ART LIFE of M. Struss: Post Pubescence



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PHASE I ART (The Student/Waitress Days)

Representational and impressionistic drawing, oil, acrylic,  printmaking. Human form, landscape, still life


Education:
1973  BA Fine Art, University of California Santa Barbara.  Emphasis: painting & printmaking
Principal instructors: Howard Warshaw, Irma Cavet, Bruce McCurdy, Steven Cortright, Gerard Haggerty
Exhibitions and Awards:
5/76  Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show, Award)
5/78  Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA (Solo show)
8/79  El Patio Dining Room, Santa Barbara, CA (Solo show)

                           
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Many of these pieces are available for sale.

PHASE II ART (The Teacher/Book Days)

Collage/montage/mixed media, pastel painting. Surrealistic and fantastical scenes using found pictures

Exhibitions:
4/84    James M. Hansen Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
10/84  Santa Barbara Arts Council, Santa Barbara, CA (Featured artist)
4/87    Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
(Juried show)
4/89    Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
(
Juried show)
1986-  During this time I wrote and published five full-length books while
1998   making and selling fine art jewelry and beginning Phase III art.




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PHASE III ART (The Sole Proprietor Days)  

Photage: two-dimensional, abstract, organic, emphasis on color, movement, form

Exhibitions and Awards:
5/00    Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
(Group show)
10/00  Fine Art Santa Barbara South Coast Competition, S B, CA
(Juried show)
10/01  Fine Art Santa Barbara South Coast Competition, SB, CA (Juried show)
12/01  H. Pollock Fine Art Gallery, Summerland, CA (Group show)
12/01  Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA (Juried show - Award "Fallen Angel")
1/02    H. Pollock Fine Art Gallery, Summerland, CA (Group show)
2/02    Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA Spring Obsession Competition (Juried)
2/02    The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Love is in the Air (Juried show)
5/02    The Frameworks/Caruso Woods Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA Buddha
           Abides
(Juried show)
8/02    Neuvie Fine Furniture, Santa Barbara, CA First Photage (Solo show)
9/02    Santa Barbara Artwalk 2003, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
2/03    Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA All’s Fair in Love and
          War
(Juried show)
3/03    Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Portraits as Art (Juried
          show)
5/03    The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Flora & Fauna (Juried show)
5/03    Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Walltowall (Group show)
5/03    National Juried Art Show 2003, Farmingham Museum, NM (Juried show)
6/03    Townley Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Space Palettes (Solo show)
12/03  Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Firsts (Juried show)
2/04    SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA Engendering the Future (Juried show)
4/04    Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Best of the Best (Juried show)
8/04    Absolute Art Gallery, San Marino, CA Be-Tween  (Group show)
8/04    Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA In America Now (Juried show)
9/04    Winner of the Santa Barbara Arts Fund 2004 Individual Artists Award in
          Assemblage/Collage/Mixed Media (Cash Award)
10/04  Santa Barbara Festival of Art & Jazz, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
12/04  Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Endings and Beginnings (Group show)
3/05    Santa Barbara Arts Fund, Santa Barbara CA Colors of Jazz (Solo show) 
6/05    Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Abstract Visions (Two-person show)
10/05  Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Wish You Were Here (Group show)
10/05  Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA The Figure Obscured (Juried 
          show)
11/05  Tager Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (Group show)
3/06    Kennedy Publishing, Best Of Artists Juried Book Series 2005  (CA Winner, 
          Honorable Mention Award, Mixed Media)

9/06    Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA National Collage Society 22nd
          Annual Juried Exhibit
,  (showing River of Doubt)
1/07    Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA Beaux & Eros II (Juried show)
4/07    Kennedy Publishing, Best Of Artists Juried Book Series (National Winner)
8/07    Open Studios Press, selected for Studio Visit Magazine, (premier edition)
9/07    Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY Spectrum: The Chakra Element - Indigo  
         
