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Lawrence Fodor
Passing Shaman 17

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Artist: Lawrence Fodor – American (1951- ) Title: Passing Shaman 17 Year: 1989 Medium: Monotype Image size: 18 x 12 inches Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches Framed size: 32.5 x 24.5 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower right by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Floating. Framed in modern wood frame. Frame in good condition. This haunting monotype is by the well-known artist Lawrence Fodor (1951-). It is in excellent condition, archivally mounted and floating in a modern wood frame. The maple frame is in good condition with a few very light scratches. Lawrence Fodor began the pursuit of painting when he was 10. He studied at Orange Coast College and received a BFA from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California where he also did graduate work towards his MFA in printmaking and painting. He has studied, traveled and lived in Europe, Asia, Central and South America. His work is exhibited and collected extensively in private and public collections including the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico and recently by the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, among others. In addition to a studio art career as a painter and printmaker he has done curating and fine art consulting, residential design and construction, graphic design, gallery management, set design and production for live theater. He has worked and had studios in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Barbara, California, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Maintaining studios in both locations, his work includes painting using oil, alkyd resin and cold wax on canvas, panels, and wood boxes, monotypes, watercolors, other works on paper and photography. Source: Artist's website C UR R I C U L U M V I T A E BORN 1951, Los Angeles, CA. EDUCATION 1974 – 1976 Graduate Work toward MFA, Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA 1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing/Printmaking Major • Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA 1971 Associate of Arts Degree, Fine Arts Major • Orange Coast College • Costa Mesa, CA TRAVEL 2015 – 2016 Independent study & research in Baja del Sur, Mexico 2013 Independent study & research in Key West & surrounding Keys & Islands including Dry Tortugas National Park 2009 – 2010 Independent study & research in Costa Rica, Argentina & Patagonia 1985 – 2008 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico & Costa Rica 1974 – 1975 Independent study in Katmandu, Nepal 1974 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy & Switzerland S E L ECTED EXHIBITIONS 2019 “…a tireless hand.” • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID 2017 Eclipse: obscured memories • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Amended Mythologies • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Purple Haze • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM 2016 EMERGENCE • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM 2014 Without Gravity • Solo Exhibition • Chiaroscuro @ Gebert Contemporary • Santa Fe, NM 2013 Friends and Family • Three-Person Exhibition with Florence Pierce & Mala Breuer • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation • Group Exhibition with Agnes Martin, Sol Lewitt, Olafur Eliasson, Uta Barth, Chuck Close, Susan York & others • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM 2012 Infinite Sequence 2 • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Holding Light 4: 315 paintings • Site-specific installation • ALCOVE 12.6: New Mexico Museum of Art • Santa Fe, NM Holding Light 02: 81 paintings • Installation • Laguna Art Museum • Laguna Beach CA Infinite Sequence • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA 2010 Ligatures and Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Considered • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Speak for the Trees • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID & Seattle, WA 2009 Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2008 Ligatures • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Gold • Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art Stochastic II • Solo Exhibition • R Duane Reed Gallery • St. Louis, MO 2007 Stochastic • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2006 Summer Moon • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA 2005 Moment of Inertia • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Winter Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2004 Sustained Resonance • Two-Person Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Beneath the Surface • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Beneath the Surface • Two-Person Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Greek Contributions to Mankind • An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art • Group Exhibition, catalog • United States Embassy • Athens, Greece • Curator: Virginia Shore 2003 A Given Moment – Part 2 • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group exhibition • Jeannie Denholm • The Shed • Newport Beach, CA Outside Within • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 2002 The Art Collection • Embassy of the United States of America • Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 2002 A Given Moment • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 2001 Stream from the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 2000 Group exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 1999 Vestiges II • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1998 Into the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM The Romantic Landscape • Group Exhibition • Turner Carroll Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Vestiges • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 1997 The Dialogue Within • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1996 Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Two-Person Exhibition with Lucy Brown • Diane Nelson Fine Art • Laguna Beach, CA • Curator: Jeannie Denholm 1995 Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Zenith • Denver, CO • Curator: Kyle Belding 1994 Two-Person Exhibition with Peter Joseph • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Solo Exhibition • Jan Maiden Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH 1993 Two-Person Exhibition with Holly Roberts • Jeannie Denholm Fine Art • Newport Beach, CA Solo Exhibition • Canyon Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH 1992 Perigrinari • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1991 Ex Arcanum Locus • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA A Sense of Place • Group Exhibition• Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1990 In Lucem Proferre • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Monotypes from Black Mesa Workshop • Group Exhibition • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA Ritual Images/Ritual Objects • Two-Person Exhibition with Ann Mallory • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA 1989 Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID 1983 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA 1981 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA PUBL ICATIONS 2017 The Beauty in Painting A Time After Time. Sun Valley Property News, article by Courtney Lauck. 30 July 2017. “Chaco Issue,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican. Multiple photographs illustrating various articles about Chaco Culture National Historical Park. 21 April 2017. 2015 Chaco Canyon: Wandering the Past in the Present. Photographs & essay by the artist of Chaco Culture National Historic Park. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. 2015 Apparatus: in a Painter’s Studio. Photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor by the artist, essay by Aline Branduaer. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. 2012 Holding Light, a catalogue documenting the work for an installation of paintings at the Laguna Art Museum, essay by Cyndi Conn. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM 2009 Speak for the Trees, Composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA. Illus.: In Lucem Proferre VIII, 1989-90, oil on canvas. Sarah S. King, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Reviews, October 2009. Illus.: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, oil/wax/alkyd on canvas. Kōan Boxes, catalogue to accompany Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New Mexico Museum of Art. Publisher: Lannan Foundation, Design Twin Palms Press, 2009. 2007 Hollis Walker “Larry Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art,” Art News, Reviews: National, November 2007. Illus.: Stochastic – Gamma, 2007, oil/wax on canvas. Hollis Walker, “Triumph of Intuition,” Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, 31 August 2007. Illus.: Kōan Yellow/Green, 2006-07, oil/wax on canvas. 2002 Marcia Mayo, Editor, Greek Contributions to Mankind – An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Catalogue to accompany exhibition, 2002, United States Art in Embassies Program exhibition. Illus.: Pegasus One, oil/wax on canvas, 1999-2000. 2001 Teri Thompson Randall, “An Unscripted Dialog,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 7 September 2001. Illus.: Dragonfly, oil/wax on canvas. 1997 Kathleen McCloud, “Larry Fodor’s Continuing Process Dialogue,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 5 September 1997. Illus.: Setting Prayers on Fire #10, oil/wax on canvas. Perrin Patterson, “Artists to Watch in 1997,” Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, May 1997. Illus.: Setting Prayers on Fire #4, oil/wax on canvas. 1994 Suzanne Deats, “Varied Artistic Approaches Reflect Gender Differences,” Albuquerque Journal, 15 September 1994. S E L ECTED PUBL IC & P R IVATE COL L ECTIONS New Mexico History Museum • Santa Fe, NM Modern Museum of Art • Forth Worth, TX Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM LIOLI Museum • Minneapolis, MN Wichita Art Museum • Wichita, KS Embassy of the United States • Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania S E L ECTED AWARDS 2014 City of Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts • Santa Fe, NM 2013 National Endowment for the Arts Grant • For the concept, curation & design of Cumulus Skies: The Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in New Mexico • In conjunction with the Santa Fe Arts Commission • Santa Fe, NM 2009 Santa Fe Art Institute Residency • Santa Fe, NM
  • Creator:
    Lawrence Fodor (1951, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)Width: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    The print is in excellent condition, archivally mounted and floating in a modern wood frame. The maple frame is in good condition with a few very light scratches.
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PM07082020-11stDibs: LU66636429632
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