KELLY LUSCOMBE BEA
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Kelly Luscombe Bea

Biography
             Born in Pasadena, California
             Lives and works in Ojai, California

Education
1986    BA with Honors, Art, Painting Emphasis, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA             
1985    Art and Architecture, University of London, London, England
1983    Art and Design, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 

Selected Solo and Two Person (*) Exhibitions 
2015     Gallery 525, TAKING OFF, Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ojai, CA
2009    The Ojai Foundation, Kelly Luscombe Large Works, Ojai, CA
2007    Women's Center, Ojai Yoga Crib, A Little Bird Told Me, Ojai, CA 
2004    Ojai City Hall, Kelly Luscombe Paintings and Mixed Media, Ojai, CA
2003    Upfront Gallery, Kelly Luscombe New Works, Ventura, CA
              Michael Paul Studio, Recent Works by Kelly Luscombe, Ojai, CA
              Delirium Tremens Gallery, New Works by Kelly A. Luscombe, Los Angeles, CA
2001     Gallery Luscombe, Exit Stage South, San Francisco, CA
1999      Gallery Luscombe, Lumens, Recent Works by Kelly Luscombe and Eleanor Scott,* San Francisco, CA
1997      Blooming Art Gallery, Image on Hinges, Reflections on Words, Sacramento, CA
1990      Modernology, Fantasy and Function: Strangers in the Night, San Francisco, CA
1989      Modernology, Trains and Terrains, San Francisco, CA 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014     Gallery 525, Collabaret, Ojai, CA
             Gallery 525, Love Potion No. 9, Ojai, CA  
2013     Gallery 525, 8 x 8 Small Works Show, Ojai, CA 
             Gallery 525, Seen/Unseen Surrealist, Ojai, CA 
             Ananda Verandah, Post-Catastrophe Collaborative Workshop by and for Women
                 with Lydia Lunch, Ojai, CA 
             Gallery 525, MOTOWN T.R.A.S.H., Ojai, CA
             Gallery 525, Bright  
2012     Gallery 525, Re-Opening Exhibition, Ojai, CA 
             Gallery 525, Spring Art Launch, Ojai, CA 
2011      New Leaf, Enchantment with Lucky Uschi, Ojai, CA 
2009    The Folktree Gallery, Pasadena, CA 
             Women's Center, Ojai Yoga Crib, Queen of Hearts Altar Installations, Ojai, CA 
2007    The Folktree Gallery, Saints and Sinners, Pasadena, CA
2006    Main California Artists Gallery, Artists’ Walk, Ventura, CA          
             Gallery Luscombe, Artists in Paradise, Ojai, CA 
2005    Art in the Canyon, Matilija Canyon, Ojai, CA
2004    Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Three Squares, Ojai, CA 
             Upfront Gallery, Snatch, Ventura, CA 
2003    Museum of Contemporary Art, Wearnica, Los Angeles, CA
             Somar Gallery, Dadafest, San Francisco, CA
2002    Ojai Art Center, The Figure as Art, Ojai, CA
             Ojai Art Detour, Ojai, CA
2000   Encantada Gallery, Intimas, San Francisco, CA 
1998     Gallery Luscombe, Llamando a Queridos: Dia de Los Muertos, San Francisco, CA 
             American Craft Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
             Gallery Luscombe, Lovestruck, San Francisco, CA  
1997     Abrons Art Center, In-Stitches, New York, NY
             Gallery Luscombe, New Mission Visions, San Francisco, CA
             Gallery Luscombe, Dia: The Bare Bones, San Francisco, CA
             Gallery Luscombe, Holidazed, San Francisco, CA    
             Women's Caucus for the Arts Gallery, Celebrating Women in the Arts, New York, NY
1996     De Boer Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
             National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. 
1995     Palette Des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA 
             Museum of Contemporary Art, California, Small Works, Santa Rosa, CA 
             43rd Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA 
             Global Focus, Women in Art and Culture, Beijing, China 
             Center for the Visual Arts, Inner Eye, Visionary Art, Oakland, CA 
             Boise State University Gallery, National Small Painting and Sculpture, New Forms, Boise, ID 
             Maude Kerns Art Center, Expressions and Impressions, Women's Art Triennial, Eugene, OR
             New Mexico Art League, 24th Annual Small Painting Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
1994     Matrix Gallery, Women Artists '94, Sacramento, CA 
             Eddie Rhodes Art Gallery, Figuration, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 
             Great Mother Gallery, Great Mother Artists Show, Robert Bly's Great Mother Conference, 
                 South Casco, MA 
1993     Somar Gallery, Open Studios Artist Show, San Francisco, CA  
1992     Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
1991      Modern Myths Gallery, San Francisco, CA  
1990     Viewpoint Gallery, San Mateo, CA
1988     Bay Area Discovery Museum, Discover Illusion, Sausalito, CA  
1987     Saguaro Gallery, Dallas, Texas 
1985     The Glendower, South Kensington, London, England

