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LAURA LA FORÊT LENGYEL
b. 1946, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
   
Education:  
l967 Mills College, BA in Art, Oakland, CA. Profs. Ralph DuCasse, Robert Dahmers, Raphael Canogar
   
Attended:  
1980 San Francisco City College, Fort Mason Printmakers
l976 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. Portraiture with Richard Gayton.
l975 Academy of Art College, San Francisco. Drawing & Illustration: Harold Brody, Barbara Bradley, Paul Prachenko, Patrick Haberman
l974 College of the Redwoods, Mendocino, CA. Etching
l972 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Etching, N'ma Leveton
l97l Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Foundry with Stephen Daley: Bronze, Iron, Aluminum casting.
l965 Aspen Artists and Writers School, Full Work Scholarship in Painting.
Serigraphy instructor, Poetry Handbill, Aspen, CO
l964 & 66 Summer quarters, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Painting, Ivan Madjdrakoff; Art Education, Renaissance Art
1963 San Francisco College for Women, Lone Mountain, San Francisco, CA
1963 Bridgeport Museum School, Bridgeport, CT. Painting, Sam Brown
   
Apprenticeship: l979 Spero Anargyros (1915- 2004) Sculpture Studio, San Francisco, CA
   
Selected Individual Exhibitions:
2008 Naked Truth, monotypes, ArtworkSF, San Francisco, CA
2007 Painting as Performance, Monotypes, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Monopressings & Flex-O-Grams: monotypes from the body, Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Paintings & Sculpture, Eileen Curtis Reynolds Tea House Museum, Sausalito, CA
Mount Tamalpais and Beyond, paintings, Depot Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2003 Monopressings and Flex-O-Grams, Linda Penzur Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Sculpture and Monotypes, The Unauthorized Whitney, SFOS, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco
2002 Urban Influences, Lengyel Studio, San Francisco, CA
2000 BODY of WORK, Selected Monopressings from 1995-2000, SOMARTS, San Francisco
Origins, Monopressings, Octavia Haze Gallery, San Francisco
1999 Body as Medium, Monopressings, The Gallery on Greene, Key West, Florida
1997 BODY STROKES, New Monopressings, The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1996 Body Language, New Genre Monopressings, ARTwork Gallery sponsored exhibit, SF
Life Prints, Jill Vickers Gallery, Susan B. Komen Foundation Event Sponsor, Aspen, CO
1995 Decontextualized, Mixed media paintings and sculpture, SF Open Studios, Lengyel Studio
1994 Sound Suite, Mixed media paintings, Lengyel Studio Gallery, San Francisco
1993 25-Year Survey of Sculpture, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
Vivified Visions, Atrium Gallery, The Lurie Company, San Francisco, CA
The Medium is the Message, Sculpture Exhibit, The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
1992 Paintings and Relief Sculpture, Seldom Scene Gallery, Fairfax, CA
1990 The Female Form, A Study in Motion, Marin Fellowship of Unitarians, San Rafael, CA
1989 20-Year Survey Exhibit, The Richard Burton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
l984 Marin Society of Artists Gallery, Sculpture, Ross, CA
l983 Get Thee to the Winery, The Winery Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
l982 San Francisco Juried Art Festival, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
Works on Paper: etchings and watercolors, Fairfax Town Hall, Fairfax, CA
l980 Travel Pages, works on paper, Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA
   
