Marlene Struss - Painter

11/21    Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 100 Grand, (Invitational Group show)
10/21    Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Remedy: Art is the Cure (Group show)

10/21    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Autumn (Group show)

7/21      Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Dancing with Paint (Solo show)

5/21      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Summer Solstice (Group show)

1/21      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, New Year - 2021 (Group show)

11/20    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2020 Holiday Show (Group show)

9/20      !0 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Fall - 2020 (Group show)

9/20      Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA Origin (Online group show, Honorable Mention for Return to 
             Dust)        

8/20      Edith Caldwell Abode, Santa Barbara, CA Exhibit to Benefit Santa Barbara Neighborhood
             Clinics (Group show)

7/20      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Summer - 2020 (Group show)
6/20      6th Annual Abstract Art Collective Virtual Exhibit & SEE International Benefit

5/20      !0 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Art 4 Charity (Group show benefiting Unity Shoppe)

1/20      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

11/19    Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Wit and Whimsy: Selections from the Collection               of Michael and Nancy Gifford

10/19    Yuliya Lennon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Wabi-Sabi (Group show)

10/19    State Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Fascinations (Juried show)

10/19    10 West Gallery

10/19    Abstract Art Collective, Santa Barbara, CA Live Jury Day (Juror)

9/10      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Earthly Delights (Group show)

6/19      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Humanistic (Group show)

6/19      Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA 5th Annual ArtSEE
             Fundraiser and Exhibit (Second Place award)

3/19      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Essentia (Group show)

12/18     Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA 100 Grand  (Invitational group)

12/18    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Happy Holidays (Group show)

11/18    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Noisy Silence  (Group show)

10/18     Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, Solvang, CA Nature Abstracted  (Juried show)

9/18      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Behold, a Brush (Group show)

7/18      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Who...What?  (Group show)

6/18       Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA Summer  (Juried show)

5/18       SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Aquatic (Honorable mention)

5/18       Westmont-Ridley Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA Night & Day  (Best in Show cash prize)                Juror Bob Alderette, Roski School of Art & Design, USC)

5/18      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA  Abstract and Urban (Group show)

3/18       Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Spring (Group show)

3/18      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Reality as it were... (Group show)

1/18      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Through Their Eyes (Group show)
12/17     SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Angels and Things with Wings  (Group show)          

12/17    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA NOW Contemporary Art  (Group show)

10/17    10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Rendition (Group show)

8/17      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Viewpoint (Group show)

6/17       Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA ArtSEE  (Juried group)

6/17      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Melange: A Group Show

4/17      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Wildly Diverse (Group show)

4/17       Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Driven to Abstraction (Three-person show)

2/17       Lamperouge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Pickles Galore (Small group, Curator Linda Vallejo )

2/17       Distinctive Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

1/17       Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Juried group)

12/16     10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

10/16     10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

9/16       Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

8/16      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, (Group show)

6/16       Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Non-Sequitur (Group show)

6/16      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

5/16      10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

4/16       Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild, Santa Barbara, CA BIG, Little, & Open (Juried group)                          (First place 2D Juror Rafael Perea de la Cabada)

3/16       ArtPic, North Hollywood, CA (Group show)

3/16       Faulkner Gallery, Abstract Art Collective Open, Santa Barbara,  CA (Juried group)

1/16       SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Abstract 8 (Group show)

1/16       Lark Gallery, Hawthorne, CA Portal of Opportunities VII (Juried group show)

12/15     Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 100 Grand (Invitational group)

11/15     Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, ArtSEE (Juried group)

9/15       Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, CA Artwalk (Juried group)

9/15       Casa Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA The Figure (Juried group)

8/15       ArtPic, North Hollywood, CA (Group show)

8/15       Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA Visual Monologues                              (Juried group)

6/15       Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, CA Aquatic  (Invitational group)

5/15       Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Surface and Structure  (First place; Juror Colin                              Frazer Gray)

1/15       Meisel Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Reflection  (Juried group)

1/15       SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Abstract 8  (Small group)

11/14     Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Feast Your Eyes (Group show)

9/14       Casa Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Vertical (Juried group)

9/14       Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA 5 x 5 (Invitational group)

9/14       MichaelKate Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Big Art Party! (Group Invitational)

9/14       Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Impoverished Vision: Abstraction to the                            Rescue (Group invitational)

6/14       SOhO Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA SOhO Presents Painter Marlene Struss (Solo show)

5/14       Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara, CA Voices (Third place;                            Juror Jane Deering)

2/14       SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Between Seer and Seen (Invitational)

4/14       Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Special Event), Santa Barbara, CA Off the Wall              

              (Invitational)

12/13     Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA 100 Grand (Invitational group)

12/13     Santa Barbara College of Law, Santa Barbara, CA (Group show)

11/13     Olivier, Summerland, CA (Invitational group)

11/13     SBTC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Encore Angels (Juried group)

10/13     CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Celebrating the Poetry of Gabriela Mistral (Invitational)

9/13       Bacara Resort, Santa Barbara, CA 8 x 8 x AAC (Group exhibit and benefit)

8/13       Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA SBSA 12th Annual Open Studios Tour
8/13       Gallery 27, Santa Barbara, CA One Night Stand (Invitational benefit)

7/13       MKI Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Top Twenty (Invitational)
5/13       Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Montecito, CA Confluence (Juror Peter Frank)

4/13       Sulkin/Secant Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Visual Dialogues (Juried group)

2/13       CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Red (Invitational group)

1/13       UCSB Faculty Club, Santa Barbara, CA Independent Studies (Juried group)

12/12     Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA 100 Grand (Invitational group)  

12/12     Ergomotion, Santa Barbara, CA (Featured Artist)

11/12     Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Collectible/Give (IInvitational group)

11/12     CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Abstract Matters (Group show)

10/12     Atkinson Extension Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Small Images (Juried show Honorable                          Mention)

 9/12      Santa Barbara College of Law, Santa Barbara, CA Legal Abstracts (Group show)

 5/12      Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA Lift Off (Juried show - Howard Fox,                      curator)
4/12      Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Special Event), Santa Barbara, CA Off the Wall              

              (Invitational)

 2/12      MKI Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA I am in Love (Juried show)

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Representation:

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10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Marina Kieser/ArtPic, North Hollywood, CA

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  Society (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       National Juried Art Show 2003, Farmingham Museum, NM (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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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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Homegrown by Josef Woodard:  The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; Apr. 27, 1989; p. 57 Art

Meditation Instigations by Josef Woodard:  The Independent, Santa Barbara, CA; May 30, 2002; p. 41 Arts & Entertainment

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. 18

Marlene Struss:  Colors of Jazz - Artist Biography: www.artsfundsb.org/events_gallery_mstruss_05_0301.htm

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