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All Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS

Where the work was shown.

Thirty-seven years of exhibitions, 1985–2022. Some shows include full press dossiers.

2008–26

SPEAKING VOLUMES: TRANSFORMING HATE

Holter Museum of Art, Helena · national tour · thirty-two showings across thirty-one venues · curated by Katie Knight

Traveling · Museum

2022

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION

Los Angeles Art Association, online · September 17 – October 9, 2022

Online

2022

SMALL TIME

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from May 14, 2022

Online

2022

PENUMBRA

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from January 8, 2022

Online

2022

I AM THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard, Highland Park, Los Angeles · March 21 – April 3, 2022 · Air: Breathe · Earth: Burrow

Group

2022

HURLY BURLY

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from November 12, 2022

Online

2022

HABITUAL

Los Angeles Art Association, online · December 17–31, 2022 · an all-media exploration of repetition and pattern

Online

2022

GLEAMING APOLLO

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from March 26, 2022

Online

2003–22

PASSIONATE FOCUS

Second Sense (formerly Guild for the Blind), Chicago · fourteen editions · Outstanding Artist — Judi Jasek Award, 2012, for Geometry

Juried · Award

2021

VAGARIES

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from October 2, 2021

Online

2021

USER TO USER

Los Angeles Art Association, online · July 13–31, 2021

Online

2021

THE LATE STYLE

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from October 23, 2021

Online

2021

READY GO!

Los Angeles Art Association, online · March 27 – April 16, 2021 · Quarantine

Online

2021

PETITE WORKS

Los Angeles Art Association, online · June 19 – July 11, 2021

Online

2021

LAGUNAART.COM

LagunaART.com, online gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Online

2021

FULL BODIED

Los Angeles Art Association, online · from November 13, 2021

Online

2021

CHESTNUT

Los Angeles Art Association, online · August 21 – September 6, 2021

Online

2021

APOCRYPHA

Los Angeles Art Association, online · May 15 – June 11, 2021

Online

2021

ABSTRACTUM · MAGICAL WRITING · TREES · AFTER LIFE · FAIRYTALE CLUB

The Neutra (Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum), 2379 Glendale Blvd, Silver Lake, Los Angeles · presented by Dulce Stein · Abstractum, June 5 · Magical Writing, with the Fairytale Club, June · Trees, July 3 · After Life, August 7 · Fairytale Club exhibition, November

Group

2020

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Los Angeles Art Association, online · July 1–10, 2020

Online

2020

HUGGING MY NEW SHADOW

The Neutra (Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum), Silver Lake, Los Angeles · presented by Dulce Stein · January 2020

Group

2020

AURORA

Los Angeles Art Association, online · November 4 – December 11, 2020

Online

2019

VS

Two-artist pairing with Ami Halikman · LAAA’s collaborative exhibition VS. · Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association · August 17 – September 6, 2019

Two-Artist

2019

OUT THERE 2019

Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association · juried by Cliff Benjamin, Western Project · June 22–28, 2019

Group

2019

FAIRYTALES

The Neutra (Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum), Silver Lake, Los Angeles · curated by Olesya Volk and Dulce Stein · opening July 13, 2019

Group

2019

ARTISTS FIRST

Showcase · No Future Cafe, Pasadena, CA · 3 May 2019

Showcase

2018

REMEMBER: AN AIDS MEMORIAL RETROSPECTIVE

OCCCA, Santa Ana

Group

2018

LAAA BENEFIT AUCTION

Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association · benefit auction and exhibition · July 28, 2018

Benefit

2017–18

SHARING VISIONS

Marshall B. Ketchum University, Ketchum Health, Anaheim, CA

Group

2008–18

ART ABILITY

Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA

Juried

2007–18

CORE: DEFINING OURSELVES

Annual juried exhibition, Long Beach and Santa Monica · CORE III (2007, 2nd City Council Gallery, curated by Barbara Romain) · CORE 5 (2009, Second City Gallery) · CORE 6 (2010, EdgeMar Center for the Arts, Santa Monica) · CORE 7 (2011, Santa Monica Art Studios; postcard cover: Geometry) · CORE 8 (2012) · CORE 9 (2013, Long Beach Arts Center) · CORE 10 (2014, Hellada Gallery) · CORE 12 (2016) · CORE 13 (2017, Liberty Gallery) · CORE (2018, Long Beach Arts Center)

Juried · Curated the 2007 edition

2017

VULVACULAR

Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

Group

2017

SENSESATIONS

Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach

Group

2017

ELEVEN

Lamperouge at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA · one-day exhibition, 5 November 2017

Group

2017

CABARET RE-VOLTAIRE

Art Share L.A., Los Angeles

Group

2016–17

SHARING VISIONS

Marshall B. Ketchum University, Ketchum Health, Anaheim, CA

Group

2016

BRAILLE INSTITUTE FUNDRAISER

Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles

Benefit

2016

BARBARA ROMAIN VS. KAREN CLARK

Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association · LAAA’s collaborative exhibition VS · May 21 – June 3, 2016

