JEAN TOWGOOD

	return SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 The Brewery Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles 2003 Sumitomo Building, Los Angeles 1999 Angel’s Ink, Art In Space, Los Angeles 1996 The Gallery At Central Plaza, White Rock, B.C. Canada 1993 Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA (Catalog) The Primary Object, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 1990 Littman Gallery, University Of Portland, Oregon 1989 Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA Hutton Centre, Santa Ana, CA 1988 Primal Embers, Overreact Gallery, Long Beach, CA Joslyn Art Center, Torrance, California 1987 Soho 20 Invitational Space, New York City Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona HOT, Gallery 10, Washington, D.C. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1986 Gallery 10, Washington, D.C. 1984-85-86 Gallery 318, Los Angeles 1984-85 Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Jose Druidis-Biada Gallery, Mount St Mary’s College, Los Angeles 2008-07-06 Brewery Artists, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles 2005 Jose Druidis-Biada Gallery, Mount St Mary’s College, Los Angeles Celebrating 25 Years, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA (Catalog) 2004 LA Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles Women In The Middle:Borders, Barriers & Intersection, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2002 Art Heals / Art Works, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA (catalog) The Object of Metaphor, Nicolet College, Madison, Wisconsin Art Heals / Art Works, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA (catalog) 2001 Painting & Drawing In Assisi, Scuola De S. Antonio, Assisi, Italy Art Heals / Art Works, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, 2000 Made In France, Galerie Des Tanneries, Nerac, France Biomorphic Images, O’Kane Gallery, Univ Of Houston ,Texas Painters I: The Women, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA 20/20, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (Catalog) Windows Into Our Future, Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA Sharjah Arts Museum, United Arab Emirates 1999 and earlier DADA Exhibition At The Central Library Towers, Los Angeles Diverse Origins, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado West To East: American Artists 1996, Shimonoseki City University, Shimonoseki, Japan Forgiveness...Or Not, Ceres Gallery, New York City Collaborations, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, My Five Year Old Could Paint That, San Bernardino County Museum Transformations; The Figure In Diverse Contexts Wignall Museum & Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Catalog) Selections 1994, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC Women Remember / Women In Conflict, Liverpool, England (Catalog) Small Works, Williamslamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA ACTS: Manipulated Environments, Long Beach City College (Catalog) Primal Forces, Cooper Union, New York City Insistent Landscapes, Security Pacific Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (Catalog) Summer Group Show, Williamslamb Gallery, Long Beach Scapes, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles WilliamsLamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA Visions 88 / Inner Voices, Palos Verdes Art Center The Bestiary, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles The Painters: Antrim, Morphesis, Stanton, Towgood, Kanemitsu, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA New Work From Los Angeles, LAART Gallery, New York City Inaugural Exhibition, Pat Gorman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Translated Visions, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA Artists In Transition, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA (Catalog) Through Darkness To Light, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles To The Astonishing Horizon, Los Angeles Design Center (Catalog) LAVA Visual Arts Festival, Oranges & Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles Summer Songs, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery Discovery '84, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles Art Connections '84 / Drawing: A Personal Vision, Mills House Art Gallery, Orange (Catalog) Art Gear, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA Magic, Myth & Metaphor, Gallery 318, Los Angeles San Diego Art Institute, San Diego (Catalog) S.C. Women's Caucus For Art: 3rd Juried Exhibition. CSU Los Angeles (Catalog) California Mystique: Contemporary Women Artists, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Catalog) Personal Mythology, Trinity Kitchens, Austin, Texas ELECTRONIC EXHIBITIONS & REGISTRIES 1999-2000 www.GUILD.com, an on-line gallery of international art 1996-current www.ase.edu./wwol The World’s Women on-Line! Index of images by women 1996-2004 www.breakaway.org/openstudio/jeantowgood, personal website created through grants from the NEA and the Benton Foundation ARTICLES & REVIEWS Gottlieb, Shirle. Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA (March 8, 2002) Koppman, Debra. Artweek, San Jose, CA (October 2001) Made in France Le Sud Ouest, Nerac, France, Sept 2000, Kalliope, Jacksonville, Florida, Vol XXI, 2000, No 3, Artists pages, 41 - 44 Goddard, Dan R. San Antonio Express News (Jan 26/94) Kapitanoff, Nancy. L.A. Times (Jan 22/93) Photo. Geer, Suvan. L.A. Times Art Reviews (Nov 3/90) p.F10 Berland, Dinah. Press-Telegram, Long Beach (Sept 23/90) Photo. Curtis, Cathy. L.A. Times Orange County (Feb 12/90). Tuchman, Laura. Orange County Register (May 21/89) Photos. Geer, Suvan. Artweek, Oakland, CA (June 4/88) Photo. Berland, Dinah. Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA (May 15/88) Photo. Wythart, Phyllis. Southern California Style (May 1988) p.44. Photo. Perry, Vern. Orange County Register (May 5/88) p.K2. Photo. Lokvig, Jytte. American Cable Systems, Marina del Rey, On The Edge:Contemporary Women in Art Palos Verdes Art Center. "VISIONS '88: INNER VOICES" (October 1988). Video Interview Critics' Choices. Manhattan Arts, NY "Sept. Sensations" (Sept 1987). McKenna, Kristine. L.A. Times. Los Angeles (Nov 28/86) VI, p.16. Gottlieb, Shirle. Artweek, Oakland, CA (Nov 29/86) p.10. Photo. Barnes, Molly. ArtScene, Los Angeles (June 1986) p.16. Gottlieb, Shirle. Press Telegram, Long Beach (June 1/86) F4. Photo. Frazier, Julia. "LAART Gallery" L.A.Times (Apr 25/86) IV, p.19. Angel, Sherry. L.A. Times Orange County (Dec 20/85) VI-AR p.2.Photo. Orange County Weekend Guide, L.A. Times (Nov 29/85) V, p.1. Campbell, Jenny. Orange County Register (Nov 14/85) p.J2. Geer, Suvan. ArtScene (March 1985) p.13. Photo. Photo. Artweek (June 1/84). Gardner, Colin. Images & Issues, Los Angeles (May/June 1984). Ewing, Robert. Artweek (March 17/84) Photo. CATALOGS Insight/Inside LA, Mt St Mary's College Celebrating 25 Years, OCCCA Art Heals / Art Works, Palos Verdes Art Center Art Heals / Art Works, Fullerton Museum Center OCCCA 20/20 Brand Library Art Gallery TRANSFORMATIONS: The Figure in Diverse Contexts Baking Cookies, OCCCA Exhibition Women Remember / Women in Conflict ACTS: Manipulated Environments Insistent Landscapes Artists in Transition To The Astonishing Horizon OCCCA 1986 Gallery 318 Artists Twenty-Five in Eighty-Five Art Connections ’84 / Drawing: A PersonalVision OCCCA 1984 Magic, Myth & Metaphor San Diego Art Institute Documentation ‘83 SC/WCA 3rd Juried Exhibition PANELS, LECTURES, RESIDENCIES 2004 SCWCA Symposium at the University of Southern California, Coordinator 2001 PAINTING IN ASSISI, Artist-in-residence, Scuola di S. Antonio, Assisi, Italy 2000 MADE IN FRANCE, Artist-in-residence, Tanneries Gallery, Nerac, France SECRET LIVES OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: Creating Alternatives and Working the System. SCWCA Symposium at the University of Southern California October 21, 2000. Coordinator 1998-99 IGNITING THE EDGE: Forging New Geographies, Categories & Identities 1999 National WCA Conference in Los Angeles. Conference Coordinator & CoChair 1996 ABSOLUTE TRUTH, discussion with Sandra Rowe at the Riverside Art Museum. 1994 COLLECTIVE DIVERSITIES / NEW DIRECTIONS WCA National Conference, New York City. Opening Address. ALLY BUILDING / SUPPORT SYSTEMS for Women Artists OCCCA Panel discussion in conjunction with Baking Cookies Exhibition. Moderator. UTOPIAN DIALOGUES, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Artist Led Dialogue “Unlearning White Racism”. Moderator. 