ABOUT THE ARTIST

In 2006 after 30 years in Los Angeles, Rick Oginz relocated to Toronto Canada.
His studio is in a industrial loft in the heart of the downtown core of the city.
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EDUCATION |
1970-73 |
Gregory Fellowship / Artistt-in-Residence, University of Leeds, U.K. |
1968 |
M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison |
1966 |
B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2005 |
"Richard Oginz New Work" September-October,
The
Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA |
2001 |
"New Work", July 13-August 30,Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1999 |
"Cabinets", New Work of Richard Oginz, October - November,
The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA |
1997 |
"Richard Oginz, Drawings from a Sculptor's View", February 27- May 18, Bruce Davis, Curator, Prints and Drawings Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
1995 |
"Worlds-Bodies-Machines", Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA |
1993 |
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA |
1992 |
"Recent Sculpture", Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA |
1991 |
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1984 |
Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1983 |
Arco Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA |
1980 |
Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1973 |
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1971 |
Serpentine Gallery, London, England |
1970 |
Park Square Gallery, Leeds, England |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2005 |
"Poetics of Travel" Los Angeles International Airport, Jan-June, Curator-Constance Mallison, Los Angeles, CA |
2005 |
"Insatiable Desire", Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California |
2002 |
"Raw Draw", Art Gallery, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA |
2001 |
"Sculptors Draw" Art Gallery, Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA |
2000 |
"Talking Sticks", Del mano Gallery, Brentwood, CA |
1997 |
"Grins: Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art", Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA |
1996 |
"Drawn from L.A.", Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
1995 |
"Faculty Exhibition", Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA |
1994 |
permanent Collection of Reinstallation of "Head", 1976 L.A. County Museum of Art |
1993 |
"Laughing Matters", Los Angeles Municipal Gallery |
1992 |
"Masks", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Maurice Tuchman Curator
"Group Show", Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1991 |
"Environments", City of Los Angeles Gallery
"Artspace", Woodland Hills, CA |
1990 |
"Gallery Artist", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA |
1989 |
"California Artists Who Are Educators, San Francisco International Airport, CA
"Gallery Artists", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA |
1988 |
"Table as Art", The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
"Artist Liaison", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
1987 |
"Personal Iconography - The Figure", Security Pacific Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1986 |
"Art and Architecture", USC School of Architecture Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1985 |
"Private Worlds", Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA
Curator- Richard Turner
""Concrete", Paulo Salvador Gallery, East Village, New York City, NY |
1984 |
"Olympic Show", Los Angeles, CA |
1983 |
"Young Talent Awards 1963 - 1983", Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
1982 |
"Forgotton Dimension', International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA |
1981-1983 |
"Downtown Los Angeles"
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Addison Gallery, Philips Academy, Andover, MA
Norman MacKenzie Gallery, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Palm Sprins Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1980 |
"Downtown in L.A. in Santa Barbara", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"Sculpture 1980", Maryland Institute of Art in conjunction with the 11th International Sculpture Symposium, Baltimore, MD |
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PUBLIC COMMISIONS |
1998 |
Junipero Serra State Office Bulding, 4th & Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
Lobby Elevator Doors |
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AWARDS |
1979 |
Young Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Barbara Tober, Object Lessons (Original Art by GUILD artists), 2001Guild, Inc.,
illustration, page 89 |
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Bud and Arloa Goldstone, Watts Towers, 1997 The Getty Conservation Institute, illustrations, pages 17-18, text pages, 17-27 |
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Joseph Campbell, Maurice Tuchman, Masquerade illustration, page 95,
Chronicle Books, 1993 |
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Claudia Betti, Tel Dale, Drawing, A Contemporary Approach illustration 172, page 107 Holdt Rhinehart & Winston, 1987 |
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Davis, Bruce, "Richard Oginz, Drawings from a Sculptors View", Exhibition Catalog,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997 |
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TEACHING |
2005-current |
UCLA, Part-Time Lecturer, Department of World Arts and Cultures
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2001-current |
Louisville High School, Woodland Hills, CA, Part-Time teacher Ceramics and Sculpture |
2002-2005 |
Pierce Community College, Woodland Hills, CA, Adjunct Proffessor Beginning Drawing
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1999-2001 |
Gendale Communty College, Glendale, CA, Adjunct Proffessor 3-D Design
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1995-1996 |
Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences, Visiting Artist
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1976-1995 |
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, Professor of Sculpture
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1973-1976 |
Hornsey College of Art, London, England, Head of Sculpture
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1971-1973 |
University of Leeds, Yorkshire England, Gregory Fellow in Sculpture |
1968-1976 |
Part Time Lecturer - Hornsey College of Art, Chelsea College of Art, Wimbeldon College of Art, Maidstone College of Art, Portsmith Polytecnic, London School of Printing
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