(Group show Second Place Winner)
9/07    Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL National Collage Society 23rd Annual
          Juried Exhibit,
(Cash Award, Breathing Mirror)
10/07  National Ass. of Women Artists, New York, NY Juried Membership
12/07  Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX Crossing Borders: Fifteenth Annual 
          International Juried Exhibition
8/08    The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Studio Artists 7th 
          Annual Open Studios Tour
(Group & solo show) 

1/09    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA 2009 Juried Open (Laddie John Dill, 
          Juror)

3/09    Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ NAWA at 120 (Juried show)
4/09    Goodland Gallery, Goleta, CA Feminine Energy (Duo show)
4/09    Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, CA Lost & Found (Juried show)
9/09    Divine Inspiration Gallery, Santa Barbara Studio Artists 8th Annual Open 
          Studios
Tour
, Santa Barbara, CA  (Group & Solo show)
10/09  Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Reflections and Projections: 
          20 Years
 of Individual Artist Awards (Group show) 
10/09  Atrium Gallery, Ventura County Arts Council, Ventura, CA  Recycled 
          Re-Purposed,
Art in a Disposable  Society (Juried show)
3/10    TCSB Gallery, Montecito, CA 7Up (Group show)

Bibliography:

 Four artists introduced at Arts Council: News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Oct. 6, 1984;  
          Leisure, p. C-27 
Homegrown by Josef Woodard: The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; Apr. 27, 
          1989; p. 57 Art
Meditation Instigations by Josef Woodard: The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; 
          May 30, 2002;  Arts & Entertainment, p. 41 
First Photage - Visual Jazz for the Modern Home: CASA Santa Barbara; SB, CA; July 26,
          2002; p. 34 
First Photage: Santa Barbara Family Life, Santa Barbara, CA; Aug. 2002; p. 24 
Marlene Sruss at Neuvie: Cut-up art by Josef Woodard: News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA;
          Sep. 16, 2002; p. D6 
Vernal visions and other living things by Josef Woodard: Santa Barbara News-Press 
          artsScene, SB, CA; May 16-22, 2003; p. 8 
The Townley Room Gallery, Space Palettes: Santa Barbara Family Life; June 2003; Arts 
          & Entertainment, p. 13 
The Arts Fund: News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Dec 5, 2004; p. D3 Life 
You Should Know: News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Dec. 7, 2004; Public Square, p. A2  
Marlene Struss: Colors of Jazz - 2004 Individual Artist Award for Assemblage, Collage, 
          and Mixed Media
: CASA Santa Barbara, SB CA; March 4, 2005; p. 18 
Marlene Struss: Colors of Jazz - Artist Biography: www.artsfundsb.org/events_gallery
          mstruss_05_0301.htm

Recent Works of Art by Marlene Struss - Photage Collection: www.startran.com/artweb 
National Collage Society Catalog 22nd Juried Exhibit 2006; p. 23 
Marlene Struss: Kennedy Publishing Co., Best of America, Mixed Media Artists & Artisans, 
          Vol. 1, p. 103; 2007 
Honorable Mention, Marlene Struss: Kennedy Publishing Co., Best of California Artists & 
          Artisans, Vol 1, p. 37; 2007 
Marlene Struss, Santa Barbara, CA, Breathing Mirror: National Collage Society 23rd 
          Annual Juried Exhibit '07 Catalog, Hudson, OH; p. 24; 2007 
Marlene Struss:  Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. Two, The Open Studios Press;  p. 193; 2008
Local art Open House tour/Showing off: 7th annual Open Studios Tour by Steven Libowitz:
         
Daily Sound, Goleta, CA; Friday, August 29, 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 135, p. 1
You're Invited In: Santa Barbara Studio Artists Hold Open Studio Tour by Charles Donelan: 
          The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; Sep 3, 2009; p.55 a&e Art Preview
Links in the chain
by Josef Woodard: Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Oct
          6, 2009;  p.12 Arts Scene

Art Affiliations:

Santa Barbara Art Association, Santa Barbara, CA, 1976-1979
Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA 2003-2005
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY, membership beginning 2007 
Santa Barbara Studio Artists, Santa Barbara, CA, membership beginning 3/2008

 

 

 

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