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Artist's Statement for the Square i Gallery's 1st Annual Invitational - July 21 - September 5, 2007

Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney
Ceramic Sculpture Landscapes
Artist's Statement

The Square i Gallery owner, Walter, and I have worked together in the Art World since the early Eighties.  We collaborated on one person and group shows at the Rex W. Wignall Museum Gallery at Chaffey College and with his first Gallery Trait in Ontario, California.  It is my pleasure to join him again in this exhibition of Landscapes.  We have chosen my ground to sky sculptural expressions to correlate with the "First Annual Plein Air Invitational" landscape paintings on display.  Thanks also to curator Dennis Garcia whose Chrysalis Gallery in Upland, CA, showed my work in one and two person exhibitions, going back to the 70's!

Although these forms change with my building techniques (wheel thrown, slab
rolled, and stretched), the essence of recognition and its core of belief remain constant.  Earth and Sky as translated by Mind and Spirit show varied connections.  Geography and the Firmament play their mythical role.

The earliest works are high fired (Cones 10-12) in reduction, with similar high fire glazes.  Several surfaces are enhanced and protected by acrylic washes.  Wire, horsehair binding, epoxy cement, and silicone calk may be used within the larger constructs.  The latter (after 2002) works are fired to "mid-range" porcelain and stoneware temperatures (Cones 5-7) with further glazing at lower temperatures (multi-firings) in oxidation.  Fired luster is also added to several pieces.

You are invited to experience the visual forces of nature and life as my imagination and craftsmanship interpret them.  Please look for struggle, aspiration, and resolution.  I encourage you to recognize human and land associations in your unique way.

Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney, MA, MFA
Summer, 2007      Square I Gallery, Claremont, California
 

Resume/Bio 

Born in Honolulu, HI; lived on East Coast in the early 40’s; CA since 1945.Travels to Canada, Mexico, New York City, Europe, Egypt. Current home and studio in Rancho Cucamonga, California 

Education
2006, ‘05, ‘02   Ceramic Figurative Sculpture Symposiums, Natsoulus Gallery,
          Davis, CA
2004  Ceramics Road Show, Riverside, CA
2002  Ceramic Figurative Sculpture Symposium, Natsoulus Gallery, Davis,
          California
1980-90’s Workshops with Lana Wilson, Paul Soldner, Don Reitz, John Hopkins,
          Virginia Cartwright, others
1970-80’s  Self-taught ceramic sculpture, figurative realism
1968  Claremont Graduate University, Master of Fine Arts, Painting and
          Ceramics
1959  CGU Master of Art in Education
1954  Scripps College, Claremont, CA   BA, Fine Arts and Humanities
1950  Fullerton Union High School and Community College

Selected One and Two Person Exhibitions
2005  Andrée M. Mahoney, Tom Fong:  "Two for the Show"  Chaffey  
          Community Art Association
1992  “Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney, Paintings, Sculptures”,  Roloff Wood
          Gallery, Portland,  Oregon
1992  “Painting and Portrait Sculpture Exhibition”,  Museum of History and
           Art,  Ontario, CA
1991  "Exhibition of New Paintings, Still Life and Portraits”  Wignall Gallery
           Alta Loma, CA
1991  “Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition",
           Fontana Center for the Performing Arts, Fontana, CA
1986  "Transformations/Invocations", Monrovia Arts Center, CA
1984  "Two Sculptors", Chrysalis Gallery, Claremont, CA
1983  "A Feminization of Structural Symbols"  Wignall Gallery, Alta Loma, CA
1982  "Garden Sculptures", Chrysalis Gallery, Upland, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007  “Members Juried Show” Chaffey Community Art Ass’n,  First Prize,
          ceramics category
2006  "On the Edge of Change" four women artists, dA Center for the Arts,
          Pomona, CA
2006  Chico Art Center, Falkirk Cultural Center, Society of Layerists in Multi
          Media, Juried
2005, ‘03 Cone Box Ceramic Sculpture, Kansas, Juried
2004  "Golden Autumn/ Silver Winter Invitational", Chaffey Community Art Ass'n, 
          Alta Loma, California
2003  “An Artist Collects” Local artists represented in Sam Maloof’s Collection
2003  Ontario Museum of History and Art, Bi-annual Juried Show
2003  Luanne Svenson Memorial Exhibition, Chaffey Community Art Ass’n. ,
          Alta Loma, CA
2002  Scripps College Fine arts Foundation, “A Day of  Art”, Claremont, CA
2002  “Friends and Family of Sam Maloof Invitational”
1999  “Chaffey College Art Faculty Exhibition”, Ontario Museum of History
           and Art
1998  “Personal Visions of Women Artists”, Chaffey Community Art
           Association,  Ontario, CA
1995  “A Vase is a Vase is a Vase”, paintings and ceramics, Rachel Lozzi
          Gallery, Omni Hotel, LosAngeles, Installation of “View from
          theTower”, landscapes in hotel lobby
1989  "Spirit Keepers", Independence Corporate Centre, Rancho Cucamonga, CA      
1989  “Bal Masque Invitational”, Air-Cal Opening, Ontario, CA
1989   "Ceramic Ship Metaphor”, Wignall Annex Gallery, Ontario, CA
1987  “Claremont Artists Centennial”, Group Exhibition, CGU, CA
1985  “Showcase ’85 Contemporary Works by 23 California Women
          Artists”, ASI University Gallery, California State Polytechnic University
1985  “Four Women Artists”, Invitational, Ontario Museum of History and
           Art,  Ontario, CA
1984  “25th Anniversary Invitational” Downey Art Museum, CA
1983   Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA, Juried
1983   North American Sculpture Exhibition,  Golden CO, Juried
1982   Westwood Clay National, Downey Art Museum, Juried
1981   Faculty Invitational”, San Bernardino State College, CA
1981   Wild Blue Contemporary Grafts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Museum Collections

