Resume - click for word file - click for PDF group exhibitions / bibliography / catalogues / artists' books / collections / filmography BIOGRAPHY: 1943 Born, Los Angeles, California 1965-67 Chouinard Art Institute, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles, California. Studies with Frederick Hammersly and Jules Langsner 1967 Establishes studio on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Travels in England, France and Holland 1968 Travels in Mexico 1969-1976 Lives and works in Topanga, California 1972-1974 B.A., California State University, Northridge, studies with Peter Plagens 1974-76 M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, studies with Jack Tworkov 1976-1993 Lives and works in Santa Barbara, California 1977 Instructor, Oxnard College, Oxnard, California 1979 Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1979-80 Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California 1981 Co-organizes The Actual Symposium: Change and Persistence in Creativity and Culture, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California 1981 Special Project Grants, California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts 1982 Board of Directors, WAVES, Music of the Present Day 1983 Travels in Italy 1985 Receives major commission from Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles 1989 Travels in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland 1993 Travels in Greece and Israel 1994-present Lives and works in Santa Monica, California 1998-99 Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council 1999 Travels in Australia 2001 Artists-in-Residence, Virginia Center for the Arts 2003 Durfee Foundation Grant Travels in Finland, Lithuania, Russia 2006 Artist-in-Residence, Awagami Paper Factory, Yamakawa, Japan Travels in Mexico SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2008 SAM ERENBERG: Small Works and Short Films, @Space Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2007 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2003 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, Reference Reading Room, Beverly Hills Public Library. Six Degrees: Art in the Libraries, Beverly Hills, CA 2000 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan, UT (two-person) American Outpost, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA 1999 The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA 1996 SKY-WORLD, The Millennium Project, Little Cataraqui Reserve, Kingston Ontario, Canada 1994 Fragments and Notations, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA, (two-person) domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA 1990 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1989 Toni Gerber Galerie, Bern, Switzerland PLANETSpocketpaintings, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 1986 Drawings, Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 tabernacle, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (two-person), 1984 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1981 Byron Weber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1979 Twelve Symbols, Gallery of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (two-person) 1978 Maxwell's Law, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 1977 The Painter's Dream, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 1975 University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 1972 Talisman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1971 Mary Jane Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1970 Ecoscapes, Santa Barbara Medical Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2009 Solstice Salon: Psychedelic Shorts, Los Angeles, Ca. Organized by John Wyatt The Berkus Collection, Allan Hancock College, Santa Martia, CA The L.A. Story, Platt Gallery, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA 4th of July: One Week Only, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Fast Forward 2009: Selections from Berkus Family Collection, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Book as Sculpture, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 2008 Juxtaposed, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA Emphasis Santa Monica, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA Flatland, @Space Contemporary Fine Art, Santa Ana, CA About Abstraction, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA Your Documents, Please, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, 2B Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany, Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia, Galeria Anjolote Arte Contemporaneo, Guadalajara, Mexico Conventions and Attitudes: Exchange Rate, Remy's on Temple, Los Angeles, CA 2007 A View Within: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Barry Berkus and Family Collection, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, SLO, San Luis Obispo. CA The L.A. Story, Hebrew Union College Museum, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York The Eclectic World of Gad, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA Artful Dwellings: Sukkot at the Skirball, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA Monochrome Painting: Some Versions from Ad Reinhardt to Present, CardwellJimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA Abstract Paintings, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Rabbit + House, Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany W.O.P., Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA The Book of Lies, 18th St. Art Complex, Santa Monica, CA Artists of Southern California, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA 2006 Driven to Abstraction: Southern California and the Non-Objective World, 1950-1980, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (catalog) Gallery Artists: New Paintings, Carol Craven Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA Barry Berkus and Family Collection: Inaugural Exhibition, Channing Peake Gallery, County Administration Building, Santa Barbara, CA (catalog) Rabbit + House, Fourth International Triennial of Artists' Books Vilnius Galerie Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalog) The Biblioteca Alexandrina Second International Biennale for the Artists Books, Alexandria, Egypt. Traveled to The Arts Complex, Cairo (catalog) 4th International Artists' Book Exhibition 2006, King St. Stephens Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary (catalog) 2005 Book of Lies III, Srecna Galerija, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Some Artists Consider Books, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates Too Jewish Not Jewish Enough, Bell Family Art Gallery at Jewish Federation, Los Angeles, CA. Traveled to Gotthelf Gallery at San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, San Diego, CA 2004 Sawtelle: The Sequel. Organized by Bill Radawec. The Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL Small Works, Project, Wichita, KS 2003 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 23 Sins, Third International Triennial of Artist's Books Vilnius 2003, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Tinsletown, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Reactions, Exit Art, New York. Traveled to Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2001 Farbiges Weiss, Galerie Kemper, Munich, Germany Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA 2000 Portrait of the Collector as a Swiss Banker, Museé des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (catalog) Jewish Artists: On the Edge, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. Traveled to Yeshiva University Museum, New York The Changing Face of Portraiture, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA (catalog) Sixth Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland 1999 SO CALled Books: Diversity in Artists' Books from Southern California, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. Traveled to The Center for Book Arts, New York, Merrill Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles Projektleitung Susret- Art, Tuchmacher-Museum, Bramsche, Germany. Traveled to Galerie im Valblu, Bludenz, Austria; Kulturhaus Linz, Linz, Austria Projections: intermission images, Laemmle Grande Fourplex Theater, Los Angeles (organized by Side St. Projects, Los Angeles) 1998 Fin de Siecle, Terrain, San Francisco, CA El Arte de Los Libros de Artista, Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, Biblioteca Mexico, Mexico City Significant Others: Artists Collect, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA Boundless: Liberating the Book Form, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA Journeys to Freedom: Exodus and Israel, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1997 118W/34N, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria In Search of the Absolute: from Geometric Abstraction to Minimalism, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Temporary Quarters: Artists Build for Shelter and Celebration, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA Drawing, Gallery LASCA, Los Angeles, CA L.A. Slide, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA Twentieth Century Art from the Museum's Collection, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA domestic setting, POST, Los Angeles, CA The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA The Drawing Show, Artworks/Bookworks, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 1996 Copy Book Art, Galerie Merz, Linz, Austria Acquiring Minds: Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara Collections, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA Die Sammlung Toni Gerber, Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland Second Wexford Artists' Book Festival, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland Detours'96, Side Street Project, Santa Monica, CA Books in the Living Room, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA The Open Book, Cal Poly Pomona College, Pomona, CA 1995 A, Working Title, E-Space, Santa Monica, CA First Wexford Artists' Book Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland A Vital Matrix, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA Eco-Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Art Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA Books in Form, Ormond Museum, Ormond Beach, FL (traveled) December 20, Richard Heller Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1994 sawtelle, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara 1993 Dark Star: Painting the Color of Television Tuned to a Dead Channel, Terrain, San Francisco, CA The Project Box, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA Just a White Show, 1529 Wellesley, Los Angeles, CA Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA citycircus, a collaborative project for "holyrolyover", John Cage Retrospective, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Breaking Barriers: Revisualizing the Urban Landscape, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA Recent Acquisitions, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, The Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT Centro Arte di Milano, Milan, Italy A.K. Space, Kassel, Germany Recent Acquisitions, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 1991 P3 Alternative Museum, Tokyo, Japan, traveled to Le Parc Sendai, Sendai City, Japan Omnia Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, The Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Salle du Vieux-Colombier de la Marie, Paris, France Boundless Vision, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas (traveled) 1990 Systems, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA A.M.D.G., Terrain, San Francisco, CA Crosscurrents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara. Traveled to California State University, Hayward; Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl 1989 Competition Diomede, The Clocktower, New York Window on AIDS, Outdoor Installation, Santa Barbara, CA 1988 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA 1987 Rigor, John Good Gallery, New York Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York Piezo Electric, Venice, CA Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1986 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA James Risser Gallery, Pasadena, CA 1985 Recent Acquisitions, Franklin Furnace, New York To the Astonishing Horizon: New Approaches to Landscape in Southern California, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 1984 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Artwatch, project sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA California Book Art: The Last Five Years, Otis Gallery, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA 1983 Of This Time, Of That Place, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada The Black on Black Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, 1982 Modernism, San Francisco, CA The Death of Fred Hendricks, performance, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA Los Angeles Urban Renewal: 1982-1965, The American Dream: Mediated LACE, Los Angeles, CA 1981 Space and Light, Lonny Gans & Associates, Venice, CA Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1980 Selections from the Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA 1979 To Cause Visions to Appear in the Form of Giants, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 1978 The Collective, Lonny Gans & Associates, Los Angeles, CA Sam Erenberg and Karl Petrunak, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Difficult Decisions, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH; Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN Artworks and Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art; Artist's Space, New York, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN; New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Center for Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia 1976 Proposals and Documents, Center Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara 1975 Er-Ro-By, Gerard John Hayes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Three for Icarus, performance, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Ellie Blankfort Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Five Questions, California State University, Chico SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nieto, Margarita, Sam Erenberg at At Space Contemporary, Orange County, Artscene, October, 2008 Mizota, Sharon, Driven to Abstraction, ARTnews, Dec., 2006 Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week, The L.A. Weekly, Jan. 6, 2005 Stone, Amy, Artists Framed: "Too Jewish" or "Not Jewish Enough", Jewish Culture News, Fall, 2004 Brunazzi, Elizabeth, Portrait of the Collector as a Swiss Banker, Frigate: The Transverse Review of Books, 2000-2002. (www.frigatezine.com) Raus, Charles, Jewish Artists: On the Edge at the Yeshiva University Museum, Artnews, April, 2002 Hoffberg, Judith, Sam Erenberg, Artscene, Dec. 2000 Rapko, John, "Out West: SO CALled Books" at the San Francisco Center for the Book, Artweek, Dec. 1999 Van Proyan, Mark, "Fin de Siecle' at Terrain, Artweek, Pg. 15, March, 1999 Spaid, Sue, Shelter: Artists Create for the Sukkah, Brandis-Bardin Institute, Los Angeles and Temporary Quarters: Artists Build for Shelter and Celebration, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Art Papers, March-April, 1998. Woodard, Josef, Housing Heritage, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 17, 1997 Fishkoff, Sue, Coming to America: Succot-and Judaism-L.A. Style, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 17, 1997 Wilson, William, Exploring Cultural Implications of Shelter, The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 20, 1997 Hofmann-Sewera, Kathi, Grand daddy Dada grubt, Kleine Zeitung, Graz, Austria, 17 September, 1997 Neue Zeit, Graz, Austria, 14 September, 1997 Niegelhell, Von Franz, alltagsmaterialien und "Neo-Surrealismus", Neue Zeit, 14 September, 1997, Graz, Austria Reichart, Meiki, Vertraute Objektkunst, Die Steirische Wochenpost, Graz, Austria, 18 September, 1997 Moran, Lois, A Feast of Lights, American Craft, Feb-March, 1996 Fisher, Barbara, Eco Nation: Patriots of the Earth at Bedford Gallery, Artweek, May, 1995 Hamlin Jesse, Menorahs Light Up Museum, The San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 19, 1995 Maclay, Catherine, 125 Ways to Look at a Menorah, San Jose Mercury-News, Nov. 17, 1995 Pagel, David, A Vital Matrix, The Los Angeles Times, Aug. 10, 1995 Friedman, Terri, Veered Science/A Vital Matrix, Zing Magazine, autumn, 1995 Chattopadhyay, Collette, A Conversation with Sam Erenberg, Artweek, Dec. 1, 1994 Converse, Elizabeth, Sam Erenberg at the University of Judaism, Artweek, Dec. 1, 1994 Gilbert, Barbara, Citycircus Project, John Cage Retrospective, MOCA, Los Angeles and Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, Winter, 1994 Kapitanoff, Nancy, Linked with Nature, The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 8, 1994 Frank, Peter, Bookworks keeps focus on forms, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Sept. 15, 1993 Barden, Lane, Then Things Got Out of Control, Artweek, Nov. 19, 1992 McEntire, Frank, Dreams and Shields, Catalyst Magazine, Feb. 1992 Benson, Shiela, Book Art Turns Over a New Leaf, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 12, 1991 Goddard, Dan R., Boundless Vision, San Antonio Express-News, Sept. 15, 19991 Wright, David, A.M.D.G. at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Artweek, May 16, 1991 Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, Feb. 7, 1990 McKenna, Christine, Systems at L.A. Muni, The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 7, 1990 Wright, Peter, Curator, A.M.D.G. at Terrain, San Francisco, interview, NPR, June 2, 1990 Margolis, Janet, The Book as Concept, Artweek, Jan. 9, 1988 Curtis, Cathy, Never Judge a Book by its Cover--If it has one, The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 23, 1987 Hugo, Joan, Sacred Shelter-Harvest Home, Artweek, Dec. 15, 1985 Muchnic, Suzanne, Landscape: the Bus Stops Here, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 26, 1985 -------, -------, review of Stella Polaris exhibition, The Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1985 Barnett, Margaret, review of exhibition at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Artnews, pg. 4, March, 1984 Pincus, Robert L., Bookworks Exhibit at Otis-Parsons, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 6, 1984 Sprinkel, Steven, What Defines the Universe, Santa Barbara News & Review, March 15, 1984 Trowbridge, David, A Dialogue, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Newsletter, March, 1984 Zoeckler, L.K., Books that Artists Make, Artweek, Feb. 4, 1984 Danieli, Fidel, The Black on Black Show, Images & Issues, Nov-Dec, 1983 Hoffberg, Judith, The Killing of Nettie Love, Umbrella Magazine, pg. 152, Nov. 1983 Knight, Christopher, Eleven Artists take on the Media, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 27, 1982 Pincus, R.L., Politics Playing in the Art Arena, The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1982 Wolverton, Terry, Art, Politics and Intention, Artweek, July 3, 1982 Hemmerdinger, William J., The Actual Symposium, Images & Issues Magazine, Fall, 1981 Muchnic, Suzanne, review of exhibition at Byron Weber Gallery, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 26, 1981 Schemmerling, Carol, The Actual Symposium, The Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1981 Schemmerling, Carol and Selz, Peter, Actual Symposium, Arts Magazine, Sept., 1981 Kraniak, Paul, Six California Artists, New Art Examiner, May 15, 1979 Artwords and Bookworks, Artnews, pg. 144, May, 1978 SELECTED CATALOGUES: Emphasis Santa Monica, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, August 20-October 18, 2008 Jewish Art in America: an introduction, Matthew Baigell, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 The Biblioteca Alexaqndrina Second International Biennale for the Artist's Book, Alexandria, Egypt Sam Erenberg: The Ash Paintings, catalog for exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Nov. 27, 2004-Jan. 8, 2005. Essay by Frances Colpitt. Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, July 2-August 26, 2001. Essays by Peter Clothier, Robert Perine, James Aitchison, Nob Hadeishi. Portrait of the Collector as a Swiss Banker, Portrait d'un ami. Curated by Remy Zaugg. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 7-Oct 1, 2000. Libros De Artista, Instituto de Artes Grafica de Oaxaca, Sept-Nov, 1998, Biblioteca de Mexico, March-June, 1999. Essay by Martha Hellion. Sam Erenberg and Ray Jonas, The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, Utah, November 8 to December 17, 2000, essays by Frank McEntire SO CALled Books: Diversity in Artists' Books from Southern California, San Francisco Center for the Book, 17 September through 19 November, 1999, with essay by Gloria Helfgott The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, an installation by Sam Erenberg. Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA, June 12-July 10, 1999. Essay by Rosanna Albertini Berman, Nancy, Blessings and Beginnings, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Oct. 7, 1996 to Feb. 2, 1997 die sammlung toni Gerber im kunstmuseum bern, 26. juni-18. august, 1996, Bern, Switzerland Pushing the Envelope, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25 July to 05 Sept., 1996 Mall, Susan, Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, Nov. 12-Dec. 25, 1995 Hart, Jane, A Vital Matrix, essay by Tobi Crockett, domestic setting, Los Angeles, Aug. 16-Sept. 16, 1995 Lederer, Carrie, Eco-Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, March 28-May 21, 1995 McGarry, Andi, First Wexford Artists' Book Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, May 15-June 3, 1995 Raphael, Victor, Fragments and Notations: Recent Work by Deanne Belinoff and Sam Erenberg, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Nov. 13-Dec. 30, 1994 Long, Mary Ellen, The Book Unbound, Ormond Museum, Ormond Beach, FL, April 15- May 29, 1994 Hoffberg, Judith, Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, CA, Aug. 6-Oct. 9, 1993 McEntire, Frank, Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 8-March 28, 1992 Typographie du Livre, salle du Vieux-Columbier de la Marie, Paris, France, 17 Janvier au 15 Fevrier, 1992 Bartkowiak, Heinz Stefan, Compendium of Artists' Books, Hamburg, Germany, 1991 Hoffberg, Judith, Crosscurrents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara. Essays by Harry Reese, Buzz Spector, 13 Nov.-21 Dec., 1990 Leffingwell, Edward T., Systems, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Jan. 21-March 4, 1990 Doll, Nancy, Currents: Installations by Four Artists, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Aug. 19-Oct. 15, 1989 Miller, Tressa, The Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, 1987 LACE: Ten Years Documented, Los Angeles, CA. Essays by Nancy Drew, Karen Moss, William Olander, Renny Pritikin, 1986 Wilson, Martha, Franklin Furnace Archive Collection, New York, 1986 Gilbert, Barbara, tabernacle, Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, Los Angeles. Essay by B. Gilbert, introduction by Nancy Berman, 1985 Frank, Peter, To the Astonishing Horizon: New Approaches to Landscape in Southern California, Los Angeles Design Center, Jan. 21-Feb. 15, 1985 Hugo, Joan, California Book Art: The Last Five Years, Otis Gallery, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1984 Catalogues des Oeuvres, Au Centre Cultural des Premon Tres, Pont-A-Mousson, Lorrain, France, 1984 Lomulhat Formula Press, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1983 Mills, Paul C., The Black on Black Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA, 1983 Bijvoet, Marga and Bonner, Kathy, The American Dream: Mediated, LACE, Los Angeles, June 9-July 9, 1982 Bless, Nancy and Jones, Michael, Difficult Decisions, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 1978 Hoffberg, Judith and Hugo, Joan, Artwords and Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1978 ARTISTS' BOOKS: The Book of Lies III, ed. 80, curated by Eugenia Butler, 2003 L A 3 D, ink jet book, 7x7.5in., 14 pg., 2000, 4 exhibition copies only (collaboration with Wendy Furman) Seven Abstract Paintings: 1986-1996, 1996, offset, 6x6 1/2 in., ed. 500 The Project Box, curated by Jane Hart The Spirit Tower, 1989, letterpress, screen-printing and four photoengraved illustrations, 8x192 in. (fold-out), ed. 30 The Killing of Nettie Love, Mudborn Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983 letterpress, 6 1/2x5 1/2 in., 24 pg. ed. 100, 1983 Art History, 1975, xerox, 5 1/2x4 1/2 in., 29 pg., ed. 25 FILMS: Trajectory, Super 8, silent (5:52), 1977 Nivea Milk, Super 8, silent (6:03), 1972 The Silence, Super 8, silent (5:23), 1971 The Last Statement of Painting, Super 8, silent, (9:03), 1970 The Last Statement of Painting II, Super 8, silent (4:04), 1970 Time, Super 8 , silent (6:28), 1968 Score, 8MM, silent (4:06), 1967 Marker, Super 8, silent (3:11), 1967 Elysian Park I, Super 8, silent (4:08), 1967 Elysian Park II, Super 8, silent (4:07), 1967 SELECTED