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Marian Yap

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Pacifica, California

(650) 359-6140

Seaweed5@aol.com
www.marianyap.com
Visit my blog marianyap.wordpress.com

 

Visual Artist: painting, printmaking, mixed media

 
Emerging Firenze
   
 
Circles & Spheres  
"My work is expressive, sometimes abstract and often figurative. I use the medium of pastels and often combine monotypes and pastel."

Career_Highlights
My work has been exhibited in many venues, from Chicago to Long Beach, Santa Cruz, Pacifica, San Francisco and Mendocino. After a short period of study at the Art Students League in New York, I moved to the Bay Area. I have been involved with several local art groups and have been an active participant in arts administration, and as a custom picture framer, but now wish to concentrate on creating art and returning to my first love which is painting.

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Education
             Art Students League, School of Industrial Art, New York City
                           Jackie DiCello – Pastel Painting, Linda Goodman - Printmaking
                          
Current Gallery     Coastal Arts League Gallery & Museum, Half Moon Bay, California
                           Little City Gallery, Amador City, California

EXHIBITS              Solo Exhibit
2008                   CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF,
                           Coastal Arts League Museum Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA

                           Invitational Group Exhibit
2010                   LEFTOVERS, A small print portfolio organized by Wingtip Press, Boise,         
                           Idaho.  Featuring over 70 North American Printmakers, Saltgrass
                           Printmakers, Salt Lake City, Utah
2009                   DOUBLE VISIONS, 2 person exhibit with Alysanne McGaffey, Coastal Arts League                                     Gallery & Museum, Half Moon Bay, CA
2008                   ALLUSIONS, Peninsula Arts Council, Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA
2007                   CHAOS, Artshare 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA
2006                   ALL ABSTRACTS, 2 person exhibit, Belmont Arts Council, Gallery, Belmont, CA
2006                   Women’s Caucus for Art, Channing House, Palo Alto, CA
2006                   WINTER ON THE PENINSULA, Artshare 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA

                           Juried Exhibits
2011                   COASTAL ARTS LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBIT,  Half Moon Bay, CA
                           Fred Holle, Juror, Honorable Mention Award
2010                   DRAWING THE LINE, Jewish Women Artists Network, Beverly Arts
                           Center, Chicago, IL, Carla Winterbottom, Curator Sarah Giller Nelson,
                           Juror
2010                   COMMUNITY ART SHOW, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Foster
                           City, CA, Mixed Media Award
2010                   GUALALA ART CENTER, The May Show, Gualala, CA, Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator                            Berkeley Art Museum, Juror
2009                   COASTAL ARTS LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Half Moon Bay, CA,
                           Alysanne McGaffey, Juror, Honorable Mention Award
2009                   LIKE WATER ON ROCK, Jewish Women Artists Network, Boorstein/Platt Gallery at the                            American Jewish University, Bel Air, CA, Barbara Gilbert, Senior Curator, Skirball                            Museum.  Exhibit traveled to Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA, and Gotthelf Art                            Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2008                   COASTAL ARTS LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Half Moon Bay, CA, Jerry Emanuel, Juror
2008                   BEAUX & EROS - Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA, Jerry
                           Emanuel, Juror
2007                   COASTAL ARTS LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Half Moon Bay, CA, Cosette Dudley, Juror
2007                   CALIFORNIA CENTERED: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced County Arts Council, Jamey                            Brzezinski, Juror
2006                   INTERSECTIONS: LOCATING ACTS OF COURAGE, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, and                            Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, Yolanda Lopez, Juror

2006                   4th BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION (BIMPE), New Leaf                            Editions, Vancouver, BC, Tuktu Studio, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada,                            MariaAnna Parolin, Torrie Groening, Rodney Konopaki, Jurors
2005                   COASTAL ARTS LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Half Moon Bay, CA, Barbara Mehlman, Juror                            (AWARD, Best 2D work)
2005                   BOTANICA, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Adam Wolpert, Juror
2005                   MATERIAL INSTINCT, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Ann Wolfe, Assistant                            Curator, San Jose Museum of Art, Juror
2004                   WORKS ON PAPER, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Laddie John Dill, Juror
2003                   WOMEN, TRAUMA & VISUAL EXPRESSION, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Amy Stacy                            Curtis, Juror
1999                   ARTS ON FIRE III, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Marion Parmenter, Juror

                           Non Juried
2010/2011         A GOLDEN STATE OF MIND, Milton Marks Gallery, State Office Bldg.,
                           San Francisco, CA
2010                   LOCAL COLOR, Milton Marks Gallery, State Office Bldg., San Francisco
2010                   WCA:  NEW WORK, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
2010                   DAYDREAMS & NIGHTMARES, Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA
2009                   WCA:  SIMPLE PLEASURES, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
2009                   WHAT’S NEW, Belmont Arts Council Gallery, Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont, CA
2008                   WCA:  ON THE EDGE (Traveling Exhibit)  Community Gallery, Redwood City, CA
2008                   WCA:  ON THE EDGE, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
2008                   WCA: EMPOWERING WOMEN, Skyline College Gallery, San Bruno, CA
2007                   WOMEN ARTISTS IN PACIFICA, AAUW, Pacifica, CA
2007                   CHANGING DESTINY, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2007                   FACES, Belmont Arts Council Gallery, Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont, CA
2007                   BEST OF THE CENTRAL COAST, Santa Cruz Watercolor Society, Santa Cruz Art League,                            Santa Cruz, CA
2006                   REFLECTION/REFRACTION, Womens Caucus For Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2005                   LANDSCAPES, Belmont Arts Council Gallery, Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont, CA
2005                   TURNING POINT, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2004                   WAS, IS, WILL BE, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2003                   PREDATOR/PREY, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2002                   WINDS OF CHANGE, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
2002                   ART GUILD OF PACIFICA ANNUAL EXHIBIT- Pacifica, CA
                           (AWARD – Honorable Mention)
2001                   PRISMS, Womens Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League Gallery
VARIOUS              Membership Exhibits at Mendocino Art Center, Coastal Arts League, Sebastopol                                     Arts League, Long Beach Arts, Santa Cruz Art League, Art Guild of Pacifica (Award                            1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001) and others

Media                  San Mateo County Times
                           Pacifica Tribune
                           Bay Area Backroads, KRON-TV, November 2000

                           Cultural Arts Commissioner, City of Pacifica 1998-2002

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