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Mary Cecile Gee
510.331.5924 
minustides@pacbell.net
2201 West Street
Unit F
 Oakland, CA  94612

Education  
1998 M.F.A. California State University, Fullerton, CA
1988-89 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1980-81 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1973-78 B.A. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
 
 
Fine Art History
Selected Exhibitions
(*Solo Shows)
2007 * field equations: an (accidental) self-portrait, S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA
  PlayitGround, Don O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 UNIFEM, S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA
2002 * Bone Orchard, The Shed, Newport Beach, CA
2001 Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Gallery/Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
1999-2000 A Gathering of Angels, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1998 * Monody (for Dada), Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
1997 * Evidence, California State University, Fullerton, CA
  10 x 10, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
  Our Bodies in Question, a performance of Eruptions in the Ordinary (no. 3),
  Southern California Women's Studies Conference, Fullerton, CA
1996 Bookends, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA
1995 Standards, California State University, CA
  Drawing into the 90's, Texas Fine Arts Association, Art on Tour Program,
1994 LAX, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA
  Treading on Hallowed Ground,  Guggenhein Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
  Drawing into the 90's, Texas Fine Arts Association, Art on Tour Program
1993 Drawing into the 90's, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
  Living Room Art, NCJW/L.A. Art & Action Project, Los Angeles, CA
  Works on Paper (juried by Ann Philbin), San Jacinto College South Gallery, Houston, Texas
1992 Memory Inserts, Far Bazaar, Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA
  Crossing Over, South Bay Museum of Contemporary Art, Torrance, CA
  Post-Photo, L.A., Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
  Outsides, Pasadena, CA
1991 1991 Membership Exhibition, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1990 Screens & Boxes, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
  Five women, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
  Multiples, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  Multiples, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  Books & Bookends: Sculptural Approaches, Nationwide Tour
1989 Books & Bookends: Sculptural Approaches, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, MD
  Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Nine, Site Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988-1989 Art Center College of Design (Main Art Gallery - group exhibitions), Pasadena, CA
 
 
Lectures, Essays & Curatorial History
2005 Landscape: Themes and Variations (Catalogue: Introduction), curated by Josine Ianco, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2000-03 Performance and Conceptual Art,  Docent Training Lecture, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2002 The Evolution of the Human Body, Lectures at Noon series, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2001 The Cultural Origins of Everyday Objects, Lectures at Noon series, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
  Ephemeral (co-curated with Patrick Merrill), California State Polytechnic, Pomona, CA
  Ephemeral (essay), California State Polytechnic, Pomona, CA
2000 Performance Coordinator, Bank Vault Ball, Side Street Projects,  Los Angeles, CA
1999-2000 Exhibition & Programs Committee (member), Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  Film/Video/Performance Committee (member),  Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
 
 
Reviews  
2003 Artweek, "Mary Cecile Gee at The Shed" by Rick Gilbert. (February, 2003)
2002 Coast, "Bone Orchard" by Lauri Mendenhall. (October, 2002)
  OC Metro, "Radical Opening" by Liz Goldner. (October, 2002)
2000 Los Angeles Times/SoCal Confidential, Bank Vault Ball review. (April, 2000)
  Downtown News/Around Town, Bank Vault Ball review. (April, 2000)
1998 Los Angeles Times/Westside Weekly, "Signs of the imeTs" by Tamara Hunt. (March, 1998)
  Focus/Das Moderne Nachrichtenmagazin, "Dada-Dichtung". (April, 1998)
1995 Artweek, "LAX 94 at LACE..." by Daniella Walsh. (February,1995)
  L.A.Weekly/Art Picks of the Week, "Sincerity and Other Peccadillos, Lax 94 at LACE" by Peter Frank. (December, 1995)
1994 Los Angeles Times, "Bravura Highlights 'LAX/94' at LACE" by Susan Kandel. (December, 1994)
  Los Angeles Times/Orange County, "Weighing Religious Pros and Cons" by Cathy Curtis. (November, 1994)
  Treading on Hallowed Ground, show essay by Jacki Apple. (November, 1994)
1993 Visions, "Sleight of Hand, Click of Shutter: Photo Opportunities in Southern California" by Timothy Nolan. (Spring, 1993)
1990 Atlanta Journal and Constitution, "Exhibit offers delightful art in 'Multiples'" by Jerry Cullum.  (September, 1990)
  Washington Review, Art Reviews by Susan Tamulevich.  (April, 1990)
  L.A. Weekly, Readings Pick of the Week, "Selective Remembrance" by Doug Sadownick. (February, 1990)
 
 
Catalogues  
  A Gathering of Angels, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
  LAX 94, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
  Drawing into the 90's, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
  Multiples, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  Books & Bookends, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, MD

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