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- Born
- 1941 Ross, California
- Died
- 2021 Santa Cruz, California
- Education
- MA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, University of California, Berkeley, California
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2021
- Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
Exhibition catalog
- 2019
- Sue Dirksen – Light Vibrations, Felix Kulpa II, Santa Cruz, CA
- 2018
- Sue Dirksen: Now Or Never, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects and Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
- 2014
- Sue Dirksen: Portals of a Changing Light, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects and Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
- 2013
- Sue Dirksen: Yelapa Series, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects and Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
- 2011
- Sue Dirksen-New Paintings, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2009
- Meditations, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
- 2005
- Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- Obsessive Meditation, Takada, San Francisco, CA
- 1998
- Grey Gear Modern, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
- 1995
- Meditations, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
- 1993
- Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1991
- Lone Pine Gallery, Irvine, CA
- 1990
- Laden Fur Nichts, West Berlin, Germany
- Im Dreieck Gallery, East Berlin, Germany
- 1984
- Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1982
- Mount St. Mary's, Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1980
- Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA
- 1979
- Pepperdine University Art Gallery, Malibu, CA
- 1978
- ARTSPACE, Los Angeles, CA
- 1966
- Dixon Art Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Group Exhibitions
- 2019
- Summer Group, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2017
- 12 x 12, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
- 5 x 5 An Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2016
- Pale Harvest, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
- Into Her Own: Diane Nelson, Four Decades in the Art World, Frank Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
- Spring Show, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
- Rain Percussions, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
- 2015
- Summer Show, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
- 12 x 12, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
- 2014
- 5 x 5 An Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2011
- 5 x 5 An Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2010
- Roll of the Dice, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
- 2009
- INSIGHT/INSIDE LA, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
- 2008
- Oscillations, Michelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
- Oscillations, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
- 2007
- Winter Show, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2006
- Orange County Museum of Art, Orange, CA
- Gallery Artists, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Summer Show, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2005
- Gallery Artists, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Multiple Personalities, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
- Winter Show, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- Shakespeare As Muse, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
- 2003
- 5th Annual Exhibition, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
- 2002
- Distant Memory, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- 2001
- Space Odyssey, UC Santa Cruz, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, CA
- Gallery Artists, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- 2000
- To the Point of Abstraction, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- Third Anniversary Exhibition, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- 1999
- Earth, Fire, Air and Water, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- 1998
- Paradise Lost: Abstraction After Modernism, Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA
- Revolver, Grey McGear Modern Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1997
- Surfacing: New Abstract Works, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1996
- L.A. Current: The Female Perspective, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 1995
- Primarily Small Works, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1994
- Take 2, LAX '94, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- KARESANSUI: Art of Peaceful Contemplation, Riverside Art Museum, CA
- 1993
- The Elegant, the Irreverent, and the Obsessive: Drawing in Southern California, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- The Elegant, the Irreverent, and the Obsessive: Drawing in Southern California, Cal State University- Fullerton, CA
- 1992
- Breaking Barriers, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
- Black and White, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 1991
- On Paper, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- An Opening and a Closing, Artspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1990
- Monotypes, Lone Pine Gallery, Irvine, CA
- 1989
- LewAllen-Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1988
- The Art of Function, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1985
- North Region Art Sampler, Los Angeles County Center Gallery, Sylmar, CA
- Artists One/Art in the Valley, L.A. Valley College, Van Nuys, CA
- 1982
- Water Images, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
- Aguarelles, Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
- Selections from the Security Pacific Collection, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
- 1977
- California Suite, L.A. County Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, L.A. CA
- 1975
- Landscape '75, Triad Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
- 1972
- Wichita State University Art Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
- 1967
- Invitational Exhibition, Ateneo, La Laguna, Tenerfie, Spain
- Residencies
- 1995
- Ragdale, Lake Forest, IL
- Selected Public & Private Collections
- Aero Jet Corporation, La Jolla, CA
- Bank of America, CA
- Cal State University, Fullerton, CA
- Century City Corporation, Century City, CA
- Christophe de Menil
- Columbia Savings, Beverly Hills, CA.
- Gene Hackman, Santa Fe, NM
- Kokusai Kanko Co, Sapporo City, Japan
- Nationwide Savings, Beverly Hills, CA
- Nikko Hotels, Japan
- Penelope Cruz, Los Angeles, CA
- United Arab Emirate Embassy, Baltimore, Maryland
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
- Bibliography
- 2011
- Coagula Art Journal Weekend Bender, August 10, 2011.
- “Sue Dirksen – New Paintings,” Artweek LA, Vol. 37, August 1, 2011.
- 2010
- “L.A. RISING: SoCal Artists Before 1980,” Lyn Kienholz, California International Arts Foundation.
- 2009
- “Meditations Open in Carmel,” Erica Goss, San Jose Art Examiner.com, Aug.17/09.
- “Reading light into color: a profile of Sue Dirksen,” Erica Goss, Examiner.com, July 29, 2009.
- 1997
- Art Pick of the Week, Peter Frank, L.A.Weekly, Jan. 1997.
- 1995
- "Take 2 at USC," Sanda Agolidi, ARTWEEK, Jan. 1995.
- "Take 2:Environments:Extending the Artist's Realm," Art Pick of the Week, Peter Frank, L.A.Weekly, Jan. 20, 1995.
- 1994
- "Distilled Spirituality," Merle Schipper, VISIONS, Fall 1994.
- "Art Reviews," William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 26, 1994.
- "Second Time Around: 'LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition' is Back," Calendar Art Notes, Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 13, 1994.
- 1993
- "Thinned Out, Pared Down, Rescaled," ARTWEEK, Oct.7, 1993.
- "On Drawing: Get the Point?" Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1993.
- 1991
- "Sue Dirksen," Gateway USA , Los Angeles, CA. Feb. 1, 1991.
- "What's Up, East Meets West," Anne Valdespino, Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA, Feb. 4, 1991.
- 1990
- "Monotypes from Black Mesa," Mendenhall L. Pelissero, WEST ART, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 14, 1990.
- "What's Up, Artists Explore New Printmaking Possibilities," Anne Valdespino, Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA., Dec.13 1990.
- "Irvine Gallery Exhibiting Monotypes," Irvine World News, Irvine, CA. Nov. 29, 1990.
- "Spray International: Berlin," JULIET, Vol. 48, Trieste, Italy, August 1990
- "California Artists Are Truly Renaissance," PORTFOLIO, Tokyo, Japan, August/Sept. 1990.
- "East Meets West," Tageszeittung/La Vie, Berlin, West Germany, April 27, 1990.
- KUNSTBLATT, Berlin, West Germany, #67, 1990.
- "Art from the Crack: California Artist Sue Dirksen on Both Sides of the City," Tageszeitung/TAZ, Berlin, West Germany, May 5, 1990.
- 1984
- "Galleries," Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times; June 22, 1984.
- 1983
- "Sue Dirksen," Isabel Anderson, Images and Issues; May/June 1983.
- 1982
- "Galleries," Robert L. Pincus, Los Angeles Times; Dec. 10, 1982.
- "Water Images: Artful Meditation," Robert L. Pincus, Los Angeles Times; July 14, 1982.
- 1980
- "Los Angeles," Melinda Wortz, Art News; Dec. 1980.
- 1978
- "Art Walk," William Wilson, Los Angeles Times; April 21, 1978.
- Suzanne Muchnic, ARTWEEK; April 15, 1978.
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