Two-Artist

2010–16

BLIND ARTISTS SOCIETY

Member exhibitions · Troy, Cooperstown, Plattsburgh and NABA’s Blind Artists Society gallery, Albany, NY

Group

2015–16

UCLA NATIONAL ARTS AND DISABILITY CENTER

Arts and Accessibility Technical Assistance grant, California Arts Council with NADC/UCLA, April–June 2015 · NADC Featured Artist of the Month, March 2016

Featured Artist · Grant

2015

SACRED MEMORIES

Pico House Gallery, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles

Group · Juried

2015

(CON)TEXT: RETHINKING LANGUAGE IN ART

San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (opened July 25, 2015)

Group

2015

CLAIRVOYANCE II

Blind Artists Society · The Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, NY (May 1–29, 2015)

Group

2015

BACK TO THE ROOTS: A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD DUARDO

Arroyo Arts Collective · Historic Southwest Museum, Los Angeles

Museum

2015

8TH ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY ART EXHIBIT

Bridge Gallery at City Hall, Los Angeles · City of Los Angeles Department on Disability · September 2015

Group

2009–15

ART SLAM

de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Access Advisors’ slide exhibition · March 28, 2009 · October 2, 2010 (Bad Eye on the Good Foot) · March 31, 2012 (God’s Half-Witted Brother) · March 14, 2015 (Lotus Festival)

Museum

2004–15

SHARED VISIONS

Southern California College of Optometry / Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton, CA

Group

2014

INTO THE LIGHT

Mural commission · Blind Service Association, 17 North State Street, Chicago · four panels, Information · Community · Independence · Joy, with Braille texts · painted winter 2012–13, installed spring 2013

Solo · Commission · Public Art

2013

OPULENT MOBILITY

Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA (September 6–8, 2013)

Juried

2013

DO YOU DREAM IN COLOR?

UCLA

Group

2013

CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 4 ARTISTS

MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Group

2013

ART BLIND

Kunst im Stapelhaus · BBK, Cologne, Germany · sole United States artist among sixteen artists from nine nations

International · Group

2012

FAITH, MYTH & LEGEND

Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA (September 29 – November 2, 2012)

Group

2012

BRAILLE INSTITUTE PRINTMAKERS

Café Cultural, Los Angeles, CA

Group

2011–12

MEMPHIS GEORGE

Memphis George Fine Arts & Crafts, Atwater Village, Los Angeles, CA · Holiday Gift Sale, December 2011 – January 2012

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2011–12

COLORS, COLORS!

Bridge Gallery at City Hall, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles · December 21, 2011 – January 20, 2012 · curated by Mary E. Oliver (online editions at Upstream People Gallery, 2013 and 2015)

Group

2011

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STOREFRONT GALLERY

Los Angeles

Group

2011

BLIND ARTISTS SOCIETY FALL SHOW

Cooperstown Art Association Galleries, Cooperstown, NY (September 30 – October 28, 2011)

Group

2011

BLIND ARTISTS SOCIETY 3RD ANNUAL EXHIBITION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chapel & Cultural Center, Troy, NY (10 January – 25 February 2011; reception 3 February)

Group

2011

SCAPES: URBAN & RURAL

Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA (February 27 – April 1, 2011)

Group

2008–11

ALL ABOUT ART

Einstein Medical Center, Elkins Park, PA

Group

2007–11

INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS

Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY

Group

2009

SPACE AND NEBULAE

Echo Curio Gallery, Los Angeles

Group

2009

INNER LIGHT: ART FROM THE BRAILLE INSTITUTE

Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale · opening January 29, 2009 · Tri-colored Platter

Museum

2008

OUT THERE

Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association · Pride-month exhibition, 2008

Group

2008

2008 EMERGING ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION

Downtown Art Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Group

2008

DERIVATIVE COMPOSITION

Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Group

2003–08

INSIGHTS

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired · SF Arts Commission Gallery, City Hall · five editions

Juried

2007

THE DIANA ZLOTNICK COLLECTION

The collector’s home, Studio City · photographed May 28 and September 27, 2007 · HerStory · HisStory · I Dreamed I Arrived for My Opening at The Whitney in My Maidenform Bra · When the Music’s Over / The End · Ugly / Beautiful

Group

2007

HOLTON LEE OPEN COMPETITION

Faith House Gallery, Dorset, England

Juried

2007

DESTRUCTION OF THE STATE: WRITING ON THE WALL

Two-artist exhibition with Joel Sager · Satsuma Gallery, North Hollywood · awarded through the gallery’s 2006 national juried competition

Two-Artist · Awarded Exhibition

2007

ART BEYOND SIGHT · NATIONAL EXHIBITS BY BLIND ARTISTS

Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA · September 23 – October 21, 2007 · artists’ reception October 11 · National Exhibits by Blind Artists

Group

2006

TEXTURE

Arts and Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT

Group

2006

NEW BEGINNINGS

Satsuma Gallery, North Hollywood · national juried exhibition · Third Place for Royal Flush, with a two-artist exhibition awarded for 2007

Juried · Third Place

2006

DIGITAL EXHIBITION

de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium and media room, San Francisco · Access Advisors’ 8th annual Open House · presented by the Arts and Disabilities Network and the de Young Museum · April 29, 2006

Museum

2005–06

THE WOMEN’S SHOW

Cactus Gallery & Gifts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA

Group

2005–06

DEFINING OURSELVES

George Deneff Gallery, Long Beach

Group

2005

BAD EYE ON THE GOOD FOOT

Art Around Gallery, Philadelphia · featured exhibition for May 2005, opening May 6 · her only solo exhibition at a commercial gallery

Solo

2005

ART BEYOND SIGHT · NATIONAL EXHIBITS BY BLIND ARTISTS

Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA (through June 2005, curated by NEBA)

Group

2004

VSA ARTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

Union Station and Washburn Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Festival

2004

ART BEYOND SIGHT · NATIONAL EXHIBITS BY BLIND ARTISTS

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA · reception October 28, through November 21, 2004 · National Exhibits by Blind Artists

Group

2004

40 × 40

Coronet Theater, Hollywood

Group

2003

WALTER KNOTT ANNUAL ART AWARD EXHIBITION

Goodwill Industries · award banquet, Four Seasons Hotel, Newport Beach · 2003 · First Prize, for Confronting Orange

Juried · First Prize

2002

ECHO LOVE

Permanent bus-shelter installation · Echo Park Targeted Neighborhood Initiative, Los Angeles · dedicated April 26, 2002

Solo · Public Art

1999–2002

ECHO PARK ARTISTS FESTIVAL

Exhibit and artist’s studio tour · Echo Park, Los Angeles

Festival

2001

TRAVEL TO THE INTERIOR

Solo installation and exhibit · Zyrex, Inc., Alhambra, CA · 2001

Solo · Installation

2001

PORTRAITS: DEFINING OURSELVES

City of Pico Rivera Center for the Arts

Group

1999

MOVING TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM

City Biennial · Watts Towers Art Center Gallery

Biennial

1998

POETICS

Three-person exhibition · Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco

Three-Artist

1998

BODIES AND VESSELS

Three-person exhibition · VSA Gallery, Beverly Hills

Three-Artist

1998 · 2002

ARTISTS BEYOND DISABILITY

International juried exhibition · California State University, Long Beach · 1998 (First Prize, National Juried Exhibit) and 2002

Juried · First Prize

1997

WORDLAND

Installation for the DaDa Annual (Downtown Lives! ’97), University Club Building, Los Angeles

Installation

1996–97

ECHOES AND EXPRESSIONS

El Centro del Pueblo, Los Angeles

Group

1997

BRAILLE INSTITUTE ANNUAL PRINT SHOW

Los Angeles

Group

1996–97

WORKS ’96 · WORKS ’97

Hollywood–Los Feliz JCC

Group

1994–97

DOWNTOWN LIVES! · DADA ANNUAL

Spring Street Gallery and other sites, Los Angeles

Group

1996

RESONANCES: VISIONS OF ECHO PARK

El Centro del Pueblo, Los Angeles

Group

1996

MTA BUS BENCH

Temporary installation · Glendale Blvd and Temple St, Los Angeles

Public Art

1996

INDUSTRIAL / TRIBAL

Ivy Substation, Culver City

Group

1994–96

ABOUT FACE

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Group

1994

WORDS AND SYMBOLS

Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills · curated by Scott Canty

Group

1993

WHOSE MYTH ARE YOUSE WITH?

Installation and performance with Elliott Levin · Watts Towers Art Center Gallery · City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department grant

Solo · Installation + Performance · Grant

1993

DIANA ZLOTNICK’S STUDIO

Solo exhibit at the collector’s studio, Studio City

Solo

1993

CROSSING L.A. / LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL

Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles

Festival

1993

CONTEXTUAL TURBULENCE

John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica

Group

1993

BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall

Juried

1992

ISSUES OF CHOICE

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)

Group

1992

DIVERGYNCE × 5

Lamb Realty, Studio City

Group

1992

CELEBRITY ART AUCTION

National Parkinson’s Association, Beverly Hills

Benefit

1991

MFA SHOW

Otis College Art Gallery, Los Angeles

Group

1991

LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER, GRAND LOBBY

Lobby exhibition · Los Angeles

Solo · Installation

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