Born:   Los Angeles, CA. 1927

 

EDUCATION

 B.A. 1949, M.A. 1963, University of California at Los Angeles

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006   “Botanical Transformations” Couturier Gallery , Los Angeles , CA

            “New Work” Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland , OR

2005   “New Work” Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland , OR

2004   “Botanical Intervention” Fresno Art Museum , Fresno , CA

“Garden of Eden” Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

2003   “Botanical Observations” frumkin/duval Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

2002   “Adaptations” LIMN Gallery, San Francisco , CA

“Up Close” Randall Erickson Contemporary Art, Palm Springs , CA

“New Work” frumkin/duval Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

2001   “New Work” frumkin/duval Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

1998   “Microcosm” Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

“Apertures into Nature” Survey 1990 - 1997, Fresno Aft Museum, Fresno , CA

1996   “Recent Work” Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

1994   Space, Los Angeles , CA

1993   Space, Los Angeles , CA

1992   “Olga Seem, Survey 1981 - 1991“ Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery , Mount St .      Mary's College, Los Angeles , CA

Space, Los Angeles , CA

1987   Manville Gallery, University of Nevada , School of Medicine , Reno , NV

Antelope Valley College Art Gallery , Antelope Valley College , Lancaster , CA   Cuesta College Art Gallery , Cuesta College , Cuesta, CA

1986   Goski Gallery, Los Angeles , CA

1981   Leonard Heller Memorial Gallery, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey , CA

1971   Brand Library Art Center Gallery, Glendale , CA

 

GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITION

2006   “Present Art XIII: A Large Show of Small Works,” Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles , CA

            “Eighteen Profiles: Distinguished Women Artists of California ”, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno , CA

            “Introspection” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco , CA

2005   “Present Ar XIIt: A Large Show of Small Works,” Couturier Gallery , Los Angeles , CA

            “AxS: At the intersection of Art and Science” Armory Center for the Arts/Caltech, Pasadena , CA

            “The Tree of Life” El Camino College Art Gallery , El Camino College , Torrance , CA

2004   “Mark Making” Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University , Ashland , OR

“Shakespeare as Muse” Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland , Or

2003   “Scaled Down” Sabina Lee Galley, Los Angeles, CA

“Contemplation” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe , NM

“New Botanicals“ Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland , OR

“Group Show” Randall Erickson Contemporary Art, Palm Springs , CA

2002   “Winter’s Blossom” El Camino College Art Gallery, 6 Camino College, Torrance , CA

2001   “Modernism from the Collection of the Fresno Art Museum ” Fresno Art Museum , Fresno , CA

“By Nature's Design” William D. Cannon Art Galley, City of Carlsbad , CA

2000   “L A Botanical” Peter & Susan Barrett Art Gallery , Santa Monica College , Santa Monica , CA

“Four from L A” Broderick Gallery, Portland , OR

1998   “First Decade: Highlights from the Contemporary Museum 's Collection”

            The Contemporary Museum , Honolulu , HI

            “Annette Bird/Olga Seem” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco , CA

1997   L A Artcore, The Art Bank, Los Angeles , CA

“ California Vision” Gallery Naito, Nagoya , Japan

“State of the Art” Biennial Watercolor Invitational, Parkland College Art Gallery, Parkland College , Champagne , IL

1996   “Drawn Conclusions” Riverside Art Museum , Riverside , CA

“Reproducing Nature” Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

1995   “Still Life…Still Here” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica , CA

“Pasted Papers: Collage and the Twentieth Century” Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles , CA

“Landscape: A Continuuum” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery , Los Angeles ,

“One Vision” Space, Los Angeles , CA

“Eloquent Lines” Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles , CA

“Generation of Mentors” Jose Drudis-Bada Art Gallery , Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles , CA

1994   “Generation of Mentors” Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA and the origin of the exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

“Revealing Landscapes” Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles , CA

“Trees” Riverside Art Museum , Riverside , CA

 “California - 5” Gallery Yoshida, Nagoya, Japan

“The World of Cups” The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena , CA