1993 BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES, WCA National Conference, Seattle, Washington. Opening Address. February 1993. WOMEN IN THE ARTS: NOTIONS OF E=QUALITY Symposium. Arts Council of Great Britain, Birmingham, England. Panel discussion: Claiming The Space To Create - What Does This Really Mean For Women Artists? March 5 - 7, 1993. Panelist and U.S. representative GATHERING FORCES. WCA Northeast Regional Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. June 12, 1993. Opening address; Roundtable discussion on White Racism. Moderator FACE TO FACE “Moving Towards the Other”. Juror of all media exhibition by St. Louis WCA. 1992 REDEFINING POWER ON OUR OWN TERMS: 3rd Annual Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art Conference, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California. Facilitator for Roundtable Discussion on New Feminism. October 10, 1992. conference, Mills College, Oakland, California. April 1992. Opening address. 20th ANNIVERSARY of Women’s Caucus for Art. College Art Association, Chicago, llinois. February 12, 1992. Panelist. 1991 FORBIDDEN LANGUAGE: BEAUTY & CULTURE. SC/WCA 2nd Annual Conference, University of Southern California (USC). Opening address. October 1991. 1990 FINDING A COMMON GROUND. SC/WCA Conference. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Opening address. October 1990. RELATED ACTIVITIES 2004-2009 Board of Directors, Brewery Art Association 1992-2006 Board of Directors, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art 1990-2000 Board of Directors, National Women’s Caucus for Art 1992-1994 President, National Women’s Caucus for Art 1986-1990 Board of Directors, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art 1988-1990 President, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art 1986- present Career consultant for visual artists 1988-1989 Director of Exhibitions; Development Assistant to Executive Director of SITE, a non-profit alternative exhibition space in Culver City 1983-1987 Founding member of Gallery 318, a cooperative exhibition space in downtown Los Angeles Gallery 318 representative to LAVA (Los Angeles Visual Arts) Coordinator of LAVA Artwalks 1983-1986 Exhibiting member of Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 The Brewery Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 Sumitomo Building, Los Angeles
1999 Angel’s Ink, Art In Space, Los Angeles
1996 The Gallery At Central Plaza, White Rock, B.C. Canada
1993 Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA (Catalog)
The Primary Object, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1990 Littman Gallery, University Of Portland, Oregon
1989 Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
Hutton Centre, Santa Ana, CA
1988 Primal Embers, Overreact Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Joslyn Art Center, Torrance, California
1987 Soho 20 Invitational Space, New York City
Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
HOT, Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986 Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
1984-85-86 Gallery 318, Los Angeles
1984-85 Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Jose Druidis-Biada Gallery, Mount St Mary’s College, Los Angeles
2008-07-06 Brewery Artists, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Jose Druidis-Biada Gallery, Mount St Mary’s College, Los Angeles
Celebrating 25 Years, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA (Catalog)
2004 LA Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Women In The Middle:Borders, Barriers & Intersection, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2002 Art Heals / Art Works, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA (catalog)
The Object of Metaphor, Nicolet College, Madison, Wisconsin
Art Heals / Art Works, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA (catalog)
2001 Painting & Drawing In Assisi, Scuola De S. Antonio, Assisi, Italy
Art Heals / Art Works, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles,
2000 Made In France, Galerie Des Tanneries, Nerac, France
Biomorphic Images, O’Kane Gallery, Univ Of Houston ,Texas
Painters I: The Women, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
20/20, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (Catalog)
Windows Into Our Future, Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA
Sharjah Arts Museum, United Arab Emirates
1999 and earlier
DADA Exhibition At The Central Library Towers, Los Angeles
Diverse Origins, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado
West To East: American Artists 1996, Shimonoseki City University, Shimonoseki, Japan
Forgiveness...Or Not, Ceres Gallery, New York City
