Koplin Del Rio

TEACHING:
1994 - pres. Lecturer, Drawing and Painting, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, California
2010 Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia, Semester at Sea, Charlottesville, Virginia
2008 Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia, Semester at Sea, Charlottesville, Virginia
2000 Visiting Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, Semester at Sea, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1986 Teaching Assistantship (painting), Scripps College, Claremont, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 "Impermanence", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 “Paradise was Here: Paintings by Darlene Campbell”, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, Dec-Jan 2008
“Portraits of California”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2002 “The Nature of California", Koplin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1999 “Earth Movement", Koplin Gallery, LA, CA
1997 “Contemporary Landscapes”, University of Redlands, Peppers Art Gallery, CA
“Regional Character: New Paintings”, Koplin Gallery, LA, CA
1996 “New Developments”, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
1995 “Portrait of an Empire”, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
1994 “Perceptions of Beauty”, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
1993 “The Ever Changing View”, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
1986 “MFA Exhibit”, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1983 Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 “Memory of the L.A. Billboard: Telepolis in the Archetype” Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2009 “Los Angeles Art Show”, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Contemporary Realist Painting and Drawing: 16 Graduates/19 Mentors”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2008 “A View From Here: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Landscapes” Judson Gallery of Contemporary and Traditional Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007 “ Welcome Home Alumni Art Exhibit”, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
2007 “Gaia’s Lament: The Earth in Crisis”, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
“Ag2S: Koplin Del Rio’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition”, Koplin Del Rio, Culver City, CA
2006 “Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
“Reality Effect”, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2005 “Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa Barbara”, Laguna College of Art & Design, CA
2004 “The Political Landscape”, The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA, Barnsdall Municipal Art Park, LA, CA
2003 “Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa Barbara”, Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
traveled to Oxnard, CA and Riverside, CA
2001 "Re-Presenting Representation V," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY
"Representing L.A.," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; traveling to Art Museum of South Texas,
Corpus Christie, TX, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Breaking New Ground: AISC Faculty Exhibit", Gallery Seven Degrees, Laguna Beach, CA
"California Visions", Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
2000 "Recalling Space," Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
"Landscape Not Forgotten," William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad City Library Complex, Carlsbad, CA
"Dusk to Dawn: Nocturnal Landscapes," Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
1999 Faculty Show- Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Courting the Muse: Contemporary Paintings, Historical Influences", California State University, Fullerton, Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
"Landscapes of the Mind", Fine Arts Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, CA
1997 "Land, Sea and Sky: Transitions", The Art Works Gallery, Riverside, CA
"Faculty Exhibition", Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Inhabited Spaces: Artists' Depictions", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“ Under One Roof", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1996 “Paintings of the New Landscape”, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“The Cup and the Teapot: The Extraordinary Diversity of a Simple Form”, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
“Works in a Small Scale”, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
“Faculty Exhibition”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1995 “Landscape: The Continuum”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, LA, CA
“Art Under a Foot”, Cafe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Faculty Exhibit”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1994 “Trees”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“External Views/Internal Perception”, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
“Human/Nature”, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
“Faculty Exhibit”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 “Best of Laguna”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
“Earth, Sky, Water”, Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1992 “A Room With a View”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
“Personal Vision”, Northrop Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
1991 “All Media ‘91”, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1990 “Landscape: A Post Modern Interpretation”, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
“Urban Landscapes”, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
“Small Works”, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
1989 “Pacific Perspectives", Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
“Orange County Collects”, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
“All Media ‘89", Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1988 “The Cultivated Landscape", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Elements of Place", Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
“Surveyors: Southern California Vistas”, Gensler and Associates/Architects, LA, CA
1987 “New Juice in Orange County II”, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“Visions ‘87”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
“Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1986 “Cutting Loose”, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
“Twenty Four Artists Travel”, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
“Fine Arts Institute 21st Annual Juried Exhibition", San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA
“20th Annual All Media Juried Exhibition,” Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
“Visual Arts ‘86”, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
“Images ‘86”, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1985 “Spirit of the Times”, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
1994 The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1983 “Scapes Reconstruction”, Mills House Visual Arts Complex, Garden Grove, CA
“All Media ‘83”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1982 “16th Annual All Media”, Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
“7th Annual Juried Show”, Costa Mesa League, Newport Beach, CA

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
1997 Southern California Open Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1991 All Media ‘91, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1989 All Media ‘’89, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1987 Visions ‘87, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1986 Fine Arts Institute 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, CA
20th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
Visual Arts ‘86, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
Images ‘86, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1983 All Media ‘83, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1982 16th Annual All Media, Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
7th Annual Juried Show, Costa Mesa League, Newport Beach, CA

PUBLICATIONS:
2006 Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl, Ann M. Wolfe, University of Chicago Press
2004 Where We Are Now: Notes From Los Angeles, D.J. Waldie, author and Darlene Campbell, cover artwork, Angel City Press, Inc.
1993 A Little Southwest Cookbook, text by Barbara Karoff and illustrations by Darlene Campbell, Chronicle Books
1992 A Little California Cookbook, text by John P. Carroll and illustrations by Darlene Campbell, Chronicle Books
Los Angeles Times Magazine, “Coming into the City,” Richard Rodriguez, author and Darlene Campbell, illustrator, Sept. 13

ARTICLES, CATALOGS, AND REVIEWS:
2007 “Constructing History”, text and illustrations, American Art Collector Magazine, March
ArtScene, Review, April
“Rethinking Suburbia”, San Jose Mercury News, February 18, illustration
2006 Steen, Karen, “Art on the Fast Track,” MetropolisMag.com, November 26
Vogel, Traci, “Paradise in Pavement: A landmark San Jose Museum of Art Exhibition Offers Up Suburban Escape,” The Wave Magazine, November 15-28
Wolfe, Ann M. and introduction by Lucy R. Lippard, Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl (exhibition book), University of Chicago Press
Grant, Michael S., “Tract Trackers: The California Artists in ‘Suburban Escape’ Explore the Farthest Reaches of Sprawl,” Metroactive, September 27-October 3
Burnes, Fatemeh, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery: A Survey
2004 Frank, Peter, “The Political Landscape, City Dialogues,” L.A. Weekly, April 9-15
Pagel, David, “Our Place in the World,” Los Angeles Times, March 25
2002 Scarborough, James, "Darlene Campbell at Koplin Gallery", Artweek, May
Carasso, Roberta, "Chronicling changing landscapes", Laguna News Post, April 4
Carasso, Roberta, “Joan Brown and Darlene Campbell,” Art Scene, March
2001 Lydia Ringwald, "Representing LA Paints Diverse Pictures of So Cal", Laguna News Post,
Nov 15
Richard Chang, "Art Comes of Age in L.A.", Orange County Register, Nov. 4
John O'Hern, "Re-presenting Representation V" (exhibition catalogue), Oct.
2000 Fuglie, Gordon. Representing LA: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art (exhibition catalog), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Judy Wagonfeld, "Inside LaLa Land: Frye Show Exposes a Swatch of Grit", Seattle Post Intelligencer, Dec. 22
Pincus, Robert, "Changing Nature of Landscape," San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 15
Brown, Margaret, "The Changing Landscape," Southwest Art, Feb.
1999 Schoenkopf, Rebecca, "Next Please: What the Art World Needs is a Good Renaissance", OC Weekly, April 23 - 29
Gilbert, Rick, "Campbell Captures Runaway Real Estate Development on Canvas",
Laguna News Post, April 22
Novikoff, Nadia, "Courting the Muse: Contemporary Paintings, Historical Influences
(exhibition catalogue), March
1998 Geer, Suvan, "The Mobile Desert", Artweek, March
1997 Knaff, Devorah L., “Darlene Campbell at The Art Works Gallery", Artweek, Jan.
Buck, Lisa, "Museum's Group of Exhibits Revolves Around Visions of Home", Grunion Gazette,
Dec. 11
1996 Knaff, Devorah L., “Loss of Land Compellingly Told in Exhibit,” The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside), Nov. 26
Dunlap, Doree, "the Golden Land: In The Name of Progress", Orange County Weekly,
March 8-14
Dunlap, Doree, “Works in a Small Scale", (exhibit catalogue) Darlene Campbell, Feb.
Frank, Peter, "Landscape: The Continuum; Act, Activate, Analyze, Ask", LA Weekly,
Jan 26-Feb 1
1995 Canty, Scott, “Landscape the Continuum,” (exhibition catalogue), Dec.
Knaff, Devorah L., “Documenting the Region’s Transformation", The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside), Nov.
Leddy, Patricia, “Just a Moment Ago and Very Close By", Santa Barbara Review, Summer
1994 Knaff, Devorah L., "Windows on a Changing Scene", The Press Enterprise, (Riverside), Dec. 4
Knaff, Devorah L., “Encroachment", The Press Enterprise, (Riverside), Nov. 27
Hight, Lafayette Jr., “Natural Beauty Versus Technology", Highlander, (UC Riverside), Nov. 22
Led, Pat, “Dreams of Hope", Artwork, Jan. 6
1993 Knaff, Devorah L., “Beautiful Signs of Doom”, The Press Enterprise (Riverside) Dec. 5
Lasarow, Bill, “The Ever Changing View", Art Scene, Nov.
Mendenhall, Laurie, “Earth, Sky, Water,” (exhibition catalogue), Jan.
1992 Reed, Jim, “A Room With a View", (exhibit catalogue), Nov.
Butler, Brian, “Showcase: Darlene Campbell", Visions Art Quarterly, Spring
1991 Knaff, Devorah L., “Wry Anger Amid Gentle Scenery", The Press Enterprise, (Riverside) Nov.
Butler, Brian, “Precious Space: Vastness Measured in Inches", Visions Art Quarterly, Fall
1990 Cline, Mary Alice, “A Pair of Views on Urban Scenes,” The Press Enterprise, (Riverside) May 20
1989 Butler, Brian, “Adding to Tradition", Artweek, June 17
Cline, Mary Alice, “Four Recent Cultivations of the Landscape,” The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside), July 10
1987 Geer, Suvan, “Arts Center Nurtures Its Native Talent", Orange County Register, July 3
Hammond, Miki, "New Juice’ Appetizing Exhibition of Unknowns,” Irvine World News, June 25

FELLOWSHIPS:
1986 Van Dorn Mills Fellowship, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1985 Fellowship Award, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA