Education
1985 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, BFA
1983 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1981 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2016 BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2011 While There’s Calm, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2009 Vermis, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2001 West of El Centro, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2014
Natural Unnatural Supernatural, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
2012
Iva Gueorguieva, Rebecca Morales, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
Tending Toward the Untamed, Wave Hill, Public Garden and Cultural Center, Bronx, NY
2010
Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Even Better than the Real Thing, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Riverside, CA
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2009
Wonderlands, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Two-Person Exhibit, Rebecca Morales – Mary Kay, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
2007
Eden’s Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Block Party, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Eco-Lux, Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Landscape: Theme and Variation, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2004
Political Landscape, Barnsdall Municipal Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Otis, The Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003-4
Speculative Terrain, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2003
Still Life, Still Here, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2002
Unconventional Views; New Concepts in Contemporary Still-Life Painting, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2000
Representing L.A., Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA and the South Texas Institute of Art, Corpus Christi, TX
Landscapes Not Forgotten, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Drawings V, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Realism, Photorealism and Superrealism, Harwood Museum of The University of New Mexico, Taos, NM
1998
Elements, Barnsdall Municipal Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
A Silent Testament, The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA
Illusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1997
Building the Collection, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
1996
Bugs Beasts Birds, and creatures of the water, Bobbie Greenfield, Santa Monica, CA
Habitat Inclined, (4 x 106’ mural), Orange County Natural History Museum, Laguna Niguel, CA
1990
Spirit of Our Time, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Bibliography
2009
Pagel, David. “Catch the eye, then the brain.” Los Angeles Times, Feb 13, 2009:
Rapp, Karen, The Anderson Collection, San Francisco,essay and interview:
2008
Self, Dana. “At Grand Arts, Mary Kay and Rebecca Morales show dirty, Rotten and beautiful work.” Pitch, Apr 17, 2008.
Spaid, Sue. “Remembering Today, Longing for Long Ago, Protecting Tomorrow”, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Walker, Steve. “Naturalism Two Ways.” Review, Kansas City, MO, June
2007
Garrels, Gary, “Eden’s Edge: Fifteen LA Artists”, (exhibition catalog), Hammer Museum,Los Angeles, California
Cheng, Scarlet, “Over The Eden’s Edge”, Coagula Art Journal, Issue # 87, August issue
Finkel, Jori, “A Museum That Lives Within Its Means”, New York Times, July 8
Knight, Christopher, “Eden’s Edge’ twists, turns and looks back”, Los Angeles Times, May 23
Christie, Tom, “The Newcomer”, LA Weekly, May 23
Doug Harvey, “Personal Choices”, LA Weekly, May 23
Weissman, Benjamin, “Garden of Eatin’”, Artforum.com / DIARY, May 20
Melrod, George “It’s Hammer Time!”, Art Ltd., May Issue
“Provision”, Modern Painters, May issue
Gray, Emma, “L.A. Confidential”, Artnet.com
2006
Brumer, Miriam, “Meticulous Artifice”, Artcritical.com:
2005
Ianco-Starrels, Josine, “Landscape: Theme and Variation”, (catalog essay), Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2004
Pagel, David, “Our Place in the World”, Los Angeles Times, March 25
Korten, Noel, “The Political Landscape” (catalog essay), The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
2003
Latimer, Quinn, “The West Coast is the Best Coast”, Columbia Issue # 38: A Journal of
Literature and Art, (a featured artist), Columbia University, NY
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Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, August 22-28
Ollman, Leah, “Still Life Goes on Divergently at the Armory Exhibit” Los Angeles Times, August 6
2001
Carotinuto, Gianna, “Rebecca Morales”, Art Issues, Summer 2001
Testino, Mario, “Mario Testino’s Art Index”, V Magazine (Visionaire), May-June issue
Pagel, David “In the Real World”, Los Angeles Times, March 16
2000
Fuglie, Gordon L., “Representing LA”, (exhibition catalog), Laguna Art Museum, CA
Geer, Suvan, “Landscape Not Forgotten”, (catalog essay), William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Pincus, Robert, “Changing Nature of Landscape”, San Diego Tribune, October 15
1999
Ise, Claudine, “Lands of Plenty”, Los Angeles Times, November 2
Cohn, Terri, “Earthly Delights: Eleven Artists Get Their Hands Dirty”, Art Week, February issue
Willard, Christopher “Exceptional Surfaces”, American Artist, November issue
Collections
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Anderson Collection, San Francisco, CA
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies
2007 Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italy
2005 Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Curatorial Projects and Development
Consilience: Artist Presentation Initiative, Bloom Research Inc.