Marlene Struss - Painter

6/10       Upstream People Gallery 12th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online                            International Art Exhibition (Juried show)
5/10       Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA Go Green (Group show)
4/10       Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA Love Thy Earth (Featured artist)
3/10       Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA March (Juried show)
3/10       SBTC Gallery, Montecito, CA 7Up (Group show)
10/09     Atrium Gallery, Ventura County Arts Council, Ventura, CA  Recycled Re-Purposed, Art in
              a Disposable  Sociiety (Juried show)
10/09     Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Reflections and Projections: 20 Years of
              Individual Artist Awards (Group show)
9/09       Divine Inspiration Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  (Group show)
4/09       Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, CA Lost & Found (Juried show)
4/09       Goodland Gallery, Goleta, CA Feminine Energy (Two-person show)
3/09       Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ NAWA at 120 (Juried show)
1/09       Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA 2009 Juried Open (Laddie John Dill, Juror)
9/08       Santa Barbara Studio Artists 7th Annual Open Studios Tour, Santa Barbara, CA (Group
              & Solo show)
12/07     Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX Crossing Borders: Fifteenth Annual International
              Juried Exhibition
10/07     National Ass. of Women Artists, New York, NY Juried Membership
9/07      Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL  National Collage Society 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit
              (Cash Award, Breathing Mirror)
8/07       Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY Spectrum:The Chakra Element - Indigo (Second Place
              Winner)
4/07       Kennedy Publishing, Best Of Artists Juried Book Series (National Winner)
1/07       Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA Beaux & Eros II (Juried show)
9/06       Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA National Collage Society 22nd Annual Juried
              Exhibit  (showing River of Doubt)

3/06       Kennedy Publishing, Best Of Artists Juried Book Series (CA Winner, Honorable
              Mention Award in Mixed Media)
11/05     Tager Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (Group show)
10/05     Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA The Figure Obscured (Juried show)
10/05     Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Wish You Were Here (Group show)
6/05      Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Abstract Visions (Two-person show)
3/05       Santa Barbara Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA Colors of Jazz (Solo show)
12/04     Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Endings and Beginnings (Group show)
10/04     Santa Barbara Festival of Art & Jazz, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
9/04       Winner of the Santa Barbara Arts Fund 2004 Individual Artists Award in
              Assemblage/Collage/Mixed Media (cash prize)
8/04       Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA In America Now (Juried show)
8/04       Absolute Art Gallery, San Marino, CA (Group show)
4/04       Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Best of the Best (Juried show)
2/04       SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA Engendering the Future (Juried show)

12/03     Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Firsts (Juried show)

6/03       Townley Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Space Palettes (Solo show)

5/03       Farmingham Museum, NM National Juried Art Show 2003 (Juried show)

5/03       Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA Walltowall (Group show)

5/03       The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Flora & Fauna (Juried show)

3/03       Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA  Portraits as Art (Juried show)

2/03       Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA  All’s Fair in Love and War (Juried
              show)

9/02       Santa Barbara Artwalk 2003, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)

8/02       Neuvie Fine Furniture, Santa Barbara, CA  First Photage (Solo show)

5/02       The Frameworks/Caruso Woods Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA  Buddha Abides (Juried
              show)

2/02       The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Love is in the Air (Juried show)

2/02       Ironstone Vineyards,  Murphys, CA  Spring Obsession Competition (Juried show)

1/02       H. Pollock Fine Art Gallery, Summerland, CA (Group show)

12/01     Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA (Juried show - Award Fallen Angel)

12/01     H. Pollock Fine Art Gallery, Summerland, CA (Group show)
10/01     Fine Art Santa Barbara South Coast Competition, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
10/00     Fine Art Santa Barbara South Coast Competition, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried show)
5/00       Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

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            BA Fine Art, University of California Santa Barbara

            Emphasis:  painting & printmaking

            Instructors: Howard Warshaw, Irma Cavet, Larry Rivers, Bruce McCurdy, Steven                                       Cortright, Gerard Haggerty

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Art About the Tri-Counties, In Annual Juried Fashion by Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara Independent, May 30, 2025, p. 43

Spotlight • Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 37; Marlene Struss, Heart of the Rainforest; page                 104

Creative Collective Brings the ‘Western Edge’ to Downtown Santa Barbara ‘Introducing: Western                Edge’ at Thomas Reynolds Gallery by Andrea Weir Estrada, Santa Barbara Independent                  Magazine, February 16, 2023; page 57

Broad Spectrum by Lynn Holley, Voice Magazine; February 10, 2023; page 33

A joyful focused state: Getting Jazzy with Abstract Artist Marlene Struss by Leslie Westbrook,             Food and Home Magazine; Fall 2022,  page 64​

Veil of Night; F&H Gallery Food & Home Magazine, Spring 2022; page 48

Art About Natural Reckoning by Josef Woodard, Voice Magazine, April 8, 2022; page 25

Santa Barbara Artists & Their Dogs by Kerrie Smith and the Art Council of the Westmont Ridley-                       Tree Museum of Art; August 2021; page 127

Dogs rule!: Canines pose with artist owners for Westmont exhibit and book by Marilyn McMahon,                     Santa Barbara News-Press, October 16, 2021

