Clark Walding

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Clark Walding, who lives and works in Cerrillos, NM, primes his canvases with 12 to 15 layers of gesso. The layers are sanded only lightly, so that the tooth of the canvas is not obliterated. Color (oil/alkyd/wax) is applied with a painter's knife to pack the paint into the texture of the canvas, rather than laying the paint on top. This method causes multiple layers to blend in a seamless way, and allows the viewer to look through the layers. Content shifts from moment to moment, as the light shifts.

Born 1945, Turlock, CA
Lives and works in Cerrillos, NM

EDUCATION

BFA, MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Independent Study, Europe

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1999 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1997 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1996 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1995 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1989 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (Crossing the Void, part 2)
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA (Crossing the Void, part 1)
1987 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (A Show of Hands)
1986 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (Heartland Series)
1985 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA (Heartland Series)
Art Space, Los Angeles, CA (Heartland Series)
1977 Paideia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

1990 The Works Gallery, South, Costa Mesa, CA, w/ Hoon Kwak
The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA, w/ Judith Davies
1987 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA, Recent Work: Dixon, Morphesis, Walding

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 The Grass is (not) Greener, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Peyton-Wright Gallery, ART Santa Fe 2003, Santa Fe, NM
Peyton-Wright Gallery, Contemporary Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Peyton-Wright Gallery, Contemporary Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Peyton-Wright Gallery, ART Santa Fe 2001, Santa Fe, NM
Jan Maiden Fine Art, Drawing, Columbus, OH
Peyton-Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Gensler, The New Minimalism, Santa Monica CA
Peyton-Wright Gallery, Contemporary Group Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Peyton-Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Peyton-Wright Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition (new space), Santa Fe, NM
1995 Peyton-Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 The Works Gallery South, Inscapes, Costa Mesa, CA
1991 Art Space, An Opening and a Closing, Los Angeles, CA
The Works Gallery, Spiritual Objects, Long Beach, CA
Lone Pine Gallery, Monotypes, Irvine, CA
1990 Friesen Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Seattle, WA
James Corcoran Gallery, Heal the Bay Invitational, Santa Monica, CA
Korean Cultural Center, East/West Invitational, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Shidoni Contemporary, Winter Group Show, Tesuque, NM
1987 Rancho Santiago College, Beauty in the Beast, Santa Ana, CA
The Works Gallery, Artists/Works Two, Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Art Museum, Curators Choice, Long Beach, CA
1986 The Works Gallery, Artists/Works, Long Beach, CA
Design House '86, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
1985 Long Beach Museum Foundation, Contemporary Collection: Drawing
(exhibited at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA and The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA)
The Works Gallery, New Talent: Showcase One, Long Beach, CA
Art Space, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Art Space, Holiday Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Paideia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978 Paideia Gallery, Contemporary Paintings and Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Paideia Gallery, 20th Century Drawings and Prints, Los Angeles, CA
1977 Paideia Gallery, Contemporary Drawings and Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
1976 National Watercolor Society, National Competition, Los Angeles, CA
Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS

1994 Safeco/Glendale, Purchase for Permanent Collection, California
1991 Emerald Chaffey Pan Pacific Hotel, Purchase for Permanent Collection, California
1987 Seaco Inc, Purchase for Permanent Collection, Hawaii
Gibraltar Savings, Purchase for Permanent Collection, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Women's Medical Group, Purchase for Permanent Collection, Tennessee
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Purchase for Permanent Collection, Laguna Beach, CA
1985 Orange County Register, New Newsmakers for 1986-Art
1984 International Art Competition, Certificate of Excellence: Painting, Exhibits:
Southern California Museums and Galleries
1974-75 Scholarship Grant from Otis Art Institute for Independent Study-Europe
 

SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

1990 Orange County Register, June 18, Gene Harbrecht (review)
1989 ArtTalk, April/May, review, reproduction)
ArtScene, May, Shirle Gottlieb, (review, reproduction)
Orange County Register, Mar. 3, Duncan Simcoe, (review, 2 reproductions)
1987 VISIONS, Winter, Suvan Geer, (review, reproduction)
ARTWEEK, Sept. 26, Suvan Geer, (review, reproduction)
Orange County Register, Sept. 11; Suvan Geer, (review, 2 reproductions)
1986 Long Beach Press-Telegram, Mar. 23, Shirle Gottlieb, (review, reproduction)
ARTWEEK, March 15 (reproduction)
ArtScene, March, Elenore Welles (review, 2 reproductions and cover)
1985 Orange County Register, Sept. 20; Cathy Curtis, (review, 2 reproductions)
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 8; Robert Pincus (review)
Long Beach Press-Telegram, Mar. 23; Shirle Gottlieb, (review, reproduction)
ARTWEEK, Feb. 16 (reproduction)
1975 Drawing Published: Hidden Elements of Drawing, by Joseph Mugnaini, Van Nostrand Rinehold