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  Gwynn Murrill
Born June 15, 1942 Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education 1972 MFA University of California, Los Angeles
 
  Recent Solo Exhibitions:
2007 (September) The Fresno Museum, Fresno, CA
  (August) "Cats", Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
  "Birds", Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  "From Classical to Baroque", LA Louver, Venice, CA
2006 "Recent Sculpture in Bronze", Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2005 LA Louver, Skyroom, Venice, CA
  Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
  Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna, CA
  Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 "New Work", LA Louver, CA
2002 Lux Art Institute, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
  Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2001 Joan T. Washburn Gallery, NY (Dec.-Feb)
2000 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
 
Selected past solo exhibitions HERE
 
  Recent Group Exhibitions:
2007 "The Left Coast", Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
  "Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women Artists
  1980-2006", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
2006 "Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art",
  DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
  "MURRILL · SHIMABUKURO sculpture · photography",
  Fine Arts Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, CA
2005 LA Louver, Venice, CA
  Carl Schlosberg Exhibitions Inc., Malibu, CA
2004 LA Louver, Venice, CA
  "Free Associations" ARTS Manhattan, Mahattan Beach, CA
2002 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
  Ceritos Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
  Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
2001 LA Louver Gallery, CA
  Laguna Art Museum, CA
  The Albuquerque Museum, NM
2000 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
  Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
   
  Selected past group exhibitions HERE
   
  Awards:
2007 Distinguished Woman Artist of The Year, The Fresno Museum's Council of 100
1986 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1985 National Endowment Individual Artist Grant
1980 Prix di Roma Fellowship, American Academy in Rome
1978 New Talent Purchase Award, Los Angeles County Art Museum
   
  Public Commissions:
  2006 West L.A. Animal Shelter, Los Angeles, CA
    Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Pearson Airport, Toronto
  2003 Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
  2002 San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, CA
  2001 City of Obihiro, Japan
    Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
  1999 City of Obihiro, Japan
  1996 The American Embassy, Singapore
  1994 Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Penninsula, Rolling Hills, CA
  1993 Hugo Neuhaus Jr. Memorial Fountain, Mrs. Hugo Neuhaus, Heritage Park,
    Houston, TX
  1992 Grand Hope Park, City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
    Los Angeles, CA
  1991 Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandizing, Los Angeles, CA
    (in collaboration with Tony Berlant)
  1990 City of Culver City, Redevelopment Art Program, Culver City, CA
    U.S. Bank Plaza, LPT Associates, Sacramento, CA
  1989 Ronald Reagan State Building, State of California Arts Commission,
    Los Angeles, CA
 

 

Selected Public Collections:
City of Brea, CA
City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA
City of Santa Monica, CA
Coldwater Canyon Park, City of Beverly Hills, CA
Harvard Westlake School, Studio City, CA
Home Savings of America, San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency Hotels, Tampa, FL
Living Desert Museum, Palm Desert, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Media Studios North, Burbank, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ
Rancho Tapo Community Park, Veterans memorial, Simi Valley, CA
Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Trammel Crow Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
TransAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, CA
United Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo Bank), Denver, CO
   
  Selected Internet Links
  LA Louver, Venice, CA
  Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
  Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
  International Sculpture Center
  artnet
  Greater Toronto Airports Authority