Selected Bibliography
2015    Artweek.LA, "Kelly Luscombe Bea: Taking Off" Art Calendar, October 24, 2015, Los Angeles, CA 
            Ojai Valley News, Arts & Entertainment, "Taking Off is Doing Just That", November  25, 2015, Ojai, CA
            Arts About Town, Guide to the Arts in Ojai, Taking Off, Cover Artist, Fall 2015

2014    Ventana Magazine, “The Art of Imperfection,” Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer, Sept. 2014, p. 35, Ventura, CA
            Ojai Valley News, "Gallery 525 Gets Collaborative," Arts & Entertainment, March, 2014, Ojai, CA 

2013    Ojai Valley News, “Exhibit Takes a Surrealist Tour at Gallery 525”,
                 Arts and Entertainment, B1, Wednesday, April 10, 2013
            Science to Sage Magazine, “Conscious Creative Spaces, Kelly Luscombe Bea,” Karen Elkins, April 2013
            Santa Barbara News Press, "On Stage, The Lydian Mode, No-Wave Firebrand  Hosts Creative Women's Retreat," 
                 Ted Mills, May 24, 2013
            Ojai Valley News, "Artist Brings Post-Catastrophe Workshop to Ojai," B5, May 22, 2013
                
2012    Ojai Valley News, "Gallery Gets a New Beginning, Arts of Ojai, p. A8, October 9, 2012
            Ojai Valley News, "Gallery 525 Opens Doors," Arts of Ojai, March 16, 2012, p. A8 Ojai, CA  
2011     Ojai Valley News, "International Awesomeness", Arts of Ojai, Oct. 14, 2011, p. A8, Ojai, CA 
2007   Ojai Valley News, "Ojai Valley Neighbors," Laignee Barron,   Dec. 6, 2007, Ojai, CA
             Vidyam, Spring/Summer, 2007, "Volunteers: Teaching Recyclable Art," Nellore, India 
2006    Ojai Valley News, "Blue Veranda Art Camp," photo Jesse Sol, Aug. 23, 2006, p. 1, Ojai CA  
2004    Ojai Valley News, "Luscombe Showing at City Hall," Cindy Frings,  July 2, 2003, Ojai, CA 
              Ventura County Reporter, " People to Watch," Rob Campbell,  p. 14, March 4, 2004, Ventura, CA 
2003    Ventura County Reporter, "The Gleeful Iconoclast," Rob Campbell,  p. 21, Nov. 20, 2003, Ventura, CA 
              The Voice, "An Anthropological Foray: New Works by Kelly A. Luscombe at Upfront Gallery,"
                     Carolyn Friend, p. 19, Nov. 21, 2003, Ojai, CA 
               Ojai Valley News, "Art Meets Life," Susan M. Doherty, p. A-10, April 25, 2003, Ojai, CA 
               Ventura County Reporter, "Odd and Familiar," Happenings, p. 32, April 17, 2003, Ventura, CA 
2001      Art Issues, "Letters from San Francisco," Mark van Proyen, January/February, 2001, San Francisco, CA 
2000     Artweek, "Love Stinks at Gallery Luscombe," JoAnne Severns Northrup, p. 19, April, 2000, San Francisco, CA
               Citysearch's Masterpiece of the Month for Love Stinks 
1999       UCSF Synapse, "The Bohemian Mission, Civilization Excavation at Gallery Luscombe,"  Don Creighton,
                     January 28, 1999, San Francisco, CA 
1998       San Francisco Metropolitan, "98 Stars Unite," Christine Brenneman, p. 42, December 21, 1998, San Francisco, CA 
1997       San Francisco Chronicle, "Mirrors of the Soul," Casey Ellis, Dec. 10, 1997, San Francisco, CA
               San Francisco Chronicle, "Eclectic Gifts at Offbeat Gallery Won't Break the Bank",  Casey Ellis, Dec. 10, 1997,
                    San Francisco, CA 
               On the Town, "One Crowded Second Saturday Walkabout in April," Arts & Entertainment, p. 20, April 29, 1997,                            Sacramento, CA 
1996      Marin Independent Journal, "Exhibited Her Work Nationally and Internationally," p. 7, March 2, 1996,
                    San Rafael, CA 
1995      The Register-Guard, Arts & Entertainment, "Center Hosts Multimedia Show," p. 7D, March 10, 1995, Eugene, OR