Collaborations, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles,
My Five Year Old Could Paint That, San Bernardino County Museum
Transformations; The Figure In Diverse Contexts
Wignall Museum & Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Catalog)
Selections 1994, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
Women Remember / Women In Conflict, Liverpool, England (Catalog)
Small Works, Williamslamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
ACTS: Manipulated Environments, Long Beach City College (Catalog)
Primal Forces, Cooper Union, New York City
Insistent Landscapes, Security Pacific Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (Catalog)
Summer Group Show, Williamslamb Gallery, Long Beach
Scapes, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles
WilliamsLamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Visions 88 / Inner Voices, Palos Verdes Art Center
The Bestiary, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles
The Painters: Antrim, Morphesis, Stanton, Towgood, Kanemitsu, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA
New Work From Los Angeles, LAART Gallery, New York City
Inaugural Exhibition, Pat Gorman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Translated Visions, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
Artists In Transition, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA (Catalog)
Through Darkness To Light, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles
To The Astonishing Horizon, Los Angeles Design Center (Catalog)
LAVA Visual Arts Festival, Oranges & Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles
Summer Songs, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery
Discovery '84, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles
Art Connections '84 / Drawing: A Personal Vision, Mills House Art Gallery, Orange (Catalog)
Art Gear, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles
Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Magic, Myth & Metaphor, Gallery 318, Los Angeles
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego (Catalog)
S.C. Women's Caucus For Art: 3rd Juried Exhibition. CSU Los Angeles (Catalog)
California Mystique: Contemporary Women Artists, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Catalog)
Personal Mythology, Trinity Kitchens, Austin, Texas

ELECTRONIC EXHIBITIONS & REGISTRIES
1999-2000 www.GUILD.com, an on-line gallery of international art
1996-current www.ase.edu./wwol The World’s Women on-Line! Index of images by women
1996-2004 www.breakaway.org/openstudio/jeantowgood,
personal website created through grants from the NEA and the Benton Foundation

ARTICLES & REVIEWS
Gottlieb, Shirle. Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA (March 8, 2002)
Koppman, Debra. Artweek, San Jose, CA (October 2001)
Made in France Le Sud Ouest, Nerac, France, Sept 2000,
Kalliope, Jacksonville, Florida, Vol XXI, 2000, No 3, Artists pages, 41 - 44
Goddard, Dan R. San Antonio Express News (Jan 26/94)
Kapitanoff, Nancy. L.A. Times (Jan 22/93) Photo.
Geer, Suvan. L.A. Times Art Reviews (Nov 3/90) p.F10
Berland, Dinah. Press-Telegram, Long Beach (Sept 23/90) Photo.
Curtis, Cathy. L.A. Times Orange County (Feb 12/90).
Tuchman, Laura. Orange County Register (May 21/89) Photos.
Geer, Suvan. Artweek, Oakland, CA (June 4/88) Photo.
Berland, Dinah. Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA (May 15/88) Photo.
Wythart, Phyllis. Southern California Style (May 1988) p.44. Photo.
Perry, Vern. Orange County Register (May 5/88) p.K2. Photo.
Lokvig, Jytte. American Cable Systems, Marina del Rey, On The Edge:Contemporary Women in Art
Palos Verdes Art Center. "VISIONS '88: INNER VOICES" (October 1988). Video Interview
Critics' Choices. Manhattan Arts, NY "Sept. Sensations" (Sept 1987).
McKenna, Kristine. L.A. Times. Los Angeles (Nov 28/86) VI, p.16.
Gottlieb, Shirle. Artweek, Oakland, CA (Nov 29/86) p.10. Photo.
Barnes, Molly. ArtScene, Los Angeles (June 1986) p.16.
Gottlieb, Shirle. Press Telegram, Long Beach (June 1/86) F4. Photo.
Frazier, Julia. "LAART Gallery" L.A.Times (Apr 25/86) IV, p.19.
Angel, Sherry. L.A. Times Orange County (Dec 20/85) VI-AR p.2.Photo.
Orange County Weekend Guide, L.A. Times (Nov 29/85) V, p.1.
Campbell, Jenny. Orange County Register (Nov 14/85) p.J2.
Geer, Suvan. ArtScene (March 1985) p.13. Photo.
Photo. Artweek (June 1/84).
Gardner, Colin. Images & Issues, Los Angeles (May/June 1984).
Ewing, Robert. Artweek (March 17/84) Photo.

CATALOGS
Insight/Inside LA, Mt St Mary's College
Celebrating 25 Years, OCCCA
Art Heals / Art Works, Palos Verdes Art Center
Art Heals / Art Works, Fullerton Museum Center
OCCCA 20/20
Brand Library Art Gallery
TRANSFORMATIONS: The Figure in Diverse Contexts
Baking Cookies, OCCCA Exhibition
Women Remember / Women in Conflict
ACTS: Manipulated Environments
Insistent Landscapes

Artists in Transition
To The Astonishing Horizon
OCCCA 1986
Gallery 318 Artists
Twenty-Five in Eighty-Five
Art Connections ’84 / Drawing: A PersonalVision
OCCCA 1984
Magic, Myth & Metaphor
San Diego Art Institute
Documentation ‘83
SC/WCA 3rd Juried Exhibition

PANELS, LECTURES, RESIDENCIES
2004 SCWCA Symposium at the University of Southern California, Coordinator
2001 PAINTING IN ASSISI, Artist-in-residence, Scuola di S. Antonio, Assisi, Italy
2000 MADE IN FRANCE, Artist-in-residence, Tanneries Gallery, Nerac, France
SECRET LIVES OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: Creating Alternatives and Working the System. SCWCA Symposium at the University of Southern California October 21, 2000. Coordinator
1998-99 IGNITING THE EDGE: Forging New Geographies, Categories & Identities
1999 National WCA Conference in Los Angeles. Conference Coordinator & CoChair
1996 ABSOLUTE TRUTH, discussion with Sandra Rowe at the Riverside Art Museum.
1994 COLLECTIVE DIVERSITIES / NEW DIRECTIONS
WCA National Conference, New York City. Opening Address.
ALLY BUILDING / SUPPORT SYSTEMS for Women Artists
OCCCA Panel discussion in conjunction with Baking Cookies Exhibition. Moderator.
UTOPIAN DIALOGUES, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Artist Led Dialogue “Unlearning White Racism”. Moderator.
1993 BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES, WCA National Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Opening Address. February 1993.
WOMEN IN THE ARTS: NOTIONS OF E=QUALITY Symposium. Arts Council of Great Britain, Birmingham, England. Panel discussion: Claiming The Space To Create - What Does This Really Mean For Women Artists? March 5 - 7, 1993. Panelist and U.S. representative
GATHERING FORCES. WCA Northeast Regional Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. June 12, 1993. Opening address; Roundtable discussion on White Racism. Moderator
FACE TO FACE “Moving Towards the Other”. Juror of all media exhibition by St. Louis WCA.
1992 REDEFINING POWER ON OUR OWN TERMS:
3rd Annual Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art Conference, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California. Facilitator for Roundtable Discussion on New Feminism. October 10, 1992.
conference, Mills College, Oakland, California. April 1992. Opening address.
20th ANNIVERSARY of Women’s Caucus for Art. College Art Association, Chicago, llinois. February 12, 1992. Panelist.
1991 FORBIDDEN LANGUAGE: BEAUTY & CULTURE. SC/WCA 2nd Annual Conference,
University of Southern California (USC). Opening address. October 1991.
1990 FINDING A COMMON GROUND. SC/WCA Conference. University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA). Opening address. October 1990.

RELATED ACTIVITIES
2004-2009 Board of Directors, Brewery Art Association
1992-2006 Board of Directors, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art
1990-2000 Board of Directors, National Women’s Caucus for Art
1992-1994 President, National Women’s Caucus for Art
1986-1990 Board of Directors, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art
1988-1990 President, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art
1986- present Career consultant for visual artists
1988-1989 Director of Exhibitions; Development Assistant to Executive Director of SITE, a non-profit alternative exhibition space in Culver City
1983-1987 Founding member of Gallery 318, a cooperative exhibition space in downtown Los Angeles
Gallery 318 representative to LAVA (Los Angeles Visual Arts)
Coordinator of LAVA Artwalks
1983-1986 Exhibiting member of Orange County Center for Contemporary Art