Lita Albuquerque

Artwork

: “Auric Field Triptych” Cement, glass and oxides on wood 36″ x 108″ White gold leaf and pigment on pane

: “Barges” 7″ x 72″ each Oil and pigment on grill

: “Auric Field Diptych” 42″ x 84″ White gold leaf, pigmentation panel

: “Increments of Time #7″ 30″ x 30” Gold leaf powdered pigment plexi-glass

: “Icestorm” 30″ x 60″ Pigment and oil on arches

: “Firestorm” 30″ x 60″ Pigment and oil on arches

Biography

Education
1968 – University of California, Los Angeles; BFA, cum laude

Grants and Awards
1996 – Arts International, US Artist Representative for the Cairo Biennial, Egypt
1990 – National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
1984 – National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
1983 – National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
1977 – National Endowment for the Arts; Individual Fellowship Grant

Public Art Projects and Commissions
2001 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA
2000 – Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt
2000 – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan
1999 – American Embassy, Ottawa, Canada
1999 – Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro, CA
1999 – The Evo Deconcini Federal Building and US Courthouse, Tucson, AZ
1999 – Chicago Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1996 – Tochigi Prefecture Health Center, Tokyo, Japan
1995 – Palos Verdes Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes, CA
1995 – Hewlitt Packard Corporate Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
1992 – Iowa State University Chemical Engineering Dept, Ames, IA
1991 – Colorado Place, Maguire Thomas Partners, Santa Monica, CA
1991 – Kinsella, Boesch, Fujiwara and Towle, Century City, CA
1989 – Koll/Obayashi Corp, Los Angeles, CA
1989 – Fredrick R Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
1989 – Security Pacific Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
1989 – Kilroy Airport Project, Kilroy Industries, Long Beach, CA
1989 – Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ
1987 – Green Valley Civic Center, Green Valley, NV
1983 – Orange Coast College, Coasta Mesa, CA

Ephemeral Outdoor Environmental Works
1995 – Sixth International Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
1995 – Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
1990 – El Mirage, Dry Lake, CA
1983 – Vermilion, South Dakota
1981 – Arroyo Grande Sand Dunes, San Luis Obispo, CA
1980 – El Mirage Dry Lake, Long Beach, CA
1980 – California State University, Bakersfield, CA
1980 – International Sculptural Conference, Washington DC
1979 – El Mirage, Dry Lake, CA
1979 – Nielsen Residence, Los Angeles, CA
1978 – Malibu, CA
1978 – Death Valley, CA
1978 – Mojave Desert, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1998 – Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 – William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
1996 – Akhnaten Galleries, Cairo, Egypt
1996 – Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994 – University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
1993 – William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
1993 – The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
1992 – Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 – The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
1990 – Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1989 – The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1988 – Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 – Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 – The Works Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 – Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
1984 – Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 – Robert Cronin Inc, Houston, TX
1982 – Ianus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 – Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1980 – Ianus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 – Diane Brown Gallery, Washington DC
1980 – Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1979 – Ianus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1979 – Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1977 – University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
1977 – Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1977 – Ianus Gallery, Venice, CA
1976 – Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1974 – Ellie Blankfort Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 – Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 – California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1999 – University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
1999 – New Image Art, West Hollywood, CA
1996 – Chac Mool Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1996 – Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
1996 – California State University, Northridge, CA
1995 – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1995 – Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY
1995 – New York Academy of the Sciences, New York, NY
1994 – Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1994 – Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Venice, CA
1994 – Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1992 – Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St Louis, MO
1992 – Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1991 – San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
1991 – Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1991 – Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1990 – Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
1989 – California State University, Fullerton, CA
1987 – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Dehli, India
1987 – Amerika Haus, Berlin, West Germany
1987 – Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
1987 – The Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA
1987 – Fresno Arts Center and Museum, Fresno, CA
1986 – American Center, Paris, France
1986 – United States Embassy, Helsinki, Finland
1985 – Japanese American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1985 – San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1985 – Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1985 – Headlands Art Center, Sausalito, CA
1985 – Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1985 – Fendrick Gallery, Washington DC
1985 – Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 – Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1984 – Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
1984 – Prudential Insurance Airport Towers, Los Angeles, CA
1983 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1983 – Fisher Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982 – Musee d’Art de la Moderne Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1982 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1981 – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
1981 – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1980 – Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
1980 – Diane Brown Gallery, Washington DC
1979 – University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1979 – The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1978 – Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS
1978 – Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1977 – San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1977 – University of Akron, Akron, OH
1976 – Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, New York, NY
1975 – Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1974 – Baxter Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1974 – Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1974 – University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Collections and Corporate Commissions
Airtouch Cellular, San Francisco, CA
American Embassy, Ottawa, Canada
American Embassy, Wynhook, Namibia
American Embassy, Nairobi
American Nevada Corp, Las Vegas, NV
AT&T Corp, New York, NY
ARCO Corp, Los Angeles, CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
Chase Foundation, New York, NY
Consulate General of Japan, Los Angeles, CA
Duke Energy, Houston, TX
Frederick R Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
The Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
The Getty Trust, New York, NY
The Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Hewlett Packard, Atlanta, GA
Hewlett Packard, Tokyo, Japan
Hewlett Packard, Seoul, Korea
Hewlett Packard, Zurich, Switzerland
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Kilroy Instries, Long Beach, CA
Kinsella, Boesch, Fujiwara and Towle, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Maguire Thomas Partners, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Nikken Corp, Irvine, CA
Obayashi America Corp, Los Angeles, CA
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Palos Verde Central Library, Palos Verde Estates, CA
Princess Cruise Lines, New York, NY
Principal Financial Group, Des Moine, IA
Prudential Insurance Co, Newark, NJ
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Lita Albuquerque