              The Oregonian, Feminist Art Exhibit in Eugene Puts Women, Men Under Glass," Terry Ross, E4, Feb. 22, 1995,                               Eugene, OR
              The Register-Guard, Arts and Entertainment, "Maude Kerns Exhibits Art by, about Women," p. 2D, Feb. 17, 1995,                             Eugene, OR
              Boise State University New Forms Catalogue, National Small Painting and Sculpture, April, 1995
              New Mexico Art League, 24th Annual National Small Paintings Exhibit Catalogue, Feb. 1995
1993     Schoner Wohnen, Shopping International, San Francisco, Heft 3, March, 1993, Hamburg, Germany 
1992     Frisko Magazine, Frisko Marketplace, p. 91, March, 1992, San Francisco, CA 
1991      Frisko Magazine, Shopping Along Hayes, Spring, 1991, p. 41, San Francisco, CA
1989     Triptych Magazine, No. 46, April-May 1989, p. 25, San Francisco, CA  
1988     Triptych Magazine, No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 1988, p. 30, San Francisco, CA 
 
Selected Mural and Illustration Projects
2011     Illustrations for SMVA Trust, Illinois
2000   Illustrations for The Art of the Table, by Suzanne von Drachenfels, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
1996    Mural, Residence of Claudia Siegel, San Francisco, CA 
1994    Murals, Residence of Lorraine and Lani Bader, San Francisco, CA 
1993    Mural, Residence of Bob Godfrey, San Francisco, CA
1990    Mural, Golden Gate Elementary School, San Francisco, CA   
1989    Illustrations, Department of Public Works, San Francisco, CA 

Selected Teaching Experience
2013 - Present     Gallery 525, Mixed Media Workshops, Ojai, CA 
2002 - Present    Kelly Luscombe Studio at the Blue Verandah - Retreats and Art Camps
                                   with Young and Adult Artists, Ojai, CA 
2007                      Sri Vidya School, Visiting Art Instructor, Nellore, India 
1996 - 2001           Kelly Luscombe Studio, Private Classes, San Francisco, CA 
1997 - 2001           Gallery Luscombe, Painting and Mixed Media Workshops, San Francisco, CA 
1985 - 1994            San Francisco Day School, Art Instructor, San Francisco, CA 
1985 - 1992            M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Instructor for Art in Museum and Art Truck
                                    to Public Schools, San Francisco, CA
1987 - 1988            Edison School, Author/Art Instructor for San Francisco Education Fund Grant: 
                                    "The Visual Arts as a Medium for Language Development," San Francisco, CA 

Selected Lectures and Interviews
1999                Television Interview, Inside City Limits with Margo Alexander, San Francisco TCI Channel 25,
                            Holidazed at Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA
                        Television Interview, Inside City Limits with Margo Alexander, San Francisco TCI Channel 25,
                            Lumens at Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA
1998               Television Interview, Inside City Limits with Margo Alexander, San Francisco TCI Channel 25,
​                            Lovestruck at Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA  
1994               Asian Art Museum, Teacher Workshops, San Francisco, CA                     
1989 -1990    M. H. Memorial De Young Museum, How is Art Made? Artist Lecture Series:  Oil Figurative Painting,  
                            Portraiture, Still Life, San Francisco, CA
1989 -1990    The Palace of The Legion of Honor Museum, How is Art Made? Artist Lecture Series:  Gesture Drawing,
                            Pencil Portraiture, San Francisco, CA

