Elaine Jason Catalog on line
Elaine Jason's recent catalog was funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation. It may be viewed and/or purchased on line at churchillarts.org/publications. This catalog shows selected works from a 30 year retrospective exhibition in 2011 at the beautiful Oats Park Arts Center in Fallon, Nevada. The Arts Center also includes a 350 seat performing arts theatre along with several large gallery spaces and an impressive permanent art collection.
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Elaine Jason has been chosen to receive a Pollack-Krasner Foundation grant for the year 2012. As part of the application process, Elaine's work was viewed and selected by a distinguished committee of art professionals. The grant will prove to be a positive boost for her artistic endeavors in the coming year.
Elaine Jason
P.O. 5487
Tahoe City, CA 96145
ejason3@gmail.com
My sculptural constructions average in price from $4,500.00 to $8,500.00. Sizes range from smaller wall works approximately 36" x 48" x 7" deep, to large scale wall or free standing pieces. They are made from wood products and wood, painted and constructed with found objects and some with neon. My commissioned works have sold for as much as $10,000.00.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The sculptural constructivist works that identify my artwork finds it’s impetus in architecture. Sculptural forms and structures have always held a fascination for me. I remember my first experience of viewing a butterfly wing through a microscope and seeing the beauty of structure in nature.
The found object has also been a large part of my work over the years. Finding an object made for a specific purpose and then placing it out of context within a work of art changes our recognition of its meaning.
I was influenced by the construction sites that were my play grounds as a child growing up in Post World War II Los Angeles, along with the constant changes of the landscape. This was the beginning of my love/hate relationship with architecture. At the same time I loved the sculptural aspects of the building process, but hated the destruction of farmlands and open space.
People often ask me for the source of my ideas. This always surprises me as an idea is never a singular element. It is the result of working evolution. It is the result of continual growth. It is a process of absorbing everyday patterns and images and translating them into art. In the peace and solitude of the studio, these collected images come together, connecting art with life.
P.O. 5487
Tahoe City, CA 96145
ejason3@gmail.com
My sculptural constructions average in price from $4,500.00 to $8,500.00. Sizes range from smaller wall works approximately 36" x 48" x 7" deep, to large scale wall or free standing pieces. They are made from wood products and wood, painted and constructed with found objects and some with neon. My commissioned works have sold for as much as $10,000.00.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The sculptural constructivist works that identify my artwork finds it’s impetus in architecture. Sculptural forms and structures have always held a fascination for me. I remember my first experience of viewing a butterfly wing through a microscope and seeing the beauty of structure in nature.
The found object has also been a large part of my work over the years. Finding an object made for a specific purpose and then placing it out of context within a work of art changes our recognition of its meaning.
I was influenced by the construction sites that were my play grounds as a child growing up in Post World War II Los Angeles, along with the constant changes of the landscape. This was the beginning of my love/hate relationship with architecture. At the same time I loved the sculptural aspects of the building process, but hated the destruction of farmlands and open space.
People often ask me for the source of my ideas. This always surprises me as an idea is never a singular element. It is the result of working evolution. It is the result of continual growth. It is a process of absorbing everyday patterns and images and translating them into art. In the peace and solitude of the studio, these collected images come together, connecting art with life.
Elaine Jason
P.O. 5487
Tahoe City, CA 96145
ejason3@gmail.com
Born: Los Angeles, CA 1942
Education: BFA Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Mingle: InOutSide" Oats Park Art Center, E.L. Wiegand Gallery
1999 “BLACK & WHITE & LIGHT” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997 “LIGHT WAVES/NIGHT RAVES” Museum of Neon Art, (MONA) L.A., CA
1996 “NEON NIGHTMARES” Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC, Reno, NV
1992 “LET THERE BE NEON” Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, Reno, NV
1991 “RECENT WORKS” LXS Gallery, Carson City Capitol Building, NV
1990 “CONSTRUCTIONS” Davis Art Center Gallery, Davis, CA
1988 “FORM, FANTASY & FOLK” Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1988 “HIGH TIMES” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1987 “SCULPTURE & CONSTRUCTIONS” Delphine Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1985 “SCULPTURE” Lake Gallery, Tahoe City, CA
1984 “RECENT WORKS” Le Mondrian Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
1975 “EARTHSCAPES” American Hand Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1971 “EARTHSCAPES” Julie Dohan Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
TWO ARTIST AND FEATURED ARTIST 2012 "NUDES AND NEON" Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 “TURNING POINTS” Addi Galleries, Reno, NV
2001 “WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?” Gallery 516 Reno, NV
1995 “JASON, MOORE, PAGANELLI” Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Control" Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2009 "Control" SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Greetings From Nada Motel” Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas,NV
2008 “Dada Motel” Installation “Light-Shadow-Skin-Vision”
2008 “BIENNIAL VALENTINE INVITATIONAL” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR
2007 “DADA MOTEL” (INVITATIONAL) Studio on 4th, Reno, NV
2004 “GALLERY ARTISTS” Zimmerman Gallery, Reno, NV 2002-2004
2002 “THE BLACK SHEEP EXHIBITION” The Blue Lyon Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 “THE LONLIEST ART SHOW IN NEVADA” Eureka Opera House, NV
1999 “TRI-ART” A collaborative exhibition of 3 dimensional art, Clark County
Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
1999 “RECENT WORKS BY 11 ARTISTS” Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 JOANNE CHAPPELL GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
1998 “3 X 3” Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR, NV
1996 “NEVADA BIENNIAL” Nevada Museum of Art-Reno & Nevada Institute of
Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
1995 “WET & WILD” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR (sculpture installations)
1994 “NEVADA BIENNIAL” Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas &
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1994 “VISITING ARTISTS EXHIBITION” Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1994 A.T. GALLERIES, Lake Tahoe, CA continuing exhibitions and featured artist
1993 MARY BELL GALLERY, Chicago, IL
1992 “GALLERY ARTISTS” J. Mark Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1992 “CREATIVE ENERGY” An exhibition of Neon Art, Brea Civic &
Cultural Center, Brea, CA
1991 “PAPER IN PARTICULAR” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR, NV
1991 “WOMEN’S REGIONAL ARTIST’S EXHIBITION” Gallery 255, Tahoe City
1990 “BIENNIAL ‘90” Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas & E.L. Wiegand Museum
1988 “BIENNIAL ‘88” Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas &
Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1988 “NEON SCULPTURE” Installation: Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
1986 “25th WESTERN STATES CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE” Salt Lake City
Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1986 GALLERY ARTISTS, Francine Ellman Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1985 GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Valerie Miller Fine Art, L.A., CA
1984 GROUP EXHIBITONS, The Art Collector Gallery, San Diego, CA
1982 GROUP EXHIBITONS & FEATURED ARTIST, Galleria San Miguel,
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1982 GALLERY ARTISTS, Galeria Uno, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
1978 FEATURED ARTIST, Sierra Tahoe Gallery, Tahoe City, CA
1976 “ARTRIUM” Juried Exhibition, Santa Rosa Community College, CA
1975 GALLERY ARTISTS, Susan Hartford Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1972 “MIXED MEDIA” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barndall Park, CA
1969 GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Julie Dohan Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
TEACHING AND ART RELATED EXPERIENCE
1998 Instructor: Color Theory & Design,Truckee Meadows Community College,
Reno, NV
1994 Visiting Artist Workshop Instructor: Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1992 City 2000 Arts Commission: 2 year member Art District Committee
1992 Visiting Artist Workshops: Sculpture Instructor, Sierra Nevada College, NV
1991 Instructor: Neon Sculpture, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1990 Instructor: Neon Sculpture Installation, Nevada Museum of Art Museum School
1988 Installation Seminar, lecture & honorarium, Arizona State University, Tempe
1988 Lecture: Nevada Museum of Art, Installation and process.
1988 Lectures and Demonstrations: Wooster High School, Reno, NV
1988 Studio tour & Lectures in conjunction with installation at Nevada Museum of Art
1986 Lectures on Recent Works: U.C.L.A. Guest lecturer, Art Appreciation Classes
1971 Lectures to art classes: Mira Loma High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
BIOGRAPHY
2007 PBS: Interview regarding Recent Works relating to recycled material.
1995 PBS: “ARTBEAT” Segment before the McNeil Lear News Hour
1992 NBC: Artwork ‘staged’ for movie: “The Case of the Maligned Mobster”
1987 TOUCHTONE STUDIOS: Artwork ‘staged’ in Movie: ‘BIG BUSINESS’
with Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin
1992 MONA Calendar (Museum of Neon Art) Landmark Calendars: April
1991 SCULPTURE MAGAZINE: Photo caption for Gallery 255, Lake Tahoe
1991 ART IN AMERICA: Photo caption for Gallery 255, Lake Tahoe
1988 ART LIFE IN ARIZONA: Photo caption for Lanning Gallery, Sedona
1987 SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS: Photo caption for Delphine Gallery
1987 MONTECITO MAGAZINE: Photo for exhibition, Delphine Gallery
1986 COLOR MARKETING CONCEPTS, INC. Photo for promotional brochure
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2003 ENCORE: Sierra Arts Foundation Publication, regarding exhibition at the
Zimmerman Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 RENO NEWS & REVIEW: review, article & photo for Gallery 516 exhibition
1999 NEVADA MAGAZINE: article with photos regarding Governor’s Commission
1998 RENO NEWS & REVIEW: review for exhibition at Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno “3 X 3” (sculpture installations)
1996 ARTWEEK: Review and photo of work in Nevada Biennial
1995 NEON: Nevada Arts Council periodical, RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL,
SPARKS TRIBUNE, Museum Newsletter: Photos and articles regarding the
Governor’s Arts Awards Commission
1992 ENCORE: Cover photo, review & article regarding neon sculpture
1990 RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL: Arts Section, photos and article re: exhibition
at Nevada Museum of Art.
1988 ARTWEEK: Review and article re: exhibition at Nevada Museum of Art
1984 RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL: photo & review, re: exhibition at Deluxe Gallery
1971 LA TIMES CALENDAR: photo and review, exhibition Julie Dohan Gallery, LA
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Countrywide Funding Corporation, New York, NY
E.L. Cord Foundation
Home Federal Savings & Loan, San Diego
Phillips Interactive Media Corporation, Westwood, CA
Kaiser Permanente Health Care, Brea, CA
David & Heidi Loeb, Los Angeles, New York, Reno, Lake Tahoe
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Matlin & Dvoretzky Architects, Santa Monica, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Nevada State Council on the Arts
Polly Bergen, Beverly Hills, CA CMA Corporation
Hollywood Squares Producer, Jay Redack, Beverly Hills, CA
Severyn & Arnold Ashkenazy, West Hollywood, CA (Mondrian Hotel)
George & Dorothy Saxe, Palo Alto, CA
Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Incline Village, NV Lake Tahoe
EMC Corporation, St. Paul, MN
William Wallace Reid, AIA, Santa Monica, CA
Eugene Dvoretsky, AIA, Santa Monica, CA
Ted Weil, Palm Desert & Venice Beach, CA
P.O. 5487
Tahoe City, CA 96145
ejason3@gmail.com
Born: Los Angeles, CA 1942
Education: BFA Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Mingle: InOutSide" Oats Park Art Center, E.L. Wiegand Gallery
1999 “BLACK & WHITE & LIGHT” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997 “LIGHT WAVES/NIGHT RAVES” Museum of Neon Art, (MONA) L.A., CA
1996 “NEON NIGHTMARES” Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC, Reno, NV
1992 “LET THERE BE NEON” Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, Reno, NV
1991 “RECENT WORKS” LXS Gallery, Carson City Capitol Building, NV
1990 “CONSTRUCTIONS” Davis Art Center Gallery, Davis, CA
1988 “FORM, FANTASY & FOLK” Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1988 “HIGH TIMES” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1987 “SCULPTURE & CONSTRUCTIONS” Delphine Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1985 “SCULPTURE” Lake Gallery, Tahoe City, CA
1984 “RECENT WORKS” Le Mondrian Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
1975 “EARTHSCAPES” American Hand Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1971 “EARTHSCAPES” Julie Dohan Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
TWO ARTIST AND FEATURED ARTIST 2012 "NUDES AND NEON" Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 “TURNING POINTS” Addi Galleries, Reno, NV
2001 “WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?” Gallery 516 Reno, NV
1995 “JASON, MOORE, PAGANELLI” Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Control" Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2009 "Control" SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Greetings From Nada Motel” Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas,NV
2008 “Dada Motel” Installation “Light-Shadow-Skin-Vision”
2008 “BIENNIAL VALENTINE INVITATIONAL” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR
2007 “DADA MOTEL” (INVITATIONAL) Studio on 4th, Reno, NV
2004 “GALLERY ARTISTS” Zimmerman Gallery, Reno, NV 2002-2004
2002 “THE BLACK SHEEP EXHIBITION” The Blue Lyon Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 “THE LONLIEST ART SHOW IN NEVADA” Eureka Opera House, NV
1999 “TRI-ART” A collaborative exhibition of 3 dimensional art, Clark County
Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
1999 “RECENT WORKS BY 11 ARTISTS” Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 JOANNE CHAPPELL GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
1998 “3 X 3” Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR, NV
1996 “NEVADA BIENNIAL” Nevada Museum of Art-Reno & Nevada Institute of
Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
1995 “WET & WILD” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR (sculpture installations)
1994 “NEVADA BIENNIAL” Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas &
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1994 “VISITING ARTISTS EXHIBITION” Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1994 A.T. GALLERIES, Lake Tahoe, CA continuing exhibitions and featured artist
1993 MARY BELL GALLERY, Chicago, IL
1992 “GALLERY ARTISTS” J. Mark Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1992 “CREATIVE ENERGY” An exhibition of Neon Art, Brea Civic &
Cultural Center, Brea, CA
1991 “PAPER IN PARTICULAR” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR, NV
1991 “WOMEN’S REGIONAL ARTIST’S EXHIBITION” Gallery 255, Tahoe City
1990 “BIENNIAL ‘90” Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas & E.L. Wiegand Museum
1988 “BIENNIAL ‘88” Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas &
Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1988 “NEON SCULPTURE” Installation: Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
1986 “25th WESTERN STATES CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE” Salt Lake City
Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1986 GALLERY ARTISTS, Francine Ellman Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1985 GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Valerie Miller Fine Art, L.A., CA
1984 GROUP EXHIBITONS, The Art Collector Gallery, San Diego, CA
1982 GROUP EXHIBITONS & FEATURED ARTIST, Galleria San Miguel,
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1982 GALLERY ARTISTS, Galeria Uno, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
1978 FEATURED ARTIST, Sierra Tahoe Gallery, Tahoe City, CA
1976 “ARTRIUM” Juried Exhibition, Santa Rosa Community College, CA
1975 GALLERY ARTISTS, Susan Hartford Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1972 “MIXED MEDIA” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barndall Park, CA
1969 GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Julie Dohan Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
TEACHING AND ART RELATED EXPERIENCE
1998 Instructor: Color Theory & Design,Truckee Meadows Community College,
Reno, NV
1994 Visiting Artist Workshop Instructor: Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1992 City 2000 Arts Commission: 2 year member Art District Committee
1992 Visiting Artist Workshops: Sculpture Instructor, Sierra Nevada College, NV
1991 Instructor: Neon Sculpture, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
1990 Instructor: Neon Sculpture Installation, Nevada Museum of Art Museum School
1988 Installation Seminar, lecture & honorarium, Arizona State University, Tempe
1988 Lecture: Nevada Museum of Art, Installation and process.
1988 Lectures and Demonstrations: Wooster High School, Reno, NV
1988 Studio tour & Lectures in conjunction with installation at Nevada Museum of Art
1986 Lectures on Recent Works: U.C.L.A. Guest lecturer, Art Appreciation Classes
1971 Lectures to art classes: Mira Loma High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
BIOGRAPHY
2007 PBS: Interview regarding Recent Works relating to recycled material.
1995 PBS: “ARTBEAT” Segment before the McNeil Lear News Hour
1992 NBC: Artwork ‘staged’ for movie: “The Case of the Maligned Mobster”
1987 TOUCHTONE STUDIOS: Artwork ‘staged’ in Movie: ‘BIG BUSINESS’
with Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin
1992 MONA Calendar (Museum of Neon Art) Landmark Calendars: April
1991 SCULPTURE MAGAZINE: Photo caption for Gallery 255, Lake Tahoe
1991 ART IN AMERICA: Photo caption for Gallery 255, Lake Tahoe
1988 ART LIFE IN ARIZONA: Photo caption for Lanning Gallery, Sedona
1987 SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS: Photo caption for Delphine Gallery
1987 MONTECITO MAGAZINE: Photo for exhibition, Delphine Gallery
1986 COLOR MARKETING CONCEPTS, INC. Photo for promotional brochure
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2003 ENCORE: Sierra Arts Foundation Publication, regarding exhibition at the
Zimmerman Gallery, Reno, NV
2001 RENO NEWS & REVIEW: review, article & photo for Gallery 516 exhibition
1999 NEVADA MAGAZINE: article with photos regarding Governor’s Commission
1998 RENO NEWS & REVIEW: review for exhibition at Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno “3 X 3” (sculpture installations)
1996 ARTWEEK: Review and photo of work in Nevada Biennial
1995 NEON: Nevada Arts Council periodical, RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL,
SPARKS TRIBUNE, Museum Newsletter: Photos and articles regarding the
Governor’s Arts Awards Commission
1992 ENCORE: Cover photo, review & article regarding neon sculpture
1990 RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL: Arts Section, photos and article re: exhibition
at Nevada Museum of Art.
1988 ARTWEEK: Review and article re: exhibition at Nevada Museum of Art
1984 RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL: photo & review, re: exhibition at Deluxe Gallery
1971 LA TIMES CALENDAR: photo and review, exhibition Julie Dohan Gallery, LA
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Countrywide Funding Corporation, New York, NY
E.L. Cord Foundation
Home Federal Savings & Loan, San Diego
Phillips Interactive Media Corporation, Westwood, CA
Kaiser Permanente Health Care, Brea, CA
David & Heidi Loeb, Los Angeles, New York, Reno, Lake Tahoe
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Matlin & Dvoretzky Architects, Santa Monica, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Nevada State Council on the Arts
Polly Bergen, Beverly Hills, CA CMA Corporation
Hollywood Squares Producer, Jay Redack, Beverly Hills, CA
Severyn & Arnold Ashkenazy, West Hollywood, CA (Mondrian Hotel)
George & Dorothy Saxe, Palo Alto, CA
Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Incline Village, NV Lake Tahoe
EMC Corporation, St. Paul, MN
William Wallace Reid, AIA, Santa Monica, CA
Eugene Dvoretsky, AIA, Santa Monica, CA
Ted Weil, Palm Desert & Venice Beach, CA
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