecture in conjunction with a solo exhibition at Art Angles Gallery, 1995 Creativity Antioch College, Dr. Penelope Nichols Rothe's class on creativity, 1993 Creating a Working Space and the Pros/Cons of Loft Living, Panel Discussion, sponsored by Los Angeles Artists Equity, March 20, 1983 Developement and Creativity, Lecture for Artist Equity Association Los Angeles, 1981 Successful Approaches to Commissions and Art Sales, Lecture for Artist Equity Association Los Angeles, . April, 1980 PHOTO CREDITS Santa Barbara News Press, of the Santa Barbara Childrens Chorus 9-12-95 Off Center, (a book) jacket photo of author, William Sette, 1993 Thomas Fine Arts of David Rose, 5-83 Los Angeles Free Press Photo of mannequin heads in window display, 8-22-69 Artists Equity News, various issues, MISCELLANEOUS TV Interview by Stuart Ellis first broadcast 4-5-1987 10:30 pm on Channel 3, Group W, Westinghouse, Public Access Television. Repeated many times. Motion Picture, Beware of the Blob Paintings and special properties. (Last credit on roll, under the name Larry Wallin.) |
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Senior Eye Gallery, Long Beach, CA World of Music