Renee Petropoulos

Renée Petropoulos (born 1954), is an American contemporary artist, and educator.[1][2][3] She lives in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Biography

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Petropoulos was born in 1954, in Los Angeles, California; to immigrant parents from Greece and Germany.[2][4] Her parents divorced when she was age 3, and she was raised by her mother and her maternal grandparents.[4]

She received a B.A. degree in art history in 1974, and then a M.A. degree in photography and video in 1977, from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[citation needed]

Petropoulos is a professor at Otis College of Art and Design in the graduate fine arts, graduate public practice and graduate graphic design departments.[5]

Public art

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Petropoulos has made public artwork in Los Angeles, and elsewhere. Among her public art commissions are a large painted ceiling at the downtown Los Angeles Public Library, and a series of sculptures in Culver City, a collaborative project for the Municipal Services Building in downtown Philadelphia, and medallions for the guideway Douglas St/Rosecrans Ave. station of the Metro Green Line in El Segundo, California.

List of exhibitions

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  • "Proposal for a Pavilion", 2014. Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California[6]
  • "Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405," 2013, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
  • "Figures and Grounds: Approaches to Abstraction," 2012, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Telephone," 2011, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
  • "Homage", 2009, solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • "(dis)concert", 2008, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
  • "LA - A Select Survey of Art from Los Angeles," 2008, Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, California
  • Renée Petropoulos, 2007, solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • "LACE Annual Benefit", 2007, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
  • "Social Arrangements" 2007, solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • "Sugartown," 2005, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, New York
  • "100 Artists See God," 2005, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • "100 Artists See God", 2004, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England[7]
  • "100 Artists See God", 2004, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California[8]
  • "Trespassing: Houses X Artists", 2004, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California[citation needed]
  • "Trespassing: Houses X Artists", 2004, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas[citation needed]
  • "Trespassing: Houses X Artists", 2003, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida[citation needed]
  • "Structures of Knowledge," 2001, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California,[citation needed]
  • "Urban Hymns," 2000, the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California,[citation needed]
  • "The Stroke: An Overview of Contemporary Painting," 1999–2012, Exit Art, New York City, New York[citation needed]
  • "Tangles," 1996, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California[citation needed]
  • "Excavations," 1998, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Weissman, Benjamin (1989-05-08). "Renee Petropoulos, Rosamund Felsen Gallery". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ a b McKenna, Kristine (1995-04-23). "Artistry in the Round: Renee Petropoulos explores the forms, functions of wreaths in her current exhibition. The artist is in the midst of public projects including a work at El Segundo's Green Line station". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  3. ^ "Review: Renee Petropoulos at Rosamund Felsen Gallery". Los Angeles Times. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  4. ^ a b Johnstone, Mark (1999). Contemporary Art in Southern California. Craftsman House. p. 202. ISBN 978-90-5703-321-6 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Şenova, Başak (2024-03-18). The Octopus: On Diversities, Art Production, Educational Models, and Curatorial Trajectories. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 95. ISBN 978-3-11-136554-1.
  6. ^ "Renee Petropoulos". Artillery Magazine. 2014-07-01.
  7. ^ "100 Artists See God". e-flux.com. November 16, 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  8. ^ "100 Artists See God". The CJM. 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-28.

Further reading

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