1983 Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA 1982 Sam Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, CA 1978 Rex W. Wignall Museum Gallery, Alta Loma, CA

Grants and Scholarships

1990 and 1982 Sabbatical Leaves from Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA
1979  "Technology, Humanities, and the Arts," Conference sponsored by
          the A. J. Mellon Foundation, Stanford University
1977  Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation Artists' Series, Claremont, CA
1955  CGU  Scholarship Award, Bekins Co., and Scripps College Fine Arts
          Foundation Tuition Scholarship
1954  "Outstanding Achievement” Award, Ceramics: granted by Richard
           Petterson, Scripps College, 1954

Selected Private Collections

Mme. Gilberte Capek, Paris, France M/M George Cuttress, Pomona, CA
M/M Paul Eaton, Montclair, CA
Mr. Robert George Estate, Claremont, CA
Dr. Joan Hanor, Oceanside, CA
M/M Sam Maloof, Alta Loma, CA
M/M Harrison MacIntosh, Claremont, CA
M/M James "Skip" Paul, Oceanside, CA
Dr. Inge Pelzer, Riverside, CA
Ms. Joan Ross Schreder, NYC
Ms. Helen Wexler, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Sally H. Wright, Pleasant Hill, CA

Professional Arts EmploymentInstruction:

2004, Tile workshop to benefit the dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2001, Portrait Sculpture Workshop, Montclair Recreation Dep't., CA
2000, Landscape "En Plein Air", Workshop, San Luis Obispo Cultural Center, CA
1973 to 1999, Full time Professor of Art in Two Dimensional Design, Ceramics and 
          Painting,    Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA
1988, Lecture, Slides, and Demonstration of "Slab-built Ceramics", American
          Ceramics Society, LA Branch, held at Citrus College, CA                      
1981, Visiting Lecturer, La Verne College, CA                                                    
1980, Visiting Lecturer, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA                     
1963-1972, Part time Instructor of Art at Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA
1966-7, Field Supervisor for Secondary Art Education, CGU, Claremont, CA
1956-9, Full time instructor, Upland High School, CA
1955-6, Full time instructor, Huntington Beach High School, CA

Freelance and part time art works:

2003-7  Community Art Sales, Claremont, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga,           Upland,  Rancho Mirage, CA
1994-7,  Drawing and painting excursions to Mexico  and Oregon Coasts     
1983,  Mural design, Mayeda and Mayeda Associates, Upland, CA
1959-1963,  Mural assistant to the Millard Sheets Studio, Claremont, CA

News Issues, Critical Reviews, and Catalogues

2006,  The Daily Bulletin, Inland Valley, "Art of Ages" by Diane Sholly,  June 8, ‘06 1991,  South Ontario News,  "Ontario Museum…..Works by Andrée
           Mendenhall Mahoney on Display" by Cheryl Wittman
1991,  Jan 31, Daily Bulletin, "People Inspire Local Artist" by Lisa Van Proyen
1990,  “New Work” by Andrée M. Mahoney, Wignall Gallery, Alta Loma, CA        
1989,  Aug. 2, Los Angeles Times,  "Art Teacher Mahoney Initiates Satellite"
           by Inland Empire Scene
1988,  Jan 10, Daily Report, Horizons, "Pottering Around" by Sarah E.Crowley
1986,  Nov. 5, Monrovia News Post,  "Images…." By Lisa Lowery
1985,  July 21, The Press Enterprise, The Arts "Feedback…." by Hazel Simon
1985,  Catalogue to Showcase '85, Introduction by Yolanda T. Moses, Dean
           Cal Poly, Pomona
1984,  Feb. 10, Mountain Breeze, "Mahoney….in L. A. Show by Linda Beckman
1983,  Jan. 29, The Los Angeles Times, "Gallery Displays Ceramic
           Sculptures"
1982, January 21, The Daily Report, "Local Artist "Expresses Her Hopes
          and Fears in Sculpture," by Nancy Wallace
1982, Aug. 14, Art Week, "Trends in Clay", by Mac McCloud
1982, “A Feminazation of Structural Symbols”, by Andrée Mendenhall Manoney,
           Wignall Gallery, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA

Current Work at home studio

Figure, landscape, spiritual and surreal metaphor, created with the media of ceramic  sculpture and acrylic paint on canvas and clay Functional bowls, cups, goblets, bottles, and jars  clay and glazes fired in oxidation at cones 5-6 (2250 degrees F., approx.) and cones 06-05 (1800 degrees F., approx.) Luster on mini-sculptures at lower fire temperatures.     Gas and electric kilns.