Background
Harden, Marvin was born in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Theodore R. and Ethel (Sneed) Harden.
Harden, Marvin was born in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Theodore R. and Ethel (Sneed) Harden.
Bachelor in Fine Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959. Master of Arts in Creative Painting, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963.
Professor art California State University, Northridge, 1967-1997, professor emeritus, since 1997. Teacher art Santa Monica City College, California, 1968. Member art faculty University of California at Los Angeles Extension, 1964-1968.
Instructor art Los Angeles Harbor College, California, 1965—1968. Member visual arts fellowship, painting panel National Education Association, 1985.
One-man shows include Ceeje Galleries, Los Angeles, 1964, 66, 67, Los Angeles City College, 1968, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1969, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1971, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971, Rath Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, 1971, Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972, Los Angeles Harbor College, 1972, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, 1975, College Creative Studies, University California, Santa Barbara, 1976, James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, 1978, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Survey, 1979, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Major Retrospective, 1982, Conejo Valley Art Museum, 1983, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles, 1985, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California, 1994, 2005, Major Retrospective Armony, 2005, Ventura (California) College Art Gallery, 1997, Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, 1998. Group shows include United States State Department Touring Exhibition, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1966, Oakland (California) Museum Art, 1966, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966, Minneapolis Institute Art, 1968, San Francisco Museum Art, 1969, Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, 1969, Museum Art, Rhode Island School Design, 1969, New Jersey State Museum, 1969, Everson Museum Art, Syracuse, 1969, La Jolla (California) Museum, 1969, 70, High Museum Art, Atlanta, 1969, Flint (Michigan) Institute Arts, 1969, Fort Worth Art Center Museum, 1969, Contemporary Arts Association, Houston, 1970, University New Mexico, 1974, University Southern California, 1975, Brooklyn Museum, 1977, Los Angeles County Museum Art, 1977, 95, Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1977, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978, Cirrus Editions, Limited, Los Angeles, 1979, 81, 82, Franklin Furnace, New York City, 1980, Art Center College Design, Los Angeles, 1981, Alternative Museum, New York City, 1981, Laguna Beach Museum (California), 1982, Cirrus, 1982, Los Angeles Institute Contemporary Art, 1983, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1983, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1983, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1983, Equitable Gallery, New York City, 1984, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1984, 1985, Cirrus, Los Angeles, 1986, 1990, Heal the Bay, Surfboard Art Invitational, 1990, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, 1992, Claremont College West Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992, Grolier Club, New York City, 1993, California State University, San Luis Obispo, 1994, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington, 1995, Louis Stern Fine Art, Los Angeles, 1995, Porter Troup Gallery, San Diego, 1995, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, 1996, 97, Tel Aviv Museum Art, 1998, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 1998, Palos Verdes Art Center, 1999, Los Angeles City College, 1999, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon, 2002, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, 2002, Glendale College Art Gallery, 2002, Davis and Cline, Ashland, Oregon, 2003, Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, 2004, Schneider Museum Art, Ashland, Oregon, 2004, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2010, others. Represented in permanent collections include Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, Museum Modern Art, New York City, Smithsonian Institute Archives of America Art, New York Public Library.
Spence Collection, Getty Center for Arts and Humanities, Los Angeles County Museum Art, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, Atlantic Richfield Company Corporation Art College, Grunwald Center Graphic Arts University of California at Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Metromedia, Incorporated, Los Angeles, San Diego Jewish Community Center, Berkeley (California) University Museum, Home Savings & Loan Association, Los Angeles, also private collections.
Board director Images & Issues, 1980-1986. Member artists advisory board Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Association, 1983-1986. Member Los Angeles Institute Contemporary Art (co-founder 1973).