TEACHING, VISITING POSITIONS, LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, GRANTS, AWARDS: 2009 City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship 2006 Artist in Residence, Awagami Paper Factory, Tokushima, Japan 2005 Jewish Artists: Complex Identities, round table discussion, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles 2004 Too Jewish, Not Jewish Enough, Moderator, panel discussion, The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles 2003 Durfee Foundation, Artist Completion Grant 2001 Awarded Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1998 Artist's Fellowship, California Arts Council 1994 Towards a Greater Realm: A Southern California Collaborative Exposition on Spirituality, Myth and Inner Journey, panel discussion, University of Judaism, Los Angeles 1992 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, lecture Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, symposium, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT 1990 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, lecture 1989 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, lecture 1984 State University of New York, Purchase, lecture Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, lecture Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, lecture 1982 C.W. Post College, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY, visiting artist 1981 Special Project Grants, California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts for The Actual Symposium 1978-79 Visiting Artist, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1977-78 Instructor, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA 1975 Arts '75, California State University, Chico, artist-in-residence CURATORIAL PROJECTS, COMMUNITY ACTIVITY: 2008-Present Public Art Committee, City of Santa Monica, CA 2004 Jewish Artist Initiative, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Co-Curator, Six Degrees: Art in the Libraries, organized by Side St. Projects, Los Angeles, CA 1998 Medical Arts Committee, UCLA Hospital and Clinics, Los Angeles, CA 1997-98 Curated 118W/34N, Los Angeles/Graz, Austria exhibitions with Kunstverein W.A.S., Graz, Austria (Co-organized with Anne Ayres) 1980-84 Organized artist forums, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1981 Organized The Actual Symposium: Change and Persistence in Creativity and Culture, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA 1979-81 Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1979-81 Board of Directors, WAVES: Music of the Present Day, Santa Barbara, CA 1974-76 Coordinated Visiting Artist Program, Art Department, University of California, Santa Barbara PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Akademie fuer Sozialarbeit, Bregenz, Austria Bank of America/Security Pacific Bank Collection, San Francisco, CA Barry Berkus and Family Collection of Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, CA Chapman University, Orange, CA Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Fuji Paper Mill Cooperative, Tokushima, Japan Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan, UT Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA Santa Barbara County Arts Commission Collection, Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA Standard Oil of Chicago Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA University of California Berkeley Art Museum Special Collections: Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Amherst College Library, Amherst, MA Art Metropole Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA Beverly Hills Public Library, Beverly Hills, CA Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Circle Bookartis, Vilnius, Lithuania Copley Library, San Diego, CA Doheny Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Exit Art Reactions Collection, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Franklin Furnace Archive, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Getty Center for the Study of Art and Humanities, Los Angeles, CA Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Lucy Lippard Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Merrill Library, Utah State University, Logan, UT The New York Public Library, New York, NY Occidental College Library, Los Angeles, CA Otis Art Institute Collection of Artists' Books, Los Angeles, CA Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, FL Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Scripps College, Claremont, CA Smithsonian Library, Washington, D.C. State University of New York, Purchase, NY William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA University of California, Berkeley University of California, Santa Barbara, CA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO University of Delaware, Newark, DE Van Het Boek, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague, Holland Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland Yale University Art Library, New Haven, CT Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles Zona Archives, Florence, Italy back to top