“Cups” Space, Los Angeles , CA

“Human/Nature” El Camino College Art Gallery , El Camino College , Torrance , CA

“Watercolor Exhibition by Artists of ROC , USA and Australia ” Chung Chen Gallery, National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei , Taiwan , ROC

1993   “ Contemporary Museum Collects: The First Five Years 1988 - 1993” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu , HI

“The Elegant, Irreverent & Obsessive” Drawing in Southern California, Main Art Gallery, Visual Arts Center, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and the Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

“L. A. Stories” Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles , CA

1992   “Contrasts” Space, Los Angeles, CA

1991   “On Paper” Space, Los Angeles , CA

“Landscape and Visions” Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco , CA

“Wes Christensen/Olga Seem” Golden West College Art Gallery , Golden West College , Huntington Beach , CA

1990   “The Festival Continues” The Tanzman Associates, Los Angeles , CA

1988   “Glass and Paper” Spectrum Contemporary Art, Palm Desert , CA

“Three Southern California Artists” The Allstate Plaza , Glendale , CA

1987   “Explorations I” Roberts Art Gallery , Santa Monica , CA

1986   “Group Show” Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento , CA

“Showcase 86” University Union Gallery , California Polytechnic University, Pomona , CA

“Works on Paper” Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA

1984   “Olympic Project” Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles , CA

“A Broad Spectrum” Design Center of Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA

1983   “Dreager, Partlow, Seem” Mount St. Mary's College Fine Arts Gallery, Mount St. Mary's

“Three from Los Angeles ” Guistina Gallery , Oregon State University, Corvallis , OR

“Seven” Seaver College Art Gallery , Pepperdine University , Malibu , CA

1978   “The Early Sixties at U.C.L.A.” Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery , University of California at Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA

1976   “The Art Rental Gallery Presents” Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles , CA

 

CATALOGUES

“Olga Seem, Botanical Intervention” Essay by Jacquelin Pilar, Associate

            Curator of the Fresno Art Museum , Fresno California September 2004

“By Nature's Design” Essay by Calvin Bedient, William D. Cannon Art Gallery ,

            City of Carlsbad , CA. 2001

“International Watercolor Biennial - East/West” Essay by Rob Erdle,

            Parkland College Art Gallery , Champaign , IL 1997

“Generation of Mentors” Essay by Betty Ann Brown, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington , D.C. 1994

“The Elegant, Irreverent & Obsessive” Drawing in Southern California, Recent Work   by Over Seventy Southern California Artists, Many of Whom Stretch Traditional Definitions of Drawing. Essay by Mike McGee, California State University at Fullerton , Fullerton , CA 1993

“Olga Seem - Subliminal Landscapes” Introduction by Diane Calder,

            Essay by Michael Laurence, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery , Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles , CA 1992

“Showcase '86” University Union Gallery , California Polytechnic University, Pomona , CA 1986

“A Broad Spectrum” Essays by Fidel Danieli and Sandy Nelson, Design Center of Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA 1984

“The Early Sixties at U.C.L.A.” Introduction by Ray Brown, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA 1977

 

AWARDS

2004               Fresno Art Museum , Distinguished Artist for 2004

2002               The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant

1993               E.D. Foundation Artist Grant

1989               E.D. Foundation Artist Grant

 

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco , CA

Albuquerque Museum of Art , Albuquerque , NM

Everson Museum , Syracuse , NY

Fresno Art Museum , Fresno , CA

The Contemporary Museum , Honolulu , HI

 

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2005                  Peter Frank, “Pick of the Week,” “A x X: At the Intersection of Art and    Science”, LA Weekly. August 19-25.

                  Groshong, Kim, “Caltech-Armory show connects art, math, nature,” Pasadena Star News, July 10.

2004         Berry , Marty, “Fascination with plant life inspires this artist’s work,” The Fresno Bee, Sec. E, Page 1, 2, September 10.

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2001                  Marcou, Howard, “Last but not Lease,” Desert Post Weekly, Palm Springs , CA , June 14.

2000         Row, D.K., “An Intensifying Presence,” The Oregonian, Portland , OR , June 9.

1998                  Coleman, Sarah, “Annette Bird & Olga Seem,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Page 96, May 6.

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