Elizabeth Stewart Appraisals Radio Show, Marlene Vitanza and Marlene Struss, Posted On June                     27, 2021 By Elizabeth Stewart

'Dancing with Paint':  Marlene Struss selects intriguing title for solo exhibit by Marilyn McMahon,                       Santa Barbara News-Press; July 24, 2021; pg B1

Beauty for All to See: ArtSEE 2020 goes virtual by Grayce McCormick; Santa Barbara News -                          Press, July 21, 2020; p 1

Women of Impact: Alumni to Watch, Notre Notes Newsletter, Fall 2020; p. 8

Art Review:  Art About Town and County, Under One Official Roof by Josef Woodard; Santa

            Barbara News-Press; June 15, 2018

Central Coast Artists Shine in Night & Day by Ariana Meyers; Voice Magazine; June 15, 2018; p.

            25

Downtown Voice by Kate Schwab; Downtown Santa Barbara Voice; June 16, 2017

Driven to Abstraction at Corridan Gallery by Kerry Methner, editor; April 7, 2917; p. 22

Step Through the Door of Your Favorite Studio by Jeanette Casillas; August 19, 2016; p. 27

A New Approach to Showing Art on Anapamu by Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara Independent;                     August 17, 2016

Summer Selections from the Abstract Artists Collective:A Myriad of Abstract Works by Established                   and Emerging Abstract Artists Collective Members by Jeanette Casillas; Voice; July 8,                         2016; p. 26

10 West Gallery's June Exhibitions by Jessica Floyd: Santa Barbara Seasons Blog; May 28, 2016

Between the Lines, and shapes and hues, by Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press Scene,             August 14, 2015: p. 42

Gallery Schmoozing: Santa Barbara Studio Artists Open Tour Santa Barbara Family & Life;             September 2015: p. 20 featured artist

Angles of Repose and Reboot by Josef Woodard:  Santa Barbara News-Press; January 16, 2015;             p. 43 Scene Magazine

Between Seer and Seen - Celebrating the Artists of Santa Barbara County by Mark Halper:  Late
           Harvest Editions 2013; p.67

Montecito House Showcases Local Contemporary Artists by Leslie A. Westbrook: California
           Homes Magazine, Newport Beach, CA; February 2012

You Are Here: Anybody Home? by Elizabeth Schwyzer:  The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA;
            August 4, 2011: p 58, a&e Art Scene
Links in the chain by Josef Woodard: Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Oct 6,
            2009;  p.12 Arts Scene
You're Invited In: Santa Barbara Studio Artists Hold Open Studio Tour by Charles Donelan: The             Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; Sep 3, 2009; p.55 a&e Art Preview
Local art Open House tour/Showing off: 7th annual Open Studios Tour by Steven Libowitz: Daily
            Sound, Goleta, CA; Friday, August 29, 2008, Vol. 3,  Issue 135, p. 1
Marlene Struss:  Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. Two, The Open Studios Press;  p. 193; 2008
Pink Note by Marlene Struss: Best of American Artists Gallery, Mixed Media; Kennedy Publishing
            Co; www.bestofartists.com/artists-gallery; 2008
Works of Art by Marlene Struss - Online exhibition: Custom Art Matting and Framing;

            http://www.mattinghq.com/customartmattingandframing; 2008
Marlene Struss, Santa Barbara, CA, Breathing Mirror:  National Collage Society 23rd Annual
           Juried Exhibit '07 Catalog, Hudson, OH; p. 24; 2007
Honorable Mention, Marlene Struss:  Kennedy Publishing Co., Best of California Artists &
           Artisans, Vol 1, p. 37; 2007

Marlene Struss:  Kennedy Publishing Co., Best of America, Mixed Media Artists & Artisans, Volume               1, p. 103; 2007

National Collage Society Catalog 22nd Juried Exhibit 2006; p. 23

The Arts Fund by News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA

Four artists introduced at Arts Council:  News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Oct. 6, 1984; p. C-27
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First Photage - Visual Jazz for the Modern Home:  CASA Santa Barbara; SB, CA; July 26, 2002;
             p. 34

First Photage:  Santa Barbara Family Life, Santa Barbara, CA; Aug. 2002; p. 24

Marlene Sruss at Neuvie:  Cut-up art by Josef Woodard:  News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Sep. 16, 2002; p. D6      

Vernal visions and other living things by Josef Woodard:  Santa Barbara News-Press artsScene, SB,               CA; May 16-22, 2003; p. 8             

The Townley Room Gallery, Space Palettes:  Santa Barbara Family Life; June 2003; p. 13 Arts &                        Entertainment

The Arts Fund:  News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Dec 5, 2004; p. D3 Life

You Should Know:  News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA; Dec. 7, 2004; p. A2 Public Square

Marlene Struss:  Colors of Jazz - 2004 Individual Artist Award for Assemblage, Collage, and Mixed                  Media:  CASA Santa Barbara, SB CA; March 4, 2005; p. 18Marlene Struss:  Colors of Jazz -                Artist Biography:  www.artsfundsb.org/events_gallery_mstruss_05_0301.htm

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