Selected Curatorial (Solo and Collaborative)/Creative Projects
2014   Gallery 525, “Love Potion No. 9,” Curator, February 2014, Ojai, CA
2013   Gallery 525, “Seen/Unseen Surrealist”  Curator, April, 2013, Ojai, CA 
1999   Gallery Luscombe, Interior Habitats, Michele Muennig, Juan Carlos Quintana, David Ralston, San Francisco, CA  
            Gallery Luscombe, Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, Day of the Dead Altars and Installations with Herminia Albarran, 
                 Rick Rodrigues, Nadia T.G., Sacha Eckes, Carla Caletti, San Francisco, CA
            Gallery Luscombe, Lumens and Charming Girl: In Search of the Light Whites with Eleanor Scott, San Francisco, CA 
1998   Gallery Luscombe, Painters in Paradise, Jenny Badger Sultan, William Zindel
                 Sharon Carew & Henry Sultan, San Francisco, CA 
            Gallery Luscombe, Apports, Kathleen Spicer, DeWitt Cheng and Sophie Wagner, San Francisco, CA 
            Gallery Luscombe, The Space Between Breaths, Lydia Lunch and Jane Handel, San Francisco, CA
            Gallery Luscombe, Llamanda a Los Queridos (Calling to Loved Ones) Women's Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition
1988   Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Cristina Emmanuel, Virgin of Tears statue/box installation, New York, NY

Selected Collections
Susan Bailey Harnden, M.D., San Francisco, CA 
Karen Richards, San Francisco, CA  
Susan Stern, San Francisco, CA 
Win Rhodes, Corona del Mar, CA 
Huey Lewis, Marin County, CA
Martin Gewirtz, Ojai, CA   
Therese Hartmann, Ojai, CA
Jessica Caulffiel and Dastan Khalili, Ojai, CA 
​Molly Brolin, Los Angeles, CA  
Evelyn Kahl, Esq., San Francisco, CA 
George and Tricia Pecoulas, Chicago, Illinois
Ruth and Ray Pierce, Zurich, Switzerland
Mark and Janet Sheuer, San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Friend, Ventura, CA
Paul Benavidez, Fillmore, CA 
Sandra & Binnie Meredith, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Romi Baghgegian, Pasadena, CA 
Kate Burroughs, Los Angeles, CA 
Catherine Hayden, San Francisco, CA  
Debbi Rivette, San Francisco, CA  
Dianne Bennett, Ojai, CA  
Kari von Wening, Maui, Hawaii
Reba Seba, Ojai, CA 
Jane Handel, Ojai, CA   
Carola Shepard, San Francisco, CA
Uschi Gibson, Varanasi, India
Randy and Jonathan Gray, San Francisco, CA
Madeleine Behrens-Brigham, Santa Rosa, CA
Adriana Fracchia, Emeryville, CA
Ginger von Wening and Kristian Meisling, Palo Alto, CA
Katherine Kodama, San Francisco, CA
Sooz Glazebrook, Ojai, CA 
Sean and Farah Johnson, New Orleans, LA
Anca Colbert, Ojai, CA
Ramana Rappold, Santa Rosa, CA
Ed Murphy, M.D., Berkeley, CA ​
Claudia Siegel, San Francisco, CA
​Nancy Simon, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Napier, Brooklyn, New York   
Harry Roche, Berkeley, CA   
Patricia Castillo, Los Angeles, CA 
Amy Faust, Oakland, CA
Andres and Jill Amstutz Vilasquez, Woodside, CA
Michelle Herzberg, San Francisco, CA
Bob Rice, Culver City, CA
Celia Pearce, Atlanta, GA 
Robert Chisholm, San Francisco, CA
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    • Gallery 525
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