Background
Petropoulos was born in Los Angeles and received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974 and then her Master of Arts
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Renee Petropoulos
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University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
In Photography and Video, 1977, and her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, 1979- both from University of California, Los Los Angeles Petropoulos is represented by Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Santa Monica, California and is a professor at Otis College of Art and Design in the Graduate Fine Arts, Graduate Public Practice and Graduate Graphic Design departments. "Freeway Studies #1: This Side of the 405," Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, 2013
"Figures and Grounds: Approaches to Abstraction," Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
"Telephone," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, 2011
"Homage"" solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2009
"(dis)concert," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, California, 2008
"Los Angeles - A Select Survey of Art from Las Angeles," Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 2008
Renée Petropoulos, solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2007
"LACE Annual Benefit," Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, California, 2007
"Social Arrangements"" solo exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2007
"Sugartown," Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, New York, 2005
"100 Artists See God," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Multimedia over Coax Alliance ), Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2005, and Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England), 2004. Catalog. Review in e-flux.
"Trespassing: Houses X Artists," Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2004, and University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, 2003.
"Structures of Knowledge," RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California, 2001
"Urban Hymns," The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California, 2000
"The Stroke: An Overview of Contemporary Painting," Exit Art, New York City, New York (1999-2012)
"Tangles," Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, 1996
"Excavations," Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, 1998
Renée Petropoulos has made public artworks in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Among her public art commissions are a large painted ceiling at the downtown Los Angeles Public Library and a series of sculptures in Culver City, a collaborative project for the Municipal Services Building in downtown Philadelphia, and medallions for the guideway Douglas Street/Rosecrans Avenue. station of the Metro Green Lincolnshire in El Segundo, California.
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