Dispatches from the Front Lines - Catalog
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EducationMFA University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
BFA University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Awards & Grants2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation funded residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute
1996 Artist’s Fellowship, J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts
Solo Exhibitions2012 “Un-Natural.” Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park. With
LisaAdams, Fatehma Barnes and Constance Mallinson. (Four solo shows)
2012 “Merion Estes: Paintings and Works on Paper.” David Richard Contemporary.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 “Lost Horizons and More.” David Richard Contemporary. Santa Fe, New
Mexico
2009 “Lost Horizons.” Galerie Anais, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Recent Paintings. Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery. Culver City, CA
2006 “A Sea of Possibilities: Paintings by Merion Estes” 1971-2006. (Retrospective.) Pomona
College Museum of Art. Claremont, CA. Curated by Rebecca McGrew. (Catalogue)
2005 “Contemporary Soliloquies On the Natural World.” Karen Carson, Merion Estes,
Constance Mallinson, Margaret Nielsen and Takako Yamaguchi. USC Fisher Galleries,
Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Max Schultz. (Catalogue)
2001 “Merion Estes, Paintings.” Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA Curated by Carl Berg
Selected Group Exhibitions2013 “Dangerous Beauties.” Stuart Haaga Gallery. Descanso Gardens, Glendale, CA
curated by John O’Brien
2012 “The Nature of Things.” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica. Curated by
Constance Mallinson and Virginia Katz
2011 Platform: “Los Angeles in the 70’s.” David Richard Contemporary. Los Angeles
Art Fair
2011 “Painting Per Se: Los Angeles Paintings from the Seventies.” David Richard
Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Curated by David Eicholtz and Peter
Frank.
2011 “AKA Zen.” David Richard Contemporary. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2010 “Urban Nature.” Curator, Constance Mallinson. (On-line journal “Times
Quotidian”)
2009 “Rant.” Curated by Ryan and Dan Callis. Pacific Design Center. Los Angeles
2007 “Women Artists of Southern California: Then and Now.” Track 16
Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2003 “LAPD.” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles. Curated by Michael Duncan.
2002 “Post Cool.” San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA Curated by Michael Duncan
Traveled to Otis College of Art Gallery. Los Angeles. (2004)
2001 “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Occidental College Gallery, Los Angeles. Curated
by Michael Duncan.
2001 “Cross-Pollination.” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, N.Y. Curated by Susan Joyce.
“Organica.” Coleman Gallery, West Hollywood,
2000 “Cosmic Dermis” Rosamund Felsen Gallery. Curated by Gordon Haines. Santa
Monica. Summer
Selected Articles & Reviews2013 Barrie, Lita. Artweek.la/issue/July22. “Dangerous Beauties”
2013 Enholm, Molly. Art ltd. “Dangerous Beauties” July/August
2012 Frank, Peter. “Un-Natural” Fabrik Magazine. May.
2011 Frank, Peter. “Los Angeles Painting in the 1970’s” Art ltd. Sept.-Oct.
2011 Keinholtz, Lyn “L.A. Rising: So Cal Artists Before 1980” Getty Publications
2011 Powell-Wilson, MaLin. “California states of Mind” Albuquerque Journal North.
2011 Frank, Peter. “Merion Estes: Lost Horizons” Art ltd. November/December
2007 Mallinson, Constance. “Review of Merion Estes.” Art in America, December.
2006 Duncan, Michael. “Focus L.A.” Art in America. November
2006 Pagel, David. “Earth, Wind and Higher” Los Angeles Times. January 9
2006 Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week” L.A. Weekly January 26
2005 Duncan, Michael, et al. “State of the Art: 100 Best Artists in L.A.” L.A. Weekly.
2004 Miles, Christopher. “Tracing Patterns” Art in America. February.
2003 Myers, Holly.“Redefining Boundaries of What’s Hip”. Los Angeles Times. July 28
2003 Frank, Peter. “Picks of the Week:” NYPD, LAPD” Los Angeles Weekly.
2003 Morris, Barbara. “Post-Cool”. Artweek.
2002 Fischer, Jack. “Post-Cool”. San Jose Mercury News.
2000 Haines, Gordon. Brochure essay for Cosmic Dermis show at Rosamund Felsen.
2000 Pagel, David. Review, “Cosmic Dermis” Los Angeles Times. August.
