Drawings

Functional Art

Sculpture
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.


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
Barbara Tober, Object Lessons (Original Art by GUILD artists), 2001Guild, Inc.,
illustration, page 89
Bud and Arloa Goldstone, Watts Towers, 1997 The Getty Conservation Institute, illustrations, pages 17-18, text pages, 17-27
Joseph Campbell, Maurice Tuchman, Masquerade illustration, page 95,
Chronicle Books, 1993
Claudia Betti, Tel Dale, Drawing, A Contemporary Approach illustration 172, page 107 Holdt Rhinehart & Winston, 1987
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
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
1999-2001
Gendale Communty College,   Glendale, CA,   Adjunct Proffessor  3-D Design
1995-1996
Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences,   Visiting Artist
1976-1995
Otis College of Art and Design,   Los Angeles, CA,   Professor of  Sculpture
1973-1976
Hornsey College of Art, London, England, Head of Sculpture
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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