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Special Effects, California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Art Hell, ArtworkSF, San Francisco
Marin / Scapes Invitational, Corte Madera & Larkspur, CA
Marin Open Studios 2006, Corte Madera, CA
Marin County Fair, juried fine art exhibit, San Rafael, CA
2005 Hot off the Press, Triton Hotel Mezzanine Gallery, ArtworkSF juried, San Francisco
Bon Appetit, Annual juried exhibit, Artisans' Gallery, Mill Valley, CA Best of show AWARD
Kendall-Jackson Winery Annual Tomato Festival Juried Exhibit, Santa Rosa, CA.
2004 Marin Arts Council Annual Members Exhibit, Corte Madera, CA
2003 Sculpture & works on paper, A. C. Clute Fine Art Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
RADICAL PRINTMAKING: Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking, California Society of Printmakers, Thacher Gallery,    University of San Francisco (Exhibit organizer)
Unauthorized Whitney, San Francisco 2003 Open Studios, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco
2001 Radical Printmaking: Innovations from the California Society of Printmakers, Art Source Exhibition Programs,
   The Mills Building, San Francisco
2000 RADICAL PRINTMAKING: Innovations, California Society of Printmakers, Juried by Rupert Jenkins, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
California Society of Printmakers Members Annual Exhibit, College of Marin, Kentfield CA
1999 California Society of Printmakers Members Annual Exhibit, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Social and Political Trends in Printmaking, Juried, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Salon, Invitational, SomArts (SOMAR), San Francisco
1998 Spanning the Bay, juried by Carlos Loarca, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Hello Again!, McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
Left Coast Art Comes East, Design Consortium Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
BLUE, McKesson World Headquarters, Corporate Exhibit Program, ARTwork Group, SF
California Society of Printmakers, 85th Anniversary, Gallery 551, Academy of Art College, SF
1997 Working Art, Curator's Invitational, SOMAR, SF
Similar Differences, ARTwork Group Members' Annual, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco
Body Language, Selected ARTwork Group, The Bridge Gallery, San Francisco
Sculpture '97, Invitational, The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1996 Watermark, National Juried Competition, works on paper, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
Body Language, Nude Invitational, C. Jackson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Nude, Invitational, Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Skin Deep, Nude Invitational, ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ReBEAT Festival Exhibit, Works from the '50s-'60s, South Of Market Cultural Center, SF
Cast Bronze Sculpture Invitational, Merced College Art Gallery, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Merced, CA
The Mother Lode, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Juried Exhibit, Anne Saunders Gallery, Jamestown, CA
Juried Annual, Luggage Store Gallery and Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
New Millennium Figuration, 3 City Concepts/3 SF artists, Minna Street Gallery, SF
1995 The Land, Under a Foot, Bradford Gallery, Juried, San Anselmo, CA
Separate Realities, ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Images of the Breast, THE BREAST PROJECT, Regional Juried, Lengyel Studio Gallery, SF
We Are All Connected, International Women Artists, UN50th Anniv., Bay Front Gallery, Fort Mason Center, SF
(ART)word(ART), National Poetry Association Invitational Exhibit and Curator, Trojanowska Gallery, SF
Through the Door, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, Contract Design Center, SF, CA
Relief Sculpture Invitational, Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture Invitational, Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Juried International Arts Festival, Alliance of Women Artists, Fort Mason, San Francisco
1993 Marin Arts Council, Members Exhibit, Corte Madera, CA
Pre-Reaganite Nudity, Regional Invitational, Nudes prior to 1981, The Artists' Gallery, San Rafael, CA
7 Marin Printmakers, Director's Invitational, Linda Penzur Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Rites of Spring, Weir Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Sound Abstractions, works on paper, Art in Public Places Exhibitions, Alameda County Admin.Bldg. sponsored by Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Open Craft & Sculpture Exhibit, Juried Exhibit, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
The Marin Scene, Artisans Gallery Invitational, Mill Valley, CA
Erotic Art, Juried Exhibit, Art Attack Gallery, San Francisco
1992 Marin Arts Council Juried Member Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
The Great Marin String Along, Marin Artists Invitational, Marin Arts Council, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1991 Mills Alumnae Artists Exhibit, Weir Gallery, Berkeley, CA
45th Annual Juried Sculpture Exhibit, Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1990 Freedom of Expression, Binns & Phelps Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Sixth Juried Exhibit, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
Alliance of Women Artists, Army Corps of Engineers, Bay Model Facility, Sausalito, CA
l989 Poets & Painters, Invitational, Cowell Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Eroticism: West Coast Expressions, Juried Exhibit, Gallery Six-Oh-One, San Francisco
Garden Party Invitational l989, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Women at Work, Projects Gallery, Director's Invitational, San Rafael, CA
Marin County Civic Center Galleries, Alliance of Women Artists, San Rafael, CA
Benicia Industrial Park, Open Studios Invitational, Guest Artist Galleries, Benicia, CA
l988 American Zephyr Gallery, Alliance of Women Artists, San Francisco, CA
Marin Society of Artists, Juried Members Exhibit, Juror's Entry, Ross, CA
Wrubel Gallery, Forest Impressions, Cast Stone Bas-Relief Sculptures, The Nature Company, Berkeley, CA
l987 International Alumni Invitational, Mills College, Oakland, CA
l984 Marin Arts Guild, Juried Group Show, Larkspur, CA
l983 Fairfax Fine Arts League, Juried Group Show, Fairfax, CA
l982 Gallery Faire, Director's Invitational Sculpture Exhibit, Mendocino, CA
Fort Mason Printmakers, Annual Juried Exhibit, Crown Zellerbach Building, San Francisco
Fairfax Village Gallery Regional Invitational, Fairfax, CA
Falkirk Community Cultural Center, Annual Open Competition, San Rafael, CA
l98l Fort Mason Printmakers, Juried Annual, Crown Zellerbach Building, San Francisco
l980 Mountains and Volcanoes, Marin Art & Cultural Education Center, Fairfax, CA
l979 Women in Bronze, Invitational, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
l968 - 73 Mendocino Art Center, and Gallery West, Inc., Mendocino, CA
   
Selected Commissions
2008 Tilted Tomato, Bronze Sculpture, City of Pittston, PA Public Art Collection
1998–2004 Numerous portraits, life casts, pressed portraits, paintings and sculpture for private collections
1998 Audrey Penn Rodgers Bronze Commemorative Portrait plaque with poetry, commissioned by Greenbelt Alliance for Dolores Heights Park, 21st & Sanchez Streets, San Francisco
1994 Richmond Fire Department, Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque, City of Richmond, CA
1990 Mountainscape Fossilite, Bas relief sculpture, Law Offices of Folwider, Patton, Lee & Utecht, Los Angeles
Japanese White Storks, commissioned bronze pair, Babcock & Brown, C. Forrester Collection, San Francisco, CA
Hyacinth Hill Commemorative Portrait, Bronze bust of poet for Brooklyn College Library Collection
Honolulu Fire Department, 30" Sculpted Logo enlargement for low relief bronze plaque, Honolulu, HI
The Bridal Gown, Jackie Brown, Esq., oil portrait, Los Angeles
1988 Vampirenomics, 3' sculpture for Victor Goldstein Collection.
l987 Forest Impressions, 8 Cast Stone Bas-reliefs, Harrah's Resort Hotel Art Collection, South Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada
Here's to the Winners, 4' x 5' Racehorse bas relief, Cast Stone, Harrah's Resort Hotel Casino Art Collection, South Lake Tahoe at Stateline, Nevada
Neptune, Bronze bas-relief fountain sculpture for Fernandez Residence, Tiburon, CA
Mountain Lion, Bronze award sculpture for Mountain Lion Preservation Fund Award, Sacramento, CA.
Sausalito Boating Party, 4' x 6' oil Renoir facsimile for Cafe Renoir Collection, Sausalito, CA
l986 Marin Society of Artists Merit Award, Print and Photo Show, etching, Ross, CA
Jimmy Sierra, l4" bronze sculpture for Winn Normandi, San Rafael, CA
Holstein Cow, l/5 life-size cow for Pacific Giant Enterprises, Santa Rosa, CA
Wedding Couple, double portrait bust of Mary Anne and David, Mill Valley, CA
Harbor Seal, l/2 life-size (36") cast stone seal for Ron La Drech residence, Mill Valley, CA
l985 Sur le Coup de Pied, 44" bronze dancer and fountain for pond, Fouse residence, San Rafael, CA
l984 Land-art, 25' rock waterfall, pond, Land Sculpture, private residence, San Anselmo, CA
Parthenon, Cast stone bas-reliefs for Annabel Candy Co. Executive Gift, Artist-of-the-year Program.
l982 Iran Conflict Release of American Hostages Commemorative, 8' x 4' oil painting on acrylic, public installation, San Anselmo, CA.
Town of Fairfax, Coastal Miwok Indian Family, Cast Stone Maquettes with stone pond model, Public Art Program Proposal for Fairfax Town Hall, Fairfax, CA
1966 National Women's Rowing Association, Award medal design
l965 Aspen Artists and Writers School, Work Scholarship, Aspen, CO, serigraphy instructor, Poetry Handbill, serigraphs with poetry.
The Rolling Stones, Oil on canvas, First commission for $65 at age l9.
l959 Science for Humanity, Tempera on board. First prize in Science poster contest, Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT
   
Bibliographical References:
 

CLARA, database of women artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
California Art Review, American References Publications, Chicago, IL
Marquis Who's Who in American Women, New Providence, NJ
International Biographical Center, World's Who's Who of Women, Cambridge, England, 1991
International Biographical Center, Who's Who in International Intellectuals, Cambridge, England, 1992
California Society of Printmakers Archive, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Sonoma State University Women Artists Archive, Internet Project, Sonoma State University Library, Cotati, CA
Mills College Art Museum, Alumnae Archive, Mills College, Oakland, CA

Art Organization Board Affiliations: California Society of Printmakers, Board member 1997-2000; Exhibitions Director, 2000-01, President 2002-03. National Poetry Association, board member 1995-98.

   
VIDEO of Painting & Printmaking Performance Works:
  RADICAL PRINTMAKING, Monopressing performance pieces and The BREAST PROJECT, by Poetry Film Workshop, SF
Body Language, 1/18/96, Performance Work Documentary, produced by the Poetry Film Workshop
Skin Deep, 5/10/96, Performance Work Documentary, ARTwork Gallery, video in progress
Art Opening - SOMAR, ReBEAT Festival Documentary, 10/ 3/96, SF, CA. Produced by STUDIO 2 and Masai Films.
Nude Words/Naked Language, 10/3/96 Life Printing performance work documentary, ReBEAT Festival opening reception, San Francisco, produced by Masai Film and edited by STUDIO 2.
Body Strokes, Performance piece documentation, 8/28/97, Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
   
Painting and Printmaking Performance Pieces with Poetry, 1995-2000
  Introducing THE BREAST PROJECT, Printing Performance, Monologue by Dr. Teresa Woodruff, sponsored by ARTABLES, Enrico's, San Francisco, 4/95
  Images of the Breast, Improvisational dance, music and life printing produced by P.S. Ferry with video documentation by Masai Films, Lengyel Studio Gallery, San Francisco, 6/4/95
  Naked Language/Nude Words, (ART)word(Art) Exhibit, National Poetry Assoc., Trojanowska Gallery, SF, 10/28/95
  PRESS-ON MALES, Life Printing Performance with Poetry, ARTwork sponsored exhibit, Body Language, 1/18/96 SF
  Painted (in the) Nude, Life printing performance, with poetry by Herman Berlandt and the National Poetry Association, New Millennium Figuration, Minna Street Gallery reception, San Francisco, 3/21/96
  Skin Deep, Life Printing with Poetry provided by the National Poetry Association, ARTwork Gallery Reception, SF, 5/96
  The Wild Side, SF WEEKLY Annual Event. Life Print Performance, ARTwork Gallery, 8/23/96
  Nude Words/Naked Language, ReBEAT Festival Reception event, SOMAR (South of Market Cultural Center, SF, 10/3/96
  Nude Words/Naked Language, CA Society of Printmakers, Members Annual, Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 3/1/97
  Printed Genders, Painted Sexes, SOMAR (South of Market Cultural Center), San Francisco, 5/13/97
  BODY STROKES, The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ, 8/28/97
  Body Strokes II, The Gallery on Greene, Key West, Florida, 4/99
  Art4Aids, Art Auction Fundraising Event, SomArts, San Francisco
  ORIGINS, Octavia's Hayes Gallery, San Francisco, 2/2000
   
Selected Publications :
Jane Lott Vision transforms tragedy, Marin Scopes Community Newspapers, Sept. 10, 2002
Barbara Morris Review, Art Week Magazine, Laura La Foret Lengyel at SOMARTS, Jan. 2001
Martha Lovette THE NOE REVIEW, The Hill that Would Heal...., Vol. IV, No.4, Aug-Sept. 1998
  California Society of Printmakers, 85th Anniversary Catalogue, 1998
Laura Lengyel THE CALIFORNIA PRINTMAKER, Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, Issue No.1, May 1998, RADICAL PRINTMAKING, from Tradition to Invention review
www.leftcoastart.com THE BREAST PROJECT, An Artist Comments on an American Obsession,
  LEFT COAST ART Magazine, Internet Art Magazine Cover Artist, Dec. 97-Jan. 98.
  POETRY USA, Winter 1997, poetry and illustrations, published by the National Poetry Association
Art Hazelwood THE CALIFORNIA PRINTMAKER, Spectrum – Woodcut thru Microchip, Review, May 1997
  OXYGEN, A spirited literary magazine, Vol.17, 1997, Featured Artist
  ARTNEWS Magazine, Select Art Gallery, Sept. 1997
Hayward Allen ARTS!, "Let me tell you a story..." Flagstaff Live! August 1997
Bobby Law Recycled Works, The New Fillmore, Sept. 1997
  MERCED SUN-STAR, Merced College Hosts Sculptors, October 4, 1996
 

THE ASPEN TIMES, Life Prints at Jill Vickers Gallery, July 13, 1996

  THE ASPEN TIMES, Life Prints at Jill Vickers Gallery, July 13, 1996
  UNION DEMOCRAT, Sculptors Bring Works to Lode, Sonora, CA, June 2
Bobby Law THE NEW FILLMORE, Spring and April's Fools, Art in the Neighborhood, 4/96
Douglas Keister PANORAMA, The Breast Project, Jan 1996, the Netherlands
Douglas Keister BAUER EDITION, The Breast Project, July 1995, France
Douglas Keister IMPERIAL PRESS, The Breast Project, July 1995, Japan
Douglas Keister THE DONG, The Breast Project, June 1995South Korea
  MERCED SUN-STAR, One Artist's Evolution, August 27, 1993
Joe Lisick NEWS POINTER, San Rafael Artist Merges Sound and Vision, July l2, l989
Kevin Purseglove KQED RADIO, Forum– Political, Social and Economic Issues Facing Women Artists, April 6, l989
  BEVERLY HILLS COURIER, Art Talk, March l7, l989
  SAN RAFAEL NEWS POINTER, San Rafael Artists, February 22, l989
Ed Galligher BEVERLY HILLS COURIER, Works of Laura Lengyel Showcased at Burton Gallery, February l7, l989
Nancy Cushing MILL VALLEY RECORD, Marin Arts Guild Hosts Exhibit at Larkspur, 9/28/88
Beth Ashley MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Equal Art for Equal Pay, 6/27/88
Winn Murphy SAN RAFAEL NEWS POINTER, Laura Lengyel, An Artist Who's Making It, 7/29/87
Dr. Mark Schillinger THE FAX, The Light in Our Life, The effects of color, September l7, l986
Lew Tremain THE FAX, Miwok Sculpture Project Seeks to Raise Funds, September l0, l985
  MARIN INDEP. JOURNAL, Fairfax Music Festival to Remember the Miwoks, 8/26/85
Donna Horowitz MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Miwok Sculpture Getting New Life, 8/14
  SAN RAFAEL NEWS POINTER, Sculpting Demonstration Announced, 5/24/85
Lew Tremaine ROSS VALLEY REP, A Place to Live and Work is a Dream Coming True for Marin Artists, Mar 6, l984
Nina Johnson MARIN ARTS, Laura Lengyel– Carving Out a Live/Work Space..., March, l984
George Frazier PACIFIC SUN, The Gift That's Really You, December l6, l983
Ed Bernstein MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Art's Ready, Funds Aren't, Sept. 20, l983
  FAIRFACTS, Town Hall Sculpture Project June, l983
John Todd SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, Fairfax Artist Going Her Own Way, Mar 23, l983
  ROSS VALLEY REPORTER, Meet Your Fairfax Merchant, Nov. l0, l982
  ROSS VALLEY REPORTER, Public Art Sculpture to be Funded, Sept l5, l982
Pricilla Gray ROSS VALLEY REPORTER, Politics of Local Art, March 24, 1982
Beth Ashley MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Being an Artist's Model: An Art in Itself, 2/ l2/82
Beth Ashley ROSS VALLEY REPORTER, A Sculpture for Fairfax, October l4, l98l
  MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Red Roses and Yellow Ribbon, Feature, 2/2/8l
Scott Calamar ROSS VALLEY REPORTER, Versatile Fairfax Artist Cherishes Creative Process, 10/22/80
Beverly Terwoman PACIFIC SUN, Teaching Models How to Pose, February 22, l980
Ada Garfinkel MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Women in Bronze, 1979
Wat Takeshita MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Old Church Transformed into New Design Studio, Sept. 7, l979
  MENDOCINO BEACON, Three Artists Featured at Gallery West, Nov., l972
Don Burleson MENDOCINO BEACON, Gallery West Features New Calendar for l970, 12/20/69
   
TV/Radio:  
  BAY-TV, CHANNEL 35, Inside City Limits, Artist Interviews, ARTwork Gallery 1996
  KRON Channel 4, Arts preview by Henry Tennenbaum, 1996
Barbara Rogers KPIX TV, Channel 5, Laura Lengyel, An Artist at Work, Evening Magazine, l984
Jane Reilly KCBS Radio, Bay Area Woman Artist's Interview, Working in the Male Domain of Sculpture, l982
Vivian Vosu CH 36 TV, Marin Comm. Access, Laura Lengyel & the Miwok Sculptures for the Town of Fairfax, l982
George Aguilar RADICAL PRINTMAKING, Educational video: New Genre works & the BREAST PROJECT, 1995
   
Writing contributions:
  San Francisco Observer, Visual arts writer 1995-96
Left Coast Art, Art reviews and artist's profiles, on-line art magazine (.com)
California Society of Printmakers, Journal and Newsletters, 1998-2001
   
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