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CV

2018 - Present

Artist

 

September 2008 – February 2016

Director, Offramp Gallery (Pasadena, CA, www.offrampgallery.com)

March 2001 – May 2006

Director of Content, Patron Technology (www.patrontechnology.com)

December 1999 - October 2000

Editorial Director, CultureFinder.com

September 1998 - December 1999

Managing Editor, CultureFinder.com

September - December 1999

Copy Chief

The Book Reporter

1988 - 1998

Assistant Registrar

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles

Freelance writing/editing experience:

 

1982-1998

Artist

 

EXHIBITIONS (1987-1998)

 

1998     “Night Vision,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los                                   Angeles

1996     “Mute Utterings,” Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles

1995     “Mirror, Mirror . . .” Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center,                       Cohasset, MA

               “Women and Surrealism,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago

               “Whose Body Is It Anyway? – The Larger Woman,”

                     Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House

                     Gallery, St. James, NY

1994     “2nd Annual Discreet Holiday Objects: Miracle on 18th 

                     Street,” benefit for Side Street Projects,

                     Santa Monica, CA

               “The Marvelous,” Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Mt. St. Mary’s                         College, Los Angeles

                Solo Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

               “Chafin, Miller, Watanabe,” Open Studio Exhibition, The                               Brewery, Los Angeles

1993     Oversight at the Project Box,” The Project Box, Los Angeles

                Onyx 11 Year Retrospective, Onyx Echo Gallery,

                      Los Angeles

1992     Twisted Tales – The Fourth Annual Excursion,” John                                      Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

               “Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

                Sub Tropical Gallery, coordinated by FAR in conjunction                            with LA Freewaves, Los Angeles

                Three-person exhibition, John Thomas Gallery, Santa                                   Monica, CA

                “Symbology,” Security Pacific Gallery at the Plaza

                 Annex Exhibition, Williams/Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA

1991       ArtExpo California, Los Angeles, Onyx Gallery Booth

                “Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

                2nd Annual Labor Day Festival Group Exhibition, Onyx                                Gallery, Los Angeles

                Solo Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

1990     “Day of the Dead,” Las Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

                L.A. Festival Group Exhibition, Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles

                Solo Exhibition, Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles

                Solo Exhibition, The Espresso Bar, Pasadena, CA

1989     “Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

               “All City Art Open,” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery

1988     “Hearts and Flowers,” The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA

1987     “Day of the Dead,” The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY (1987-1998)

 

Converse, Elizabeth. “A Wanderer’s Tour of Events.” Artweek Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 6, 1994): 12-13, illus.

 

Fagu, Hina. Review. Hollywood Digital. Coagula #24. Mid Autumn, 1996: 54.

 

Newsday. Melville, New York, (Friday, March 19, 1995: p.?, illus.

 

Oversight Magazine. Los Angeles, (Fall 1993): 20, illus.

 

Wilson, William. “Dreams, Themes in Barnsdall Exhibitions.” Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1998

Artist’s Resume 

EDUCATION   

 

Ohio Wesleyan University, 1969-1972

UCLA Continuing Education, Los Angeles, 1979-1980

Otis/Parsons Continuing Education, Los Angeles, 1980-82, 1986

Private Art Study, Los Angeles, 1982-86

 

EXHIBITIONS

2023   

 

UPCOMING

CURRENT 

PAST

Solo exhibition, Buffer Zone, July 23 - August 20, 2023, Roswell Space, Opening Reception: July 23, 3-6pm.

Video artist's talk for Buffer Zone, at Roswell Space, recorded on August 6, 2023, moderated by Anita Bunn and Gallery Director, Jonna Lee.

Telling Stories, El Camino College Art Gallery, February  13 - March 9, 2023. Opening Reception: February 18, 2-5pm.

 

 

2022   Prospective Memory,  California Baptist University, Rose Garden Chapel Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, September 21 - November 18, 2022

2021  Map of DTLA 2020-21, October 1 - November 7, El Nopal         Press, Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020     Jane Chafin/Stevie Love: New Paintings, Norco College                          Art Gallery, Norco,  CA March 2 - April 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Installation shot, Jane Chafin/Stevie Love: New Paintings, Norco College  Art Gallery, Norco,  CA March 2 - April 10, 2020

 

 

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