Barry Markowits's Bio - AndrewShire Gallery

2Barry
Markowitz__________________________________________________________
706 Rosemont Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90026
Tel: (213) 353-9975
E-mail: barry.markowitz@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________
California State University Los Angeles, - MFA - Jan. 2001
California State University Northridge
University California Santa Barbara
Art Students League, Manhattan, New York
High of School of Art and Design, Manhattan, New York
On Board
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July, 07 “Evolution of Movement” – J.Paul.Getty Museum = Glenn Philips, Curator
2007, ‘INTERSECTION”, 20 site-specific installation (district council#2) –Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2007, 99cent Store Show, Arroyo-Seco Arts Collective
Professional_____________________________________________________________
Currently: Los Angeles based artist
Painting / Drawing Instructor, Lecturer, Events coordinator,
Fine Artist & Graphic Designer for film & page
Cal State University Los Angeles: – Lecturer, Fine Arts Dept.:
Studio Option;
Painting (Beginning, Int., Advanced),
Drawing (Int., Beginning, Adv.)
Figure Drawing (244, A/B)
Advanced beginning 2-D design
Critical Studies:
Graduate Seminar / Studio & Design Options
Senior Projects / all options
Pro-Seminar / all options
Written Expression for the Visual Arts/Critical Studies
History of Design
Los Angeles County High School of the Arts – Lecturer: 2000
Advanced Painting
Advanced Drawing
Beginning Drawing & Painting
Design
University of La Verne – Lecturer:
The Art History - survey
Graphic Design
Advertising Design
Art,
Pasadena Armory for the Arts: Instructor – graphics – Photoshop – middle school / adult
Ragan Academy: Pasadena / Barnsdall Art Park - Instructor – advanced figure drawing /
advanced figure painting / design – middle school
Activities_______________________________________________________
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Portfolio Review and preparation – LACHSA
Scholarship Committee - LACHSA
Events coordinator for fine arts program / annual senior art show – LACHSA
Jury Selection, all competing art shows - LACHSA

CSULA, 21 st Century Film Club
2003 - Summer Arts Festival: Guest Artist and Instructor – Fresno State Univ.
Freelance Graphic Artist, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Cate School – continuing: visiting artist: Art and Culture. William Anderson, Director–Carpenteria,
California
Recognition _____________________________________________________________
1998 General Motors Grant
1996 J. Paul Getty Trust / California Community Foundation Mid career Grant in Painting.
1979 Rockefeller Honorarium – Italo Scanga - UC San Diego
1978 Rockefeller Honorarium – Cal State Dominguez Hills
History
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1995-98 LAUSD- Special Education Assistant/ learning handicap/ high functioning autism
1992-94 Positive Response Television: Creative Director –, “Amazing Discoveries”,
1986-91 Ray M. Johnson Studios: Head of Production / Creative Director,
Administration/Production - Design/Art/Props/Special Effects for Film & Television –
1984 Summer Olympics, Designer “Serpentine Fence”
1982-86 Art Direction – Commercials, In House, Independent Films,
1975-76 Visiting Artist - Art Center School of Design, Pasadena-Instructor, Materials,
1974-75 Visiting Artist - California Institute of the Arts—Performance Art workshops,
Exhibitions______________________________________________
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One Person Exhibitions
2006, Future Studio Gallery, Los Angeles
1999, Eagle Rock Cultural Arts Foundation, Los Angeles
1996, Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1994, A & B Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1993, The American Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1988, Largo Gallery Los Angeles, Ca.
1986, R. J. Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1985, Red Squirrel Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1984, Red Squirrel Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1983, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1983, Vault Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1982, Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1982, Empty Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1982, Red Squirrel Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1981, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, LA, Ca.
1981, SITE, San Francisco, Ca.
1981, Pasadena Community Arts Center, California
1980, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LA Ca.
1980, Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1979, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1979, University of California San Diego, San Diego, Ca.
1979, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1978, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1977, KPFK "Close Radio", Los Angeles, Ca.
1977, Mills College, Mill Valley, Ca.
1977, University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1976, University California San Diego, Ca.
1976, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1976, University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1976, California State University at Dominguez Hills,

1976, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Ca.
1975, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
1975, Naked Lunch Gallery, Studio City, Ca.
1975, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
1975, University California, Santa Barbara
1974, Red Shoes, Los Angeles, Ca.
1974, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, Ca.
1973, California State University, Northridge, Ca.
1974, California State University, Northridge, Ca.
Museums
1995, Amsterdam Museum of Contemporary Art, “Holy Roly” - John Cage Memorial Show
1994, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, “Holy Roly” - John Cage Memorial Show
Group Exhibitions
2007, Faculty Exhibition – CSULA – fine art5 Gallery, Jan, 2007
2006, Art Preservation Echo Park, Metro Gallery, August 19, 06
2006 Ceramic Plate Art, Da Vinci Gallery, La Monte Westmorelandß
2006 Norman’s Mother, Sunset Pacific Motel, Installation
2006, Concrete Drawing, 16 artists. April 8, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2006, “Route 66”, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2005 “Smaller Is”, Andrew Shire Gallery, Dec 1, 05 – 3850 Wilshire Blvd. John Sousa dir.
2005 “Fall of The House”, Bronco Gallery – Cal Poly Pamona, CA
2005 “Wind Tunnel”, AIDS Alliance, Pasadena, Paintings – Sept. 8
2005 “Intersections”, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Installation – June 25, 05
2005 “400 Hundred Portraits”, UCLA, Ackerman – May 14, 05
2005 “Route 66”, Eagle Rock Community Arts Foundation
2004 Black Maria, assemblage-group show, 131 W. 21 st Street, NYC 10011
2004, “Route 66”, Eagle Rock Community Arts Foundation
2003, “Art and Affinities”, Cal. State L.A. Fine Arts Gallery
2003, “REDUX”, Luckman Fine Gallery
2003, Delirium Tremens, Los Angeles
2003, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College
2003, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, “REDUX”. Los Angeles, Ca
2002, Orlando Gallery, “5x5”, Los Angeles, Ca.
2002, Coagula Projects, Brewery Complex – “Wall Art”, Los Angeles, Ca.
2001, CSULA, fine arts gallery, Los Angeles
2001, Fine Arts Gallery – Cal State University Los Angeles
2001, Harris Gallery, Univ. La Verne - “Informants”, La Verne, Ca.
2001, Side Street Projects – “Artists Reading Room”, Los Angeles, Ca.
2001, Palos Verde Art Center - “Design For Living”, Palos Verde, Ca.
2000, Los Angeles Art Core, LA, Ca.
1997, Max Sennet - “Art Works 97”, Los Angeles, Ca.
1997, Gallery 26, Fresno Ca.
1997, The Living Room - “LA Slide”, Santa Monica Ca.
1996, Mad River, Santa Monica, Ca.
1996, Max Sennet, - “Art Works 96”, Los Angeles, Ca.
1995, Arts Consortium, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1995, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1995, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1995, Rosetta Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1990, Walker & Walker Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
1989, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
1989, UC Santa Cruz, “ASSEMBLAGE”, Santa Cruz, Ca.
1986, Contemporary Arts Forum' Santa Barbara, Ca.
Curatorial:______________________________________________
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For The Arts –scheduled for May of 2007
2006, “Aftermath”, CAPSTONE PROJECT, CSULA – December 6, 06
2006, Senior Show – LACHSA – ylvia White Gallery – June 6, 06
2006, “Norman’s Mother”, Sunset pacific Motel. 32 rooms, 32 artists 0 October 28
2006, “Concrete Drawing”, 16 artists, Bill Anderson, Lynne Berman, Briam Cooper, Mark Dutcher, Alison
Goldberg, Kristi Lippire, Barry Markowitz, Michael C. McMillen, Vally Mestroni, Lara Newsom, Stuart
Rapeport, Nicola Vruwink, Richard Wearn, Daniel Wheeler, Carrie Whitney, Liz Young - Eagle Rock

Center for the Arts
2006, “Senior Show”, LACHSA senior show at the Sylvia White Gallery
2005, “Senior Projects” CSULA, Capstone Project
2005, “Senior Show”, LACHSA senior show at Chournard Academy
BOOKS: ________________________________________________________________
1980, Performance Anthology; A Decade of California Performance Art
CATALOGUES: ____________________________________________________________
2001, “Informants”, Harris Art Gallery
1999 “Charting New Currents”, J. Paul Getty Trust for the Visual Arts
1999, Los Angeles Art Core, yearly awards
1998, New Trends in Art, 10 years of The J. Paul Getty Arts Awards
1986, Southern California Assemblage, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS:___________________________________________________
2002 LA Times, review – “5 x 5”, Orlando Gallery
2000 “Twenty Years of Art”, Los Angeles Weekly - article
1999 Coagula-Oct. “Barry Markowitz at Eagle Rock Arts Foundation”–review
1999 “Journey Into Art”, Catalog- LA Art Corp
1995 July, Santa Barbara Independent, "Objects' d'art"
1995 June, Santa Barbara News Press, "Transformative Object"
1993 June, Downtown News, Los Angeles, Ca.
1991 Oct. issue, Santa Monica News Press, Los Angeles, Ca.
1990 Sept., Evening Outlook Santa Monica, Ca.
1989 “More then skin deep”, Arte Chronica, Italy
1983 Oct., Santa Barbara News and Review cover story
1982 Sept. 21, Los Angeles Weekly "Pick of the Week"
1982 Spring/Summer issue, High Performance magazine
1982 May, 04 issue, Santa Barbara News and Review
1981 Sept, Art COM, San Francisco publication
1981 Public Spirit issue, High Performance magazine
1981 Jan. "Downtown Artists", Los Angeles WEEKLY,
1981 Artist News magazine, cover story
1981 Flash Art Magazine
1980 Artist News
1980 Dec., Los Angeles Weekly
1980 Spring/Summer issue, High Performance magazine
1977 “Criss-Cross/Double-Cross” magazine
COLLECTIONS:____________________________________________________________
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Museum of Contemporary Art – Los Angeles
Balthazar and Rosetta Getty, Los Angeles
Paramount Pictures Inc., Los Angeles
Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles
Kim Catrall-Living Trust, New York City
Black Maria Group, New York City
Berkin Productions Inc., Los Angeles
Sho Films Inc., Los Angeles
Killer Music, Los Angeles
Western Sand Blast Film Development, Los Angeles
George and Peggy DiCaprio
Longevity Inc., Las Vegas
David Silverman & Assoc. Los Angeles

Sam and Elena Erenberg
Tony Drazen / Naomi Shohan
Aero Independent Inc.
Sarah and Robin Russin
Jenny Krusoe, Director – Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock