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EDUCATION:
1973-1977: BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
1978-1979: MFA Program (Film Graphics) California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA
1997-2000: MFA, California State University Fullerton (CSUF), Fullerton, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:2007 "Fight or Flight", Riverside Art Museum, CA
"From West to East", Davis and Cline Gallery 525, Ashland, OR
2006 "Blue Moon", Trinity Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, Alberta, Canada
2005 "Heaven and Hell", Riverside Community College Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
"Twilight Chorus", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"Sunset Serenade", Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Faculty Art Gallery, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
East Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1997 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA
Cerro Coso College Art Gallery, Ridgecrest, CA
1995 Cypress College Art Gallery , Cypress, CA
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1992 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
April Sgro-Riddle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Toni Jones Gallery, Houston, TX
1985 Space to Space Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1983 Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GOUP EXHIBTIONS:2007 "Aqua Miami", Miami, FL
"Wild Things", Melbourne, Australia
"Comic-Con International", San Diego, CA
"Stimulus", Art Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Introductions", four artist exhibition, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
"Our Favorite Things", Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
"The Wurstminster Dog Show", The Wurst Gallery, Portland, OR
"Mi Vida Artista", Soul Expressions, Temecula, CA
"The Venice Art Walk", Venice, CA
"Ag2S", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City CA
2006 "Give a Little", Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Conjure", Judson Gallery, Highland Park, CA
"The OsCene", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Reflections of Beauty: Women from Japan’s Floating World”, Pacific Asia Museum,
Pasadena, CA
“Ever After”, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Cats are the New Bunnies”, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, Alberta, Canada
“The Fine Art of Design”, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
“Hogs, Frogs, Dogs; Animal Images in Art”, SAC art Gallery, Santora Building Santa Ana, CA
“Venice Art Walk”, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
“…and Everything Nice, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2005 “Partridges and Pear Trees”, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, Alberta, Canada
“Diverse City”, Santa Ana College, Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA United Divas 2 Year Anniversary Benefit Exhibition”,
Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
“Red Pen”, Santora Building, Santat Ana, CA
“Beneath the Surface”, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2004 “Drawings VII”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"Collaborations", invitational group exhibition, Showcase Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
"Uncharted Terrain", invitational group exhibition, Soka University Art Gallery, Aliso Viejo, CA
"Faculty Exhibition", Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2003 "Seriously Funny", Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2002 "Watercolor West XXXIV", Brea Civic Cultural Center, CA
"Drawings VI", Koplin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"Curios", Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"AA XX" , Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Figuration", Showcase Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
"Recent Acquisitions", Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA
"Living and Dying", Second City Council, Long Beach, CA
"Drawing Outside the Lines", Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
"Works on Paper", California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
"The Great Wave", Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Narratives", Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
"Myths and Monsters", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 "2001: An Art Odyssey", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Pulp Friction", Santa Ana College Gallery, Santa ana, CA
"Clear and Present", Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (4 artist exhibition)
"Inaugural Exhibition", Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
"Students and Mentors", Riverside College Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
"The Elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air", 2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA
"Art Auction 9", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2000 "Drawings V: A Group Exhibition", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Art of the Portrait", Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
"Visual Language at Play", Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
"Another Round", AVAGO Gallery, Brewery Building, Los Angeles, CA
"Dusk to Dawn?Nocturnal Landscapes", Golden West College Art Gallery,
Huntington Beach, CA
"Art Auction 8", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1999 "Taleteller", El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
"Watercolor West XXXI", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
"Made In California", Brea Cultural Center, Brea, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1998 "Surrealism and Neo-Narrative", Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1997 "Through the Looking Glass: Artist Self Portraits", Cypress College Gallery, Cypress, CA
"Reconfigured I", Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Reconfigured II" Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Watercolor West XXIX", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1996 "Process and Ritual", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Watermarks", Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1995 "Isomata 1950-1994", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1994 "Rivers, Lakes and Seas", San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
"Art Auction 3", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA,
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1993 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Art Auction ", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1992 University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1991 "New Acquisitions II", De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
"On The Go", San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
1989 "4th Annuale", LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA
"20 Artists/ Los Angeles", City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
1988 "Small Works", California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA
"Faces", Downey Museum, Downey, CA
1987 "New Acquisitions II", De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Seriously Humorous", Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1986 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 "Crime and Punishment", Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1983 "California Women Artists", Cal Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA
"Lights, Camera, Action", Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982 "Magical Mystery Tour", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1981 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2005 Andrew Brummer, “Wes Christensen & Moira Hahn”, ArtScene, Jan. Iss., review, illus., p.20
Shana Nys Dambrot, “Moira Hahn at Koplin Del Rio Gallery”, Artweek, March 2005
“Moira Hahn: Twilight Chorus”, Juxtapoz, Vol 12, #2, illus. p.76, Mar/Apr 2005
2004 Alissia Walker, United Divas, October, 2004, article, interview, illus., bio, online at:
http://www.uniteddivas.com/moirahahn/moirahahn.html.
Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing.net, June 27, 2004, article, illus., online at:
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/06/27/ukiyoe_remix_art.html,
2002 "Migraine Masterpieces", Discovery Channel, Oct.31
Hope Englund, "Migraine Masterpieces", American Style Magazine, Fall 2002
Shelley Longworth, "Sitka Arts Camp", Alaska SW Magazine,
article, interview, quote, August
Shirle Gottleib, "Untouched by Western Influence", Long Beach Press Telegram,
May 24, review, "U" (weekend calendar section), Art News and Reviews, p.33
James Figueroa, "Living and Dying", Coastal Life Mag., May-June 2002, item, illus., p.14
2001 "Pulp Friction", El Don, Santa Ana College, October, 2001, review
"Clear and Present", Korea Central Daily, April 6, 2001, review, illus., p.A-14
"Clear and Present at Andrew Shire", Korea Times, April 12, 2001, review
2000 Catherine Noonan, "Wild at Heart", Watercolor Mag., Fall, 2000,
article, int., color illus., p.79-87
Jane Holahan, "In Your Face: Portrait Artists Find the Soul Beneath the Surface",
Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, PA, Sept. 28, 2000, review, illus., Weekend section, p.6
Muse, Art and Literary Journal of Riverside Community College,
December, 2000, color & b/w illus.
Katie Cumper, "Dusk to Dawn’Rises at Gallery", The Western Sun,
March 23, 2000, review, p.1
Shirle Gottlieb, "New Beginnings", Long Beach Press-Telegram, Feb.10, review, p.C1; C3
1999 Donna Klaasen, "Los Angeles: Moira Hahn", Art Venues, Win. 1999, article, illus., p. 8; 19
Rick Gilbert, "Animal Instinct- Moira Hahn's Sixth Sense", Juxtapoz, Sept.-Oct.p.38-43
Suzanna Meiers, "Taletellers", El Camino College Art Gallery, Feb. 1999, essay
Fred Ibarra, "Taleteller", Long Beach Press Telegram, Jan. 28, 1999, color illus., p. C1
Andrew Endrey, "Cat: Wild Cats and Pampered Pets", Watson Guptill,
1999, bio., color illus.
Sandra Baker-Assemi, "Showstoppers Abound at Long Beach Arts", Downtown
Gazette, June 14, 1999, review, "Eye on Art" column, p.11
Kathy Quiel, "Moira Hahn: Featured Artist", Santa Barbara City College
1998 Extension Catalogue, article, bio., illus., Spring 1998, p. 47
1997 Peter Frank, "Reconfigured I: Painting; Bastards", LA Weekly, Oct. 17- 23,
"Art Pick of the Week" p. 56
Betty Disney, "Through the Looking Glass:Artist Self Portraits",
Cypress College Art Gallery, Oct.,
Robert E. Wood, "Watercolor West XXIX", Riverside Art Museum, Sept.,
catalogue, illus., p. 27;
1996 Lisa Buck, "Junk Becomes Art", Downtown Gazette, Sept. 23, 1996, review, p.10
Betty Disney, "Oil and Water: Paintings by Denise de Grazia and Moira Hahn",
1995 Cypress College Art Gallery, Feb. 1995, essay
"Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, ISOMATA: A Celebration of the Arts,
1994 1950-1994", Riverside Art Museum, Jan. 1995, catalogue essay, bio, illus., p.18, p. 26
Daniella B. Walsh, "Media is the Message at Irvine Center Exhibit",
Orange Co. Register, Aug. 5, review, illus., p.81
1993 "Moira Hahn", Art Forum Newsletter of Contemporary Art Issues, Nov./Dec
article, illus., p.7
Sara Wolf, "Moira Hahn", High Performance, Summer 1993, profile, illus., p.30-31
Jeff Gates, "The Cultural Working Class", High Performance, Spring 1993, article, p.17
1992 James Scarborough, Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 14, 1992, review, p.C34
Shauna Snow, "Worker Bees", The LA Times, Sun. Calendar, Dec. 20, 1992, article,p.86
1988 Marcia Morse, "Exhibit Refutes Delicate Image of Watercolors",
The Honolulu Advertiser & Sunday Star Bulletin, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 4,
review, illus., p.G-23 Honolulu magazine, Honolulu, HI, Nov. article, illus., p.36-37
"Watercolors by Paul Nagano and Moira Hahn", Calendar, Honolulu Academy of Art,
Honolulu, HI, Nov., article
Denis Wood, "20 Artists/Los Angeles", City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh,
NC, catalogue essay, illus.
Henry Vermillion, "City of Angels", The Spectator, Raleigh, NC, Dec. 1, review
Max Halpern, "City of the Fallen Angels", The Leader, Raleigh, NC, Nov. 17,
review, p.40-41
Cathy Curtis, The Los Angeles Times, Apr. 15, review, p.41
1987 Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News, July 10, review, illus., p.16D
Robert Flynn Johnson, "Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Recent Acquisitions
1986 Part II, 1950-1986", Triptych magazine, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
San Fran, CA, June-July, article, illus., p.22
1984 "Crime and Punishment", Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA, catalogue essay,
illus., p.32
Images and Issues magazine, Nov.-Dec.; July-Aug. review, illus.
1983 Artweek, Oct. 8, review, illus., p.5
SELECTED AWARDS:
2002 National Headache Foundation, Chicago, ILL
Second City Council, Long Beach, CA; First Place Award, Michael Darling MOCA), Juror
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Joan Hugo, Juror
2001 Second City Council, Long Beach, CA; First Place Award, Tyler Stallings, Juror
2000 Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; First Place Award, Carl Berg, Juror
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Mary Evelyn Sorrel, Juror
1999 Riverside Art Museum, Watercolor West Award
Palos Verde Fine Art Center, Palos Verde, CA; Ruth Weisberg, Juror
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; George James, Juror
Brea Civic Gallery, Brea, CA; First Place Award, Tyler Stallings, Juror
1998 California State University Fullerton; Student Show, Best of Discipline (Painting)
California State University Fullerton; Student Show, 1st Place , Eleana Del Rio, Juror
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; George Herms, Juror
1997 Riverside Art Museum, Robert Wood, Juror, Riverside CA
Communication Arts Award of Excellence (TIME cover)
1996 Communication Arts Award of Excellence (Shoko Asahara illus. for TIME)
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; First Place Award, Mark Johnstone, Juror
Watercolor West (Brand Art Gallery), Glendale, CA
Watercolor West (Burbank Fine Art Center), Burbank, CA
1994 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA; Solo Exhibition
1991 Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA; Watercolor West Award
1989 Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA; Purchase Award
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Honorarium ( 4th Annuale )
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1998 Full Tuition Scholarship, Spring term, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1997 Art Alliance/ Tribute Fund, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1992 Art Matters; New York, New York
SELECTED WEB SITES:
http://www.moirahahn.com
http://www.uniteddivas.com/moirahahn/moirahahn.html
http://id.sito.org/ham
http://www.time.com/time/international/960422.index.html (cover)
http://www.elcamino.cc.ca.us/ArtGallery/archives/taleteller/taleteller.html (statement, illus.)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA (3)
Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, CA
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA